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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...
  • Betting on the Alien Bride Lottery by Margo Bond Collins

    Betting on the Alien Bride Lottery by Margo Bond Collins

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    I’ve spent my whole adult life betting on all the wrong men. And I always lose.My best friend Mia ended up with a Khanavai warrior—Commander Gendovi. She’s so lucky.Of course, she went through hell before finding that luck. But now she’s blissfully happy, married—and mated, as the Khanavai said—to the man of her dreams. And pregnant with her third child.I’m happy for her, really I am...
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  • Krac's Firebrand by S.E. Smith

    Krac's Firebrand by S.E. Smith

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 21 ratings
    Section K Replication Alluthan Clone, or Krac as he was now called, had one focus in his life; protecting the descendants of the Freedom Five who ruled Earth’s council. Rescued by members of the family from a secret facility, he pledged to do what he could to always keep them safe. Things become personal when insurgents target a special member of the Freedom Five, Gracie Jones-Jefe and her family...
  • The Arcav Prince's Captive by Hope Hart

    The Arcav Prince's Captive by Hope Hart

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 12 ratings
    Can you ever truly escape the past? Everly, tough, fierce ex-federal agent has broken with her past, moving to Arcavia and training as the Queen's guard.  Along with the challenges of adjusting to a new planet, she's dealing with a disasterous complication: The fallout from an incredible, stolen night with Korva, a broken male known as a traitor amonst both Arcav and humans...
  • Galactic Gladiators Set: Books 4-6 by Anna Hackett

    Galactic Gladiators Set: Books 4-6 by Anna Hackett

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Fighting 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...
  • Galactic Gladiators Set: Books 7-9 by Anna Hackett

    Galactic Gladiators Set: Books 7-9 by Anna Hackett

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Fighting 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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    aliens  m-f  science fiction  military  length-long
  • Brilliant Starlight by Anna Carven

    Brilliant Starlight by Anna Carven

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Abbey We're back on Silence , orbiting the Dark Planet while my husband handles unfinished business on Kythia. For some reason, he seems a little bit tense. According to Tarak, Kythian politics can be complicated, especially when the entire Kordolian Empire has just been destroyed. I hope things don't get too complicated, because I don't want to be stuck here for too long...
  • Guardian by Anna Hackett

    Guardian by Anna Hackett

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Rescued from alien slavers, former cop Dayna wakes to discover she’s host to a powerful alien symbiont, and the only man who can help her is the mysterious and dangerous casino owner, Rillian...
  • Hatched by Erin Tate, Celia Kyle

    Hatched by Erin Tate, Celia Kyle

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Taulan joi Lana Coburn, War Master of the Preor third fleet, is finally having his wishes granted. He has a mate and will soon have two dragonlets to protect and love. But only if he can live to see them born. Or, as his Lana says, hatched . This short story is set in the DRAGONS OF PREOR world and does not stand alone...
  • King of Eon by Anna Hackett

    King of Eon by Anna Hackett

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 16 ratings
    The King of the Eon Warriors has decided to take a Terran as his bride…but finds himself shockingly attracted to the tough, beautiful Space Corps officer in charge of his potential brides’ security.King Gayel Solann-Eon is dedicated to his people and empire. His father was a hard man and a rigid king, but Gayel is doing things his own way...
  • Storm of Eon by Anna Hackett

    Storm of Eon by Anna Hackett

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 13 ratings
    When a Terran weapons scientist finds herself the target of deadly alien assassins, only one fierce alien warrior can keep her safe...
  • Claimed for the Alien Bride Lottery by Margo Bond Collins

    Claimed for the Alien Bride Lottery by Margo Bond Collins

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    I thought I’d escaped being given to an alien warrior. I was wrong.I was one hour away from washing out of the Alien Bride Games.None of the Khanavai warriors had chosen me, and I was scheduled on the next shuttle off the filming station.But then a bright red alien passed me in a hallway—and the next thing I knew, we were all over each other...
  • 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...
  • Supreme's Kiss by M.K. Eidem

    Supreme's Kiss by M.K. Eidem

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    All Kirall wanted to do was bring his mate home, love her, and make sure she never suffered again as she had on Earth.All Autumn wanted was to make a home on Mondu, love Kirall, and maybe have a family.While some on Mondu embrace and support the return of the Supremes, others do not. Not everyone is happy Supremes have returned. Change causes conflict. Lives are about to change...
  • Enemy of the Alien Bride Lottery by Margo Bond Collins

    Enemy of the Alien Bride Lottery by Margo Bond Collins

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I’ll do whatever it takes to destroy the Bride Games.A year ago, I did the unthinkable.I helped a woman running from the Alien Bride Lottery.I spent three months in a federal prison for it, too.As soon as I got out, a secret organization recruited me. Our goal is to end the Bride Lottery program forever.So when my name is drawn in the Lottery this year, I know it’s a setup...
  • Dark Strength by Cynthia Sax, Amanda Kelsey

    Dark Strength by Cynthia Sax, Amanda Kelsey

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    The 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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    aliens  m-f  futuristic  military  science fiction
  • The Arcav Commander's Human by Hope Hart

    The Arcav Commander's Human by Hope Hart

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 15 ratings
    A lifetime of duty to his people… …Or the woman who could be his? Jaret has been completely dedicated to the Arcav race for centuries. His only focus is the continuation of his species.  Known for being cold and remote, no one is more surprised than Jaret when he insists on leading the mission to rescue the humans kidnapped for slavery...
  • Lyel by Ava Ross

    Lyel by Ava Ross

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    An 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...
  • The Arcav Guard's Female by Hope Hart

    The Arcav Guard's Female by Hope Hart

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    She’s on a quest for revenge… ...But he’s on a mission to make her his... After being abducted by aliens and rescued by the Arcav, all Peyton wants is revenge. Well, that, and a trip straight back home to Earth where she belongs.  She’s not interested in the handsome Arcav Guard who stares at her so intently. Even if he does make her wish she’d met him before her captivity...
  • Drace by Ava Ross

    Drace by Ava Ross

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Can a fierce alien dragon warrior claim his mate before she’s stolen from him forever?Aria: Determined to overcome my scaredy-cat status, I make a dare-me checklist. First on the list? Sign up for the Driegon mail-order bride selection...
    Categorized as:
    aliens  m-f  science fiction  length-short
  • Dom: Scifi Alien Invasion Romance by Anna Hackett

    Dom: Scifi Alien Invasion Romance 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...
  • Cultivating the Alien by Ava Ross

    Cultivating the Alien by Ava Ross

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    My new job gives me the chance to put my past behind me. Only one problem: I’m falling for my bad boy boss…After my ex dumps my possessions on the sidewalk, cleans out our bank account, and steals my landscaping business, I'm once again submitting job applications. It’s that or no roof over my head...
  • A Monster's Love by Lynnea Lee

    A Monster's Love by Lynnea Lee

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    TRJUNWhen I charged the enemy to rescue a ravishing female who caught my eye, I didn’t expect the mate bond to drop me to my knees. Captured, I’m locked behind electrified bars in a genetic lab where a researcher throws the female into my cell and demands we reproduce.I vow to do everything in my power to make my little mate happy, but I won’t claim her until I extricate us from this cruel prison...
    Categorized as:
    aliens  m-f  science fiction  length-short
  • Home World by Erin Raegan

    Home World by Erin Raegan

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Peyton I fell in love with an alien. Our world was invaded by carnivorous freaks and the Dahk swooped in and saved me and my friends. They want to save the Earth but we are our own worst enemy, or so I thought. The truth is we have no idea what's out there. Now I'm on my way to Home World. The Dahk's world. An alien world. I had no choice, it was taken from me...
  • Soul of Eon by Anna Hackett

    Soul of Eon by Anna Hackett

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 12 ratings
    The last thing she expects is an instant mating with a handsome alien warrior…just before they are abducted by the deadly Kantos.Commander Kaira Chand of the Australian Air Force knows the meaning of loss. She lost both her beloved husband and her father over recent years, and she vows never to let a man close again...
  • Drengr by Skye MacKinnon

    Drengr by Skye MacKinnon

    Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    He thought his life was over. She’s about to prove him wrong.After the loss of his betrothed, battle-scarred warrior Errik has locked his heart away. All he wants to do is be the fearless, emotionless Vikingr he trained to be. He never wants to love again – until he meets Holly, who knows the pain of loss...
  • 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...
  • Galactic Gladiators Set: Books 10-12 by Anna Hackett

    Galactic Gladiators Set: Books 10-12 by Anna Hackett

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Fighting 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...
    Categorized as:
    aliens  m-f  science fiction  military  length-long
  • Transcend by Sandra R. Neeley

    Transcend by Sandra R. Neeley

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Elite Force Commander Kol Ra’ Don Tol has been obsessed with Earth and its cultures for as long as he can remember. He’s thrilled when the gods smile on him, giving him an Ehlealah, a mate, that is human. But she’s suffered traumas and abuse that no being should have to endure. As a result, she’s not as receptive to his claim that she’s his as he hoped she’d be...
    Categorized as:
    aliens  m-f  science fiction  length-medium
  • Revealed: A Sci-Fi Alien Warrior Romance by Tana Stone

    Revealed: A Sci-Fi Alien Warrior Romance by Tana Stone

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Maxxon was sent to Earth to procure a tribute bride for the Drexians. There’s only one problem. The woman he’s protecting as violent aliens invade Earth is not her.Maxxon’s job is to locate and retrieve the human females targeted to be tribute brides. The key is to find them, charm them, and return with them to the space station without anyone noticing. And he has a perfect success rate—until now...
    Categorized as:
    aliens  m-f  science fiction  humor
  • Volunteer for the Alien Bride Lottery by Margo Bond Collins

    Volunteer for the Alien Bride Lottery by Margo Bond Collins

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    I didn’t want to compete in the Alien Bride Games. But I would do anything to save my sister.Hannah’s just a kid. Yeah, sure, she’s 21, old enough for her name to be drawn in The Alien Bride Lottery. But she’s got her whole life in front of her.I, on the other hand, have nothing left to live for...
  • A Very Arcav Christmas by Hope Hart

    A Very Arcav Christmas by Hope Hart

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Babies, 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...
  • Help Wanted: Wife by Cara Bristol

    Help Wanted: Wife by Cara Bristol

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 10 ratings
    They have nothing to lose except their hearts. The only thing keeping widower Larth from succumbing to grief is running the fledgling bakery founded by his late wife. He intends to make the business the biggest, best bakery in all of Caradonia. But he can’t do it alone. Unable to find affordable help, he turns to Cosmic Mates and advertises for a wife in-name-only...
  • A Darkside Interlude (Darkstar Mercenaries .5) by Anna Carven

    A Darkside Interlude (Darkstar Mercenaries .5) by Anna Carven

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Commander Iskar Gar-Kurai isn't impressed by humans or their backwater planet. If he had his way, he'd be working closer to home, on a planet where it wasn't so infernally hot ... But orders are orders, especially when they come from the very top. If he's going to be on Earth for the long term, Iskar needs to learn more about its strange inhabitants...
  • Weapons Master: A Scifi Alien Romance by Anna Hackett

    Weapons Master: A Scifi Alien Romance by Anna Hackett

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    A 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...
  • Vixin by Tana Stone

    Vixin by Tana Stone

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    It's the most wonderful time of the year...to be stranded with an alien on an ice planet.Noelle is finally leaving her job on the Drexian space station and going home to Scotland for the holidays. Two things she didn't expect: to be sharing the trip with a hot Neebix named Vixin and for their ship to crash land on a frozen planet...
  • Torment by Tana Stone

    Torment by Tana Stone

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 15 ratings
    Tori wants nothing to do with the gorgeous, sand planet barbarians. Too bad she’s stuck with the cockiest Dothvek alive. Stowing away on the enemy ship to sabotage it may not have been Tori’s best idea, but she meant for it to be a solo mission. She never planned for a huge Dothvek warrior to come along for the less-than-pleasant ride...
  • Roar! by Zeta Star

    Roar! by Zeta Star

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 11 ratings
    Without Roar – you try pronouncing it, okay? -- I’d be dead in that pod. And when he purrs and does that thing with his... I think I’ll keep him.Abducted by space lizards? Check.Experimented on? Check.Rescued by seven feet of hot, alien male? Check!Roar’s a bit shy, furry with claws and a metal arm, and his best friend is a spaceship named Killer. That’s a little scary...
  • Tempt Me Eternally by Gena Showalter

    Tempt Me Eternally by Gena Showalter

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    New York Times bestselling author Gena Showalter's Tempt Me Eternally is now available from S&S Audio for the first time! Gena Showalter puts a daring spin on a tale of huntress and hunted…and concocts a sensual chemistry that is positively explosive. Aleaha Love can be anyone—literally. With only skin-to-skin contact, she can change her appearance and assume any identity...
  • Manu by Anna Hackett

    Manu by Anna Hackett

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 11 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… When former berserker Manu Rahia lost his leg on a mission, he was forced to leave his squad...
    Categorized as:
    aliens  m-f  futuristic  military  science fiction
  • Redemption by Sandra R. Neeley

    Redemption by Sandra R. Neeley

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Cast aside and forced to live apart from his family as a child, Rokai ahl has become insolent, resentful, angry, borderline criminal, and a general outcast as an adult. He has managed to build a life for himself in which he answers to no one and nothing. His loyalty lies with only himself...
  • Alien's Fire by Lynnea Lee

    Alien's Fire by Lynnea Lee

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    VIVIANWhat does it take for a chubby, socially awkward girl to get all the attention? Easy peasy. Just get kidnapped from Earth and thrown onto an alien planet. Since landing here, I’ve been fought over by every single alien I’ve met. Even the local wildlife want a taste.The one who has me now is terrifying...
  • Taming Jax by Mikayla Lane

    Taming Jax by Mikayla Lane

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Jaxson Adronatof had vowed as a child that she would spend her life hunting the evil that had slaughtered her parents and help those like her, who were different. For 15 years, she’d been the leader of a resistance force and one stubborn, arrogant and frustratingly gorgeous alien claiming she’s his mate isn’t going to deter her from that vow...
  • Hunter: Desert Hunter / Alien Hunter / Glactic Gladiator Christmas by Anna Hackett

    Hunter: Desert Hunter / Alien Hunter / Glactic Gladiator Christmas by Anna Hackett

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    strong>From the dangerous desert sands to the deadly glitz of the city, the lawless desert planet of Carthago is filled with lethal hunters risking it all for the women who capture their hearts. HUNTER contains two novellas and one short story all set in the Galactic Gladiators series...
  • Alien Retribution by Sadie Carter

    Alien Retribution by Sadie Carter

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Since the day his family was murdered, Boris has been obsessed with vengeance. The last thing he needs in his life is a mate. Besides, what sort of female would want a scarred, crippled male who has taken a vow of silence? Nope, there is no room in his life for a female. Then he meets Nassir. Beautiful. Fragile. Distant...
  • Alien Beast by Lili Zander

    Alien Beast by Lili Zander

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    This human I’m saddled with is… happy.Cheerful, even.She likes to sing to the cat.Kill me now.A year ago, an explosion – the same explosion that killed my best friend – destroyed me.Ruined me.Made me look like a monster.I’m a shadow of the man I once was.I want to be left alone.Instead… there’s Bella.Bella, who sings when she’s happy.Who likes to talk...
  • Avow by Sandra R. Neeley

    Avow by Sandra R. Neeley

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    General Lo’San is second in command on Command Warship 1. Refusing the matriarchal ways of his home planet, he broke all ties and left for Cruestace in the hopes of joining their military and building a better life for himself. He’s kept his singular focus pinpoint sharp. One’s integrity, one’s honor, one’s duty is all that matters. Warriors aboard his warship have found and claimed their females...
    Categorized as:
    aliens  m-f  science fiction  length-medium
  • Invasion by Snek Guy

    Invasion by Snek Guy

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 6 ratings
    Set in the Pinwheel universe, where an alliance of friendly species fights a never-ending war against the merciless insect hordes, the mission to retake a lost colony is underway.The largest Coalition fleet ever assembled descends on the moon of Kerguela , where a peaceful civilization met its end at the hands of a marauding hive fleet three decades prior...
  • A Monster's Heart by Lynnea Lee

    A Monster's Heart by Lynnea Lee

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    A grumpy demon warrior who doesn't want a mate.A secret spy mission to a mysterious outpost.One pretend mating to protect me from human-hating savages. Only one freakin' bed. A metric ton of pheromones.Wings, claws, and a sneaky tail.What can possibly go wrong?Knowing my luck? Everything. Monster’s Heart is a sci-fi alien romance with a growly hero, lots of action, and a HEA, guaranteed...
  • Rogue by Anna Hackett

    Rogue by Anna Hackett

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Abducted by alien slavers and taken to a lawless desert world, the last thing she expects is to be claimed by a handsome alien rogue. Rogue contains two action-packed novellas in the Galactic Gladiators series. Information Rogue: arrogant information merchant Zhim doesn’t know what hits him when he collides with feisty human hacker Ryan...
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