
Monica Goertzen Hertlein,
Author of romantic science fiction, fantasy, and romantic fiction.
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 with science fiction elements available in ebook and paperback)

She wanted a hideaway. She found a home.
(romantic science fiction: cover and novel coming 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 weirdness of agricultural life and her prejudice against the family that abandoned her surrogate brother, she finds 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.
Read an excerpt in Embark Literary Journal.

