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The Dark We Seek by Kyla Stone
Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsDarkness spreads across the globe. .. After explosive solar flares strike Earth, half the planet goes dark. Store shelves gather dust, pharmacies run out of life-saving medications, and banks and gas stations shut their doors. As tens of millions of people grapple with a new reality without power, a serial killer hunts in the chaos... -
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Dark Water Book Four by Xanthe Walter
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCan their love survive the truth? Josiah is facing the ultimate showdown against his powerful enemy, but the stakes have never been higher. If he fails, he'll lose both Alex and his freedom. As he finally solves Elliot Dacre's murder, he also uncovers the devastating secret Alex has hidden from everyone... -
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![The Vor Game by Lois McMaster Bujold]()
The Vor Game by Lois McMaster Bujold
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 52 ratingsHugo Award Winner! Miles Vorkosigan graduates from the Academy, joins a mutiny, is placed under house arrest, goes on a secret mission, reconnects with his loyal Dendarii Mercenaries, rescues his Emperor, and thwarts an interstellar war. Situation normal, if you're Miles. -
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Buried Too Deep by Karen Rose
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsFrom New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Karen Rose comes another explosive novel in the New Orleans series, where some secrets are worth dying for—or killing to keep. Three can keep a secret if two of them are dead... -
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Exodus by Adrienne Lecter
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsThey are here to find the cure—in a secret laboratory hidden underneath a metropolis overrun by zombies. What could possibly go wrong? Finding the French Resistance was only the first step in achieving their mission... -
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Chaos Rising by Kyla Stone
In a heartbeat, everything grinds to a halt. .. On Christmas Eve, the lights go out. Vehicles stop working. Communications break down. Reclusive former soldier Liam Coleman doesn't want to be anywhere near bustling downtown Chicago the day before Christmas. But his twin brother and his pregnant sister-in-law need him, so he makes the trip...Categorized as:
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Uprising by Adrienne Lecter
Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhen the last vestiges of civilization crumble, who will prevail? Over two years have passed since Bree and Nate disappeared—and much has happened in the meantime. After leading a nomadic lifestyle for several months, they have started to rebuild a semblance of normalcy, moving between several established camps as the seasons change... -
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Blackout Trail by Linda Naughton
Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsDoctor Anna Hastings is no stranger to disasters, having spent much of her career as an aid worker in conflict zones around the world. Yet when an electrical phenomenon known as an EMP brings down the power grid, Anna faces catastrophe on a scale she never imagined. She must learn what it means to be a doctor in a world deprived of almost all technology... -
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Revolution by Shelly Crane
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsIn the fourth and final installment, everything is on the line. Merrick's life is in the balance and Lily is their only hope. Ellie and her new powers are miraculous, but also problematic; if she's with the bunker family, they won't be able to sense when the Lighters are there... -
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Bedlam: Book One of the Prison Ship Sheol Saga by Nicholas Gaumer
Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe Bedlam Galaxy lies at the heart of the Laniakea Supercluster and is a focal point for all of the wormhole transits spanning that great expanse. Among the many races drawn to and inhabiting its 10,000+ stars, humanity is one of the most recent and longest anticipated additions... -
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Catharsis by Adrienne Lecter
Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsBree’s list of. Survive the next hour. Survive the next day. Survive the next week. Hold down solid food. Relearn how to walk. How to run. How to hold a gun. How to fight. Make Bucky Hamilton rue the day we met, and met again. And find out what the f*ck we are looking for in Europe. Books in the series (complete):... -
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Lost World by Kate L. Mary
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsLost World, the fourth book in the Broken World series, continues following a group of survivors after a super-virus has destroyed the world and the dead have come back to claim it as their own. .. With their shelter destroyed and their sense of security shattered, Vivian, Axl and the group set off in search of a safe place... -
![The Hope We Keep by Kyla Stone]()
The Hope We Keep by Kyla Stone
Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsOnly in darkness can you see the stars. .. Don't miss the stunning conclusion to the Lost Light trilogy! When massive solar flares strike the planet, a million tons of superheated plasma rips through the Earth’s atmosphere. As power grids fail across the Northern Hemisphere, the entire world balances on the brink of chaos. -
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Galactic Gladiators Set: Books 4-6 by Anna Hackett
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFighting for love, honor, and freedom on the galaxy’s lawless outer rim…. When several women from Earth find themselves abducted from a space station by alien slavers, life becomes a battle for survival on a dangerous desert planet. Includes:... -
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Galactic Gladiators Set: Books 7-9 by Anna Hackett
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFighting for love, honor, and freedom on the galaxy’s lawless outer rim…. When several women from Earth find themselves abducted from a space station by alien slavers, life becomes a battle for survival on a dangerous desert planet. Includes:. Beast: Rescued by gladiators on the alien world of Carthago, starship pilot Mia is working to find other abducted humans who are still lost... -
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Retribution by Adrienne Lecter
Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsThe hunt is on—and there are only a million zombies standing in our way. Once more reunited after the successful attack on the slaver camp, Bree and Nate have a new goal in life: to hunt down the man responsible for turning hundreds of soldiers into mindless worker drones, and repeatedly drugging the arena fighters—Nate and Hamilton chiefly among them... -
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New World by Kate L. Mary
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsNew World, book five in the Broken World series, continues following a group of survivors after a super-virus has decimated the human race and the dead have come back to claim it as their own. .. After weeks on the road and devastating losses, the survivors have finally found safety. But as winter falls on Colorado, it brings with it both new challenges, and new hope. Axl and Vivian...Categorized as:
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Maria's Journey by Karen Clow
Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsCompelling, Brutal and stretching every boundary of Love and loyalty to its limits; Maria’s Journey will leave you wondering how she ever survived and remained the lady she is. Continuing to chart the turbulent lives of Jimmy, Maria and Mickey, once again it delves into London’s violent, depraved, criminal underworld... -
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Weapons Master by Anna Hackett
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsA grumpy cyborg weapons master collides with a feisty mechanic from Earth who turns his ordered existence upside down. Abducted from her exploration ship and enslaved on a desert world, mechanic Bellamy Walsh has fought for her survival. She’s had to fight for everything in her life, and she doesn’t ever expect things to be easy... -
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Survivors by Anna Hackett
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsIn the aftermath of a deadly alien invasion, a band of survivors fights on…. Survivors contains three action-packed novellas in the Hell Squad series. Includes:. Nate – Long before the aliens invaded, former Marine Nate Caldwell came home a broken man. Going off-grid in a cabin he inherited in Australia’s Blue Mountains, he survived the invasion with only his dog Blue for company... -
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Dark Strength by Cynthia Sax, Amanda Kelsey
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsThe Bigger They Are, The Harder They Fall. Balvan, the Refuge’s Gatekeeper, is huge, green, and has a reputation for crushing skulls. He’s a modified humanoid, genetically designed to be the ultimate warrior. One of a kind and considered monstrous by many, he never expects to find his mate, the one female meant for him... -
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Holmes by Anna Hackett
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe battle of survival against the invading aliens heats up…but Hell Squad never quits. General Adam Holmes’ life is dedicated to keeping his small band of survivors alive. On the run, with only Hell Squad and the other soldiers for protection, they are making their last dangerous drive to the secret stronghold of the Enclave... -
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Lyel by Ava Ross
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAn alien warrior seeking redemption meets a captured Earth woman being treated as a pet. Will their love survive in a hostile world? Kidnapped by four-armed, blue skinned aliens, Isabelle “Isi” is sold to the head of the Al’kieern kidnapping operation. Isi has accepted she’ll live and die as a songbird pet to the queen. If nothing else, performing for the Al’kieern beats being sold as a breeder... -
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Collapse by Adrienne Lecter
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsI have survived the outbreak of the zombie apocalypse—but this is only the beginning of my fight for survival. After getting out of firebombed Charlotte and running for their lives from the undead, Callie and Kas have finally found a group of survivors they can stay the Enclave... -
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Silent World by Kate L. Mary
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsBook Seven in the Broken World Series. .. When Jim ran out of that farmhouse in Forgotten World, not only did he leave the promise of safety behind, but he was sure he was about to meet a horrible end. Amira has lived most of her life surrounded by silence, and this new world has dangers lurking around every corner that could mean the end for her... -
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Dom by Anna Hackett
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsAs the battle against the invading aliens intensifies, a group of bad boy bikers and mercenaries will stand and fight for humanity’s survival…. Squad Three berserker Dom Santora has an ugly past he can’t forget. Born and raised in the darkness, he spent his life before the alien invasion as a Mafia enforcer... -
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Sublime Target by Anna Carven
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsJerik Garul wants a mate. As a former High Commander in the Kordolian Imperial Military, he's used to getting his way. Blunt-spoken and gruff, he has a tendency to shoot first and ask questions later. He doesn't know anything about humans and their mating customs. And he's mystified at how several of his battle-brothers—hard, ruthless, and lethal—have succeeded in securing their own females... -
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The McClane Apocalypse Book Ten by Kate Morris
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAs the McClane saga continues, the family realizes that someone in their trusted, inner circle may just be the person who has leaked precious information about them, Fort Knox, and their community allies to the men who were running the highwaymen and ultimately to whoever they were reporting... -
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Galactic Gladiators Set: Books 10-12 by Anna Hackett
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFighting for love, honor, and freedom on the galaxy’s lawless outer rim…. When several women from Earth find themselves abducted from a space station by alien slavers, life becomes a battle for survival on a dangerous desert planet. Includes:... -
![Angus: A Broken World Novel by Kate L. Mary]()
Angus: A Broken World Novel by Kate L. Mary
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBrother. Asshole. Survivor. Savior. Prisoner. God. Angus James has played many roles in his life, but none have prepared him for the one he now finds himself in. Alone for too long, traveling the wastelands of what was once the United States, he’s all but given up hope of ever seeing another living person. Then he finds her... -
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Mayhem's King by Lindsay Cross
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThey call him the quiet one. But they don’t know him. They only know him as the King of mayhem. The elite of the elite. The man his team relied on to save the unsaveable. Kingston Kenrich could save anyone…except those who he’d loved most. King thought he’d survived the worst, until his own teammate’s betrayal left him blind in one eye. Before, he lived for pain, now he lives for revenge... -
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Far from Lost by Kate L. Mary
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHow far would you go to save what you thought you’d lost during the apocalypse? After learning her father is alive, going with Heath had seemed like a no-brainer to Rowan. Her dad was all she had left, after all. The only remaining piece of the life she’d loved so much... -
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Of A Darker Void by G.S. Jennsen
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen man and machine are one and the same, death is no longer an inevitability. But in the darkest reaches of space, neither is life. Diplomat. Rebel. Fugitive. Nika Tescarav has lived many lives, though she no longer remembers most of them... -
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Her Cyborg Lumberjack by Susan Hayes
Birds were her only passion… until she met him. Rin has dedicated her life to the study of birds. When the military uncovers a lost project that results in a new avian species, they hire Rin to investigate what they’ve created… and how to best use their newest assets... -
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![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... -
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The Turning by A.L. Masters
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsWhen humanity is threatened by an explosion at a Russian research laboratory, co-workers and friends in a small southern town must band together for survival. They realize too late that this is no ordinary plague. .. and that the enemy they have to fight may not be the only thing they need to worry about. Book One of The Salvation Plague series...Categorized as:
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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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Niko by Anna Hackett
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsIn the aftermath of a deadly alien invasion, a band of survivors fights on…. Mackenna Carides is tough, strong, and excellent at her job as second-in-command of Squad Nine. She often works side by side with Hell Squad on some of the toughest missions to fight back against the alien raptors. Now she’s helping the survivors of Blue Mountain Base settle into their new home at the Enclave... -
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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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![Girl From Above: Trust by Pippa DaCosta]()
Girl From Above: Trust by Pippa DaCosta
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratings“I didn’t sign up to die a hero. ” ~ Caleb. Chen Hung closes in. The nine systems hang perilously close to a second fatal Blackout. Billions of lives are at stake. Does Captain Caleb Shepperd have what it takes to save the nine systems, or just himself? Caleb never wanted to be a hero. That was his brother’s dream. Keep it simple, get away clean... -
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Smoke Road by Toby Neal, Emily Kimelman
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHe’s a warrior with a poet’s heart. She’s a doctor with a wounded past. Together, they are humanity’s best chance for survival. A brilliant scientist, Dr. Nani Kagawa is uniquely qualified to track down the terrorists who released Scorch Flu. The last thing she needs is a distraction—especially not an alpha male like Luca Luciano—no matter how pretty his eyes or lovable his dog... -
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Far from Safe by Kate L. Mary
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAfter traveling the country in hopes of reaching the safety of home, Rowan finds herself in a world turned upside down. Her parents are gone, and she’s surrounded by people she barely knows, and the only refuge she’s ever known is anything but safe... -
![Buried Flames by Kennedy Layne]()
Buried Flames by Kennedy Layne
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsMason Sykes had served many years in the Marine Corps for his country. His loyalty and sacrifice had left him disfigured—inside and out. He didn’t harbor regrets, especially since he’d finally found the peace and quiet he’d always desired on a Nebraska farm. Brenna Helm was a country girl through and through, right down to her cowgirl boots... -
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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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![Blood, Oil and Love by Dorothy Grant]()
Blood, Oil and Love by Dorothy Grant
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn a colony world desperate for resources, a search for new reserves reveals a shadow war! Lizzes Olsen is a newly minted petrogeologist researching the untapped potential of places on her planet even terraforming overlooked. Unfortunately, the site she's found is deep in enemy-occupied territory... -
![Domesticating the Alien by Ava Ross]()
Domesticating the Alien by Ava Ross
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsI’ve been hired to teach an alien warrior social skills to woo a mate. But now he’s trying to woo me. When the elderly duchess I cared for dies, her slimy son—my ex—tells me he wants me back. Um, no. I flee and at the Intergalactic Employment Agency, I’m offered a job teaching an alien warlord sophistication so he can woo a mate at the upcoming Match-Mating Soiree... -
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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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Blaze Erupting by Rebecca Zanetti
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFrom New York Times bestselling author, Rebecca Zanetti, comes a new Scorpius Syndrome/A Brigade Novella…. Hugh Johnson is nobody’s hero, and the idea of being in the limelight makes him want to growl. He takes care of his brothers, does his job, and enjoys a mellow evening hanging with his hound dog and watching the sports channel...Categorized as:
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![Scorch Road by Toby Neal, Emily Kimelman]()
Scorch Road by Toby Neal, Emily Kimelman
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsA new romantic action adventure for fans of romance thriller suspense and family romance series! One of six Italian brothers and a sister, JT Luciano is a widowed environmental biologist with a touch of the Sight who is preparing for an apocalyptic event he knows is coming...Categorized as:
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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...
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