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  • The Ceph Sector by Jenny Schwartz

    The Ceph Sector by Jenny Schwartz

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The legendary Ceph have been in stasis for forty two millennia. In a century, they’ll wake. History remembers them as an unstoppable force, employing a mysterious power to decimate sentient life on the planets they attacked. Jaya’s first mission as a new Shaman Justice is to lead an expedition into the perilous Ceph Sector...
  • Victoria's Challenge by M.K. Eidem

    Victoria's Challenge by M.K. Eidem

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    Victoria Lynn Chamberlain… at two, she was abducted by an alien race, the Regulians… at nine, her world literally explodes when the Regulians returned, destroying Earth. She and her Aunt are the only survivors thanks to another alien race, the Carinians. Now she’s eighteen, a new graduate from their top medical school, and is ready to claim her life mate...
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  • Endark by Honey Phillips

    Endark by Honey Phillips

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 38 ratings
    Can a determined human bride save an alien shifter from his beast?Half human and half Vultor - and rejected by both - Endark has lived his life alone. The only family he knows is the one he has formed with his warrior brothers. But even that bond is not enough to save him from his father’s cruel legacy. His only hope is a mate who will calm his inner beast...
  • Galactic Gladiators Set: Books 7-9 by Anna Hackett

    Galactic Gladiators Set: Books 7-9 by Anna Hackett

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Fighting for love, honor, and freedom on the galaxy’s lawless outer rim…When several women from Earth find themselves abducted from a space station by alien slavers, life becomes a battle for survival on a dangerous desert planet.Includes:Beast: Rescued by gladiators on the alien world of Carthago, starship pilot Mia is working to find other abducted humans who are still lost...
  • Hatched by Erin Tate, Celia Kyle

    Hatched by Erin Tate, Celia Kyle

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Taulan joi Lana Coburn, War Master of the Preor third fleet, is finally having his wishes granted. He has a mate and will soon have two dragonlets to protect and love. But only if he can live to see them born. Or, as his Lana says, hatched . This short story is set in the DRAGONS OF PREOR world and does not stand alone...
  • Supreme's Kiss by M.K. Eidem

    Supreme's Kiss by M.K. Eidem

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    All Kirall wanted to do was bring his mate home, love her, and make sure she never suffered again as she had on Earth.All Autumn wanted was to make a home on Mondu, love Kirall, and maybe have a family.While some on Mondu embrace and support the return of the Supremes, others do not. Not everyone is happy Supremes have returned. Change causes conflict. Lives are about to change...
  • Dark Strength by Cynthia Sax, Amanda Kelsey

    Dark Strength by Cynthia Sax, Amanda Kelsey

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    The Bigger They Are, The Harder They Fall. Balvan, the Refuge’s Gatekeeper, is huge, green, and has a reputation for crushing skulls. He’s a modified humanoid, genetically designed to be the ultimate warrior. One of a kind and considered monstrous by many, he never expects to find his mate, the one female meant for him...
    Categorized as:
    aliens  m-f  futuristic  military  science fiction
  • Legacy by Tana Stone

    Legacy by Tana Stone

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 9 ratings
    The Drexian Academy has four schools and four rules. Beware of the Assassins.Don't cross the Blades.Trust the Irons.The Wings go as one.Break them at your peril.Ariana is the first human instructor at the Drexian Academy and the first female to teach flight to cocky cadets. She’s the best Earth has to offer with a lot to prove...
  • Fated to the Alien Lord: A Sci-Fi Alien Romance by Ella Blake

    Fated to the Alien Lord: A Sci-Fi Alien Romance by Ella Blake

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    I survived the destruction of my ship but now I’m stuck protecting my only shelter—the crashed wreck. I’m a trained soldier, but not prepared for wilderness survival on an alien planet. When a color-shifting alien male named Zurian finds me, I…well, I shoot at him, but after that, I’m intrigued by the gorgeous male who carries a staff and claims to be searching for his missing brothers...
  • Drace by Ava Ross

    Drace by Ava Ross

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Can a fierce alien dragon warrior claim his mate before she’s stolen from him forever?Aria: Determined to overcome my scaredy-cat status, I make a dare-me checklist. First on the list? Sign up for the Driegon mail-order bride selection...
  • Cultivating the Alien by Ava Ross

    Cultivating the Alien by Ava Ross

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    My new job gives me the chance to put my past behind me. Only one problem: I’m falling for my bad boy boss…After my ex dumps my possessions on the sidewalk, cleans out our bank account, and steals my landscaping business, I'm once again submitting job applications. It’s that or no roof over my head...
  • A Monster's Love by Lynnea Lee

    A Monster's Love by Lynnea Lee

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    TRJUNWhen I charged the enemy to rescue a ravishing female who caught my eye, I didn’t expect the mate bond to drop me to my knees. Captured, I’m locked behind electrified bars in a genetic lab where a researcher throws the female into my cell and demands we reproduce.I vow to do everything in my power to make my little mate happy, but I won’t claim her until I extricate us from this cruel prison...
  • Weapons Master by Anna Hackett

    Weapons Master by Anna Hackett

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    A grumpy cyborg weapons master collides with a feisty mechanic from Earth who turns his ordered existence upside down.Abducted from her exploration ship and enslaved on a desert world, mechanic Bellamy Walsh has fought for her survival. She’s had to fight for everything in her life, and she doesn’t ever expect things to be easy...
  • The Savior of Her Heart: A SciFi Alien Romance by Miranda Martin

    The Savior of Her Heart: A SciFi Alien Romance by Miranda Martin

    Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Love may not be simple, well, or maybe it is...Survivor’s guilt is what they call it. I don’t know about all of that, but I do know that every day is the same. I question the purpose of my existence until Captain Nyanna presents an offer too enticing to resist...
  • Dark Flight by Cynthia Sax

    Dark Flight by Cynthia Sax

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    His mission. His challenge. His forever. Orol, the Refuge's second-in-command, has been given what he believes is a simple mission--escort two human females to the settlement. The winged warrior arrives at the meeting site to find one of the females missing and the other aiming a gun at his head. To rescue the first, he must capture the second...
  • Galactic Gladiators Set: Books 10-12 by Anna Hackett

    Galactic Gladiators Set: Books 10-12 by Anna Hackett

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Fighting for love, honor, and freedom on the galaxy’s lawless outer rim…When several women from Earth find themselves abducted from a space station by alien slavers, life becomes a battle for survival on a dangerous desert planet...
  • Transcend by Sandra R. Neeley

    Transcend by Sandra R. Neeley

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Elite Force Commander Kol Ra’ Don Tol has been obsessed with Earth and its cultures for as long as he can remember. He’s thrilled when the gods smile on him, giving him an Ehlealah, a mate, that is human. But she’s suffered traumas and abuse that no being should have to endure. As a result, she’s not as receptive to his claim that she’s his as he hoped she’d be...
    Categorized as:
    aliens  m-f  science fiction  length-medium
  • Revealed: A Sci-Fi Alien Warrior Romance by Tana Stone

    Revealed: A Sci-Fi Alien Warrior Romance by Tana Stone

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Maxxon was sent to Earth to procure a tribute bride for the Drexians. There’s only one problem. The woman he’s protecting as violent aliens invade Earth is not her.Maxxon’s job is to locate and retrieve the human females targeted to be tribute brides. The key is to find them, charm them, and return with them to the space station without anyone noticing. And he has a perfect success rate—until now...
    Categorized as:
    aliens  m-f  science fiction  humor
  • Experiment 07h1m by Miranda Martin

    Experiment 07h1m by Miranda Martin

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Fated. Meant to be. I'll trade my soul to save him.I know he's my fated mate the moment I see his frost-rimed face through the suspended animation chamber's viewport. My heart stops and it feels like the entire universe clicks into place. Like the music of the stars themselves sings our names, calling us together.But life in the bunker is hard...
  • Mated to the Alien Warlord by Bella Blair

    Mated to the Alien Warlord by Bella Blair

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    I was ordered to marry her, but soon she is all I can think about. DAMARIS: Married by proxy to Warlord Vandor to ensure the safety of my father's kingdom, I'm kidnapped before I even meet my groom. But when he rides to my rescue, he is more than I could have ever dreamed of in a man, and I can hardly believe my good luck.But I should have known that there is always a price to pay for happiness...
  • Craved by the Alien Warlord by Bella Blair

    Craved by the Alien Warlord by Bella Blair

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    She doesn't seem to like me, but soon she will realize that she is MINE.CHRISSY: I came to the alien planet to liberate the enslaved humans, unfortunately I soon learn that things are not always what they seem. Falling for one of the handsome Thyre warlords is not part of the mission I set myself next—unfortunately Kendryx is not making resisting him easy...
  • Hunter: Desert Hunter / Alien Hunter / Glactic Gladiator Christmas by Anna Hackett

    Hunter: Desert Hunter / Alien Hunter / Glactic Gladiator Christmas by Anna Hackett

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    strong>From the dangerous desert sands to the deadly glitz of the city, the lawless desert planet of Carthago is filled with lethal hunters risking it all for the women who capture their hearts. HUNTER contains two novellas and one short story all set in the Galactic Gladiators series...
  • A Very Arcav Christmas by Hope Hart

    A Very Arcav Christmas by Hope Hart

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Babies, weddings, and Christmas... oh my! For the human women on Arcavia, there's plenty to celebrate during the holidays. Sure, the Grivath are a constant threat, but with a surprise wedding to plan, a baby on the way, and even a visit from Santa, the first Arcav Christmas is sure to be incredible...
  • The Fractured Mate by Susan Trombley

    The Fractured Mate by Susan Trombley

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 27 ratings
    As a captive of aliens, Paisley is forced to work as an engineering assistant on an ancient wrecker starship. She knows she has to keep her head down and her behavior humble in order to survive. When the crew responds to an automated distress call from an Akrellian warship that shouldn’t be malfunctioning, she senses a threat, but she knows no one will listen to her warnings...
  • His Human Stalker by Michele Mills

    His Human Stalker by Michele Mills

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    I suffer from resting bitch face (RBF).It’s sad but true. As a result, I turn people away. I’m not exactly bubbly and friendly.This is probably why my lonely job as a private investigator is perfect for my skill set. Usually, I’m very good at what I do. I get the job done and move on. But my latest assignment has thrown me for a loop...
  • A Darkside Interlude (Darkstar Mercenaries .5) by Anna Carven

    A Darkside Interlude (Darkstar Mercenaries .5) by Anna Carven

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Commander Iskar Gar-Kurai isn't impressed by humans or their backwater planet. If he had his way, he'd be working closer to home, on a planet where it wasn't so infernally hot ... But orders are orders, especially when they come from the very top. If he's going to be on Earth for the long term, Iskar needs to learn more about its strange inhabitants...
  • Defender by Anna Hackett

    Defender by Anna Hackett

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Rescued from alien slavers, the only place she feels safe is in the brawny arms of a big, gruff cyborg... Astrophysicist Dr. Jayna Lennox's life imploded the day her ship was attacked by aliens. Through months of captivity, she's survived by shutting down and not feeling. Then she's freed by the House of Rone cyborgs and finds herself in the arms of huge, tough Mace...
  • Vixin by Tana Stone

    Vixin by Tana Stone

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    It's the most wonderful time of the year...to be stranded with an alien on an ice planet.Noelle is finally leaving her job on the Drexian space station and going home to Scotland for the holidays. Two things she didn't expect: to be sharing the trip with a hot Neebix named Vixin and for their ship to crash land on a frozen planet...
  • Roar! by Zeta Star

    Roar! by Zeta Star

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 11 ratings
    Without Roar – you try pronouncing it, okay? -- I’d be dead in that pod. And when he purrs and does that thing with his... I think I’ll keep him.Abducted by space lizards? Check.Experimented on? Check.Rescued by seven feet of hot, alien male? Check!Roar’s a bit shy, furry with claws and a metal arm, and his best friend is a spaceship named Killer. That’s a little scary...
  • Manu by Anna Hackett

    Manu by Anna Hackett

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    As the battle against the invading aliens intensifies, a group of bad boy bikers and mercenaries will stand and fight for humanity’s survival… When former berserker Manu Rahia lost his leg on a mission, he was forced to leave his squad...
  • Redemption by Sandra R. Neeley

    Redemption by Sandra R. Neeley

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Cast aside and forced to live apart from his family as a child, Rokai ahl has become insolent, resentful, angry, borderline criminal, and a general outcast as an adult. He has managed to build a life for himself in which he answers to no one and nothing. His loyalty lies with only himself...
  • Alien's Fire by Lynnea Lee

    Alien's Fire by Lynnea Lee

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    VIVIANWhat does it take for a chubby, socially awkward girl to get all the attention? Easy peasy. Just get kidnapped from Earth and thrown onto an alien planet. Since landing here, I’ve been fought over by every single alien I’ve met. Even the local wildlife want a taste.The one who has me now is terrifying...
  • Taming Jax by Mikayla Lane

    Taming Jax by Mikayla Lane

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Jaxson Adronatof had vowed as a child that she would spend her life hunting the evil that had slaughtered her parents and help those like her, who were different. For 15 years, she’d been the leader of a resistance force and one stubborn, arrogant and frustratingly gorgeous alien claiming she’s his mate isn’t going to deter her from that vow...
  • The Iriduan's Mate by Susan Trombley

    The Iriduan's Mate by Susan Trombley

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 9 ratings
    A former elite Iriduan soldier, Shulgi lives with many regrets...He’s determined to redeem himself by curing the mate imprinting affliction that affects Iriduan males. Unfortunately, the necessity for secrecy makes it difficult to spread the cure to those males in need of it most...
  • Rescued by the Zandian by Renee Rose, Rebel West

    Rescued by the Zandian by Renee Rose, Rebel West

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Humans lie.I learned that lesson once before.I thought I found a mate, but she betrayed us all.I won't let that happen again.Not even when I find Sia and four other females nearly dead on a defunct planet.Not when the lovely female is remanded to my custody.She's not being honest about what she knows.But with a little pressure, a little punishment, I might get her to talk.Teach her to obey...
  • Protected By The Alien Bodyguard by Kate Sinner

    Protected By The Alien Bodyguard by Kate Sinner

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 9 ratings
    Wanted for murder. Pursued by desire. Can we outrun both?I just killed someone. My alien owner, to be precise. I've been abducted and held captive for what feels like forever, kept as some glorified pet. I thought life couldn't get any worse...until he walked in...
  • Dragon's Secret Baby by Miranda Martin

    Dragon's Secret Baby by Miranda Martin

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    You’re broken, just like me...TamaraThe voice of my mother echoes in my thoughts.The nausea, the mood swings, all of it has to be a mistake. A joke. And not a funny one at that. I cannot *possibly* be pregnant...
  • Alien Retribution by Sadie Carter

    Alien Retribution by Sadie Carter

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Since the day his family was murdered, Boris has been obsessed with vengeance. The last thing he needs in his life is a mate. Besides, what sort of female would want a scarred, crippled male who has taken a vow of silence? Nope, there is no room in his life for a female. Then he meets Nassir. Beautiful. Fragile. Distant...
  • Bane's Heart by Michelle Howard

    Bane's Heart by Michelle Howard

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Bane Hardusho is one of the famed Jutak Warriors from Team Three fighting for justice. When a potential career ending injury sidelines him, his position within the elite group is jeopardized. A military rehab center holds the only hope of helping him to get back on his feet. He should be concentrating on regaining his ability to walk, not the beautiful medic assistant assigned to help him...
  • Alien Beast by Lili Zander

    Alien Beast by Lili Zander

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    This human I’m saddled with is… happy.Cheerful, even.She likes to sing to the cat.Kill me now.A year ago, an explosion – the same explosion that killed my best friend – destroyed me.Ruined me.Made me look like a monster.I’m a shadow of the man I once was.I want to be left alone.Instead… there’s Bella.Bella, who sings when she’s happy.Who likes to talk...
  • Dragon's Protection by Miranda Martin

    Dragon's Protection by Miranda Martin

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Sometimes your greatest fears bring you where you need to be, no matter how hard the road is... Victoria... I was stupid. Scared and stupid when I followed the racist leader of the anti-Zmaj into the desert. We were exiled from the rest of the human survivors but hey, at least I was getting away from the huge and intimidating, dragon-like Zmaj warriors...
  • Golden Darkness by Viola Grace

    Golden Darkness by Viola Grace

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Janessa’s bond was sold to a mining consortium. If she can make it five years, she’s free. A blood-drinking Hmrain stops her plans.Janessa’s bond was sold to a mining company. She had no idea if she would be administration or grunt work. She could do either, but her learning issues meant that she was more likely to end up working to death...
  • How My Krynch Saved Christmas: An Otherworldly Christmas by Sandra R. Neeley

    How My Krynch Saved Christmas: An Otherworldly Christmas by Sandra R. Neeley

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    One bitter, disillusioned, post-menopausal human female who’s experienced so much pain that she can’t even enjoy Christmas anymore.One large, green, alien bounty-hunter with a no-nonsense attitude who wants nothing more than to slip onto the forbidden planet (Earth), capture his targets and get out before anyone notices he’s there...
  • Protected by the Alien Space Guardian: My Monster, My Protector by Bella Blair

    Protected by the Alien Space Guardian: My Monster, My Protector by Bella Blair

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 8 ratings
    In the depths of space our worlds collide…ZOE: After aliens invaded Earth I am abducted and taken on a spaceship, bound for an unknown fate. Not even the company of other prisoners grants any hope, as we are all struggling to survive.Just as it seems the ship is about to crash, a mysterious savior appears—a powerful alien with eyes as dark as space...
  • Ziva's Prince by Miranda Martin

    Ziva's Prince by Miranda Martin

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I was a Princess of the Stars. I had everything, or so it seemed.On the Generation Ship I was a socialite. My life was lived in the public eye. It was great, on the outside. Everyone wanted me or wanted to be me.Then we crashed.Here we humans have a dragon-alien protector. The way he looks at my former ship-mate Riley is the one thing I never had. A man who saw me...
  • Ascension Saga: 8 - Destiny, Part 2 by Grace Goodwin

    Ascension Saga: 8 - Destiny, Part 2 by Grace Goodwin

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Destiny has a problem—a six-foot-three, stubborn, gorgeous, deadly, sex-on-a-stick—kind of problem. While her brain might want to kick his ass across the galaxy, the rest of her wants to jump him like a bouncy house. Ardor or not, she’s hunting a killer. Nix is going all protective, alpha male, claiming she’s his mate just because she had a few mind-blowing moments in his bed...
  • Shifter Planet: The Return by D.B. Reynolds

    Shifter Planet: The Return by D.B. Reynolds

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Rachel Fortier is a much sought-after expert when it comes to exotic planets—especially the deadly kind. So when she’s hired by Earth Fleet’s most respected scientist to join a mission to the tightly closed planet Harp, it’s a dream come true. Until she discovers their mission is to capture shifters and sell them to theMilitary...
  • The Edge of it All by Jessica Grayson

    The Edge of it All by Jessica Grayson

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    As a Commander in the Terran space program, I never expected to wake up from cryosleep in a cage. When I’m rescued by a fierce Mosauran warrior, I am both grateful and wary. Soran is a Prince of the Empire, and his species is one of the most feared in the galaxy. But the more time we spend together, the more I find myself drawn to him in ways I don’t understand...
  • The Pryxz's Revenge by Bella Blair

    The Pryxz's Revenge by Bella Blair

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    They thought they could separate us. . . they were wrong. Gianna is MINE!Gianna: My disfigurements have served me well aboard the Vile One's Flagship. I appall the most hardened pirate, but when I am tasked with healing the most handsome male I have ever seen, my disfigurements bother me for the first time in my life...
  • Avow by Sandra R. Neeley

    Avow by Sandra R. Neeley

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    General Lo’San is second in command on Command Warship 1. Refusing the matriarchal ways of his home planet, he broke all ties and left for Cruestace in the hopes of joining their military and building a better life for himself. He’s kept his singular focus pinpoint sharp. One’s integrity, one’s honor, one’s duty is all that matters. Warriors aboard his warship have found and claimed their females...
    Categorized as:
    aliens  m-f  science fiction  length-medium
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