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Ascending by Meg Pechenick
Twenty-five years ago the Vardeshi came to Earth. Then they vanished without a trace. Graduate student Avery Alcott always knew they would return. When they do, she’s the only one who can speak their language. She’s quickly recruited to join the crew of an 11-man starship on a one-year mission into the depths of space. Avery leaps at the chance to leave behind everything she’s ever known...Categorized as:
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![World Undone by Sarah Lyons Fleming]()
World Undone by Sarah Lyons Fleming
Even the best plans come undone.With their supplies reclaimed and food enough for the future, the group at Barry’s cabin can do more than just scrape by. Between fruitful gardens, great friends, and sturdy fences—not to mention karaoke—life in the zompoc is better than ever.Nothing is perfect, however...Categorized as:
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![Lily and the Lion by Honey Phillips]()
Lily and the Lion by Honey Phillips
A wealthy, bored alien. A fierce, unlucky woman. A primitive hunting planet. Let the games begin!Lily has never been lucky - not with jobs, not with money, and certainly not with men. Her bad luck continues when she is first abducted by aliens, then shoved into an escape pod and abandoned on a jungle planet.The enormous, and admittedly gorgeous, alien who finds her seems as much beast as man...Categorized as:
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![Mordacious by Sarah Lyons Fleming]()
Mordacious by Sarah Lyons Fleming
From the universe of the Until the End of the World series Sylvie Rossi has the loner thing down pat, with the exception of her best friend, Grace. But when the two are trapped in a hospital during the last gasp of a dying city, alone time is no longer an option...Categorized as:
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![Peripeteia by Sarah Lyons Fleming]()
Peripeteia by Sarah Lyons Fleming
Book two of The City Series is here! Months into the apocalypse, the zombies show no signs of dying, but it’s clear everyone in Sunset Park will die without enough food to outlast the undead. Add in the less-than-sociable new neighbors only blocks away, and the hunt for sustenance has come to feel more like a race than a ramble...Categorized as:
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![My Vigilante Valentine: A Super Romantic Comedy by Jess Mastorakos]()
My Vigilante Valentine: A Super Romantic Comedy by Jess Mastorakos
When my oh-so-handsome coffee shop regular turns out to be The Blade—the city’s most infamous vigilante—I do the most logical thing appoint myself as his partner in crime-fighting.Sure, Jax isn’t exactly thrilled. He’s the type who insists he doesn’t need a team, prefers to brood alone, and thinks opening up is a tactical error...Categorized as:
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![Alien Mask by Ursa Dax]()
Alien Mask by Ursa Dax
“I never wanted a mate. Until this troublesome human showed up and changed everything.”PRIYALerokan is a huge pain in my human butt. He’s cocky, obnoxious, and refuses to show me his face, hiding it behind a bone mask.He keeps saying he saved me from the battle.But all I see is the man who separated me from my friends... -
![Olivia and the Orc by Honey Phillips]()
Olivia and the Orc by Honey Phillips
An orc guard. A kidnapped human. A treacherous journey…The last thing Olivia remembers is celebrating a friend’s birthday. The next thing she knows, she and her friends are being marched across an alien desert by a gang of small lizardmen - and one very large and forbidding green alien... -
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Soul Code by Blake Black
I’ve always been on the outside looking in—a female tech genius meeting every conceivable human need for others, yet struggling with a basic fundamental necessity—connection.My days are filled with code and algorithms, but my nights are haunted by isolation and loneliness... -
![Hanna and the Hitman by Honey Phillips]()
Hanna and the Hitman by Honey Phillips
An alien assassin. A forgotten human. A planet determined to claim them both.Since being kidnapped from Earth, Hanna has been treated as little more than a performing animal. Her latest indignity is being displayed in a cage in a seedy bar. When a massive alien warrior stops to examine her, she expects the worst.To her shock, the warrior frees her instead... -
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Pandora and the Prisoner by Honey Phillips
Can a renegade alien warrior rescue a curvy librarian?Pandora likes her life as orderly as the books in her library. But when she and two of her friends are stolen from Earth and the spaceship crashes on an alien planet, the rules no longer apply.Separated from her friends and unable to communicate, she must rely on her instincts as well as her intelligence...Categorized as:
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![Alien Most Wanted: Mastermind by Honey Phillips]()
Alien Most Wanted: Mastermind by Honey Phillips
Can an icy alien warrior save the woman who finally thaws his frozen heart?Sophie’s life is a mess. She’s broke and on the verge of losing her home. Her former lover - and former boss - wants nothing to do with her or the child growing inside her.Just when she thinks life can’t get much worse, she’s kidnapped and transported to an alien prison...Categorized as:
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![Betrothed to the Alien Mercenary by Robin O'Connor]()
Betrothed to the Alien Mercenary by Robin O'Connor
Trust no one. Hide who I am. Complete the mission. Easy... until I meet him.EvieWhen a dying Xurtal princess makes me promise to save her planet, I have no choice but to take her place. Me, a human girl, pretending to be an alien royal. To survive the assassination attempts, I need a bodyguard. Enter cocky, infuriating, and scorchingly hot.He has to pretend to be my mate to protect me... -
![Implode by E. K Hunter]()
Implode by E. K Hunter
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsRileyI didn’t need friends, but I found a family.I didn’t need a man, but I fell head over heels for the devil.All I needed was to keep my little sister safe, but all I ended up doing was putting her in harm's way. Kai made a promise to bring her home to me, and I knew that once he did, I had to get her far, far away from Hollows Bay...Categorized as:
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![Tammy and the Traitor by Honey Phillips]()
Tammy and the Traitor by Honey Phillips
A scarred alien warrior. A fragile human woman. Too many secrets. Growing up in the slums of Kaisar, Vorkan learned to fight for what he wanted. As an Imperial warrior, he learned the importance of honor and duty. But when they rescue a fragile human female, he knows she is destined to be his...Categorized as:
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![Alien Castaway by Honey Phillips]()
Alien Castaway by Honey Phillips
Can a runaway bride and an escaped alien prisoner find sanctuary together?Darla’s life changed forever the day the aliens invaded Earth. Her worthless father and shiftless brother have used the presence of the Yehrin as an excuse to keep her under their control. Their latest scheme? Marry her off to one of their equally disgusting cronies as part of a business arrangement...Categorized as:
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![Faith and the Fighter by Honey Phillips]()
Faith and the Fighter by Honey Phillips
A rogue spaceship captain. A human scientist. Faith has spent the past eight years as a scientist locked in an alien research lab. When she finally manages to escape and finds out what the aliens are doing with her work, she is appalled and determined to stop their plans... -
![Alien in Disguise by Cara Bristol]()
Alien in Disguise by Cara Bristol
Hell hath no fury like a woman abducted by aliens…twice.The space cruise is supposed to be the vacation of a lifetime. Instead, Jessie Sayles gets abducted by aliens. After the rescue, she’s determined to sound the alarm that humans have been targeted by a galactic slave cartel...Categorized as:
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![Eat My Moon Dust by Etta Pierce]()
Eat My Moon Dust by Etta Pierce
Tinsley Adams is fed up. She's a pastry chef stuck on an alien planet where cooked food is printed piping hot and perfect every time. Where's the fun in that? The artistry? The sense of family and community?When snow caps the distant mountains, she decides it's high time for some community-building festivities. No one throws a holiday bash like a Canadian, after all... -
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Submitted by Sam Burns, W.M. Fawkes
An alien bastard, a man without a home, and a war to end an entire planet…Beau: I never had a place to belong. The only gay kid in my small town on the shores of the southern Mississippi River, I’ve spent my life hiding who I am. And the night I came out of the closet? Yeah, my dad kicked me out of his house... -
![Chieftain by Annie Lucas]()
Chieftain by Annie Lucas
One would assume that turning sixty would protect a woman from certain things; cat calls, being propositioned every time you sat at a bar by yourself, the monthly menace, being kidnapped by aliens, the office letch, and a plethora of other annoyances weathered in her youth.Did I mention being kidnapped by aliens?Yeah, I was wrong about that one...Categorized as:
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![Head Over Feet by Ever-so-reylo]()
Head Over Feet by Ever-so-reylo
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsFandoms: Star Wars - All Media Types, Star Wars Sequel TrilogyRelationships: Kylo Ren/Rey, Rey/Ben Solo | Kylo Ren, Rey/Ben Solo--------------------------------------------------“Is it working, for you?” Maybe it comes out a little needy, but Rey tells herself that it’s only because of how low she has to pitch her voice to talk to him... -
![Detroit by J.N. Smith]()
Detroit by J.N. Smith
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsBetween her first cup of coffee and her daily dose of Xanax, Jane receives a cryptic warning from a trusted friend.Get out of the city. Now!Narrowly escaping with her children, she watches in horror as Detroit, along with dozens of cities across the globe, becomes trapped behind “Veils”.As Jane navigates the modern-day dystopia, she meets Army veteran Matt Patterson...Categorized as:
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![April's Fools by Ivy Asher, Raven Kennedy]()
April's Fools by Ivy Asher, Raven Kennedy
We were Army Rangers, the best of the best. And then one day, everything that we worked so hard to become was ripped away. Now, we’re in some podunk town, trying to find a sense of normal amongst the crazy, and learn how to live again. That gets a hell of a lot harder to do when a virus spreads mercilessly across the country, killing 85% of the people who contract it...Categorized as:
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![Claimed Among the Stars by V.K. Ludwig, Zoey Draven]()
Claimed Among the Stars by V.K. Ludwig, Zoey Draven
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsMake contact with the hottest alien anthology in the universe!Claimed Among the Stars will rocket you to reading bliss with more action, adventure, and pleasure than one planet can contain. Curl up with this collection of wild and wonderful heavenly bodies and venture to the unknown worlds that only your favorite sci-fi romance authors could create... -
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![State of Pursuit by Summer Lane]()
State of Pursuit by Summer Lane
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsABSOLUTELY HEART-STOPPING!" - Leti Del Mar, author of Land of the Unaltered "[Summer Lane] IS QUITE A TALENTED WRITER WITH AN AMAZING GIFT FOR NARRATION." - Janice White, Editor & Author of Clarity: A Text on Writing Cassidy Hart is alone. Her Commander and the love of her life, Chris Young, has gone missing in action... -
![Abducted by Love by Keri Lane]()
Abducted by Love by Keri Lane
Friends-to-lovers, reverse grumpy-sunshine, summer romance, and… aliens?Kayce Baxter and Casey Brenner (yes, the notorious two Caseys) are best friends and amateur alien hunters. Every summer they go camping in the backwoods of Canada, determined to find proof that aliens exist.Weird, sarcastic Kayce Baxter, has more than aliens on her mind...Categorized as:
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![Dead Heat by Katarina Vance]()
Dead Heat by Katarina Vance
There are far worse things out there than the zombiesSean has been alone since his unit was destroyed in the first weeks of the zombie outbreak, and he'd planned to stay that way. But when Dani's group of survivors shows up on his doorstep asking for shelter the loneliness finally hits home.Dani's group has been everything since zombies killed her parents and overran the refugee camp... -
![The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger]()
The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
This is the extraordinary love story of Clare and Henry, who met when Clare was six and Henry was thirty-six, and were married when Clare was twenty-two and Henry was thirty. Impossible but true, because Henry suffers from a rare condition where his genetic clock periodically resets and he finds himself pulled suddenly into his past or future...Categorized as:
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![The Alien Before Christmas by Luna Hunter]()
The Alien Before Christmas by Luna Hunter
A Sci-Fi Alien RomanceSnowed in. Not gonna lie, it doesn’t look great. Rescued by an alien. Not sure how to feel about this? He’s kinda hot, with his massive blue body, his feline eyes and towering horns… okay, scratch that. He’s super hot. But, he’s also an alien. So there’s that. And he’s Santa...Categorized as:
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![That Alien Feeling by Alessandra Hazard]()
That Alien Feeling by Alessandra Hazard
Banished by his parents to the third planet in the Sol system, Prince Harht’ngh’chaali of the Second Grand Clan is completely fascinated by its inhabitants. Assuming the human name “Harry,” he tries to pass for a human to survive, but being human is so much harder than Harry expected. Humans are so confusing. Adam Crawford isn’t looking for love... -
![DaR by Jennifer Julie Miller]()
DaR by Jennifer Julie Miller
KiraIn the blink of an eye, my whole world has collapsed around me. Headed towards my dream vacation I was snatched right out of the air. My husband, the love of my life, was destroyed right in front of my eyes. He fought bravely trying to protect me from a horror neither one of us could have ever imagined. I find myself standing in the spotlight on a stage...Categorized as:
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![Bloody Sunrise by Gwendolyn Harper]()
Bloody Sunrise by Gwendolyn Harper
Caitlin Meadows thought the worst part of her business trip would be the airport hassles and her overly chatty seatmate. However, when her plane is shot down, and she finds herself in the middle of a zombie virus outbreak, she realizes she was never prepared for terrors like these. Lost, alone, and afraid, Caitlin can only focus on one thing-- survival... -
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![Shades of Dark by Linnea Sinclair]()
Shades of Dark by Linnea Sinclair
Can love alone save the day? Award-winning author Linnea Sinclair returns with a vibrant interstellar thriller of romance and adventure in which two lovers are tested in the crucible of deep space, where there are only ¦ Before her court-martial, Captain Chasidah -Chaz- Bergren was the pride of the Sixth Fleet. Now she's a fugitive from the -justice- of a corrupt Empire...Categorized as:
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![Princess by Claire Kent]()
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... -
![No Words Alone by Autumn Dawn]()
No Words Alone by Autumn Dawn
Sometimes, love shines like a billion stars. As the only woman in a team of marooned explorers, whom do you trust--your friends...or your enemy? When Xera is stranded on a desert planet with a hostile crew and a cadre of murdering aliens, her friends aren't who she thinks they are. As the translator, she's the only one who can forge a truce... -
![Lonely Beard by Cassie Mint]()
Lonely Beard by Cassie Mint
I came to this mountain for market research. Now I’m sheltering from a storm with a bearded grump. Aiden McCrae has an attitude problem. Hey, maybe that’s why he can’t keep a mail order bride—but when I lose my cool and suggest that to him, waving my clipboard on his deck, he sends me away without another word.I don’t get far, though... -
![The Usual Family Mayhem by HelenKay Dimon]()
The Usual Family Mayhem by HelenKay Dimon
Rated: 3.57 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsRevenge is a dish best served cold—especially when it comes in the form of one of Grandma’s “special” pies. Get the best of family hijinks, girl power, and hilariously justifiable crime in the latest novel from award-winning author HelenKay Dimon.Kasey Nottingham needs a splashy idea at her company where they find and develop the next big thing for investors—her job depends on it... -
![After Sundown by Linda Howard, Linda Jones]()
After Sundown by Linda Howard, Linda Jones
From New York Times bestselling authors Linda Howard and Linda Jones, danger unites two guarded hearts as they struggle for survival... Sela Gordon, shy owner of a Tennessee general store, prefers solitude. If anyone can chip away at her protective shell it’s the handsome, mysterious, ex-military man who’s been hiding for two years in the wilds of Cove Mountain... -
![Barbarian's Mate by Ruby Dixon]()
Barbarian's Mate by Ruby Dixon
'Resonance' is supposed to be a dream - that's when your soulmate is chosen for you. And everyone on the ice planet has hooked up with a big, hunky soulmate of their own...except me. So do I want a mate? Heck yeah. More than anything, all I've ever wanted is to be loved by someone. Except that the soulmate chosen for me? My least favorite person on the darn ice planet... -
![Desert World Allegiances by Lyn Gala]()
Desert World Allegiances by Lyn Gala
Being condemned to slavery is a common enough occurrence on the desert planet of Livre, but this time, priest Shan Polli is determined to prevent the corrupt, soul-eating system from destroying one more life. Temar Grazer was sentenced for what amounted to a criminal prank—but Shan soon finds that the dangers extend far beyond Temar’s crime...Categorized as:
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![Freedom's Ransom by Anne McCaffrey]()
Freedom's Ransom by Anne McCaffrey
The inhabitants of the penal planet Botany had fought a grim and dangerous war to free themselves from their Eosi overlords. Now the Eosi were gone, and both Botany and Earth were free again - free, but in serious trouble as the theft of all their communications satellites by the Catteni (working for their Eosi masters) had left them isolated and in a desperate situation...Categorized as:
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![Beyond the Rain by Jess Granger]()
Beyond the Rain by Jess Granger
Rated: 3.59 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsIn a universe torn apart by civil war, a warrior and a slave must fight for their lives and a love that may destroy them both. After five years behind enemy lines, Captain Cyani has to complete one final mission before she can return to Azra-a planet ruled by a sisterhood of celibate warriors...Categorized as:
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![The Challenge by Susan Kearney]()
The Challenge by Susan Kearney
Rated: 3.68 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsShe was shot protecting the president, and woke up naked, in the arms of a hunk...A hunk named Kahn, who told Secret Service agent Tessa Camen an outlandish story about traveling through time, saving the world, and a Challenge only she can accept. Kahn offers her proof she can't refute: Tessa has been brought forward through time to save Earth by winning an intergalactic challenge...Categorized as:
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![Smart Girls Don’t Kiss Aliens by Alina Jacobs]()
Smart Girls Don’t Kiss Aliens by Alina Jacobs
Rated: 3.56 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsCrash-land on an alien barbarian planet and told there’s no way home?LMAO! I’m a rocket scientist. Miss me with that noise.Anyone else might have a nervous breakdown, but I was abducted with my besties! Between us, we have fifteen PhDs.We will be getting off this planet. Trust.No, I will not be finding an eternal bonded mate among the seven-foot-tall alien males...Categorized as:
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Star King by Susan Grant
Rated: 3.68 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsAn alien king, an Earth woman. Are they fated mates, or is fate stacked against them? Love and war on a galactic scale.Rom B’Kah is fighting for the survival of his people. During combat he encounters a beautiful and mysterious woman who saves his life. When she vanishes without a trace, he vows to find her again...Categorized as:
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![Promises to Keep by Janet Miller]()
Promises to Keep by Janet Miller
Rated: 3.43 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIn the distant future, with Earth near barren and men willing to commit to marriage almost non-existent, a group of young women leave to find husbands in the Outer Colonies. On their way they're hijacked by men from a rebel planet called Gaia. Gaian men can only make love to a woman they match and Dr...Categorized as:
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![Alien Warrior's Bounty by Lizzy Bequin]()
Alien Warrior's Bounty by Lizzy Bequin
Abducted by a cold-blooded bounty hunter...Literally cold blooded.Rogar is seven feet of muscle and power wrapped in smooth, reptilian scales.His client is an alien crime boss who wants me as his bride. As far as Rogar is concerned, I’m nothing but a paycheck.But when we find ourselves marooned on an mysterious planet, my alien captor becomes my protector...Categorized as:
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![Catnapped by the Catman by Jade Waltz]()
Catnapped by the Catman by Jade Waltz
Thick, silky and purrs for hours…Always the bridesmaid, but never the bride.That’s what I’m known for amongst my large group of friends and family.Arriving home alone from another wedding very much single not only sucked but only solidified the fact that I may never find love—and that I couldn't even afford to join the wedding party on the space cruise.It’s okay...Categorized as:
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