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Sigma by Tiya Rayne
Shiloh Green has had the worse luck when it comes to men. For the last seven years she’s been trapped in a relationship with her Kingpin boyfriend. But opportunity to escape comes knocking when a mysterious businessman visits. Now Shiloh is headed to a top-secret military base to be a volunteer breeder for a government experiment...Categorized as:
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Alpha by Tiya Rayne
Morgan Downs’ life is unexceptional. She’s stuck in an abusive loveless marriage and often made to feel inferior by her parents because of her speech impediment. Although as bad as her life is, she never expected to be kidnapped from her home and taken to a private military base to become a test rat for a science experiment. But things change when Morgan meets Alpha...Categorized as:
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Evenfall: Volume 2: Director's Cut by Ais, Santino Hassell
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsIn a post-apocalyptic future, the Agency works behind the scenes to take down opposition groups that threaten the current government. Their goals justify all means, even when it comes to their own agents.In the newly revised Director's Cut of Evenfall, the second volume follows Sin and Boyd through a long-term undercover mission in Mexico... -
Death Adder by Naomi Lucas
Females have returned to Earth, brought here by technology I do not trust. They’ve been claimed and nested and kept far from me.The broken one. The dark one.I will always be alone.When a ship lands in my territory and a black-suited human female appears, I am in awe. I am in NEED.Only, she is surrounded by men.So, I will sneak up on her... -
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Vrexus by Olivia Riley
Lee thinks she's safe in the silver city, safe from the monsters. But she's wrong.While on a mission for the alliance, Lee Reimer, a politician's daughter, celebrates a newly made pact with an alien race, unaware a vicious beast stalks nearby, ready to steal her away... -
The Fractured Dark by Megan E. O'Keefe
Dying planets, dangerous conspiracies, and secret romance abound in the second installment of the Devoured Worlds trilogy by award-winning author Megan E. O'Keefe.Naira and Tarquin have escaped the pull of a dying planet, and are now bound together to find the truth behind the all-powerful Mercator family and the blight that has been killing habitable planets... -
Vigilance by Etta Pierce
Still reeling from the upending of her life, Dr Amelia Ahlberg finds herself the sole physician of the new human colony on Yaspur. Luckily, a medical delegate was assigned to help her settle in after the trauma of the Paramour. When a young girl falls ill because of a common flower, Amelia begs him to take her on his research excursions into the jungle...Categorized as:
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JoAyyn by Amanda Milo
My alien keeper rescued me from a man I should have been able to trust: my father.Raised by an alien, I never really learned how to interact with human people.And that’s fine. I’m happy just as I am. I never feel like I’m missing out on anything....So I don’t understand why this new human, Lee, affects me so strangely.Then again, he did just admit that he’s been hunting me...Categorized as:
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Vengeful Heart by Tiffany Roberts
When his mate is threatened, nothing burns hotter than his wrath.Against all odds, Arcanthus found Samantha, his beautiful, sweet terran mate. His fated one. Her love shattered the barriers around his heart.After defeating a ghost from his past, Arc thinks he and Samantha are safe to move on with their lives. But she has a past of her own, and it refuses to let her go.He nearly lost her once...Categorized as:
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Homebound by Lydia Hope
Earth is in decline, and the wealthy have fled it leaving only the destitute citizens behind. And aliens. Gemma McKinley works at a prison cleaning goop off the floors and serving food to inmates. When she is reassigned to the alien ward, Gemma is nervous. Aliens are dangerous and ruthless. They bite. But there is one that isn’t like them...Categorized as:
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Starfighter Chapter 3 by Hamlet Machine
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsCain and Abel are transferred to the battleship Sleipnir for a critical mission, and the further they venture into enemy space, the deeper their relationship becomes. As Cain struggles to make a name for himself among his new shipmates, the Commanders assign Abel to a project that may give the Alliance a decisive advantage in the war against the Colterons... -
Broken by C.R. Jane, Mila Young
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTheir obsession will destroy her... Ella Monroe is broken and betrayed. After the discovery of the Vepar's secret, Ella would like nothing better than to get away from her three Vepar lovers and hide from them forever. Unfortunately, the Vepar have other ideas for Ella...Categorized as:
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Sigil by Addison Cain
He will possess her in every way. After a century, The Irdesi Emperor has finally cornered their species’ only female. Sovereign and his fanatic brothers are closing in, driving Sigil to desperation. They outnumber her, they are stronger, and they are relentless. Sovereign knows her secrets better than Sigil knows herself. He knows she was conditioned to hate him. It changes nothing...Categorized as:
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Shadow by Alana Khan, Elle Arden
Can two broken people release their demons, open their hearts, and find lasting love? Petra's strong, take-no-prisoners attitude is severely challenged when she's abducted by aliens, destined to be sold as a sex slave. To escape she needs the help of the most irritating, hunky alien this side of the Milky Way...Categorized as:
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Savage Prince by Alison Aimes
He's a notorious crime lord—and he’s on the hunt for her. Maxheim Skolov is mafia royalty. Worlds above her. Ice-cold and merciless. Driven by duty and dark secrets. Tess is property. Expected to submit. Imprisoned by ruthless criminals determined to break her for information she can’t afford to give... -
Everything Under the Sun by J.A. Redmerski, Justine Carver
Thais Fenwick was eleven-years-old when civilization fell, devastated by a virus that killed off the majority of the world’s population. For seven years, Thais and her family lived in a community of survivors deep in the heart of the Appalachian Mountains... -
War for Earth by Erin Raegan
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsThree weeks ago, an alien species called the Vitat, invaded the earth. They broke through the earth’s atmosphere and decimated the human population in moments. Their goal? Nothing but destruction and to feed their endless appetites. Their hive queen orbits earth in their warship, waiting until her hive have taken over the planet and she can consume earth’s sun to grow her massive hive... -
Destiny Falling by Lucy Regatta
The year is 2121 and Earth is unrecognizable after a virus wiped out most of the human race. Women are the ruling power, while fertile men are on the brink of extinction. A powerful Coalition has taken control of much of the known world, maintaining a strict classification system. All surviving males are owned by the state and used for breeding purposes. No man is free.It’s a new world order...Categorized as:
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The Carnal Games by Naudii Nebula
Compelled to compete in a twisted game, two deadly enemies will meet their fated revenge.They will either kill each other or, worse... Fall in love.But only one can leave the arena alive.In The Carnal Games, the rules are simple: fight, conquer, win. Above all else, entertain... -
Bargain with a Beast by Grace Goodwin
Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAdrian Davis thought getting on a real-life, ‘beam me up, Scotty’, transport pad was adventure enough. Visiting her mother—and the Atlan beast her mom had chosen as a mate—on another planet? Setting foot in an Atlan prison? Completely crazy. Like totally, bat-shit, what-the-hell-was-she-doing-with-her-life crazy... -
Saving the Cyborg: An Alien Abduction Romance Series by Jude Gray
Calen I live in a fairy tale. But this is a dark fairy tale. Abducted and sold to the Latrusian Prince of North Orangh, I go from a life of peace on a farm to a life of depravity, darkness, and fear in a castle full of wicked aliens. My freedom, security, and control over my own body have been taken from me. I want to go home...Categorized as:
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Sedition by Alicia Cameron
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsSascha’s world changed when Cashiel Michaud bought him, rescuing him from a brothel and a life of torture. They developed a sexual relationship, but can their relationship amount to more than that? Deceit, lies, and political scandal color not only their world, but their relationship, and dark figures from both men’s pasts threaten to intrude on the few moments of peace they have... -
A Kidnapping by Adara Wolf
During what should have been a boring family affair, Alex is kidnapped while trying to protect Tracht’s nephew. With Tracht’s sister concentrating on getting her son back, nobody is thinking about Alex—except Tracht, who will stop at nothing to get him back.This 20k short story continues the story of Alex and Tracht from "Under His Heel... -
His to Keep by Taylor Vaughn, Theodora Taylor
My alien overlord is green, feral, and determined to keep me. All of us girls growing up on New Terrhan know that when we become of age, we must submit to our overlords in a special ceremony. To my surprise, though, the alien warrior who hunts me down gifts me with hours of bliss...and a beautiful little girl who becomes my only happiness in life after he’s gone...Categorized as:
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Dragon in the Dark by Evangeline Anderson, Reese Dante
A Drake warrior brooding in the DarkA woman whose unique powers are just coming to LightCan they survive the dangers of a hostile planet together?Find out in…Dragon in the Dark*This is a Plus length novel--115,000 words long* Dr... -
Dark Edge of Honor by Aleksandr Voinov, Rhi Etzweiler
Sergei Stolkov is a faithful officer, though his deepest desires go against the Doctrine. A captain with the invading Coalition forces, he believes that self-sacrifice is the most heroic act and his own needs are only valid if they serve the state. Mike, an operative planted within Cirokko's rebels, has been ordered to seduce Sergei and pry from him the Coalition's military secrets...Categorized as:
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The Golden Line by Addison Cain
They call me brutal. They call me unrepentant. They call me possessive. I am all these things and much worse. But to her, I will be conqueror. The Golden Line is a dark, sinister Omegaverse romance for those with twisted tastes and a love for delicious villains. Complete power exchange dominates these pages, as does an attentive Alpha hero you will adore...Categorized as:
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Shade's Embrace by Olivia Riley
She fears the monsters of Seriph.He rules over them.Axaria Shade, a deadly sidonion commander turned underworld kingpin, rules on the moon city, Seriph, with merciless control. Humans don't enter the city without fear of death, especially if found in his territory.So it's shocking to Madelyn when he spares her life after her ship crashes on (and burns away) a part of his property...Categorized as:
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Matched by V.K. Ludwig
My female matches two Vetusians: me, and the warrior she just killed.Fate is unpredictable. One moment I lose my destined female. The very next, I walk in on the kill of the other male who intended to claim her. For the Empire, the punishment for murder is death; her execution inevitable.Until I steal Katie and her daughter away to Odheim...Categorized as:
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Penal Station 05 by Valentina Heart
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsJared, a guard on one of the many penal space stations, is good at his job, but painfully naive. Getting convicted of a crime he didn’t commit and being sentenced to a life in prison did not feature in his vision of the future. When he gets rescued--then promptly claimed as property by Sar, the most dangerous and biggest man on the penal station--he’s just about ready to faint.. -
Stolen by Raven Dark, Petra J. Knox
It all began when the road warriors found me outside Hell’s Burning, lost and dehydrated. When the bikers took me into The Compound, I thought I was saved. Especially when, as a Violet—a rare genetic anomaly prized above all—I’m taken in and raised by one of the wealthiest men in the world... -
Prisoner 374215 (The ESTO Universe) by Angel Martinez
Rated: 3.82 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsDear Author,He enters my cell daily at ten pm. He leaves in the morning at six am. He never says a word. Never moves from where he sits right beside the thick steel door. He does not beat me. He doesn't take me to the tiled room at the end of the corridor. He doesn't goad me, smirk when I wince afterwards, cry, or scream... -
Colossal: Dark Romance in Deep Space by Alexandra Norton
"My colony ship needs a sacrificial lamb. Someone I can use to produce my heir. That’s you now, Kaia. But don’t worry. You’ll like it. When the cravings take hold, you’ll even need it. It may not be love, but you won’t know the difference and I won’t care."That’s what Orion Halen told Kaia after he brought her back to his ship. To him, she is just a means to an end...Categorized as:
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Their Human Captive by Maria Monroe
Back on Earth, they tried to imprison me. Here on Luminar, two aliens plan to breed me.When I fled from the corrupt human government trying to hunt me down, I didn't expect to end up as the captive of two huge, muscle-bound aliens intent on assessing my suitability as a mate...Categorized as:
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Commodity by Shay Savage
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsA woman hunted by human traffickers. A hot and dangerous bodyguard. Utter destruction. The end of civilization. The beginning of a new form of currency. Women are now the highest COMMODITY...Categorized as:
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Matched to Xycho by C.Y. Croc
Beauty and the Beast type alien romance. With monstrous romantic suspense, action and adventure, some dark moments...and a giggle or two.More than anything, I want to work my own space station.To do that, I'm required to join the internal dating app of the space company I work for.Today I received confirmation of a possible space station placement. I'm practically jumping around my cabin with joy... -
Venomous by Penelope Fletcher
"She is mine to protect, mine to shelter, mine to feed and mine to cover. When she is weak, I shall be her strength. She was stolen from her world by our captors. Now her survival is my responsibility. It is her duty to endure my lust, respect my nest mates and honour our union with offspring. I revere this giver of life, as is the way...Categorized as:
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Captured and Claimed by Jude Gray
She's abducted from Earth and sold into slavery. Can love break the chains that bind her? Grabbed from the street in broad daylight, Briony is soon sold to a cruel alien leader who needs human women for a very specific purpose. They must "recharge" the vicious warriors he forces to fight in his arena... -
The Beast by Jenny Foster
Rated: 3.56 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsA human female. A ruthless alien. A dangerous beast she awakens inside of him. His name is Ar’Van. He is the best hunter money can buy. Tall, dangerous, non-human – and the last of his kind. When a new assignment brings him to Earth, he doesn’t expect much resistance. The women he is supposed to deliver to the warlord of the Qua’Hathri are easy targets...Categorized as:
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Wrecked by Loki Renard
She was intended for the auction block. Now she is mine.Aspel didn't even have a name when I plucked her from the wreckage of the Vargon ship. The beautiful little human was meant to be sold, but there is no need to find a buyer for her anymore.She belongs to me now.Aspel has never known freedom, but having tasted it for a moment she will always long for it. She will need to be broken of that... -
The Captain's Pet by Samantha Cayto
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen a distant planet’s ownership is in dispute, conquering aliens turn defiant human males into pampered sex slaves. In a not-too-distant future, a lopsided war has led to aliens invading and occupying an Earth settlement. Wid is a young colonist who has been caught harassing the aliens. He and his friends are rounded up and sent to an alien warship patrolling the disputed space... -
Outcast Mine by Jamie Craig
There is nothing Aleron Pitre can't steal, nobody he can't con and no situation he can't slip out of—until he's sent to the prison planet Tantoret, where every sentence is death. If the prisoners don't kill each other, they'll die slowly from mining the poisonous drug chojal. Yet Aleron still hopes that he can escape... -
Theirs to Mate by Taylor Vaughn, Theodora Taylor
The Long Awaited Conclusion to the Alien Overlords Series begins with Theirs to Mate!The rules of the accord between my humble human colony and our Xalthurian alien overlords are cruel but clear:Rule #1: Every human female the age of 21 must participate in a ceremony where she gets taken by the Xalthurians who want an heir... -
Alien Enemy by Ursa Dax
"They Call me the Mad Gahn. But I never felt truly mad until I saw her face..."CHAPMANSo, our mission on an alien planet fell apart before it even got started. Great. Now I’m the only surviving military crew member, leading a gaggle of civilian women in unfamiliar terrain. But it turns out one soldier isn’t enough to protect them from the monsters of this planet... -
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The Scorpion's Mate by Susan Trombley
The Scorpion’s Mate Claire has never really fit in with everyone around her, but she's carved out a life for herself using her own unique style and artistic ability to support herself on the Internet. The last thing she expects is to be abducted by aliens and dropped into a research facility, where a genetically-engineered alien soldier chooses her as his life-mate...Categorized as:
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Pythen by Erin Raegan
Peyton I was having a cold coffee with my best friend Vivian when the whole world went upside down. Now there are gazelle-glowing-like-a-light-bulb aliens running around eating everybody, and enormous dark purply colored aliens that have a strong resemblance to bats, dive bombing from the sky. One of the bats says I'm his and i need to ease his mating rage. Yeah, not happening...Categorized as:
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Abduction by Amelita Rae
An Mpreg Yaoi Alien RomanceIn a freak accident, the hull of Hisao’s ship is breached by meteor debris and the young spaceman is sucked out into space. Terrified, alone and rapidly running out of oxygen, the young man waits to die until a bright light suddenly appears and sucks him into it.For a moment, Hisao thinks he HAS died, but his adventure has only just begun... -
Hold by Claire Kent
Find the strongest man there. Give yourself to him in return for protection. It’s the only way you’ll ever survive. Convicted of a minor crime, Riana is sentenced to a prison planet—a dark primitive hold filled with convicts vying for power. Her only chance of survival is with Cain, a mysterious loner who has won his territory in the prison through intelligence and brute strength... -
Tarik by Madison Savage
When this captive gladiator holds his mate, he's a brutal beast only on the outside...Mostly.After her abduction, Kaci was given to an alien gladiator--a huge male whose sentence was reduced when he agreed to spend ten years fighting for the wardens of Sikoda prison.She was meant to boost his morale, reenergize him, give him a reason to continue being the best fighter in Sikoda...Categorized as:
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Given to the Daddies (Galactic Discipline) by Emily Tilton
Rated: 3.41 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAfter police show up at her home and demand she accompany them, eighteen-year-old Dorana is taken to her planet's capital to be trained for use by the Magisterians who conquered her world. Before long she has been stripped, punished for her defiance, and brought to a shameful public climax by the very man who just finished spanking her, but her humiliation is just beginning...
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