Books like 'Garden of Echoes and Ash'

Readers who enjoyed Garden of Echoes and Ash by J. Ember Hintz also liked the following books featuring the same tropes, story themes, relationship dynamics and character types.

paranormal  fantasy  science fiction  aliens  magic  m-f  fated-mates  from hate to love  betrayal  sassy heroine 

  • Promises Kept by Michael Anderle

    Promises Kept by Michael Anderle

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    When 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...
  • Terran Tactics by Daniel Schinhofen

    Terran Tactics by Daniel Schinhofen

    Rated: 4.74 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    MX Hub had proven to have challenges that Zander hadn’t anticipated. Accidentally getting tagged by a rogue element, he thwarted corporate espionage at Maverick Mecha Manufacturing. Lavella Hemoesta, the owner of Maverick, met with him to work out a deal so her company wouldn’t be given bad press. That meeting changed the future for both Lavella and Zander...
  • Sponsored links / Remove ads
  • Dragonsong by Anne McCaffrey

    Dragonsong by Anne McCaffrey

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 67 ratings
    Menolly -- Mistress of Music, Ward of Fire Lizards. Every two hundred years or so, shimmering threads fall, raining black ruin on Pern. The great dragons of Pern hurl themselves through the beleaguered skies, flaming tongues of fire to destroy deadly Thread and save the planet. It was not Threadfall that made Menolly unhappy...
  • A War of Ruin and Reckoning by Lana Pecherczyk

    A War of Ruin and Reckoning by Lana Pecherczyk

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 23 ratings
    A reckoning is coming… but who will it hurt the most? When environmental activist Nova Morales wakes thousands of years after a nuclear fallout, she is surrounded by magic, monsters, and war. The earth she fought to protect is in pieces, along with her heart. Everyone she loved is dead. All she wants is to find answers, but instead, she finds herself the unwilling prize in an Unseelie mate hunt...
  • Dragonsinger by Anne McCaffrey

    Dragonsinger by Anne McCaffrey

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 63 ratings
    Pursuing her dream to be a Harper of Pern, Menolly studies under the Masterharper learning that more is required than a facility with music and a clever way with words. Sequel to Dragonsong.
  • Jingle Stars by Jenny Schwartz

    Jingle Stars by Jenny Schwartz

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    When a starship decides to play Santa Claus…. Ahab is a mLa’an artificial intelligence embedded in the starship, Orion. The campaign for AIs to be recognized as full citizens of Galaxy Proper is within reach of its extraordinary goal. The only thing that could stop it now is if an AI did something foolish…like take a space station hostage to save seven orphaned children.
  • Hunter's Wish by Lynnea Lee

    Hunter's Wish by Lynnea Lee

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 18 ratings
    SARAH. It’s not you. It’s me. Fen’k is a total cinnamon roll of a Xarc’n hunter who makes me want what I’ll never have: to live happily ever after. He deserves someone who isn’t afraid to love him back. After the last person I trusted stomped on my heart and stole all that I cared about , I stopped believing in love. I’m sure it still exists; just not for me...
  • Dragon in Exile by Sharon Lee, Steve Miller

    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...
  • Dad Bod Ogre by Lynnea Lee

    Dad Bod Ogre by Lynnea Lee

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 19 ratings
    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...
  • Loyalty by Tana Stone

    Loyalty by Tana Stone

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    An 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...
  • Cherry Mission by August Aird

    Cherry Mission by August Aird

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Carter Ash should be a celebrated hero, instead he’s leading a doomed mission on a backwater moon, wondering what went wrong. His assignment is impossible - take over the whole moon with a handful of soldiers fresh out of Basic Training. It’s the kind of thing that takes an army, and his commanders won’t give him one...
  • Stolen by Tana Stone

    Stolen by Tana Stone

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    When they told her she’d been abducted from Earth as a tribute bride for a badass alien warrior, Hope thought it was the craziest thing she’d ever heard. That was before she was kidnapped by space pirates. Hope didn’t buy the idea of being a tribute bride. After all, she’d never been into commitment...
  • Lady Luck by K.C. Cross, J.A. Huss

    Lady Luck by K.C. Cross, J.A. Huss

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 14 ratings
    Luck knew two things when he left Harem Station months ago. One. The silver-haired Cygnian Princess Nyleena was still safely frozen away in her cryopod. And two. There was a good chance she was his soul mate. He left anyway. Nyleena is what you might call feisty. Or sassy. Or maybe just… feral. She is wild. Much too wild for Luck’s taste. But now that he’s home there’s no way to deny it...
  • Knighthunter by Anna Hackett

    Knighthunter by Anna Hackett

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 16 ratings
    She vows to bring her abducted queen home…even if she has to work with the man she hates. Knightmaster Nea Laurier is tough, dedicated, and lives to be the best Oronis knight she can be. All her life, she’s worked hard to live up to her prestigious family name...
  • Ringmaster by Lexie Winston

    Ringmaster by Lexie Winston

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 26 ratings
    I keep waiting for things to settle down, but my to-do list just keeps getting longer and longer. I’ve got a grandma to rescue from a planet infested with carnivorous flora and fauna, a Warlock whom I desperately want to bond with, and a tribunal with the Vilaxian clan to deal with. And that’s just to start with...
  • Blaze by Tana Stone

    Blaze by Tana Stone

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    I swore to myself that I’d never fall for an alien warrior. Now my life depends on trusting a Drexian I’d hoped to never see again. I was coming on board the Drexian space station to attend my cousin’s wedding. That was it. Despite every other woman on Earth falling all over themselves for one of the tough aliens, I wasn’t interested. Not even a little bit...
  • Where Dragons Collide by T.A. White

    Where Dragons Collide by T.A. White

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 16 ratings
    Tate is about to face her biggest challenge yet—navigating high society. After the events in the Harridan’s city, Tate is settling back into life in her chosen home of Aurelia. Peace doesn’t last long when a simple misjudgment leads to an event Tate would do anything to avoid—making her formal debut to court...
  • Corrupted Mate by Trish Heinrich

    Corrupted Mate by Trish Heinrich

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 6 ratings
    "If I can’t have her love, I'll take her hate. ". PRINCE ZIRETH. Once, we’d promised each other forever. But then I destroyed her world and scattered her people across the galaxy. It’s no surprise she tried to kill me. Twice. For the past seven years, every action I have taken, every lie I have lived has been to earn her forgiveness. Now I’m with her again, fighting by her side...
  • The Naga Scavenger's Precious Mate by Robin O'Connor

    The Naga Scavenger's Precious Mate by Robin O'Connor

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 9 ratings
    He is the king of beasts, the lord of water, and I’m his captive mate. Farah. Underwater, 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

    Pirating the Alien by Ava Ross

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I’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...
  • Ignite by Tana Stone

    Ignite by Tana Stone

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Aliens are real, they happen to be gorgeous, and there’s no way I’d ever agree to be a tribute bride for them. Now that everyone on Earth knows about the Drexians—and their need for human mates—women have been falling all over themselves to volunteer. But not me. Oh, I’m eager to go to the holographic space station where human brides are taken for their fantasy weddings and honeymoons...
  • Rudi by Honey Phillips

    Rudi by Honey Phillips

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 12 ratings
    Clarice is grateful for the chance to have left a dying Earth - she just wishes she hadn’t ended up somewhere quite so cold. But then she gets thrown into a rescue mission with a huge, muscular alien with glowing skin - and antlers! - and suddenly things on NorPol are heating up! Rudi has long since accepted that he is… different from the rest of his tribe...
  • Shadow's Howl by Riley Storm

    Shadow's Howl by Riley Storm

    Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Some secrets are too shameful to reveal…. Academy-trained mage Jennifer Shaw is setting out to make things right. First stop is the hideout of the wolf shifter rebels, where she’s greeted by the most suspicious, untrusting, and downright gorgeous man she’s ever met...
  • The Naga Shaman's Pregnant Mate by Robin O'Connor

    The Naga Shaman's Pregnant Mate by Robin O'Connor

    Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 5 ratings
    Stranded. Pregnant. Hunted. Falling for a deadly alien shaman was not in my birth plan. Nala. I woke in a glowing coffin, belly heavy, panic clawing at my throat. Then he appeared—white scales, golden eyes, and a voice like velvet over steel. He saved me… but I don’t know if I can trust anyone, not after what the Krektar did. I just want to protect my baby. That’s it...
  • Stroke of Fortune (Syndicate Masters: Midwest) by Delta James

    Stroke of Fortune (Syndicate Masters: Midwest) by Delta James

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A dark mafia fated mates paranormal romance. Different Vices. Different Beasts. Different Mafias. The need to claim their mates hearts is the same.
  • Hydrous by Amara Rae

    Hydrous by Amara Rae

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    A witch with the gift of water. A fae bred in duty. An immortal world on the brink. Naiya. I’m supposed to lead my coven… but I don’t think there’s anything I can do to stop the vicious wave from crashing down on us. We have enemies on all fronts, including among our own kind, because our mothers mated with other immortals...
  • Rexx by Tasha Black

    Rexx by Tasha Black

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Their 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...
  • Rescued by the Alien Vhar'Khyng by Bella Blair

    Rescued by the Alien Vhar'Khyng by Bella Blair

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Follow 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...
  • Paladin by Anna Hackett

    Paladin by Anna Hackett

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    A 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...
  • Zane by Tasha Black

    Zane by Tasha Black

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    She’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...
  • Terrene by Amara Rae

    Terrene by Amara Rae

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    A witch with the gift of earth. A demon bred in deception. An immortal world on the brink. Cassandra. I’m weak, useless to my coven… but with so many enemies hunting us, that has to change. Even our own kind wants us eliminated because our mothers mated with other immortals. As the only coven of hybrids, we have to work twice as hard to survive the prejudice of our kind...
  • Rath by Mina Carter, Susan Hayes

    Rath by Mina Carter, Susan Hayes

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 12 ratings
    He’s everything she knows to fear… but the alien warrior is her one chance to survive. Injured, lost, and on her own, Savannah is at breaking point when help finally arrives. His name is Rath, and he’s one of the enemy… only he doesn’t act like it. He’s sexy, gentle, and his touch makes her ache for things she’s never wanted before. .
  • Alien Warrior Unclaimed by Ava Ross

    Alien Warrior Unclaimed by Ava Ross

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    She means everything to me. Can I protect her from a vicious game? I was stolen by invaders when I was three seasons old and taken to Lord Vunne’s chamber. There, he tried to mold me into a monster. I became fast friends with other youngling males who I soon called my brothers...
  • The Naga Brute's Warrior Mate by Robin O'Connor

    The Naga Brute's Warrior Mate by Robin O'Connor

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 10 ratings
    Secrets, monsters, and one brutish Naga who just won’t give up. This is sure to be one twisted start to the afterlife. Kalani. When I disobey a direct order my courtmarshal and execution are swift. My death? Not so much. When I find myself crash-landed on an alien planet with a real Naga, I know my government screwed me over one final time...
  • Troy by Tasha Black

    Troy by Tasha Black

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 9 ratings
    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...
  • Treasured by the Alien Rogue by Ava Ross

    Treasured by the Alien Rogue by Ava Ross

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 9 ratings
    Stolen from Earth, I was sent to a distant planet to become the bride of a big blue alien. Do I dare let this gruff guy inside my heart? With my boss out to kill me, I run, only to be abducted by robocops. They knock me out and the next thing I know, a tiny pod I’m riding in crashes into a purple lake and a loincloth-wearing alien with lots of muscles, tusks, and a sardonic smile rescues me...
  • Surrendered by Evangeline Anderson

    Surrendered by Evangeline Anderson

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Commander Thornex is a Hybrid--half Kindred and half Pyro--a much feared people who have the ability to unleash horrific maelstroms of flame whenever they are angered. All his life Thorn has struggled to control the destructive power within him. A horrible accident in his past made him swear to never unleash the fire again and for many years, he has kept himself under tight control...
  • Watcher United by J.L. Madore

    Watcher United by J.L. Madore

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Duty. Honor. His brothers. That's all he has. The Egyptian twins. Seth was one half of something great. He and Phoenix were unshakeable—unbreakable. But when the foundation of that life crumbles, Seth is forced to reevaluate everything he thought he knew about: relationships, values, self-image, and scariest of all . . . love...
  • Logic Broken by Robin O'Connor

    Logic Broken by Robin O'Connor

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 7 ratings
    On the run, wanted for a murder I didn’t commit, my only choice is to trust the strange, nerdy alien that swears to protect me. Jenny>. Being abducted by aliens? Sure, I can handle that, I’ve always wanted to see what’s out there anyway. Then my degenerate gambler of an owner loses me at alien poker and I need to escape. The nerdy alien with a cute smile is the one coming to my rescue...
  • Hunter’s Fate by Lynnea Lee

    Hunter’s Fate by Lynnea Lee

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 7 ratings
    SANDY. I survived the first year of the bugpocalypse safety tucked away in my cabin in the mountains. But now, the raiders have found my home. Not only did they ransack my house, but they also left me an unexpected surprise. There’s an injured Xarc’n hunter passed out in my yard! A storm is brewing, and I can’t leave him outside. He’s bleeding and will lead the bugs right to me...
  • Healed by the Orc by Robin O'Connor

    Healed by the Orc by Robin O'Connor

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 7 ratings
    My vacation turns on its head when ancient stones throw me straight into the arms of an Orc. Shannon. I’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...
  • Farmer's Crown by M.C.A. Hogarth

    Farmer's Crown by M.C.A. Hogarth

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Sediryl has always yearned for responsibility--and power--and she was convinced she was ready for them. .. until the events of the Chatcaavan war demonstrated just how immense those responsibilities were, and just how parlous the power necessary to fulfill them. Even so, she's determined to prove herself worthy to her empress and all the the rich, the poor, the disenfranchised and the entrenched...
  • Kruze: Companion Novellas, includes Allor by Ava Ross

    Kruze: Companion Novellas, includes Allor by Ava Ross

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 5 ratings
    2 Companion Novellas in the Brides of Driegon Series, KRUZE & ALLOR. FOR KRUZE:. An alien dragon warrior claims she’s his fated mate, but she plans to return to Earth. Will he convince her to stay? Clara. A hot alien dragonish dude seems to think I’m his mate. No way! Sure, I came to the Driegon Kingdom with the matched brides, but I was hired to take pictures...
  • Betrayed by the Alien Bride Lottery: A Sci-Fi Alien Romance by Margo Bond Collins

    Betrayed by the Alien Bride Lottery: A Sci-Fi Alien Romance by Margo Bond Collins

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    This book takes place before Evading the Alien Bride Lottery and Fighting for the Alien Bride Lottery. When I started dating Francisco, I never dreamed his family was connected to the mob. But I learned better when I tried to break up with him. He was absolutely determined to make sure I couldn’t get away from him...
  • Knox by Kate Rudolph

    Knox by Kate Rudolph

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    A wannabe reformed thief and a dragon lord looking for love…. After witnessing the skills of the Intergalactic Dating Agency at finding mates, Knox enlists their services to find a woman of his own. He’s collected a hoard of precious stones from across the galaxy, a mate will be his crown jewel...
  • Catering to the Alien by Ava Ross

    Catering to the Alien by Ava Ross

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    It’s the cooking contest of a lifetime. I just need to avoid falling for a hot alien chef. To raise money for my local creature shelter, I enter an interstellar cooking show. If I win? I'm awarded the catering job of a lifetime and prize money I can donate to the shelter. It won’t be easy—contestants share a cramped shuttle while traveling from one planet to the next...
  • On a Rogue Planet by Anna Hackett

    On a Rogue Planet by Anna Hackett

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    "I've never had a thing for cyborgs before, but, WOW, now I do! " - Amazon reviewer. A sexy, deadly cyborg + a sassy salvage mechanic = a fast, action-packed space adventure. Unlucky-in-love salvage mechanic, Malin Phoenix, didn't intend to get caught up in a coup and kidnapped by a sexy cyborg...
  • Snows of Aturia by SJ Sanders

    Snows of Aturia by SJ Sanders

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    All Vanessa Williams wanted for the holidays was to escape the demands of her parents’ social schedules and comfortable place to work on her book. Having the opportunity to do so while enjoying the comforts of a cabin on an alien world seemed like the perfect way to pass the season...
  • The Alien's Reward by Ella Maven

    The Alien's Reward by Ella Maven

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 18 ratings
    I 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...
  • Savage Seed by Ivy Sparks

    Savage Seed by Ivy Sparks

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    The 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...
Fantastic book recommendations by romance book lovers for romance book lovers.
Find out more about romance.io.


Get recommendations by genres & tropes

Use the romance book finder to mix and match over 100 content keywords to find the books that match your preferences

romance book finder

Looking for more inspiration? Enter another book title to get more suggestions on what to read next.


Or - use our amazing romance book finder to get recommendations based on your favorite content tropes and themes. Mix and match at will.