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A Civil Campaign by Lois McMaster Bujold
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 48 ratingsMiles Vorkosigan has a problem: unrequited love for the beautiful widow Ekaterin Vorsoisson, violently allergic to marriage after her first exposure. If a frontal assault won't do, Miles thinks, try subterfuge. He has a cunning plan... Lord Mark Vorkosigan, Miles' brother, also has a problem: his love has just become unrequited again. But he has a cunning plan.. -
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Miles in Love by Lois McMaster Bujold
Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsKomarr—Miles Vorkosigan is sent to Komarr, a planet that could be a garden with a thousand more years of terraforming; or an uninhabitable wasteland, if the terraforming project fails. The solar mirror vital to the project has been shattered by a ship hurtling off course, and Miles has been sent to find out if it was an accident, or sabotage... -
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![The Galaxy, and the Ground Within by Becky Chambers]()
The Galaxy, and the Ground Within by Becky Chambers
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... -
![Miles, Mutants, and Microbes (Vorkosigan Saga (Publication Order) #4, 5.2 & 13) by Lois McMaster Bujold]()
Miles, Mutants, and Microbes (Vorkosigan Saga (Publication Order) #4, 5.2 & 13) by Lois McMaster Bujold
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsContent: Falling free Labyrinth Diplomatic immunity Miles Vorkosigan/Naismith : his life and times.Two complete novels and a short novel in one large volume:Falling Free—The Nebula Award-winning novel. Leo Graf was just your typical efficient engineer: mind your own business and do the job... -
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Prince by Tana Stone
Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsThe alien prince is on the hunt for revenge. And buying me is part of his master plan.I was safe hiding on the outskirts of the galaxy and singing in a dingy nightclub. Until the menacing alien prince with the platinum hair and claiming gaze bought my debt. Now I’m traveling on his ship as his guide while he searches for vengeance... -
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Prodigal by Tana Stone
Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsDark. 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... -
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Vende by Celia Kyle, Anne Hale
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsHe 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
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... -
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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... -
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Flame by Tana Stone
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe 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... -
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The Vixen War Bride by Thomas J. Doscher
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsWith 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... -
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Lyel by Ava Ross
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAn 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 ratingsReturning 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... -
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Alien Warrior Untamed by Ava Ross
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsShe'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... -
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Seduce by Tana Stone
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsI 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...Categorized as:
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![An Alien Berserker for Christmas by Mina Carter]()
An Alien Berserker for Christmas by Mina Carter
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... -
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Tamed by Presley Hall
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThis 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... -
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Valor's Trial by Tanya Huff
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsThe fourth book in Tanya Huff's action-packed military sci-fi adventure Confederation seriesAfter surviving the perils of the Crucible, the Marine Corps planet where a routine training assignment had taken a deadly twist—Gunnery Sergeant Torin Kerr returned to Ventris Station just in time to link up with her old platoon and head out to a new war zone, an area of space where the enemy known as... -
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Red Planet Dragons of Tajss: Books 1-5 Boxed Set by Miranda Martin
Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsEscape 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... -
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Holdouts by Thomas J. Doscher
Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsIt 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... -
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Uncivil Affairs by Thomas J. Doscher
Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsIt’s the most wonderful time of the year! Happy… Arbor Day?As Captain Ben Gibson and his Army Rangers continue to improve relations between the humans and the Va’Shen villagers of Pelle, Gibson is invited to participate in the village’s ruling council... -
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Obsession by Tana Stone
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA 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... -
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Alien Beast's Warrior Bride by Juno Wells
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsThe 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... -
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Dragon's Redemption by Miranda Martin
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsJormund I have to have her. These other males can't care for her the way I will. They'll try to get her back, of course. What else could they do? I'll have to outsmart them to keep her. And keep her I will. She-who-is-mine will see, eventually. We are fated. She is my heart and my soul. Delilah I'm resigned to my life alone. Well, not really alone... -
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![Alien Warrior Unbeaten by Ava Ross]()
Alien Warrior Unbeaten by Ava Ross
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCan 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 ratingsMaxxon 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... -
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Scorch by Tana Stone
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsI 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... -
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Whelon by Celia Kyle, Anne Hale
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsExperiencing 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... -
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Her Alien Ex-Con by Michele Mills
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsI’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... -
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Dark and Light by Evangeline Anderson
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsTwo 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... -
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Yool by Tana Stone
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... -
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Burn by Tana Stone
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMy 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... -
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Hierax by Ruby Lionsdrake
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsAs a database programmer from Arizona and a fan of sedate, indoor activities, Indi Smith doesn’t belong in outer space. Certainly not in a star system with a broken wormhole gate and no way home. But through no fault of her own, that’s where she’s landed, and nobody on the ship, not even the genius chief engineer Hierax, knows how to repair the gate... -
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Arena by Logan Jacobs
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThank 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... -
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Stolen by Evangeline Anderson
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsPenny 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... -
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Handcuffing the Alien by Ava Ross
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMy 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... -
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Charlie's Order by Miranda Martin
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsHe's a member of the enemy Order, but his dragon staked its claim and he killed a Brother to defend me...CharlieI’m a scientist. Logic has always gotten me through, but there's no logic to love. Lusting over the alpha, domineering alien dragon man, sure, makes sense. But instant love? Fated mates? Impossible.Besides, he’s a member of the evil Order... -
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Allie's Match by Miranda Martin
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsAllieI know Balan is 'the one' the instant we meet. It's hard to miss my breath catching in my throat, my heart galloping out of my chest, and my stomach deciding it's a gymnast. It's either love at first sight, or maybe I'm just dying.That's what it feels like when the new chisel featured Zmaj with a panty melting physique shows up and proceeds to completely ignore me... -
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Vanished by Evangeline Anderson, Reese Dante
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsHarper 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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Alien Retribution by Sadie Carter
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSince the day his family was murdered, Boris has been obsessed with vengeance. The last thing he needs in his life is a mate. Besides, what sort of female would want a scarred, crippled male who has taken a vow of silence? Nope, there is no room in his life for a female. Then he meets Nassir. Beautiful. Fragile. Distant... -
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Dragon's Gift by Miranda Martin
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCelebrate the holidays on Tajss Maeve doesn't believe in fate and certainly not one that involves her and Padraig, the enormous and domineering alien dragon. His overly protective and possessive nature rubs her the wrong way. Padraig is certain the fiercely independent human female is the only one for him. His inner dragon has decided and the burly smith knows fate's hand when he feels it... -
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Dragon's Protection by Miranda Martin
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSometimes your greatest fears bring you where you need to be, no matter how hard the road is... Victoria... I was stupid. Scared and stupid when I followed the racist leader of the anti-Zmaj into the desert. We were exiled from the rest of the human survivors but hey, at least I was getting away from the huge and intimidating, dragon-like Zmaj warriors... -
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Ziva's Prince by Miranda Martin
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI was a Princess of the Stars. I had everything, or so it seemed.On the Generation Ship I was a socialite. My life was lived in the public eye. It was great, on the outside. Everyone wanted me or wanted to be me.Then we crashed.Here we humans have a dragon-alien protector. The way he looks at my former ship-mate Riley is the one thing I never had. A man who saw me... -
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![Alien Conquest by Sadie Carter]()
Alien Conquest by Sadie Carter
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsGeorgie jumped on a transporter to Zerconia, looking for a new, safer life. And if she happened to find a great hunk of spunk to worship the ground she walks on, spend his days feeding her grapes and granting her every wish... then, you know, she wasn’t going to say no, right?Only, someone up there had it in for her... -
![Asia's Fate: A Sci-Fi Alien Romance Novella by Miranda Martin]()
Asia's Fate: A Sci-Fi Alien Romance Novella by Miranda Martin
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsThere's an old saying that no plan survives contact with the enemy. But what if the enemy is your fated mate?AsiaFalling in love wasn’t part of the plan.I was supposed to be "captured", gather intel from the inside, then be rescued and returned to safety. But the moment I saw the enormous, electric blue scaled alien dragon warrior, my heart leapt into my throat... -
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Red Planet Dragons of Tajss by Miranda Martin
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"The Red Planet Dragons of Tajss series is filled with sexy, single warrior aliens looking for mates." - theromancejunkie USA Today bestselling author, Miranda Martin, creates a world like no other in an epic series that defines the science fiction romance genre. "Holy cow balls!! The second I opened it I couldn't put it down... -
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Alien Found by Julie K. Cohen
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEscape Earth. AVOID finding an alien husband. #EpicFail. RubyAt some point a girl has to stop running. Escaping Earth via signing up to be a mail-order bride sounded smart. Escaping the alien husband she’d been matched to… even smarter... -
![Jinxing the Warlord by Gail Koger]()
Jinxing the Warlord by Gail Koger
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHow did I end up on the barren world of Cygnus? Fate and a promise made under duress. My name is Jinx Tuva. To say my early childhood was rough is putting it mildly. My father hid me from the lawless inhabitants and taught me how to be a warrior. Loneliness was my constant companion. I dreamed of having friends, meeting new species and traveling the galaxy. Turns out Fate is one twisted bitch... -
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Alien Awoken by Julie K. Cohen
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsBaby on Board. Blue, horned alien flying ship. Help! JadeJade will do anything to protect her daughter, even cooperate with the blue, horned alien who says a friend sent him to get her, to keep her safe. She’s heard that line before. Jade shouldn’t trust him, but she can’t stay on Earth either. She has to take her chances with Havok...
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