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Facets of Revolution by T.A. White
The line between loyalty and betrayal has never been so fine.Chasing the trail of the woman who was once considered her best friend, Kira Forrest returns to the planet of her birth. When a near deadly incident jeopardizes her arrival, Kira will find the secrets she’s worked so hard to hide bubbling to the surface one by one...Categorized as:
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J. D. Robb In Death Collection Books 1-5: Naked in Death, Glory in Death, Immortal in Death, Rapture in Death, Ceremony in Death by J.D. Robb, Susan Ericksen
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsNaked in Death Eve Dallas is a New York police lieutenant hunting for a ruthless killer. In over ten years on the force, she’s seen it all—and knows that her survival depends on her instincts. And she’s going against every warning telling her not to get involved with Roarke, an Irish billionaire—and suspect in Eve’s murder investigation... -
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![The Segonian by Dianne Duvall]()
The Segonian by Dianne Duvall
New York Times bestselling author Dianne Duvall brings readers the second stand-alone novel in a thrilling new sci-fi romance series full of action, humor, and happily-ever-afters.Eliana's life has never been what one might term ordinary. At least, it hasn't been for a very long time...Categorized as:
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![Born of Shadows by Sherrilyn Kenyon]()
Born of Shadows by Sherrilyn Kenyon
In a world where the League and its assassins rule, where betrayal and treachery are everywhere...the only survivors are those ones who are... BORN OF SHADOWS For Caillen Dagan, a defiant soldier of fortune, survival isn't a right, it's a brutal daily battle. Moving through the Ichidaian universe like a wraith, his brushes with the law and death are legendary...Categorized as:
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![Ecstasy in Darkness by Gena Showalter]()
Ecstasy in Darkness by Gena Showalter
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 40 ratingsGrowing up poor on New Chicago’s meanest streets, Ava Sans had two options: be the predator or be the prey. No contest. Now, working for Alien Investigation and Removal, she’s been ordered to capture the biggest, baddest warrior of all—a vampire too beautiful to be real, with the ability to manipulate time... -
![Junkyard Bargain by Faith Hunter, Khristine Hvam]()
Junkyard Bargain by Faith Hunter, Khristine Hvam
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsSometimes before you can face your enemies, you need to confront yourself.Time is running out for Shining Smith and her crew to gather the weapons they need to rescue one of their own... -
![Dark Taste of Rapture by Gena Showalter]()
Dark Taste of Rapture by Gena Showalter
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 42 ratingsNew York Times bestselling author Gena Showalter captivates with a dark, tantalizing world of humans, otherworlders, and a powerful AIR agent consumed by his desire for a woman he can never have. . . . With one caress, he can give unforgettable pleasure . . . or unending pain. . . . Hector Dean is shaved, tattooed, and totally ripped—and he has a deadly secret...Categorized as:
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Elfhome by Wen Spencer
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsBook Three of the Elfhome series, the follow-up to exciting Wolf Who Rules and the award-winning fantasy-SF novel that started it all, Tinker . Elfhome. A world of powerful magic, beautiful elves, man-eating trees, frost-breathing wargs, and god-like dragons. Pittsburgh. A city that has been stranded deep in virgin elfin forest to stave off an invasion by the merciless oni... -
![Obsidian Prey by Jayne Castle]()
Obsidian Prey by Jayne Castle
Amber tuner and independent prospector Lyra Dore lost her heart—and her discovery of a rare amethyst ruin—to cutthroat businessman Cruz Sweetwater. At least she had her artistically talented dust-bunny to comfort her… But the ruin’s mysterious power has put everyone involved with the project in danger... -
![Alien vs. Alien by Gini Koch]()
Alien vs. Alien by Gini Koch
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsJeff and Kitty Katt-Martini and the rest of the American Centaurion Diplomatic Corps are still recovering from their introduction to Washington D.C. politics, parties, and conspiracies. So when compromising pictures arrive, no one’s too surprised. They’re also the least of anyone’s worries...Categorized as:
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![Fortune's Pawn by Rachel Bach]()
Fortune's Pawn by Rachel Bach
When professional mercenary Deviana Morris took the security guard job aboard the Glorious Fool, all she wanted was a fast route into the Devastators --- the elite league of armored fighters entrusted with the most important duty on her home planet of Paradox. But this security job isn't just twelve-hour patrols, armor-polishing, and whiskey... -
![The Healer by Kelly Lucille]()
The Healer by Kelly Lucille
As a powerful Healer in hiding on old Earth, Serenity has managed to avoid the notice of both the Order of Intergalactic Peace and the rebel factions opposing them. That is about to change. Paying off an old debt brings her to the attention of both sides, but it is Lord Mal Ryn of the OIP who stakes his claim...Categorized as:
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Killbox by Ann Aguirre
Talk is cheap when lives are in jeopardy Sirantha Jax is a “Jumper,” a woman who possesses the unique genetic makeup needed to navigate faster than light ships through grimspace. With no tolerance for political diplomacy, she quits her ambassador post so she can get back to saving the universe the way she does best—by mouthing off and kicking butt. And her tactics are needed more than ever...Categorized as:
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![Honor's Knight by Rachel Bach]()
Honor's Knight by Rachel Bach
The rollicking sequel to Fortune's Pawn -- an action packed science fiction novel. Devi Morris has a lot of problems. And not the fun, easy-to-shoot kind either. After a mysterious attack left her short several memories and one partner, she's determined to keep her head down, do her job, and get on with her life... -
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![Havoc by Ann Aguirre]()
Havoc by Ann Aguirre
The Conglomerate’s most dangerous convicts have made the prison ship Perdition their home. And they will defend it… Perdition is under siege. Mercenaries have boarded the station with orders to take control of the facility—and execute the prisoners. Their commander is offering full pardons to the first five inmates willing to help the mercs complete their mission...Categorized as:
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![Aliens Abroad by Gini Koch]()
Aliens Abroad by Gini Koch
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWith the human population growing and alien refugees pouring in from around the galaxy, Earth is becoming too overcrowded to sustain itself--and the solar system is filling up with the alien overflow. Advanced technology from the Alpha Centauri and Vatusan systems offers one possible solution. It's time to explore new planets and see if any uninhabited ones can be claimed... -
![First Contact by Michael R. Hicks]()
First Contact by Michael R. Hicks
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsTerran survey ship Aurora finds two habitable planets in an uncharted star system. But Aurora is disabled by gigantic alien warships and boarded by blue-skin females with fangs and claws. The warriors slaughter the crew in ritual one-on-one combat. The sole survivor is returned to Earth. This Messenger bears a real-time globe device that counts down to an impending attack...Categorized as:
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![Broken Wings by Melanie Nilles]()
Broken Wings by Melanie Nilles
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsOne Shirukan, an elite soldier of the Shirat Empire, came to Earth for Raea's Starfire shard and failed. Aware of the possibility of another attack, Raea trains to use the shard's power to protect it while preparing to graduate from high school. But she discovers that the Keeper training her has betrayed her trust and must decide where her heart belongs... -
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Crossing the Line by Karen Traviss
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsA female cop seeks refuge on another planet after being infected by an alien virus in this science fiction fantasy novel from a New York Times bestseller.Shan Frankland forever abandoned the world she knew to come to the rescue of a lost colony on a distant and dangerous planet—a hostile world coveted by two alien races and fiercely protected by a third... -
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Heart Duel by Robin D. Owens
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsIn HeartMate and Heart Thief, award-winning author Robin D. Owens built a world where psychic talents and desires of the heart flourish. Now, she returns to Celta with a story of star-crossed lovers... Healer Lark Collinson hates the street dueling that is a way of life among the noble families on Celta--it was just such a skirmish that killed her Healer husband and left her a grieving widow... -
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Eye of the Tiger by Michael-Scott Earle
Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsImprisoned and subjected to brutal genetic experiments, space marine Adam has been changed into a perfect predator. A super soldier that is part man, part tiger, and all killing machine. When his latest mission has an unexpected outcome, Adam finds himself free of his explosive control collar and honor bound to protect a mysterious woman...Categorized as:
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Damia by Anne McCaffrey
New York Times bestselling fantasy author Anne McCaffrey “interweaves an engrossing romance with a coming-of-age story”(Publishers Weekly) in this novel in the Tower and Hive series. Damia is the daughter of Prime Talents The Rowan and Jeff Raven... -
![The World Before by Karen Traviss]()
The World Before by Karen Traviss
Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThree strikingly different alien races greeted the military mission from Earth when it reached the planet called Bezer'ej.Now one of the sentient species has been exterminated—and two others are poised on the brink of war.The fragile bezeri are no more, due to the ignorant, desperate actions of human interlopers... -
![A Soldier's Duty by Jean Johnson]()
A Soldier's Duty by Jean Johnson
Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsIa is a precog, tormented by visions of the future where her home galaxy has been devastated. To prevent this vision from coming true, Ia enlists in the Terran United Planets military with a plan to become a soldier who will inspire generations for the next three hundred years-a soldier history will call Bloody Mary... -
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![Blade of Forever (The Complex) by Scarlett Dawn]()
Blade of Forever (The Complex) by Scarlett Dawn
Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsThe Complex Book Series. A Lone Planet. One Complex. Unlimited Chaos. Harley never expected to fall into the arms of her enemies. Much less their bed. But the stars align when two all-powerful Giants, with supernatural ‘swords’, flip her galaxy upside down. The Complex is one messed up place to find your mates, except when it occurs, there’s no stopping it. Not even when you die...Categorized as:
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![Niko by Serena Simpson]()
Niko by Serena Simpson
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNiko sat back and watched as his eldest brother mated, all the while keeping his eye on Dee. He thought he had time, but now time is the one thing he doesn’t have as he watches Dee slip further away every day. Dee has been fighting her own personal demons since she has been a child. Now her demons come with more complicated issues...Categorized as:
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![Silent Blade by Ilona Andrews]()
Silent Blade by Ilona Andrews
Old hatreds die hard. Old love dies harder. On Meli Galdes' home planet, the struggle for power is a bloody, full-contact sport--in business and on the battlefield. For years her lethal skills have been a valuable asset in advancing her family's interests. She's more than earned her right to retire, but her kinsmen have one last favor to ask. Kill the man who ruined her life...Categorized as:
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![The Legend of Michael by Lisa Renee Jones]()
The Legend of Michael by Lisa Renee Jones
Rated: 3.85 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsHE IS A LETHAL WEAPON… One of an army of human soldiers injected with alien DNA, Michael is a legend within this new race, split between good and evil. Untamable, he has walked on the dark side and returned to the light. Feared and misunderstood, he leaves everything behind, including the one woman destined to be his mate...Categorized as:
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![The Empress Game by Rhonda Mason]()
The Empress Game by Rhonda Mason
Rated: 3.85 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsRachel Bach, author of Fortune's Pawn, said -- "Fast, smart, complex, and fun as hell, THE EMPRESS GAME was an unexpected delight and one of the best books I've read this year. A near perfect blend of romance, action, and interstellar politics in a well thought out and original universe with a tough-as-nails heroine you can't help but root for... -
![Liquid Lies by Hanna Martine]()
Liquid Lies by Hanna Martine
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMagic is corporate America's best-kept secret, and Gwen Carroway is the best at selling it... With her ability to pick up any language in an instant, Gwen Carroway is taking her family business global. As dutiful future leader of water elementals, she'll do anything to protect her people's secrets and bloodlines--including enter an arranged marriage...Categorized as:
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![Seduce Me in Dreams by Jacquelyn Frank]()
Seduce Me in Dreams by Jacquelyn Frank
From the "New York Times" bestselling author of the Nightwalkers and Shadowdwellers series, "Seduce Me in Dreams" begins a sexy new futuristic series featuring an elite group of military heroes. Dark. Mysterious. Sensual... -
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Shades of Treason by Sandy Williams
Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsAsh would have given her life to save her teammates.Instead, they gave their lives to save hers. Lieutenant Ramie Ashdyn is an anomaly, a person whose genetic makeup makes her stronger and smarter than the average human... -
![Junkyard Cats by Faith Hunter]()
Junkyard Cats by Faith Hunter
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 33 ratingsFrom the author of the best-selling Jane Yellowrock and Soulwood series comes a tough new heroine who is far more than she seems.After the Final War, after the appearance of the Bug aliens and their enforced peace, Shining Smith is still alive, still doing business from the old scrapyard bequeathed to her by her father. But Shining is now something more than human... -
![Enemy Within by Marcella Burnard]()
Enemy Within by Marcella Burnard
Rated: 3.74 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsAn intergalactic cold war-and some heated passion- from an inventive new voice in futuristic romance. After a stint in an alien prison, Captain Ari Rose wonders why she even bothered to survive. Stripped of her command and banished to her father's scientific expedition to finish a Ph.D. she doesn't want, Ari never planned to languish quietly behind a desk. She wasn't built for it, either...Categorized as:
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![Starfire Angels by Melanie Nilles]()
Starfire Angels by Melanie Nilles
Rated: 3.65 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsThey've been coming here for thousands of years, using Earth as a sanctuary to escape threats from their own kind. Mankind knows them as angels, and one of them left a child upon her death to be raised as a human. Raea is now a high school senior, and her life as a human is about to end... -
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God's War by Kameron Hurley
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsNyx had already been to hell. One prayer more or less wouldn't make any difference... On a ravaged, contaminated world, a centuries-old holy war rages, fought by a bloody mix of mercenaries, magicians, and conscripted soldiers. Though the origins of the war are shady and complex, there's one thing everybody agrees on... There's not a chance in hell of ending it... -
![Touched by an Alien by Gini Koch]()
Touched by an Alien by Gini Koch
Rated: 3.69 of 5 stars · 44 ratingsMarketing manager Katherine "Kitty" Katt had just finished a day on jury duty. When she stepped out of the Pueblo Caliente courthouse, all she was thinking about was the work she had to get caught up on. Then her attention was caught by a fight between a couple that looked like it was about to turn ugly...Categorized as:
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![Questing Beast by Ilona Andrews]()
Questing Beast by Ilona Andrews
On a world far far away, where cute things eat computers and the sky is emerald green, a small team of scientists struggles to save the planet and their own careers by mixing genetic engineering and Arthurian legend. Too bad they had forgotten the first rule of planet exploration: Nature always has the last laugh...Categorized as:
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![How to Date an Alien by Magan Vernon]()
How to Date an Alien by Magan Vernon
Rated: 3.38 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsHigh school senior Alex Bianchi's estranged father gets her an internship at Circe Operations Center to pad her college applications. But Circe isn't your typical military base. It's an alien-run operation center and not all of the aliens are friendly, especially the one that tries to kill Alex on her first day... -
![Beyond the Night by Joss Ware, Colleen Gleason]()
Beyond the Night by Joss Ware, Colleen Gleason
A man with no future . . . When Dr. Elliott Drake wakes from a mysterious fifty-year sleep, the world as he knew it is gone. Cities are now desolate, and civilization is controlled by deadly immortals. Stranger still is Elliott's extraordinary new "gift"—he has the power to heal, but it comes with fatal consequences. A woman with a past . . -
![The Star Thief by Jamie Grey]()
The Star Thief by Jamie Grey
Rated: 3.48 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsStealing another galactic secret will get her arrested, but playing by the rules might just get her killed. At twenty-three, Renna Carrizal is the most notorious thief in the galaxy. There's just one problem - all she wants is to get out of the business. But after Renna rescues an injured boy on her final job, she finds herself on the run from the mob instead of enjoying retirement...Categorized as:
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![Out of the Dark by David Weber]()
Out of the Dark by David Weber
Rated: 3.18 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsThe Galactic Hegemony has been around a long time, and it likes stability--the kind of stability that member species like the aggressive, carnivorous Shongairi tend to disturb...
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