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  • Tyler by Nyssa Kathryn

    Tyler by Nyssa Kathryn

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    Sometimes, the biggest secrets can bring both salvation and destruction.Emerson Charles grew up luckier than most, going from a difficult life to finding safety and a true home with her stepmother and stepbrother. Years later, when Levi’s in trouble, Emerson will do anything for the brother of her heart, her greatest protector...
  • Oliver by Nyssa Kathryn

    Oliver by Nyssa Kathryn

    Rated: 4.69 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    She may have forgotten her past, but her past hasn’t forgotten her…Tori Blake arrives in Marble Falls with nothing. Nothing but a note in her hand and cash in her pocket. She doesn’t know if those two things will be enough to get her the help she needs. She doesn’t know if they’ll lead her to the past she can’t remember.What she does know is that someone is trying to kill her...
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  • Jason by Nyssa Kathryn

    Jason by Nyssa Kathryn

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Danger throws them together. Attraction keeps them from parting.Having lost her best friend, Courtney Warren lives every day like it’s her last. Because if life has taught her anything, it’s that some are cut far too short without warning. So when sexy former soldier Jason moves to Cradle Mountain, she shouldn't hesitate to express her immediate interest...
  • Protector by Tana Stone

    Protector by Tana Stone

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    The Vandar raiders who roam the sky are deadly and fierce. The mercenary hunting me is terrifying--and will stop at nothing to claim me.I thought the cocky Vandar raiders I had to work alongside were my biggest problem. That was before the deranged leader of a ruthless band of mercenaries decided I belonged to him.As a member of the underground Valox resistance, there are few things I fear...
  • Mage-Queen's Thief by Glynn Stewart

    Mage-Queen's Thief by Glynn Stewart

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    She’s supposed to find a husband.He’s supposed to steal a shuttle.They’re each other’s only hope.Kiera Alexander is the Mage-Queen of Mars, ruler of a hundred worlds and the protector of humanity. She is also unmarried and in desperate need of an heir—a duty that has left her traveling the Core Worlds of the Martian Protectorate aboard the luxury liner Extravagant Voyage...
  • Before the Storm by Robert Thier

    Before the Storm by Robert Thier

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Mr. Rikkard Ambrose, cold-hearted billionaire and hero of the “Storm and Silence” series is without a doubt the richest and most powerful man of the British Empire...
  • Alien Undone by Cara Bristol

    Alien Undone by Cara Bristol

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Getting abducted by aliens is the not worst thing to ever happen to Millie Rogers. The lowest point in her life comes after the rescue when she’s forced to deal with him—Nadir, the alien man tasked with ensuring the abducted humans get home to New Terra...
  • Catalyst by J.M. Madden

    Catalyst by J.M. Madden

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Raine Walters loves her nursing position at the Elton building. Though she hasn’t been on the job long, she’s seen and done some amazing things. Because the men at the Elton building are not your average military men. They’re elite soldiers that have been tortured and experimented upon with an incredibly dangerous drug...
  • Guarding Secrets: An Enemies to Lovers Suspenseful Romance by Jenna Gunn

    Guarding Secrets: An Enemies to Lovers Suspenseful Romance by Jenna Gunn

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Once burned… twice, hell no. The former Marine turned bodyguard’s been burned. He can’t just trust a spy that’s shows up on his doorstep. Too bad the protector in him has something else in mind…Danee Swann can't do it alone. She needs help tracking down a missing person.Joining up with Agile Security's team is just the answer she's been so desperate for...
  • Seizing Power by Cynthia Sax

    Seizing Power by Cynthia Sax

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    This cyborg believes he’s in control.Power is the self-appointed leader of the cyborg council. Other members might debate situations. He makes the ultimate decisions.When a threat to the Homeland is revealed, he takes command of a fleet and ventures to the edge of cyborg-controlled space to investigate. He finds a rebellion led by a mysterious upstart he calls Cadet...
  • Bolt: Bolt Saga: Volume One: Parts 1, 2 & 3 by Angel Payne

    Bolt: Bolt Saga: Volume One: Parts 1, 2 & 3 by Angel Payne

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Working the night shift at one of Downtown LA’s hottest hotels, Emmalina Crist has had her fair share of strange encounters—but none of them have prepared her for meeting Reece Richards, the charismatic bad boy of the Richards Resorts dynasty...
  • The Order : Chasm of Wicked Sins by Katerina St. Clair

    The Order : Chasm of Wicked Sins by Katerina St. Clair

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    In the third gripping installment of "The Order Series," Forest Blackburn, burdened by her past and haunted by her demons, faces her toughest challenge yet. As the death of those closest to her shatters her world, Forest finds herself teetering on the edge of darkness, grappling with grief and betrayal...
  • Throne of Novoxos by Tyler Chase

    Throne of Novoxos by Tyler Chase

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The brave warrior, Prince Comron Van Laven, lays at death’s door after a near fatal transport crash. His life is in the hands of his mortal enemy who does the unthinkable…she saves him…in so many ways. Together the two must battle for survival against the harsh elements, deadly assassins and vicious animal attacks. But that’s only the beginning of their struggles...
  • The Tangled Thread: The Morland Dynasty, Book 10 by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles

    The Tangled Thread: The Morland Dynasty, Book 10 by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    1788 - The French Revolution; beginning of Industrial RevolutionIn France, as the revolution begins, Henri, the bastard offshoot of the Morland family, strives to protect his family. He binds his daughter Heloise in loveless marriage to a Revolutionary, and allies himself with the vigorous Danton...
  • Zai by Starla Night

    Zai by Starla Night

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    I will destroy all threats to the empire with unrelenting force. Even if that threat comes in the form of a weak, fragile lesser with night-black hair and beguiling eyes.The blades. Elite forces of the empire, nightmare to all servant-world residents just trying to scrape by. Of course I have to flee when my medical ship comes under attack.But my escape pod is captured by their ruthless leader...
  • The Warlord's Stormy Skye by Gail Koger

    The Warlord's Stormy Skye by Gail Koger

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    My name is Skye McAllister, I’m a psychic witch and a healer. My life is a rollercoaster ride of craziness. My unique electrical powers have a bunch of alien males eyeing me like I’m prime rib at an all-you-can-eat banquet. If that wasn’t bad enough, a crazy old witch transformed herself into a half-human Kotsor spider and is trying to kill me with hexes, magical bombs, and her zillion hatchlings...
  • Overlord by Cyndi Friberg

    Overlord by Cyndi Friberg

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Determined to bring meaningful change to her people, Lady Eza of the Sarronti seeks out the leader of the Outcasts and proposes a daring alliance. She expects to negotiate with a barbarian. Instead, Overlord Kage Razel awakens longings that have nothing to do with the rebellion. He intrigues and attracts her, making her ache for the consuming passion she has only experienced in his arms...
  • Behind Blue Eyes by Anna Mocikat

    Behind Blue Eyes by Anna Mocikat

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    They are the perfect hybrid between human and machine. They are the next step in the evolution of mankind. And when they come after you, nothing in the world will save you... Welcome to the year 2095. Society has overcome everything that made human life miserable. It has become perfect -- so perfect that it needs killer cyborgs to hunt down anyone who disagrees with it...
  • Ghost by Evie Mitchell

    Ghost by Evie Mitchell

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    GhostI do my best work in the shadows.Trained to be a killer, it's all I've ever known. All I've ever cared to know.I embrace pain and destruction, turning everything I touch into ash.I'm a ghost. No past. No present. No future.Until Ava.This woman sparks a hunger in me, a dark, dangerous desire.If I don't fight it, it could destroy us both.The Devil knows I'd burn the world for one taste...
  • The Black Pearl: The Morland Dynasty, Book 5 by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles

    The Black Pearl: The Morland Dynasty, Book 5 by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    1659: Cromwell's protectorate is drawing to a close, and the restoration of the monarchy can only improve the fortunes of the Morland family. The years of civil war and their aftermath have left Morland Place in dire straits, but with the return of the King, Ralph Morland believes he can rebuild the family estates...
  • The Oak Apple: The Morland Dynasty, Book 4 by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles

    The Oak Apple: The Morland Dynasty, Book 4 by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    1630 - Charles I; the Civil WarWhen civil war destroys the long years of peace in England, the clash between King and Parliament is echoed at Morland Place. Richard, the heir, brings home a Puritan bride, while his dashing brother Kit joins the Royalist cavalry under Prince Rupert, leaving their father, Edmund, desperately trying to steer a middle course...
  • The Maiden by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles

    The Maiden by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    1720 - George I; George II; the Young Pretender (Bonnie Prince Charlie, 1745 Rebellion) Political intrigue is rife as the Stuart-Hanoverian struggle continues. Jemmy, heir to Morland Place, contracts a dutiful marriage to the chilly Lady Mary in order to secure Hanoverian protection and safeguard his inheritance...
  • Deep Shadows by Vannetta Chapman

    Deep Shadows by Vannetta Chapman

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    All It Takes Is One Night to Plunge the World into Darkness Life in Abney, Texas, is predictable and safe—until the night a massive solar flare wipes out all modern technology. Shelby Sparks, novelist and single mom, had one goal: to provide for her diabetic son. In the wake of this global disaster, her mission hasn't changed...
  • Lethal Intent by Cara C. Putman

    Lethal Intent by Cara C. Putman

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When Caroline takes a job with a promising medical start-up, she believes she’s on the side of angels . . . until she’s asked to go too far.When the judge she’s clerked for dies, Caroline Bragg starts over as in-house counsel for a pharmaceutical start-up working on innovative adult stem cell research with the potential to save thousands of lives...
  • My Big Alien Bodyguard by Loki Renard

    My Big Alien Bodyguard by Loki Renard

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    I’ll protect her at any cost. My human client is sassy, bratty, and famous.I’m big, blue, alien - and responsible for keeping her safe.There is nothing I wouldn’t do for her.Even if she pushes every button.Even if she tests every limit.I’ll take her in hand, and I’ll take her into my bed.Because she's a bad girl, and she's a superstar.Some love her, and some love to hate her...
  • Agent E2: Aidan by Joni Hahn

    Agent E2: Aidan by Joni Hahn

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Credentials: • Second generation Former Navy SEAL • DIRE’s latest SEAL acquisition Enhancements: • Electrical Conductor Former Navy SEAL, Aidan Monroe, embraces risk. Show him a hint of danger – or a beautiful woman - and he’s all over it. The only commitments in his life: his new D.I.R.E. enhancements and finding his father’s killers. Cassandra Naylor, daughter of D.I.R.E...
  • UNIT 78: Rescued by Mina Carter, Evangeline Anderson

    UNIT 78: Rescued by Mina Carter, Evangeline Anderson

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A cyborg soldier with one mission: To rescue an innocent girl from a vicious cult But in order to fulfill his duty, he must do the unthinkable. Can Rich and Kyrin find each other when they are lost in the Breeding Compound? Unit 78, formerly Corporal Richard Hardgraves, is a Cyborg with a mission: to rescue the Admiral's daughter from the dreaded Tr'Low Cult on Beacon 5...
  • The Time Collector by Gwendolyn Womack

    The Time Collector by Gwendolyn Womack

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A thrilling page-turner from Gwendolyn Womack, the USA Today bestselling author of The Fortune Teller Travel through time with the touch of a hand. Roan West was born with an extraordinary gift: he can perceive the past of any object he touches. A highly skilled pyschometrist, he uses his talents to find and sell valuable antiques, but his quiet life in New Orleans is about to change...
  • Infected by Jessica Gomez

    Infected by Jessica Gomez

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 6 ratings
    Lillie survived the apocalypse, but can she survive the aftermath of chaos it created?The day the luminosity snapped off, was the day everything changed. Few survived, and for a brief moment in time, Lillie was grateful to be one of them, until she learned about the infected…With only herself to rely on, and loneliness a constant companion, she tries to evade the horror that surrounds her...
  • Hostage by Loki Renard

    Hostage by Loki Renard

    Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Last time, I saved him. This time, he takes me.I was a good worker who wanted to be a bad girl,So I went where good girls don’t go.That’s where I meet him. Shah.Boss of the galactic underworld.We’re not complete strangers.Our paths crossed once a long time ago, and he hasn't forgotten me.In Shah's world, no good deed, or good girl, goes unpunished.He's going to make me his sorry little hostage...
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  • Oxygen by John B. Olson, Randy Ingermanson

    Oxygen by John B. Olson, Randy Ingermanson

    Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Take a Deep Breath ... It Could Be Your Last Valkerie is tough, beautiful, and has an uncanny knack for survival. When NASA chooses her for the first mission to Mars, Valkerie is thrilled -- until she learns she's displacing America's heartthrob, celebrity astronaut Josh Bennett. Bob, the ship's mechanic, is paid to be paranoid -- and he's good at it...
  • Owned by L.V. Lane

    Owned by L.V. Lane

    Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Ava When civilization first collapsed, survival replaced compassion. Many dark years followed before I found a delicate peace within Sanctuary's walls.But that was over now.Standing on the desolate rooftop, I watched enemy soldiers take our community.After three days on the streets with no provisions and nothing but a temperamental handgun to defend myself, I knew I was out of options...
  • Bone Music by Christopher Rice

    Bone Music by Christopher Rice

    Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    There’s more than one way to stoke the flames of revenge… Charlotte Rowe spent the first seven years of her life in the hands of the only parents she knew—a pair of serial killers who murdered her mother and tried to shape Charlotte in their own twisted image. If only the nightmare had ended when she was rescued...
  • Captured by H.R. Savage

    Captured by H.R. Savage

    Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I was raised in a world full of more death than life, surrounded by the blood-curdling violence and nauseating stench of zombies. And twenty years after the Outbreak, it doesn’t seem to be changing any time soon.After a devastating loss rocks my little group of survivors, I’m forced to venture out of my comfort zone in an attempt to find help—straight into the impenetrable walls of El Castillo...
  • The Captain by Elaine Waters

    The Captain by Elaine Waters

    Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 9 ratings
    It’s hard enough being the only human on this alien planet with no memory of how I got here. I have no business being imprisoned by a military Captain. But here I am, handcuffed for weeks to a brooding, powerful warrior that’s convinced I’m a spy. I’ve been a servant at the Captain’s camp for months—cooking, cleaning, and living peacefully...
  • Twisted by Esme Devlin

    Twisted by Esme Devlin

    Rated: 3.81 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    The new world is small and dark.Ruthless men rule in this new world. Violent men. Twisted men.Men like Baron. A monster in a metal mask. A self-made king in his own kingdom, his notorious cruelty is only overshadowed by his madness.I caught his eye while dancing for my life. He saved me -- and now he owns me. Utterly.He dresses me. Possesses me. Watches me while I sleep...
  • Loss of Reason by Miles A. Maxwell

    Loss of Reason by Miles A. Maxwell

    Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    One Of The Most Disturbing Stories You'll Ever Read Distant for many years, Franklin out of Pennsylvania and his step-brother Everon out of Nevada are connected by a single link: Their sister Cynthia. Enter The Nightmare A nuclear bomb is detonated in New York. Banker, wife, mother, Cynthia lives in New York. The military has quarantined the city...
  • RV There Yet? by Diann Hunt

    RV There Yet? by Diann Hunt

    Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Life's a journey. Midlife's an adventure. But two weeks in a RV with the hot-flash sisters could drive anyone over the hill.Dede signed on for this cross-country RV trip selflessly, for Millie and Lydia's sakes. Besides, she needed to get her mind off a love gone wrong and a demanding gourmet chocolates business...
  • The Janus Effect by Jan Coffey

    The Janus Effect by Jan Coffey

    Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Peace and War, Friend and Foe, Life and Death… A Perilous Journey Home! From the National Best Selling Author The Janus Effect (previously published as the Deadliest Strain) Winner of Connecticut Press Club Award for Best Fiction! Fahimah Banaz has been wrongly held in a CIA “black site” for over five years...
  • The Janus Effect by Jan Coffey

    The Janus Effect by Jan Coffey

    Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Peace and War, Friend and Foe, Life and Death… A Perilous Journey Home! From the National Best Selling Author The Janus Effect (previously published as the Deadliest Strain) Winner of Connecticut Press Club Award for Best Fiction! Fahimah Banaz has been wrongly held in a CIA “black site” for over five years...
  • Then Came Alexandra by E.L. Todd

    Then Came Alexandra by E.L. Todd

    Rated: 3.65 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Librarian's note: This is an alternate cover edition of ASIN B00J0KQ9LU. "You’re everything to me. More than everything." Alexandra… After a horrific accident working as a nurse in the emergency room, Alexandra becomes reclusive to the world around her. Unable to be speak or function, she pushes away her boyfriend, Paul, of two years...
  • The Shell Collector by Hugh Howey

    The Shell Collector by Hugh Howey

    Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    The ocean is dying. The sea is growing warmer and is gradually rising. Seashells have become so rare that collecting them is now a national obsession. Flawless specimens sell like priceless works of art. Families hunt the tideline in the dark of night with flashlights. Crowds gather on beaches at the lowest of tides, hoping to get lucky...
  • H10N1 by Marsha Cornelius

    H10N1 by Marsha Cornelius

    Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    A deadly influenza virus rages out of control. There is no easy-fix vaccine. No eleventh-hour containment. Only death. With no workforce, power plants have been shut down, police and fire departments have collapsed, crops lie unpicked in the fields. When Dr...
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