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  • Endark by Honey Phillips

    Endark by Honey Phillips

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 41 ratings
    Can a determined human bride save an alien shifter from his beast? Half human and half Vultor - and rejected by both - Endark has lived his life alone. The only family he knows is the one he has formed with his warrior brothers. But even that bond is not enough to save him from his father’s cruel legacy. His only hope is a mate who will calm his inner beast...
  • Salvation in Death by J.D. Robb

    Salvation in Death by J.D. Robb

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 60 ratings
    In the year 2060, sophisticated investigative tools can help catch a killer. But there are some questions even the most advanced technologies cannot answer. Ridley Pearson has praised J. D. Robb’s suspense as “taut” and “nerve-jangling. ” Her latest thriller sets a new standard for suspense, as the priest at a Catholic funeral mass brings the chalice to his lips--and falls over dead...
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  • Callum by Honey Phillips

    Callum by Honey Phillips

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 42 ratings
    Can a weary alien warrior and a wary human widow learn to love again? The life of a warrior is all Callum has ever known, but after a long, meaningless war he is tired of fighting. Instead, he chooses to accompany his brothers in arms to a new life on a backwater planet and finds an unexpected peace in the hard work of restoring their isolated ranch...
  • Calamity by Constance Fay

    Calamity by Constance Fay

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 44 ratings
    Bramble's inaugural debut is equal parts steamy interstellar romance and sci-fi adventure, perfect for fans of Firefly and Ilona Andrews. She’s got a ramshackle spaceship, a misfit crew, and a big problem with its sexy newest member…. Temperance Reed, banished from the wealthy and dangerous Fifteen Families, just wants to keep her crew together after their feckless captain ran off with the intern...
  • Brokering Trust: Hetero Edition by Snek Guy

    Brokering Trust: Hetero Edition by Snek Guy

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 8 ratings
    Of all the star systems in the Coalition, only Trappist-1 – home of the enigmatic Brokers – is forbidden to aliens. Now, they’ve created something that they can’t control, and they’re calling upon humanity for help. Dr. David O’Shea is granted a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to travel to their mysterious homeworld to render assistance – a place where no human has ever set foot...
  • Dark Flight by Cynthia Sax

    Dark Flight by Cynthia Sax

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    His mission. His challenge. His forever. Orol, the Refuge's second-in-command, has been given what he believes is a simple mission--escort two human females to the settlement. The winged warrior arrives at the meeting site to find one of the females missing and the other aiming a gun at his head. To rescue the first, he must capture the second...
  • Double Take by Cara Bristol

    Double Take by Cara Bristol

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 6 ratings
    The second time around will be double or nothing…. Getting over the death of her husband has been a long, slow process for pottery artist Faith Hammond. But five years have passed, and she’s making a new life for herself, moving from Earth to planet Terra Nova and opening up a pottery shop. She’s finally finding the calm and focus she’s been seeking. Until there’s a knock at her cottage door...
  • Laisrathera by M.C.A. Hogarth

    Laisrathera by M.C.A. Hogarth

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The Queen of the Eldritch has offered Reese Eddings a life out of a fairy tale, one beyond the imagination of a poor girl from Mars who’d expected to spend her life eking out a living with a rattletrap merchant vessel...
  • A Very Arcav Christmas by Hope Hart

    A Very Arcav Christmas by Hope Hart

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Babies, weddings, and Christmas. .. oh my! For the human women on Arcavia, there's plenty to celebrate during the holidays. Sure, the Grivath are a constant threat, but with a surprise wedding to plan, a baby on the way, and even a visit from Santa, the first Arcav Christmas is sure to be incredible...
  • Knightmaster by Anna Hackett

    Knightmaster by Anna Hackett

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 25 ratings
    She was sent to forge an alliance with the deadly Oronis knights…and instead finds herself framed for abducting their queen. Xenoanthropologist Kennedy Black loves exploring new cultures with Space Corps. Everyone in her life has left her, so she happily fills the void with exciting adventures...
  • Cosmos' Promise by S.E. Smith

    Cosmos' Promise by S.E. Smith

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 25 ratings
    Cosmos Raines is considered to be one of the most brilliant inventors in the world. A prodigy, he is a self-made billionaire who would rather be in his lab than jet-setting around the world. Things change when his latest experiment literally opens a Gateway into a whole new world...
  • Manu by Anna Hackett

    Manu by Anna Hackett

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    As the battle against the invading aliens intensifies, a group of bad boy bikers and mercenaries will stand and fight for humanity’s survival…. When former berserker Manu Rahia lost his leg on a mission, he was forced to leave his squad...
  • Taming Jax by Mikayla Lane

    Taming Jax by Mikayla Lane

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Jaxson Adronatof had vowed as a child that she would spend her life hunting the evil that had slaughtered her parents and help those like her, who were different. For 15 years, she’d been the leader of a resistance force and one stubborn, arrogant and frustratingly gorgeous alien claiming she’s his mate isn’t going to deter her from that vow...
  • Alien Retribution by Sadie Carter

    Alien Retribution by Sadie Carter

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Since the day his family was murdered, Boris has been obsessed with vengeance. The last thing he needs in his life is a mate. Besides, what sort of female would want a scarred, crippled male who has taken a vow of silence? Nope, there is no room in his life for a female. Then he meets Nassir. Beautiful. Fragile. Distant...
  • Trailblazer by Michelle Diener

    Trailblazer by Michelle Diener

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    He's on a mission . . . She's running for her life . . . And if they get off-planet alive, she'll have to trust he won't reveal her darkest secret. Tally Riva is not what she seems, and even she's not happy about it. Infected, invaded, she's not quite sure how to describe it, but on a disastrous mission to a ghost ship, something burrowed its way into her body. Into her mind...
  • Down to Earth: A Fated Mate Alien Warrior Romance by Alana Khan

    Down to Earth: A Fated Mate Alien Warrior Romance by Alana Khan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Without 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...
  • A Darkside Interlude (Darkstar Mercenaries .5) by Anna Carven

    A Darkside Interlude (Darkstar Mercenaries .5) by Anna Carven

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Commander Iskar Gar-Kurai isn't impressed by humans or their backwater planet. If he had his way, he'd be working closer to home, on a planet where it wasn't so infernally hot . .. But orders are orders, especially when they come from the very top. If he's going to be on Earth for the long term, Iskar needs to learn more about its strange inhabitants...
  • Krygor's Hope by Regine Abel

    Krygor's Hope by Regine Abel

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 8 ratings
    For Family. For Honor. Discarded by her husband who then sells her as a pleasure worker, Hope secretly enters into an Indentured Servant contract with a strip club owner to avoid being given to an unknown master. But she soon realizes that he has not only conned her into endless servitude, he also has nefarious plans involving her child...
  • Raven's Children by Sabrina Chase

    Raven's Children by Sabrina Chase

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Moire Cameron, former NASA explorer and web pilot, now has a working ship, a loyal crew, an unexpected son, and a valuable Earthlike planet to protect from the clutches of Toren. Then Ennis, the only one to discover her secret, is captured by Toren--and Moire discovers crucial information that could help end the crab-human war...
  • Kol: Alien Abduction Romance by Vi Voxley

    Kol: Alien Abduction Romance by Vi Voxley

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Forever is no time at all, sometimes. Jackie Hooper is all out of time. An incurable illness at her side, she's trying to make the best of the opportunities she has left. Getting abducted by a Nayanor warlord was not on that list of things to do. But then again, spending your last moments with the hottest man in the universe can't be all bad. .
  • Nanny for the Alien Dad by Athena Storm

    Nanny for the Alien Dad by Athena Storm

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 10 ratings
    The harshest taskmasters in the galaxy aren’t warlords or generals…. …they’re toddlers. I’m desperate for money so I interview for a job that makes even the strongest alien warrior tremble - nanny. After all, the kid’s don’t seem that bad. But the dad? He makes me want to BEG for the job. He’s so fine it scrambles my brain. Too bad his ego is the size of a supernova...
  • Queen of Chaos by Sabrina Chase

    Queen of Chaos by Sabrina Chase

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Nobody mentioned notorious space pirates worried about housing issues, but Moire Cameron must plan for enemy attacks--with even more people to protect than her crew. Increasingly desperate as her options vanish and Toren closes in, can she refuse any alliance? Even with the enemy? The triumphal, action-packed conclusion to the Sequoyah trilogy.
  • Crossing Quinn by Gail Koger

    Crossing Quinn by Gail Koger

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Quinn Jones is a formidable Coletti warlord. His mission is to capture Xenia and bring her back to Tanith to be mated with a warrior the Overlord has chosen. Problem is, Quinn finds himself falling for the beautiful Farin. Her unusual “psychic powers, combat training and berserker abilities” make her the perfect mate for him...
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  • Hothar's Folly by Gail Koger

    Hothar's Folly by Gail Koger

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Undercover psychic investigator Casey Jones’ hunt for a traitor in Central Command gets blown all to hell when the crew of the military C130 cargo plane she's riding on tries to kill her. Drawing on her telekinesis, Casey stops their assassination attempt and bails out as the aircraft goes down in flames...
  • Alien Charmer by Sadie Carter

    Alien Charmer by Sadie Carter

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She met him in a dark alley and he followed her home, like a stray puppy. If a stray puppy were a six-foot-eight alien with muscles that didn't quit, a face to die for, and a huge protective streak. And don’t get her started on his ego. Blue was tough and independent, she didn’t need anyone to take care of her. Especially not him. Nope. Not happening. Ever...
  • Reclaimed by Sandra R. Neeley

    Reclaimed by Sandra R. Neeley

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Ba Re’ is a General in the Cruestaci military. He has always been quietly stoic, considering it an honor to carry the mantle of duty and leadership, while overseeing all the engineering aspects of Command Warship 1. But don’t let his stoic nature fool you, he is as lethal as any warrior among his people...
  • Haunted in Death by J.D. Robb

    Haunted in Death by J.D. Robb

    Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars
    · 52 ratings
    Number Twelve is an urban legend in 2060 New York City. The hot club in the 1960s, it is now reported to be haunted? and cursed. Lieutenant Eve Dallas is called there to investigate the apparent murder of Radcliff Hopkins, its new owner and the grandson of the man who made Number Twelve a cultural icon. Several bullets from a banned gun end his dream of returning the building to its former glory...
  • Stolen by the Alien Rogue by Krista Luna

    Stolen by the Alien Rogue by Krista Luna

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 16 ratings
    He’s a demon alien with a wicked smile and an even wickeder tail. And he claims I’m his fated mate. Space was supposed to be better than my sitch on Earth. Yeah, right. I shoulda known. I wake from cryosleep surrounded by blobby aliens, unable to understand a word. They even throw me in a cage! Looks like I’m the newest pet in an alien zoo...
  • Rise of the Shadow Warriors by Michelle Howard

    Rise of the Shadow Warriors by Michelle Howard

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    She came from a race long thought dead. Shaina C’Err belonged to the Olak’din, a secret race of warriors. With her people in danger she asked for help from the one warrior who owed her. With a Kabanian Warlord at her side, she might have a chance at defeating her enemies. He craved what his friends had attained. Argan Kril never thought he’d long for love until his life changed forever...
  • The Fallen Empire Collection  (Books 1-3 and prequel) by Lindsay Buroker

    The Fallen Empire Collection (Books 1-3 and prequel) by Lindsay Buroker

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 6 ratings
    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. This set includes:...
  • Traitor by Emmy Chandler

    Traitor by Emmy Chandler

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    “I have no business even thinking about using her as bait. ”. Sold into slavery as a teenager, Mallory Landrum was held captive by Varian Roys until she was coerced into testifying against him, and despite their promise to protect her, the corrupt government of Kallisto sends her to Rhodon...
  • Crashed on an Ice World by Anna Hackett

    Crashed on an Ice World by Anna Hackett

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    He’s her boss. She’s his best friend. These two deep-space convoy security specialists are fighting their simmering attraction…until a starship crash on a deadly ice world changes everything. Elana Korra loves her security job as a medic on the convoy ship, the Sky Nomad…except for the fact that she’s in love with her boss...
  • Lost in Barbarian Space by Anna Hackett

    Lost in Barbarian Space by Anna Hackett

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    A clash of cultures. Security agent versus barbarian warrior. On an expedition to a newly discovered barbarian world, an experienced security agent doesn’t expect to be working with a big, bossy barbarian warrior. Agent Honor Brandall enjoys her job as security agent for the Institute of Historical Preservation’s expedition ships. Adventures to distant planets – awesome...
  • Unexpected Bride by Michelle Howard

    Unexpected Bride by Michelle Howard

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Saran was a Warlord who was used to having what he wanted, when he wanted, and how he wanted. He was strong, capable and feared. Then an event changed his world forever. Now all he has left is fear and the woman that he gave little notice to before...
  • Haldis Imperium by Viola Grace

    Haldis Imperium by Viola Grace

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Amy Tyrell has worked for the most arrogant, obnoxious, and handsome guy she has ever seen for the last few years. His Imperial Highness Palden VII was attached to his Negotiator Tyrell, and considered him his best friend. The armor that was worn by the Negotiators both protected her and kept her from contact, until it came off...
  • Darrok: Kaldar Warriors #2 by T.J. Yelden

    Darrok: Kaldar Warriors #2 by T.J. Yelden

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Author’s Note: This is Book 2 in the Kaldar Warrior Series. While this book may be read as a standalone, the reader is advised to read the books in order to gain insight into the characters and extended storyline. Samantha always had a hard time letting people in...
  • The Dark King by Jordan Summers

    The Dark King by Jordan Summers

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    (THIS BOOK IS 72K+ AND WRAPS UP THE PHANTOM WARRIORS' SERIES AND THE ATLANTEAN'S QUEST SERIES. THE STORY IS COMPLETE, BUT REFERENCES SEVERAL CHARACTERS FROM PREVIOUS BOOKS. ). Taylor Shelley has always had the worst taste in men. When her latest ex turns out to be part of the Russian mob, she’s offered the chance to start a new life…on another planet. No more bad boys for her...
  • Chosen By The Karal - The Complete Series: Alien Lottery Romance by Harmony Raines

    Chosen By The Karal - The Complete Series: Alien Lottery Romance by Harmony Raines

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Chosen by the Karal - The Complete Series - special price for a limited time only. Deceit. The Earth is dying, the only hope of escape is to win the lottery and be taken to Karal to be an alien mate. But what if the lottery wasn't random? What if they want you for what you know, and to punish you for what you've done? This is the fate awaiting Elissa...
  • Assessing Survival by Viola Grace

    Assessing Survival by Viola Grace

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A woman under repair with a skill for assessing survival meets a previous acquaintance who is now more than a match for her. In the year 2280, Earth has been at war for a decade. The Splice take the humans they capture and use them for parts. Sending bots in place of humans didn’t work, but taking the wounded and turning them into cyborgs has enabled Earth to push the Splice away from Earth...
  • Beyond Galaxy's Edge by Anna Hackett

    Beyond Galaxy's Edge by Anna Hackett

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A sexy smuggler + a spit-and-polish Patrol captain = a fast-paced, adventure-filled sci fi romance. Ambitious Patrol Captain Nissa Sander has spent three years at the galaxy’s edge keeping the law and order, and chasing scoundrel smuggler, Justyn Phoenix. But the charming rogue has always outwitted her and she’s had a hard time ignoring his hard body and handsome face...
  • Heart of the Hunted by Viola Grace

    Heart of the Hunted by Viola Grace

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Bree has worked for the agricultural department on Imrahl until this week. She has been identified as a late-blooming breeder and is now shopping for knickknacks to fill her new apartment. When her escort turns kidnapper and she is dropped on an alien world, running is her only option. Arix is a master tracker as well as a hunter...
  • Claimed by the Hill Wolf by Marina Maddix

    Claimed by the Hill Wolf by Marina Maddix

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She just wants to do her job. He just wants her. Since being taken in by the wolf shifters of the Valley, my sole focus has been curing their fertility problem. I don’t care that everyone seems to think I should accept the bite that would transform me into one of them. I have more important things to think about...
  • Ragnar: Alien Abduction Romance by Vi Voxley

    Ragnar: Alien Abduction Romance by Vi Voxley

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When you take what you want, you can't let it slip away again. Selena Gordon is done with running, or so she hoped. Fleeing from an abusive relationship is a reality she has to face, but when it comes to the possibility of giving another man control over her, she's ready to stand her ground. No man, Nayanor or not, can make decisions for her ever again...
  • Heart of the Agraak by SJ Sanders

    Heart of the Agraak by SJ Sanders

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Agraadax was shaken by recent events and the breeding facility closed, but it has done little to ease the simmer of unrest rippling through Agraak society. In Aminae, one of the dome cities scattered on the few arid patches of land of the swampy planet, factions are rising against the cruelties of the upper raniks that rule their society. Kaede is a male devoted to the cause...
  • On a Barbarian World by Anna Hackett

    On a Barbarian World by Anna Hackett

    Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    When an independent deep-space scout crash-lands on an unknown alien world, the last thing she expects is to find herself claimed by a barbarian warrior. Aurina Phoenix spends most of her time zooming through uncharted space and gathering intel for her family’s deep-space convoy, but her life takes an unexpected detour when a meteor shower brings down her ship...
  • Allies by Harmony Raines

    Allies by Harmony Raines

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Petra never wanted to go to Karal, but when her mother becomes the new President of Earth, thanks to the Karal, she is part of the deal. Never having entered the lottery, she feels used, but soon begins to appreciate the huge Karalian who is her mate. Sent into deep space with him, their bond grows, as they race to find a new planet suitable for a human colony...
  • Rydak's Fall by Michelle Howard

    Rydak's Fall by Michelle Howard

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Meet the man behind the Jutak warrior. Rydak knew he’d never have a Chosen. His empathic touch blessed and cursed him with the ability to read and sense the emotions of everyone he came in contact with. Until her. Lissi Alonson, sister to the Unit Leader of the Jutak warriors he respected and a woman he’d be a fool to fall for...
  • Blaze by Michelle M. Pillow

    Blaze by Michelle M. Pillow

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Sev (aka Blaze) isn't looking for commitment, but there is no way in hell he's letting his brother go to Earth to search for a woman by himself. He's prepared to yank the idiot out of every jailhouse and ice cream parlor (don't ask) if he has to. It wouldn't be the first time. He can handle a good fight...
  • Flame by Michelle M. Pillow

    Flame by Michelle M. Pillow

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    NYT Bestselling Author, Michelle M. Pillow. Vin (aka Flame) can't believe he's in yet another holding cell. Stupid Earthlings wouldn't know fun if it bit them in the hindquarters. Speaking of fun, the hot little number who claims she's a guard at the jail has been making his body respond in ways he's very happy about. If only she'd get on board with the plan and help him escape back to his ship...
  • Rogue Hunt by Elin Wyn, Ava York

    Rogue Hunt by Elin Wyn, Ava York

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I just wanted to save the cute little critter. .. Cute, little alien critter, but still. It needed my help getting out of that awful cage. If surly, growly Aavat didn't want to help, all he had to do was shrug those broad, bronze shoulders...
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