Breath of Life (The Gaian Consortium Series Book 2)

Anika Jespers, a homesteader's daughter on a Gaian colony, thinks she's destined for a dull existence on her family's farm. But when her father makes an impossible bargain with their neighbor, one of the alien Zhore, she faces a future different from anything she could have possibly imagined.

The familiar story of Beauty and the Beast takes on new life in this science fiction romance novella, with the Beauty a homesteader's daughter and the Beast an alien on a faraway colony world.

This book also includes the bonus follow-up short story, "A Simple Gift." Total length: 38,000 words, or approximately 150 paperback pages.