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Hoards and Harbors Part 2 by S.M. Olivier
One of my worst nightmares came to fruition, and I was separated from some of my guys. Not knowing their fate left me in a state of constant anxiety. We were determining our next move and waiting for the hordes to pass only added to the stress of the unknown. Of course, leaving the prison and embarking on our next journey was also fraught with additional dangers... -
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Peripeteia by Sarah Lyons Fleming
Book two of The City Series is here! Months into the apocalypse, the zombies show no signs of dying, but it’s clear everyone in Sunset Park will die without enough food to outlast the undead. Add in the less-than-sociable new neighbors only blocks away, and the hunt for sustenance has come to feel more like a race than a ramble...Categorized as:
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![Mordacious by Sarah Lyons Fleming]()
Mordacious by Sarah Lyons Fleming
From the universe of the Until the End of the World series Sylvie Rossi has the loner thing down pat, with the exception of her best friend, Grace. But when the two are trapped in a hospital during the last gasp of a dying city, alone time is no longer an option...Categorized as:
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Day Death by Rebecca Quinn
One night. Six stories. Total nuclear annihilation.THE BRUTESTonight was meant to be about kink. Our lives are a nightmare of last-minute deployments and near misses, and we needed the break.Instead, we broke. The whole world broke.But as city after city is blown apart, and with a club full of civilians to protect, we have to pull it together and get them to safety. No matter how we’re feeling...Categorized as:
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![Betrothed to the Alien Mercenary by Robin O'Connor]()
Betrothed to the Alien Mercenary by Robin O'Connor
Trust no one. Hide who I am. Complete the mission. Easy... until I meet him.EvieWhen a dying Xurtal princess makes me promise to save her planet, I have no choice but to take her place. Me, a human girl, pretending to be an alien royal. To survive the assassination attempts, I need a bodyguard. Enter cocky, infuriating, and scorchingly hot.He has to pretend to be my mate to protect me...Categorized as:
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![Implode by E.K. Hunter]()
Implode by E.K. Hunter
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsRileyI didn’t need friends, but I found a family.I didn’t need a man, but I fell head over heels for the devil.All I needed was to keep my little sister safe, but all I ended up doing was putting her in harm's way. Kai made a promise to bring her home to me, and I knew that once he did, I had to get her far, far away from Hollows Bay...Categorized as:
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![Sublime Target by Anna Carven]()
Sublime Target by Anna Carven
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsJerik Garul wants a mate.As a former High Commander in the Kordolian Imperial Military, he's used to getting his way. Blunt-spoken and gruff, he has a tendency to shoot first and ask questions later.He doesn't know anything about humans and their mating customs. And he's mystified at how several of his battle-brothers—hard, ruthless, and lethal—have succeeded in securing their own females... -
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The Eve by Keary Taylor
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA plan was laid out as the Evolution crushed mankind, a plan that was right under Eden’s nose all along. And Eve is the key to everything. New Eden—mankind—they have a small chance at fixing their dismembered planet. But it will be a reckless sprint against time and the coming Bane to retrieve the final piece to the plot. New Eden’s worst fears have become reality... -
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Survival by Lisa Harris
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWelcome to Shadow Ridge, where Longmire meets Jericho.A dead body. A missing suspect. A town fighting for survival. In today’s world, law enforcement agencies across the country rely on forensic tools, DNA testing, and crime labs...Categorized as:
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![Seeking Asylum by S.M. Olivier]()
Seeking Asylum by S.M. Olivier
I was once an average college student with dreams of the Olympics. A better future had been within my grasp. I was weeks away from graduating from college, and I had just received my invitation to the National Team. Sure, I was still nursing a broken heart and coming to terms with the betrayal delivered to me at the hands of people I once trusted and loved dearly... -
![Her Cyborg Lumberjack by Susan Hayes]()
Her Cyborg Lumberjack by Susan Hayes
Birds were her only passion… until she met him.Rin has dedicated her life to the study of birds. When the military uncovers a lost project that results in a new avian species, they hire Rin to investigate what they’ve created… and how to best use their newest assets... -
![Stray by Andrea K. Höst]()
Stray by Andrea K. Höst
On her last day of high school, Cassandra Devlin walked out of exams and into a forest. Surrounded by the wrong sort of trees, and animals never featured in any nature documentary, Cass is only sure of one thing; alone, she will be lucky to survive. The sprawl of abandoned blockish buildings Cass discovers offers her only more puzzles...Categorized as:
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![Scorch Road by Toby Neal, Emily Kimelman]()
Scorch Road by Toby Neal, Emily Kimelman
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsA new romantic action adventure for fans of romance thriller suspense and family romance series! One of six Italian brothers and a sister, JT Luciano is a widowed environmental biologist with a touch of the Sight who is preparing for an apocalyptic event he knows is coming... -
![April's Fools by Ivy Asher, Raven Kennedy]()
April's Fools by Ivy Asher, Raven Kennedy
We were Army Rangers, the best of the best. And then one day, everything that we worked so hard to become was ripped away. Now, we’re in some podunk town, trying to find a sense of normal amongst the crazy, and learn how to live again. That gets a hell of a lot harder to do when a virus spreads mercilessly across the country, killing 85% of the people who contract it...Categorized as:
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![Detroit by J.N. Smith]()
Detroit by J.N. Smith
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsBetween her first cup of coffee and her daily dose of Xanax, Jane receives a cryptic warning from a trusted friend.Get out of the city. Now!Narrowly escaping with her children, she watches in horror as Detroit, along with dozens of cities across the globe, becomes trapped behind “Veils”.As Jane navigates the modern-day dystopia, she meets Army veteran Matt Patterson...Categorized as:
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![Hidden Flames by Kennedy Layne]()
Hidden Flames by Kennedy Layne
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThere were a few things that got Owen Quade through his multiple combat tours. One was the dream of riding a custom motorcycle on a winding mountain road. The former Marine had finally managed to complete that goal, and along the way he’d gained his own bike shop and the mechanic to go with it. She was a rare beauty, and he wasn’t talking about his bike either...Categorized as:
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Claimed Among the Stars by V.K. Ludwig, Zoey Draven
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsMake contact with the hottest alien anthology in the universe!Claimed Among the Stars will rocket you to reading bliss with more action, adventure, and pleasure than one planet can contain. Curl up with this collection of wild and wonderful heavenly bodies and venture to the unknown worlds that only your favorite sci-fi romance authors could create... -
![Local Heavens by K.M. Fajardo]()
Local Heavens by K.M. Fajardo
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA corporate hacker. An elusive billionaire. A society trying to survive the American Nightmare. New York City, 2075. Filipino American Nick Carraway has just moved to the heart of the fractured New Americas, where he’s struck by the city’s contradictions—shining corporate towers casting bleak shadows over the slums of a crumbling middle class... -
![Chosen by Swift by Lolita Lopez]()
Chosen by Swift by Lolita Lopez
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFaced with the prospect of being sold in marriage to a vicious old man, Alys runs away to volunteer to be Grabbed. She’s spent her life preparing to be a wife and mother. Why not take her chances with a stranger who wants a family of his own?Swift hasn’t always been a good man. He’s made mistakes, but he dedicated himself to his duty and to regaining his honor...Categorized as:
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![Seduced by a Beast by Miranda Bridges]()
Seduced by a Beast by Miranda Bridges
He wants me. And this male is used to getting whatever he demands. The only problem is I don't want to be bothered. Especially not hot and bothered. But he's not getting the hint. He thinks I'm his and that he needs to claim me. If I allow myself to ask what that means it'll probably add a couple of letters to my OCD. My disorder should deter him, like it has most people...Categorized as:
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![State of Pursuit by Summer Lane]()
State of Pursuit by Summer Lane
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsABSOLUTELY HEART-STOPPING!" - Leti Del Mar, author of Land of the Unaltered "[Summer Lane] IS QUITE A TALENTED WRITER WITH AN AMAZING GIFT FOR NARRATION." - Janice White, Editor & Author of Clarity: A Text on Writing Cassidy Hart is alone. Her Commander and the love of her life, Chris Young, has gone missing in action... -
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Catalyst by Anna Carven
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsStranded on a remote planet with no hope of escape. Stuck in the unforgiving wilderness, where monsters hunt in the skies above. No signal, no spacecraft, no translator. Esania thought she and her people were escaping to the sanctuary planet of Torandor...Categorized as:
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![Carnelians by Catherine Asaro]()
Carnelians by Catherine Asaro
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsThe leaders of the Eubian empire and Skolian Imperialate have survived political intrigue, military coups and murder attempts as they worked to forge a peace treaty between their two empires. Now comes the hard part--making the treaty a reality. Assassins are poised on both sides. Their mission: eliminate the leaders for the "crime" of striving to end half a millennia of hatred between empires... -
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![Burning Bridges by Nadège Richards]()
Burning Bridges by Nadège Richards
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratings"It's do or die..." The year is 2065. In a world that has been divided amongst the Hunter race and the Warrior, prisoners who have fallen prey to King Cyrus' decrees are forced into the arena to fight until death. Winner is granted mercy and privilege to see another sunrise. Death unto the weak... -
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Embers by Claire Kent
I never thought I'd live through an apocalypse, but I guess no one ever does. Now my family's gone, and the only person who can keep me safe in a violent, chaotic world is my dead boyfriend's rough, uncivilized father. I don't like him. At all. Cal's the last person I want to rely on, but for now he's all I've got... -
![Pivot by Kat Martin, Alexandra Ivy]()
Pivot by Kat Martin, Alexandra Ivy
Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAs girls, they bonded over broken homes and growing up in foster care.As women, they’re fighting for their lives, and loves, once more . . .MERI (Against the Heart)When Meriwether Jones takes her young daughter and runs from trouble in L.A., that trouble follows. By the time Meri reaches Spokane, she’s out of gas, money, and ideas...Categorized as:
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![Sub Zero (The ESTO Universe) by Angel Martinez]()
Sub Zero (The ESTO Universe) by Angel Martinez
Returning to the frozen planet Aren died on was bound to have complications... A Science Fiction Mystery from Angel MartinezMajor Aren Dalsgaard's newest assignment is to investigate a series of murders on the frigid planet, Drass, where relations between the Treaty settlers and the indigenous inhabitants have taken a nasty turn...Categorized as:
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![The Warchief's Bride by Ivy McAdams]()
The Warchief's Bride by Ivy McAdams
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWho invited the aliens? The weekend was supposed to be one last epic ladies’ night before my best friend’s wedding. A bachelorette party in Vegas that would rock our socks off. As it turns out, what happens in Vegas doesn’t stay in Vegas…it gets teleported to a mysterious deadly planet full of monsters and alien savages.As if that’s not bad enough, the alien barbarian chief claims me as his wife...Categorized as:
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![Cassandra's Challenge by M.K. Eidem]()
Cassandra's Challenge by M.K. Eidem
Cassandra Chamberlain has always stood out. It's hard not to at 6’1” and 165 pounds with jet black hair and sapphire blue eyes. And if that wasn’t enough she is also brilliant, graduating from Harvard at fifteen, teaching at MIT at nineteen and up for the prestigious Magellan Award at twenty five. But she’s never really fit in. Not with her peers, not with her contemporaries, only with her family... -
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Starved by Violet Fox
My whole life, I have been starved.Starved of love and starved of affection.My caretaker, Francis, refuses to touch me, and he makes me feel as worthless as dirt.The only love and affection I've ever found are inside the pages of the books he gives me. At least those books make me feel less alone—less starved.They give me hope that I'll find love of my very own one day...Categorized as:
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![OffSet: A Dystopian Climate Fiction by Anna Trompetas]()
OffSet: A Dystopian Climate Fiction by Anna Trompetas
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"Anna Trompetas’s debut novel is beautifully written, funny, poignant, and terrifying all at once." "Gripping, insightful, couldn’t put it down... A thrilling exploration of what society is frighteningly close to becoming" A stunning dystopian science fiction novel, exploring a future London reeling from the impacts of climate change.You pay people to serve you food... -
![Princess by Claire Kent]()
Princess by Claire Kent
I guess I'm one of the lucky ones.When the asteroid hits and the world falls apart, I'm seventeen, and my dad buys us a place in an underground bunker. We're supposed to be safe down there, but we're not. Gradually, I lose everything until all I have left is a bewildering relationship with a stoic, unknowable man... -
![Bloody Sunrise by Gwendolyn Harper]()
Bloody Sunrise by Gwendolyn Harper
Caitlin Meadows thought the worst part of her business trip would be the airport hassles and her overly chatty seatmate. However, when her plane is shot down, and she finds herself in the middle of a zombie virus outbreak, she realizes she was never prepared for terrors like these. Lost, alone, and afraid, Caitlin can only focus on one thing-- survival... -
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![Bound to the Alien by Luna Kingsley]()
Bound to the Alien by Luna Kingsley
Will a curvy virgin give this fierce warrior a reason to open his heart?Khocin has been fighting the Yinean his whole adult life, so it sucks when he’s taken captive and wakes up on their ship. His plan to escape is complicated by his fellow captive – a human woman handcuffed to him. She’s the prettiest thing he’s ever seen, but she’ll only slow him down, and he needs to get back to his brothers... -
![No Words Alone by Autumn Dawn]()
No Words Alone by Autumn Dawn
Sometimes, love shines like a billion stars. As the only woman in a team of marooned explorers, whom do you trust--your friends...or your enemy? When Xera is stranded on a desert planet with a hostile crew and a cadre of murdering aliens, her friends aren't who she thinks they are. As the translator, she's the only one who can forge a truce...Categorized as:
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![Lonely Beard by Cassie Mint]()
Lonely Beard by Cassie Mint
I came to this mountain for market research. Now I’m sheltering from a storm with a bearded grump. Aiden McCrae has an attitude problem. Hey, maybe that’s why he can’t keep a mail order bride—but when I lose my cool and suggest that to him, waving my clipboard on his deck, he sends me away without another word.I don’t get far, though... -
![After Sundown by Linda Howard, Linda Jones]()
After Sundown by Linda Howard, Linda Jones
From New York Times bestselling authors Linda Howard and Linda Jones, danger unites two guarded hearts as they struggle for survival... Sela Gordon, shy owner of a Tennessee general store, prefers solitude. If anyone can chip away at her protective shell it’s the handsome, mysterious, ex-military man who’s been hiding for two years in the wilds of Cove Mountain...Categorized as:
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![Essential Beginnings by Kennedy Layne]()
Essential Beginnings by Kennedy Layne
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsChange is coming… Maverick Beckett took his much needed annual vacation up to Washington State to relax with his old friends from his years in the Corps. He also had every intention of extinguishing the fires that arose between him and a certain local woman he couldn’t get out of his mind until the unthinkable happened...Categorized as:
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![Mine by Brenda Huber]()
Mine by Brenda Huber
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBecoming the object of obsession can be deadly. Brilliant songwriter, Alexandra Sinclair swore she'd never return to the predator-filled music industry. Yet her life takes an unexpected tailspin and Alex finds herself neck deep in the business once more...Categorized as:
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![The Challenge by Susan Kearney]()
The Challenge by Susan Kearney
Rated: 3.68 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsShe was shot protecting the president, and woke up naked, in the arms of a hunk...A hunk named Kahn, who told Secret Service agent Tessa Camen an outlandish story about traveling through time, saving the world, and a Challenge only she can accept. Kahn offers her proof she can't refute: Tessa has been brought forward through time to save Earth by winning an intergalactic challenge...Categorized as:
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![Alien Warrior's Bounty by Lizzy Bequin]()
Alien Warrior's Bounty by Lizzy Bequin
Abducted by a cold-blooded bounty hunter...Literally cold blooded.Rogar is seven feet of muscle and power wrapped in smooth, reptilian scales.His client is an alien crime boss who wants me as his bride. As far as Rogar is concerned, I’m nothing but a paycheck.But when we find ourselves marooned on an mysterious planet, my alien captor becomes my protector...Categorized as:
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