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Cottonwood by R. Lee Smith
They never meant to come to Earth. They were never allowed to leave...Welcome to Cottonwood.Excerpt:“You should have heard it, Kate. It was subtle, but it wasn’t my imagination. The guy spent five hours essentially telling us that the aliens are retarded.”“Oh come on.”“Not in so many words, but—hang on...Categorized as:
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Sigma by Tiya Rayne
Shiloh Green has had the worse luck when it comes to men. For the last seven years she’s been trapped in a relationship with her Kingpin boyfriend. But opportunity to escape comes knocking when a mysterious businessman visits. Now Shiloh is headed to a top-secret military base to be a volunteer breeder for a government experiment... -
Evenfall: Volume 2: Director's Cut by Ais, Santino Hassell
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsIn a post-apocalyptic future, the Agency works behind the scenes to take down opposition groups that threaten the current government. Their goals justify all means, even when it comes to their own agents.In the newly revised Director's Cut of Evenfall, the second volume follows Sin and Boyd through a long-term undercover mission in Mexico... -
Vrexus by Olivia Riley
Lee thinks she's safe in the silver city, safe from the monsters. But she's wrong.While on a mission for the alliance, Lee Reimer, a politician's daughter, celebrates a newly made pact with an alien race, unaware a vicious beast stalks nearby, ready to steal her away... -
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The Fractured Dark by Megan E. O'Keefe
Dying planets, dangerous conspiracies, and secret romance abound in the second installment of the Devoured Worlds trilogy by award-winning author Megan E. O'Keefe.Naira and Tarquin have escaped the pull of a dying planet, and are now bound together to find the truth behind the all-powerful Mercator family and the blight that has been killing habitable planets... -
Vigilance by Etta Pierce
Still reeling from the upending of her life, Dr Amelia Ahlberg finds herself the sole physician of the new human colony on Yaspur. Luckily, a medical delegate was assigned to help her settle in after the trauma of the Paramour. When a young girl falls ill because of a common flower, Amelia begs him to take her on his research excursions into the jungle... -
JoAyyn by Amanda Milo
My alien keeper rescued me from a man I should have been able to trust: my father.Raised by an alien, I never really learned how to interact with human people.And that’s fine. I’m happy just as I am. I never feel like I’m missing out on anything....So I don’t understand why this new human, Lee, affects me so strangely.Then again, he did just admit that he’s been hunting me... -
Vengeful Heart by Tiffany Roberts
When his mate is threatened, nothing burns hotter than his wrath.Against all odds, Arcanthus found Samantha, his beautiful, sweet terran mate. His fated one. Her love shattered the barriers around his heart.After defeating a ghost from his past, Arc thinks he and Samantha are safe to move on with their lives. But she has a past of her own, and it refuses to let her go.He nearly lost her once...Categorized as:
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Starfighter Chapter 3 by Hamlet Machine
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsCain and Abel are transferred to the battleship Sleipnir for a critical mission, and the further they venture into enemy space, the deeper their relationship becomes. As Cain struggles to make a name for himself among his new shipmates, the Commanders assign Abel to a project that may give the Alliance a decisive advantage in the war against the Colterons... -
Broken by C.R. Jane, Mila Young
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTheir obsession will destroy her... Ella Monroe is broken and betrayed. After the discovery of the Vepar's secret, Ella would like nothing better than to get away from her three Vepar lovers and hide from them forever. Unfortunately, the Vepar have other ideas for Ella... -
Sigil by Addison Cain
He will possess her in every way. After a century, The Irdesi Emperor has finally cornered their species’ only female. Sovereign and his fanatic brothers are closing in, driving Sigil to desperation. They outnumber her, they are stronger, and they are relentless. Sovereign knows her secrets better than Sigil knows herself. He knows she was conditioned to hate him. It changes nothing... -
Shadow by Alana Khan, Elle Arden
Can two broken people release their demons, open their hearts, and find lasting love? Petra's strong, take-no-prisoners attitude is severely challenged when she's abducted by aliens, destined to be sold as a sex slave. To escape she needs the help of the most irritating, hunky alien this side of the Milky Way...Categorized as:
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War for Earth by Erin Raegan
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsThree weeks ago, an alien species called the Vitat, invaded the earth. They broke through the earth’s atmosphere and decimated the human population in moments. Their goal? Nothing but destruction and to feed their endless appetites. Their hive queen orbits earth in their warship, waiting until her hive have taken over the planet and she can consume earth’s sun to grow her massive hive...Categorized as:
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Destiny Falling by Lucy Regatta
The year is 2121 and Earth is unrecognizable after a virus wiped out most of the human race. Women are the ruling power, while fertile men are on the brink of extinction. A powerful Coalition has taken control of much of the known world, maintaining a strict classification system. All surviving males are owned by the state and used for breeding purposes. No man is free.It’s a new world order...Categorized as:
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Bargain with a Beast by Grace Goodwin
Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAdrian Davis thought getting on a real-life, ‘beam me up, Scotty’, transport pad was adventure enough. Visiting her mother—and the Atlan beast her mom had chosen as a mate—on another planet? Setting foot in an Atlan prison? Completely crazy. Like totally, bat-shit, what-the-hell-was-she-doing-with-her-life crazy... -
Maze-Born Trouble by Ginn Hale
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA dead girl, a cop he can’t forget, and a price on his head. All on a space station at the edge of a black hole. Just another day’s work for P.I. Lake Harmaa. P.I. Lake Harmaa escaped the darkness and intense gravity of Sisu Space Station’s Maze Sector by turning traitor and spying for the Feds during the war... -
The Golden Line by Addison Cain
They call me brutal. They call me unrepentant. They call me possessive. I am all these things and much worse. But to her, I will be conqueror. The Golden Line is a dark, sinister Omegaverse romance for those with twisted tastes and a love for delicious villains. Complete power exchange dominates these pages, as does an attentive Alpha hero you will adore... -
Shade's Embrace by Olivia Riley
She fears the monsters of Seriph.He rules over them.Axaria Shade, a deadly sidonion commander turned underworld kingpin, rules on the moon city, Seriph, with merciless control. Humans don't enter the city without fear of death, especially if found in his territory.So it's shocking to Madelyn when he spares her life after her ship crashes on (and burns away) a part of his property...Categorized as:
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Matched by V.K. Ludwig
My female matches two Vetusians: me, and the warrior she just killed.Fate is unpredictable. One moment I lose my destined female. The very next, I walk in on the kill of the other male who intended to claim her. For the Empire, the punishment for murder is death; her execution inevitable.Until I steal Katie and her daughter away to Odheim... -
Colossal: Dark Romance in Deep Space by Alexandra Norton
"My colony ship needs a sacrificial lamb. Someone I can use to produce my heir. That’s you now, Kaia. But don’t worry. You’ll like it. When the cravings take hold, you’ll even need it. It may not be love, but you won’t know the difference and I won’t care."That’s what Orion Halen told Kaia after he brought her back to his ship. To him, she is just a means to an end...Categorized as:
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Commodity by Shay Savage
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsA woman hunted by human traffickers. A hot and dangerous bodyguard. Utter destruction. The end of civilization. The beginning of a new form of currency. Women are now the highest COMMODITY... -
Claimed by Chloe Kent
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThey bought her. Now they will breed her.Even with Earth devastated by an asteroid impact and a tyrant ruling with an iron fist, Skyler Williams is still shocked when she suddenly awakens on another world, naked and on display for three alarmingly sexy aliens... -
The Beast by Jenny Foster
Rated: 3.56 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsA human female. A ruthless alien. A dangerous beast she awakens inside of him. His name is Ar’Van. He is the best hunter money can buy. Tall, dangerous, non-human – and the last of his kind. When a new assignment brings him to Earth, he doesn’t expect much resistance. The women he is supposed to deliver to the warlord of the Qua’Hathri are easy targets...Categorized as:
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The Captain's Pet by Samantha Cayto
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen a distant planet’s ownership is in dispute, conquering aliens turn defiant human males into pampered sex slaves. In a not-too-distant future, a lopsided war has led to aliens invading and occupying an Earth settlement. Wid is a young colonist who has been caught harassing the aliens. He and his friends are rounded up and sent to an alien warship patrolling the disputed space... -
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An Uncommon Whore by Belinda McBride
"As a general rule, you won't find the love of your life while you're on your knees under a table." -- Helios Dayspring Pasha is a slave, whoring for travelers at the most dangerous bar on Warlan. He has no memory, no future of his own, yet deep inside Pasha knows that that he is meant for better things... -
Pythen by Erin Raegan
Peyton I was having a cold coffee with my best friend Vivian when the whole world went upside down. Now there are gazelle-glowing-like-a-light-bulb aliens running around eating everybody, and enormous dark purply colored aliens that have a strong resemblance to bats, dive bombing from the sky. One of the bats says I'm his and i need to ease his mating rage. Yeah, not happening...Categorized as:
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Abduction by Amelita Rae
An Mpreg Yaoi Alien RomanceIn a freak accident, the hull of Hisao’s ship is breached by meteor debris and the young spaceman is sucked out into space. Terrified, alone and rapidly running out of oxygen, the young man waits to die until a bright light suddenly appears and sucks him into it.For a moment, Hisao thinks he HAS died, but his adventure has only just begun... -
Given to the Daddies (Galactic Discipline) by Emily Tilton
Rated: 3.41 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAfter police show up at her home and demand she accompany them, eighteen-year-old Dorana is taken to her planet's capital to be trained for use by the Magisterians who conquered her world. Before long she has been stripped, punished for her defiance, and brought to a shameful public climax by the very man who just finished spanking her, but her humiliation is just beginning... -
Thirst by Addison Cain
Smooth as chocolate, like the tickle of champagne bubbles bursting on your tongue. Twisted as your sheets after a wild night. Deceptive as that first kiss from a bad man. Dark, dangerous, and wild! Whatever your Valentine’s Day plans may be, heat up the night with this special release. THIRST will be available for ONE DAY ONLY...Categorized as:
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Sweep of the Blade by Ilona Andrews
Maud Demille is a daughter of Innkeepers—a special group who provide ‘lodging’ to other-planetary visitors—so she knows that a simple life isn't in the cards. But even Maud could never have anticipated what Fate would throw at her. Once a wife to a powerful vampire knight, Maud and her young daughter, Helen, were exiled with him for his treachery to the desolate, savage planet of Karhari...
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