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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... -
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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... -
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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...Categorized as:
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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... -
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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... -
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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... -
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Seven Surrenders by Ada Palmer
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 30 ratings*2018 LOCUS AWARD FINALIST FOR BEST SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL CATEGORY*In a future of near-instantaneous global travel, of abundant provision for the needs of all, a future in which no one living can remember an actual war…a long era of stability threatens to come to an abrupt end... -
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Caveman Alien’s Fate by Calista Skye
BeatriceI’m walking into a dragon’s lair.He’s the biggest, mightiest and most horrific dragon on pre-historic planet Xren. He can burn me to a crisp or rip me to shreds with his butcher-knife claws.My knees threaten to buckle with each step, and I’m inwardly screaming at myself to get the hell away and run.But someone has to do it. And this is not the first time I meet this dragon... -
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Sublime Target by Anna Carven
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsJerik Garul wants a mate.As a former High Commander in the Kordolian Imperial Military, he's used to getting his way. Blunt-spoken and gruff, he has a tendency to shoot first and ask questions later.He doesn't know anything about humans and their mating customs. And he's mystified at how several of his battle-brothers—hard, ruthless, and lethal—have succeeded in securing their own females... -
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Eat My Moon Dust by Etta Pierce
Tinsley Adams is fed up. She's a pastry chef stuck on an alien planet where cooked food is printed piping hot and perfect every time. Where's the fun in that? The artistry? The sense of family and community?When snow caps the distant mountains, she decides it's high time for some community-building festivities. No one throws a holiday bash like a Canadian, after all...Categorized as:
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While You Were Creeping (Women of Dor Nye) by Poppy Rhys
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsI had zero plans to spend Christmas with an alien convict, yet here I am. In possession of a misplaced interdimensional prison with no idea how to return to sender.Worse yet, this convict has no respect for personal space. It only goes downhill from there when, in a moment of desperation, I strike a bargain with him—be my Krampus for the annual Kringle Parade...Categorized as:
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The Eve by Keary Taylor
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA plan was laid out as the Evolution crushed mankind, a plan that was right under Eden’s nose all along. And Eve is the key to everything. New Eden—mankind—they have a small chance at fixing their dismembered planet. But it will be a reckless sprint against time and the coming Bane to retrieve the final piece to the plot. New Eden’s worst fears have become reality... -
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Alien Dance: A Bodyguard Alien Romance by Deiri Di
SerenityAlien invasion? Check.Hot aliens want Earth women? Check.Traitor to my planet? Whoops.Things have gotten completely out of control. One minute I’m a normal college student working towards completing a major in dance, the next I’m a traitor to my planet, working for an bonafide Empress who is planning a full scale takeover of Earth. The guy she assigned to guard me?He is smoking hot...Categorized as:
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Arik by Tasha Black
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsShe’s about to discover a whole new world...Lucy longs for a child of her own, and the excitement of settling a frontier moon.But she isn’t ready for the baby to come with an Invicta dragon warrior, who has sworn to protect the child with his life.And she certainly doesn’t expect the burly warrior to awaken feelings in her that she thought she left behind forever...Categorized as:
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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... -
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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... -
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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... -
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Hidden Flames by Kennedy Layne
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThere were a few things that got Owen Quade through his multiple combat tours. One was the dream of riding a custom motorcycle on a winding mountain road. The former Marine had finally managed to complete that goal, and along the way he’d gained his own bike shop and the mechanic to go with it. She was a rare beauty, and he wasn’t talking about his bike either...Categorized as:
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Her Cyborg Lumberjack by Susan Hayes
Birds were her only passion… until she met him.Rin has dedicated her life to the study of birds. When the military uncovers a lost project that results in a new avian species, they hire Rin to investigate what they’ve created… and how to best use their newest assets... -
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Apprentice by Lexie Winston
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... -
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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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Scorch Road by Toby Neal, Emily Kimelman
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsA new romantic action adventure for fans of romance thriller suspense and family romance series! One of six Italian brothers and a sister, JT Luciano is a widowed environmental biologist with a touch of the Sight who is preparing for an apocalyptic event he knows is coming... -
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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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Between Worlds Two by J.L. Williams
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 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.. -
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![State of Pursuit by Summer Lane]()
State of Pursuit by Summer Lane
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsABSOLUTELY HEART-STOPPING!" - Leti Del Mar, author of Land of the Unaltered "[Summer Lane] IS QUITE A TALENTED WRITER WITH AN AMAZING GIFT FOR NARRATION." - Janice White, Editor & Author of Clarity: A Text on Writing Cassidy Hart is alone. Her Commander and the love of her life, Chris Young, has gone missing in action... -
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DaR by Jennifer Julie Miller
KiraIn the blink of an eye, my whole world has collapsed around me. Headed towards my dream vacation I was snatched right out of the air. My husband, the love of my life, was destroyed right in front of my eyes. He fought bravely trying to protect me from a horror neither one of us could have ever imagined. I find myself standing in the spotlight on a stage...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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Hope's Folly by Linnea Sinclair
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsAdmiral Philip Guthrie is in an unprecedented position: on the wrong end of the law, leading a ragtag band of rebels against the oppressive Imperial forces. Or would be if he can get his command ship-the derelict cruiser called Hope's Folly-functioning. Not much can rattle Philip's legendary cool-but the woman who helps him foil an assassination attempt on Kirro Station will... -
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Carnelians by Catherine Asaro
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsThe leaders of the Eubian empire and Skolian Imperialate have survived political intrigue, military coups and murder attempts as they worked to forge a peace treaty between their two empires. Now comes the hard part--making the treaty a reality. Assassins are poised on both sides. Their mission: eliminate the leaders for the "crime" of striving to end half a millennia of hatred between empires... -
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Burning Bridges by Nadège Richards
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratings"It's do or die..." The year is 2065. In a world that has been divided amongst the Hunter race and the Warrior, prisoners who have fallen prey to King Cyrus' decrees are forced into the arena to fight until death. Winner is granted mercy and privilege to see another sunrise. Death unto the weak... -
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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... -
![Alien Taste by Wen Spencer]()
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... -
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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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![To Trade the Stars by Julie E. Czerneda]()
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... -
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![Claimed by the Alien Outlaw by Carlotta Page]()
Claimed by the Alien Outlaw by Carlotta Page
Jessica’s problems are just beginning …Being abducted by aliens wasn’t on my to-do list. Make more friends was. Pass my exams was. Not get teleported onto a flying spaceship! But shit happens, and here I am—along with four other women. That is, until the spaceship is damaged in a near-fatal collision and our alien kidnappers flee, abandoning us... -
![His Highness the Duke by Michelle M. Pillow]()
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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Dark Waltz by A.M. Hargrove
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAttention: This is an ADULT Book! Dark Waltz--A sizzling legend of loss, lust and love. It’s the year 2030 and the human population has been annihilated by a virulent form of small pox. Liasare Davidson is desperately searching for her brother, who has been missing for three months... -
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Wreck of the Nebula Dream by Veronica Scott
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 7 ratings2013 SFR Galaxy Award Winner "Titanic in Space" A reimagining of the Titanic disaster set in the far future among the stars… Traveling unexpectedly aboard the luxury liner Nebula Dream on its maiden voyage across the galaxy, Sectors Special Forces Captain Nick Jameson is ready for ten relaxing days, and hoping to forget his last disastrous mission behind enemy lines... -
![Aliens And Cupcakes by Aurora Caine, Nova Edwins]()
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]()
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... -
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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... -
![OffSet: A Dystopian Climate Fiction by Anna Trompetas]()
OffSet: A Dystopian Climate Fiction by Anna Trompetas
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"Anna Trompetas’s debut novel is beautifully written, funny, poignant, and terrifying all at once." "Gripping, insightful, couldn’t put it down... A thrilling exploration of what society is frighteningly close to becoming" A stunning dystopian science fiction novel, exploring a future London reeling from the impacts of climate change.You pay people to serve you food... -
![Breakthrough by Michael C. Grumley]()
Breakthrough by Michael C. Grumley
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 42 ratingsONE OF THE GREATEST BREAKTHROUGHS IN HUMAN HISTORY. A SECRET THAT WAS NEVER SUPPOSED TO BE FOUND. AND A CRISIS THAT CANNOT BE STOPPED.Deep in the Caribbean Sea, a nuclear submarine is forced to suddenly abort its mission under mysterious circumstances... -
![Protector of the Realm by Gun Brooke]()
Protector of the Realm by Gun Brooke
Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBook One: Supreme Constellations With the fate of entire civilizations at risk, the galactic battleground makes for unusual alliances and unexpected passions as two women from very different worlds join forces... -
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![Singer Distance by Ethan Chatagnier]()
Singer Distance by Ethan Chatagnier
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 16 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... -
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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... -
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Cassandra's Challenge by M.K. Eidem
Rated: 3.91 of 5 stars · 37 ratingsCassandra Chamberlain has always stood out. It's hard not to at 6’1” and 165 pounds with jet black hair and sapphire blue eyes. And if that wasn’t enough she is also brilliant, graduating from Harvard at fifteen, teaching at MIT at nineteen and up for the prestigious Magellan Award at twenty five. But she’s never really fit in. Not with her peers, not with her contemporaries, only with her family...Categorized as:
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Cataclysm by A.G. Wilde
DEJAI’m running again. Running. Running.The danger at my back is the only thing spurring me on because my body will give up soon.Because I’m dying and the world is ending.I might not make it.And when a demon appears before me, I know my time is up.I’m not going down without a fight.But no one warned me that demons don’t only devour your soul…sometimes…they consume your heart as well...Categorized as:
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![The Warchief's Bride: An Alien Warrior Romance by Ivy McAdams]()
The Warchief's Bride: An Alien Warrior Romance by Ivy McAdams
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWho invited the aliens? The weekend was supposed to be one last epic ladies’ night before my best friend’s wedding. A bachelorette party in Vegas that would rock our socks off. As it turns out, what happens in Vegas doesn’t stay in Vegas…it gets teleported to a mysterious deadly planet full of monsters and alien savages.As if that’s not bad enough, the alien barbarian chief claims me as his wife... -
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Essential Beginnings by Kennedy Layne
Rated: 3.81 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsChange is coming… Maverick Beckett took his much needed annual vacation up to Washington State to relax with his old friends from his years in the Corps. He also had every intention of extinguishing the fires that arose between him and a certain local woman he couldn’t get out of his mind until the unthinkable happened...
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