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The Starfall Accord by Sera Voss is an indie sci fi romance series with enemies to lovers, slow burn pacing, dual POV, a found family crew, and a guaranteed happy ending. Book 1 is available now as a DRM-free EPUB direct from the author for $4.99.
No email required for the free sample.The best sci fi romance series are not waiting for a publishing house to greenlight them.
You found a series that promised enemies to lovers. Fourteen chapters in, it was enemies to polite professional respect. The sequel was cancelled three months later because it missed sales targets.
That is what traditional publishing does to sci fi romance. It treats the genre as a niche, thins the tropes to broaden appeal, then pulls the plug when the spreadsheet calls it.
Indie publishing removes every one of those gatekeepers. The author writes the story she believes in, prices it fairly, and takes it directly to the readers it was written for.
You get the version she intended: full trope commitment, no boardroom compromise, no stripped-down edition built for mass market placement.
The Starfall Accord exists because one author refused to cut the story down to fit a publisher's catalog. That decision is what you are buying for $4.99.
Every advantage that disappears when a publisher controls the story — restored.
Book 1 available now — Books 2 and 3 in progress. Each follows a different couple from the same crew. Every book closes with a complete happy ending and a fully resolved plot. No filler installments.
Book 1 follows Commander Thane Aldric and Coalition liaison Kira Vasic.
Former enemies from opposite sides of a war that nearly ended both their worlds.
Assigned to the same ship.
Investigating the same sabotage.
Falling for each other against every rational instinct they possess.
Book 1 has a complete romance arc with a guaranteed happy ending.
No cliffhanger.
The mystery resolves.
The tension pays off.
You close the book satisfied.
Books 2 and 3 follow different couples from the same crew, expanding the world while giving you the same promise: complete romance, full resolution, no filler installments designed to stretch a trilogy.
This is what an indie series looks like when the author writes for readers instead of revenue projections.
Book 1 of The Starfall Accord · direct from the author
$4.99 — DRM-free EPUB — 90,000+ words — Instant delivery to your inbox
Buying direct means more of your purchase reaches the author directly — and you own the file on any device, forever.
Indie publishing means no one told the author which tropes were too niche to keep. All eight survived.
If any of these land, stop browsing and start reading.
Book 1 has a complete romance arc with a guaranteed happy ending and a fully resolved mystery.
The series arc continues in books 2 and 3, each following a different couple from the crew.
You will not be left on a cliffhanger.
Indie means the author controls every decision.
Cover art, pricing, distribution, and editorial direction all stay in the hands of the person who wrote the story.
No publisher pulled the sequel because sales projections changed.
No editor stripped the tropes you came for.
The book exists because the author believed in it enough to build the entire thing herself.
Currently available direct from the author at spacemance.com as a DRM-free EPUB.
Wide retail distribution (Apple Books, Kobo, Google Play Books, Barnes & Noble, Scribd) is planned but not yet live.
No digital rights management.
You own the file.
Read it on any device, forever.
Slow burn, closed door.
Fourteen chapters of tension before the first kiss.
The intimacy is emotional, not explicit.
The door stays closed.
Over 90,000 words.
22 chapters plus an epilogue.
This is a full length novel, not a novella labeled as a book.
Yes.
Combat violence, military conflict, themes of war and loss, grief, sabotage, moderate emotional intensity, and claustrophobic environments.
The romance is consent positive throughout.
No love triangles.
No cheating.
Complete happy ending. No cliffhanger. DRM-free file you own forever. Bought direct from the author for $4.99.
Ebook $4.99 (paperback coming soon)
By Sera Voss · Published by Starbound Press · Over 90,000 words · Professionally edited
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