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Taunting Krell by Laurann Dohner
Book 7 in the Cyborg Seduction series. Krell hates humans. They left him scarred and undesirable to females. He’s lived a lonely existence in his home world because of their brutality. So he’s angry when he’s ordered to interrogate the captured human. She’s the enemy, a soldier from Earth. He’ll show her the same mercy they showed him. None... -
![Rules of Redemption by T.A. White]()
Rules of Redemption by T.A. White
The war everyone thought was over is just beginning. Kira Forrest is a survivor. She’s risen above the pain of her beginnings to become a war hero only to leave it all behind in the pursuit of a simple life. Now a salvager, she makes a living sifting through the wreckage of dead alien ships from a war that nearly brought humanity to its knees...Categorized as:
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![The Torid Affair by Laurann Dohner]()
The Torid Affair by Laurann Dohner
When riots erupt on planet Torid, the crew of Defcon Red is tasked with quelling the violence and tending the injured. Even Alien Research Specialist Jessa Brick is pressed into service. Arguably more comfortable in her lab, the doctor is shocked at the obvious inequality on Torid...Categorized as:
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![Hunter Raze by Laurann Dohner]()
Hunter Raze by Laurann Dohner
When her parents died in her youth, Anabel Brick—along with her sister, Jessa—was raised as an orphan of United Earth. While her sister became an Alien Research Specialist, Anabel’s skills were put to a different use. She’s a tool for U.E. and its military fleet…a spy…a killer. Her current mission also turns out to be her last... -
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![Craved by the Hunter by Lynnea Lee]()
Craved by the Hunter by Lynnea Lee
Rated: 4.66 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsSAMWhen a legendary PIP model shows up in my shop, I jump on the chance to work on the sentient shuttle, until I meet Pip’s owner. The surly hunter hates humans and has earned himself the nickname Loose Cannon...Categorized as:
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![Corsairs: Bethiah by Ruby Dixon]()
Corsairs: Bethiah by Ruby Dixon
I have a reputation for being the most chaotic bounty hunter in the universe.What they don’t know? My private life is just as messy. I’ve got a sweet, innocent cloned human woman who wants to be my lover…and a grumpy cyborg paramour who might be jealous that he’s not the center of attention.The solution?A triad...Categorized as:
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![Kiss My Asteroid by Milly Taiden]()
Kiss My Asteroid by Milly Taiden
** COMPLETELY STANDALONE **Discover a brand new race of Alpha males ready to find their mates in a dangerous warrior planet. Sassy women traveling with Gerri Wilder are in for the journey of a lifetime and a mate that will love them through the galaxy. Are you ready?Ivy Grimaldi can’t stand change. Ever. But change is something she’s had to deal with a lot lately...Categorized as:
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![His Virgin Bride by Grace Goodwin]()
His Virgin Bride by Grace Goodwin
After a life on the streets, Katie chooses the Interstellar Brides Program for a chance at a new life, a new identity. But when she arrives on Everis, her Marked Mate refuses to claim her. As an Elite Hunter, Bryn has to travel to Hyperion, a known world of gangs and vicious evil to bring an assassin to justice, and leave her behind... -
![His Human Assistant by Michele Mills]()
His Human Assistant by Michele Mills
I’m a corporate whistleblower running for my life, so I take the first job I can find off planet. Now I’m a lowly assistant for some rich devil named Hannibal Hellstone? And when I say “devil,” I mean DEVIL. As in this guy’s skin is dark red, he has shiny black horns, sharp fangs, silver-tipped claws and a barbed tail. This Hyrrokin is scary AF and his eight-year-old son looks just like him... -
![Sara and the Spymaster by Honey Phillips]()
Sara and the Spymaster by Honey Phillips
Can a passionate woman awaken a frozen warrior? Sara’s life is turned upside down when she is kidnapped by brutal aliens. Even after she’s rescued by an Imperial ship, she can’t return to Earth. The only person who seems concerned about her future is the icy alien warrior who interrogates her...Categorized as:
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![Dancing in the Darkness by Lexa Luthor]()
Dancing in the Darkness by Lexa Luthor
Set deep in the Milky Way galaxy, the beautiful planet, Kander, has been inhabited only by the Kalmar, a race of Alphas and Omegas, until Earth’s humans arrived years ago and disrupted their peace. Since its first dawning, Kander has been ruled by one Kalmar simply known as Kal, a supreme Alpha who harnesses a god’s spirit... -
![Infinity's Embrace by Anna Carven]()
Infinity's Embrace by Anna Carven
Rescued from captivity by a group of rather intimidating Kordolians, Noa finds herself recovering at a strange facility in the middle of the desert. SynCorp's medical experiments have left her with an impossible ability she can't control, and nobody really seems to know how to help her. She's fragile and shattered, a mere shadow of her former self, and she has nowhere else to go... -
![Argan by Celia Kyle]()
Argan by Celia Kyle
Argan’s honor as a Preor warrior made him defend her. Liquid Knot’s heart demanded she save him. Liquid Knot—hacker extraordinaire—has made mistakes in her life, but none so big as getting an alien warrior sentenced to death. His head is on the chopping block and the Preor leader is determined to follow the letter of the law...Categorized as:
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![Faith and the Fighter by Honey Phillips]()
Faith and the Fighter by Honey Phillips
A rogue spaceship captain. A human scientist. Faith has spent the past eight years as a scientist locked in an alien research lab. When she finally manages to escape and finds out what the aliens are doing with her work, she is appalled and determined to stop their plans...Categorized as:
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![Xenon by Regine Abel]()
Xenon by Regine Abel
What is dead is never truly gone.When she embarks on a rescue mission in an abandoned lab, the last thing Kate Lewis expects is for a long dead Xian Warrior to rise from his ashes. Then he claims she’s his soulmate. Although she doesn’t doubt his sincerity, Kate cannot help but question the truth of his words...Categorized as:
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![The Security Guy by V.C. Lancaster]()
The Security Guy by V.C. Lancaster
Anna has been sent to the San Diego branch of the Department of Extra-Terrestrial Immigration from her London PR company to negotiate a contract. Her job is to help improve the public image of the local Teissian refugee community after it has come under attack from a local politician. On her first day there, she is invited to the office Christmas party... -
![Rogue Enforcer by Grace Goodwin]()
Rogue Enforcer by Grace Goodwin
Cormac of Styx Legion knows his value to his people. He is an enforcer, a weapon to be wielded, an executioner. Nothing more. He is accepted but not loved. Feared but not welcomed. He is part of his legion, brutal, efficient and utterly alone.When he receives a coded message claiming he has been matched with an Interstellar Bride, he knows the match must be a terrible miscalculation...Categorized as:
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![Trinity by Grace Goodwin]()
Trinity by Grace Goodwin
Read the complete adventures of Trinity and Leo in Ascension Saga, Volume 1 (Books 1-3). A princess. A soldier. A destiny neither could ever imagine. Leoron of Alera returns home from the Hive wars determined to protect the capital city--and last bastion of a vanished Queen's reign--from civil war...Categorized as:
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![Faith, Part 1 by Grace Goodwin]()
Faith, Part 1 by Grace Goodwin
Faith Jones is an Earth girl...and she's not. She's half Aleran. And not just any half - a royal half. Her mother is the queen, her sister is the heir, and her twin is determined to kill every alien on the planet if that's what it takes to find their kidnapped mother... -
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Pets in Space 7 ) by Carol Van Natta, S.E. Smith
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsPets in Space® is back for a new year of adventures!Pets in Space is back and better than ever! Featuring 13 original, never-before-released stories from some of today's bestselling science fiction romance authors, starring your favorite sci-fi pets. These furry, feathered, and slightly alien friends are always ready for a new adventure with their two-legged human and alien companions... -
![Trinity, Part 2 by Grace Goodwin]()
Trinity, Part 2 by Grace Goodwin
Leoron of Alera has learned the truth about his new mate's identity, but landed in the hands of her enemies. The time for secrets is over... Welcome to the Interstellar Brides® all new Ascension Saga and the planet Alera, where women from Earth not only find their mates, but fight to rule the world...Categorized as:
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![Mating Fever by Grace Goodwin]()
Mating Fever by Grace Goodwin
Megan Simmons is a soldier sent into space to protect Earth as a member of the Coalition Fleet. After eighteen months of ruthless fighting on a Hive controlled planet, she is separated from her unit, lost and trapped behind enemy lines. Nyko of Atlan never hesitates to charge into battle against Hive scum... -
![Stray by Andrea K. Höst]()
Stray by Andrea K. Höst
On her last day of high school, Cassandra Devlin walked out of exams and into a forest. Surrounded by the wrong sort of trees, and animals never featured in any nature documentary, Cass is only sure of one thing; alone, she will be lucky to survive. The sprawl of abandoned blockish buildings Cass discovers offers her only more puzzles...Categorized as:
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![Full Speed to a Crash Landing by Beth Revis]()
Full Speed to a Crash Landing by Beth Revis
A high octane sexy space heist from New York Times-bestselling author Beth Revis, the first in a novella trilogy.Ada Lamarr may have gotten to the spaceship wreck first, but looter’s rights won’t get her far when she’s got a hole in the side of her ship and her spacesuit is almost out of air...Categorized as:
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![Faith, Part 2 by Grace Goodwin]()
Faith, Part 2 by Grace Goodwin
Thordin Jax always gets what he wants. He's rich. He's gorgeous. He's the heir to one of the most powerful families on the planet. But when his body comes alive at the sight of Faith Jones, it will take every ounce of seduction and skill he possesses to get into her bed. But there is a traitor under his roof. A very dangerous adversary. And his beautiful, mysterious new mate is hunting him.. -
![Remember Me, Synthetica by K. Aten]()
Remember Me, Synthetica by K. Aten
What happens when a woman loses her memory but gains a conscience?Dr. Alexandra Turing is a roboticist whose intellect is unrivaled in the field of artificial intelligence. While science has always come easy, Alexandra struggles to understand emotional cues and responses...Categorized as:
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![Trinity, Part 3 by Grace Goodwin]()
Trinity, Part 3 by Grace Goodwin
Although Trinity grew up on Earth, she's Aleran. She's been chosen by the artificial intelligence that bestows special gifts upon those deemed worthy. She's been chosen to rule. To lead the planet and avoid the rising tides of war. Leo is hers. She feels the truth every time he touches her... -
![Alien Holiday by Tracy Lauren]()
Alien Holiday by Tracy Lauren
It’s Christmastime on Elysia. The weather is as wintery as one can expect in a rain forest and our annual secret Santa game is in full swing. Yet for me, something’s missing. My heart aches whenever I think of mi familia back home...Categorized as:
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![Challenged by Heather Fox]()
Challenged by Heather Fox
I don't know what's going on, but being on an alien planet, nineteen years in the future, is not it. We just don't have the technological capabilities for that to be true. Sure, the guys they have playing the aliens are doing a little bit too good of a job at not seeming human, and I can't quite shake the feeling that everything just seems a little bit too real. All I have to do is get proof...Categorized as:
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![The Fallen Empire Collection (Books 1-3 and prequel) by Lindsay Buroker]()
The Fallen Empire Collection (Books 1-3 and prequel) by Lindsay Buroker
A fighter pilot on a mission to reunite with her daughter. A cyborg soldier on a quest to regain his humanity. Mortal enemies during the war, they must now work together to salvage a seventy-year-old freighter and navigate the gauntlet of pirates, scavengers, mercenaries, and other pitfalls that stand in their way after the fall of the largest empire mankind has ever known...Categorized as:
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![Indentured Companion by Millie Lowelle]()
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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![Dark Matters by Michelle Diener]()
Dark Matters by Michelle Diener
DARK MATTERS . . . taking matters into her own hands A time bomb, waiting to go off . . . Lucy Harris is on the run, not sure where she can turn to for help, or if help is even available. But even as her abductors chase her down, she realizes they don't just want to recapture her, they want to erase her...Categorized as:
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![Escaping Fate by Regine Abel]()
Escaping Fate by Regine Abel
Born and raised on a slaver's ship, Amalia is a survivor of a race believed to have been extinguished in a planetary disaster. For three generations, her family has been the prized property of Gruuk. In the next few days, she will be forced to participate in her master’s psi talent breeding program... -
![Turn Left for Stars by V.K. Ludwig]()
Turn Left for Stars by V.K. Ludwig
A SciFi Alien RomCom. It’s hard to find the right alien concubine… Finding three of them? Impossible! Watching the future saikhs practice their penetration angles at the saikhmenti alone doesn’t cut it to make a decision. What about other things like… I don’t know. Personality? What I need is insider information. That saikh-in-training who keeps failing his assessments? He’s offering it up freely...Categorized as:
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![Given to the Imperial General by Mina Carter]()
Given to the Imperial General by Mina Carter
Illicit love, for a man she shouldn’t even look at… Keliana knows it’s forbidden, but she can’t get the handsome colonel of out of her mind, nor can she ignore her dreams of one day loving him openly as a free woman. When she’s called before her prince and given to Nikolai as a gift, she thinks her dreams have finally come true. Until Nikolai is raised to prince...Categorized as:
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![Cold Attraction by Zoe Ashwood]()
Cold Attraction by Zoe Ashwood
She’s hot for an alien… Adriana is the first human to walk the icy planet Rendu as part of an exploration mission from Earth. An extraterrestrial anthropologist, she’s charged with observing the alien culture and finding out what makes them tick. One particularly gruff male makes her heart race and sends her professional judgment out the window… … but he’s cold as ice...Categorized as:
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![Emerald by Jade Waltz]()
Emerald by Jade Waltz
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsThey say good things come in threes.... and for those who wait. Emerald used to believe that until her thirty-third birthday, when her life got turned upside down. Her pet Godzilla dies, she loses her job and to top it all off, her car breaks down in this weird town called Silver Springs...Categorized as:
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![Alien Surrender by Tracy Lauren]()
Alien Surrender by Tracy Lauren
Da’vi, the relentless. Da’vi, the cold and harsh. The alien who keeps his distance, yet never fails to bicker with me over the smallest details. Tension between us is coiled so tight it’s bound to snap... and I’m bound to do what I always do--leave... -
![Ransom by Loki Renard]()
Ransom by Loki Renard
A Dark Alien RomanceI am Blackmane, feared warlord of the Pleiades.I have captured a human princess.Pretty. Sweet. Innocent.Ripe for the plucking.I will have my way with her, and her father will pay handsomely for her return... -
![Mastered by the Zandians by Renee Rose, Rebel West]()
Mastered by the Zandians by Renee Rose, Rebel West
TWO ZANDIAN WARRIORS. THEIR FEISTY HUMAN CAPTIVE. I can fly a fighter jet in my sleep and kill with the fingers of one hand. I work alone. No being in the galaxy can challenge me-- until I tangle with two Zandian warriors. They say I stole their cargo, and they plan to take me to their planet. Make me theirs. Nobody owns me... -
![Escape by Emmy Chandler]()
Escape by Emmy Chandler
Sentenced to death for war crimes they didn’t commit, Captain Carson Sotelo and his team were given a choice: die in disgrace, or live as something entirely new. Several dozen procedures and a medically induced coma later, they awoke on a prison planet as super-soldier prototypes, spliced with genes from an extinct alien species...Categorized as:
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![The Frog Prince (Cosmic Fairy Tales) by Tracy Lauren]()
The Frog Prince (Cosmic Fairy Tales) by Tracy Lauren
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMadison was hardly more than a child when stolen from Earth—a fact that she resents to no end. Ripped away from all she ever knew, she’s reluctant to be the princess her family expects her to be. Tired of living out someone else’s happily ever after, Madison reaches her breaking point when kidnapped by another kingdom... -
![Space Pirate's Treasure by Lynnea Lee]()
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]()
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... -
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![Renegade Love by Ann Aguirre]()
Renegade Love by Ann Aguirre
He’s relentless. He’s aggressive. His armor is scarred to hell. Toth Krag is infamous among bounty hunters. Nobody has ever seen his face and lived to tell the tale. He doesn’t fail. He doesn’t quit. And he doesn’t take prisoners. But maybe he’s getting soft. For once, he showed mercy, and no good deed goes unpunished, so now he’s tracking the deadbeats who run Volant’s Fabulous Spectacle... -
![Viper's Hope by Stephanie West]()
Viper's Hope by Stephanie West
Hope covered her ringing ears as she stared wide eyed at the molten rock strafing across the sky. It got larger and brighter with the smoke trail parting the horizon. The sudden eruption of water out at sea was cataclysmic as the meteor struck. The wave of water that barreled towards San Francisco a moment later was small at first but grew in size...Categorized as:
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![Chosen by the Rakian Commander by Elin Wyn, Starr Huntress]()
Chosen by the Rakian Commander by Elin Wyn, Starr Huntress
It was just another mission. Until she was thrust into his arms. And now everything has changed...Suppressing the rebellion on Crucible should have been just another mission for Commander Nic Vistuv and the men of his unit. But lies and misinformation plague their mission from the beginning. The only way out of their predicament may lie in the form of a bribe, but this bribe is different...Categorized as:
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![Afterglow by Maria Monroe]()
Afterglow by Maria Monroe
Who knew the apocalypse could be so sexy? Nina can shoot a gun, start a fire, and kick some serious ass. So when a killer virus and solar storm decimate the country, she’s as prepared as possible to survive. She just needs a motorcycle to navigate the cluttered roads and meet up with her family. Creed, former Marine, is tattooed and tough. He’s scarred inside and out... -
![Mating Spark by Ava Ryant]()
Mating Spark by Ava Ryant
So...Earth was invaded by Aliens. That happened. I’m not joking. Fortunately for us, Humans developed latent abilities that enabled us to defend and protect our planet. We call ourselves the Praesidio. Six years later the world is not the same. We know we are not alone in the universe. There are dangerous things lingering in the darkness. Alexa The Laren delegation is coming to her colony... -
![Vrehx by Elin Wyn]()
Vrehx by Elin Wyn
He shattered her world. Can she trust him with her heart? Giant spiders, walking trees, bloodthirsty vines. For Jeneva, it's just another day trying to survive in the jungles of Ankau. Until the sky ripped open, and the true monsters came through. Now her world is under attack, and the only place of safety may be at the side of a rock-hard scaled alien...Categorized as:
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