Starbound Edict Series by Betty Biggs-Qaaqer

When a imprisoned miner volunteers for a one-way voyage to escape a dying planet, she never expects to become the empire’s most dangerous variable—or its most forbidden desire.Gredie Vyraxi knows the stars weren’t meant for someone like her. Born beneath the crust of a penal world, she’s spent her life mining the empire’s future while being denied her own... moreWhen a imprisoned miner volunteers for a one-way voyage to escape a dying planet, she never expects to become the empire’s most dangerous variable—or its most forbidden desire.Gredie Vyraxi knows the stars weren’t meant for someone like her. Born beneath the crust of a penal world, she’s spent her life mining the empire’s future while being denied her own. But when the Kyryx Lottery grants her a single ticket off-world—“honored service” aboard an elite Juulan warship—she signs her name and seals her fate.What awaits her aboard the SS Eros isn’t freedom. It’s surveillance. Silence. Steel. And a commander whose loyalty is legendary...and lethal.Commander Dorgon Varyn is the law bred for obedience, armored in control. His warship runs on precision—until a human arrival begins to short-circuit the balance. She’s insubordinate, irreverent, and unshakably alive. The kind of anomaly that rewrites equations…and commandments.As protocols falter and unseen forces stir within the ship, desire sparks in dangerous places. On a diplomatic mission to a world of prophecy and tides, fate and fire begin to entwine. Some edicts were never meant to be broken. Others were made to burn.THE FORBIDDEN VOYAGE is a lush, steamy, slow-burn space romantasy fierce, defiant heroine chasing stars and her own awakeninga duty-bound alien commander struggling with temptation and lawimpossible attraction in an empire where love is treasonsentient ships, moonlit oceans, ancient powers, and dangerous prophecypolitical drama, found-family rebellion, and heat that defies the voidFor readers who crave galaxy-spanning passion, morally gray loyalties, and chemistry that blazes brighter than the stars.Book One of the Starbound Edict series. Contains explicit scenes and mature themes. Recommended for adult readers. less

When a miracle rewrites the laws of war, a forbidden bond must decide whether to save the stars—or set them on fire.On the oceanic moon of Do, where tide-crystal palaces gleam and prophecies bloom beneath mirrored seas, an escaped empath and an exiled alien commander spark a revolution neither of them can control... moreWhen a miracle rewrites the laws of war, a forbidden bond must decide whether to save the stars—or set them on fire.On the oceanic moon of Do, where tide-crystal palaces gleam and prophecies bloom beneath mirrored seas, an escaped empath and an exiled alien commander spark a revolution neither of them can control. Their bodies still echo with a shared miracle—one that upended an empire—but now their love faces deeper jealous allies, rogue AIs, fractured memories, and the awakening of ancient powers that do not forgive.Gredie Vyraxi was forged in chains. Commander Dorgon Varyn was trained to wear them willingly. But together, they are something else entirely—a myth made flesh, a danger born of devotion, and perhaps the galaxy’s last chance at mercy.As lovers-turned-legends navigate betrayals both cosmic and intimate, one thing becomes miracles have a cost. And the gods of this galaxy keep receipts.MIRACLE AT DO is a lush, high-heat sci-fi romantasy • a battle-scarred alien commander with sacred fire in his veins• a sharp-tongued human empath who rewrites fate with a kiss• forbidden intimacy turned mythic uprising• bioluminescent moonscapes, ancient tech, and sensual prophecy• rogue AI fragments, psychic bonds, and sacred rebellion• erotic tension woven through betrayal, honor, and cosmic stakesFor readers who crave emotionally charged passion, slow-burn intimacy, and galactic romance with teeth.Book Two of the Starbound Edict series. Contains explicit scenes and mature themes. Recommended for adult readers. less

When a rebellion becomes religion, love must choose whether to bow, burn—or become something new.In the shadow of a black-hole citadel, where timelines fracture and myths calcify into law, a psychic human and a war-forged alien must defy fate one final time.Gredie Vyraxi never wanted to be a prophet. She wanted to love and be free. But as the child of rebellion and the bearer of Blue Flame, the galaxy has rewritten her as both symbol and threat... moreWhen a rebellion becomes religion, love must choose whether to bow, burn—or become something new.In the shadow of a black-hole citadel, where timelines fracture and myths calcify into law, a psychic human and a war-forged alien must defy fate one final time.Gredie Vyraxi never wanted to be a prophet. She wanted to love and be free. But as the child of rebellion and the bearer of Blue Flame, the galaxy has rewritten her as both symbol and threat. Now, her bond with Commander Dorgon Varyn—a warrior turned revolutionary—has birthed not just forbidden desire, but a possible future that terrifies empires and AI gods alike.From orbital sanctuaries to the living heart of prophecy, from sacred weddings to starfield duels, their love sets fire to the old equations. But when their ship’s AI begins to evolve beyond control—and their hybrid child returns from a timeline that should not exist—every system built on obedience and purity begins to unravel.The Free Worlds stand at a codify justice or collapse into war. As the Treaty of Aethra hangs by a thread, and cults rise in their name, Gredie and Dorgon must make one last choice—between legacy and freedom, between survival and surrender, between rewriting the galaxy... or letting it end.CROWN OF THE FREE WORLDS is a sweeping, sensual sci-fi romantasy finale • a human empath wielding prophecy and rebellion• a duty-torn alien commander haunted by blood and desire• forbidden love grown into a legend—and a revolution• sentient AIs on the verge of godhood (or genocide)• hybrid futures, ceremonial intimacy, and galactic stakes• one final choice between obliteration and meaningFor readers who crave star-crossed devotion, mythic intimacy, and a finale where love becomes a weapon—and a question the universe must answer.Book Three of the Starbound Edict series. Contains explicit scenes and mature themes. Recommended for adult readers. less