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A Desolation Called Peace by Arkady Martine
An alien armada lurks on the edges of Teixcalaanli space. No one can communicate with it, no one can destroy it, and Fleet Captain Nine Hibiscus is running out of options. In a desperate attempt at diplomacy with the mysterious invaders, the fleet captain has sent for a diplomatic envoy... -
Lab Rat One by Andrea K. Höst
In the months since Cassandra Devlin walked onto another planet, she has grappled with everything from making blankets to helping psychics battle the memories of monsters. Not able to find a way home, she has instead gained friends and a purpose... -
Buried Too Deep by Karen Rose
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsFrom New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Karen Rose comes another explosive novel in the New Orleans series, where some secrets are worth dying for—or killing to keep. Three can keep a secret if two of them are dead... -
Backwater Justice by Fern Michaels
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsAn action-packed, ripped-from-the-headlines story of smalltown secrets from the #1 bestselling author, the latest in the long-running fan-favorite Sisterhood series.The Sisterhood: a group of women from all walks of life bound by friendship and years of adventure... -
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The Alien Huntress Series: Enslave Me Sweetly, Savor Me Slowly, Seduce the Darkness by Gena Showalter
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsThis ebook anthology contains three books in Gena Showalter's bestselling Alien Huntress series.Enslave Me SweetlyEden Black walks among humans, protecting them from the murderous evil of other-worlders who abduct and enslave... -
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... -
Leap by Michael C. Grumley
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 37 ratingsONE OF MANKIND'S GREATEST LEGENDS HAS BEEN DISCOVERED... A FIND THAT ANY COUNTRY IN THE WORLD WOULD KILL TO POSSESS... ...AND IT'S ABOUT TO CHANGE EVERYTHING. One year ago, a remarkable breakthrough changed what it means to be human. Now, from a new research center in Puerto Rico, Alison Shaw and her team are about to stun the world...again... -
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... -
Shy Creatures by Clare Chambers
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsIn all failed relationships there is a point that passes unnoticed at the time, which can later be identified as the beginning of the decline. For Helen it was the weekend that the Hidden Man came to Westbury Park.Croydon, 1964. Helen Hansford is in her thirties and an art therapist in a psychiatric hospital where she has been having a long love affair with a charismatic, married doctor... -
The Boy by Tami Hoag
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsNow a New York Times bestseller An unfathomable loss or an unthinkable crime? #1 New York Times bestselling author Tami Hoag keeps you guessing in her most harrowing thriller yet... -
The Bound Prince by Michelle M. Pillow
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 26 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... -
For Batter or Worse by Jenn McKinlay
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsThe Fairy Tale Cupcake crew must discover the truth behind a death sprinkled with suspicion before Mel and Joe can say I do", in the thirteenth Cupcake Bakery Mystery from New York Times bestselling author Jenn McKinlay.Life is sweet and business is booming at the Fairy Tale Cupcakes bakery--and the fact that Mel and Joe are getting married is the icing on the cake... -
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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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... -
Fatal Fascinator by Jenn McKinlay
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsHip hip beret! Hatmakers Scarlett Parker and Vivian Tremont return and must collar a killer when a castle wedding goes awry in New York Times bestselling author Jenn McKinlay’s new Hat Shop Mystery.It’s wedding season and Viv’s longtime frenemy Piper May is getting married. She convinces Viv and Scarlett to take on the job of designing the headpieces for her “wedding of the year... -
Strawberried Alive by Jenn McKinlay
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsThe crew from the Fairy Tale Cupcakes shop risks getting burned when they set out to find a murderer who is terrorizing their townLife is smooth as buttercream at the Fairy Tale Cupcakes bakery, and newlyweds Mel and Joe are stopping to smell the flours. But things start to crumble one night when an unknown gunman takes a shot at Mel... -
Caszandra by Andrea K. Höst
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsCassandra 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... -
Amaryllis by Jayne Castle, Jayne Ann Krentz
New York Times bestselling author JAYNE CASTLE Acclaimed for her novels of “delectably entertaining paranormal romantic suspense” (Booklist), the wildly popular alter ego of bestselling author Jayne Ann Krentz takes off on a star-dusted excursion to a rich civilization where danger and passion are just a heartbeat away. . . . Amaryllis Lark is one of the best psychic detectives on St... -
Tempt Me Eternally by Gena Showalter
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 19 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... -
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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Teran by Ava Ross
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsThe 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... -
Fugitive by Cheryl Brooks
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 19 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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Dying for Devil's Food by Jenn McKinlay
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsIt's going to take every recipe the Fairy Tale Cupcake crew has to whip up a quick defense for Mel Cooper when her high school reunion goes from a cakewalk to a car wreck.. -
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The Rogue Prince by Michelle M. Pillow
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 17 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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The Paper Caper by Kate Carlisle
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsSan Francisco book-restoration expert Brooklyn Wainwright loves a good book festival except when murder is the main event in this thrilling new addition to the New York Times bestselling Bibliophile Mystery series.Brooklyn is excited to be included in the Covington Library’s first annual Mark Twain Festival... -
The Playful Prince by Michelle M. Pillow
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 30 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.. -
The Last Second by Catherine Coulter, J.T. Ellison
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsFrom New York Times bestselling authors Catherine Coulter and J.T. Ellison comes a riveting thriller pitting special agents Nicholas Drummond and Michaela Caine against a private French space agency that has the power to end the world as we know it... -
Sugar Plum Poisoned by Jenn McKinlay
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsIt's Christmastime, and this holiday season, things are heating up for the bakers at Fairy Tale Cupcakes, in the newest Cupcake Bakery Mystery from New York Times bestselling author Jenn McKinlay... -
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... -
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... -
The Devil's Triangle by Catherine Coulter, J.T. Ellison
FBI Special Agents Nicholas Drummond and Michaela Caine have a new mandate as the government’s Covert Eyes, assembling a handpicked team of top-notch agents to tackle crimes and criminals both international and deadly. But their first case threatens to tear the fledgling team apart when the enigmatic thief known as the Fox reappears with a plea for help... -
Wedding Cake Crumble by Jenn McKinlay
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsWedding bells and death knells are ringing for the Fairy Tale Cupcake crew in this latest mystery in the New York Times bestselling seriesWith Angie and Tate's wedding just around the corner, it's a happy--but very busy--time for Mel... -
At the Drop of a Hat by Jenn McKinlay
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsCousins Scarlett Parker and Vivian Tremont's fashionable London hat shop, Mim's Whims, is visited by a new customer bearing an old hat box. Ariana Jackson is getting married and wants to restore her mother's bridal hat and veil for the occasion. The elegant item was made by Scarlett and Vivian's grandmother over thirty years ago, so Viv is delighted to take the job... -
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See How She Dies by Lisa Jackson
Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsLondon Danvers was kidnapped as a child from her wealthy family. Over the years, many women have claimed to be the long-lost heiress. Now Adria Nash has arrived in Oregon, claiming to be London - but she's different. She knows personal details only London could have known. And there is someone who does believe her . . -
Snowed in with an Alien by Ava Ross
With Christmas approaching, can Aida and Trexon give an orphaned little girl her holiday wish, plus find the perfect ending for themselves?Before her conniving father can steal her orphaned niece away, Aida’s determined to give the three-year-old child the Christmas she’s been wishing for...Categorized as:
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A Crime of Poison by Nancy Haddock
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe Silver Six are known for their arts and crafts—but they’re about to be tested in the art of catching a crafty killer.It’s early October, time for the Fall Folk Art Festival and Bake Sale in Lilyvale, Arkansas. Every business along the town square will benefit from the event, including the craft store run by Leslee Stanton Nix—aka Nixy—and the Silver Six, a group of retirees... -
Sleeping With Anemone by Kate Collins
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsI, Abby Knight, hometown florist, refuse to be cowed into giving up my stance against the unfair treatment of dairy animals... -
A Cup of Flour, A Pinch of Death by Valerie Burns
Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsOn the shores of Lake Michigan, influencer Maddy Montgomery has turned the bakery she inherited from her great aunt Octavia into a destination. There’s just one thing she won’t, the body in the freezer . . .Thanks to Maddy’s social media savvy, Baby Cakes Bakery is becoming a huge success—so much so that she’s attracted the attention of her former nemesis, the fiancé-stealing Brandy Denton... -
Central Park by Guillaume Musso
Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars · 43 ratingsFrom the #1 international bestselling author: a woman wakes up on a Central Park bench with no memory of how she got there in this “unpredictable and moving psychological thriller that keeps you holding your breath” (Métro)Alice, a fierce and respected Parisian cop, wakes up on a Central Park bench with no memory of the night before, handcuffed to a complete stranger—a musician named Gabriel... -
Beholder's Eye by Julie E. Czerneda
Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsThey are the last survivors of their race beings who live on and communicate through energy, who are capable of assuming the shape of any other species. When their youngest member is assigned to a world considered safe to explore, she is captured by the natives... -
Poisoned Pages by Lorna Barrett
Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsMystery bookstore owner Tricia Miles learns that nothing kills a good party like a murder in the latest entry in the New York Times bestselling Booktown Mysteries.Tricia Miles, mystery bookstore owner and amateur sleuth, throws a housewarming cocktail party in her new apartment and has cooked all the food by herself--quite a feat for someone who previously couldn't boil water... -
Alien Taste by Wen Spencer
Living with wolves as a child gave tracker Ukiah Oregon a heightened sense of smell and taste. Or so he thought-until he crossed paths with a criminal gang known as the Pack. Now, Ukiah is about to discover just how much he has in common with the Pack: a bond of blood, brotherhood...and destiny... -
Hero by Cheryl Brooks
Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars · 21 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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A Scone of Contention by Lucy Burdette
Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsA murderer's out to spoil Hayley's honeymoon in national bestselling author Lucy Burdette's eleventh Key West Food Critic Mystery. Key Zest food critic Hayley Snow and her groom, police detective Nathan Bransford, thought Scotland was the ideal destination for two newlyweds... -
Stud by Cheryl Brooks
Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars · 17 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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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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Kord by Cara Bristol
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 9 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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His Highness the Duke by Michelle M. Pillow
Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars · 19 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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