BETWEEN BEASTS & THE STARS
BOOK 1 – SHE IS THE WILD WOLF SERIES
RELEASE DATE: 10/2026
By Priya Nembhard
Between Beasts and the Stars is a sci-fi fantasy on a collision course with a Brooklyn mom discovering an ancient force rising within her, fighting against her feral divine power and navigating an alien world where she must reclaim her desire and destiny.
The stars did not choose me gently. I was ready to have a quiet night to myself – wine, the couch, a zombie flick. Instead, I was abducted by aliens, dropped 32 million light-years from Earth, and thrown into the unknown.
Survival is second nature…motherhood taught me that. But this? This is something else. Rescued by a human woman and towering purple aliens, I struggle to process the impossible. I don’t belong here. I have children to raise and a home to get back to. But the universe doesn’t care about what women deserve, it takes, it demands, and it never stops to ask if I’m ready.
I was never meant to wield this power. Never meant to stand at the center of prophecy. Never meant to carry a force that bends warriors to their knees. My power is raw, volatile, and impossible to control. The weight of it crushes me. I was already carrying the invisible labor of motherhood and duty, now the Source has made me its warrior, too?
But beneath three moons, something in me is rising.
Now I brace for the cosmic chaos beside a creature born of battle and silence – his loyalty quiet, his devotion primal, his restraint louder than any vow.
The promise of home is within reach… but nothing is ever that simple. What if I was never meant to be conquered.
What if I was taken to awaken?
**In today’s publishing climate many middle aged women will identify with Tala Estrada. Not only for her age but because we crave fantastical romantic stories that help us to escape and unwind the harsh realities of our lives, whether it’s related to relationships, health, career, children or purpose. I hope you will give Tala Estrada’s story a chance and find her worthy of the grace we all deserve.