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Book of the Damned: A-E5L1-01-00 (A reverse harem, post-pandemic, slow-burn romance) (The JAK2 Cycle, Book) by V.E.S. Pullen
We know who Azzie is now.We think we know what’s going on: the base, the study, why she pushes us away…Turns out we don’t know anything.~o~My doctors, my foster family, my friends, even Mouse has been lying to me. Sasha, Luka, and Sev aren't even teenagers let alone high school students...Categorized as:
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Daughter of the Alien Warrior by Honey Phillips, Bex McLynn
Can a grieving alien warrior and a desperate mother overcome their painful pasts through the shared love of a child?One year ago, Jade’s husband was killed and the baby she had wanted for so long disappeared. She has been searching for her daughter ever since. Nothing - not even being abducted by aliens - is going to stop her... -
A Home for the Alien Warrior by Honey Phillips, Bex McLynn
Can a lonely alien warrior find the family he’s always wanted?When tragedy shatters Claire’s world, she abandons her corporate job and retreats to a remote mountain town. Just when she finally begins to rebuild her life, she is abducted by alien slavers.Unable to escape the scientist who purchases her, she devotes herself to the young alien twins who are also trapped by his twisted experiments...Categorized as:
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I Married A Mothman by Regine Abel
He’s everything she never knew she wanted.When Venus embarked on a luxury cruise, she never expected to rescue a young Promethean demi-god—or that he’d bind her as his guardian...Categorized as:
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A Family for the Alien Warrior by Honey Phillips
A grumpy alien warrior. A pregnant librarian. A ready-made family?Wanda has never hankered after excitement - or romance. A quiet life as a small town librarian suits her just fine. But while she doesn’t need a man, she does want a child. Just as her hard-earned dreams come true, she is abducted by aliens...Categorized as:
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Starlight by Lisa Henry
Brady Garrett is back in space, this time as an unwilling member of a team of humans seeking to study the alien Faceless and their technology. It’s not the first time Brady’s life has been in the hands of the Faceless leader Kai-Ren, and if there’s one thing Brady hates it’s being reminded exactly how powerless he is... -
Victoria's Challenge by M.K. Eidem
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsVictoria Lynn Chamberlain… at two, she was abducted by an alien race, the Regulians… at nine, her world literally explodes when the Regulians returned, destroying Earth. She and her Aunt are the only survivors thanks to another alien race, the Carinians. Now she’s eighteen, a new graduate from their top medical school, and is ready to claim her life mate...Categorized as:
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Local Custom by Sharon Lee, Steve Miller
Each person shall provide his clan of origin with a child of his blood, who will be raised by the clan and belong to the clan. And this shall be Law for every person of every clan . . .Master trader Er Thom knows the local custom of Liaden is to be matched with a proper bride, and provide his prominent clan Korval with an heir... -
Cherished by the Hunter by Lynnea Lee
EVIE Prince Charming comes in purple! I’ve been looking for my Prince Charming my entire life. When ravenous, human-eating bugs descend from the skies, I think my dream is doomed—until a musclebound Xarc’n hunter rescues me from certain death. Tarv’k is strong and brave, and the purring in his chest turns my knees to jelly.Too bad he’s pretending not to be interested...Categorized as:
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Pursued by the Alien Lord by Mina Carter
She’s a spy. He’s an alien cyborg who doesn’t like humans… What could go wrong?Hacker extraordinaire Raven lives in the shadows, making her living by rooting out secrets of the rich and corrupt. It’s a good setup, until her boss reassigns her to spy on the Lathar. All she’s got to do is break into their super-secure system and find out what they’re keeping from humanity... -
Hunted by the Alien Berserker by Mina Carter
She’s a pilot, not a people person. What does she know about keeping a bunch of women alive on an alien planet?Even worse, said planet has alien cavemen intent on carrying them off to their lairs to… do whatever it is alien cavemen DO to their captives. Yeah, that doesn’t take a genius to figure out... -
The President's Alien Princess by Mina Carter
Asleep in the ice for eons, she’s woken by the prince she despises… Betrayed and forced into stasis after a coup sent her starship crashing onto an unknown planet, Imperial Navy Captain Lynara Varaant only expects to sleep a few years until rescue comes...Categorized as:
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Alien Keeper by Ursa Dax
“I will be her keeper, her guardian, her guide. And I will keep her safe no matter the cost...”VALERIASo it turns out I’m on the bad guys’ side. I didn’t actually know that until my superior officer started waving his gun around got himself killed on our alien recon mission. My orders are changing by the minute, and I quickly realize I have absolutely no interest in following any of them... -
Silenced by Heather Fox
Carrie: The new arrivals at our tribe may have their minds only on one thing, but I can't even think about finding my mate. Not when my voice has been stolen away by a broken promise. Unable to communicate with the others, I'm relegated to the edges of the tribe. But I'm not the only one. Endzoh, the quiet warrior I've always thought didn't much like us girls, is right here with me...Categorized as:
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Chaos by Regine Abel
A love baptized by fire.As the most unique psychic in the galaxy, Sabra is eager to join the Vanguard, the powerful army of the genetically engineered Xian Warriors. Her desire to be assigned as Chaos’s Soulcatcher takes on a whole new meaning the moment their eyes meet, forming an undeniable bond between them...Categorized as:
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Agent of Change by Sharon Lee, Steve Miller
IT STARTS WITH A MAN WHO WAS NOT WHAT HE SEEMED... “The man who was not Terrence O’Grady had come quietly.” Introducing Val Con yos’Phelium – interstellar spy, starship pilot, musician, and incidentally, a brother to Clutch Turtles...Categorized as:
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Draconians Queen by Juno Wells
Sold from one species to another, isn't the dream I had when I signed up for an alien husband...The promise of being electronically matched with a wealthy, handsome alien husband and going from a dying Earth, to a new healthy world, seemed like an impossible dream. After securing a successful match, I left with my meagre possessions and dreams of starting over..Categorized as:
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Fated to the Alien Rebel by Erin Hale
SageI’ve built a new life on the planet Tavikh, spending every day seeking penance. And despite witnessing three of my new-found friends find their fated mate, I don’t dare hope to find mine. Not when there’s a chance someone from Earth will arrive to take me back to face the consequences for what I did...Categorized as:
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Clonely You by Ruby Dixon
A'ani clone Aithar has had his heart broken a dozen times on Risda III. No one wants the love he is so very eager to give. But then he meets a human woman named Michaela who runs a dairy farm. She wants to rescue her sister, and to do so, she needs Aithar’s help. He’s willing to help…in exchange for a date. Michaela warns him that she’s just using him... -
Hitched to the Alien General by Mina Carter
Her perfect man is a big, scarred alien war hero. Pity he only see’s her as a warrior, not a woman... Kenna Reynolds loves life in the Imperial Court. The latharian culture fascinates her, and she values the friendships she’s made amongst the sentinel women, most bonded to Latharian males, and a few with babies on the way...Categorized as:
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Astounding! by Kim Fielding
Carter Evans is founder and editor-in-chief of Astounding!—a formerly popular spec fiction magazine currently in its death throes. Not only can he do nothing to save it, but stuck in a rathole apartment with few interpersonal connections, he can’t seem to do much to rescue his future either. And certainly all the booze isn’t helping... -
Mazarin Blues by Al Hess
A '21-22 SPSFC semifinalist!Introvert Reed Rothwell is part of a subculture of art deco era enthusiasts, pushing back against bland mainstream society and its mandated technology. Stuck with an AI assistant in his head is bad enough, but when he's inflicted with a forced upgrade to a new beta version, named Mazarin, the navigator starts to take on feelings and opinions of his own... -
Down to Earth: A Fated Mate Alien Warrior Romance by Alana Khan
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWithout A’Dar’s help, Maya won’t last an hour.Without access to her blood, neither will he.Pitted against hundreds of competitors whose only mission is to viciously kill their opponents, Maya must strike a deal with the scariest male she could ever imagine.What starts as an unholy bargain results in a deliciously erotic soul-connection deeper than either of them dared to dream...Categorized as:
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Twins For The Alien Warrior: A SciFi Romance by Athena Storm
No alien prince is going to throw me on his shoulder and carry me away!I don't care that he's technically rescuing me.Saving my life multiple times doesn't mean he can eye me up and down and lick his lips.He can say we're fated mates all he wants, I won't give up everything just to be his pretty little housewife... -
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Stealing Her Heart by Evangeline Anderson, Reese Dante
A Kindred thief who longs for a female to love... An abandoned woman, trying to start again... When the two of them are thrown together, sparks fly. But what happens when Vicky has to pretend she's a professor Who teaches sexual techniques to younger men? You'll have to read Stealing Her Heart to find out. Vicky Erickson is having a lousy Valentine’s Day...Categorized as:
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The Harvest: A Tah'Narian Christmas by M.A. Church
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsSo what’s an alien to do when his mate refuses to say what’s bothering him? Why, he sends a deep space message to his mate’s mother on earth, what else? Keyno not only learns the importance of Christmas to his chosen, he’s also shocked and confused as to why Dale hasn’t shared this with him... -
Sub Zero (The ESTO Universe) by Angel Martinez
Returning to the frozen planet Aren died on was bound to have complications... A Science Fiction Mystery from Angel MartinezMajor Aren Dalsgaard's newest assignment is to investigate a series of murders on the frigid planet, Drass, where relations between the Treaty settlers and the indigenous inhabitants have taken a nasty turn... -
Partners - Book One by Melissa Good
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAfter a massive volcanic eruption puts earth into nuclear winter, the planet is cloaked in clouds and no sun penetrates. Seas cover most of the land areas except high elevations which exist as islands where the remaining humans have learned to make do with much less. People survive on what they can take from the sea and with foodstuffs supplemented from an orbiting set of space stations...Categorized as:
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Warrior's Rise by Synna Star, Nikki Landis
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSynika has hidden from the dominant alien race that conquered Earth 100 years ago in search of fertile females. She's a strong-willed and headstrong woman who knows what she wants and it isn't belonging to some Dungari male and auctioned off at the annual Choosing... -
Tansy's Titan by S.E. Smith
Tansy Bell, is the middle daughter of the three Bell sisters. She has always been a little different, even for a Bell. A chameleon, she can change her appearance and personality to blend in almost anywhere. She uses this talent to bring some of the worse criminals in the world to justice. Mak ‘Tag Krell Manok is the wild one of his four brothers...Categorized as:
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When She's Handy by Ruby Dixon
Five years ago, an alien saved me from a cruel master. He rescued me and I fell in love instantly, only for him to turn around and dump me on Risda III. I both love and hate him for that choice.I've moved on and created a life for myself on this strange alien planet amongst the other refugee humans... -
Alien Warrior's Captive Bride by Miranda Martin
Earth is no longer able to support human life and trying to scratch out a meager existence is nearly impossible. HOPE Hope's been forced to sign up for an intergalactic brides' program. And just when she finally finds a tolerable species willing to purchase her contract, her ship is hit by raiders, thrusting from one near disaster and into the heart of another...Categorized as:
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Hearts and Swords: Four Original Stories of Celta (Celta's Heartmates) by Robin D. Owens
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFour original novellas from the author of Heart Search. Award-winning author Robin D. Owens returns to the futuristic world of Celta with four original romantic fantasies as four different couples find their HeartMates and their destinies on Celta...Categorized as:
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Indentured Companion by Millie Lowelle
If you like Science fiction romance, cinnamon roll male leads who don't realise how deadly they are, sassy and foul-mouthed female leads, tender romance, plot, danger, plenty of NSFW steamy romance, very alien peen, vampirism, with HEA and a hook into book two, then read Indentured Companion...Categorized as:
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AWOL Alien by Kelsey Nicole Price
CharlieWhen alien males started arriving, it brought hope to Earth. Alien mates are the hottest thing on the planet—but only if you can afford one and your tests guarantee alien hybrid babies are in your near future.And guess what? I don’t meet either requirement...Categorized as:
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Mutant Mine by Venus Nox
The Hades is on its way across the stars, transporting condemned men to the mining planet Chronus.Prison ships only accept male crew — but Rory Finch isn't going to let that stop her. So she puts on a chest binder, cuts her hair, and disguises herself as a boy. All she needs to do is get through one journey, then she can collect a sweet paycheck and get the hell out of there...Categorized as:
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Stay with Me by Lily X.
In this first of a sexy new sci-fi romance series, a galactic farmer discovers the robot she ordered is actually a flesh-and-blood woman.Cedra: Running a farm on your own is exhausting and lonely. The Servana 200 service bot I ordered was expensive, but I need the help—and if it can also hold a conversation, it will be worth the price...Categorized as:
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The Sheriff of Shard Hills by Jenn Burke
Space station cop Varuna Das is different. He’s half-human, half-dimeti, and the mix of DNA has had some interesting consequences…like a tail he does his best to keep hidden. Well into middle age, he’s used to being treated badly because of his looks, and as much as he hates it, he understands it. Humans and dimeti just finished a twenty-year war, after all... -
The Queen's Advantage by Jessie Mihalik
When Queen Samara Rani decides to repay her debt to Emperor Valentin Kos by rooting out the traitors in his court, she knows his advisors will despise her presence. The unknown traitors hate her because she tricked them out of five million credits, but even his loyal advisors have no use for the queen of rogues and scoundrels...Categorized as:
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The Prisoner's Gambit by Kira Quinn
Being taken prisoner by ravenous green-skinned aliens was not cool, but when the Raxxian ship fell under attack, breaking apart and crashing on a planet in a galaxy far from home, Maureen realized that was only the beginning.There was one bright side though. She had made a friend. A thickly muscled, blue-skinned hunk of a friend at that... -
The Queen's Gambit by Jessie Mihalik
When the Quint Confederacy and the Kos Empire went to war—again—young Queen Samara wisely kept her Rogue Coalition out of the conflict. But staying neutral in a galactic war doesn’t pay the bills, not when both sides refuse to trade with neutral sectors... -
Heart Dance by Robin D. Owens
Rated: 3.91 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsDuFleur Thyme is a scientist who's secretly experimenting with time. She'll allow no distractions from her work-not even from a HeartMate. Meanwhile, Saille T'Willow has sent his HeartGift out into the world in hopes of finding his HeartMate, who, it turns out, is DuFleur...Categorized as:
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Keir by Pippa Jay
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA demon waiting to die... An outcast reviled for his discolored skin and rumors of black magic, Keirlan de Corizi sees no hope for redemption. Imprisoned beneath the palace that was once his home, the legendary 'Blue Demon of Adalucian' waits for death to finally free him of his curse. But salvation comes in an unexpected guise. A woman determined to save him...Categorized as:
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High Couch of Silistra by Janet E. Morris
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHer sensuality was at the core of her world, her quest beyond the civilized stars. Aristocrat. Outcast. Picara. Slave. Ruler. "The amazing and erotic adventures of the most beautiful courtesan in tomorrow's universe" - Frederik Pohl "Engrossing characters in a marvelous adventure." - Charles N... -
Space Pirate's Treasure by Lynnea Lee
ANNA Another auction; another stroke of good luck. A life hidden away in some rich merchant’s private collection is boring, but safe. I’ll take it. But when the door opens, it’s not the stuffy old merchant who comes to collect me but a thief—a thief with mesmerizing yellow-green eyes, sexy fangs, and muscles for days.Kajar calls it “liberating,” but I call it stealing, plain and simple... -
Crux: A Sci-Fi Romance by H.E. Trent
Erin McGarry fears she’s becoming the very thing she hates. She traveled to the planet Jekh to get her big sister, Courtney, out of a jam, and now Erin has become a colonist, too. In spite of the planet’s unstable political environment and ongoing rioting by the native Jekhans, Erin fears that retreating to Earth would mean she’d never see Courtney again... -
Rexor by Ella Maven
They thought I was dangerous before, but now that I have a female to defend... I'm ruthless. DaisyI'm a glass half-full girl, but this last week has really tested my outlook on life. First of all, aliens exist. Yeah, there's a doozy. Second of all, they steal humans from Earth, and they're not nice about it. Like at all. Anger issues abound in other galaxies apparently... -
Unblessed by R.L. Olvitt
Naomi Parsons discovers things get complicated when you unintentionally catfish a Xithilene priest. She wasn’t planning on falling in love with an alien—or on lying to him. Now he's coming to her sleepy little town for Christmas, and he assumes that she's his mate. It turns out she should've read the fine print on that mate portal website before she signed along the dotted line..Categorized as:
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Love.exe by S.C. Wynne
Love isn’t any easier to find in the year 2069Not that Eric is looking for love. After breaking up with his boyfriend a year ago, he’s been apathetic about getting back into the dating scene. What’s the point? Relationships always crash and burn anyway.When Eric’s best friend, Sabrina, sends him an XP30 android named Sloot to help him get back in the saddle, so to speak, Eric is mortified...Categorized as:
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