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Wyn by Lily Mayne
I am a monster.A ghoul. A demon. The bogeyman. I have been called all of them. Most creatures fear me, but humans are repulsed by me. They are terrified of me. They have created legends about me, ever since they became aware of my existence when the tear between our worlds grew and we—the monsters from their nightmares—flooded through in our droves.There is only one human who isn’t afraid of me...Categorized as:
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Little Mushroom [小蘑菇 上] by 一十四洲
An Zhe was a mushroom whose lifelong mission was to raise his own spore.One day, he lost his spore.He searched all over the world for a long time before finally seeing a familiar spore on the news.An Zhe desperately knocked on the door of a colonel in the human military.“Hello, Sir. Did your research turn out well? Can I have my son back after the research?”The colonel looked cold... -
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In the Requiem by Hailey Turner
Never let go. Weighed down by scandal, Captain Jamie Callahan must choose between saving his family’s reputation and his father’s political aspirations, or taking down the enemy once and for all. Choosing one over the other will have lasting repercussions he can’t escape. Whatever path Jamie ultimately picks, Staff Sergeant Kyle Brannigan will be right by his side to face the consequences... -
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In the Blood by Hailey Turner
Running out of time. Captain Jamie Callahan is frustrated with his team constantly being at the mercy of the enemy in order to further the MDF’s goals. To make matters worse, his father’s political campaign is ramping up and Jamie’s every move is being watched by the media. He is acutely aware of all the eyes trained on him, his team, and Staff Sergeant Kyle Brannigan in particular... -
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Changed: Mated to the Alien Alpha by Robin Moray
The Company said Omega IV was uninhabited. They said Omega IV was safe. They were wrong. The giant humanoid inhabitants of Omega IV are conditioned to the Change—a biological event in their development that designates them altha or amekha—but for the new colony of humans, the Change comes as an unpleasant surprise...Categorized as:
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I'm Not Your Pet by Fae Quin
I'M NOT YOUR PET! is an MM #alienromance with language barriers, hurt/comfort, and size difference. It features a hot shark captain named ROARK from the planet Osheania, who has rescued a traumatized little human from a life of servitude on planet F'ukyuu...Categorized as:
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![Garbage (The SPARK Files) by Reese Morrison]()
Garbage (The SPARK Files) by Reese Morrison
Evan isn’t brave.But when he hears a group of Human Firsters attacking a garbage collection bot, he has to step in. He rescues an undiscovered SPARK, a self-aware robot who’s never experienced life outside of his collection route and the miserable, gray trash depot he’s assigned to.Evan wants to help. But he might have underestimated just how cute Quincy can be...Categorized as:
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Rabble: End Game by C. Rochelle
**A just-for-funsies reunion book featuring ALL the MCs from Villainous Things (and Villains in Space), trapped together on an island for Butch & Xander's wedding...Categorized as:
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Sand and Ruin and Gold by Alexis Hall
Once upon a time . . . that’s how the old stories always begin. Once upon a time there was a king of a fallen kingdom. He was just and he was beloved. Or so the numbers said. One day, he gathered together the greatest, wisest minds in all the land—not sorcerers, but scientists—and he bade them fashion him a son. A prince. A perfect prince to embody his father’s legacy... -
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The Fating by Dianna Roman
I hate Galaxy 6781. HATE it!One last job. The bounty of a lifetime.It wasn’t supposed to end with me on a slave planet and my entire crew dead. So, when the chance to escape presented itself, I took it. Had I known more about my fellow escapee, I might have reconsidered...Categorized as:
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![20% Stud 80% Muffin by Chris Redd]()
20% Stud 80% Muffin by Chris Redd
All it takes is one giant intergalactic leap of faith…GeoCrushing on a fuzzy blue alien isn’t in construction worker Geo’s plans when he decides to leave Earth to escape his cheating boyfriend.Unfortunately, repressed chromosomes from DNA shared with the Lornian species trigger the alpha buried in his genes... -
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Murmuration by T.J. Klune
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsIn the small mountain town of Amorea, it’s stretching toward autumn of 1954. The memories of a world at war are fading in the face of a prosperous future. Doors are left unlocked at night, and neighbors are always there to give each other a helping hand. The people here know certain things as fact: Amorea is the best little town there is. The only good Commie is a dead Commie...Categorized as:
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The Finder by J.E. Lorin
At the age of sixteen, August Goodson developed a strange and mysterious power overnight: he can find people. Victims of murder, suicide, kidnapping, accidents, and rape; August can find them all, usually dead, but sometimes still alive. Nine years later finds August volunteering his services to the police... -
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By Chance Met by Eressë
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA chance meeting heralds the convergence of two heretofore wildly divergent fates. From the moment he laid eyes on the handsome Lord of Ilmaren, Naeth Orosse fell head over heels in infatuation with him. And after that first meeting in the middle of a tavern brawl in the dual-gendered realm of Ylandre, Reijir Arthanna did not forget the orphaned youth who came to his aid unasked... -
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Slow Heat by Leta Blake
A lustful young alpha meets his match in an older omega with a past. Professor Vale Aman has crafted a good life for himself. An unbonded omega in his mid-thirties, he's long since given up hope that he'll meet a compatible alpha, let alone his destined mate. He's fulfilled by his career, his poetry, his cat, and his friends... -
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Prosperity by Alexis Hall
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsA breathtaking tale of passion and adventure in the untamed skies! Prosperity, 1863: a lawless skytown where varlets, chancers, and ne’er-do-wells risk everything to chase a fortune in the clouds, and where a Gaslight guttersnipe named Piccadilly is about to cheat the wrong man. This mistake will endanger his life . . . and his heart... -
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Hallowed Bond by Eressë
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsTime and circumstances may force true lovers apart but the tie that binds them can never be fully severed. When Dylen Teris and Riodan Leyhar meet one harsh winter in the dual-gendered realm of Ylandre, neither expects the encounter to lead to a fast friendship and abiding love... -
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Seen by A.M. Arthur
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsHell is a six-by-six jail cell and no hope for the future. Kell Iverson has never raised his hand against another person in his entire life—and yet somehow he’s been arrested and charged with the murder of his alpha mate Krause. Sure, Krause brutalized him on a daily basis, and Kell hated his mate, but he never wanted the man dead... -
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Peril by J.E. Lorin
Two hundred years after the first spontaneous genetic mutation occurred, the world has accepted the idea of superpowers. Damon Kelly, bright, hard-working, kind-hearted, and yet lacking any mutation, is deeply involved in the powered community, writing his dissertation on superpower genetics... -
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Salvadore's Luck by Odessa Lynne
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsOnce every three years, humans become sexual prey to a species that has no control over the urge to mate because of a devastating attraction to human scent. Bad luck has dogged Salvadore for far too long, and this time it's put him in the midst of his worst nightmare. He's trapped inside the protectorate where the aliens called wolves roam free—and heat season has started... -
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The Strength of His Heart by Victoria Sue
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTo protect and serve…. All Vance Connelly ever wanted to do was continue his family’s tradition and join the Tampa Police Department, but his dreams were crushed the day he woke with the enhanced mark on his face. After years of struggling to adjust to life as an enhanced human, by a stroke of luck, he met Talon Valdez and became a proud member of the FBI’s Human Enhanced Rescue Organization... -
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Sacred Fate by Eressë
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsIn the dual-gendered realm of Ylandre, the great divide between the high-born True Bloods and the lower-ranked Half Bloods is deemed impassable by most. Rohyr Essendri dared to cross it when he took young Lassen Idana from his provincial town and made him his paramour. Lassen perforce learned how to navigate the intricate byways of life at court... -
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You're Not My King! by Eryn Hawk
Reuben CarterThrowing myself in front of my estranged sister didn’t win me any brownie points...Categorized as:
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![In The Blink Of An Eye by Tricia Owens]()
In The Blink Of An Eye by Tricia Owens
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsSequel to Fearless Leader. Lieutenant Black, the young, driven leader of the Special Forces team JC2, has reluctantly brought the sexy and distracting empath, Calyx Starr, onto his team. To Black's dismay, he finds himself fending off not only Starr's relentless flirtations but also his growing curiosity about Black's past... -
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![Something New Under the Sun by L.A. Witt]()
Something New Under the Sun by L.A. Witt
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLiam Lansing is heir to a prominent family of bio-modified vampires. That is, until he chooses the wrong lover and is cast down to the Gutter to scrape for his life. Daniel Harding is heir to Cybernetix and a prince of the corporate Sky. That is, until his ideology drives his father to put a price on his head, forcing him into the Gutter...Categorized as:
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A Strong and Sudden Thaw by R.W. Day
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsThe Ice fell upon the world nearly a hundred years ago, and if civilization didn't rightly collapse, it surely staggered and fell ill a while. In the small town of Moline, Virginia, folks struggle to survive, relying on hybrid seed sent by the faraway Departmet of Reintroduction and Agriculture and their own faith in God and hard work...Categorized as:
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Gerald's Lot by Odessa Lynne
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsAll he wants is his freedom. But that’s not what’s on offer… For three years, Gerald has used his connections to gather intelligence on the powerful alien species humans call “wolves”—all in an effort to do his part to return order to the world after the destruction caused by the events of the first wolves’ heat... -
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Cosmic Soul by Mars Quinn
So I may be dead, but my afterlife isn’t.CalebAfter years of wandering the stars, I’ve finally met someone who can see me—the handsome and serious Prince Zoltilvoxfyn. I know I should pass on, but I feel something, like physically feel something, when I’m with him...Categorized as:
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Kei's Gift by Ann Somerville
Darshian is a vast land, inhabited by a peaceful, rational society where people with extraordinary Gifts are common, and life is lived according to strong ethical principles. Kuprij is made up of a thousand crowded islands – thrusting, ambitious, war-like, driven by a booming population and a desire to bring its religion and its laws to the whole world...Categorized as:
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Turning Tricks by Anne Tenino
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTask Force Iota, Book Two Sequel to 18% Gray James Ayala thought life would be smooth sailing once he escaped from a Red Idaho reeducation camp and returned to Blue Oregon. He was supposed to get answers about the biocybernetic chip that made him empathic, face the man who implanted it, and then ride off into the sunset with his new boyfriend, Matt Tennimore... -
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Bonded Broken by Amber Kell
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFriln had always counted on his lover to be there when things go wrong. But when one brief moment of death breaks his bond with his Thresl mate, he loses the only thing in the world he needs to make him happy. For the past ten years Friln, the king’s Captain of the Guard, has lived with and loved his Thresl mate Nelrin. When an assassination attempt catches Friln in the crossfire, he is killed...Categorized as:
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Duke Betrayed by Amber Kell
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBook Five in the The Thresl Chronicles series.When Duke Hellbur is accused of treason against his people, he bonds with medic Balaze to keep his human form and prove his innocence. When Duke Hellbur is accused of smuggling Thresls and selling them off to interested buyers, he undertakes a trip to prove his innocence... -
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The Harvest Young: Bound by Fate by M.A. Church
Rated: 3.79 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsLibrarian's Note: An alternate cover for this ASIN can be found hereHalf human and half Tah’Narian, Szin doesn’t fit with either race. His appearance is mainly human, but he’s able to have a young. Unfortunately, that’s his only Tah’Narian characteristic. He’s smaller and weaker than other young. Szin’s eighteenth birthday has passed and time’s running out... -
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Unnatural Selection by Ann Somerville
Four years ago, Nick Guthrie nearly died from a brain tumour until he received an experimental treatment that saved his life, even though the treatment brought bizarre and permanent side effects. Now he drinks fake blood to live, and has had to have his new long canines capped, but it's a small price to pay to keep doing the job he loves... -
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![Alien's Bride Book Three by Yamila Abraham]()
Alien's Bride Book Three by Yamila Abraham
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsKind-hearted Maritza was kidnapped and transported 2,000 years into the future to be the bride for one of the aliens who conquered Earth. After a difficult adjustment, Maritza has come to care for her husband, Lord Elentinus. The last thing she needs is for a troubled alien/human couple to visit. Inga, bride to the cruel Lord Nayjoor, begs Maritza to help her escape... -
![Cosmic Kiss by Clio Evans]()
Cosmic Kiss by Clio Evans
"Prepare to be scandalized by the hottest shooting star in the universe…"Stella is a rising star in her intergalactic troupe. Focused on her blooming career, she never expected to be blindsided by one handsome alien, let alone two.Prince Zin and Chancellor Toras are determined to win their dazzling human over, even if they have to put their differences aside...Categorized as:
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![Happy Birthday to Me by Anne Tenino]()
Happy Birthday to Me by Anne Tenino
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsPart of the First Time For Everything Daily Dose 2011 collectionJames doesn’t usually remember things like birthdays, but his boyfriend Matt doesn’t mind, because he knows how much he means to James. Today is the special day, though, and Matt’s going to get what he really wants: a spanking... -
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Bitter Harvest by Kim Knox
Rated: 3.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt's 2050, and humans are an endangered species. Lieutenant Robert Sutton has survived the collapse of civilization by luck, his wits, and a chance mutation that makes him immune to the nano-virus that has wiped out millions. Now, his compound of survivors is surrounded by the infected, who are driven by the need to spread the contagion through sex. It is only a matter of time before they attack...Categorized as:
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Omega Beloved: M/M Shifter Mpreg Steamy Short Story Romance by Aiden Bates
Rated: 3.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsDownload Your FREE Ebook Gift Inside! When Luke leaves his college dorm, to run away from the pain he doesn’t want to face, he finds himself in a world he never imagined existed...
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