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Dark Hunter’s Boon by I. T. Lucas
As Orion and Alena’s relationship blooms and solidifies, the two investigative teams combine their recent discoveries to piece together more of the Kra-ell mystery. Attacking the puzzle from another angle, Eleanor works on gaining access to Echelon’s powerful AI spy network. Together, they are getting dangerously close to finding the elusive Kra-ell. -
![Healed by My Hyde by Honey Phillips]()
Healed by My Hyde by Honey Phillips
He’s the one man in town she’s been warned about. So why does he feel like the only safe place to be? Pregnant and seeking a quiet place to start over, Chloe arrives in Fairhaven Falls hoping for a peaceful sanctuary. What she finds is Dr. Victor Jackson—a male as handsome as he is rigidly controlled...Categorized as:
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![Blake by Nyssa Kathryn]()
Blake by Nyssa Kathryn
A past that can't be changed. A future as uncertain as their relationship. Willow Foster has been a single mother for most of her young daughter's life, ever since the girl's father-a man Willow thought she'd be with forever-inexplicably disappeared. Now, just as mysteriously, he's back, living in Cradle Mountain, Idaho...Categorized as:
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![The Orc's Captive Bride by Honey Phillips]()
The Orc's Captive Bride by Honey Phillips
The Five Kingdoms are poised to fall into eternal darkness. All hope lies in a forgotten prophecy—and a woman from another world. Dr. Thea Monroe knows nothing of prophecies. She only knows she's been transported to a strange new world, kidnapped by a terrifying orc warrior, and is being dragged toward the heart of an enemy's empire... -
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![Dark God's Reviviscence by I. T. Lucas]()
Dark God's Reviviscence by I. T. Lucas
Toven might have failed in his attempts to improve humanity's condition, but he isn't going to fail to improve Mia's life, making it the best it can be despite her fragile health, and he can do that not as a god, but as a man who possesses the means, the smarts, and the determination to do it...Categorized as:
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![More of Us to the West by Trinity Dunn]()
More of Us to the West by Trinity Dunn
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsI wanted to disappear. .. and then I did. On a trip to reignite the spark in her marriage, Alaina Grace’s upgraded first-class ticket places her far from her husband and next to the notorious Jack Volmer, a former teen actor who’d previously hung on posters in her childhood bedroom...Categorized as:
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![Salvage Right by Sharon Lee, Steve Miller]()
Salvage Right by Sharon Lee, Steve Miller
Rated: 4.68 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsA NEW NOVEL IN THE NATIONALLY BEST-SELLING LIADEN UNIVERSE® SERIES. A door never closes, but a window opens . . . With origins in the Old Universe, the malevolent, acquisitive intelligence of Tinsori Light sought to infect others with itself, and send those agents out into the wide new universe to infect even more... -
![Alien Mercenary's Prize by Mina Carter]()
Alien Mercenary's Prize by Mina Carter
Natalia Heath is a survivor. She’ll survive an alien fight pit. No problem. On the run from her crime lord father most of her life, Nat knows how to survive in the worst places in the universe. Being kidnapped by aliens and thrown into a gladiatorial arena to fight for her life is just another turn of bad luck in a lifetime of them. She just needs to figure out a plan to escape... -
![Ribbon Dance by Sharon Lee, Steve Miller]()
Ribbon Dance by Sharon Lee, Steve Miller
Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsNEW ENTRY IN THE BEST-SELLING LIADEN UNIVERSE® SERIES. On a world where cake is a necessity, it takes the Grid to protect the civilized and the deaf from the dire influences of the ambient and to keep the chaotic Haosa at bay... -
![Dad Bod Ogre by Lynnea Lee]()
Dad Bod Ogre by Lynnea Lee
I just won the bride lottery! Except I don’t want to go to Earth, marry some spoiled rich kid, and live in the lap of luxury. That’s someone else’s dream, not mine. My life is here on Stars’ End, farming cheeka silk and breathing fresh mountain air. There’s only one thing to I pack my gear, say a temporary goodbye to my beloved cheekas, and set out into the great unknown... -
![High Roller: A Dark Fated Mates Mafia Romance by Delta James]()
High Roller: A Dark Fated Mates Mafia Romance by Delta James
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAxel gave Victoria the impossible choice, and she chose him. Victoria. My brother is dead. He’s been dead for five years and no one seems inclined to bring those who killed him to justice. Well, no one except me. Axel. I’m in negotiation with the Albanian mob. They think I’m going to stand with them against the others. They’re wrong. Atlantic City is my town… or at least it’s going to be... -
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High Bet by Delta James
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAt night he invades my dreams… during the day I can’t forget the way he made me feel during those dreams. Lauren. I am the leader of a rogue band of vixens, who left our origin skulk to live our dream—owning a catering company. The problem is our dream costs money, and we don’t have any. The solution is doing what foxes do best… steal. Now I’m way in way over my head...Categorized as:
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![Where Dragons Collide by T.A. White]()
Where Dragons Collide by T.A. White
Tate is about to face her biggest challenge yet—navigating high society. After the events in the Harridan’s city, Tate is settling back into life in her chosen home of Aurelia. Peace doesn’t last long when a simple misjudgment leads to an event Tate would do anything to avoid—making her formal debut to court... -
![Kiss of Luck (Syndicate Masters: Midwest) by Delta James]()
Kiss of Luck (Syndicate Masters: Midwest) by Delta James
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDifferent Vices. Different Beasts. Different Mafias. The need to claim their mate's heart is the same.Categorized as:
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![Despair by Lana Pecherczyk]()
Despair by Lana Pecherczyk
Do villains deserve their happy ever after? Daisy Lazarus is the genetically modified warrior of the forgotten deadly sin despair. After spending most of her life as the villain, she has finally been brought back into the fold and wants nothing more than to fit in, to find herself, and to prove she was worth saving...Categorized as:
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Rudi by Honey Phillips
Clarice is grateful for the chance to have left a dying Earth - she just wishes she hadn’t ended up somewhere quite so cold. But then she gets thrown into a rescue mission with a huge, muscular alien with glowing skin - and antlers! - and suddenly things on NorPol are heating up! Rudi has long since accepted that he is… different from the rest of his tribe... -
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The Inheritance Trilogy by N.K. Jemisin
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsIn this omnibus edition of N. K. Jemisin's brilliantly original award-winning fantasy series, a young woman becomes entangled in a power struggle of mythic proportions. A REALM OF GODS AND MORTALS. Yeine Darr is an outcast from the barbarian north. But when her mother dies under mysterious circumstances, she is summoned to the majestic city of Sky... -
![Moonlight Bride by Riley Storm]()
Moonlight Bride by Riley Storm
Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsThe new neighbors have moved in, and they’re a real howl…. Chloe goes to warn them of the giant wolf roaming around, fully expecting to go home alone. When she accidentally lets slip that her tractor is broken, however, the handsome new neighbor insists on coming to help. Overwhelmed since leaving the city and her past behind, Chloe accepts his offer...Categorized as:
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![The Naga Shaman's Pregnant Mate by Robin O'Connor]()
The Naga Shaman's Pregnant Mate by Robin O'Connor
Stranded. Pregnant. Hunted. Falling for a deadly alien shaman was not in my birth plan. Nala. I woke in a glowing coffin, belly heavy, panic clawing at my throat. Then he appeared—white scales, golden eyes, and a voice like velvet over steel. He saved me… but I don’t know if I can trust anyone, not after what the Krektar did. I just want to protect my baby. That’s it...Categorized as:
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![Wrecked Intel by Mandy M. Roth]()
Wrecked Intel by Mandy M. Roth
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOperative: Cody Livingston. Former Immortal Op, Cody Livingston, thought he'd signed up to be a better soldier and to serve his country. He didn't know he'd come out of the other side of the underground testing a were-shark. He'd not even realized supernaturals were a real thing prior to becoming one...Categorized as:
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![Complication: Syndicate Masters Northern Lights by Delta James]()
Complication: Syndicate Masters Northern Lights by Delta James
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAlliances are made. Complications are kept. Judgments are demanded. From USA Today Bestselling Author Delta James, another sensational book in the Syndicate Masters, Northern Lights romance series. Little did I know my search for stolen art would become a complication for the boss of the Valhalla Syndicate. A complication he has decided to keep...Categorized as:
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![Irish War Cry by Victoria Danann]()
Irish War Cry by Victoria Danann
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCRAP IN A CAULDRON. What if you woke up tomorrow to find you're no longer human? New York Times bestseller, Victoria Danann, author of Best Paranormal Romance Series the past four years in a row, continues the fast paced and breathlessly sexy adventures of D. I. T. Rosie hired Irish elf twins, Sheridan and Shivaun O'Malley for the newly formed Department of Interdimensional Trespass... -
![After the Storms by Liz Hambleton]()
After the Storms by Liz Hambleton
The conclusion for The Another sanctuary and another lie. After fleeing for their lives, Rowan’s band of survivors makes it to the Underground. The last to find her way, the welcome that greets her is not a warm one. She’s about to find out just how far the web of betrayal spreads, touching everything she holds dear. All the while, her family is kept from her, too far away to reach...Categorized as:
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![Bidding on the Orc Outcast by Honey Phillips]()
Bidding on the Orc Outcast by Honey Phillips
What happens when you win the town’s grumpiest orc? Posy is brand new to Fairhaven Falls, but she’s determined to find her place in the charming small town—even if it means participating in an unusual bachelor auction. But she certainly doesn’t expect to end up bidding on the mysterious orc who everyone seems to avoid...Categorized as:
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![Alien Warrior Unclaimed by Ava Ross]()
Alien Warrior Unclaimed by Ava Ross
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsShe means everything to me. Can I protect her from a vicious game? I was stolen by invaders when I was three seasons old and taken to Lord Vunne’s chamber. There, he tried to mold me into a monster. I became fast friends with other youngling males who I soon called my brothers...Categorized as:
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![Monstrous Truths by K.A. Knight]()
Monstrous Truths by K.A. Knight
Thirty years ago the world as we know it was lost. Now humans live like rats, desperate for food and safety, the wall towering before us as a mocking reminder of what happened…. But some, some are born into privilege and wealth and I am one of those. I spend my days trying to change the world we live in, fighting for the truth as any good scientist does...Categorized as:
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![Remy by Susan A. Bliler]()
Remy by Susan A. Bliler
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsUnaware of the volatile past between her brother and her Commander, Harlow EnemyHunter doesn’t understand her Commander’s clear aversion to her presence on his team. Determined to fit in, Harlow goes to great lengths to prove her worth, earn respect, and hide her infatuation for her Commanding Officer. Remy McCabe has waited years to get revenge on fellow Skin Walker, Mason EnemyHunter... -
![Reaver's Hunt by Elin Wyn, Starr Huntress]()
Reaver's Hunt by Elin Wyn, Starr Huntress
She sings as she dances, her long golden hair glistening in the sun, the only brightness I can see. From a distance I have watched her, guarded her. Slain any dangers. I should have brought her back to the aerie long before this, but a burning in my blood has stopped me. She is mine. Mine alone. A new threat has arisen, enemies unknown. I can keep my distance no longer...Categorized as:
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![Healed by the Orc by Robin O'Connor]()
Healed by the Orc by Robin O'Connor
My vacation turns on its head when ancient stones throw me straight into the arms of an Orc. Shannon. I’m dying, that’s what the doctors told me. Visiting my ancestral farm in Ireland is the one thing I still want to do. Well, I get to see green. Lots of it, but not in the way I imagined... -
![Nanny For The Alien Warlord: A SciFi Romance by Athena Storm, Tara Starr]()
Nanny For The Alien Warlord: A SciFi Romance by Athena Storm, Tara Starr
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI’ll do anything to save my kids. I’ll even be his servant. In any other situation, I’d give this gorgeous warlord a piece of my mind. Who does he think he is that I’d fall for that handsome face, those ripped abs, and lick-worthy muscles? Yes, this warlord is the only thing protecting me and my two little kids from the tyrant looking to kill us... -
![Farmer's Crown by M.C.A. Hogarth]()
Farmer's Crown by M.C.A. Hogarth
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSediryl has always yearned for responsibility--and power--and she was convinced she was ready for them. .. until the events of the Chatcaavan war demonstrated just how immense those responsibilities were, and just how parlous the power necessary to fulfill them. Even so, she's determined to prove herself worthy to her empress and all the the rich, the poor, the disenfranchised and the entrenched... -
![Fated Maid: A SciFi Romance by Athena Storm, Tara Starr]()
Fated Maid: A SciFi Romance by Athena Storm, Tara Starr
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsNo way in hell am I letting Telkar draft me into servitude! Imagine this grown ass soldier begging his two nephews to behave. Other enemies he could just easily decapitate. But that’s not possible when your adversary is a thumb sucking toddler. So Telkar’s solution? Find a human female and make her take care of them. That human happens to be me. Sure, I love children... -
![Orc's Property by Celeste King]()
Orc's Property by Celeste King
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsI don’t know how much longer I could have kept running from the Battle Frenzy orcs who were looking to kill me and my young nephew. Finally, limbs quivering and breath in ragged gasps, I collapsed as they towered over us, ready to end our lives. Until Jiwal saved us. An orc from the Raging Storm clan, he killed the other orcs as easily as I would swat a fly... -
![Adored By Her Orc Avenger by Celeste King]()
Adored By Her Orc Avenger by Celeste King
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsOn this Earth, we fear the orcs. But we fear other humans more…. Life is not pretty where I am from. It is brutal and deadly. Such can also be said for the orc that saved me. I thought I was dead, but he fought off my attackers. Together, injured we took shelter in an abandoned house. It’s where I got to know him. Where I started to fall in love with him. But this world isn’t pretty... -
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![Alien Billionaire's Nanny by Ami Wright]()
Alien Billionaire's Nanny by Ami Wright
Her bad boy billionaire boss has her tied up in KNOTS! Dinah’s not looking for a boyfriend, she’s just looking for a job. She still needs to pay back her sister after she helped Dinah leave the slums of Fortuna and make a new life at Nova Space Station. Only no one will hire her. So when the ice cold polar bear alien billionaire asks her to be his nanny, she jumps at the opportunity...Categorized as:
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![Sworn by Starlight by Sara Ivy Hill]()
Sworn by Starlight by Sara Ivy Hill
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHe wants to save me. Heal me. Make me his queen. RoseCaged for years by my lizardlike abductors, I’ve given up hope of escape… until a huge alien warrior buys me and carries me off into the grasslands of his planet! I have no idea what he wants with me and I’m too sick to fight, so I brace myself for the worst. But his hands are gentle, and our connection is electric... -
![The Alien's Reward by Ella Maven]()
The Alien's Reward by Ella Maven
I don’t want to be a princess… I want to fight too. Bazel: All my life I’ve been treated with kid gloves, and I’m tired of it. I want to live up to the legacy of the proud Drixonian females with which I share half of my DNA. There’s one thing in my way—a young warrior who knows my secret and threatens to tell my father...Categorized as:
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![The Garden of Promises and Lies by Paula Brackston]()
The Garden of Promises and Lies by Paula Brackston
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsThe third installment of a bewitching series brimming with charm and charisma that will make fans of Outlander rejoice! (Woman's World Magazine). New York Times bestselling author Paula Brackston's second novel in the Found Things series, Secrets of the Chocolate House, was called a time-swapping romance [that] will please fans of Alice Hoffman (Publishers Weekly)... -
![Diplomacy by May Sage]()
Diplomacy by May Sage
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsFor a thousand years, being born with magic was a death sentence. Hart and his twin have survived by hiding who they truly were until their time came. It started as a whisper, rumors, but when they find out there truly is a mage uprising, they join the fight, tilting the balance in the mages’ favor. The era of magicless mortals has passed in their multi-planetary kingdom... -
![Devil in the Hold by Tammy Walsh]()
Devil in the Hold by Tammy Walsh
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsHe’s pushed every Prize beyond her limit. And today he chose me. I’m not new to this game. I was abducted and made to work as a Prize for the past year. Dozens of alien fighters have claimed me. None scare me. None… other than the prisoner known as the “Devil. ”. When a riot kicks off and the prison is hurled into chaos, no one knows what they’re doing… or how high the stakes are... -
![Reaver's Claim by Elin Wyn, Starr Huntress]()
Reaver's Claim by Elin Wyn, Starr Huntress
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsA thin line of warm light appeared at the edge of my vision, growing broader and brighter. Until a demon leaned over the edge of the pod, flickering light dancing over his red scaled features, dark horns jutting up through his short black hair. This time, I was the one who screamed. The sound of my voice in my ears shocked me back to reality... -
![Alien Boyfriend for Christmas (A Sci-Fi Alien Romance) by Luna Kingsley, Natasha Snow Designs]()
Alien Boyfriend for Christmas (A Sci-Fi Alien Romance) by Luna Kingsley, Natasha Snow Designs
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsShe paid him to be hers for the holidays. Isabel can’t wait to return to Earth for Christmas. Her dream job as the lead botanist on Niri was worth traveling across the galaxy, but she’s not going to miss out on the trappings of her favorite holiday. Not to mention she misses everyone back home. Everyone except her ex, of course... -
![The Orc King's Bride by Lena Grey]()
The Orc King's Bride by Lena Grey
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsThe handsome orc king has taken me prisoner. Escape is my only option…isn’t it? After escaping from alien slavers, I was captured by a group of fierce orcs. Now, the impossibly attractive orc king who locked me up in his palatial guest suite. King Dexari is huge and muscled, with a voice like rolling thunder and a man-bun that’s totally hot. But the punishment choices he offers me? Not good... -
![Bought by the Pain Hunter: Monsters' Bride Market by Lia Frost]()
Bought by the Pain Hunter: Monsters' Bride Market by Lia Frost
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe bride market offers women a choice. I walked in ready to pick someone survivable—not someone terrifying. Not someone I wanted. In Alia Terra, monsters rule. The only way out for a broken, unmatched woman like me? Sell myself at auction—and hope I don’t regret it. But when the bidding begins, it’s not the sleazy merchant or the four-armed aristocrat who makes my blood burn... -
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![Guarding His Melody by Victoria Sue]()
Guarding His Melody by Victoria Sue
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsDeaf since childhood, Sebastian Armitage had a promising musical future until his. dreams were shattered when he transformed at twelve years old. In a world where enhanced humans are terrorized and imprisoned, his life shrinks around him even more as. he suffers the torment of his father’s experimental research to enable him to hear...Categorized as:
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![Taurus Untamed by January Bell]()
Taurus Untamed by January Bell
I’m a world away from anything familiar—but it’s like I’ve known him my whole life. I never realized my father's stories about alternate dimensions were a warning. But when I wake up in the gentle arms of a horned giant, his theories become all too real. My sisters are gone, I've traveled through some kind of rip in the universe. .. and the man holding me says I'm his fated mate...Categorized as:
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![Dad Bod Orc by Tana Stone]()
Dad Bod Orc by Tana Stone
I needed a break. A break from the paparazzi, a break from my co-star ex, and a break from being the hottest new actress in Hollywood. I did not need an orc bodyguard. But my overprotective dad refuses to let me go on a location shoot without a security detail, and he’s picked the toughest, scariest bodyguard in LA to accompany me. Too bad Roc is also my dad’s friend and my teenage crush... -
![Alien's Feral Seed by Aya Morningstar]()
Alien's Feral Seed by Aya Morningstar
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsAbducted. Taken to a hellish alien world. And it only gets worse. Horrifying creatures called the Vereni are out for my blood,. But my abductor is an alien warrior who claims he's my protector. He says there's only one thing that will truly keep me safe. His seed. To protect me, he fights through the Vereni with a ferocity and possessiveness that no human man has ever shown me...Categorized as:
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![Revolution by Kali Argent]()
Revolution by Kali Argent
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBy all rights, Helios shifter Sion Jabari shouldn’t be on Xenthian. According to his own mother, he shouldn’t even be alive. His life hasn’t been an easy one, and after witnessing how greed and the desire for power can corrupt something as pure as love, he wants no part of it. When he takes a companion, he swears it will be for all the right reasons, and more importantly, it will be his choice... -
![Barbarian's Taming by Ruby Dixon, Hollie Jackson]()
Barbarian's Taming by Ruby Dixon, Hollie Jackson
As a newcomer to the alien tribe, I've struggled to find my place. It might be because I'm a tad headstrong at times. And yes, I might have thrown a few things at people's heads. But I had a good reason to pitch a fit - my shy sister was stolen away right under my nose. Of course, now she's back and mated. Everyone's happy. .. except me. I need. .. affection. Attention. Okay, I'm lonely...Categorized as:
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