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End Game by Lindsay Buroker
Alisa Marchenko has reunited with her daughter, and even though she hasn’t figured out how to get Jelena to accept Leonidas yet, she dreams of the three of them starting a new life together. They can return the Star Nomad to its original purpose of running freight and staying out of trouble (mostly)...Categorized as:
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Perilous Hunt by Lindsay Buroker
After failing to catch up with her daughter Jelena so many times, Alisa's optimism is battered, but her determination has never waned. She, Leonidas, and their eclectic crew are hunting down a Starseer research station in the heart of the Kir Asteroid belt—Jelena's supposed location. Alisa vows that she will find her daughter if she has to search a million asteroids to do so...Categorized as:
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![Connections in Death by J.D. Robb]()
Connections in Death by J.D. Robb
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 40 ratingsIn this gritty and gripping new novel in the #1 New York Times bestselling series, Eve Dallas fights to save the innocent—and serve justice to the guilty—on the streets of New York. Homicide cop Eve Dallas and her billionaire husband, Roarke, are building a brand-new school and youth shelter... -
![I Married Wonjin by Regine Abel]()
I Married Wonjin by Regine Abel
She once feared him but now cannot resist him…After decades of violence, the war pitting the human colony on Cibbos against the Yurus tribe has finally ended. Lara never expected that peace between their species would lead to a romantic entanglement with one of their former enemies. Resembling a cross between an orc and a minotaur, Wonjin looks nothing like how Lara had imagined a potential mate...Categorized as:
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![Our Bloody Pearl by D.N. Bryn]()
Our Bloody Pearl by D.N. Bryn
The ocean is uncontrollable and dangerous. But to the sirens who swim the warm island waters, it’s a home more than worth protecting from the humans and their steam-propelled ships. Between their hypnotic voices and the strength of their powerful tails, sirens have little to fear. That is, until the ruthless pirate captain, Kian, creates a device to cancel out their songs...Categorized as:
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![Whisked Away by the Alien (Holiday Heartmates) by Julie K. Cohen]()
Whisked Away by the Alien (Holiday Heartmates) by Julie K. Cohen
There’s an alien in my kitchen wearing an apron… and nothing else.There’s something delicious cooking in my kitchen and it isn’t the donuts or latkes. The tall blue alien with horns that hit the ceiling arrived in time to save Hannukah for my family, but he knows nothing about cooking... -
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![When Darkness Falls by Marian Pattechat]()
When Darkness Falls by Marian Pattechat
Miya plans a break from work, but first she has to survive her latest piloting job. Which is sure to kill her… unless she breaks the hot alien prisoner out of the cargo hold.Miya was supposed to be enjoying a well-deserved holiday on a sunny resort planet...Categorized as:
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Fixit by Erik Schubach
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFixit, she's out of this world... This short novella follows Fixit, a worker on the surface of Tau Ceti Prime. She is an ace mechanic who keeps the automated harvesting machines in good running order. She has never missed a quota in her efforts help to feed all the people “topside” in the giant floating cities in the sky... -
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Charmed By The Alien Pirate by Celia Kyle
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsOut in the fringes of known space, there’s one hope.He’s got golden skin, horns, and eyes that say he wants only me. I’m a greaser girl from Novaria. I know my way around an engine room.And I never got close to anyone. Much less a serious relationship.As for Swipt?The handsome alien pirate that rescued me says I’m his mate.Fated. Destined to be together.Kind of a big commitment...Categorized as:
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![The Gilded Scarab by Anna Butler]()
The Gilded Scarab by Anna Butler
When Captain Rafe Lancaster is invalided out of the Britannic Imperium’s Aero Corps after crashing his aerofighter during the Second Boer War, his eyesight is damaged permanently, and his career as a fighter pilot is over...Categorized as:
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![Seized by the Alien Pirate by Celia Kyle, Athena Storm]()
Seized by the Alien Pirate by Celia Kyle, Athena Storm
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWar shaped him into a soldier. His love for me transformed him into a protector. Kintar has had a hard past. I can see it in his eyes. They speak of unbelievable loss and sadness. The life of a soldier. But his chiseled, muscled, alien body is more than a collection of his past. He towers over me and pushes reality from my view--until there is only him... -
![The Pirate Captain's Daughter by Ruby Lionsdrake]()
The Pirate Captain's Daughter by Ruby Lionsdrake
Firefighter and mercenary Marat Azarov thinks he’s being noble when he rescues a beautiful slave woman from certain torture. Alas, she turns out to be more than she appears and does not appreciate his interference. In an attempt to redeem himself—and perhaps win her regard—he concocts a plot that even his grenade-flinging colleague Striker deems unwise... -
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Taken by the Alien Rogue by Krista Luna
The charming blue alien says I’m his. It’s got to be some kind of line. But how can I resist him… or his wicked tail?HAZELI get lucky when horned blue aliens rescue me straight from cryo. So when I get the chance to use my communications skills to help save other human women, I jump on it.It’s perfect. Except for him...Categorized as:
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![The A.I. Who Loved Me by Alyssa Cole]()
The A.I. Who Loved Me by Alyssa Cole
The critically acclaimed Audible Original narrated by Regina Hall and with a cameo from Mindy Kaling is now available in ebook and print formats!Trinity Jordan leads a quiet, normal life: working from home for the Hive, a multifunctional government research center, and recovering from the incident that sent her into a tailspin...Categorized as:
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Alien Tides by January Bell
When the marine aliens rescued us, telling us they were going to treat us like queens, I envisioned spa days and relaxation. I did not imagine being sent into a dangerous labyrinth so their eligible males could hunt us, claiming us as mates. As soon as I’m tossed into the labyrinth, it’s clear this isn’t going to be some relaxing swim at the beach... -
![Aliens Abducted My Heart by Hawke Oakley]()
Aliens Abducted My Heart by Hawke Oakley
Maybe crash landing on an alien planet isn't so bad... After a piloting blunder strands Captain Levi and his crew on a bizarre floral planet, their peace mission becomes more of a 'get home ASAP' mission. But they're not alone. They’re greeted by big, hunky aliens who are as strange and beautiful as the flowers. When the aliens welcome them with open arms—and tentacles—Levi is wary...Categorized as:
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![Disenchanted by Robert Kroese]()
Disenchanted by Robert Kroese
Rated: 3.54 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsKing Boric the Implacable knows death comes to all great warriors. He just didn’t expect it to be so damn fickle. Felled by an assassin’s blade, he should be spending eternity carousing in the Hall of Avandoor. Instead, his spirit is bound to his decaying body by the enchanted sword of Brakslaagt... -
![Yumi and the Nightmare Painter by Brandon Sanderson]()
Yumi and the Nightmare Painter by Brandon Sanderson
#1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sanderson brings us a gripping story set in the Cosmere universe told by Hoid, where two people from incredibly different worlds must compromise and work together to save their worlds from ruin.Yumi comes from a land of gardens, meditation, and spirits, while Painter lives in a world of darkness, technology, and nightmares... -
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One Fell Sweep by Ilona Andrews
Dina DeMille may run the nicest Bed and Breakfast in Red Deer, Texas, but she caters to a very particular kind of guest… the kind that no one on Earth is supposed to know about... -
![Wyn by Lily Mayne]()
Wyn by Lily Mayne
I am a monster.A ghoul. A demon. The bogeyman. I have been called all of them. Most creatures fear me, but humans are repulsed by me. They are terrified of me. They have created legends about me, ever since they became aware of my existence when the tear between our worlds grew and we—the monsters from their nightmares—flooded through in our droves.There is only one human who isn’t afraid of me... -
![Blood Heir (Kate Daniels World) by Ilona Andrews]()
Blood Heir (Kate Daniels World) by Ilona Andrews
An all-new novel set in the Kate Daniels World and featuring Julie Lennart-Olsen, Kate and Curran's ward. Atlanta was always a dangerous city. Now, as waves of magic and technology compete for supremacy, it’s a place caught in a slow apocalypse, where monsters spawn among the crumbling skyscrapers and supernatural factions struggle for power and survival... -
![Branded by Fire by Nalini Singh]()
Branded by Fire by Nalini Singh
When a brilliant changeling researcher is kidnapped, DarkRiver sentinel Mercy, a cat, and SnowDancer lieutenant Riley, a wolf, must work together to track the young man-before his shadowy captors decide he's no longer useful...Categorized as:
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![Ignite Me by Tahereh Mafi]()
Ignite Me by Tahereh Mafi
The heart-stopping conclusion to the New York Times bestselling Shatter Me series, which Ransom Riggs, bestselling author of Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, called “a thrilling, high-stakes saga of self-discovery and forbidden love.” With Omega Point destroyed, Juliette doesn’t know if the rebels, her friends, or even Adam are alive...Categorized as:
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![Lor by Lily Mayne]()
Lor by Lily Mayne
My role as Moric—ruler of a small and prosperous fiefdom in a quiet corner of the world—has always been painfully dull and stifling.Until a beautiful, otherworldly creature with pink skin and a mane of golden hair falls through a strange void that has appeared in my guestroom.And I am instantly captivated by him.I have never seen anything like him... -
![Smoke & Mirrors by Charlie Cochet]()
Smoke & Mirrors by Charlie Cochet
Life for Dexter J. Daley has never been easy, but he’s always found a way to pick himself back up with a smile on his face. Taken from his home and the arms of Sloane Brodie, his boyfriend and THIRDS partner, Dex finds himself in a situation as mysterious and lethal as the Therian interrogating him. Dex learns what he’s secretly believed all along: his parents’ death wasn’t an accident... -
![Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir]()
Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
The Emperor needs necromancers.The Ninth Necromancer needs a swordswoman.Gideon has a sword, some dirty magazines, and no more time for undead nonsense.Tamsyn Muir’s Gideon the Ninth, first in The Locked Tomb Trilogy, unveils a solar system of swordplay, cut-throat politics, and lesbian necromancers. Her characters leap off the page, as skillfully animated as arcane revenants... -
![Magic Stars by Ilona Andrews]()
Magic Stars by Ilona Andrews
From award-winning author, Ilona Andrews, an original novella, set in the New York Times #1 bestselling Kate Daniels World and featuring fan-favorites, Derek, and Curran and Kate’s very independent ward, Julie. Scarred, solitary Derek Gaunt has separated from his Pack, and is truly a lone wolf. With no family he answers to no one; but is fiercely loyal to a chosen few...Categorized as:
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![Starsight by Brandon Sanderson]()
Starsight by Brandon Sanderson
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Reckoners series, Words of Radiance, the Mistborn trilogy, and the Stormlight Archive comes the second book in an epic series about a girl with a secret in a dangerous world at war for humanity's future.All her life, Spensa has dreamed of becoming a pilot. Of proving she's a hero like her father... -
![Blood & Thunder by Charlie Cochet]()
Blood & Thunder by Charlie Cochet
When a series of bombs go off in a Therian youth center, injuring members of THIRDS Team Destructive Delta and causing a rift between agents Dexter J. Daley and Sloane Brodie, peace seems unattainable. Especially when a new and frightening group, the Order of Adrasteia, appears to always be a step ahead...Categorized as:
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