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Like a Calling by Lexa Luthor
Rated: 4.86 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsThe Sworne have returned to the Milky Way!The Sworne arrive in Kander's airspace and demand only one thing; the surrender of all Earthlings for termination. Upon Kal's refusal, fighting ensues and hostages are taken on both sides until Kal and Charlie win the skirmish, forcing a ceasefire... -
![The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri]()
The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri
Author of Empire of Sand and Realm of Ash Tasha Suri's The Jasmine Throne, beginning a new trilogy set in a world inspired by the history and epics of India, in which a captive princess and a maidservant in possession of forbidden magic become unlikely allies on a dark journey to save their empire from the princess's traitor brother... -
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![Collecting Stars by Lexa Luthor]()
Collecting Stars by Lexa Luthor
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAn F/F Omegaverse Sci-Fi Romance Any landing you can limp away from is a good one! Faced with news about the future, Kal determines she must prepare her planet for a possible war. But will Charlie be there to support her? Or will Charlie run back to the stars? Join Charlie and Kal as their story continues in Book 4 of The Alpha God series... -
![Otherside Picnic: Volume 4 by Iori Miyazawa, 宮澤 伊織]()
Otherside Picnic: Volume 4 by Iori Miyazawa, 宮澤 伊織
Winter is coming. Having been attacked by a group that worshiped Satsuki Uruma, Sorawo and Toriko head to the cult's former base—the Farm in the Mountains. The other world is still chock full of all kinds of dangerous mysteries, but the allure of exploring the unknown is ever present... -
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![Otherside Picnic: Volume 3 by Iori Miyazawa]()
Otherside Picnic: Volume 3 by Iori Miyazawa
Autumn has arrived. Having narrowly avoided the curse of the Kotoribako, Sorawo and Toriko are back to exploring the other world. With boxed lunches in tow, the two take their agricultural vehicle for a leisurely drive across grassy terrain, deal with the problems caused by Sorawo's kouhai at university, and hang out at cognitive scientist Kozakura's house... -
![Rhapsody by Molly J. Bragg]()
Rhapsody by Molly J. Bragg
Megan Harwood never wanted to be a hero. She just wanted to indulge the two great loves of her life, woodworking and music, and for the last few years, she’s done just that running a small guitar making business in Sun City Florida with her dad’s help...Categorized as:
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![The Ivory Tomb by Melissa Caruso]()
The Ivory Tomb by Melissa Caruso
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe Ivory Tomb concludes the wildly original epic fantasy series bursting with intrigue and ambition, questioned loyalties, and broken magic that began with The Obsidian Tower.The Dark Days have returned. The Demon of Carnage mercilessly cuts through villagers and armies. The Demon of Corruption poisons/rots the land. The Serene Empire and the Witch Lords race towards war... -
![Future Wife by Nicole Pyland]()
Future Wife by Nicole Pyland
Imagine meeting a stranger one day, only for that stranger to say, “I’m your future wife.” This is exactly what happens to Carter when she heads out of town for work. There’s one problem with this: Carter is already married, and not to this stranger.Ryder has been working on time travel since she was a little kid listening to her great-grandmother tell stories of the past... -
![This Gilded Abyss by Rebecca Thorne]()
This Gilded Abyss by Rebecca Thorne
Sergeant Nix Marr is a damn good soldier. She's also desperate to leave her haunted past deep in the bioluminescent ocean, buried alongside her best friend, Quian. So, when Subarch Kessandra, Valkesh's favorite royal--and Nix's loathed ex--requests Nix's help investigating a masacre in the abyssal city of Fall, Nix refuses. Vehemently.She should have known Kessandra would fight back... -
![Once Upon A Lucky Star by N.D. Shar, Natalie Debrabandere]()
Once Upon A Lucky Star by N.D. Shar, Natalie Debrabandere
Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsGUESS WHAT? I’M NOT DEAD YETMy name is Storm Redfield: Navy Commander, still kicking ass at 161 years old.So far, I’ve had a good time in the 23rd Century. I discovered space travel and fought evil creatures in a distant star system... -
![I, Alpha by Lexa Luthor]()
I, Alpha by Lexa Luthor
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsKal watches Charlie fly off on a mission, again. As Kander's ruler, Kal must continue her duties while she waits for Charlie's return. Her first priority is handling the rebel faction known as Alpha Prime. But, her focus begins to flounder for the first time since she became Kal. Frustrated in every way, Kal seeks guidance and comes to terms with the Alpha in her that Charlie triggered... -
![I, Finna by Lexa Luthor]()
I, Finna by Lexa Luthor
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsKal’s past life as Sumner is being triggered by Charlie!Since meeting Charlie, Kal’s old flashbacks as Sumner continue to bubble up to the surface but this time it’s a memory triggered after meeting Raine Ramos. Others begin to notice Kal’s changes including Lennox, who confronts her. Now Kal must make a choice that will affect her and Charlie’s future... -
![Chosen of Chaos by Benjamin Medrano]()
Chosen of Chaos by Benjamin Medrano
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsEvelyn enjoyed living a nice, quiet life in an anarchic pirate port, far from the world she’d once conquered.Then came an attack by mercenaries that made her angry... -
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Sea Wolf by Anna Burke
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsIn the year 2514, the only thing more dangerous than the seas is those who sail them.Life aboard the mercenary ship Man o’ War is rarely dull as hurricanes, swarms of jellyfish, and man-eating squid pose daily doses of danger... -
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![Adept of Chaos by Benjamin Medrano]()
Adept of Chaos by Benjamin Medrano
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsEvelyn's deeds are coming back to haunt her.Free to travel among the stars, the former warlord is enjoying her freedom, even if she’s occasionally exasperated by the women who’ve attached themselves to her. They accompany her as she encounters wonders, from dryad terraforming ships to the orcish arenas of Skaloth.Yet Evelyn has enemies, and they have not forgotten her... -
![Otherside Picnic: Volume 2 by Iori Miyazawa]()
Otherside Picnic: Volume 2 by Iori Miyazawa
Summer has arrived, and university students Sorawo Kamikoshi and Toriko Nishina’s connection deepens as they explore the alternate world known as the Otherside.There's a rescue operation for the U.S... -
![The Sovereign of Psiere by K. Aten]()
The Sovereign of Psiere by K. Aten
Psiere is a world of intrigue where old ideology meets new. The Makers built massive pyramids on each continent and filled them with encrypted texts and advanced technology. The two suns, Archeos and Illeos shine down on a mostly undiscovered planet with a psionic race of people living on land, and violent sea people below the water...Categorized as:
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![The Warrior's Path by Catherine M. Wilson]()
The Warrior's Path by Catherine M. Wilson
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 33 ratingsIn Book I of the trilogy, Tamras, our hero, arrives in Merin’s house to begin her apprenticeship as a warrior, but her small stature causes many, including Tamras herself, to doubt that she will ever become a competent swordswoman... -
![These Burning Stars by Bethany Jacobs]()
These Burning Stars by Bethany Jacobs
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsJun Ironway, hacker, con artist, and only occasional thief, has gotten her hands on a piece of contraband that could set her up for life: a video that implicates the powerful Nightfoot family in a planet-wide genocide seventy-five years ago. The Nightfoots control the precious sevite that fuels interplanetary travel through three star systems... -
![Otherside Picnic Volume 5: Hasshaku-sama Revival by Iori Miyazawa]()
Otherside Picnic Volume 5: Hasshaku-sama Revival by Iori Miyazawa
Having succeeded in their goal of spending a night on the Otherside, Sorawo and Toriko can now take their expeditions deeper. The two spend their days surrounded by the supernatural, going back and forth between their normal and abnormal daily lives.A chaotic love hotel girls' party in Shinjuku vanishes from Sorawo's memory. Toriko's university life and inner thoughts become clear... -
![Rangers at Roadsend by Jane Fletcher]()
Rangers at Roadsend by Jane Fletcher
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsSergeant Chip Coppelli escaped the manipulative plots of her powerful family by becoming a soldier. After 9 years in the elite Rangers, dealing with thugs and wild predators, she has learned to spot trouble coming, and that is exactly what she sees in the mystery surrounding her new recruit, Katryn Nagata. But even so, Chip was not expecting murder... -
![No Shelter But the Stars by Virginia Black]()
No Shelter But the Stars by Virginia Black
Virginia Black's No Shelter But the Stars is the space opera you've been waiting for—packed with warring worlds, romantic adventure, and larger-than-life characters.Kyran Loyal is the last heir to the lost throne of a forgotten planet, the figurehead of a nomadic people fleeing the galactic tyranny of a brutal regime. Davia Sifane is the unrecognized daughter of an imperial despot... -
![Above All, Human by Natalie Debrabandere]()
Above All, Human by Natalie Debrabandere
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsTHEY ARE HERE. WALKING AMONG US… BIDING THEIR TIME.US presidential hopeful Abigail Christensen is on a mission that goes far beyond her official political goals; it is planetary in its scope. As a secret global network threatens to silence her for good, she needs to watch her own back, or have someone do it for her.Army Ranger Crystal J... -
![Fixit by Erik Schubach]()
Fixit by Erik Schubach
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFixit, she's out of this world... This short novella follows Fixit, a worker on the surface of Tau Ceti Prime. She is an ace mechanic who keeps the automated harvesting machines in good running order. She has never missed a quota in her efforts help to feed all the people “topside” in the giant floating cities in the sky... -
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![Once Upon A Galactic Time by N.D. Shar, Natalie Debrabandere]()
Once Upon A Galactic Time by N.D. Shar, Natalie Debrabandere
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsBASICALLY, I DIEDMy name is Storm Redfield: Navy Commander, Special Forces.Born on Earth in the year 2057, I don’t belong in the 23rd Century. Nevertheless, that’s where I end up following the worst betrayal of all by my own people. During my time asleep, humanity has become a spacefaring civilization. We are no longer alone in the universe, and the galaxy is at peace… More or less... -
![A Night Most Wicked by Lexie Winston]()
A Night Most Wicked by Lexie Winston
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhat happens to Susie and Mark when their car breaks down an hour out of Vegas after leaving Lila?Strangely enough, there is no one else on the road that evening and they must be in a dead zone as neither Susie nor Mark has cell reception... -
![Second Don by J.S. Fields]()
Second Don by J.S. Fields
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsArdulum. The planet of myth. The planet of unwanted destiny.The Charted Systems are in pieces. Mercy’s Pledge is destroyed, and her captain dead. With no homes to return to, the remaining crew sets off on a journey to find the mythical planet of Ardulum—a planet where Emn might find her people, and Neek the answers she’s long sought... -
![The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson]()
The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson
An outsider who can travel between worlds discovers a secret that threatens her new home and her fragile place in it, in a stunning sci-fi debut that’s both a cross-dimensional adventure and a powerful examination of identity, privilege, and belonging.Multiverse travel is finally possible, but there’s just one catch: No one can visit a world where their counterpart is still alive... -
![The Tentacle Awakens by J.J. Pavlov]()
The Tentacle Awakens by J.J. Pavlov
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsDeath and Reincarnation. Kuroe Makoto, the tomboyish ace of her high school track and field club, never spared a thought for these things before. However, when she falls asleep in her Tokyo home after an exhausting marathon and wakes up in a fantasy world, those concepts become her reality... -
![Seven of Infinities by Aliette de Bodard]()
Seven of Infinities by Aliette de Bodard
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsVân is a scholar from a poor background, eking out a living in the orbitals of the Scattered Pearls Belt as a tutor to a rich family, while hiding the illegal artificial mem-implant she manufactured as a student. Sunless Woods is a mindship—and not just any mindship, but a notorious thief and a master of disguise. She’s come to the Belt to retire, but is drawn to Vân’s resolute integrity... -
![The Future by Naomi Alderman]()
The Future by Naomi Alderman
Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsFrom the award-winning, bestselling author of The Power comes a white-knuckle tour de force and dazzling exploration of the world we have made and where we are going.The Future—as the richest people on the planet have discovered—is where the money is. The Future is a few billionaires leading the world to destruction while safeguarding their own survival with secret lavish bunkers...Categorized as:
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![入赘 | Rùzhuì | Matrilocal Marriage by 请君莫笑]()
入赘 | Rùzhuì | Matrilocal Marriage by 请君莫笑
Yun An was a volunteer chosen among thousands by the space time research institute... -
![The Terracotta Bride by Zen Cho]()
The Terracotta Bride by Zen Cho
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA tale of first love, bad theology and robot reincarnation in the Chinese afterlife. In the tenth court of hell, spirits wealthy enough to bribe the bureaucrats of the underworld can avoid both the torments of hell and the irreversible change of reincarnation. It's a comfortable undeath … even for Siew Tsin. She didn't choose to be married to the richest man in hell, but she's reconciled... -
![Love and Chaos by Poppy Woods]()
Love and Chaos by Poppy Woods
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe second collapse changed the world forever.Cris has spent her entire life in her Tribe. Safe from the pollution that still clings to more populated areas, they grow crops to sell in the Cities, they hunt for their meat, and they take care of their own. Their rural way of life ensures the politics of the Cities doesn't reach them.Until one day, it does... -
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![Icehole by Kiera Dellacroix]()
Icehole by Kiera Dellacroix
Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsBuried deep under the ice of Antarctica is something that interests the U.S. government. Secretly, and in violation of international treaty, a team of scientists and military personnel have been working deep underground to reach it. Lieutenant Commander Malory Lovecraft, an irreverent career officer, has been reassigned to take command of the station... -
![My Little Green Girlfriend by Kimberly Hart]()
My Little Green Girlfriend by Kimberly Hart
When Marsha's broken teleporter sends her to Earth, her only priority is to get back to civilization. Unfortunately, she has no way to get off this primitive planet or even contact home. She's stuck here indefinitely, so she'll have to make the best of it.Sophie is surprisingly calm when the beautiful woman wandering the streets says she's from outer space... -
![And Shall Machines Surrender by Benjanun Sriduangkaew]()
And Shall Machines Surrender by Benjanun Sriduangkaew
On the dyson sphere Shenzhen, artificial intelligences rule and humans live in luxury, vying to be chosen as host bodies—called haruspices—for the next generation of AI, and thus be worshiped as gods. Doctor Orfea Leung has come here to escape her past of mercenary violence. Krissana Khongtip has come here to reinvent herself from haunted spy to holy cyborg... -
![How to Get a Girlfriend (When You're a Terrifying Monster) by Marie Cardno]()
How to Get a Girlfriend (When You're a Terrifying Monster) by Marie Cardno
Life is tough when you’re an eldritch abomination.Trillin isn’t technically a person. She’s a tiny breakaway piece of consciousness from the all-devouring Endless, doomed to eventually rejoin it. But when a human witch stumbles into her world, Trillin suddenly has a new reason to figure out individuality–one shape-shifting tentacle at a time... -
![Waiting on a Bright Moon by J.Y. Yang]()
Waiting on a Bright Moon by J.Y. Yang
Rated: 3.82 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsXin is an ansible, using her song magic to connect the originworld of the Imperial Authority and its far-flung colonies— a role that is forced upon magically-gifted women “of a certain closeness”... -
![Legacy of Love by Marianne K. Martin]()
Legacy of Love by Marianne K. Martin
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSage pulled Suzanne into her arms and kissed her deeply, melting into the silken heat. "What do you want from me?" she whispered.Suzanne pressed up into Sage's embrace, her body making demands on the skillful hands, commanding pleasure from the exciting mouth. "I need you to love me...as long as you possibly can"... -
![In the Vanishers’ Palace by Aliette de Bodard]()
In the Vanishers’ Palace by Aliette de Bodard
From the award-winning author of the Dominion of the Fallen series comes a dark retelling of Beauty and the Beast. In a ruined, devastated world, where the earth is poisoned and beings of nightmares roam the land... A woman, betrayed, terrified, sold into indenture to pay her village's debts and struggling to survive in a spirit world...Categorized as:
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![Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield]()
Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield
Fathomlessly inventive and original, Julia Armfield’s Our Wives Under the Sea is a portrait of marriage as we’ve never seen it before. Leah is changed. A marine biologist, she left for a routine expedition months earlier, only this time her submarine sank to the sea floor. When she finally surfaces and returns home, her wife Miri knows that something is wrong... -
![The Mimicking of Known Successes by Malka Ann Older]()
The Mimicking of Known Successes by Malka Ann Older
The Mimicking of Known Successes presents a cozy Holmesian murder mystery and sapphic romance, set on Jupiter, by Malka Older, author of the critically-acclaimed Centenal Cycle.On a remote, gas-wreathed outpost of a human colony on Jupiter, a man goes missing... -
![The Splinter in the Sky by Kemi Ashing-Giwa]()
The Splinter in the Sky by Kemi Ashing-Giwa
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA diverse, exciting debut space opera about a young tea expert who is taken as a political prisoner and recruited to spy on government officials—a role that may empower her to win back her nation’s independence—perfect for fans of N.K. Jemisin and Nnedi Okorafor... -
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![The Splinter in the Sky by Kemi Ashing-Giwa]()
The Splinter in the Sky by Kemi Ashing-Giwa
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA diverse, exciting debut space opera about a young tea expert who is taken as a political prisoner and recruited to spy on government officials—a role that may empower her to win back her nation’s independence—perfect for fans of N.K. Jemisin and Nnedi Okorafor... -
![The Stars Undying by Emery Robin]()
The Stars Undying by Emery Robin
Rated: 3.57 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsIn this spectacular space opera inspired by the lives and loves of Cleopatra and Julius Caesar, a princess finds the potential for power—and romance—after meeting the most influential military man in the galaxy. Princess Altagracia has lost everything... -
![A Letter to the Luminous Deep by Sylvie Cathrall]()
A Letter to the Luminous Deep by Sylvie Cathrall
A charming fantasy set in an underwater world with magical academia and a heartwarming penpal romance, perfect for fans of A Marvellous Light and Emily Wilde's Encylopaedia of Faeries... -
![Ascension by Jacqueline Koyanagi]()
Ascension by Jacqueline Koyanagi
Rated: 3.62 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsAlana Quick is the best damned sky surgeon in Heliodor City, but repairing starship engines barely pays the bills. When the desperate crew of a cargo vessel stops by her shipyard looking for her spiritually advanced sister Nova, Alana stows away. Maybe her boldness will land her a long-term gig on the crew. But the Tangled Axon proves to be more than star-watching and plasma coils... -
![The Red Scholar's Wake by Aliette de Bodard]()
The Red Scholar's Wake by Aliette de Bodard
Xích Si: bot maker, data analyst, mother, scavenger. But those days are over now-her ship has just been captured by the Red Banner pirate fleet, famous for their double-dealing and cruelty. Xích Si expects to be tortured to death-only for the pirates' enigmatic leader, Rice Fish, to arrive with a different and shocking proposition: an arranged marriage between Xích Si and herself...
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