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Beyond Earth: A Limited Edition Collection of Sci-Fiction Romance by Stephanie Morris, Candice Gilmer
Rated: 5.00 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsDiscover passion among the stars… Blast off to the future with this limited edition collection of sizzling, science fiction romance stories!Otherworldly seduction and intergalactic adventures await you in these high-heat, open-door tales from a diverse group of authors. Meet alien gladiators, cyborgs, AI lifeforms, psychic aliens, interstellar royalty, psy-changelings, fearless humans, and more... -
Wedding for My Werewolf: A Cozy Monster Romance by Honey Phillips
One runaway human. One frustrated werewolf sheriff. Pretending to be mates is supposed to be the easy part…Robin never imagined she’d be on the run, but after being framed for a crime she didn’t commit, her only option is to disappear...Categorized as:
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Conquering the Alien Commander by Bella Blair
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsWhatever it takes, I will never leave HER!ASHLEY: Taken by the Cryons during a rescue mission gone wrong, I thought my life was over. I prepared myself to die on an alien planet, swearing I would take some of the hateful Cryons with me.But a chance to escape leads me right into the arms of the Pandraxian’s superior commander, who claims I’m his mekarry—soulmate... -
There's an Alien Down My Chimney by Robin O'Connor
Santa crashed into my chimney, no wait… It’s not Santa, but a sexy alien with antlers. StellaI am resolved to celebrate Christmas one last time in my grandfather’s cabin before the government takes my home and my land from me. What I didn’t expect, was a visitor, barging in via my freaking chimney. He’s big, he’s got a tail, antlers, and glowing red eyes...Categorized as:
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Haunted by the Alien: A Sci Fi Alien Warrior Romance by Julie K. Cohen
A lonely woman. A so-called alien on Halloween. A secret that will bring them together…After mistaking me for an alien, thanks to my Halloween costume, the gorgeous guy painted blue with tattoos and fake horns insists he’s an alien.Next thing I know, my new blue crush embroils me in a dangerous game. With everyone wearing Halloween masks and costumes, I no longer know who's human and who's alien...Categorized as:
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Guarded by an Alien Assassin by Honey Phillips
When Julie's past comes back to haunt her, she finds an unexpected savior in the form of a towering, blue-skinned alien with a fierce scowl and muscles for days.She should be terrified. Instead she wants to get closer - much closer - to the brooding warrior, and not just because of the safety he promises.Q’tar's mission is eliminate his target and get the hell off of Earth...Categorized as:
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Kian by Tasha Black
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSilent and serious warrior Kian is being forced to leave his brothers-in-arms to watch over an Imberian baby and her adoptive mother. It’s bad enough to feel his ancient heart softening for the little whelp. But after one whiff of the beautiful Terran girl meant to be the baby’s mother, he is wrecked by the knowledge that this is his fated mate...Categorized as:
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Rafe by Tasha Black
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAfter being tricked into indentured servitude on the pleasure ships, Jade Gatlin is determined to avoid male attention for the rest of her days. The opportunity to adopt a little one and start a new life on a frontier moon, where she can heal the wounds of her tortured soul, sounds almost too good to be true...Categorized as:
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Feral Tamed by Robin O'Connor
I’m stranded on a strange planet and the alien who just rescued me? He thinks I’m his mate.HinaI’m supposed to be dead, but I just woke up on a crash site, on an alien planet. I do the only thing I can think of, survive. When a strange feral-looking alien chases after me with his monstrous animal companion, those odds seem stacked against me... -
Rogue by Regine Abel
She was lost, until he found her.For years, Shuria was a monster, the ultimate assassin created as a result of countless painful experiments. At the end of the war, she finds refuge on the Kryptid homeworld as an advisor to the Queen. But even here, she doesn’t belong... -
Taken by the Gargoyle King: A Steamy Sci-Fi Monster Romance by Robin O'Connor
My lab and research are my life until a ruthless royal swoops in to steal me for his own purposes.CaitlynI was one of the lucky ones. That’s what I always thought. Abducted but embraced by the Aderians that fanned the flames of my passion as a scientist and a healer. I had a lab Earth-me couldn’t even dream of, and if it was a little lonely? What did it matter when I had my research...Categorized as:
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Caged by the Alien by Tammy Walsh
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsI’m trapped in a room with an alien Adonis.And 100 billion viewers are watching.Two weeks ago, I was abducted by aliens. Now I’m trapped in a room with four walls and no door. I’m scared. I’m alone. And there’s no chance of escape.Then he appears out of nowhere. A Greek god with an ass to match. We try to escape but our efforts are thwarted. In a moment of weakness, we kiss... -
Zero Dark Bloodthirsty by Alisha Sunderland
The only thing worse than losing your life to an out-of-control space virus?Being the only one immune.It’s been weeks now of standing over my loved ones, watching them cling to life, willing their vitals to improve. Weeks of helplessly watching my mate struggle to survive.There’s hope — a vaccine is on the way. But until then, it’s just me and my comatose friends... -
Enticed by the Alien Warrior by Hope Hart
Betrayal tastes like ashes on my tongue. I’ve always been the girl who’s nothing but a pretty face. The one used to distract the warriors so the others can move our plans forward.But now? Now I have a chance to save us all. A chance to get us off this planet and back to Earth. Where we belong... -
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Tyr by Luna Hunter
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsHarper Myers is having a seriously bad day. Her ship has crashed on an alien ice planet, and she’s stranded there with Commander Tyr — a brutish Dragan Warlord who can’t stand humans.They have to share body heat just to survive on the harsh world, and that’s only the start of their problems, because the primitive inhabitants of the ice world think Harper looks good enough to eat. Literally...Categorized as:
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Secret Baby for the Alien Dad by Athena Storm
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsTo save my son, I’ll do anything……Even fall back in love with his father.I ran from Jax because I wanted to raise Nova without worry…Well, I’m worried now. Because Nova is missing.Someone has taken him and there’s only one alien warrior in the galaxy brutal and dangerous enough to help me... -
Arckon by Ava Ross, Alana Khan
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsMy destination wedding on an interstellar cruise ship just took a turn for the worse. Or was it actually a turn for the better?There’s nothing more embarrassing than having my fiancée’s girlfriend shriek “no, stop!” in the middle of my wedding. Except nearly passing out at my now ex’s feet... -
The Grinch Who Stole Orcmas by Alana Khan
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen a grumpy orc firefighter meets a Christmas-obsessed human, sparks fly as snarky words and opposite worlds collide.JoyI've always believed in the magic of Christmas, but I never expected it to arrive in the form of a scowling, green-skinned volunteer... -
New Year's with an Alien by Tana Stone
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOne part "The Devil Wears Prada," two parts "Men in Black," a sprinkle of Hallmark holiday movie sweetness, and a whole lot of heat.Meet Olivia, a savvy personal shopper with a knack for avoiding commitment and a dreaded annual party to dodge. Her mother’s swanky New Year’s Eve bash is as unavoidable as her parents’ questions about her personal life... -
I, High Commander by Lexa Luthor
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsKal may be Charlie’s true mate, but she is the High Commander first.Another but fonder memory from Kal’s old life returns to her. However, her duties as the High Commander takes priority especially with the Sworne in the galaxy. Kal takes steps toward finding alliances that could help save Kander... -
From Vangar, With Love by Julie K. Cohen
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsHer letters are filled with love… but they’re for the male I’m pretending to be.For two years I’ve been writing to a human female… and falling for her.She’s sweet and strong, but she doesn’t know the real me.Or what I’ve done.And she just arrived on my planet.To marry the man I’ve been pretending to be... -
Claimed by the Diamond King by Violet Rae
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsMaraI like to think I'm an open-minded gal, but I've never believed in the whole "we're not alone in the universe" thing. Wormholes? Time travel? Aliens? Um, nope. But when I'm ripped from my comfortable-if-a-tad-boring-life to a strange, prehistoric land, these phenomena seem the only plausible explanation... -
Gift for My Ghost by Honey Phillips
Can a lonely pair create a new path to love?Jessica has always felt as restless as the spirits who choose to appear to her. Then an unexpected encounter in the small southern town of Fairhaven Falls changes everything. Now she leads an ordinary life - or at least as ordinary as a girl with a constant ghostly companion can have... -
My Pumpkin by Marina Simcoe
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhat do a pumpkin, a cyborg, a dog, and an alien have in common?They are all one person!When I was ten, my mom bought me a pumpkin for Halloween. A year later, it transformed into a bizarre animal that I ended up raising as my dog.Except that it isn’t a dog at all. My lazy, lovable pet Pumpkin turns out to be an extremely dangerous fighting machine that never should’ve been created...Categorized as:
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Her Alien Marriage Dilemma by Eva O'Hare
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA super-secret government program, Project Eve, is ready to open its Earth-based Colony Eden and needs its first recruits. The Colony only accepts women who have the "Eve" gene, and only some women of African descent possess it. Aliens from a distant galaxy have signed an agreement with humans, making Project Eve also tasked with pairing an alien with one of its recruits... -
Roan by Luna Hunter
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsI only know two things for certain. My name is Roan. The small, pale, trembling human female in my arms is my soulmate. My dunatar. My everything.My mind is chaos. Pain and anger swirl around in a vortex with no memories to make sense of it all, but when Nova's close... all the pain goes away. Her touch, her scent, her taste... it makes everything better...Categorized as:
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Taken by the Cyborg by Grace Goodwin
There are no rules, and to the victor go the spoils, namely one feisty human female who claims it's all a big mistake. A misunderstanding.What she should've said to the brutal warrior who nabbed her was that he had mistakenly abducted the wrong girl entirely.Oh, wait. She did.Taken by one cyborg. Claimed by another. Both powerful beasts believe she is their mate... -
Seven by J. Marie
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsI’m just a number.Lucky number Seven—that’s my name.I’m trying to fit in.I even gave myself a human name.No matter what I do, I still don’t feel real.I long for a connection that I can’t explain.I look everywhere and yet, it’s nowhere to be found.Gracie changes that.She’s my mate—the one.Her life is in danger.I have to save her.Life without her is not an option...Categorized as:
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Jarrn: A Sci-Fi Alien Romance by Alana Khan, Ava Ross
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI’ve fallen for my best friend, but my past might drive him away.I messed up, and something horrible happened, but I’ve done what I could to make things right. I’ve cared for the ogre injured by my actions, and now Jarrn and I are best friends. This sweet, burly guy is easy to love...Categorized as:
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Bonded to the Alien War-God by Corin Cain
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWe will claim her.She stares at me and my wolf shifter triad like we are monsters.We stare at her with pure hunger.I grew up alone on a hostile planet. I hunted with wolves. Every moment of my existence was wracked with agony, and there is only one thing that dulls it.Her. My Fated Mate. My Goddess.I would level planets for her. I would bathe the universe in blood to be by her side...Categorized as:
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Her Alien Exchange by Sky Robert, S.M. McCoy
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsShe thought joining the alien exchange would only be for a year...VioletHuman Exchange Trade, HET, was my ticket off Earth. Leaving the planet to get away was probably an over correction and impulsive, but I needed a change. And what bigger change was there than to hop on a shuttle to a large spaceship that would take me to an alien host on the planet ASunGor for a year... -
The Alien Pilot's Match: A SciFi Alien Romance by Bella Blair
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsI never desired to find THE ONE, but now that I have, I will do anything to make her MINE.QUINN : Floating through space, cramped into an escape pod with the known universe's most intolerable egoist was so not on today's agenda. And yet, that's what's happening... -
Alien Noble's Pretty Human by Athena Storm
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsI didn’t want the baggage of being bound to someone else.So when I meet Lara and feel the bond calling me, I try to ignore it.Around her, though, my pulse is high and my resistance is low.And it’s not just the mountain that’s rock hard.I’m dying to explore her peaks and valleys.If she doesn’t kill me first.I can survive death-defying crags.But a fated mate? Throw me off the summit...Categorized as:
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Accidentally Fated by Athena Storm, Tara Starr
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsMost people welcome their fated mates with open arms, right?Yeah, no.Why did I have to get the one man in the universe not interested in love?The handsome Dragonian warrior with the killer body ruined my life.Literally.He's the reason my lab is a smoking pile of rubble, my condo is in flames, and mylife's work is gone... -
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Warrior Saved by Alaska Jones
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsLife on Halia would've been perfect, if not for the alien boss from hell. He's huge, mean, and damaged. It's bad enough he oversees Elsa's work, but he's also her personal bodyguard and roommate. They're at each other's throats all day, but at night, with no one looking and the wine flowing, she can't stop staring at him... -
My Fair Alien by Honey Phillips
Can an alien professor decode the language of love? Professor Harak H’gin leads a peaceful life studying linguistics on his native planet of Plumaria. Until the day he stumbles across a bedraggled, beautiful human female. Dared by a colleague to transform the pitiful creature into a true member of their society, Harak takes on the challenge... -
Citrine: Alien Hunting Grounds Book 3 by Kyla Breene
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsCan hope and understanding forge an unlikely bond?EliIn some sort of sick joke, I finally find the courage to give my stepfather exactly what he deserves, just to end up kidnapped, then stuck on an alien island with one of the most violent beings imaginable... -
A Dragonlings Day at the Beach by S.E. Smith
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsOur Dragonlings, Roam and Alice and their families are off to the beach celebrating the last days of summer, sea and surf.The barbeque is ready, the umbrellas are up, now we just need you to come and join the fun! I hope you enjoy this short story with our favorite characters from the Dragon Lords of Valdier, Dragonlings of Valdier, Curizan Warriors, Sarafin Warriors series... -
Bonded to the Alien Gladiators by Corin Cain
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsPossessive. Dominant. Controlling. A triad of brutal Aurelians who forsook their oaths to conquer and claim. And if the alien warrior triad is brutal enough to survive... I'm the prize. Sara: Three years. Three years of captivity on this smog-covered planet, the pollution drowning the sun out. The pit-lord Toad displays us like ornaments, keeping us half-starved and weak...Categorized as:
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Slavic by Jennifer Julie Miller, Jewel Shipley
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsRubyThis is just not my freaking year! Curious? Pull up a chair and let’s talk.First, I get a call from my baby sister and my whole world is turned upside-down. Now we are on the run from people we don’t have the funds to outwit. We were safe for a quick minute and then the world and everything we’ve ever known took a trip into the unbelievable... -
Grumpy Alien Boss by Celeste King, Ava Hunter
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsKral may be the galaxy’s fiercest alien warrior. But there’s one thing he’s never gone up against.An Strong. Human. Woman.You think your boss is bad?Try working for an alien.He’s a gorgeous macho jerk that thinks Earth women are just cheap labor and baby makers!Now I work for a hot warrior alien who doesn’t believe in paying fair wages... -
Khol by Ava Ross
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsCan a single mom survive and find love in a new and exciting alien world?Nancy: One moment, I’m a single mom picking up my four-year-old daughter from daycare, the next, we’re shooting toward an alien planet in a space pod, crashing far from Earth. So much for giving my little girl the Christmas she’s been dreaming of. At this rate, we’ll be lucky to survive the next twenty-four hours... -
A Baby for the Alien General by Luna Hunter
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA Sci-Fi Alien RomanceThe dominant alien general needs a baby and his intense gaze is fixed on me.The scheming Uttux have made Dohan women infertile and now the proud warrior race is dying. Thokar saved me from the clutches of those same Uttux before they could run their creepy experiments on me.Now he wants to knock me up.I have no interest in being a baby factory for an alien warrior... -
Sawoot's Story by Corin Cain
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCaptured by seven-foot-tall aliens obsessed with one thing… Claiming their Fated Mate.We’ve dealt with the Aurelian species before.We barely got out alive. This time? We stole from them.Now I’m trapped on an alien warship with my best friend surrounded by testosterone-fuelled, brutal alien warriors. Any one of them could snap and go mad with the Mating Rage.And my jailer’s? Garrick and his triad...Categorized as:
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Jarrn by Ava Ross, Alana Khan
I’ve fallen for my best friend, but my past might drive him away.I messed up, and something horrible happened, but I’ve done what I could to make things right. I’ve cared for the ogre injured by my actions, and now Jarrn and I are best friends. This sweet, burly guy is easy to love... -
Resilience by Etta Pierce
Olivia Atarian is on her way to the ISU's capital, Helion, and knows that a whirlwind awaits her. Not only will she be meeting her new clan for the first time, but she'll be thrust into the galaxy's brightest spotlight. She's the first awoken human not to mention already mated with one of the galaxy's hottest up-and-comers, and they can't seem to keep their hands to themselves...Categorized as:
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Alien Orc for Christmas by Ursa Dax
The huge alien orc who runs the pub on Elora Station knows what he wants for Christmas: me.MAGGIESeeing my friend Sophie find happiness on the bustling Elora Station is just the kick in the pants I need to follow my dreams. I’m finally going to open my own bakery. When a coveted rental space opens up on the festive commerce station, I jump at the chance...Categorized as:
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Eron by Skye MacKinnon
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA city girl allergic to animals (and aliens) June only registered with the Highlander Dating Agency because she lost a bet. She never expected to be invited to an all-expenses-paid trip to meet some hunky Highlanders.What nobody told her: the Highlanders are aliens and live on a different planet... -
Guarded by a Monster by Kenzie Kelly
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOne dirty, wet pussy changed my life… I was trying to coax a feral cat from under a dumpster when I witnessed a murder. A cut-and-dry case, the police said. The assailant probably never saw me, so I was in no danger, they said.They were wrong... -
Beautiful Lies by Ever Nightly
Rated: 3.91 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsI’ve been kidnapped, and I’m completely alone. Area 51 has been destroyed, and S1 is gone. I’m left to sift through the pieces of what happened, and figure out how I’m going to survive. But as I dig deeper into the government’s secrets, one thing becomes abundantly clear...Nothing is what it seems...Categorized as:
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