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A Gift for the Alien Warrior by Honey Phillips
Can a forgotten alien warrior protect his newfound family? Taranov spent years doing his duty before finally escaping his dying planet. His new life as a trader is calm, peaceful… and empty. Then he stumbles upon an abandoned ship, a helpless infant, and a beautiful female who can’t even remember her name. His instincts demand that he protect them, but his heart wants so much more...Categorized as:
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The Alien Huntress Series: Enslave Me Sweetly, Savor Me Slowly, Seduce the Darkness by Gena Showalter
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThis ebook anthology contains three books in Gena Showalter's bestselling Alien Huntress series. Enslave Me Sweetly. Eden Black walks among humans, protecting them from the murderous evil of other-worlders who abduct and enslave... -
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Malakaz by Hope Hart
I landed on Brexos with fire in my heart and vengeance running through my veins. On that strange planet, I met its unofficial ruler—an alien who infuriated and captivated me in equal measure. Autocrat. Dictator. Control freak. Malakaz. We agreed to ignore this thing between us. Agreed to dismiss our chemistry and focus on all of the reasons we despise each other instead. But then I was taken...Categorized as:
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Galactic Gladiators Set: Books 4-6 by Anna Hackett
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFighting for love, honor, and freedom on the galaxy’s lawless outer rim…. When several women from Earth find themselves abducted from a space station by alien slavers, life becomes a battle for survival on a dangerous desert planet. Includes:... -
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Maria's Journey by Karen Clow
Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsCompelling, Brutal and stretching every boundary of Love and loyalty to its limits; Maria’s Journey will leave you wondering how she ever survived and remained the lady she is. Continuing to chart the turbulent lives of Jimmy, Maria and Mickey, once again it delves into London’s violent, depraved, criminal underworld... -
A house of DaR celebration by Jennifer Julie Miller
Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsAfter the return of ANDI, the information now available about the human race is astounding. What happens when three AI’s, decide to bring a little piece of home to the humans they have all come to love? A Celebration of epic proportions. Be prepared to shed some tears, as new, and old memories tug at the heartstrings. -
Nikolai by S.L. Jennings
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsDark Light Series spin-off novella. Two centuries ago, I clawed my way into a world of immorality, filth and destruction. A world seething with secrets and lies, both mortal and immortal. Complete and utter Darkness. I know we’re supposed to be inherently evil, but something inside me refuses to fully believe our legends. Something that calls out for more…calls out for her. But there are rules... -
Heart Fate by Robin D. Owens
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsWed to a wealthy older man when she was just a girl, Lahsin Yew runs away from her abusive home to find a new life. At seventeen, she? s about to enter her Second Passage, when her Flair? and perhaps her HeartMate? will be revealed. Lahsin finds sanctuary in a secret garden, where she meets Tinne Holly...Categorized as:
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Sarazen's Hunt by Isabel Wroth
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 16 ratings-GOOD LUCK ON THE HUNT. Newly-appointed Commander Kalix has been tasked with a crucial mission for the Sarazen race: discover the fates of the remaining human starships, and bring home the survivors—if there are any left, that is…. His crew come upon the wrecked remains of the Sestrenka, and the chattering captain’s logs set them on the trail of a human colony established over twenty years ago... -
The Bound Prince by Michelle M. Pillow
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsFuturistic Romance. A simple mistake…. Captain Samantha Dorsey and her crew are on a mission, a mission to complete a Galactic Scavenger Hunt and claim the prize money. Flying about space for a year collecting their items, they only have one thing left to get--a primitive wild beast... -
Teran by Ava Ross
The alien she's hot for seems to hate her. But when they touch, sparks fly. Will their growing love survive a dangerous quest? Emma: I’m pretty sure Teran hates me... -
His Little Diamond by Paige Michaels
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsIt’s Sophie’s turn to find out what it means to have a Papi of her own. Sophie has made the very scary decision to leave her abusive Master. Meeting an Eleadian mate at Club Zoom would mean a second chance at life. Her only option for survival. Ekert knows Sophie is his the moment he spots her on the dance floor where other females are bullying her...Categorized as:
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Sakar by Ella Blake
My two girls and I are going to be snowed in for Christmas and that’s fine with us, until an alien spacecraft crashes behind our wooded Maine home. I take the gorgeous Virilian, Prince Sakar, home with me. He’s injured and tracking an endangered alien dog with a taste for my neighbor’s goats...Categorized as:
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Zinnia by Jayne Castle, Jayne Ann Krentz
New York Times bestselling author JAYNE CASTLE--Capturing the lively sensuality ( Library Journal ) of the passion-filled, near-future space colony of St... -
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Fugitive by Cheryl Brooks
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsA mysterious stranger in danger. .. The last thing Drusilla expected to find on vacation was a gorgeous man hiding in the jungle. But what is he running from? And why does she feel so mesmerized that she'll stop at nothing to be near him? Hypnotically attracted, he will risk his life to have her. .Categorized as:
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Defiance by Etta Pierce
Her scent was in his lungs, and they'd never even met. Novak Gaul is a free agent on a short leash. Most of the time, he forgets that his life isn't his own, but when a human woman's scent latches onto him like she was meant to be his, he has to run the other way or risk the consequences. Until his boss calls in a favor. A highly illegal favor with massive personal and political implications...Categorized as:
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Chieftain by Annie Lucas
One would assume that turning sixty would protect a woman from certain things; cat calls, being propositioned every time you sat at a bar by yourself, the monthly menace, being kidnapped by aliens, the office letch, and a plethora of other annoyances weathered in her youth. Did I mention being kidnapped by aliens? Yeah, I was wrong about that one...Categorized as:
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Claimed Among the Stars by V.K. Ludwig, Zoey Draven
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsMake contact with the hottest alien anthology in the universe! Claimed Among the Stars will rocket you to reading bliss with more action, adventure, and pleasure than one planet can contain. Curl up with this collection of wild and wonderful heavenly bodies and venture to the unknown worlds that only your favorite sci-fi romance authors could create... -
The Rogue Prince by Michelle M. Pillow
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe Charmer. .. Prince Reid, Commander of the Outpost, is happy to live by his father's ways. No woman is safe when he sets his sights to charm her. Reid doesn't want love, he wants a good time. When the opportunity arises to get away on an ambassador's mission, he jumps at the chance--especially when that trip includes exotic destinations with even more exotic women...Categorized as:
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Seduced by a Beast by Miranda Bridges
He wants me. And this male is used to getting whatever he demands. The only problem is I don't want to be bothered. Especially not hot and bothered. But he's not getting the hint. He thinks I'm his and that he needs to claim me. If I allow myself to ask what that means it'll probably add a couple of letters to my OCD. My disorder should deter him, like it has most people...Categorized as:
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Berserkr by Skye MacKinnon
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsThe stars brought them together. The stars didn’t expect the carnage. Investigative journalist Laurel is on a mission. Women are going missing, women who registered with the Hot Tatties dating agency. On the hunt for the story that will make her career, she joins the agency, but when her match turns out to be a hunky alien warrior, everything changes. Aliens are real... -
Tempt Me Eternally by Gena Showalter
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsNew York Times bestselling author Gena Showalter's Tempt Me Eternally is now available from S&S Audio for the first time! Gena Showalter puts a daring spin on a tale of huntress and hunted…and concocts a sensual chemistry that is positively explosive. Aleaha Love can be anyone—literally. With only skin-to-skin contact, she can change her appearance and assume any identity... -
The Playful Prince by Michelle M. Pillow
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 34 ratingsFuturistic Romance. To play. .. Prince Quinn, royal Ambassador, isn't looking for a serious relationship. In fact, he's never even considered it. Hopping from lover to lover, he's content to enjoy himself, never taking anything but his work seriously. However, when Dr. Tori Elliot is sent to the palace to test for biological weapons, he can't seem to stay away from her. Or not to play. . -
Catalyst by Anna Carven
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsStranded on a remote planet with no hope of escape. Stuck in the unforgiving wilderness, where monsters hunt in the skies above. No signal, no spacecraft, no translator. Esania thought she and her people were escaping to the sanctuary planet of Torandor...Categorized as:
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Hero by Cheryl Brooks
Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsHe is the sexiest, most irksome man she's ever encountered. .. Micayla is the last Zetithian female left in the universe. She doesn't know what's normal for her species, but she knows when she sees Trag that all she wants to do is bite him. .. He has searched all over the galaxy for a woman like her. .. Trag has sworn he'll never marry unless he can find a Zetithian female...Categorized as:
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Moondust and Madness by Janelle Taylor
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsCAPTIVE TO HIS SAVAGE PASSION. .. A moan escaped Jana Greyson as this strong, handsome stranger invaded her lips with his demanding kisses. He had stolen her from her world, made her his prisoner, and now enslaved her with the trembling rapture of his hunger. .. igniting a white-heat that melted her will to resist. SLAVE TO HER OWN DESIRE... -
Vikingr by Skye MacKinnon
He’s an alien Viking . . . She has no intentions of being his captive . . . Njal enjoys the life of a ruthless Vikingr captain: eat, drink and pillage to his heart's content. Then he and his crew of warriors get the worst possible news: their planet is destroyed. If their species is to survive, they must claim females to breed offspring... -
Hix by Leora Gonzales
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsThe gal with the worst luck in the world. .. Maggie never had any intention of getting mixed up with the Bridal Pact, the Phaeton's, or all the crap that came with volunteering for the government's mail-order bride program. She was perfectly content inside her little bubble... -
Kord by Cara Bristol
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsShe’s a successful Texas restauranteur, but he’s hungry for more than what she’s cooking. Barb Quintain seems to have it together. She owns the hottest restaurant in town, lives in a fabulous luxury apartment, and has a personality as big as the state of Texas. But outward confidence conceals old wounds as big as Texas, too...Categorized as:
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To Trade the Stars by Julie E. Czerneda
Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsJulie E. Czerneda's 1997 debut, A Thousand Words for Stranger , was the first novel of the Trade Pact Universe-an instant best-seller, Science Fiction Book Club Editor's Choice and Locus Recommended First Novel. Book two, Ties of Power , further established the author's reputation as a master of vivid alien worlds-and had fans clamoring for the third book in the trilogy... -
Taking Karre by Michelle M. Pillow
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsThe fourth Divinity Warriors book, set in the Divinity Universe. Sir Vidar of Spearhead is too busy guarding the borderlands to bother with the headache of selecting a bride. Ordered to marry by the king, he plans to grab a woman and get back to the warfront as soon as possible. That is, until he meets the alluring Lady Karre with her teasing eyes, lush lips and irresistible ways...Categorized as:
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His Highness the Duke by Michelle M. Pillow
Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsThe would-be heroine…. Aeron wants nothing more than to continue to live out her very long, solitary life in a small metal room listening to communications for the Federation Military. It’s not glamorous. It’s not even charming. But it’s safe. There’s no chance of getting hurt...Categorized as:
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Xzion by Charmaine Ross
I’ve been captured by walking crocodiles and saved by a golden-skinned god. Xzion says he took me to protect me but he’s not taking me back home. In fact, we’ve crashed on an alien planet and now we’re trapped in a cave from which there’s no escape. He’s all I’ve got. I should be afraid of him, but I can’t take my eyes off his washboard abs and irresistible lips...Categorized as:
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Aliens And Cupcakes by Aurora Caine, Nova Edwins
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsThings you learn while living on an alien planet:. Aliens love sugar, so opening your own cupcake shop is a very good idea. Having a benefactor to introduce you to rich aliens eager to purchase absurd amounts of cupcakes is an even better idea. I wouldn’t recommend killing said benefactor’s nephew with a butter knife, though... -
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In the Company of Others by Julie E. Czerneda
Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWhen the terraforming crews introduced the alien Quill to worlds where they did not belong, they saw them only as a mindless form of fungal life. But the Quill multiplied and mutated until they were no longer harmless. In the ensuing chaos, many stations failed. For the survivors, their only hope rests in finding a way to wipe out the Quill…. -
Perfect Prince by Michelle M. Pillow
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 38 ratingsThe four Qurilixian Princes have no problem with commitment. In one night, using the power they were born with, they will meet and choose their life mate in a simplistic ceremony involving the removing of masks and the crushing of crystals. With very few words spoken and the shortest, most bizarre courtship in history, they will bond to their women forever. And once bonded, these men don't let go...Categorized as:
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Taurus by K.D. Jones
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn book three of the Galactic Cage Fighters: Maya is looking for a change of pace. As one-quarter Arian, she is constantly overlooked or harassed by full humans and full Arians, despite the efforts of her over-protective grandparents when she was growing up. Even her own parents abandoned her and took off for parts unknown... -
Stud by Cheryl Brooks
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsPRAISE FOR THE CAT STAR CHRONICLES:. "Hot and yummy. .. this is a series that just gets better and better. ". -Night Owl Romance. THEY'RE GALAXIES APART. .. Even for a Zetithian, Tarq Zulveidinoe's sexual prowess is legendary. Believing it's all he's good for, Tarq sets out to perpetuate his threatened species by offering his services to women across the galaxy. .Categorized as:
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Close Contact by Katherine Allred
Rated: 3.91 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsGEPs just want to have fun. . . A Genetically Engineered Person and self-proclaimed "party girl," Echo Adams loves her diplomatic job entertaining alien bigwigs for the Galactic Federation. But the Bureau of Alien Affairs has discovered she's much more than she thinks-that a rogue scientist endowed her with skills and psi abilities dwarfing those of common GEPs... -
What Once Was Lost by Stormy Glenn, Lynn Hagen
Rated: 3.91 of 5 stars · 11 ratings[Siren Classic ManLove: Erotic Alternative Futuristic Sci-Fi Romance, M/M, shape-shifters]. Mo doesn't know what to do with Mykel. He's new to the future he's living in and doesn't understand half of what people tell him, let alone show him. When Mykel insists that they are mates, Mo's set to run in the other direction. Mykel knows Mo is his mate the second he lays eyes on the sexy human...Categorized as:
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Heart Dance by Robin D. Owens
Rated: 3.91 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsDuFleur Thyme is a scientist who's secretly experimenting with time. She'll allow no distractions from her work-not even from a HeartMate. Meanwhile, Saille T'Willow has sent his HeartGift out into the world in hopes of finding his HeartMate, who, it turns out, is DuFleur...Categorized as:
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Escape by Kenya Wright
A domina’s only purpose in life was to birth vampire children for the Quiet King. Any human woman with the domina gene spent their lives in the castle under strict rules and the guards’ watchful eyes. Brie has been a domina for two years. After witnessing the slaughter of babies, she plans to escape and seeks help from Samuel, a vampire known for aiding many out of slavery...Categorized as:
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Shadow Crossing by Catherine Spangler
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsShadow Crossing [Apr 01, 2003] Spangler, Catherine. -
Finding Jess by Mikayla Lane
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsIt had been almost a year since Cari had escaped and promised to come back and save Jess from the Relians who held her captive and brutalized her since she was a child. Now as her usefulness to the Relians was at an end and rescue nowhere in sight, she only hoped to face her impending death with courage... -
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Cat Star Chronicles: Slave, Warrior and Rogue by Cheryl Brooks
Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsThe Cat Star Chronicles have taken the universe by storm, delighting readers with their sensual Zeitithian warriors and their unique special powers. As one reviewer put it, "Wow. Just. .. wow. The romantic chemistry is as close to perfect as you'll find" (BookFetish). Now discover where it all started with the first three Cat Star Chronicles books for one low price... -
Forget Me Not by Shannon K. Butcher
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe last thing Adria expects to find when she arrives at her vacation rental is a man in her front yard—unconscious and stark naked. But something else sets him apart from most strangers. He is no ordinary man. Toren is new to Earth, framed for a crime he didn’t commit and banished to this planet to serve his sentence... -
Outcast by Cheryl Brooks
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 30 ratings"This fourth installment in The Cat Star Chronicles series maintains the qualities of excitement, world-building, sizzling romance, and great imagination that made Slave such a resounding success. ". Sold into slavery when his planet was destroyed, Lynx was enslaved in a harem... -
The Master by Jean Johnson
Rated: 3.87 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsThe third novel in the acclaimed Sons of Destiny series. Eight brothers, born in four sets of twins, two years apart to the day--they fulfill the curse of eight prophecy. To avoid tempting destiny, the brothers are exiled to Nightfall Island, where women are forbidden... -
Virgin by Cheryl Brooks
Rated: 3.84 of 5 stars · 19 ratings"CHERYL BROOKS TAKES READERS ON AN INTERGALACTIC VENTURE THAT THEY WON'T SOON FORGET. " -ROMANCE JUNKIES. He's never met anyone who made him purr. .. Starship pilot Dax never encountered a woman he wanted badly enough. Until he met Ava Karon. .. And he'll never give his body without giving his heart. .Categorized as:
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Riot by Jordan Summers
Rated: 3.81 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsVeterinarian Nina Whitetail’s world is falling apart. Her beloved grandfather is dying, her best-friend is getting married and plans to move away, and someone is hunting bears out of season. Nina can’t do anything about the first two problems, but she’s determined to stop the poachers. The encounter doesn’t go well and she has to run for her life...
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