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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... -
Core's Attack by S.E. Smith
Thrust into a deadly game…. Avery Lennox has been called many names, but bond mate was never one of them... -
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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:... -
Luna of Kyun by Laura Jo Phillips
Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsLuna Meadows spent her entire childhood hiking around the world with her father, and learning how to hide a number of unusual abilities she was born with. And wishing she had answers to an ever growing list of questions that her father refused to answer... -
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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 Change by Robin D. Owens
First time in print? the fantastic new Celta novel from the award-winning author of Heart Fate. Robin D. Owens returns to the world of the faraway planet Celta in the eighth novel of her award-winning series. Signet D? Marigold? s lonely life is shaken when a prophet reveals she is a catalyst for change...Categorized as:
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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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Caszandra by Andrea K. Höst
Cassandra Devlin doesn’t know what she's for. But she knows she's running out of time. Since Cass was rescued from the abandoned world of Muina, the Aussie teen has proven more than useful to the people of Tare. Expeditions to their home world no longer end in slaughter. The teaching city of Kalasa has been unlocked. After years of searching for answers, they are starting to make progress... -
Between Worlds Two by J.L. Williams
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsInspired by the likes of James Galloway's Subjugation and John Scalzi's Old Man's War, Between Worlds is a thrilling military sci-fi set in a strange new universe. .. Effectively exiled to the edge of the Imperium for his actions in his final training exercise, Jason finds himself stuck on a new ship filled with unfamiliar forms and faces…... -
Dragon's Fated Mate by Miranda Martin
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsEveryone deserves a second chance. .. Annabel. It doesn't matter that my husband was killed. I still love him. Now I go through my days doing the only thing that matters - making sure my girls survive. What else is there? I can't fall for the hot, sexy dragon-man Calaun. One of the Zmaj native to the hellish desert planet we crashed on. I've had my one shot at love... -
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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Greta and the Gargoyle by Honey Phillips
A condemned woman. An alien guard. Sentenced to death for killing her alien master, Greta’s only hope is a compassionate guard. Despite his frightening appearance, she is drawn to the massive alien - but is what she feels only gratitude? Mikaroz has been waiting his whole life for the perfect mate but he never expected her to be a condemned prisoner, let alone a small human female...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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Grai's Game by Mikayla Lane
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsGrai T’Alq has spent hundreds of years on Earth, learning how to manipulate the humans and thriving on their jealousy and greed. Unknown to the Valendrans and their hybrid females, he’d been able to build an empire on Earth and more importantly; he even had their own working for him... -
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Eating Stars by Angel Martinez
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsFlee. Scatter. Take your mates and your offspring and run. The escape pods fall to Earth one by one over the course of weeks, a mysterious and diverse alien diaspora, each pod containing a different alien race and leaving the world's governments scrambling to deal with this unexpected immigration... -
Heart Fire by Robin D. Owens
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsOn the planet Celta, accepting a HeartMate can be the greatest challenge in the universe…. Antenn, an architect hired to build a cathedral in Druida City, dares not think of his HeartMate. Even though he yearns for her, he’s taken steps to ensure she will be forever unknown to him...Categorized as:
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Heart Search by Robin D. Owens
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsLatest in the long-running series from the award-winning author of Heart Journey. Noble Laev T'Hawthorne must rebuild his life after marrying a woman he believed was his HeartMate, only to fall victim to her greed. Abandoned at fifteen, Camellia Darjeeling values her independence above all-even as her father and uncle emotionally scourge her and extort money...Categorized as:
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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 Katres' Summer by Laura Jo Phillips
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe galactic adventure begun in The Dracons’ Woman and The Lobos’ HeartSong, takes everything to a new level in the most exciting installment yet in Laura Jo Phillips’ thrill-packed “Soul-Linked Saga,” The Katres’ Summer...Categorized as:
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Heart Journey by Robin D. Owens
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsView our feature on Robin Owens’s Heart Journey. New in the award-winning series of futuristic romance, fantasy, and sensual adventure. Helena, a renowned cartographer, is exploring Celta when she finds out she has a HeartMate. Yearning for a partner, she is drawn to meet him. Actor Raz Cherry is dedicated to his career...Categorized as:
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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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I Am the Fire by Chloe Parker, Mariah Ankenman
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsWe will not go back. A 1920s illusionist uses smoke and mirrors to deceive her clients into thinking they're being seduced. A princess recovers from a procedure with the help of four hot fae. A lawyer witch plans a protest, falling in love with a werewolf along the way... -
Going Roswell by Jess Whitecroft
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsJust when personal trainer Sean Michael ‘Finn’ Finnegan thought he’d got used to dating a movie star, he finds himself getting used to dating a Hollywood producer. Superhero star Chase Morrow has moved on. Following his dramatic disappearance – when he fell in love, out of the closet and into a Bigfoot costume – he’s producing a TV pilot about the Roswell Incident... -
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... -
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Heart Secret by Robin D. Owens
Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsOn the faraway planet Celta, there are some things you can never tell—until someone discovers your Heart Secret…. When a virulent disease killed the woman he loved and her baby, Garrett Primross was left alive, a reluctant survivor. Now, as a private eye, he strives to banish the memories of his past and rebuild his life...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... -
Captured by Kenya Wright
Can she escape him or was she captured the whole time? Brie and Samuel travel to the human town of Freemont and learn that Brie is being hunted. Brie is more than a domina...Categorized as:
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Cyborg and the Single Mom: a sci-fi alien romance by Susan Grant
Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsCan a single mom who's afraid to lose her heart find love with a fugitive cyborg who's forgotten he has one? Evie hasn't forgiven Reef for invading her home and terrorizing her chihuahua, but agrees to a temporary stay to help Earth avoid an alien invasion...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... -
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…. -
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... -
Conquering the Alien Lord Protector by Bella Blair
The only thing that matters to me in this universe is HER! Silla: Aliens are real and have invaded Earth. For five days I manage to hold out before I am taken prisoner by the Cryons and brought to their home planet Colynth. Where they use me to extract DNA from a Pandraxian warrior by drugging me with an aphrodisiac and tying me to his bed for his pleasure... -
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... -
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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Singer Distance by Ethan Chatagnier
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe odds of the planet next door hosting intelligent life are—that’s not luck. That’s a miracle. It means something. In December 1960, Crystal Singer, her boyfriend Rick, and three other MIT grad students take a cross-country road trip from Boston to Arizona to paint a message in the desert... -
The Quest by Susan Kearney
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsA warrior on a mission. Kirek of Rystan's objective is to destroy the Federation's deadliest enemy, but he needs help. When assistance comes in the form of a sexy and irresistible space pilot, he takes on a second goal--to win her heart. A woman with a plan. Captain Angel Taylor's going after the biggest salvage haul in her career... -
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... -
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... -
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... -
Unmasked by C.J. Barry
To the merchants he plunders, he’s the Ghost Rider of the Dead Zone. To sector law enforcement, he’s a wanted pirate. To the slaves he rescues, he’s the savior, laghato. To one determined female, Qaade Deter is serious trouble. Torrie Masters had heard of the legendary raider, but she’d never expected to encounter him...Categorized as:
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How to Break Up with an Alien by Magan Vernon
Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsFace it, long distance relationships in high school are hard, especially when the other one in the relationship is an alien. Alex Bianchi may have survived an intergalactic battle, but that still doesn't excuse her from her senior year of high school, or qualify her for any sort of scholarship. To make up for college tuition costs, she takes a job at a local coffee shop... -
The Bond That Heals Us by Christine d'Abo
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSecond in the Eternal Bond seriesSara has been so busy saving the lives of others, her own life has passed her by. But when a mysterious alien captain crash lands his ship on the Eurus colony, Sara feels an unexplained attraction to him and decides to throw herself into an unexpected love affair... -
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Her Empath by Mina Carter
Rated: 3.77 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsEven a rogue can be brought to heel by love. Lyssa Ryland is the rogue of the fleet. Feared and wanted by half the admiralty, no one can control the redheaded General. Half-human, half alien, her nature has made her tough and years of war have given her a backbone of steel... -
Touched by Light by Catherine Spangler
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBook 3 of the Urban Fantasy Romance series, The Sentinels. After a brutal attack, Dr. Julia Reynolds is determined to live a solitary existence. But one man who believes she’s his soul mate and his destiny has other ideas . . . For twelve years Julia has been haunted by memories of a horrific assault, and forced to deal with precognitive abilities triggered by the attack... -
Under His Skin by Stacey O'Neale
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA paranormal category romance from Entangled's Covet imprint. .. Earth girls are never easy. But they're worth it. Bakery owner Annabelle Sparks' business is booming ever since she won reality TV's Cupcake Wars. The one thing deflating her happy soufflé? The extremely sexy Kaden Chance only sees her as a best friend-and Annabelle wants so much more... -
No Way Out: Kari by Jaid Black
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsStory 11 in the series Trek Mi Q’an. Can be read as a stand-alone, but we recommend you read the stories in sequence for maximum enjoyment. This is the backstory on Kari and Death; their full story will be told over the course of the next three books... -
Bridal Bonds by Leora Gonzales
Rated: 3.60 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsRE-PUBLISHED by the author, this is Book Two of the Warriors of Phaeton series. Andi signed up for the Bridal Pact, but what with having to dissolve her possibly sabotaged mismatch and being kidnapped by extremists determined to wreck the Earth-Phaeton warrior alliance, her space adventure sucks big-time... -
Mine by Brenda Huber
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsBecoming the object of obsession can be deadly. Brilliant songwriter, Alexandra Sinclair swore she'd never return to the predator-filled music industry. Yet her life takes an unexpected tailspin and Alex finds herself neck deep in the business once more...Categorized as:
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