Books like 'April's Fools'
Readers who enjoyed April's Fools by Ivy Asher & Raven Kennedy also liked the following books featuring the same tropes, story themes, relationship dynamics and character types.
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Susix by Amelia Rademaker
Being abducted by aliens is terrifying. Everything after that? Pretty boring.Cece Levine didn’t believe in aliens. That is, right up until she was abducted. Life in space is not what she expected. She lives in a cage. She's left alone all the time. And the boredom is driving her insane.When a thief who is more snake than man, mistakes her for an exotic pet, Cece decides to just roll with it...Categorized as:
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Pheromone by C.M. Stunich
Humans … pets, meat, or mates. That’s the first thing I see when I open my eyes, that damn sign. Don’t fancy myself being sold for any of the above reasons, so I’m relieved when my buyer is killed by an … Um. Hot venom and horns and a violent grin. What the actual f*ck is that?! Or should I say who the actual f*ck is he ? Because he’s definitely male. Definitely big...Categorized as:
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Mama by Lexie Winston
This is it! Go time. No longer can I stick my head in the sand or pretend that my kraken honey hasn’t knocked me up."What do you mean, Lila?" I hear you ask. Well, it means I’m screwed. And not in the good way.After the lightning attack on Iceen triggered my latent Skarrian abilities, they’ve kicked into gear big time. Not only am I a lightning cat whisperer, but I’m also a mimic... -
Soul Code by Blake Black
I’ve always been on the outside looking in—a female tech genius meeting every conceivable human need for others, yet struggling with a basic fundamental necessity—connection.My days are filled with code and algorithms, but my nights are haunted by isolation and loneliness... -
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Draconians Queen by Juno Wells
Sold from one species to another, isn't the dream I had when I signed up for an alien husband...The promise of being electronically matched with a wealthy, handsome alien husband and going from a dying Earth, to a new healthy world, seemed like an impossible dream. After securing a successful match, I left with my meagre possessions and dreams of starting over.. -
Project: Adapt - Found by Jade Waltz
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsA failed human prototype. That’s all she is… Born and raised as an experiment, Selena’s life has been filled with torture, betrayal, and distrust... but one night changes everything. Sold, attacked, and on the run, Selena is picked up by a colony ship... -
Quinn Inspired by Belle Harper
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsHey all, I’m Quinn.I applied for a job which guaranteed travel. This was a totally different type of travel, but I’m even more excited for. Another World. Getting married to an alien guy is just part of the deal, and I can live with that.But I accidently… kinda fell into a young guy. Who is like seven feet tall mind you. How was I supposed to know he was going to suddenly stop... -
Emerald by Jade Waltz
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsThey say good things come in threes.... and for those who wait. Emerald used to believe that until her thirty-third birthday, when her life got turned upside down. Her pet Godzilla dies, she loses her job and to top it all off, her car breaks down in this weird town called Silver Springs...Categorized as:
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Misconstrued by Pixie Unger
“You cannot live on the food we have for you. That leaves me three choices. Let you continue to starve, slowly dying. Or put you out of your misery, and save the resources of feeding you for someone who has a chance to live.” The orc gave me a long, calculating look before he continued, “Or I can find you someone who is willing to spend his personal resources to care for a defective human...Categorized as:
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Serviced by Ruth Cardello
Utensils are for more than stirring up trouble.Lauren gave up on love long ago. As an ER doctor, she saves lives daily and keeps her own life safe and predictable—until a set of antique silverware warms to her touch.Suddenly, Lauren finds herself the unexpected heroine in a reverse harem tale, surrounded by three . . . no, eight World War II super soldiers who are as tempting as they are chaotic... -
Alie and the Cosmic Convicts by Emma Cole, K.B. Everly
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsHave you ever wondered what would happen if aliens suddenly began appearing on Earth? I have an answer for you. The world loses its sh*t! Aliens are a part of everyday life in the year 2020. They have jobs, drive super high-tech cars, and even live next door to you. Crazy right?! But with our new extraterrestrial guests came new laws... -
Chosen By Them: Planet Athion Series by Skye MacKinnon
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsThey want to make me their captain. I can't even fly a bloody spaceship. I'm no longer a captive. No longer alone. But we're still on the run. And the four alien males who seem to think the universe of me are only making it more complicated for me. New life. New rules. We can't be free until we escape the Athions hunting us, even if it means accepting the help of untrustworthy space pirates... -
Star Protectors by Maggie Alabaster
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsI would go to the end of the known galaxy for my guys—and I'm about to. Slek, Zarex and J'avet went to rescue Danec from the Iritauri and their nanobots, but only one of them returned. Now he, Brinley and me, are ready to launch a rescue mission of our own. We'll save the other guys, whatever it takes. Even if I have to give my own life to save theirs... -
Breaths of Desire by Octavia Kore
Rated: 3.73 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsA forbidden attraction, an unexpected love, and a madman willing to risk it all to keep humanity pure... -
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Night of the Dragons by Miranda Martin
Rated: 3.61 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsBroken pod, wrecked ship, no water in sight. But Piper Sage is a survivor. Diagnosed with an aggressive terminal cancer, the doctors on board her generational spaceship had no choice but to put her in stasis, hoping to keep her alive until a cure could be found. When she wakes, it's not to a miracle but a nightmare. Two blazing suns, nothing but sand and more sand... -
Our Pet by S.M. Matthews
Abducted by aliens? Yes. Mistakenly bought as a family pet? Yep. Actually, unexpectedly starting to enjoy the ride? I just might be. I've been abducted, sold, and then sold again, all before I even knew what was going on. Luckily for me, I might just have been bought by the three nicest....guys....in the universe... -
Venery by C.M. Stunich
I’ve been abducted by an alien in a cowboy hat.He needs me to play the role of fake fiancée to appease his family of tentacle-tailed cops.I’ll keep up the charade as long as I need if it means being reunited with Abraxas and Rurik.Shouldn’t be too hard, right? To play pretend …My life force is now inextricably tied to handsome, gun totin’ Officer Hyt...Categorized as:
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Seminal by C.M. Stunich
I don’t play the role of the kidnapped princess very well.And I really hate the fated mates trope.Hello again, I’m Eve Wakefield, and I refuse to accept that I’m in love with an intergalactic moth prince.No.I don’t care how handsome he is, I don’t want to marry him.I don’t care if his parents have a sentient spaceship capable of eating entire planets.Love is earned, not swindled by pheromones...Categorized as:
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Alice in the Country of Hearts, Vol. 4 by QuinRose, Soumei Hoshino
This is a clever retelling of the "Alice in Wonderland" tale - manga-style! Sadness looms over Alice after Ace shows how life is treated in Wonderland. To cheer her up, Boris takes Alice to the amusement park, but when she comes home, Julius asks her if she wants to leave the clock tower... -
Alice in the Country of Hearts, Vol. 5 by Hoshino Soumei, QuinRose
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsThe NEW YORK TIMES bestselling manga continues!As the big ball approaches, everyone has an opinion on whether Alice should attend or not, and, more importantly, what kind of dress she should wear. But when Alice hears Blood's going to be there as well, she changes her mind about spending time with Wonderland's nest... -
The Book of the Dead: AESLI-00 by V.E.S. Pullen
Azzie Vokaty is living a perfectly normal life in a perfectly normal small town in the midwest, dealing with a rare blood disorder alongside rude classmates and distant foster parents.Except there is no “normal” anymore, not since the JANUS-23 pandemic decimated the world’s population.And it isn’t a town, it’s a military base.And Azzie isn’t exactly thrilled with the golden cage she’s living in... -
Alice in the Country of Hearts, Vol. 3 by QuinRose
Alice is kidnapped and brought to the strange world of Wonderland, where a war is waging between the Queen of Hearts and the Hatter gang syndicate, and Alice must find her way home while escaping their wrath... -
Demons in Disguise by A. Kirk, E. Kirk
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsIt's the Gotta Have Book 3 in the Bestselling Divinicus Nex Chronicles! Continuing the action-packed Divinicus Nex Chronicles, Aurora and fan-favorite hotties The Hex Boys are back with more mystery, non-stop action, romance and laugh-out-loud humor that makes this thrilling series irresistible. Come along for the ride where..Categorized as:
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Alice in the Country of Hearts, Vol. 01 by QuinRose, Soumei Hoshino
Alice wakes up to find a white rabbit wearing clothes. The rabbit forcefully drags Alice into the rabbit hole, where she encounters a frightful world where fairytale-like citizens wield dangerous weapons for an insidious cause... -
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Whisperer by Lexie Winston
Blood, sex, and magic… Isn’t there a song that goes something like that? Or maybe that's just what you get in a typical afternoon spent with a Vilaxian. Throw in a few loving mates, one that just so happens to have tentacles, a cyborg doctor with mad sex skills, along with a warlock hell-bent on protecting me. and you have a running episode of “Life with Lila... -
Good Deeds by Kathryn Moon
Nötchka Uumian, solo-scavenger and pilot, only came to Bandalier for business. But when her first ever heat cycle hits, she has two choices: get off the planet or find somewhere safe to ride out the heatburns. Determined to never end up mated and trapped in a kitchen, she heads into the Droid district... -
Tribe: Outsider by Stacy Jones
Despite being dumped on a primitive alien world, Lily is adapting to life there, with the help of Frrar, Tor, and Arruk. But they can’t stay in the safety of the caves forever. The flood waters have receded and it’s time to join the rest of the tribe… While traveling, their group meets a familiar face from Arruk’s past – a man half feral and covered in vicious scars... -
Stagehand by Lexie Winston
If you had asked me two years ago where I would be, living on a space ship on the dark side of the moon, learning how to run an alien circus was not in the top one hundred. It wasn’t even in the top one million... -
Memoirs of a Garroter by Steffanie Holmes
Murder is bad for business, especially when the hot local crime writer is garrotted between the shelves! With grudging permission from Heathcliff, Mina Wilde has transformed Nevermore Bookshop. She’s running author events, hosting Quoth’s art show, and using her creative flair to attract more customers...Categorized as:
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From the Fire by Candice M. Wright
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsAn asset. An experiment.A liability. A freak.I'm all those thingsAnd so much more.The Phoenix Group might have all the powerBut underestimating someone with nothing left to lose will be their downfall.They took the only thing in my life that was pure and untaintedAnd destroyed it, leaving behind nothing but rubble and ash.Now there’s nothing but revenge on my mind and rage in my heart...
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