Melissa Landers crafts science fiction narratives aimed at young adults and the young at heart. Her work delves into themes ranging from coming-of-age experiences to interstellar adventures, often featuring compelling characters and thrilling plotlines. Through her distinctive approach to the genre, she connects with a broad readership eager for captivating stories.
Princess Cassia Rose escapes an arranged marriage, igniting a war. After two years as a ship hand, she returns home, only to be captured by bounty hunters. Now queen of a war-torn Eturia, she faces rebellion and must navigate alliances, including her complicated relationship with Kane, as they confront a galaxy-threatening conspiracy.
In this, the follow up to 2015s Alienated we return to the world of Cara and Aelyx. Cara always knew life on planet L'eihr would be an adjustment. With Aelyx, her L'eihr boyfriend, back on Earth, working to mend the broken alliance between their two planets, Cara is left to fend for herself at a new school, surrounded by hostile alien clones. Even the weird dorm pet hates her!
Handpicked to look after the first-ever L'eihr exchange student, Cara isn't sure what to think when she meets Aelyx. Humans and L'eihrs have nearly identical DNA, but cold, infuriatingly brilliant Aelyx couldn't seem more alien. But when Cara's classmates get swept up by anti-L'eihr paranoia, Midtown High School suddenly isn't safe anymore. Cara finds support in the last person she expected. She realizes that Aelyx isn't just her only friend; she's fallen hard for him. But Aelyx has been hiding the truth about the purpose of his exchange and its potentially deadly consequences.
Solara Brooks needs a fresh start, someplace where nobody cares about the engine grease beneath her fingernails or the felony tattoos across her knuckles. The outer realm may be lawless, but it's not like the law has ever been on her side. Still, off-world travel doesn't come cheap; Solara is left with no choice but to indenture herself in exchange for passage to the outer realm. She just wishes it could have been to anyone besides Doran Spaulding, the rich, pretty-boy quarterback who made her life miserable in school. The tables suddenly turn when Doran is framed for conspiracy on Earth, and Solara cons him into playing the role of her servant on board the Banshee, a ship manned by an eccentric crew with their own secrets. Given the price on both Doran and Solara's heads, it may just be the safest place in the universe. It's been a long time since Solara has believed in anyone, and Doran is the last person she expected to trust. But when the Banshee's dangerous enemies catch up with them, Solara and Doran must come together to protect the ship that has become their home-and the eccentric crew that feels like family.
Star-crossed teenagers Aelyx and Cara must unite their people against a common enemy or face extinction.
In a realm where birth order dictates destiny, Cerise Solon struggles with her failure as an oracle, burdened by her family's shame. Her life takes a dramatic turn when she's chosen to serve the enigmatic Half King, who faces a dire curse. As their bond deepens, Cerise uncovers her true identity and latent powers, stemming from a forbidden lineage that could lead to her demise. With the chance to save the kingdom and the man she loves, Cerise must navigate perilous truths and enemies determined to end her life.
In a world where birth order determines your fate, what if everything you believed about yourself was a lie? Like all second-born daughters of the realm, Cerise Solon has never ventured beyond the temple grounds where she lives in service to the goddess. But unlike her peers, Cerise is a complete failure as an oracle. Her inability to foretell a single tragedy has brought shame upon her family, something she sees reflected in their eyes during their rare visits. Everything changes when the head seer offers Cerise an opportunity to serve the Half King--a young man who rules by day and turns to shadow at sunset. As a firstborn son, the king bears his bloodline's curse, destined to vanish completely upon his twenty-first birthday. While searching for a way to restore him, Cerise finds a kindred spirit in the mysterious young ruler, and with his help discovers a startling revelation about herself that unlocks a powerful set of gifts. But the truth comes with a price. For she is no oracle, but instead the product of a union so forbidden its discovery would sentence her to death. Despite her tainted origins, Cerise might be the key to restoring order to the land and saving the man she's quickly growing to love...if she can outlive those sworn to destroy her.