Monica Goertzen Hertlein,
author of romantic science fiction, fantasy, and romantic fiction
Her heart yearned for love but instead she must save her people.
Impossible love, mysterious high-tech invaders, sword-wielding knights, and a warrior princess (romantasy with science fiction elements available wherever you buy ebooks and on Amazon).
Princess Shawnia, heir and military leader of her prairie kingdom, only intends to marry for love, but when her people are carelessly killed by strange invaders with unimaginably fast transport and deadly weapons never before seen, she forges an alliance with the northern kingdom sealed by her marriage to their prince. The northern prince is handsome and charming, but believes women and royals should remain protected far from the battlefield. Despite what the marriage will cost her in personal freedom and heartbreak, she resolves to see it through in order to save her people.
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Romance, family drama, corporate intrigue: a novella of two love stories (romantic fiction)
In the days of big hair and shoulder pads, Elaine chooses between the Good Life and something more.
(romantic fiction: cover and novel coming 2026)
In 1986, Elaine Richards has the education, comfortable home, and credit cards her parents provide, but has never created a resume, operated a washing machine, or shopped for groceries. Her father wants her to settle into a socialite marriage and introduces her to Ken, a handsome young lawyer, who offers her the same good life her parents enjoy. But Roland, an equally attractive maintenance manager, introduces her to his large, loving, working-class family and a chance at independence.
As Elaine struggles to balance the expectations of her parents and best friend with her ideals of love, she must decide if happy enough is really enough.
She needed a refuge. She found a home.
(romantic science fiction: cover and novel coming 2026)
After stealing from corrupt law enforcement, Mary needs a place to lie low, far from the planet’s single spaceport. She runs to an old friend from the city streets now living on a remote farm. In spite of its frontier vastness and her prejudice against the family that left him destitute in his childhood, she is drawn into their circle.
She is also drawn to his elder brother. She becomes enmeshed with the family, using her machinery skill to tackle a rabbit plague threatening the farm’s livelihood and falling in love with Jacek while hiding the real reason for her visit to the rural outpost. But just when she decides their relationship is worth confessing the truth, the law catches up to her.
Read an excerpt in Embark Literary Journal.
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