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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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![Evenfall: Volume 2: Director's Cut by Ais, Santino Hassell]()
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... -
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![Alpha by Tiya Rayne]()
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... -
![Evenfall Volume One by Santino Hassell, Ais]()
Evenfall Volume One by Santino Hassell, Ais
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 26 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.Sin is the Agency's most efficient killer. His fighting skills and talent at assassination have led to him being described as a living weapon... -
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![Death Adder by Naomi Lucas]()
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...Categorized as:
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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...Categorized as:
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![Vigilance by Etta Pierce]()
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]()
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... -
![Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood]()
Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 104 ratingsOryx and Crake is at once an unforgettable love story and a compelling vision of the future. Snowman, known as Jimmy before mankind was overwhelmed by a plague, is struggling to survive in a world where he may be the last human, and mourning the loss of his best friend, Crake, and the beautiful and elusive Oryx whom they both loved...Categorized as:
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![Vengeful Heart by Tiffany Roberts]()
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... -
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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... -
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Savages by Natalie Bennett
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsCalista "I am the monster they created. I’m the whore they’re ashamed of." When life tried to break me I grabbed that b*tch by the throat and squeezed. I thought I could overcome anything. I swore I could handle him, but after being forced to play at the Devil's playground I ended up craving his touch. One taste of his poison made my loyalties begin to waiver... -
![Shadow by Alana Khan, Elle Arden]()
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... -
![Savage Prince by Alison Aimes]()
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...Categorized as:
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![Everything Under the Sun by J.A. Redmerski, Justine Carver]()
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... -
![Destiny Falling by Lucy Regatta]()
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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![Saving the Cyborg: An Alien Abduction Romance Series by Jude Gray]()
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... -
![Dark Edge of Honor by Aleksandr Voinov, Rhi Etzweiler]()
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... -
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Princess by Claire Kent
I guess I'm one of the lucky ones.When the asteroid hits and the world falls apart, I'm seventeen, and my dad buys us a place in an underground bunker. We're supposed to be safe down there, but we're not. Gradually, I lose everything until all I have left is a bewildering relationship with a stoic, unknowable man...Categorized as:
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![Shade's Embrace by Olivia Riley]()
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]()
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... -
![Iron Butterfly by mousegirl05]()
Iron Butterfly by mousegirl05
Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsTemple apprenticeship in an unfamiliar world, home to an unfamiliar race... -
![His to Keep by Taylor Vaughn, Theodora Taylor]()
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... -
![Matched to Xycho by C.Y. Croc]()
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...Categorized as:
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![Venomous by Penelope Fletcher]()
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]()
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...Categorized as:
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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... -
![Wrecked by Loki Renard]()
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...Categorized as:
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![Alien Enemy by Ursa Dax]()
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...Categorized as:
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![Pythen by Erin Raegan]()
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... -
![Filthy Beasts by Loki Renard]()
Filthy Beasts by Loki Renard
They told me the men who live on the surface were filthy beasts... They were right! For a highborn daughter of the great tower, never touched by the hands of a man, there is no greater shame than exile to the surface... -
![The Scorpion's Mate by Susan Trombley]()
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... -
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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... -
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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... -
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![Broken by the Alien by Loki Renard]()
Broken by the Alien by Loki Renard
Her planet belongs to him. Her body will too.I've been a slave since Earth was conquered, but today a powerful Rathkari commander has singled me out. He's brought me aboard his ship and made sure I'm bathed and pampered. Now this huge, fearsomely sexy alien warrior plans to do absolutely anything he wants with me.I hate him and his entire race, and I fight him with everything I have... at first... -
![Thirst by Addison Cain]()
Thirst by Addison Cain
Smooth as chocolate, like the tickle of champagne bubbles bursting on your tongue. Twisted as your sheets after a wild night. Deceptive as that first kiss from a bad man. Dark, dangerous, and wild! Whatever your Valentine’s Day plans may be, heat up the night with this special release. THIRST will be available for ONE DAY ONLY...Categorized as:
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