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Promises Kept by Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsWhen Bethany Anne makes a promise, heavens and planets will be moved to keep it.She swore to protect the Federation before taking the fight to the Kurtherians. Nine months into the tour, and the Federation is still vulnerable when Gödel strikes.Renewed alliances bring the Federation together to fight the anti-Empire movement threatening its stability... -
Dark Healing Blind Justice by I. T. Lucas
The sanctuary is Vanessa’s life project. The monumental task of rehabilitating the traumatized victims of trafficking doesn’t leave much time for personal life, let alone dating or finding her one and only. When Kian asks her to help the Kra-ell, she’s torn between her duty to the sanctuary and a group of emotionally wounded aliens who no other psychologist can treat... -
Ships and Stings and Wedding Rings by Jodi Taylor
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsIt’s Christmas again at St Mary's and time for Max’s obligatory illegal jump. On this occasion, however, they’re right up against it. A loaded gun has been left behind in Ancient Egypt and it’s up to them to retrieve it before anyone accidentally blows their own head off, thus affecting the timeline for centuries to come...Categorized as:
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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... -
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Dragon in Exile by Sharon Lee, Steve Miller
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 21 ratings#18 in the popular and exciting science fiction Liaden Universe®. Clan Korval rebuilds its fortunes on the gritty, semi-anarchic planet of Surebleak... -
Neogenesis by Sharon Lee, Steve Miller
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsNEW ENTRY IN THE NATIONALLY BEST-SELLING LIADEN UNIVERSE SERIES. Sequel to national bestseller The Gathering Edge. Menace from Back Space Looming out of the Dust of Time The Complex Logic Laws were the result of a war waged hundreds of years in the past, when two human powers threw massive AI navies at each other and nearly annihilated themselves... -
Owned by the Alien Rogue by Krista Luna
I’ll do anything to succeed, even beg my blue alien to use his wicked tail on me… in public.Hell yeah, space is better than Earth! I’ve landed on my feet, and I’ve also landed my very own blue demon alien, gifted with a wicked smile and an even wickeder tongue.But I want more than that—I want to earn a place in this alien world. If there’s one thing a street rat knows, it’s how to run a con... -
Rebel by Jenny Schwartz
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsLife is complicated along the Hadrian Line. Decisions made on the border will decide the fate of the entire Human Sector.Nora is adjusting to her new role as a player in the games of the powerful. She's gained some interesting enemies and some even more dubious allies. She has also been presented with a unique opportunity, courtesy of Jonah... -
Peace Maker by Michelle Diener
Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsFliss knows all about her ancestors, the Travelers, who were forced to land on Fjern thousands of years ago, but when it comes to the Gyr—the enhanced warriors who protect the people of Fjern from the monsters that inhabit the planet—she’s in the dark, even though she is one herself...Categorized as:
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Claimed by the Alien Shifter by Mina Carter
She doesn’t need love. She’s getting cats. Lots of them. She absolutely doesn’t need a sexy alien making her think of happily ever afters...Elise doesn’t need a man, she has enough with her job and ensuring her brother, the President, stays out of trouble. Or, at the very least, doesn’t get humanity into an intergalactic war it can’t win... -
Prince of Tides by Riley Storm
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI am the sea. None know the torment and darkness that hide in my depths.I thought I had life figured out. Perfect fiancé with an upcoming wedding and plans to start a family? Check. But it was all a lie, as one overheard phone call reveals. Weakened by his betrayal, I end up in the arms of someone else, seeking comfort. Instead, I find out I’m with child...Categorized as:
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Loyalty by Tana Stone
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAn Assassin and a Blade. A human and a Drexian. High-born and working class. Will choosing each other be our ruin?The cocky, high-born cadet is everything I despise and nothing I need. So why did I agree to his deal?Because it wasn’t a deal, it was blackmail. The arrogant Drexian gave me the choice—throw my friends under the bus or tutor him...Categorized as:
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The Naga Scavenger's Precious Mate by Robin O'Connor
He is the king of beasts, the lord of water, and I’m his captive mate.FarahUnderwater, what it is up can seem like down. I’m supposed to be dead, I’m supposed to be just a normal, boring daycare worker. Somehow, I’m stuck in the middle of a bizarre, nightmarish adventure.And then there is him. I'm not attracted to him with a burning intensity. No, it's just a fever from nearly drowning... -
Pirating the Alien by Ava Ross
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsI’m falling for my space pirate boss, but rogue aliens are after him—and now me.It was a simple job. Sneak aboard a pirate spaceship and steal a precious artifact from the brooding, too-hot captain, Matis. Before I know it, I’ll be on my way back to Earth with enough credits to cure my mom’s sickness... -
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Healer Hunted by Robin O'Connor
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsPheromone dependency no way, I think the captured alien doctor just has the hots for me.NoaI was stolen from my home planet and forced to work at a fancy resort. When I end up cleaning the room of the sexy alien doctor… I develop what he calls a pheromone dependency.He’s irresistible.He’s the son of the evil lady holding me captive.He’s as trapped as I am, so we work together to escape...Categorized as:
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Prince of Iron by Riley Storm
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI am cold steel. Hard. Unyielding.Until I find her.When I do, there’s no doubt in my mind that she’s the one. So I do the only logical thing for a dragon to do with treasure. I haul her off to my castle to make her my princess. I wasn’t prepared for everyone to resist me. She says I’m evil, but I just want to show her that fate has meant us to be together...Categorized as:
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Christmas for a Goddess: Dragon Lords of Valdier Novella by S.E. Smith
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSometimes, even a Goddess needs a touch of magic…Aikaterina has lived since the dawn of time. Her species was born at the same time as the universe, yet she yearns for something more. Her experiences with the Valdier, Sarafin, Curizan, and especially the Dragonlings, has left her craving something she never expected—a sense of belonging... -
Alien Alpha's Desire by Presley Hall
I’m in a fake relationship with a massive alien warrior.Falling in love was never part of the plan.After seeing one of the women I was captured with carried off by a massive alien barbarian, and another one led up into the mountains to be traded away, I’m done waiting to see what my fate will be... -
Rexx by Tasha Black
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsTheir sights are trained on love. But will they survive a ride on the Iron Peregrine?Abigail Shaw can’t believe her good luck. The Alien Adoption Agency has selected her to adopt adorable baby Rio. And baby Rio comes with Rexx, a handsome Invicta warrior guard, whose dark eyes seduce Abigail before he even opens his mouth. When he offers her his mate bond, she thinks things can’t get any better...Categorized as:
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Alien Knight Teddy Bear Troubles by Becca Brayden
On a dangerous mission to rescue a young royal from a prison cell on an alien warship, Lumerian Knight Taeger Norasair never expects to find a beautiful human woman among the prisoners. Even more puzzling is her refusal to leave. Unwilling to leave Cassie behind, he throws her over his shoulder and makes a dash for freedom. He is an ancient. Nearly immortal. Sparks fly and passions rage...Categorized as:
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Rescued by the Alien Vhar'Khyng by Bella Blair
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsFollow a love that defies time and space. Holly One minute I'm about to give the lecture of a lifetime, the next I'm being swept away by a vortex, straight into Earth's past. More precisely, millions of years into its past.Lost, lonely, and afraid I walk through the strange landscape wondering what will kill me an ancient predator, hunger, or an infection...Categorized as:
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The House of Always by Jenn Lyons
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsFor fans of Brandon Sanderson and Patrick Rothfuss, The House of Always is the fourth epic fantasy in Jenn Lyons' Chorus of Dragons series that began with The Ruin of Kings.What if you were imprisoned for all eternity?In the aftermath of the Ritual of Night, everything has changed... -
Zane by Tasha Black
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsShe’s about to discover a whole new world...Sarah Flynn longs for a child of her own, and the excitement of settling a frontier moon.But she isn’t ready for the baby to come with an Invicta dragon warrior, who has sworn to protect the child with his life.And she certainly doesn’t expect the burly warrior to awaken feelings in her that she thought she left behind forever...Categorized as:
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Nurse for an Alien Warrior by Roxie Ray
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsI’m supposed to care for a kid, not create one! Space needs nurses. That’s what they told me, and that’s why I agreed to go.They say Raider is the last place I want to end up, but I’m up to the challenge. I’ll care for the warlord’s child.One problem.He wants me to make said child. With him.No. Not happening. Never.I’m not selling my body to some brute! But Kain isn’t the brute I imagined... -
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Paladin by Anna Hackett
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsA cyborg drowning in emotions and an abducted Earth woman trying not to feel.Abducted, enslaved, and constantly worried for her daughter, scientist Dr. Simone Li has had a rough few months. Now that she and her daughter, Grace, have been rescued by the fierce cyborgs of the House of Rone, she’s trying to make a life for them on the desert world of Carthago... -
Regeneration by Julie E. Czerneda
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsWith the alien Dhryn cutting a pathway through the inhabited spaceways-bringing about the annihilation of many of the races who have the misfortune to lie along the star trail they are following-time is running out for all sentient life-forms... -
Savage Seed by Ivy Sparks
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe silent savage wants to make me his.I've been in some tough situations before, but crash landing onto a desert planet crawling with sand beasts? Yeah, I'm as good as dead.But then Kade appears above the dunes. With his rippling muscles, long raven hair, and intricate tattoos, he should terrify me. Instead, he enthralls me.From the possessive look in his eyes, it seems the feelings are mutual...Categorized as:
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The Naga's Pet by Celeste King
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsI am human bedsport. Death would be a mercy at this point.As a human woman on Protheka, my life is miserable.So it’s no surprise when the dark elves put me up on a market in Nagaland.That’s when Kazhir sees me.At first I don’t know what he sees in me – a frail girl in irons.But he brings me to his home.Gives me food and rest until I am healthy and comfortable for the first time in my life... -
The Orc Warrior's Secret Baby by Celeste King
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsI was lucky to find my soulmate.And cursed to have lost him so soon after…I thought Tarfu was my happy ending.Until he went missing in battle.At first I waited patiently. Then anxiously.Then finally, hopelessly.Three years have passed.Orc males in his clan begin to circle me.Looking to claim me.But if I know my mate, Tarfu will never stop till he comes back to me... -
Troy by Tasha Black
Is his heart the mirror she needs to finally see her true beauty?A terrible accident left Eliza with a troubled heart and an unsightly scar. No Terran man wants a woman with a disfigured face, no matter how kind or hardworking. So when Eliza receives the opportunity to adopt a baby and move to a remote frontier moon, she jumps at the chance...Categorized as:
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His Twisted Tail: Paranormal Dating Agency by Melanie James
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCalder Lorenson inherits one hell of a mess when he’s thrust into the limelight to fill the role of Alpha at Twisted Tail Pack. With treachery in the ranks, Calder quickly finds himself in over his head. If that wasn’t enough to deal with, pack law decrees that he must be mated...Categorized as:
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Ascension Saga: 9 - Destiny, Part 3 by Grace Goodwin
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDestiny is doing everything she can to find her mother and stop the evil traitors from taking over her planet. But explosions, murder plots and chaos are just the beginning. And now she has more on the line than ever before. Now, she's in love. And Nix isn't the sit-by-and-watch kind of guy. He's right there next to her, risking everything. For her... -
Legion : Skin Walkers book 20 by Susan Bliler
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsShe’s his hostage…and his mate!Brooklyn Ami is shocked to learn that she’s sick. Not just sick, she’s terminal. Dominant Skin Walker, Monroe StoneCrow, has devised a plan to save her. Monroe claims to have found her Skin Walker mate, and he intends to pair them in the hopes that the Walker DNA that spares Skin Walkers from illness and disease will provide Brooklyn the same protections...Categorized as:
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Healed by the Orc: A Steamy Alien Monster Romance by Robin O'Connor
My vacation turns on its head when ancient stones throw me straight into the arms of an Orc.ShannonI’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... -
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Possessed by the Alien Warrior by Krista Luna
I gave up hope of a fated mate and family years ago. Then she crashes into my life. AMANDAThe holidays give me the perfect chance to take my first vacation in years. Before joining my family, I’ll take a little time alone to unwind from the constant stress of leading humanity.But my shuttle crashes, and he comes to my rescue... -
The Vampire SEAL Collection by S.B. Alexander
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe complete collection of the Vampire SEAL series is now available in one boxed set. Paranormal at its best! Join Jo Mason and Webb London and the entire team of vampire Navy SEALs as they embark on a journey that is packed with action, intrigue, suspense, and romance... -
Betrayed by C.R. Jane, Mila Young
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsSurvival is just the beginning. Ella must fight for love and freedom on the rim of the galaxy...Years ago, the skies blackened with the arrival of the Vepar to Earth. Dominant and secretive, they changed the world, ruling over Earth with fear.Ella’s always been a survivor, a fighter. But now kidnapped, she finds herself on a foreign planet and running for her life... -
Valeris A Sweet and Spicy Alien Cinderella Retelling by Alana Khan
How can a planet capable of interstellar spaceflight use such an outdated method to pick the queen? It leaves everything up to the whims of the Alagan River.AvaniaNo female in a hundred years has succeeded in plucking the red flower from the rushing water, a feat which guarantees her mating to the king...Categorized as:
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Rescued by the Alien Assassin by Robin O'Connor
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsSecrets are bad. Murder is worse, and yet… When an assassin rides to my rescue, I can’t help but fall for this dark knight. LexiMy boss sucks, and when I uncover his embezzling, I know I’m in serious danger. Then Rurick shows up, sexy, with shimmering golden skin and elf-like ears. He takes out my boss like it’s nothing, and then he invites me on a wild ride... -
I Think We've Been Here Before by Suzy Krause
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsWith the end of the world predicted, reality bends in an unexpectedly quirky and heartwarming novel about human connection and the meaning of life and death by the bestselling author of Sorry I Missed You.Marlen and Hilda Jorgensen’s family has received two significant pieces of news: one, Marlen has been diagnosed with a terminal illness...Categorized as:
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Migration by Julie E. Czerneda
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsSenior co-administrator of the Norcoast Salmon Research Facility, Dr. Mackenzie Connor was a biologist who studied the spawning habits of salmon. Then, last season, just as she and Dr. Emily Mamani were starting their research, they were interrupted by the arrival of Brymm, the first Dhryn to set foot on Earth... -
The Alien's Reward by Ella Maven
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsI 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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Bad Boy Beast by Grace Goodwin
Atlan Warlord Kai, Journal Entry 1578, I've searched for months. My female, my mate, appeared and disappeared like a ghost, a specter who torments me. Her scent haunts me, body and soul. My beast hangs onto control by a thread. Soon I will lose the battle with mating fever and succumb to the savage fury, the agony turning blood to fire in my veins. Soon, not even our mate will be able to save us...Categorized as:
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Alien Commander's Mate by Ava Ross
An alien warrior made me an offer I can’t refuse. In exchange, he can do what wants with me for one week.I want a child, but that’s impossible now that Earth men are sterile. Then a ping from a distant planet reaches us. Aliens are real, and they’re interested in getting to know Earth women better...Categorized as:
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The Makings of a Magi Knight by Ruby Night, J.L. Madore
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsBook 3 of Exemplar Hall - An action-packed fantasy romance series from International Bestselling author JL Madore and debut author Ruby Night!I survived the first semester and despite Dean Belmont's agenda and the Celestial Council's misogynistic belief that women are the weaker sex and incapable of harnessing power, I showed them just how wrong they are... -
Silver Stealth by Iona Strom
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsSakkarMemories of betrayal flooded my mind with glimpses of a past I didn’t recall living. I had wronged so many, not just my clan but all of Valose. I was not worthy to walk among them. Not worthy of the female who had breathed life into my ancillary heart.It was just as well. My spirit mate cared not for me. Her downcast gaze, always on her feet or the male with whom she had returned... -
Alien Hunter's Captive by Presley Hall
To escape my captors, I’ll have to pretend to fall in love with one of them. But what happens when the lie starts to feel real?When the leader of the Uleki tribe decides to sell me off to another tribe known for their particularly brutal ways, I know I need to escape before we reach their village in the mountains...Categorized as:
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West: History Interrupted: Time Travel Romance by Lizzy Ford
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFor fans of “Doctor Who” and “Outlander” If you could change history, would you? College graduate Josephine “Josie” Jackson answers ‘yes’ to the question on a survey while visiting the Old West tourist town of Tombstone... -
The Drift Bundle: Books 1-3 by Susan Hayes
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratings***Three steamy cyborg romances from the Sci-fi romance series, The Drift*** Out on the edge of civilized space is a rag-tag collection of space stations and platforms known as the Drift. It’s a haven for the hunted, the lost, and those seeking second chances... -
Fated by Jessica Grayson, Aria Winter
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsWhen I'm rescued from captivity by a fierce Dragon warrior, I am both grateful and wary.Ronin is a Commander in the Mosauran Empire, and his species is one of the most feared in thegalaxy.When we crash on an Ice World, he detects a faint signal, on the surface, from another Mosauran ship. As we search for his people, I cannot deny that I'm drawn to him.He vows he will protect me and keep me safe...Categorized as:
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