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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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![Age of Deception by T.A. White]()
Age of Deception by T.A. White
War hero and daughter to two Houses, Kira is just beginning to learn how deep the rabbit hole goes. Agreeing to accompany her father’s people back to their homeworld, Kira Forrest prepares for the fight of her life. She’s agreed to undertake the Trial of the Broken, a rite of passage every member of her father’s House must pass...Categorized as:
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![Threshold of Annihilation by T.A. White]()
Threshold of Annihilation by T.A. White
When her most closely guarded secrets are laid bare, how will Kira survive the inevitable fall out—and will anybody be standing beside her in the end?Traveling to the planet of Jettie in the hopes of finding safe harbor for her niece, Kira arrives only to find their destination host to the quorum—a series of dangerous contests that hold the power to decide the fate of empires...Categorized as:
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![Hunt the Stars by Jessie Mihalik]()
Hunt the Stars by Jessie Mihalik
The critically acclaimed author of Polaris Rising takes readers on an exciting journey with the start of her brand-new series about a female bounty hunter and the man who is her sworn enemy.Octavia Zarola would do anything to keep her tiny, close-knit bounty hunting crew together—even if it means accepting a job from Torran Fletcher, a ruthless former general and her sworn enemy... -
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![Three Babies and the Alien Warrior by Honey Phillips]()
Three Babies and the Alien Warrior by Honey Phillips
Can a jaded alien warrior redeem himself in order to protect the woman and children who need him? After a painful divorce, Linda takes a job as the chief administrator of a rural hospital. Her hard won peace is shattered when strange black-suited men raid the maternity ward and she finds herself on board an alien spaceship... -
![Cordelia's Honor by Lois McMaster Bujold]()
Cordelia's Honor by Lois McMaster Bujold
In her first trial by fire, Cordelia Naismith captained a throwaway ship of the Betan Expeditionary Force on a mission to destroy an enemy armada... -
![Daughter of the Alien Warrior by Honey Phillips, Bex McLynn]()
Daughter of the Alien Warrior by Honey Phillips, Bex McLynn
Can a grieving alien warrior and a desperate mother overcome their painful pasts through the shared love of a child?One year ago, Jade’s husband was killed and the baby she had wanted for so long disappeared. She has been searching for her daughter ever since. Nothing - not even being abducted by aliens - is going to stop her...Categorized as:
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![Rules of Redemption by T.A. White]()
Rules of Redemption by T.A. White
The war everyone thought was over is just beginning. Kira Forrest is a survivor. She’s risen above the pain of her beginnings to become a war hero only to leave it all behind in the pursuit of a simple life. Now a salvager, she makes a living sifting through the wreckage of dead alien ships from a war that nearly brought humanity to its knees...Categorized as:
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![The Torid Affair by Laurann Dohner]()
The Torid Affair by Laurann Dohner
When riots erupt on planet Torid, the crew of Defcon Red is tasked with quelling the violence and tending the injured. Even Alien Research Specialist Jessa Brick is pressed into service. Arguably more comfortable in her lab, the doctor is shocked at the obvious inequality on Torid... -
![A Family for the Alien Warrior by Honey Phillips]()
A Family for the Alien Warrior by Honey Phillips
A grumpy alien warrior. A pregnant librarian. A ready-made family?Wanda has never hankered after excitement - or romance. A quiet life as a small town librarian suits her just fine. But while she doesn’t need a man, she does want a child. Just as her hard-earned dreams come true, she is abducted by aliens...Categorized as:
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![Conqueror by Anna Hackett]()
Conqueror by Anna Hackett
After two years of alien captivity, Evie is free, but her captors have changed her. Now struggling to control a terrifying new power, her only hope is one formidable, dangerous alien king.Logistics manager Evie Mason is no longer a prisoner on an alien space station, but she’s far from Earth, suffering nightmares, and fighting to ignore the growing power inside her...Categorized as:
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![Wed To The Alien Prince by January Bell]()
Wed To The Alien Prince by January Bell
The huge alien prince claims I’m his wife—I’ve never been a good little princess, and I’m not about to start now.Stuck in a hot jungle with an even hotter alien is not how I imagined my diplomatic mission going. To make things worse, every conversation is an exercise in survivor charades...Categorized as:
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![Captain of the Guard by Anna Hackett]()
Captain of the Guard by Anna Hackett
An alien warrior and a fierce shapeshifter who drive each other crazy must work together to save an entire planet from a terrifying evil.First Claw Annora Rahl is tough, fierce, and loyal. She stands at her emperor’s side to protect the wolf shapeshifters of the planet Damar, and she isn’t afraid to use her claws... -
![Brothers in Arms by Lois McMaster Bujold]()
Brothers in Arms by Lois McMaster Bujold
Miles is having enough trouble keeping his two identities separate -- the charismatic Admiral Naismith of the Denarii Mercenary Fleet and a Vor lord of the Barrayan aristocracy -- when assassination attempts begin...Categorized as:
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![Hunted by the Alien Berserker by Mina Carter]()
Hunted by the Alien Berserker by Mina Carter
She’s a pilot, not a people person. What does she know about keeping a bunch of women alive on an alien planet?Even worse, said planet has alien cavemen intent on carrying them off to their lairs to… do whatever it is alien cavemen DO to their captives. Yeah, that doesn’t take a genius to figure out...Categorized as:
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![Shards of Honour by Lois McMaster Bujold]()
Shards of Honour by Lois McMaster Bujold
When Cordelia Naismith and her survey crew are attacked by a renegade group from Barrayar, she is taken prisoner by Aral Vorkosigan, commander of the Barrayan ship that has been taken over by an ambitious and ruthless crew member. Aral and Cordelia survive countless mishaps while their mutual admiration and even stronger feelings emerge...Categorized as:
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![Alien Keeper by Ursa Dax]()
Alien Keeper by Ursa Dax
“I will be her keeper, her guardian, her guide. And I will keep her safe no matter the cost...”VALERIASo it turns out I’m on the bad guys’ side. I didn’t actually know that until my superior officer started waving his gun around got himself killed on our alien recon mission. My orders are changing by the minute, and I quickly realize I have absolutely no interest in following any of them... -
![The Bound Prince by Michelle M. Pillow]()
The Bound Prince by Michelle M. Pillow
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsFuturistic Romance A simple mistake… Captain Samantha Dorsey and her crew are on a mission, a mission to complete a Galactic Scavenger Hunt and claim the prize money. Flying about space for a year collecting their items, they only have one thing left to get--a primitive wild beast... -
![Agent of Change by Sharon Lee, Steve Miller]()
Agent of Change by Sharon Lee, Steve Miller
IT STARTS WITH A MAN WHO WAS NOT WHAT HE SEEMED... “The man who was not Terrence O’Grady had come quietly.” Introducing Val Con yos’Phelium – interstellar spy, starship pilot, musician, and incidentally, a brother to Clutch Turtles...Categorized as:
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![Alien in Disguise by Cara Bristol]()
Alien in Disguise by Cara Bristol
Hell hath no fury like a woman abducted by aliens…twice.The space cruise is supposed to be the vacation of a lifetime. Instead, Jessie Sayles gets abducted by aliens. After the rescue, she’s determined to sound the alarm that humans have been targeted by a galactic slave cartel...Categorized as:
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![First Awakenings by S.E. Smith]()
First Awakenings by S.E. Smith
Lieutenant Commander Ashton Ash Haze has always embraced two things in his life: adventure and women, but when he awakens on an alien planet, there s no time for women and adventure now that survival is his biggest problem or so he thinks. Kella Ta Qui is a Turbinta a race known for their skills as assassins... -
![Alien Incognito by Cara Bristol]()
Alien Incognito by Cara Bristol
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBeing saved from a slave ship and given life-saving medical attention by a tall, muscular furry alien with large curling horns is enough for Giselle Cartier to think she’s found a hero.Having him deliver her back into the clutches of the same traffickers shatters her trust and the belief that anything she’d felt was real...Categorized as:
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![Help Wanted: Wife by Cara Bristol]()
Help Wanted: Wife by Cara Bristol
They have nothing to lose except their hearts. The only thing keeping widower Larth from succumbing to grief is running the fledgling bakery founded by his late wife. He intends to make the business the biggest, best bakery in all of Caradonia. But he can’t do it alone. Unable to find affordable help, he turns to Cosmic Mates and advertises for a wife in-name-only... -
![Trinity, Part 1 by Grace Goodwin]()
Trinity, Part 1 by Grace Goodwin
Leoron of Alera returns home from the Hive wars determined to protect the capital city—and last bastion of a vanished Queen's reign—from civil war. Loyal to the bone, Leo answers the call from Prime Nial and vows to protect at any cost three unknown females arriving from 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 dukeMajor 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...Categorized as:
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![Brokering Trust: Hetero Edition by Snek Guy]()
Brokering Trust: Hetero Edition by Snek Guy
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... -
![Mark of Eon by Anna Hackett]()
Mark of Eon by Anna Hackett
Oil and water. Fire and ice. Terran space marine and rugged alien warrior. Space marine Lieutenant Jamie Park has a reputation as tough as steel…just the way she likes it. A horrible childhood and her marine training have forged her into a strong woman, and she’s never seen a fight she’d back down from...Categorized as:
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![Taken by the Zypherian King: Abducted by the Ruthless Royal by Bella Blair]()
Taken by the Zypherian King: Abducted by the Ruthless Royal by Bella Blair
Winning a crown was easy, winning a queen is where the real battle begins...ALICE: I imagine the worst when I'm abducted by ruthless alien slave traders. So when I'm taken to a handsome alien king and he tells me he is going to make me his queen I should be thrilled, right? Somehow though he turns all my emotions into overdrive, including desire and anger... -
![Knightmaster by Anna Hackett]()
Knightmaster by Anna Hackett
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...Categorized as:
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![V'Alen by A.G. Wilde]()
V'Alen by A.G. Wilde
" I should have warned you of how illogical it is to fall in love with a Kyron."An emissary to the Restitution, V’Alen does not interfere in the war between the humans and High Tasqals.But when the Tasqal’s minions attack the base and the voice of one female reaches his auditory sensors, he answers her call for assistance.[Scan: Female. Designated “Alaina”...Categorized as:
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![The Better Part of Valor by Tanya Huff]()
The Better Part of Valor by Tanya Huff
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsBest known for her Quarters series and vampire novels, Tanya Huff stunned critics and fans with Valor's Choice, her first military science fiction novel. This thrilling sequel follows the Confederation's investigation of a seemingly abandoned alien spaceship. "Solid...entertaining...rousing military adventure... -
![Wildling of Ravia by L.A. Holloway]()
Wildling of Ravia by L.A. Holloway
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsCommander Ekhor has never known a universe without war. As a proud member of a warrior race, he has defended his people from the threat of the Rha'ku'tan Empire for his entire life, rising in the ranks of the Alliance military to become one of its most respected leaders... -
![Twins For The Alien Warrior: A SciFi Romance by Athena Storm]()
Twins For The Alien Warrior: A SciFi Romance by Athena Storm
No alien prince is going to throw me on his shoulder and carry me away!I don't care that he's technically rescuing me.Saving my life multiple times doesn't mean he can eye me up and down and lick his lips.He can say we're fated mates all he wants, I won't give up everything just to be his pretty little housewife... -
![Full Speed to a Crash Landing by Beth Revis]()
Full Speed to a Crash Landing by Beth Revis
A high octane sexy space heist from New York Times-bestselling author Beth Revis, the first in a novella trilogy.Ada Lamarr may have gotten to the spaceship wreck first, but looter’s rights won’t get her far when she’s got a hole in the side of her ship and her spacesuit is almost out of air...Categorized as:
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![Mating Fever by Grace Goodwin]()
Mating Fever by Grace Goodwin
Megan Simmons is a soldier sent into space to protect Earth as a member of the Coalition Fleet. After eighteen months of ruthless fighting on a Hive controlled planet, she is separated from her unit, lost and trapped behind enemy lines. Nyko of Atlan never hesitates to charge into battle against Hive scum...Categorized as:
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![Shaw by Anna Hackett]()
Shaw by Anna Hackett
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIn the aftermath of a deadly alien invasion, a band of survivors fights on… Hell Squad sniper Shaw Baird is a man on a mission. His squad is his family and now the invading aliens have done the unforgivable…taken one of his team. Claudia Frost—soldier, friend, and all-round badass—is running on borrowed time...Categorized as:
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![Achieve by Jade Waltz]()
Achieve by Jade Waltz
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsAn abomination or a savior… I can't be both. My welcome at the CEG Space Station didn't go as planned. Arriving as a new mother and meeting the male responsible for my situation was only the beginning of my problems...Categorized as:
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![Tansy's Titan by S.E. Smith]()
Tansy's Titan by S.E. Smith
Tansy Bell, is the middle daughter of the three Bell sisters. She has always been a little different, even for a Bell. A chameleon, she can change her appearance and personality to blend in almost anywhere. She uses this talent to bring some of the worse criminals in the world to justice. Mak ‘Tag Krell Manok is the wild one of his four brothers...Categorized as:
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![Fiasco by Constance Fay]()
Fiasco by Constance Fay
Cynbelline Khaw is a woman of many names. She’s Generosity, a cultist who never quite fit in. She’s Bella, the daughter who failed to save her cousin’s life. And then there’s Cyn, the notorious bounty hunter who spaced a ship of slavers. She’s exhausted, lonely, and on her very last legs—but then a new client offers her a job she can’t refuse: a bounty on the kidnapper who killed her cousin... -
![Matched to Bhad by C.Y. Croc]()
Matched to Bhad by C.Y. Croc
Monstrous romantic suspense, action and adventure, some dark moments...and a giggle or two.I have a penchant for violence.I’m a hunter— a bounty hunter .Nobody expects that from a human woman.But I don’t just like it—I freaking love it.Throw in a laser blaster, a pair of handcuffs and a bad guy or three, and I’m practically creaming in my panties... -
![Shadow's Chosen by Olivia Riley]()
Shadow's Chosen by Olivia Riley
From their first encounter, she knew he was troubleA top operative in her field, Elise was trained since youth to be one of Earth's most elite soldiers.But nothing could prepare her for Tyrminus and the deadly aliens taking over the city.One job: find the Grayhart team of explorers that have disappeared within the undercity and bring them back alive. A seemingly impossible mission... -
![The Breeding Experiment by Laurann Dohner]()
The Breeding Experiment by Laurann Dohner
Darla Mitts has been secretly protecting her younger sister, Becky, for years. She’ll do anything to continue, even if it means leaving their family to work on a United Earth fleet ship. She thinks they’ll be safe. She’s quickly proven wrong when the sisters’ transport shuttle is seized by aliens instead...Categorized as:
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![The Bound Worlds by Megan E. O'Keefe]()
The Bound Worlds by Megan E. O'Keefe
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWorlds will collide and fates will be rewritten in the thrilling conclusion to the Devoured Worlds space opera trilogy by award-winning author Megan E. O’Keefe. Naira and Tarquin have found a new home on Seventh Cradle. But the peace they’ve built is short-lived as mysterious assailants ambush the settlement and Naira is haunted by visions of a monstrous future... -
![Wed To The Alien Hunter by January Bell]()
Wed To The Alien Hunter by January Bell
He’s as cold as ice, but I’m ready to make him melt. I’m sick of being alone, sick of being ignored by my alien “husband,” Xade, and exhausted from always being as nice as possible. When the local alien wildlife starts rampaging, all I see is a golden opportunity to finally get some alone time with him on a mission, convince Xade to be my friend… and maybe more... -
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![The Fallen Empire Collection (Books 1-3 and prequel) by Lindsay Buroker]()
The Fallen Empire Collection (Books 1-3 and prequel) by Lindsay Buroker
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...Categorized as:
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![Changed by Heather Fox]()
Changed by Heather Fox
Waking up from cryostasis alone in an unfamiliar place is bad enough, but the holes in my memory make things so much worse. I had a mission - protect the research team. Only, I can't remember who the research team were, what they were researching, or what lead to me being frozen in the first place. All I know is there are monsters here - green skinned, with fangs and claws... -
![The Naga Outcast's Unwanted Mate by Robin O'Connor]()
The Naga Outcast's Unwanted Mate by Robin O'Connor
I thought I was dead, but my pulse is racing when I see the beautiful, terrifying creature that woke me. Vera My family maneuvered me like a worthless pawn, then cast me away. I was supposed to be executed but even that didn’t go right. When I wake up, my whole world is titled on its axis when I lock eyes with a monster...Categorized as:
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![The Ruins of Karzelek by Ruby Lionsdrake]()
The Ruins of Karzelek by Ruby Lionsdrake
Kalish has been a successful treasure hunter for years, relying on only herself to deal with deadly predators, impenetrable jungles, and diabolical booby traps. But with her father kidnapped, and a notorious pirate demanding an ancient alien artifact that may or may not exist, Kalish needs help... -
![Alien With Benefits by Cara Bristol]()
Alien With Benefits by Cara Bristol
A space cruise with her bestie seems like the vacation of a lifetime until Holly Winters gets abducted by aliens and finds herself on a slave ship. When the ship’s AI goes haywire and accidentally releases the prisoners from their cells, she makes a break for it—only to be kidnapped again by a huge horned and furry alien...Categorized as:
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![Coral: Alien Hunting Grounds Book 2 by Kyla Breene]()
Coral: Alien Hunting Grounds Book 2 by Kyla Breene
Once a marine, always a marine.KiraEven if you're light years from Earth being followed around by a giant lizard with so much arrogance, he occasionally chokes on it.Not to death, or anything. Nothing as useful as that.I will admit, he's handy in a fight. Not to mention a whole lot of fun to tease.I just wish he'd stop calling me out for walking around yowling like a cat in heat...
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