
Monica Goertzen Hertlein
Author of romantic science fiction, fantasy, and romantic fiction.

She wanted a hideaway. She found a home.
(romantic sci-fi western: releases July 31, 2026)
Mary’s worst decision yet, stealing from corrupt law enforcement, could land her in jail long enough to grow old. She flees the spaceport streets for a remote rural outpost hoping for refuge with Finn, the only person she trusts in the world. Despite the strangeness of agricultural life and her prejudice against the family that abandoned her surrogate brother, she finds a chance for love as well as safe haven while hiding the truth behind her visit to the farm.
Now she must decide whether to be honest with her found family and risk losing her last chance for a real home, or be exposed as a thief when the law catches up to her.
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Though her heart yearns for love, she must save her people.
Impossible love, mysterious high-tech invaders, sword-wielding knights, and a warrior princess.

(romantasy sci-fi romance book, novel available in ebook and paperback)
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In the fabulous 1980s, days of big hair and shoulder pads, Elaine can choose The Good Life or risk following her heart.

(romantic women’s fiction novel available in ebook and paperback)
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