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A Desolation Called Peace by Arkady Martine
An alien armada lurks on the edges of Teixcalaanli space. No one can communicate with it, no one can destroy it, and Fleet Captain Nine Hibiscus is running out of options. In a desperate attempt at diplomacy with the mysterious invaders, the fleet captain has sent for a diplomatic envoy... -
![The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers]()
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers
A rollicking space adventure with a lot of heart. When Rosemary Harper joins the crew of the Wayfarer, she isn't expecting much. The patched-up ship has seen better days, but it offers her everything she could possibly want: a spot to call home, a chance to explore the far-off corners of the galaxy, and some distance from her past... -
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![Without a Front: The Warrior’s Challenge by Fletcher DeLancey]()
Without a Front: The Warrior’s Challenge by Fletcher DeLancey
An assassin’s shot has shattered the Opah family and endangered Lancer Andira Tal. Now criminal forces are racing law enforcement to find the man who could topple Tal’s government.With the net closing around them, Tal and Salomen Opah discover the power of their tyree bond, a power Alsea has not seen in a millennium... -
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Catalyst by Fletcher DeLancey
Rated: 4.72 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAfter disobeying orders and saving the planet of Alsea from invasion, Captain Ekatya Serrado returns home a hero and renegade, alongside Dr. Lhyn Rivers, now the foremost authority on a culture that fascinates and terrifies. They share a secret: they are tyrees, linked by an Alsean empathic bond that should be biologically impossible for two Gaians... -
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![Without a Front: The Producer's Challenge by Fletcher DeLancey]()
Without a Front: The Producer's Challenge by Fletcher DeLancey
Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAlsea is fractured in the aftermath of war. So is its leader.Though devastated by a personal loss, Lancer Andira Tal must somehow stitch her world together and move it forward when all the rules have changed. Every decision is fraught with risk, and her enemies wait for her to stumble... -
![Uprising by Fletcher DeLancey]()
Uprising by Fletcher DeLancey
Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA caste Prime with a personal grudge that may bring down the government. A captured soldier seeking peace with his former enemies. A rural landowner thrust into the highest levels of political power.As Alsea looks to the future, its foundations are cracked by the past... -
![Alsea Rising: Gathering Storm by Fletcher DeLancey]()
Alsea Rising: Gathering Storm by Fletcher DeLancey
Rated: 4.79 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAN OLD ENEMY. A NEW THREAT.As Alsea’s space elevator nears completion, an unsettling rumor arrives: the Voloth are stirring once more.Lancer Andira Tal has been preparing for this since the Battle of Alsea, determined that her people will never again pay such a price. She will use every weapon at her disposal—including her own bondmate... -
![Alsea Rising: The Seventh Star by Fletcher DeLancey]()
Alsea Rising: The Seventh Star by Fletcher DeLancey
Rated: 4.78 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe Voloth have arrived.Their opening gambit upends months of planning. Their second assault leaves Alsea’s defenses scrambling. The third may end it all.While Captain Serrado and her forces desperately fight to prevent a catastrophe, Lancer Tal activates her secret weapon: the divine tyrees, led by Salomen Opah. But Salomen is no warrior, and a changing battle can unravel even the best of plans... -
![Outcaste by Fletcher DeLancey]()
Outcaste by Fletcher DeLancey
Rated: 4.77 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsRahel Sayana is desperate to escape the life her parents have planned for her. She runs away to the dangerous port city of Whitesun and becomes an outcaste: a person of no caste and few rights.From backbreaking labor on the docks to fighting off bullies, Rahel learns the lessons that propel her to the life of her dreams. Happiness does not last... -
![Resilience by Fletcher DeLancey]()
Resilience by Fletcher DeLancey
Rated: 4.74 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAs the first Alsean to serve aboard a Protectorate warship, Rahel Sayana thought her empathic sense would be an advantage. She never imagined it could be a weakness.Captain Ekatya Serrado has her hands full with a new empathic officer, an attempted murder, and a missing cargo ship. Finding the lost ship only adds to her problems: its crew lies dead amid signs of alien predators... -
![A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine]()
A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine
Ambassador Mahit Dzmare arrives in the center of the multi-system Teixcalaanli Empire only to discover that her predecessor, the previous ambassador from their small but fiercely independent mining Station, has died. But no one will admit that his death wasn't an accident—or that Mahit might be next to die, during a time of political instability in the highest echelons of the imperial court... -
![Vellmar the Blade by Fletcher DeLancey]()
Vellmar the Blade by Fletcher DeLancey
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAn elite warrior. A split-second decision that launches a legend.Lead Guard Fianna Vellmar is the daughter of a champion, raised from childhood to work hard and be the very best. When she is given the opportunity to compete at the highest level and earn her place among Alsea’s elite warriors, a stunning turn of events forces her to choose between life and glory, mercy and pride... -
![Without A Front – The Producer’s Challenge by Fletcher DeLancey]()
Without A Front – The Producer’s Challenge by Fletcher DeLancey
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsWhen the Voloth invaded Alsea, Lancer Andira Tal thought the hard part would be fighting off a technologically advanced army. It wasn’t. In the aftermath of war, Alsean society is deeply divided and Tal is facing issues no Lancer has ever dealt with before... -
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The Caphenon by Fletcher DeLancey
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsA split-second decision to save a civilization. Another decision to give it away. Captain Ekatya Serrado has spent her career fighting the Voloth, who view less advanced civilizations as fuel for their empire. The choice between saving her ship or a world under attack is easy. The choices that come after are harder... -
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![Far Enough by Fletcher DeLancey]()
Far Enough by Fletcher DeLancey
Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsImmediately after the uprising, Lhyn Rivers is called to account for her involvement in an event that shocked the world. Disturbed by her interview and missing her bondmate, she finds refuge at Hol-Opah.Salomen Opah is at loose ends, trapped on her holding with nothing to do and no distractions from unwanted memories... -
![Warrior 3.0 by Natalie Debrabandere]()
Warrior 3.0 by Natalie Debrabandere
Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsCAN LOVE TRANSCEND TIME AND SPACE? Following victory on Earth, Commander Al’eesya Y Shar is once again fighting on behalf of the Confederation of Planets. The fierce, handsome soldier has put the past, and especially one particular human, behind her for good. Dr Kelsey Gray is a survivor. Although her own memories may be lost to her, her passion for saving lives is intact... -
![New World: Own Me by Lily X.]()
New World: Own Me by Lily X.
Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsThe softest Domme in the Cancer Cluster meets her match in New World: Own Me by Lily X.Austy: It’s hard to be single when you’re surrounded by people who are so in love.For almost a decade, I’ve watched my friends form unbreakable bonds with their Mates, start families and live the life I so desperately want... -
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Timeless by Nicole Pyland
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsQuinn has no idea why a short trip to a small town turned into her moving there and buying an antique shop, but after five years of waiting, her answer walks right through the shop’s door... -
![Mail Order Bride by Molly J. Bragg]()
Mail Order Bride by Molly J. Bragg
Ten years ago, aliens from a Galaxy spanning government called the Hegemony arrived in the Solar system and ever since Earth has been on a long, slow journey to becoming a banana republic. Samantha ‘Sam’ Murray has spent her entire high school career doing everything her mom could think of to earn a chance at an off-world education that would keep her from living a life of poverty...Categorized as:
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Academy Days by J.J. Pavlov
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsBack to school. Kuroe Makoto, now known as Chaos to demons and Chloe Marcott to humans, never thought that in a fantasy world filled with sword and sorcery, she would attend school once more. But her fake human heart beats faster at the fact that this is a magic school - the kind she has read about in many stories... -
![TruLove by Nicole Pyland]()
TruLove by Nicole Pyland
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn an ever-changing and complex world, it can be hard to find love. But there’s a new company called TruLove, and they offer people a chance to take a few tests and receive a list of the top ten people on the planet that they could be happy with. No more of this ‘one person in the world for each person... -
![Third Don by J.S. Fields]()
Third Don by J.S. Fields
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsThe planet wakes. Atalant is torn between two worlds. In uncharted space, head of a sentient planet, the new eld of Ardulum now leads the religion she once rejected. Emn is by her side but the Mmnnuggl war brewing in the Charted Systems, threatening her homeworld of Neek, cannot be ignored. Atalant must return to the planet that exiled her in order to lead the resistance... -
![Survival by Rita Potter]()
Survival by Rita Potter
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsForty-eight hours after the Upheaval, reality is beginning to set in at the Whitaker Estate. The world, As We Know It, has ended.Dillon Mitchell and her friends are left to survive, after discovering most of the population, at least in the United States, has mysteriously died... -
![A Soldier First by Natalie Debrabandere]()
A Soldier First by Natalie Debrabandere
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsNew York – London – Paris – Los Angeles… ALL GONE.Of the eight billion people who lived on Earth in 2020, only two-and-a-half now remain. Commander Sky Y Shar has gone AWOL on her own military to lead the human Resistance, but they are seriously under-resourced and losing fast. She struggles with recurring nightmares and violent flashbacks... -
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![Those Beyond the Wall by Micaiah Johnson]()
Those Beyond the Wall by Micaiah Johnson
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsFaced with a coming apocalypse, a woman must reckon with her past to solve a series of sudden and inexplicable deaths in a searing sci-fi thriller from the Compton Crook Award–winning author of The Space Between Worlds.Scales is the best at what she She is an enforcer who keeps the peace in Ashtown, a rough, climate-ravaged desert town... -
![The Significant by Kyra Anderson]()
The Significant by Kyra Anderson
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsThe beloved leader of a planet... A non-citizen fugitive... And a secret love that could kill them both. Kailynn Evada was born on the most powerful planet in the Altereye System, but was raised in the non-citizen district of Trid. She always dreamed of revolution and changing the injustices of the planet Tiao. But when her brother’s plot to destroy the A.I... -
![Lucky 7 by Rae D. Magdon]()
Lucky 7 by Rae D. Magdon
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsElena Nevares is on the run. She’s a jacker, someone who connects to virtual reality with their brain, and everyone else on her crew was murdered during a mission gone wrong. Sasha Young is planning a rescue. She’s a handler, a team leader whose crew has been scattered by an evil corporation: Axys Generations... -
![Failure to Communicate by Kaia Sønderby]()
Failure to Communicate by Kaia Sønderby
As one of the only remaining autistics in the universe, Xandri Corelel has faced a lot of hardship, and she's earned her place as the head of Xeno-Liaisons aboard the first contact ship Carpathia. But her skill at negotiating with alien species is about to be put to the ultimate test... -
![The Walls of Westernfort by Jane Fletcher]()
The Walls of Westernfort by Jane Fletcher
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAll Natasha Ionadis wants is to serve the Goddess as a Temple Guard, and she volunteers eagerly for a dangerous mission to infiltrate a band of renegade warriors and imprinters. But, once away from the temple, the issues are no longer so simple and she must revaluate her beliefs, especially in light of her growing attraction for one of the outlaws... -
![Come to My Door by Lexa Luthor]()
Come to My Door by Lexa Luthor
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCharlie always swore she'd go out with a bang! But it isn't her time, at least not in Kal's eyes. Questioning her survival, Charlie learns that the godly ruler brought her back from death. Charlie refuses to believe it, until she witnesses it for herself. Although Charlie isn't ready to face the truth behind Kal's actions, they continue their dangerous and secretive affair... -
![Partners - Book One by Melissa Good]()
Partners - Book One by Melissa Good
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAfter a massive volcanic eruption puts earth into nuclear winter, the planet is cloaked in clouds and no sun penetrates. Seas cover most of the land areas except high elevations which exist as islands where the remaining humans have learned to make do with much less. People survive on what they can take from the sea and with foodstuffs supplemented from an orbiting set of space stations...Categorized as:
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![On Strike Against God by Joanna Russ]()
On Strike Against God by Joanna Russ
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsJoanna Russ's On Strike Against God is remarkable for its deft intertwining of many themes: not only the overt one of coming out, but many intricately (and inevitably) interlaced stories of alienation, a search for community and rebellion against how our society defines women... -
![Titans by Erik Schubach]()
Titans by Erik Schubach
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsThe Valkyrie and the Asgard must contend with an adversary unlike any they have faced before.Kara comes up against an enemy she does not know how to confront. Her brute force fighting skills are useless against this new enemy, and she must match wits with the Titan leader in a battle of wills.Surprises abound and awkward alliances are formed... -
![Lee Shores by Rachel Ford]()
Lee Shores by Rachel Ford
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsSometimes still waters are the most dangerous. Murder turns a quiet month of shore leave into a nightmare for Chief Engineer Kay Ellis and Captain Magdalene Landon of the Black Flag. When a member of their crew is implicated in the killing of a young woman, the privateers find themselves pawns in an interplanetary diplomatic struggle that predates any of them... -
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![New World: Breathe with Me by Lily X.]()
New World: Breathe with Me by Lily X.
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTime travel leads to lust—and love—in this fourth installment of Lily X's breathtaking New World series.Aster: When a client hands me a batch of gorgeous Old Earth antiques, my eyes linger on an odd, gilded mirror topped with a mysterious yellow stone. In all my years as a collector, I've never seen anything like it. And probably never will again... -
![Betrayal by Rita Potter]()
Betrayal by Rita Potter
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsBetrayal is the exciting conclusion to the As We Know It series.The survivors at Whitaker Estate are still reeling from the vicious attack on their community, which left three of their friends dead.When the mysterious newcomer Alaina Renato reveals there is a traitor in their midst, it threatens to tear the community apart... -
![Murder by Memory by Olivia Waite]()
Murder by Memory by Olivia Waite
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsBecky Chambers meets Miss Marple in this sci-fi ode to the cozy mystery, helmed by a formidable no-nonsense auntie of a detectiveA mind is a terrible thing to erase.. -
![T-Minus Two by K.G. MacGregor]()
T-Minus Two by K.G. MacGregor
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIt's the boldest conquest of our time—the colonization of Mars. Of the thousands who clamored for a one-way ticket to the Red Planet, only a fraction remain in the running. Now they're converging on Hawaii’s Big Island for a nail-biting competition to be the first to launch. Mila Todorov has prepared for this moment throughout her young life... -
![The Romance Bet by Jae]()
The Romance Bet by Jae
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsReporter Abby James prides herself on never having read a romance novel. She thinks they’re formulaic, shallow, easy-to-write drivel—until romance author Tamara Brennan challenges her to write one... -
![Stoner McTavish by Sarah Dreher]()
Stoner McTavish by Sarah Dreher
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMeet lesbian travel agent turned reluctant detective, Stoner McTavish and her friends, on their first adventure to Grand Teton National Park, where she falls in love with her dream lover, Gwen, whom she must rescue from almost certain death... -
![Of Scars and Duty by Natalie Debrabandere]()
Of Scars and Duty by Natalie Debrabandere
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsElite Special Forces Operator Major Evan K. Williams should not be alive. She does not want to be. Tell that to those callous military doctors though. Now Williams has AI inside her brain, and PTSD is making her life hell. Filled with rage, and consumed by guilt, the bottle is her only escape... -
![Pirate's Fortune by Gun Brooke]()
Pirate's Fortune by Gun Brooke
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNotorious pirate and mercenary Weiss Kyakh works as a reluctant double-agent for the Supreme Constellations. Her mission is to infiltrate a cutthroat band of space pirates along with a sentient bio-android, Madisyn Pimm. Pimm’s sole purpose is to bring pirates to justice. The sophisticated android looks human, but Weiss soon realizes that Madisyn has her own heartbreaking secrets... -
![New World: Safe with Me by Lily X.]()
New World: Safe with Me by Lily X.
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA pilot from Old Earth crash lands in a whole New World—and falls for her dreamy medic—in Lily X’s sexy, fluffy sci-fi romance. Havi: Aww hell. I probably shouldn’t have “borrowed” a US military ship to flee impending disaster on Earth, but it’s not like we had a better option... -
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The Alien's Veterinarian by Arizona Tape, Skye MacKinnon
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsNo space adventure is complete without a catAbby prefers animals to people, which comes in handy since she's a vet working long hours at a cat rescue. She can't say no to a critter in need, so when she's offered a quick and well-paid job to look after a pregnant jaguar, she accepts it. Problem is, she didn't read the small print.. -
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![Deus Ex Mechanic by Ryann Fletcher]()
Deus Ex Mechanic by Ryann Fletcher
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsAlice is the best mechanic the corrupt Coalition regime has ever seen. When she’s kidnapped by an infamous vigilante space pirate named Violet, she has to make the hardest decision she’s ever made: escape back to the comfort of the Coalition, or risk everything to fight injustice?When Violet decided to ransack Coalition vessels, she never though she’d have to fight her feelings for Alice, too...Categorized as:
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![Royal Family by Jenny Frame]()
Royal Family by Jenny Frame
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsFor Veronica Clayton, the sudden death of her mother has turned her naturally bright and happy-go-lucky view of the world bleak. As the Police Protection Officer for the Queen's children, she has purpose, but for the next six months, the Queen's family is the focus of a documentary on royal life. The last thing Clay wants is a camera pointed in her face... -
![Depths of Blue by Lise MacTague]()
Depths of Blue by Lise MacTague
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFor Torrin Ivanov, life is a bargaining table. Every planet is a new business opportunity. Legality is optional and supplying one side in a local civil war always adds up to profit.Jak Stowell is at war within a war. A woman hidden in the heart of a male-only army, her brother’s murder has left her desperate for vengeance... -
![Navigational Entanglements by Aliette de Bodard]()
Navigational Entanglements by Aliette de Bodard
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAward-winning author of The Red Scholar’s Wake Aliette de Bodard comes for your heart with a compelling tale of love, duty, and found-family in an exciting new space opera that brings xianxia-style martial arts to the stars.Jockeying navigator clans guide spaceships through the an area of space populated by the mysterious but deadly creatures known as Tanglers... -
![Protector of the Realm by Gun Brooke]()
Protector of the Realm by Gun Brooke
Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBook One: Supreme ConstellationsWith the fate of entire civilizations at risk, the galactic battleground makes for unusual alliances and unexpected passions as two women from very different worlds join forces... -
![The Black Bird of Chernobyl by Ann McMan]()
The Black Bird of Chernobyl by Ann McMan
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTwo-time Lambda Literary Award-winning author Ann McMan takes readers inside the inner workings of the funeral home business as only she can in this remarkable and wholly unforgettable dark romantic comedy that proves life is for the living.Everything about Lilah Stohler is her clothes, mood, and outlook on life and death...
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