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Oliver by Nyssa Kathryn
Rated: 4.69 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsShe may have forgotten her past, but her past hasn’t forgotten her…Tori Blake arrives in Marble Falls with nothing. Nothing but a note in her hand and cash in her pocket. She doesn’t know if those two things will be enough to get her the help she needs. She doesn’t know if they’ll lead her to the past she can’t remember.What she does know is that someone is trying to kill her... -
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Tyler by Nyssa Kathryn
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsSometimes, the biggest secrets can bring both salvation and destruction.Emerson Charles grew up luckier than most, going from a difficult life to finding safety and a true home with her stepmother and stepbrother. Years later, when Levi’s in trouble, Emerson will do anything for the brother of her heart, her greatest protector... -
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![Jason by Nyssa Kathryn]()
Jason by Nyssa Kathryn
Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsDanger throws them together. Attraction keeps them from parting.Having lost her best friend, Courtney Warren lives every day like it’s her last. Because if life has taught her anything, it’s that some are cut far too short without warning. So when sexy former soldier Jason moves to Cradle Mountain, she shouldn't hesitate to express her immediate interest... -
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B Free by Cynthia Sax
Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsB is the last remaining B Model cyborg. All of his brethren, the beings he trained with, fought with, cared deeply for, have perished.Or so he believes.When he intercepts a communication mentioning the existence of one of his kind, he has to investigate the source. The message could be a trap set by his enemies...Categorized as:
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![The Naga Inventor's Clever Mate by Robin O'Connor]()
The Naga Inventor's Clever Mate by Robin O'Connor
Min-Ji knows one thing for Corin, the fierce, inventive Naga warrior, is her mate. So why does he avoid her?Min-JiIt’s my fault we crashed on this strange, barbaric alien planet. The others might have forgotten for now, but I haven’t. Then why does even my supposed mate avoid me?Corin is smart, brave, and has a heart so big, he takes on far too much to keep our new clan safe...Categorized as:
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Return to Dark Earth by Anna Hackett
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBook Seven of the award-winning series, THE PHOENIX ADVENTURES. His career plan never included becoming one of the galaxy's most infamous treasure hunters. And it certainly never included his one weakness: Nera Darc. Astro-archeologist Niklas Phoenix loved his job studying and safeguarding artifacts at the Institute of Historical Preservation...until he learned that it was all a lie... -
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Kade by Tasha Black
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsShe’s the target of an intergalactic bounty hunt. But he’s going to capture her heart.Aurora Day is running from a crime she didn’t commit – or at least, she didn’t mean to commit. But the intergalactic soldiers on the hunt for the woman known as the Fox don’t care about the details. Hiding out on the remote frontier moon of Clotho is her only hope for survival... -
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Starseers by Lindsay Buroker
The mysterious and powerful Starseers have Captain Alisa Marchenko's daughter, and she will do whatever she must to get her back, even if it means traveling to their stronghold and confronting them personally. Unfortunately, her strongest ally, the cyborg Leonidas, may become a liability since the cyborgs and the Starseers have a long history of hating each other...Categorized as:
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Starflower by Anne Elisabeth Stengl
Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen a cursed dragon-witch kidnaps fairest Lady Gleamdren, the Bard Eanrin sets boldly forth on a rescue mission...and a race against his rival for Gleamdren's favor. Intent upon his quest, the last thing the immortal Faerie needs is to become mixed up with the troubles of an insignificant mortal... -
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Unstoppable by K.A. Knight
My father is a genius.A scientist determined to unlock the human potential.Only his experiments?He conducted them on me.I managed to escape his cruel, painful control, and for years I hid.Until one day, news comes of his death.Along with the fact his experiments are still being carried out.This time I cannot run, I cannot hide.I must stop them once and for all.He thought he was invincible…... -
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Alien Mercenary's Heart by Mina Carter
Return to the worlds of the Lathar, as you've never seen them before... She wanted a coffee and an easy shift. Instead, she got a smart-alec mercenary and commandos trying to kill her… Medically discharged from the military over a decade ago, Station Chief Eris Archer just wants a quiet life. But life on a frontier station like Tarantus is never dull...Categorized as:
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![Alien Disgraced by Cara Bristol]()
Alien Disgraced by Cara Bristol
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIs her gentle, handsome alien prince a cold-blooded killer?When Kat Whalen meets Prince Lomax of Araset, a tall, handsome alien with curved horns and luxurious fur, he instantly charms her with his good humor, wit, and kindness. Although their romance is brief—duty demands he attend an important interplanetary summit—the love bond that forms is deep...Categorized as:
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Our Bloody Pearl by D.N. Bryn
The ocean is uncontrollable and dangerous. But to the sirens who swim the warm island waters, it’s a home more than worth protecting from the humans and their steam-propelled ships. Between their hypnotic voices and the strength of their powerful tails, sirens have little to fear. That is, until the ruthless pirate captain, Kian, creates a device to cancel out their songs...Categorized as:
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![Girl From Above: Trapped by Pippa DaCosta]()
Girl From Above: Trapped by Pippa DaCosta
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratings"When are you going to stop running, Caleb?" Taking the synth to the casino capital of the nine systems seemed like a great idea at the time, but as Caleb Shepperd's many enemies close in, he only has one way out. He must betray #1001. Caleb can't make the same mistake twice. Can he? #1001 has a price on her head. The Fenrir Nine and Chitec will stop at nothing to secure her secrets... -
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![Baring Grudge by Cynthia Sax, Amanda Kelsey]()
Baring Grudge by Cynthia Sax, Amanda Kelsey
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsNo one in the universe is more determined than a cyborg warrior tracking his female.***Grudge, a C Model cyborg, has been assigned a mission – safeguard a Humanoid Alliance space station for his kind. Honor was once all he had, and he is determined to fulfill his duty... -
![Dragoon by A.R. Ivanovich]()
Dragoon by A.R. Ivanovich
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsSurviving a narrow brush with death convinced Katelyn Kestrel that she must never return to the war-torn Outside World. Safe again within the sanctuary of Haven Valley, she has forced herself to forget Rune Thayer, the young Dragoon soldier who had sacrificed everything to save her... -
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Spacer's Cinderella by Adria Rose
A broken shoe. A forbidden ball. A sexy cyborg with a secret. Born on an abandoned colony barely held together by sealant tape and hope, Aurora Sato is at the very bottom of the social pecking order. Hard work and brains got her into a coveted spot in the quadrant’s top university… But her new supervisor is a woman who's not about to let an upstart like Aurora get anything close to a break... -
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Claimed by Lindsay Buroker
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsAfter years on the hunt, Cedar Kartes is finally within striking distance of Cudgel Conrad, the criminal who slew his brother and framed him for murder. With the help of Kali McAlister, his business partner and the woman he’s mustering the courage to court, he believes he can finally rid the world of a bloodthirsty felon. But nothing is ever easy in the Yukon... -
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The Jackal’s House by Anna Butler
Sequel to The Gilded Scarab Lancaster's Luck: Book II Something is stalking the Aegyptian night and endangering the archaeologists excavating the mysterious temple ruins in Abydos. But is it a vengeful ancient spirit or a very modern conspiracy…...Categorized as:
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![The Timeseer's Gambit by Kate McIntyre]()
The Timeseer's Gambit by Kate McIntyre
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt’s been three months since mild-mannered Christopher Buckley began working with Olivia Faraday, the eccentric Deathsniffer. They’ve hunted killers, solved murders, and learned to work together. But their greatest challenges are yet to come… As a brutal heat wave wracks an increasingly unstable Darrington City, someone is killing young priests. Worse, they are using bound elementals to do it... -
![A Lady of Spirit by Shelley Adina]()
A Lady of Spirit by Shelley Adina
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsYou can choose your friends, but you cannot choose your family … or can you? Under normal circumstances, Maggie and Lizzie would be delighted to meet their long-lost relatives and be reunited with those who had believed them dead, but when are the Mopsies’ circumstances ever to be considered normal? With her half-brother Claude Seacombe, Lizzie travels to Cornwall to meet her mother’s parents... -
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Angelica by Sharon Shinn
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsTwo hundred years ago, the god Jovah created a legion of land dwelling angels, led by an appointed Archangel. Now, Jovah has a new appointee: Archangel Gaaron. For his life-mate, his Angelica, Jovah has chosen a woman named Susannah. Slowly, an unspoken affection develops between the two... -
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Oath Forger 3 by Nia Mars
Still faking being the Oath Forger. Yeah, I know. Stupid. You know what's stupider? Falling for The Five.The five hottest, most powerful rulers in the galaxy all want to be my first...Categorized as:
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![Through Uncharted Space by Anna Hackett]()
Through Uncharted Space by Anna Hackett
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsA deep-space convoy master who demands everyone follow his rules...and the stowaway scam artist who’s never met a rule she wouldn’t break. Dare Phoenix runs his convoy with absolute control. In uncharted space, lives depend on it. When one plain, dowdy woman comes aboard, his gut tells him that something is off about her... -
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![Chasing the Green Fairy by Melanie Karsak]()
Chasing the Green Fairy by Melanie Karsak
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA sabotaged airship. A recovering opium addict. A messenger with life-shattering news. With the 1824 British airship qualifying race only weeks away, Lily Stargazer is at the top of her game. She’s racing like a pro, truly in love, and living clean. But on one ill-omened day, everything changes... -
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Blood and Steam by Jamie Sedgwick
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMany years have passed since Breeze Tinkerman vanished with her spring-powered plane while searching for the fabled lost city in the ice, but her daughter River is more than happy to carry on her legacy... -
![Falcon: Sky Mates: a Sci-Fi Romance by Susan Grant]()
Falcon: Sky Mates: a Sci-Fi Romance by Susan Grant
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsIn a small town in Texas, a woman who hopes to overcome her greatest fear falls for a big alien warrior with a bravery to spare…Space Force Intelligence Officer Dee “Rainbow” Wilson is afraid of flying...Categorized as:
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![The Pirate Captain's Daughter by Ruby Lionsdrake]()
The Pirate Captain's Daughter by Ruby Lionsdrake
Firefighter and mercenary Marat Azarov thinks he’s being noble when he rescues a beautiful slave woman from certain torture. Alas, she turns out to be more than she appears and does not appreciate his interference. In an attempt to redeem himself—and perhaps win her regard—he concocts a plot that even his grenade-flinging colleague Striker deems unwise... -
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In the Devil's Nebula by Anna Hackett
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsHe lost it all. His career, his woman, his sanity. Two years ago, on a deadly mission to the lawless Devil’s Nebula, Commander Zayn Phoenix’s life imploded. Now the former Strike Wing pilot fills his days with dangerous adventures alongside his treasure hunter brothers. But his nights are another story: haunted by nightmares of one unforgivable act... -
![Tinker's War by Jamie Sedgwick]()
Tinker's War by Jamie Sedgwick
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSteam technology and spring-powered engines have evolved since Tinker's discovery of Blackrock Steel, which can store vast amounts of energy, but word of this incredible resource has spread far and wide... -
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Tin Swift by Devon Monk
Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIn steam age America, men, monsters, machines and magic battle to claim the same scrap of earth and sky. In this chaos, one man fights to hold on to his humanity--and his honor. . . Life on the frontier is full of deceit and danger, but bounty hunter Cedar Hunt is a man whose word is his bond. Cursed with becoming a beast every full moon, Cedar once believed his destiny was to be alone... -
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A Lady of Resources by Shelley Adina
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsBook 5 in the Magnificent Devices series! You can choose your friends, but you cannot choose your family … or can you? Now sixteen, the twins Lizzie and Maggie are educated young ladies who have not been called “the Mopsies” in years … except by their guardian, Lady Claire Trevelyan...Categorized as:
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The Immorality Engine by George Mann
Rated: 3.91 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsOn the surface, life is going well for Victorian special agent Sir Maurice Newbury, who has brilliantly solved several nigh-impossible cases for Queen Victoria with his indomitable assistant, Miss Veronica Hobbes, by his side. But these facts haven’t stopped Newbury from succumbing increasingly frequently to his dire flirtation with the lure of opium... -
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Sight Beyond the Sun by Melody Johnson
“Unforgettable, this book stays with you long after you leave it."— Sherrilyn Kenyon, New York Times and international bestselling author of the Dark-Hunters® series."Sight Beyond the Sun is a sexy alien abduction thrill-ride...Categorized as:
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![Obsidian Eyes by A.W. Exley]()
Obsidian Eyes by A.W. Exley
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 9 ratings1836, a world of light and dark, noble and guild. The two spheres intersect when seventeen-year-old Allie Donovan is placed at the aristocratic St Matthews Academy. More at ease with a blade than a needle, she finds herself ostracised by the girls and stalked by a Scottish lord intent on learning why she is among them... -
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Rebel's Honor by Gwynn White
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAN OPPRESSIVE FAMILY OF TYRANTS… AND A WARRIOR PRINCESS TO DESTROY THEM ALL. Hidden deep in their Dragon’s lair, the Avanovs sole fear is the curse on their bloodline, one promising a warrior will destroy them and the Dragon deity that defends them...Categorized as:
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Taken by the Alien Rogue by Krista Luna
The charming blue alien says I’m his. It’s got to be some kind of line. But how can I resist him… or his wicked tail?HAZELI get lucky when horned blue aliens rescue me straight from cryo. So when I get the chance to use my communications skills to help save other human women, I jump on it.It’s perfect. Except for him... -
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The Dragon Men by Steven Harper
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAs China prepares to become the ultimate power in an era of extraordinary invention and horror, Alice Michaels' fate lies inside the walls of the forbidden kingdom.... Gavin Ennock has everything a man could desire--except time. As the clockwork plague consumes his body and mind, it drives him increasingly mad and fractures his relationship with his fiancee, Alice, Lady Michaels...Categorized as:
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Collecting by Viola Grace
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsCollecting the tools needed for survival is her talent, but a male of the Water Folk is something she is dying to add to her collection. Emharo has spent her time collecting biological samples from the world around her and giving them to her family for analysis. She can find anything you need—you just have to ask... -
![A Letter from the Lonesome Shore by Sylvie Cathrall]()
A Letter from the Lonesome Shore by Sylvie Cathrall
Dive into the charming conclusion to the Sunken Archive duology, a heart-warming magical academia fantasy filled with underwater cities, romance of manners and found family, perfect for fans of Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries. Former correspondents E. and Henerey, accustomed to loving each other from afar, did not anticipate continuing their courtship in an enigmatic underwater city...Categorized as:
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![An Accidental Goddess by Linnea Sinclair, Megan Sybil Baker]()
An Accidental Goddess by Linnea Sinclair, Megan Sybil Baker
Raheiran Special Forces captain Gillaine Davré has just woken up in some unknown space way station, wondering where the last three hundred years have gone. The last thing she remembers is her ship being attacked. Now it seems that while she was time-traveling, she was ordained a goddess…...Categorized as:
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![PartnerShip by Anne McCaffrey, Margaret Ball]()
PartnerShip by Anne McCaffrey, Margaret Ball
Rated: 3.87 of 5 stars · 33 ratingsShe was born human... reborn as much, much more. Her name was Nancia Perez y de Gras. Like the other five young people aboard, she was an aristocrat... a member of one of the illustrious High Families. And, like the others, she was a new graduate, just starting out on her own career... -
![Only Cold Depths by Jennifer Estep]()
Only Cold Depths by Jennifer Estep
A WOMAN WHO CAN’T CONTROL HER POWER . . .Everyone knows the name Vesper Quill. I used to be a lowly lab rat working in a Regal-owned corporation, but thanks to my truebond with Kyrion Caldaren, I’m now one of the most wanted fugitives in the Archipelago Galaxy...Categorized as:
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![Destined by Viola Grace]()
Destined by Viola Grace
Rated: 3.60 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsAn artist shows a hero his destiny, and it is her face he is looking at. Rhoda works as a portrait artist, painting the destinies of those who sit for her. They choose their subject of wealth, success or love, and she paints their destiny. Most opt for love, and they pay handsomely to know their fate... -
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![Drift by Lyn Gala]()
Drift by Lyn Gala
Allie always enjoyed casual sex with crewmates, but the war never let her get too close to anyone. Now the war is over, and shipmates lost. Somewhere Allie lost some part of herself, too. But no matter how hard she tries, she can't escape the gentle touch of Shank Lacroix, her favorite lover. He insists on standing by her and helping her find the missing pieces... -
![The Border by Kim Fielding]()
The Border by Kim Fielding
Rated: 3.60 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsInjured in a war that has stretched on for years, Sergeant John Peterson guards a lonely border. Aside from passing contact with railship captains, the only person he sees is the enemy: the man who guards the other side of the border. A bad fall places John’s life in the other soldier’s hands... -
![Gideon Smith and the Mechanical Girl by David Barnett]()
Gideon Smith and the Mechanical Girl by David Barnett
Rated: 3.71 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsNineteenth century London is the center of a vast British Empire. Airships ply the skies and Queen Victoria presides over three-quarters of the known world—including the East Coast of America, following the failed revolution of 1775. London might as well be a world away from Sandsend, a tiny village on the Yorkshire coast... -
![Seduction by Ellabee Andrews, Helen Scott]()
Seduction by Ellabee Andrews, Helen Scott
Some secrets are meant to be broken— the rewards outweighing the consequences. Some, however, bring about a change unlike any ever imagined. The Mating Games challenged me; not only physically, but mentally, and the emotional toll it wreaked was the hardest part. Yet, I was starting to realize that the worst… and best… was yet to come... -
![Fate War: Alliance by E.M. Havens]()
Fate War: Alliance by E.M. Havens
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratings“No!” Sam screamed. A Fate boot slammed into her stomach. It pinned her, leaving her breathless. She tried desperately to push his foot off as the soldier unsheathed his sword. He raised it two handed, the razor sharp point above her throat. He would kill her. She could see it in his black, soulless eyes. “Sam!” Cole’s voice was distant... -
![Grabbed By The Alien Lord by Aana Celestya]()
Grabbed By The Alien Lord by Aana Celestya
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA barbaric auction that sets the beginning of wildly passionate and blatantly savage Alien Romance. Amelia has no clue what fate holds for her when she ends up as sex slave in a barbaric world of ruthless aliens. But when a sexy and commanding Alien sets his eyes on this naive earthling, he knows that she belongs to none but him...
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