Books like 'Initiation'

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contemporary  science fiction  poly (3+ people)  aliens  alpha male  menage  m-f  bisexual  m-f-f

  • Pheromone by C.M. Stunich

    Pheromone by C.M. Stunich

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 77 ratings
    Humans … pets, meat, or mates. That’s the first thing I see when I open my eyes, that damn sign. Don’t fancy myself being sold for any of the above reasons, so I’m relieved when my buyer is killed by an … Um. Hot venom and horns and a violent grin. What the actual f*ck is that?! Or should I say who the actual f*ck is he ? Because he’s definitely male. Definitely big...
  • Hoards and Harbors Part 2 by S.M. Olivier

    Hoards and Harbors Part 2 by S.M. Olivier

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 21 ratings
    One of my worst nightmares came to fruition, and I was separated from some of my guys. Not knowing their fate left me in a state of constant anxiety. We were determining our next move and waiting for the hordes to pass only added to the stress of the unknown. Of course, leaving the prison and embarking on our next journey was also fraught with additional dangers...
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  • Soul Code by Blake Black

    Soul Code by Blake Black

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 28 ratings
    I’ve always been on the outside looking in—a female tech genius meeting every conceivable human need for others, yet struggling with a basic fundamental necessity—connection.My days are filled with code and algorithms, but my nights are haunted by isolation and loneliness...
  • Seeking Asylum by S.M. Olivier

    Seeking Asylum by S.M. Olivier

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 39 ratings
    I was once an average college student with dreams of the Olympics. A better future had been within my grasp. I was weeks away from graduating from college, and I had just received my invitation to the National Team. Sure, I was still nursing a broken heart and coming to terms with the betrayal delivered to me at the hands of people I once trusted and loved dearly...
  • Apprentice by Lexie Winston

    Apprentice by Lexie Winston

    Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 34 ratings
    Lila is nobody special. She didn’t have a bad childhood growing up in foster homes, there was just nothing particularlygood about it either. You could say Lila is a little lost. Her job is boring and repetitive, she only has one friend and there is no significant partner in her life. In fact her romance novels and her BOB is the most actions she’s seen in ages.Until now...
  • Alien Shadow Market by Lizzy Bequin

    Alien Shadow Market by Lizzy Bequin

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 16 ratings
    Five aliens. One human. All the steam.It was supposed to be my job to rescue wayward humans. I never expected to find myself imprisoned with one.And a female at that.Her scent calls to me in ways no female of my species has ever done. I just hope my teammates can rescue us both before my animal urges get the better of me...
  • Between Worlds Two by J.L. Williams

    Between Worlds Two by J.L. Williams

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Inspired 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..
  • April's Fools by Ivy Asher, Raven Kennedy

    April's Fools by Ivy Asher, Raven Kennedy

    Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 35 ratings
    We were Army Rangers, the best of the best. And then one day, everything that we worked so hard to become was ripped away. Now, we’re in some podunk town, trying to find a sense of normal amongst the crazy, and learn how to live again. That gets a hell of a lot harder to do when a virus spreads mercilessly across the country, killing 85% of the people who contract it...
  • The Katres' Summer by Laura Jo Phillips

    The Katres' Summer by Laura Jo Phillips

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The 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...
  • Wolves and Warriors by Chloe Parker, Kathryn Ann Kingsley

    Wolves and Warriors by Chloe Parker, Kathryn Ann Kingsley

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    What do shifters, monsters, and aliens have in common?They're the alpha men we crave.Prepare to tame villains and bring kings to their knees. Travel to distant worlds and uncover dark secrets in these 20 stories by your favorite paranormal and sci-fi romance authors.You can't resist falling for these heroes, whether you like them dark and brooding, sweet and sensual, monstrous or beautiful...
  • I Am the Fire by Chloe Parker, Mariah Ankenman

    I Am the Fire by Chloe Parker, Mariah Ankenman

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    We 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...
  • Dancer In The Waves by Farrah Fox

    Dancer In The Waves by Farrah Fox

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 5 ratings
    When the clock strikes midnight on New Years Eve, the world unites in celebration of a ground-breaking medical advancement. The once-unimaginable technology promises to vanquish disease, extend life expectancy, increase intelligence, and physical prowess. But unknown to most people it also grants extraordinary abilities and unearthed latent powers to those converted into a rare alpha dynamic...
  • Sold to the Beasts by Sara Fields

    Sold to the Beasts by Sara Fields

    Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Having grown up with parents who were more interested in their various criminal enterprises than they were in taking care of her, Michelle Carter is used to feeling unwanted, but it still hurts when she travels to another world as a bride for two men who turn out not to even want one...
  • Breaths of Desire by Octavia Kore

    Breaths of Desire by Octavia Kore

    Rated: 3.73 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    A forbidden attraction, an unexpected love, and a madman willing to risk it all to keep humanity pure...
  • Mate Hunt by Amber Kell

    Mate Hunt by Amber Kell

    Rated: 3.73 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Joriah is banished to the dragonworld by his father to find his mate. But when he arrives he finds things aren't always what they seem. Kings, dukes and baby dragons all vie for attention as Jory tries to figure out who is really his mate and who is trying to kill him. Warning: There is hot man/man action...
  • Adaptation by Kaitlyn O'Connor

    Adaptation by Kaitlyn O'Connor

    Rated: 3.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Dr. Kate Drexel had just begun to suspect that the ‘beasts of Sirius’ were far more intelligent than they’d believed when the Sirians escaped containment. What no one hadn’t suspected was the reason behind their amazingly complex genome or that their rapid cell regeneration pointed to more than an extraordinary adaptability...
  • Handsome Hero Wanted by James Cox

    Handsome Hero Wanted by James Cox

    Rated: 3.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Five men. One harem. Drayton Starberg takes his ship to the planet Falla Bray to join a harem in hopes of scoring money to fix up his old space ship. He has to compete with four other human like species to please the king and be chosen to use his DNA for the new heir. Problem is, each of the other males are growing on him and the king is having a hard time picking just one...
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    aliens  contemporary  harems  science fiction  poly  m-m  m-m-m  queer
  • Stowaway by Talya Bosco

    Stowaway by Talya Bosco

    Rated: 3.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Stowaway Talya Bosco Aurelia is on the run. Stowing away on an interstellar cargo ship seems the perfect solution. Except for the fact it's crewed by three very large, scary and extremely sexy men. Ursine traders Dov, Tarlo and Ardal are a bonded family. That means they share everything. When the golden-haired beauty reveals herself, they fully intend to share her...
  • Discovered by M. Sinclair

    Discovered by M. Sinclair

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 44 ratings
    Important Note: Discovered is book 3 in the Silver Falls University series. Readers can find Lost and Forgotten, books 1 and 2 in the series, as part of the Kingdom of Wolves Universe Collection. Please note, Lost and Forgotten should be read FIRST before Discovered in order to read the series in proper order. https://geni.us/SFU-1Five broken alphas. One lost wolf. A fate she never expected...
  • Venery by C.M. Stunich

    Venery by C.M. Stunich

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 49 ratings
    I’ve been abducted by an alien in a cowboy hat.He needs me to play the role of fake fiancée to appease his family of tentacle-tailed cops.I’ll keep up the charade as long as I need if it means being reunited with Abraxas and Rurik.Shouldn’t be too hard, right? To play pretend …My life force is now inextricably tied to handsome, gun totin’ Officer Hyt...
  • Persuasion by Jane Washington, Jaymin Eve

    Persuasion by Jane Washington, Jaymin Eve

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 140 ratings
    Willa Knight: Dweller? Bad-ass? Notorious pet to five magical beings? In Blesswood, there are rules, and someone is trying to teach her how to follow them. The only problem is Willa. Which shouldn’t be anything new, since she has been a problem since birth—something her pseudo-sister Emmy would agree on. So it definitely shouldn’t be new … but it is...
  • Seminal by C.M. Stunich

    Seminal by C.M. Stunich

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 63 ratings
    I don’t play the role of the kidnapped princess very well.And I really hate the fated mates trope.Hello again, I’m Eve Wakefield, and I refuse to accept that I’m in love with an intergalactic moth prince.No.I don’t care how handsome he is, I don’t want to marry him.I don’t care if his parents have a sentient spaceship capable of eating entire planets.Love is earned, not swindled by pheromones...
  • Princess Ballot by Jaymin Eve, Tate James

    Princess Ballot by Jaymin Eve, Tate James

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 58 ratings
    You have been chosen. Those four words change Violet Spencer’s whole life, when against staggering odds, she's selected in the "princess ballot." Arbon Academy is affectionately known as the school for Royals. Only the rich, powerful, or heir to a throne gain entry ... except for the one scholarship student accepted every five years...
  • Foxy Tales by Caroline Peckham, Susanne Valenti

    Foxy Tales by Caroline Peckham, Susanne Valenti

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 38 ratings
    Take a walk into the dark,Feast on the minds of men,A path well trodden,Can bring great joy again.100% of the royalties from the ebook and digitally signed, beautifully designed paperback will be donated to The Fox Project - a British wildlife charity which is close to our hearts and do wonderful work for countless animals in need of their love and care...
  • Beyond Haven by S.M. Olivier

    Beyond Haven by S.M. Olivier

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 23 ratings
    Having my dad and Uncle Scott back at Sanctuary seems like a dream come true. Unfortunately, I still have to deal with my sister Emery’s delusional antics. If that wasn't bad enough, a blast from one of my men’s past intrudes on our haven, bringing their toxic energy with them...
  • Unbroken Bonds by J. Bree

    Unbroken Bonds by J. Bree

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 245 ratings
    The gods live among us.I thought that the death of the man who tortured me, broke me, and then hunted me to the ends of the Earth would be the end of our fight; but it’s only the beginning.After thousands of years of being apart, our god bonds are reunited once again; and they’re not ready to go down without a fight.They’ve woken up hungry...
  • Soaring In Flames by M. Sinclair

    Soaring In Flames by M. Sinclair

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 55 ratings
    My father is back from the dead.He won't leave town without me and no one can figure out why. Is it because of what I am? Does he want to use me as part of his religious cult? My mates are furious and I can't help but feel like I have brought this trouble on them. The supernatural community is upset by the light I've brought on them with the rightful murder of my mother and Jed...
  • Lost by M. Sinclair

    Lost by M. Sinclair

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 65 ratings
    Broken alphas. A lost wolf. A fate she never expected.Silver Falls University. There was no reason for a female bitten wolf like myself to be here. More so, there was no reason that someone who grew up as poor as I did, in an overcrowded pack house in the South side of Chicago, should be making her way up north to one of the most prestigious supernatural universities in the country...
  • Descendant of Chaos by M. Sinclair

    Descendant of Chaos by M. Sinclair

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 30 ratings
    Stay away from mages. It was a singular phrase my father had ingrained in me from the time of my birth. Sorry, dad. I have a feeling that is going to be a f*cking problem. You have to understand… my life has been bland at best. Everything in my life, every single day, has been scripted, organized, and neat. Calm, cool, and collected. The problem? It wasn’t real...
  • Forgotten by M. Sinclair

    Forgotten by M. Sinclair

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 30 ratings
    Important Note: Forgotten is book 2 in the Silver Falls University series. Readers can find Lost, book 1 of the series, as part of the Kingdom of Wolves Universe Collection. Please note, Lost should be read FIRST before Forgotten in order to read the series in proper order. https://geni.us/Lost-SilverFallsUni Five broken alphas. One lost wolf. A fate she never expected...
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