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  • The Galaxy, and the Ground Within by Becky Chambers

    The Galaxy, and the Ground Within by Becky Chambers

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 46 ratings
    Return to the sprawling, Hugo Award-winning universe of the Galactic Commons to explore another corner of the cosmos—one often mentioned, but not yet explored—in this absorbing entry in the Wayfarers series, which blends heart-warming characters and imaginative adventure.With no water, no air, and no native life, the planet Gora is unremarkable...
  • Captain Vorpatril's Alliance by Lois McMaster Bujold

    Captain Vorpatril's Alliance by Lois McMaster Bujold

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 44 ratings
    Captain Ivan Vorpatril is happy with his relatively uneventful bachelor's life of a staff officer to a Barrayaran admiral. Ivan, cousin to Imperial troubleshooter Miles Vorkosigan, is not far down the hereditary list for the emperorship. Thankfully, new heirs have directed that headache elsewhere, leaving Ivan to enjoy his life on Komarr, far from the Byzantine court politics of his home system...
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  • Born with a Silver Moon: Galaxa Warriors by Milly Taiden

    Born with a Silver Moon: Galaxa Warriors by Milly Taiden

    Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    ** COMPLETELY STANDALONE ** Discover a brand new race of Alpha males ready to find their mates in a dangerous warrior planet. Sassy women traveling with Gerri Wilder are in for the journey of a lifetime and a mate that will love them through the galaxy. Are you ready? Grab the next Galaxan romance between a sexy warrior and his fiery mate...
  • Sun in the Oven by Milly Taiden

    Sun in the Oven by Milly Taiden

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    **STANDALONE ** Discover a brand new race of Alpha males ready to find their mates in a dangerous warrior planet. Sassy women traveling with Gerri Wilder are in for the journey of a lifetime and a mate that will love them through the galaxy. Are you ready? Grab the third Galaxan romance between two sexy warriors and their fiery mate. Henley Rourke is a woman who loves a challenge...
  • Prodigal by Tana Stone

    Prodigal by Tana Stone

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Dark. Deadly. Vengeful. The terrifying Vandar raiders with their menacing warbirds, lethal battle axes, and slashing tails are back—and they’re on the hunt for revenge.Life as a female fighter pilot with the Valox resistance isn't always easy, but it gets much worse when my ship dies on a solo mission...
  • Betting on the Alien Bride Lottery by Margo Bond Collins

    Betting on the Alien Bride Lottery by Margo Bond Collins

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    I’ve spent my whole adult life betting on all the wrong men. And I always lose.My best friend Mia ended up with a Khanavai warrior—Commander Gendovi. She’s so lucky.Of course, she went through hell before finding that luck. But now she’s blissfully happy, married—and mated, as the Khanavai said—to the man of her dreams. And pregnant with her third child.I’m happy for her, really I am...
  • Vende by Celia Kyle, Anne Hale

    Vende by Celia Kyle, Anne Hale

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    He had thought he would never experience the Knowing. All he needed was the right woman.After suffering a traumatic injury as a child, Dawn has lived a sheltered life under the shadow of tragedy. Despite her passion for botany, neither her family nor her limitations ever allowed her to pursue her dreams...until the day she encounters the Preor and they need help only she can provide...
  • The Dragonlings’ Very Special Valentine by S.E. Smith

    The Dragonlings’ Very Special Valentine by S.E. Smith

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 14 ratings
    A batch of heart-shaped cookies stirs the imagination of the dragonlings and their friends when Carmen shares a magical tale of love. It will take a very special Valentine, a few mischievous dragonlings, their best friends, some clueless warriors, and two enchanting Goddesses to help a lonely woman find the dragon who loves her...
  • 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...
  • Tamed By an Alien Warlord by Ava Ross

    Tamed By an Alien Warlord by Ava Ross

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    *Blurb Coming Soon!*TAMED BY AN ALIEN WARLORD, the second full-length novel in the Fated Mates of the Ferlaern Warriors series by bestselling alien romance author Ava Ross. Each book in this series is a standalone romance with on-the-page heat, aliens who look and act alien, a guaranteed happily ever after, no cheating, and no cliffhanger...
  • Flame by Tana Stone

    Flame by Tana Stone

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The only thing worse than always being upstaged by your perfect sister? Falling for her alien fiancé.I wasn’t supposed to end up on the Drexian space station or be matched to one of their gorgeous warriors as a tribute bride. My perfect twin sister is the one they wanted. Instead, I stole her spot...
  • The Vixen War Bride by Thomas J. Doscher

    The Vixen War Bride by Thomas J. Doscher

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    With the destruction of their home colony, Captain Ben Gibson and his Army Rangers have nowhere else to go. Six months after humanity’s victory in Earth’s first ever interstellar war, a group of soldiers are tasked with running a convoy refueling base in a rural part of the occupied enemy world...
  • Enemy of the Alien Bride Lottery by Margo Bond Collins

    Enemy of the Alien Bride Lottery by Margo Bond Collins

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I’ll do whatever it takes to destroy the Bride Games.A year ago, I did the unthinkable.I helped a woman running from the Alien Bride Lottery.I spent three months in a federal prison for it, too.As soon as I got out, a secret organization recruited me. Our goal is to end the Bride Lottery program forever.So when my name is drawn in the Lottery this year, I know it’s a setup...
  • Lyel by Ava Ross

    Lyel by Ava Ross

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    An alien warrior seeking redemption meets a captured Earth woman being treated as a pet. Will their love survive in a hostile world? Kidnapped by four-armed, blue skinned aliens, Isabelle “Isi” is sold to the head of the Al’kieern kidnapping operation. Isi has accepted she’ll live and die as a songbird pet to the queen. If nothing else, performing for the Al’kieern beats being sold as a breeder...
  • Diplomatic Immunity by Lois McMaster Bujold

    Diplomatic Immunity by Lois McMaster Bujold

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 45 ratings
    Returning from their honeymoon on Earth, Miles and Ekaterin stop at one of the asteroid-based habitats informally known as Quaddiespace (see FALLING FREE), where Miles is sent to defuse an incident between a Barryaran military command and the local police...
  • Alien Warrior Untamed by Ava Ross

    Alien Warrior Untamed by Ava Ross

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    She's fated to be mine, but the world is determined to steal her away.When I was twelve, I was forced to watch as an invader killed everyone I loved. He captured me and took me to the chamber, where he tortured me and the other males, desperate to twist us into a beastly army. He may have turned me into a monster, but I refused to give into his demands...
  • His Human Socialite by Michele Mills

    His Human Socialite by Michele Mills

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    I’ve been set up on a blind date with a Hyrrokin named Idun Grindstone?Noooo. This will never work!How can a human who is set to gain a significant inheritance have anything in common with a foul-mouthed, satanic-looking security specialist? Smoke regularly wafts out of this guy’s nostrils and his shiny barbed tail juts out in the air behind him as he prowls across the military hanger...
  • Her Alien Ex-Con by Michele Mills

    Her Alien Ex-Con by Michele Mills

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    I’m on the Omega 9 space station in the midst of a bungled prison transfer. Handcuffed to a scary, impossibly tall, satanic-looking convict. Holy hell. And I’m on the run with him because it turns out he’s breaking out of prison?He’s rough, bossy and throws flash-flames from his distended jaw...
  • Seduce by Tana Stone

    Seduce by Tana Stone

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    I thought being kidnapped by vile, alien slavers was bad enough. Then I woke up on a lust moon.I know all about the Xulonian recreation moons, but I’d hoped to end up on the hunting one. As a security officer for the empire, I know how to fight. I am not prepared to wake up practically naked on a strange island...
  • Cultivating the Alien by Ava Ross

    Cultivating the Alien by Ava Ross

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 11 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...
  • An Alien Berserker for Christmas by Mina Carter

    An Alien Berserker for Christmas by Mina Carter

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 14 ratings
    Escape. Locate. Claim.Condemned Izaean Berserker K’laus didn’t expect to find his fated mate in a medical bay. Or for her to be human. He certainly didn’t expect to have to watch her walk away from him.Escaping the station is easy. Tracking his mate down on a planet alien to him is a little harder. Claiming her heart might just take all the magic that Christmas has to offer...
  • Tamed by Presley Hall

    Tamed by Presley Hall

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    This caged Kalixian is wild. Brutal. Dangerous.So why can’t I stay away from him?With the marks tattooed on his face and horns sharpened to deadly points, he looks like a monster made for killing. He’s unlike any of the other alien warriors on this planet, and despite their efforts to help him, he only seems to be growing more feral.But every time I go to visit him, something strange happens...
  • I Married A Catman by Regine Abel

    I Married A Catman by Regine Abel

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 27 ratings
    He was the dream mate she never expected.When Ophelia seeks the services of the Prime Mating Agency to find her soulmate, she’s floored to learn that her perfect match is Gaelec, an intimidating, feline-looking ex-convict...
  • Red Planet Dragons of Tajss: Books 1-5 Boxed Set by Miranda Martin

    Red Planet Dragons of Tajss: Books 1-5 Boxed Set by Miranda Martin

    Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Escape to Tajss with the ordinary human survivors of a crashed generation ship! USA Today bestselling and award-winning author Miranda Martin deliver romance like no one else. Read the first 5 books in her Steamy Science Fiction Romance series Red Planet Dragons of Tajss, DRAGON’S BABY, DRAGON’S MATE, DRAGON’S LOVE, DRAGON’S HOPE, and DRAGON’S KISS...
    Categorized as:
    aliens  science fiction  humor  length-epic
  • Reever: An Enemies to Lovers Fake Mate Alien Abduction Romance by Alana Khan

    Reever: An Enemies to Lovers Fake Mate Alien Abduction Romance by Alana Khan

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    After overhearing Reever’s predicament, abducted Earth girl Shiloh offers to be the handsome jerk’s fake mate. She never dreamed the mating ceremony would be so intimate… or would set her body on fire...
  • Holdouts by Thomas J. Doscher

    Holdouts by Thomas J. Doscher

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    It just got awkward... With the Va'Shen villagers home safe, Army Ranger Captain Ben Gibson is ready to settle in for an easy deployment overseeing a sleepy refueling base on the occupied enemy homeworld and its small contingent of soldiers and sailors...
  • Oh No, I Stole An Alien Furball And Kissed A Beastmaster by Kate Sinner

    Oh No, I Stole An Alien Furball And Kissed A Beastmaster by Kate Sinner

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 6 ratings
    In space, no one can hear you squeal over cute, trouble-making alien furballs... or a unexpected romance. All I wanted was a fluffy friend, but now I'm knee-deep in an adorable infestation threatening to destroy everything we've built. As the furry menace multiplies, our once-bustling hotel teeters on the brink of ruin...
  • Obsession by Tana Stone

    Obsession by Tana Stone

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A Blade and an Iron.An Instructor and a Cadet.Brawn and Brains.Fire and Ice.Forbidden.At the Drexian Academy, there are few rules. As a Blade instructor, Kann prefers pushing limits to following regulations. But he knows better than to fall for a cadet. That's why he is only friends with Britta, a human cadet and brilliant engineer...
  • Alien Beast's Warrior Bride by Juno Wells

    Alien Beast's Warrior Bride by Juno Wells

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    The higher you reach the more humiliating the defeat.Being the most primitive of the old bloods, Borak is no pleasure to look upon but he’s got his sights set on a high status human queen. Nothing will keep him from pursuing the queen of his heart. Not war, not vicious enemies nor his chain of command.JulietOn a dystopian Earth dominated by women, men are rarity...
    Categorized as:
    aliens  science fiction  humor  length-short
  • Alien Architect Needs a Nanny by Tasha Black

    Alien Architect Needs a Nanny by Tasha Black

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    She’s there to watch over his children, but he’ll have to watch out for his heart.Emelia Robbins works as an admin at the Alien Nanny Agency. She never goes on assignments, but when a desperate client puts out a last-minute plea for help, her boss decides to send her out in the field...
  • Alien Warrior Unbeaten by Ava Ross

    Alien Warrior Unbeaten by Ava Ross

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Can a stoic alien warrior melt the heart of his Earthling fated mate?After my mother gave me to the Shiedar invaders as a child, they took me to a place where screams of pain echoed around me. The leader tortured me and other young males I soon called my brothers. In his determination to twist me into a feral warrior, the leader turned me into a beast...
  • 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
  • Scorch by Tana Stone

    Scorch by Tana Stone

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    I volunteered to sneak onto an enemy battleship. Now I’m stranded on a prison moon with a hot Drexian pilot who can’t stand me.I had no choice. It was either volunteer for a rescue mission for the Drexians or go to prison on Earth.I know, I know. The irony isn’t lost on me...
    Categorized as:
    aliens  science fiction  humor  length-short
  • Handcuffing the Alien by Ava Ross

    Handcuffing the Alien by Ava Ross

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    My alien hero not only wants to rescue me, but he also wants to claim me too. Wrongfully convicted of murder and sentenced to hard labor on an alien prison planet, I think my life is over. Until my rescue comes in the form of my older brother’s best friend, Shaede—a blue-skinned alien who broke my heart years ago...
    Categorized as:
    aliens  science fiction  humor  length-medium
  • Defying Fate by Regine Abel

    Defying Fate by Regine Abel

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    No more secrets. No more lies.For the past eight years, Tevek has searched for his missing mother and sister. But as a top technological mind of Guldar, he is closely watched. And as one of the secret leaders of the rebellion, he must tread carefully...
  • I Married Amreth by Regine Abel

    I Married Amreth by Regine Abel

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 14 ratings
    He’s the dark angel of her dreams.When Ciara attends the Intergalactic Medicine Symposium, the last thing she expects is to run into Kayog, an infallible empathic matchmaker, who declares he knows who her soulmate is. Her excitement at the prospect of meeting Amreth, a magnificent and powerful Obosian Hell Lord, is crushed when a pirate attack results in her near-death and abduction...
  • Volunteer for the Alien Bride Lottery by Margo Bond Collins

    Volunteer for the Alien Bride Lottery by Margo Bond Collins

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    I didn’t want to compete in the Alien Bride Games. But I would do anything to save my sister.Hannah’s just a kid. Yeah, sure, she’s 21, old enough for her name to be drawn in The Alien Bride Lottery. But she’s got her whole life in front of her.I, on the other hand, have nothing left to live for...
  • Whelon by Celia Kyle, Anne Hale

    Whelon by Celia Kyle, Anne Hale

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Experiencing the Knowing is magical… until you have to deal with human in-laws…Local news celebrity Sasha Dane and her mother are fixated on one goal—leverage their media presence to make life supremely difficult for the invading Preor. They want the aliens gone from Earth and for their unnatural hold on human females to end. Permanently...
    Categorized as:
    aliens  science fiction  humor  length-short
  • 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...
  • Dark and Light by Evangeline Anderson

    Dark and Light by Evangeline Anderson

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Two NEW Kindred Tales novels in one book!One Light and Sweet,The other Dark and Sexy.Which Kindred of Kindred do you prefer?Read Dark and Light and decide for yourself…Light: In Saved by the Drake, Lucia Ramirez is having a terrible day when a huge, scary male confronts her on a dark street. But the scary male turns out to be a Kindred warrior—Raze...
  • Yool by Tana Stone

    Yool by Tana Stone

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 14 ratings
    I'm bringing a rough-around-the-edges, alien smuggler as my plus-one to a holiday party on the Valox rebel base. But can I convince them that he’s my boyfriend before sharing my small room drives us both mad? Let the fa-la-la-fun begin!This might not be so hard if I was the kind of girl who dated bad boys. I’m not...
  • Burn by Tana Stone

    Burn by Tana Stone

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    My hot Drexian best friend was tempting--but off-limits. Then we got stuck together on an Inferno Force battleship. Now resisting him is torture.When the Inferno Force battleship I’m working on jumps away to save a colony under attack, I have no choice but to become part of the crew...
    Categorized as:
    aliens  science fiction  humor  length-medium
  • Mercenary Abduction by Eve Langlais

    Mercenary Abduction by Eve Langlais

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 24 ratings
    All this mercenary wants is to kill and loot his way to fame and fortune, but his plans change when a human accidentally steals his heart. Makl is looking to become the greatest mercenary the universe has known. In true family tradition, he leaves a trail of mayhem and bodies wherever he goes. steals the most priceless of items, ravishes females left and right...
  • 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...
  • Arena by Logan Jacobs

    Arena by Logan Jacobs

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Thank you, thank you, thank you all for coming. What a great looking group of people we have here today. As your President, I feel it’s important to tell you all about this guy. He’s a great guy. A real stand up guy. A real go-getter. His name is Marc Havak, and let me tell you, this guy is going to be huge...
    Categorized as:
    aliens  harems  science fiction  humor  poly  length-short
  • Teran by Ava Ross

    Teran by Ava Ross

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    The alien she's hot for seems to hate her. But when they touch, sparks fly. Will their growing love survive a dangerous quest?Emma: I’m pretty sure Teran hates me...
  • Unbondable by Evangeline Anderson

    Unbondable by Evangeline Anderson

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
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  • Stolen by Evangeline Anderson

    Stolen by Evangeline Anderson

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Penny is an archeologist on the hunt for a dangerous artifactV'rex is the Hybrid space pirate she's been warned about...When both of the are kidnapped by a fertility cult and forced together,Can they find a way to survive and escape?​You'll have to read Stolen to find out...Dr. Penelope Wainright--Penny to her friends--is an archeologist on a serious mission for the Kindred...
  • Alien Embrace : A Limited Edition Collection of Sci Fi Alien Romances by Celia Kyle, Anne Hale

    Alien Embrace : A Limited Edition Collection of Sci Fi Alien Romances by Celia Kyle, Anne Hale

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Aliens move among us—warriors, soldiers, explorers, and more—testing fate and finding love with their true mates. And they’ll do whatever it takes to ensure their human mates remain forever caught in their Alien Embrace.This hot new collection brings you all the best in science fiction alien romances from New York Times, USA Today, and international bestselling authors...
  • Vanished by Evangeline Anderson, Reese Dante

    Vanished by Evangeline Anderson, Reese Dante

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Harper Wilde is sitting on the beach, minding her own business when a huge, muscular Kindred warrior with black hair and blazing white eyes demands that she accompany him into the future. Harper has no choice--she is dragged against her will into a dystopian nightmare--the world as it might become if something isn't changed. And that something that needs changing is Harper herself...
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