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  • Revolution by Shelly Crane

    Revolution by Shelly Crane

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    In 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...
  • Revenge by Tana Stone

    Revenge by Tana Stone

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Some betrayals demand vengeance—no matter the cost. I was left for dead, and now I want revenge. The only thing standing in my way is Deklyn—the cocky Inferno Force warrior who helped rescue me and who now thinks he can protect me from myself. The gorgeous alien gets under my skin, but I refuse to admit how much I crave his touch...
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  • Claimed by the Zandian by Renee Rose, Rebel West

    Claimed by the Zandian by Renee Rose, Rebel West

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    I CAN’T CLAIM HER. .. BUT SHE WILL CALL ME MASTER. I was born blind. My genes are defective. Unsuitable for breeding. That’s the only reason I don’t claim the alluring human. we rescued from a slave auction. I have no intention of mating her,. especially since she’s meant for another. But when she calls me Master, I can’t help but take command. And command I will.
  • Flame by Tana Stone

    Flame by Tana Stone

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    The only thing worse than always being upstaged by your perfect sister? Falling for her alien fiancé. I wasn’t supposed to end up on the Drexian space station or be matched to one of their gorgeous warriors as a tribute bride. My perfect twin sister is the one they wanted. Instead, I stole her spot...
  • I Married Kayog by Regine Abel

    I Married Kayog by Regine Abel

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 10 ratings
    She was his peace and his salvation. His whole life, Kayog has made it his mission to project the image of the male who has it all. But deep down, he’s broken by the endless torment that plagues him. Until Linsea. His impossible dream. His peaceful dove. The mesmerizing song of her soul enthralls him and makes him covet a future he knows he can’t have...
  • Bound by Tana Stone

    Bound by Tana Stone

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    She’s been given a choice. Mate with the part-cyborg alien who abducted her. Or die. For Shreya, taking an alien for a mate was never in the cards. As one of the human women who rejected the idea of being a tribute bride to the Drexian warriors, she was just fine without a big, hulking alien. Even if they are gorgeous...
  • Unrest by Wendy Higgins

    Unrest by Wendy Higgins

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    New York Times bestselling author Wendy Higgins brings you the second book in this thrilling apocalyptic world. .. Being on the run in the desert means food and sanctuary are hard to come by, but Amber Tate and her crew are not about to give up. Not after having the things they love brutally ripped from them by an unknown enemy who sent their world into the apocalypse...
  • The Truth is Contagious by Emily Goodwin

    The Truth is Contagious by Emily Goodwin

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    The Truth is Contagious, the epic conclusion to the award winning Contagium Series! A mysterious virus has infected most of the world’s population. This sickness transforms the living into violent “crazies” and eventually into the flesh-eating undead. Orissa and Hayden have survived in this new harrowing world...
  • Luna of Kyun by Laura Jo Phillips

    Luna of Kyun by Laura Jo Phillips

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Luna Meadows spent her entire childhood hiking around the world with her father, and learning how to hide a number of unusual abilities she was born with. And wishing she had answers to an ever growing list of questions that her father refused to answer...
  • The Blind Hordesman by Milana Jacks

    The Blind Hordesman by Milana Jacks

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 17 ratings
    My favorite kill is a Regha Alpha so I went after the imposter king. Easy, no? No, but I’m gonna keep destroying his assets until it becomes easy, and when it becomes easy, I’ll find something else that’s hard. I found her. Destroying her is hard.
  • Tordan by Jennifer Julie Miller

    Tordan by Jennifer Julie Miller

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Luna. They stole my dreams, my hopes, my very identity, and I had no idea. Years went by and I did everything I was told, I was always the perfect specimen, and the perfect lab rat. I was dissected, even maimed all in the name of science. Then one day a strange smoky voice entered my head, and I knew things were not as they seemed...
  • Survivors by Anna Hackett

    Survivors by Anna Hackett

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    In 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...
  • Dinosaur World 8 by Logan Jacobs

    Dinosaur World 8 by Logan Jacobs

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Humanity has run out of time. The alien fleet is set to arrive any day, and there’s only one way Jason and his women can save the world now. They have to figure out how to get into space and onto the mothership before life as we know it is wiped out...
  • The Dark Prince's Prize by S.E. Smith

    The Dark Prince's Prize by S.E. Smith

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 9 ratings
    Royal Flush…. Prince Adalard Ha’darra’s mission is simple—stay out of trouble while on Earth. His plans to enjoy his time with a few pleasurable distractions change when his transport is sabotaged, forcing him to land miles from Paul Grove’s remote ranch...
  • Holmes by Anna Hackett

    Holmes by Anna Hackett

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The 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...
  • Dom by Anna Hackett

    Dom by Anna Hackett

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    As 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...
  • Reclamation by Erica Stevens

    Reclamation by Erica Stevens

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    The highly anticipated conclusion to the bestselling Ravening Series. The first book in this series, Ravenous, is free. Hunted by alien enemies and desperate to survive the invasion, Bethany and Cade are forced into situations they never imagined were possible...
  • Faith, Part 3 by Grace Goodwin

    Faith, Part 3 by Grace Goodwin

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The traitor within the Jax household has been found, and the repercussions are staggering, with Faith barely surviving and their mating destroyed. But Faith has always been unpredictable—just ask her sisters— and nothing will stop her from getting what she wants…and she wants Thor. Even if it kills her. Download now for the exciting conclusion to Faith's story!
  • Actress For An Alien Prince by Roxie Ray

    Actress For An Alien Prince by Roxie Ray

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    The paparazzi is hounding me, my fiancé cheated on me, and I’m sick of living up to everyone else’s expectations. Former child star syndrome much? Yeah, I’ve got a chronic diagnosis. Is running away to another planet drastic? Maybe. But I’m ready and couldn’t be happier to sign my name on IEP’s dotted line. Luckily, I land a sweet job as an assistant on Tracarox...
  • Dragon's Redemption by Miranda Martin

    Dragon's Redemption by Miranda Martin

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Jormund. I have to have her. These other males can't care for her the way I will. They'll try to get her back, of course. What else could they do? I'll have to outsmart them to keep her. And keep her I will. She-who-is-mine will see, eventually. We are fated. She is my heart and my soul. Delilah. I'm resigned to my life alone. Well, not really alone...
  • Arik by Tasha Black

    Arik by Tasha Black

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    She’s about to discover a whole new world. .. Lucy longs for a child of her own, and the excitement of settling a frontier moon. But she isn’t ready for the baby to come with an Invicta dragon warrior, who has sworn to protect the child with his life. And she certainly doesn’t expect the burly warrior to awaken feelings in her that she thought she left behind forever...
  • Taken Over by Erica Stevens

    Taken Over by Erica Stevens

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Devastated by the loss of Cade, struggling to survive in a world she no longer knows, Bethany is determined to exact revenge upon the aliens that have shredded her life, and the lives of her family and friends. Presented with an opportunity to uncover the secret that Dr. Bishop feels her blood holds, and why she is different than the rest of the survivors, Bethany strikes out on a mission...
  • Craved by the Alien Warlord by Bella Blair

    Craved by the Alien Warlord by Bella Blair

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    She doesn't seem to like me, but soon she will realize that she is MINE. CHRISSY: I came to the alien planet to liberate the enslaved humans, unfortunately I soon learn that things are not always what they seem. Falling for one of the handsome Thyre warlords is not part of the mission I set myself next—unfortunately Kendryx is not making resisting him easy...
  • Adaptation: Book 2 by Pepper Pace

    Adaptation: Book 2 by Pepper Pace

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 6 ratings
    Carmella was still a teen when the Motherships first appeared dotting the skies over the Earth. For years the world tried to normalize while the silent Motherships hovered. And then they arrived, promising that they meant no harm. But within 10 years, 80% of the world's population would be wiped out. Including everyone that Carmella loved...
  • Adaptation: book I by Pepper Pace, J.J. Murray

    Adaptation: book I by Pepper Pace, J.J. Murray

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 12 ratings
    Carmella was still a teen when the Motherships first appeared dotting the skies over the Earth. For years the world tried to normalize while the silent Motherships hovered. And then THEY arrived, promising that they meant no harm. But within ten years eighty percent of the world’s population would be wiped out. Including everyone that Carmella loved...
  • Caveman Alien’s Riddle by Calista Skye

    Caveman Alien’s Riddle by Calista Skye

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 11 ratings
    Jennifer. I shot a dragon. He came at me fast, so I fired my gun right at his scaly, blue chest. And then he abducted me. Hey, at least he didn’t rip me apart on the spot. But I’m not sure if this is any better. He flew far with me in his talons, before setting down in this cold forest far from the jungle. It’s just me, him and the pulsating bulge in his pants...
  • Regeneration by Julie E. Czerneda

    Regeneration by Julie E. Czerneda

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    With the alien Dhryn cutting a pathway through the inhabited spaceways-bringing about the annihilation of many of the races who have the misfortune to lie along the star trail they are following-time is running out for all sentient life-forms...
  • Niko by Anna Hackett

    Niko by Anna Hackett

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    In 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...
  • Forbidden Lovers by Miranda Martin

    Forbidden Lovers by Miranda Martin

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    I’ve got a secret I can’t tell even my best friends…. Why should it be a problem for anyone to know I've found my one true love? Well, it's totally a problem when he's the enemy. Secret midnight trysts. Sneaking around. Hiding my nocturnal activities while trying to maintain the façade that nothing is going on is hard, but it’s about to get a lot harder. War between his people and mine is brewing...
  • My Alien Thresher, Nial by Nikki Clarke

    My Alien Thresher, Nial by Nikki Clarke

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Scorned by my people, abandoned by my brothers, I have no one, and the only one who would show me mercy isn’t mine and never will be—until she’s at my door, throwing her arms around me and forcing me back into the light I never thought would shine on me again. This is Nial’s redemption story...
  • Callim's Challenge - A Sci-Fi Alien Romance: The Quasar Lineage Book 5 by Pearl Tate

    Callim's Challenge - A Sci-Fi Alien Romance: The Quasar Lineage Book 5 by Pearl Tate

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Shelly. Abducted from Earth, contracting a deadly disease, getting matched up to an alien I’ve never met… welcome to the chaos that’s my life. Now, I’m on a spaceship traveling to Quasar to get the vaccine I need to survive and meet my future mate. I’m used to being at the mercy of others. First, it was my drug-addicted mother and eventually the foster care system...
  • Mihile's Marvel by Pearl Tate

    Mihile's Marvel by Pearl Tate

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Mihile. I hate being trapped underground. With the planet Quasar uninhabitable on the surface, my entire life has been spent without sunlight. Since I was born blind, it's kind of fitting. With my lack of vision and light skin and hair, I represent not only the most unique features of our species, but also the most shunned...
  • Seized by Tana Stone

    Seized by Tana Stone

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    How unlucky do you have to be to get abducted by aliens. . . twice? Snatched from Earth to be a bride for a bad-ass race of warriors, Bridget has barely gotten used to her new life on the high-tech Drexian space station when she’s abducted again. This time the aliens are vicious and bloodthirsty, and they have very different plans for the pretty human...
  • Riders of the Storm by Julie E. Czerneda

    Riders of the Storm by Julie E. Czerneda

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    The next chapter in the Stratification saga that ? delivers all the right elements. ?(Sci Fi Weekly) On the distant world of Cersi, Om? ray Aryl Sarc and her supporters have been exiled from the rest of their people. Finding refuge in the mountains, they work to rebuild the ruined village of Sona, even as they try to discover what happened to the original Sona Clan...
  • Undone by Wendy Higgins

    Undone by Wendy Higgins

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    USA Today and New York Times bestselling author, Wendy Higgins, brings you the gripping, sensual conclusion to her apocalyptic trilogy. Amber Tate never dreamed their heart-wrenching escape from the enemy’s attack would lead them to the most beautiful place she’s ever seen, marred by one ugly fact; it’s under enemy control...
  • Roth by Anna Hackett

    Roth by Anna Hackett

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    In the aftermath of a deadly alien invasion, a band of survivors fights on…. Roth Masters is a protector to the bone. Driven by the losses of his past, he fights side-by-side with Hell Squad to protect the human survivors of the alien invasion. As leader of Squad Nine, he and his team are known for their perfect timing in a firefight...
  • Supra Velum by Etta Pierce, Alana Khan

    Supra Velum by Etta Pierce, Alana Khan

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 10 ratings
    Misty, spooky love and trouble;. Tails, horns, and frightful cuddles. We spin our threads, we authors many,. Of horror, sweets, ghosts, and frenzy,. So you may sup on alien peen,. To quench your thirst this Halloween. Wander beyond the veil into a spooky season of scifi romance tales written by some of the genre's most influential authors and rising stars...
  • Fortune's Rising by Sara King

    Fortune's Rising by Sara King

    Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    OUTER BOUNDS: FORTUNE’S RISING is a gripping tale that spans the range of human character. From a sociopathic seven-year-old to a reluctant rebel heroine, a cocky cyborg to a malfunctioning robot, a double-crossing smuggler to dangerous saboteur, Sara King writes a science fiction epic that will still be read and loved fifty years from now.
  • Ash by Anna Hackett

    Ash by Anna Hackett

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    In the middle of an alien invasion, will the bad boy berserker catch the geeky tech genius? Computer genius Marin Mitchell is doing her part to help humanity survive the raptor invasion, working tirelessly to decrypt alien data. She spends her days working and drooling over a certain tattooed, biker berserker from Squad Three. But Marin knows the rules: geeks do not snag sexy bad boys...
  • Edge of Insanity: The Alliance Book 6 by S.E. Smith

    Edge of Insanity: The Alliance Book 6 by S.E. Smith

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Scorching hot and sexy stories set in science fiction and paranormal worlds that come alive in your hands. Internationally acclaimed for her writing, S. E. Smith's stories are unapologetic happily-ever-afters. They are also full of alpha heroes, heroines with a brain, action, adventure, and humor...
  • His Mate to Keep by Ivy Sparks

    His Mate to Keep by Ivy Sparks

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    They plan on making me do what? And… with him? I’m a space pirate, and that means I’m used to finding myself in some pretty hairy situations. But getting abducted and imprisoned inside a remote experimental lab? Yeah, I think this takes the cake. Then there’s my neighbor in the cell next door, Xavier. Despite being a smoking hot alien, he’s a brooder with a pronounced contempt for pirates like me...
  • Taming Ryock by Sara Page, Sean Moriarty

    Taming Ryock by Sara Page, Sean Moriarty

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 14 ratings
    My life has become a living nightmare…. Abducted. Stolen from Earth. I wake up in a strange alien laboratory to discover my new alien overlords plan to use me in a breeding experiment. The alien they want me to breed with? Yeah, he’s blue, he’s mean, and he’s packing some seriously scary alien ‘equipment’. There’s no way I can survive the experiment...
  • Destiny, Part 2 by Grace Goodwin

    Destiny, Part 2 by Grace Goodwin

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 8 ratings
    Destiny has a problem—a six-foot-three, stubborn, gorgeous, deadly, sex-on-a-stick—kind of problem. While her brain might want to kick his ass across the galaxy, the rest of her wants to jump him like a bouncy house. Ardor or not, she’s hunting a killer. Nix is going all protective, alpha male, claiming she’s his mate just because she had a few mind-blowing moments in his bed...
  • Healing Her Heart by Miranda Martin

    Healing Her Heart by Miranda Martin

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    My heart's been frozen with loss, but can that chill survive first contact with an alien dragon-man? I lived through the unimaginable when our generation ship crashed on this red planet of doom, but my husband wasn't so lucky. Since then I've been alone, tending to my duties as a Minister, and struggling to survive every day. The unending sand and relentless heat make life on hell a challenge...
  • Gyft by Rena Marks

    Gyft by Rena Marks

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A mysterious protector. A delicate Earthian female. Neither wants this arrangement, but neither wants death either. Olivia: Some call me shallow. Some call me privileged. Some call me entitled. In reality, they want to be me, one of the privileged...
  • Virak by Ella Blake

    Virak by Ella Blake

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Jessa Robson applied to the alien match program for the money. After a string of disappointing relationships and a childhood spent shuffling between foster homes, she doesn’t envision love in her future. When she’s chosen to be a mistress for a Virilian male, she sees that five-million-dollar fee as her ticket to an independent life, free from scraping by and dead-end jobs...
  • Venomous Heart by Mary Auclair

    Venomous Heart by Mary Auclair

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    After drowning his soul in blood, can this alien warrior be saved? As the only doctor on Aveyn, Ava works day and night for the people she considers hers. Only… she’s not really one of them, is she? She’s a hybrid, a highly illegal creature created by Trade Minister Knut for his personal enjoyment...
  • Love on Impact by Alana Khan

    Love on Impact by Alana Khan

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 7 ratings
    Abducted by space pirates to breed human women, Zoriss is one angry male when he hits atmosphere. After breaking his bonds and stealing an escape pod, he crash lands in remote Idaho. When Lumina rescues him, their bodies communicate beautifully, but with translator troubles, could he ever grow to trust her? Lumina. It’s been ninety years since the last man was born on Earth...
  • Love Uncaged by Alana Khan

    Love Uncaged by Alana Khan

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 7 ratings
    Sold, caged, and expected to mate, Zorn is furious at his captors. He and the brother he’s psychically linked to were stolen by pirates and delivered to Earth. Confined with a free-spirited woman who had no part in his kidnapping, he is surprised by their unexpected passion. Compelled by an urgent need to rescue his brother, he has no intention of falling in love. Is it too late? Annora...
  • Mick's Claiming: A Sci-Fi Alien Romance Novella by Miranda Martin

    Mick's Claiming: A Sci-Fi Alien Romance Novella by Miranda Martin

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    When he says he claims me, he means forever, and that makes my brain stop dead in its tracks. Thargar is part of a group of alien dragon-men who have kept us safe, provided for us, and without them we’d all surely be dead or captured by the Order to be used as breeders. We’re all super grateful, but neither horniness nor survival needs are a great reason to say yes to being claimed forever...
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