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  • Tyler by Nyssa Kathryn

    Tyler by Nyssa Kathryn

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 17 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: 4.78 of 5 stars
    · 11 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: 4.62 of 5 stars
    · 12 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...
  • Like a Calling by Lexa Luthor

    Like a Calling by Lexa Luthor

    Rated: 4.86 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    The Sworne have returned to the Milky Way!The Sworne arrive in Kander's airspace and demand only one thing; the surrender of all Earthlings for termination. Upon Kal's refusal, fighting ensues and hostages are taken on both sides until Kal and Charlie win the skirmish, forcing a ceasefire...
  • 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...
  • Collecting Stars by Lexa Luthor

    Collecting Stars by Lexa Luthor

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    An F/F Omegaverse Sci-Fi Romance Any landing you can limp away from is a good one! Faced with news about the future, Kal determines she must prepare her planet for a possible war. But will Charlie be there to support her? Or will Charlie run back to the stars? Join Charlie and Kal as their story continues in Book 4 of The Alpha God series...
  • Press Pound for Refund by V.K. Ludwig

    Press Pound for Refund by V.K. Ludwig

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 26 ratings
    I crash-landed with a strange alien on an even stranger planet.Our escape pod is busted, the food sucks, and the weather in this place is even worse. The kicker? The alien I crashed with says he knows two million ways to please a woman—but not how to make fire, hunt us food, or get us off this planet. Looks like I'm going to die out here. Preferably post-coital..
  • 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...
  • 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: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 11 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...
  • 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: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 5 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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  • The Robot Brood by Adrian Blue

    The Robot Brood by Adrian Blue

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    The robotic revolution swept across the planet like a tidal wave, crushing all human resistance. Humanity was left cowering in fear of the superior machines’ strength and cold intelligence. But that wasn’t enough for the robots. After years of secret machinations, the robot/human hybrid experiment is ready to be unleashed. All they need now are willing female hosts...
  • 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...
  • Alpha's Temptation by Lillian Sable

    Alpha's Temptation by Lillian Sable

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 8 ratings
    She had never heard the word Omega. When Aura crash lands on an alien planet, she finds herself surrounded by feral Alphas males. She doesn’t understand what has made them this way, but her only option is to run. They look like men, but act like animals and are consumed by the desire to take her in the most depraved ways. Ways that would literally tear her apart. All except one...
  • Deviant Control: Part 1 by L.V. Lane

    Deviant Control: Part 1 by L.V. Lane

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    ★ 1st Part ★ With her father on the ruling council, Doctor Lillian Brach had lived a coveted life. Rising to Director of the viral research program, she had carved a place for herself within the Empire. But her life plans changed the day she revealed as an Omega. Her former research partner, Erison Tsing, has assumed control of the program...
  • 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...
  • Captured by H.R. Savage

    Captured by H.R. Savage

    Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars
    · 9 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: 3.88 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 8 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...
  • Captured by Milana Jacks

    Captured by Milana Jacks

    Rated: 3.87 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 11 ratings
    Omi When an alien shows up down the river, I pick her off and put her in my cave like any other item I store. Except this alien moves into my nest and forces my transition into a male. There's only one female who can do that, and after a thousand turns, she has arrived to me. The problem? I haven't taken my male shape in many turns. I'm practically an animal...
  • Alien Passion by Hannah Haze

    Alien Passion by Hannah Haze

    Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 6 ratings
    Falling for my alien prince and moving into his palace — the start of my happily-ever-after, right? Wrong.Life on his planet, Astia, is anything but a fairytale. Restricted, confined and repressed, my role as a prince’s mate is a far cry from my adventures as a space cadet. It seems I’m not the only one disgruntled with life on Astia. Rebellion is brewing. And the people want my prince to lead it...
  • The Arrangement by Laura Taylor

    The Arrangement by Laura Taylor

    Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Oliver Levy: Polite, dignified, intelligent… and one of the world’s few remaining omegas. When Oliver receives a devastating medical diagnosis, his entire world is turned upside down. His hormonal cycle is out of control, and during his next heat, he must either find an alpha willing to mate with him, or risk dying as his entire body goes into overdrive...
  • Coveted by Leann Ryans

    Coveted by Leann Ryans

    Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 5 ratings
    Beautiful.Rich.Spoiled.Alana was a Princess in every sense of the word. Coming from the wealthy, ruling family on a new planet, it was a bit of a shock to be held to the standards of the rest of the universe, but she was a prize many Coveted.Rough.Harsh.Common.Vax may have been the new Chancellor of Farcon 1, but that didn’t mean he would change...
  • Aliens Abducted My Heart by Hawke Oakley

    Aliens Abducted My Heart by Hawke Oakley

    Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 37 ratings
    Maybe crash landing on an alien planet isn't so bad... After a piloting blunder strands Captain Levi and his crew on a bizarre floral planet, their peace mission becomes more of a 'get home ASAP' mission. But they're not alone. They’re greeted by big, hunky aliens who are as strange and beautiful as the flowers. When the aliens welcome them with open arms—and tentacles—Levi is wary...
  • Hired to Protect by Leann Ryans

    Hired to Protect by Leann Ryans

    Rated: 3.84 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 10 ratings
    When Penelope's ex doesn't get the hint that it's over between them, and decides she needs a little more force to understand, she take matters into her own hands and hires an Alpha to protect her...
  • 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...
  • Given to the Major by Emily Tilton

    Given to the Major by Emily Tilton

    Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 9 ratings
    For the Magisterian Federation, the military subjugation of Sara's planet was only part of the price her people will pay for their defiance. As the beautiful public relations specialist is about to learn in a very personal way, for a conquest to be fully complete it must be utterly humiliating...
  • The Alien's Coveted Omega by Sienna Sway

    The Alien's Coveted Omega by Sienna Sway

    Rated: 3.70 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 10 ratings
    AddyFor months now, I have watched the humans make a mockery of our culture and society.It is time for my group of alpha outliers, to make things right again, even if that means starting a society of our own. One where alphas rule the way they are meant to.The only thing I didn't see coming was Alil, and just how easily my brother's best friend can sway me into a different way of thinking...
  • 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...
  • Bred by the Alien Prince by Morrigan Black

    Bred by the Alien Prince by Morrigan Black

    Rated: 3.55 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 10 ratings
    A stowaway. An alien prince. Everything gone wrong. They never expected to steal each other's hearts.CaspianSo there I was, just a regular guy trying to sneak onto a spaceship headed for a new alien colony, when BAM! My life took one hell of a turn. Next thing I know, I'm getting all cozy with this tall, blond, and brutally handsome alien warrior...
  • Hunted by Liliana Carlisle

    Hunted by Liliana Carlisle

    Rated: 3.49 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 23 ratings
    He's coming for me.All alone, it’s only a matter of time before he finds where I hide.You can only escape the Collectors for so long.He’ll want to break me.Destroy me.Leave me on my knees, gasping for air.But there’s a fight in me he won’t expect.I can only hope he doesn’t drag me into the darkness with him.Hunted is the first book in The Alpha Collectors, a M/F Omegaverse Romance series...
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