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End Game by Lindsay Buroker
Alisa Marchenko has reunited with her daughter, and even though she hasn’t figured out how to get Jelena to accept Leonidas yet, she dreams of the three of them starting a new life together. They can return the Star Nomad to its original purpose of running freight and staying out of trouble (mostly)...Categorized as:
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![Born with a Silver Moon by Milly Taiden]()
Born with a Silver Moon by Milly Taiden
Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars · 16 ratings** 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? Grab the next Galaxan romance between a sexy warrior and his fiery mate...Categorized as:
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![Imperator by Anna Hackett]()
Imperator by Anna Hackett
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsSpace station security specialist Sam has done one thing since her abduction by alien slavers…fight to survive. But now one strong alien gladiator stands at her side and Sam knows she is no longer alone. Thrust into a lawless desert arena, Sam Santos has done terrible things in order to stay alive. As the Champion of Zaabha, she’s been fighting to find a way out...Categorized as:
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Core's Attack by S.E. Smith
Thrust into a deadly game…. Avery Lennox has been called many names, but bond mate was never one of them... -
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![Legacy by Tana Stone]()
Legacy by Tana Stone
The Drexian Academy has four schools and four rules. Beware of the Assassins. Don't cross the Blades. Trust the Irons. The Wings go as one. Break them at your peril. Ariana is the first human instructor at the Drexian Academy and the first female to teach flight to cocky cadets. She’s the best Earth has to offer with a lot to prove...Categorized as:
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![Legacy for the Alien Warrior by Honey Phillips]()
Legacy for the Alien Warrior by Honey Phillips
He offered them escape. He never expected to find a family. Former trauma nurse Kara Macintosh is a survivor. When she and her non-verbal son Rory are abducted by aliens, she fights with everything she has to keep them together, only to have the pair of them sold to the owner of a brutal asteroid mine...Categorized as:
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![Dark Flight by Cynthia Sax]()
Dark Flight by Cynthia Sax
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHis 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
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... -
![The Iriduan's Mate by Susan Trombley]()
The Iriduan's Mate by Susan Trombley
A former elite Iriduan soldier, Shulgi lives with many regrets. .. He’s determined to redeem himself by curing the mate imprinting affliction that affects Iriduan males. Unfortunately, the necessity for secrecy makes it difficult to spread the cure to those males in need of it most... -
![A Very Arcav Christmas by Hope Hart]()
A Very Arcav Christmas by Hope Hart
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsBabies, 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... -
![Bound to the Beast by Grace Goodwin]()
Bound to the Beast by Grace Goodwin
He’s a warlord on the edge. She’s a teacher on the run. Their worlds are about to collide—in the most explosive way possible. Warlord Iven has one foot in the grave, days away from a ceremonial execution to save his honor—and the galaxy—from his untamed beast. But when a desperate plea lands a mission in his lap, everything changes. A royal child is in hiding. Assassins are on Earth...Categorized as:
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![Alien Duke's Fated Mate by Mina Carter]()
Alien Duke's Fated Mate by Mina Carter
She's the best pilot in the galaxy. .. He's an arrogant alien duke. Major Zara Reid has one mission - prove human pilots can fly alongside the alien Latharians. She didn’t expect their arrogant Lord Starfighter to try and undermine her at every turn... -
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Manu by Anna Hackett
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsAs 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... -
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Hemi by Anna Hackett
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn the middle of an alien invasion, a big, tough, tattooed former mercenary is finally going to chase down his woman. Camryn McNab knows love is a lie. Okay, maybe not for everybody--her fellow soldiers on Squad Nine have managed to fall in love in the middle of a vicious alien attack. But it's not for her. She comes from two people incapable of love...Categorized as:
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Levi by Anna Hackett
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn the middle of an alien invasion, a bad boy berserker collides with a spunky mechanic on a dangerous sabotage mission. Levi King has always lived rough. Raised by a biker dad, he fought for everything he had—including being president of the Iron Kings motorcycle club. But when the aliens invaded, he lost it all...Categorized as:
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![Taming Jax by Mikayla Lane]()
Taming Jax by Mikayla Lane
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsJaxson 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 ratingsSince 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... -
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Trailblazer by Michelle Diener
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsHe'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... -
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Seeking Vector by Cynthia Sax
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsA cyborg with a secret… A female seeking the truth…. Vector, the C Model captain of the Freedom, is a cyborg many warriors wish to emulate. He fights fiercely, leads with honor, has earned the respect and loyalty of his crew. But no being, not even a cyborg, is perfect. Since arriving at the Homeland, Vector has been hiding a dark truth about his past...Categorized as:
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![The Strongest Gravity by Rachel Nova]()
The Strongest Gravity by Rachel Nova
When healer Eleri flees her home on Gaia to escape her brother's dangerous drug addiction, she expects alien patients, living on a frontier planet, and a mating contract with a latil'e male she's never met. What she doesn't expect? S'samph taking one look at her and declaring their arrangement "a mistake. ". But Eleri didn't cross hyperspace to beg for anyone's approval... -
![Krampus and the Crone by Honey Phillips]()
Krampus and the Crone by Honey Phillips
Can a horned alien warrior and an isolated woman grant two children their holiday wish for a family? Jaelle is lonely. Ostracized by the village, like her mother and grandmother before her, she poses as an old witch in order to eke out a meager living selling herbal remedies to people who don't want to admit they need her help...Categorized as:
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![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 ratingsCommander 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... -
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Finn by Anna Hackett
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIn the aftermath of a deadly alien invasion, a band of survivors fights on…. For Hawk pilot Finn Erickson, flying is in the blood. Since the aliens decimated the planet, he spends most of his time flying Hell Squad into combat. With communication to other survivor bases cut off, he has no idea if his family is still alive and feels their loss keenly...Categorized as:
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![The Tracker's Dilemma by Ruby Lionsdrake]()
The Tracker's Dilemma by Ruby Lionsdrake
Sergeant Heath “Tick” Hawthorn, the best tracker in Mandrake Company and the captain’s right-hand man, has been admiring microbiologist Lauren Keys from afar for months. Unfortunately, she’s dedicated to her science and doesn’t seem to have any interest in relationships. He’s not even sure she knows his name...Categorized as:
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![Dark Minds by Michelle Diener]()
Dark Minds by Michelle Diener
The mind is the most powerful weapon of all . . . Imogen Peters knows she's a pawn. She's been abducted from Earth, held prisoner, and abducted again. So when she gets a chance at freedom, she takes it with both hands, not realizing that doing so will turn her from pawn to kingmaker...Categorized as:
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![Krygor's Hope by Regine Abel]()
Krygor's Hope by Regine Abel
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... -
![Chaos by Laurie Roma]()
Chaos by Laurie Roma
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsKatra Tesera is a female Dragon Warrior on a mission. Unsatisfied with the life her family wishes for her back on her home world, she seeks something more for her own future. When the opportunity to visit Earth arises, Katra is eager for the excitement and adventure of traveling the stars...Categorized as:
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![Junkyard by Lindsay Buroker]()
Junkyard by Lindsay Buroker
McCall Richter works as a skip tracer, tracking down criminals, con men, and people who stop making payments on their fancy new spaceships. Her job description says nothing about locating vast quantities of stolen maple syrup, but thanks to her helpful new android employee, she finds herself tramping through a “sugar house” on a frosty moon full of suspicious characters... -
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Rescuing Mattie by S.E. Smith
Mattie Abrams has always had a knack for training animals. Touring with the Cirque de Magik, she knows that she has finally found the ‘home’ she so desperately craves. She would do anything to keep her small family of circus friends and her pets, including going where they went...Categorized as:
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Lashe by Ella Blake
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsFor years I kept my desire for her hidden. Until now. Lashe. Piloting Ambassador Anna Abel’s transport shuttle from earth to my home, the living Destran space station, has been my assignment for five earth years. My orders are clear—operate the transport and leave her alone. When the shuttle is damaged, I’m forced to crash land on an uncharted moon... -
![Raven's Children by Sabrina Chase]()
Raven's Children by Sabrina Chase
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMoire 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 ratingsForever 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. . -
![Cadence: Aliens Love Single Moms #1 by Tasha Black]()
Cadence: Aliens Love Single Moms #1 by Tasha Black
Being a single mom is the hardest most heartwarming job in the world. .. and sometimes out of it! When Cadence learns about a free day care center for single moms in her neighborhood, she thinks it's too good to be true. But the teachers are amazing, and her son is thriving. There's only one problem. In order to keep him enrolled, she has to agree to do some missionary work. .. off planet... -
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Nanny for the Alien Dad by Athena Storm
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... -
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Banic by Mina Carter
She’s a doc on a mission. He’s a beast with a heart of gold. Dr. Beth Godwin arrives on Parac’Norr with one goal in curing the Blood Rage mutation that plagues the alien warriors. But she didn’t expect Banic, the most feared feral on the planet, or her reaction to him. A caged monster, she knows she should stay away from him... -
![Queen of Chaos by Sabrina Chase]()
Queen of Chaos by Sabrina Chase
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNobody 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. -
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Crossing Quinn by Gail Koger
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsQuinn 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... -
![Hothar's Folly by Gail Koger]()
Hothar's Folly by Gail Koger
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsUndercover 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 ratingsShe 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... -
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Reclaimed by Sandra R. Neeley
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBa 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... -
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Karzin by Elin Wyn
Science Fiction Adventure Romance. The Xathi may be defeated. But the battle to rebuild is just beginning. For geologist Annie Parker, all she can hope for is helping her shattered family heal while she works in her quiet laboratory. Until a mysterious seismic eruption shakes her entire world all over again. Teamed up with a surly Valorni, Annie just wants to get the job done... -
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Vexing Voss by Gail Koger
For Voss, a Coletti Warlord, conquering the universe is a piece of cake. After all, he's a master of psychic seduction; no one can resist him when he sets his mind to it. Zoey Jones is determined to find her mother's killer. Surrendering to a fierce Coletti warrior is the last thing on her mind...Categorized as:
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![Rise of the Shadow Warriors by Michelle Howard]()
Rise of the Shadow Warriors by Michelle Howard
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsShe 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... -
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Noah by Anna Hackett
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe battle of survival against the invading aliens heats up…but Hell Squad never quits. Tech genius Noah Kim works day and night to keep the survivors at Blue Mountain Base with lights, power and hot water. He’s also working on a top secret project to help keep them safe. He’s tired, stressed and under pressure—and one woman adds to it all...Categorized as:
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![I Married Amreth by Regine Abel]()
I Married Amreth by Regine Abel
He’s the dark angel of her dreams. When Ciara attends the Intergalactic Medicine Symposium, the last thing she expects is to run into Kayog, an infallible empathic matchmaker, who declares he knows who her soulmate is. Her excitement at the prospect of meeting Amreth, a magnificent and powerful Obosian Hell Lord, is crushed when a pirate attack results in her near-death and abduction... -
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Gabe by Anna Hackett
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsFor a limited time, you can get the latest Phoenix Adventures novella, On a Cyborg Planet, free. Visit here to find out more > bit. ly/annahackettbooks (paste into your browser). Hell Squad soldier Gabe Jackson has lost everything that mattered, including his twin brother. Now he just wants to kill the invading aliens anyway he knows how…and he knows a lot of ways...Categorized as:
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Theron by Anna Hackett
Squad mates, best friends, and fighting to survive in the middle of an alien invasion. Can she make one stubborn alpha male soldier see her as something else? Sienna Rossi has always been a mix of contradictions. She loves ice cream, likes cooking, and is skilled at taking down aliens with her squad. Sweet and tough, soldier and woman, most people can't seem to make sense of her. .Categorized as:
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Devlin by Anna Hackett
In the aftermath of a deadly alien invasion, a spy and a soldier find themselves locked in an alien cage and told…mate or die. A covert mission gone horribly wrong. Cool, composed spy, Devlin Gray is used to bad situations, but locked in the bowels of an alien facility with tough, sexy soldier Taylor and told to mate is bad. Very bad...Categorized as:
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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... -
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Crashed on an Ice World by Anna Hackett
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHe’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...
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