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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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Resistance by Etta Pierce
Imani James was a hunter, the kind that tracked and killed poachers in wildlife reserves in Tanzania after serving in the army for most of her twenties. She was good at her job, the best, but getting information and support from the Intersolar Union to protect Renata, the human colony on Yaspur, was like pulling teeth... -
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The Relentless Moon by Mary Robinette Kowal
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsMary Robinette Kowal continues her award-winning Lady Astronaut series, which began with The Calculating Stars and The Fated Sky, with The Relentless Moon. The Earth is coming to the boiling point as the climate disaster of the Meteor strike becomes more and more clear, but the political situation is already overheated. Riots and sabotage plague the space program... -
Rapture in Death & Ceremony in Death by J.D. Robb
Rapture in Death:. They died with smiles on their faces. Three apparent suicides: a brilliant engineer, an infamous lawyer, and a controversial politician. Three strangers with nothing in common - and no obvious reasons for killing themselves. Lieutenant Eve Dallas found the deaths suspicious. And her instincts paid off when autopsies revealed small burns on the brains of the victims... -
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Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
Two top women gladiators fight for their freedom within a depraved private prison system not so far-removed from America's own...Categorized as:
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Seven Oars by Lydia Hope
Rosamma always thought sneaking off her home planet was a bad idea. Still, she follows her brother and a group of hopeful women to space, drawn by the promise of a brighter future. The Rix defenders escorting them are strong, capable, and entirely indifferent to their fate. One of them is exactly what dreams are made of… but dreams are fragile, and life is not always fair...Categorized as:
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Never Bound by Everly Claire
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings773496S6. In an alternate 2025 where anyone poor or unlucky can be enslaved, Louisa, the daughter of the enemy who owns me, was forbidden from touching or even looking at me. She had no name to call me, since I only had a number. But when we were forced to share space, I opened her eyes to the horror of her world, and there’s no going back... -
Hellions by Natalie Bennett
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMaliki. Vicious. Nyx. Chaotic. Maliki + Nyx. Vicious. Chaotic. Gods. What once was sweet has turned vile. I covet death. He thrives in darkness. Our sacrilegious desires run rampant. Our maleficent demons demand to be sated. Mercy finds no refuge in our hearts. Insanity takes courtship within our minds. Together, we embark on a path saturated in blood and rotting corpses...Categorized as:
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Craved by the Alien Lord: A Sci-Fi Alien Romance by Ella Blake
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsRayna. If one male remained alive in the universe, and that male was Lord Ledos, I’d let both of our species die out. He looks like a rock star, swaggers like the galaxy’s greatest gift swings between his leather-clad legs. He’s a force of nature. I’m a wallflower. We couldn’t be more opposite...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... -
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...Categorized as:
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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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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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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... -
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Gantz/11 by Hiroya Oku
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsThe blue phase is here! Gantz creator Oku Hiroya seems to have based his popular Gantz series on a season-based cycle, and now that we're entering the second set of ten books, we're all blue here at Dark Horse as Hiroya boldly takes us into the increasingly scary world of Gantz... -
Smoke and Mirrors by Evie Kent
A story about a pretty king of a pretty planet. Who loathes the crown, but loves his new queen. Who yearns for violence and pain, but settles for flowers and filigree. Who does his duty. Who protects his treasure. Who worships his bride with a rough hand and a brutal kiss. Who doesn’t realize he’s been tricked—and is about to lose it all...Categorized as:
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Mutable by Cari Z.
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsTo avenge his brother's murder, Cas takes on his shape. He’s afraid of losing his chance at revenge…and terrified of losing his heart to his brother’s lover... -
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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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... -
Swallowed by Darkness by Myra Danvers
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsImprisoned. .. Starved. .. Weak. .. He’s a warrior caged in the armpit of the universe, a man of worth who owns nothing but his pride and a thirst for vengeance. So why had they sent her? A human. A pathetic, fragile creature full of madness and lies, burdened with an impossible ultimatum—contend with a monster, or die! -
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... -
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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Find Her by Jessie Ellis
An unlikely savior searching for an angel in the midst of Hell. .. As a convict serving a life sentence, I shouldn't be playing the hero to the prison warden's damsel-in-distress daughter. But with ninety-nine percent of the population projected to die from a rapidly-spreading virus and society falling into chaos, the desperate, dying father’s options are limited...Categorized as:
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Artificial Intelligence by Rena Marks
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsArian has escaped from the planet Zeta, where she’s been raised to breed royalty. She's brought with her family and slaves, hiding them from the Zetans on a new planet. While she scavenges space for supplies for them, she encounters a massive chunk of blown-up planet from the Sirian galaxy. Her computer claims the hollowed out core contains ancient artifacts...Categorized as:
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Rebirth by A.G. Wilde
HE'ROX. I stand on the edge of a world reborn. My purpose fulfilled in eradicating our enemies. But a deep emptiness remains, an abyss within me. There is nothing left to offer this new world rebuilding from the ruins. I must return home. Her arrival is ordinary. A hyu’man like the others. But one I did not expect to change the core of my very existence...Categorized as:
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Glass Cage by Emmy Chandler
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratings“They’re organ donors. Your job is to keep them clean and in good shape, until they’re no longer needed. ”. Convicted of petty theft, Katerina Mathern is sentenced to the prison planet Rhodon, zone twelve, where unresponsive convicts await the removal of organs they never agreed to donate... -
Demon Realm by Tracy Lauren
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsI was on the other end of the country when the world ended, but I still felt it. It cut through my dreams, letting me know what was to come. A monster, a DEMON… and he was hunting for me. The world was crumbling and still, all I could think about was him. The news said it was an accident, that no one ever meant for such a thing to happen. But there was no way to undo what had been done...Categorized as:
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I Am Just Junco Omnibus: Clutch / Fledge / Flight by J.A. Huss
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsClutch~Fledge~Flight (1,152 pages) - the first three books in the epic science fiction fantasy saga that spans five full length novels and one novella. Nineteen year old Rural Republic sniper, Junco Coot, has been lied to. Not once or twice, but pretty much everyone she ever trusted is totally full of sh*t... -
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...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... -
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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Beast by Penny Dee
“There is nowhere for you to run, little one…”. Beast. I am the president of The Knights of St. Bon Motorcycle Club. A seven-foot mountain of muscle and bone in a pair of motorcycle boots and a leather cut. Cursed with demons and darkness and secrets that run deep. To the people of St. Bon, I am a monster. To my club brothers, I am a fearless leader. To her, I am a nightmare. Belle... -
Dragon in the Dark by Evangeline Anderson, Reese Dante
A Drake warrior brooding in the Dark. A woman whose unique powers are just coming to Light. Can 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... -
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... -
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Taken to Evernor by Elizabeth Stephens
Nalia. I've made quite a few mistakes in my life. Agreeing to go into outer space in the first place, waking up surrounded by aliens, running from said aliens and crash landing on a gladiator planet where I'm not asked to compete, oh no, but where I'm the prize. One alien in particular keeps showing up. Four arms and utterly insane, I watch him vanquish opponent after opponent... -
The Alien King's Prey by Loki Renard
Submit, or be hunted. King Archon is a dominant, ruthless hunter interested only in war and conquest - much to the sorrow of his advisors who insist he should select a mate and produce an heir. To escape the expectations of court, Archon travels to break a human rebellion. When one of the human females defies him and escapes his wrath, she marks herself as his prey...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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Claimed as Payment by Samantha Madisen
My father owed a debt. I was the payment. When they come to collect what they're owed, the Kerz never leave empty-handed, and after my father failed to repay his debts with money they took one of his daughters for breeding instead. Me... -
Auctioned by Piper Stone
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsA Dark Sci-Fi Menage Romance. They bought me at auction. They'll keep me as a pet. Twenty years ago the Malzeons saved us when we were at the brink of self-annihilation, but there was a price for their intervention. They demanded humans as servants. .. and as pets... -
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. An Omegaverse Dark Romance.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...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
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... -
Radakk's Mate by Sue Lyndon
Claimed by an alien emperor. Made to submit night after night. .. I didn't mean to catch Emperor Radakk's eye. As a reluctant spy aboard the human worldship, my life depends upon my ability to go unnoticed, to be nothing but a lonely shadow moving about the ship as I collect intel for my mutinous father... -
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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...Categorized as:
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Commodity by Shay Savage
A 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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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... -
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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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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