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Readers who enjoyed Blood Red Kiss by Kresley Cole, Larissa Ione & Gena Showalter also liked the following books featuring the same tropes, story themes, relationship dynamics and character types.
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Purity in Death by J.D. Robb
Louie Cogburn had spent three days holed up in his apartment, staring at his computer screen. His pounding headache was unbearable - it felt like spikes drilling into his brain. And it was getting worse. Finally, when someone knocked at his door, Louie picked up a baseball bat, opened up the door, and started swinging.... The first cop on the scence fired his stunner twice...Categorized as:
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Devoted in Death by J.D. Robb
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 50 ratingsEve Dallas tracks a couple whose passion is fueled by cold brutality in the newest crime thriller from the #1 New York Times–bestselling author of Obsession in Death and Festive in Death. When Lieutenant Eve Dallas examines a body in a downtown Manhattan alleyway, the victim’s injuries are so extensive that she almost misses the clue... -
Guild Boss by Jayne Castle
Welcome to Illusion Town on the colony world of Harmony—like Las Vegas on Earth, but way more weird.Living in this new, alien world doesn’t stop the settlers from trying to re-create what they’ve left behind. Case in point—weddings are still the highlight of any social calendar. But it’s the after-party that turns disastrous for Lucy Bell... -
Ecstasy in Darkness by Gena Showalter
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 44 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... -
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Dark Taste of Rapture by Gena Showalter
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 46 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... -
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... -
Alien Tango by Gini Koch
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsFor Alien Super-Being Exterminator Katherine "Kitty" Katt, anti-alien conspiracies, threats from outer space, and a couple of killer alligators are all in a day's work. It's been five months since Kitty joined Centaurion Division, working with the aliens from Alpha Centauri. She and Jeff Martini have grown closer and life looks rosy... -
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... -
After Glow by Jayne Castle, Jayne Ann Krentz
Life is complicated for Lydia Smith. She's working at that tacky, third-rate museum, Shrimpton's House of Ancient Horrors, trying to salvage her career in para-archaeology - and dating the most dangerous man in town. Just when she thinks she might be getting things under control, she stumbles over a dead body and discovers that her lover has a secret past that could get him killed... -
Silver Master by Jayne Castle
Cadence City matchmaker and para-resonator Celinda Ingram meets her match in security specialist Davis Oakes... -
Blood War by Connie Suttle
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 18 ratings"Tsk, tsk," Erland muttered, shaking his head in mock sympathy. "Perhaps Lissa should raise the topic of Diplomatic Immunity at the Conclave." "That, my friend, would be inadvisable. She is new and many will be waiting, as vultures do when an ox is dying." "I know. At times, I feel the need to cover myself in oil, just to slip through the tripe and garbage of Wylend's court... -
Alien Proliferation by Gini Koch
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsAfter the wildest wedding ever, Katherine "Kitty" Katt-Martini and her Alpha Centaurion husband Jeff are hoping life will settle down. But alien attacks are on the increase, and someone is testing a dangerous new drug on unwilling subjects within their group. As if that's not enough, they discover that their newborn's talents are off the charts—and the bad guys want their baby... -
Alien Diplomacy by Gini Koch
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsBeing newlyweds and new parents is challenging enough. But Jeff and Kitty Martini are also giving up their roles as super-being exterminators and Commanders in Centaurion Division while mastering the political landscape as the new heads of Centaurion's Diplomatic Corps. Enter a shadowy assassination plot and a new set of anti-alien conspirators, and nothing will ever be the same.. -
Rogue Seers by J.C. Andrijeski
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"I was now, officially, a real terrorist…”After losing her husband, Allie fights to prevent the human and seer worlds from exploding into all-out war.But her husband, Revik, isn’t really gone.Instead he’s transformed into someone she barely knows.Now they’re on opposites sides of a racial war––a war he wants to see play out, a war he’s ready for, and worse, one he’s already fighting...Categorized as:
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Alien in the Family by Gini Koch
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 25 ratings"...great fun, with lots of quirky characters, witty dialogue, a bit of romance, some hot sex, and oodles of action...Categorized as:
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Night Reigns by Dianne Duvall
Ami isn't much for trusting strangers. She has a hard time trusting anyone. But she's no coward, and she's no pushover in the protection department either. So when she comes across a mysterious warrior taking on eight deranged vampires on his own, she doesn't hesitate to save his bacon. Of course, that was before she realized what one little rescue would get her into . . -
Alien Research by Gini Koch
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhen rumors of a new super-drug surface, the FBI comes to Jeff and Kitty Katt-Martini for help. It becomes quickly apparent that the drug is merely the tip of a deadly iceberg and a much more insidious plan is underway involving Titan Security, Gaultier Enterprises, and YatesCorp... -
Alien in the House by Gini Koch
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsJeff and Kitty Katt-Martini have learned the ins and outs of Washington politics, not to mention how to prevail in intergalactic war and foil dangerous plots. But, in the aftermath of Operation Destruction, the Gower girls’ powers are burned out, the entire A-C population has been “outed” as the aliens living on Earth that they are, and, worst of all, ACE is nowhere to be found... -
Heart Quest by Robin D. Owens
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsTucked away in the Druida City of Celta, Trif Clover knows she has a HeartMate. She wants him so badly she’s actually going door-to-door with her charmkey to find him. What she doesn’t know is that he has already found her. Guardsman Ilex Winterberry knows that Trif is his HeartMate, but fears that being twice her age, with a short life ahead of him, he will only scare her away... -
The Lost Night by Jayne Castle
Even the mysterious world of Harmony has people who don't quite fit in. They're drawn to places like Rainshadow Island, a beautiful sanctuary where anyone can feel safe—and where secrets are closely guarded... -
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... -
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... -
Captive by K.M. Fawcett
AN IMPOSSIBLE JOURNEY The last thing Addy Dawson remembers is a blazing inferno and freezing river water overtaking her lungs. When she awakens, Addy finds herself on a strange, alien planet, trapped in a cell with no doors, no windows-- and to her horror-- a naked warrior who claims to be her mate...Categorized as:
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Distant Desires by Cambria Hebert
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis is PART TWO of the Distant Desires serial series. An erotic tale from beyond the stars Sophie Perez has never believed the stuff she reads online about possible life in space. Aliens are for the movies, for the weirdoes, and they most definitely are not real. One night on the way home from a late shift at work, her car breaks down... -
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Demon Lost by Connie Suttle
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe High Demon race is dying, and nothing short of a miracle will save it. Kifirin has promised to provide that miracle, in any way he can. Reah has worked in the kitchens of her family's restaurants since the age of eight. The only daughter among Addah Desh's 27 children from eight wives, Reah has been ignored, belittled and abused all her life... -
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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Marked By The Alpha Wolf Part 1 by Scarlett Grove
Rated: 3.81 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsCassandra Kline is taken in by Pyramid Corporation in the midst of global nuclear war. For the next five years, she lives safely inside a protective domed city. Working in The Program, a virtual reality simulation, she is confronted by her dead mother who tells Cassie she is in danger... -
Children of Scarabaeus by Sara Creasy
Rated: 3.84 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe crib is everywhere . . . Edie Sha'nim believes she and her bodyguard lover, Finn, could find refuge from the tyranny of the Crib empire by fleeing to the Fringe worlds. But Edie's extraordinary cypherteck ability to manipulate the ecology of evolving planets makes her far too valuable for the empire to lose... -
After Dark by Jayne Castle, Jayne Ann Krentz
Welcome to Harmony—where the rules are a little different. Life is tough these days for Lydia Smith, licensed para-archaeologist. Seriously stressed-out from a nasty incident in an alien tomb, she is obliged to work part-time in Shrimpton’s House of Ancient Horrors, a very low-budget museum. She has a plan to get her career back on track, but it isn’t going well. Stuff keeps happening... -
Taste Me by Tamara Hogan
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe first novel in a gritty, fast-paced, and sexy new urban fantasy romance series featuring a world where incubi, sirens, valkyries, vampires, and werewolves live undetected alongside humankind. Someone has to keep the peace—and the secrets. He Wants Her So Badly He Can Taste It.. -
A Pet For Lord Darin by Hollie Hutchins
Rated: 3.43 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWe’re all in cages, counting ourselves lucky to be alive, let alone to still have our clothes on… I’m imagining scalpels and labs and sci-fi nightmare fuel until I’m taken away and given as a gift to a grey-skinned alien with star-white hair, a scaled face, and the leathery wings of nothing human: Luras Darin... -
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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Bacchus by Jordan Summers
Rated: 3.25 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsBacchus Jordan Summers " Book 1 in the Phantom Warriors series." Bacchus is a desperate warrior. Saddled with the quest to find a sexually compatible female race for his Phantom people, he journeys to Planet Earth. There he discovers a world teeming with women, but there's only one way to determine if any of them are a biological match. He must pick one and mate with her...Categorized as:
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Fire In His Spirit by Ruby Dixon
Gwen’s never wanted to be a leader, but when no one else stepped up, she took on the role. As the mayor of post-apocalyptic Shreveport, she’s made decisions to protect her people…and most of them have backfired disastrously...Categorized as:
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