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Facets of Revolution by T.A. White
The line between loyalty and betrayal has never been so fine.Chasing the trail of the woman who was once considered her best friend, Kira Forrest returns to the planet of her birth. When a near deadly incident jeopardizes her arrival, Kira will find the secrets she’s worked so hard to hide bubbling to the surface one by one...Categorized as:
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Fated Blades by Ilona Andrews
An uneasy alliance between warring families gets heated in this otherworldly novella from bestselling author Ilona Andrews.At first glance, the planet Rada seems like a lush paradise. But the ruling families, all boasting genetically enhanced abilities, are in constant competition for power―and none more so than the Adlers and the Baenas...Categorized as:
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Born of Defiance by Sherrilyn Kenyon
Born an Outcast, Talyn Batur has spent the whole of his life fighting against the prejudice of his people. An Andarion without a father is not something anyone wants to be...Categorized as:
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Ecstasy in Darkness by Gena Showalter
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 40 ratingsGrowing up poor on New Chicago’s meanest streets, Ava Sans had two options: be the predator or be the prey. No contest. Now, working for Alien Investigation and Removal, she’s been ordered to capture the biggest, baddest warrior of all—a vampire too beautiful to be real, with the ability to manipulate time... -
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Junkyard Bargain by Faith Hunter, Khristine Hvam
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsSometimes before you can face your enemies, you need to confront yourself.Time is running out for Shining Smith and her crew to gather the weapons they need to rescue one of their own... -
Dark Taste of Rapture by Gena Showalter
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 42 ratingsNew York Times bestselling author Gena Showalter captivates with a dark, tantalizing world of humans, otherworlders, and a powerful AIR agent consumed by his desire for a woman he can never have. . . . With one caress, he can give unforgettable pleasure . . . or unending pain. . . . Hector Dean is shaved, tattooed, and totally ripped—and he has a deadly secret... -
Tau Ceti by Laurence E. Dahners
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 24 ratings“Tau Ceti" is the sixth in a series of near future SciFi/Thrillers whose young heroine Ell Donsaii has a nerve mutation which has made her a genius and an athletic phenomenon.In “Tau Ceti!”, she is continuing to find uses for the quantum entangled wormholes that she has discovered. These wormholes aren’t big enough to send people through, yet they are making huge changes in our world... -
Bioluminescent by Auryn Hadley
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsThey look like us, know all about us, and can even blend in perfectly. That doesn't make them human.When an alien science vessel crashes into the shore of Haven, Hailey has a front row seat. Little does she know that her normal life is about to be turned upside down by the man she bumps into on her way home. He looks completely human.He isn't. He also can't stop thinking about her... -
Confederation by Michael R. Hicks
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsIn the second book of the In Her Name science fiction & fantasy series, Reza Gard has been banished from the Kreelan Empire and is once again a stranger in a strange land as he returns to the human Confederation. Befriended by a marooned Confederation naval officer leading a desperate fight against the Kreelans on a distant colony world, she reunites Reza with Nicole Carré... -
Dying Wish by Shannon K. Butcher
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsJackie Patton has been rescued by the Theronai from her captivity and torture at the hands of the Synestryn, only to learn that she's a potential match for the Theronai warriors who need a woman to literally save their lives. Forced to choose, she unexpectedly selects Iain, a cold-hearted warrior who doesn't want to be saved... -
Shielded Heart by Tiffany Roberts
Arthos, the Infinite City, is a place of alien wonders and indescribable beauty—and, most importantly for Samantha, it’s also halfway across the universe from her abusive ex-fiancé...Categorized as:
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Elfhome by Wen Spencer
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsBook Three of the Elfhome series, the follow-up to exciting Wolf Who Rules and the award-winning fantasy-SF novel that started it all, Tinker . Elfhome. A world of powerful magic, beautiful elves, man-eating trees, frost-breathing wargs, and god-like dragons. Pittsburgh. A city that has been stranded deep in virgin elfin forest to stave off an invasion by the merciless oni... -
Born of Blood by Sherrilyn Kenyon
Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsJayne Erixour believes she knows everything about the universe. As a bounty hunter and assassin, she's seen the worst dregs of humanity and every sentient species ever spat out of a hell realm. To her, there is no truth outside of her blaster’s recoil and her resolve to let no one get too close... -
Night Reigns by Dianne Duvall
Ami isn't much for trusting strangers. She has a hard time trusting anyone. But she's no coward, and she's no pushover in the protection department either. So when she comes across a mysterious warrior taking on eight deranged vampires on his own, she doesn't hesitate to save his bacon. Of course, that was before she realized what one little rescue would get her into . . -
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Silver Master by Jayne Castle
Cadence City matchmaker and para-resonator Celinda Ingram meets her match in security specialist Davis Oakes... -
Xander's Chance by Lizzy Ford
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA continuation of the "War of Gods" saga ... As the single-most powerful vampire on the planet, Xander is the ultimate bored predator with too much time on his hands. He manipulates the minds of immortals for fun and bullies around the Gods, while guarding the secret source of his power, a crystal that can wipe out the planet...Categorized as:
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The Pirate Prince by Michelle M. Pillow
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsShapeshifter Romance Cat-shifter Prince Jarek sails the high sky doing what he pleases…that is until drug dealers kidnap one of his men. But the rescue mission goes wrong and instead of a crewman, he liberates a woman who he believes is desperately trying to escape her captors. He soon discovers he unwittingly kidnaped a princess... -
Savor Me Slowly by Gena Showalter
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 41 ratingsHALF HUMAN, HALF MACHINE...ALL WOMAN Mishka Le'Ace was created to be an undercover operative...literally. Her beautiful body has been mechanically augmented to give her superhuman strength -- strength she's going to need. Her latest mission sends her to rescue Alien Investigation and Removal agent Jaxon Tremain from torture and death. With him, she discovers a passion unlike any other...Categorized as:
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Alien Tango by Gini Koch
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsFor Alien Super-Being Exterminator Katherine "Kitty" Katt, anti-alien conspiracies, threats from outer space, and a couple of killer alligators are all in a day's work. It's been five months since Kitty joined Centaurion Division, working with the aliens from Alpha Centauri. She and Jeff Martini have grown closer and life looks rosy... -
Breakout by Ann Aguirre
All hell is breaking loose in the edge-of-your-seat follow-up to Havoc and Perdition from New York Times bestselling author Ann Aguirre… The prison ship Perdition has become a post-battle charnel house with only a handful of Dred’s soldiers still standing and now being hunted by Silence’s trained tongueless assassins...Categorized as:
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Alien vs. Alien by Gini Koch
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsJeff and Kitty Katt-Martini and the rest of the American Centaurion Diplomatic Corps are still recovering from their introduction to Washington D.C. politics, parties, and conspiracies. So when compromising pictures arrive, no one’s too surprised. They’re also the least of anyone’s worries...Categorized as:
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Claim of Eon by Anna Hackett
She’s an alien warrior dedicated to her job, but a tough, handsome Terran captain is a temptation she never expected.As a female Eon warrior, Second Commander Airen Kann-Felis has fought for her career and is proud of her work aboard the warship, the Rengard. She has no time for men or frivolous pleasures, especially with the deadly insectoid Kantos causing the Eon trouble at every turn...Categorized as:
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Universal Alien by Gini Koch
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBeing the wife of the Vice President isn’t easy. Especially when your talents lie in kicking butt and rocking out . . . Jeff and Kitty Katt-Martini find out just how easy it is for the wife of the Vice President of the United States to unintentionally insult an ally... -
Guardian of Chaos by Michelle Manus
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsEarth’s hub for the magical universe is in need of a new Guardian, and Nyx Fortuna is so the person for that job...It’s easy to feel forgettable. Nyx literally is, and the condition seems to be getting worse. Homeless and alone, she's at the end of her rope when she stumbles onto Earth Between, a nexus between worlds... -
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Born of Vengeance by Sherrilyn Kenyon
A fate worse than death . . . Bastien Cabarro survived the brutal slaughter of his entire family only to have his wife pin their murders on him. Made Ravin by The League, he is now a target for their assassins-in-training to hunt and kill. The average life expectancy for such beings is six weeks... -
The Dragonlings and the Magic Four-Leaf Clover: A Dragonlings of Valdier Short by S.E. Smith
A little magic can go a long way....A campfire tale while on a camp-out with their dads has the dragonlings and their besties enchanted with a mythical kingdom called Glitter, home of the magical and mischievous Great King Leprechaun and the Little People. When the younglings discover their dads have disappeared, they are certain King Leprechaun is responsible... -
Killbox by Ann Aguirre
Talk is cheap when lives are in jeopardy Sirantha Jax is a “Jumper,” a woman who possesses the unique genetic makeup needed to navigate faster than light ships through grimspace. With no tolerance for political diplomacy, she quits her ambassador post so she can get back to saving the universe the way she does best—by mouthing off and kicking butt. And her tactics are needed more than ever...Categorized as:
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Alien Separation by Gini Koch
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsLife's never easy . . . The Mastermind has finally been identified, but before Jeff and Kitty Katt-Martini can take him down, they, their daughter Jamie, Charles Reynolds, Paul Gower, Christopher White, and several others are zapped out of their solar system and into another... -
Alien Proliferation by Gini Koch
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsAfter the wildest wedding ever, Katherine "Kitty" Katt-Martini and her Alpha Centaurion husband Jeff are hoping life will settle down. But alien attacks are on the increase, and someone is testing a dangerous new drug on unwilling subjects within their group. As if that's not enough, they discover that their newborn's talents are off the charts—and the bad guys want their baby... -
Falling Blind by Shannon K. Butcher
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsThey are the Sentinels. Three races descended from ancient guardians of mankind, each possessing unique abilities in their battle to protect humanity against their eternal foes: the Synestryn. Now a warrior must protect a strong-minded woman from an incredible evil..Categorized as:
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Alien Diplomacy by Gini Koch
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsBeing newlyweds and new parents is challenging enough. But Jeff and Kitty Martini are also giving up their roles as super-being exterminators and Commanders in Centaurion Division while mastering the political landscape as the new heads of Centaurion's Diplomatic Corps. Enter a shadowy assassination plot and a new set of anti-alien conspirators, and nothing will ever be the same.. -
Alien Nation by Gini Koch
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIt’s a typical day of bureaucracy and stress for President and First Lady Jeff and Kitty Katt-Martini, made more stressful when alien spacecraft are spotted making a beeline for Earth, none of them from the Alpha Centauri system. Then a cryptic request from an old adversary pulls Kitty out of the White House and into an explosion—and an even more explosive situation... -
Rogue Seers by J.C. Andrijeski
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"I was now, officially, a real terrorist…”After losing her husband, Allie fights to prevent the human and seer worlds from exploding into all-out war.But her husband, Revik, isn’t really gone.Instead he’s transformed into someone she barely knows.Now they’re on opposites sides of a racial war––a war he wants to see play out, a war he’s ready for, and worse, one he’s already fighting...Categorized as:
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Shadow Seer by J.C. Andrijeski
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“All what he has done, he has done for the greater good…”Blamed for the abduction of the infamous “Sword,” leader of the anti-human rebellion, Allie is despised by all free seers.As for Revik himself, he turns into a feral animal once free of his dark masters.She only has one shot at saving him. Unfortunately, it means learning more about his past than she ever wanted to know... -
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Alien Collective by Gini Koch
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsDespite not having run for office, nor wanting to remain in office, Representative Jeff Martini is being wooed as the vice presidential running mate for a charismatic senator who seems likely to win the campaign... -
Alien in the Family by Gini Koch
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 25 ratings"...great fun, with lots of quirky characters, witty dialogue, a bit of romance, some hot sex, and oodles of action...Categorized as:
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Alien Research by Gini Koch
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhen rumors of a new super-drug surface, the FBI comes to Jeff and Kitty Katt-Martini for help. It becomes quickly apparent that the drug is merely the tip of a deadly iceberg and a much more insidious plan is underway involving Titan Security, Gaultier Enterprises, and YatesCorp... -
Argurma Warrior by SJ Sanders
For Kaylar’monushava’dresh, receiving coordinates to the human planet, Earth, was supposed to solve his most immediate problem of satisfying the council. They wanted a human female, and as an elite warrior he was to provide it—even if he did let his cousin’s female escape with her mate. His calculations for success were high... -
Honor's Knight by Rachel Bach
The rollicking sequel to Fortune's Pawn -- an action packed science fiction novel. Devi Morris has a lot of problems. And not the fun, easy-to-shoot kind either. After a mysterious attack left her short several memories and one partner, she's determined to keep her head down, do her job, and get on with her life... -
Sinta by Honey Phillips
Sinta is coming to town - but this time he’s the one receiving a gift.An unexpected inheritance comes at the perfect time for Holly. Her on-again, off-again relationship is off for good, her Christmas plans have been canceled, and her parents have decided to spend the holiday traveling. But the remote mountain cabin she inherited is not the idyllic paradise she remembers from her childhood...Categorized as:
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Alien in the House by Gini Koch
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsJeff and Kitty Katt-Martini have learned the ins and outs of Washington politics, not to mention how to prevail in intergalactic war and foil dangerous plots. But, in the aftermath of Operation Destruction, the Gower girls’ powers are burned out, the entire A-C population has been “outed” as the aliens living on Earth that they are, and, worst of all, ACE is nowhere to be found... -
Havoc by Ann Aguirre
The Conglomerate’s most dangerous convicts have made the prison ship Perdition their home. And they will defend it… Perdition is under siege. Mercenaries have boarded the station with orders to take control of the facility—and execute the prisoners. Their commander is offering full pardons to the first five inmates willing to help the mercs complete their mission... -
Aliens Abroad by Gini Koch
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWith the human population growing and alien refugees pouring in from around the galaxy, Earth is becoming too overcrowded to sustain itself--and the solar system is filling up with the alien overflow. Advanced technology from the Alpha Centauri and Vatusan systems offers one possible solution. It's time to explore new planets and see if any uninhabited ones can be claimed... -
First Contact by Michael R. Hicks
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsTerran survey ship Aurora finds two habitable planets in an uncharted star system. But Aurora is disabled by gigantic alien warships and boarded by blue-skin females with fangs and claws. The warriors slaughter the crew in ritual one-on-one combat. The sole survivor is returned to Earth. This Messenger bears a real-time globe device that counts down to an impending attack...Categorized as:
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Heart Quest by Robin D. Owens
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsTucked away in the Druida City of Celta, Trif Clover knows she has a HeartMate. She wants him so badly she’s actually going door-to-door with her charmkey to find him. What she doesn’t know is that he has already found her. Guardsman Ilex Winterberry knows that Trif is his HeartMate, but fears that being twice her age, with a short life ahead of him, he will only scare her away... -
Aliens on Earth by Jodie A'Lores, Ashley Amy
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsWhat's worse than being mated to an alien warrior? Finding out your new mate is exiled to Earth, which means your hopes of getting off this forsaken rock just went out the window of his broken down spaceship... -
Mistletoe for My Minotaur by Honey Phillips
Her minotaur is ready for a holiday treat!The day before Ginger’s family left Fairhaven Falls in disgrace, she made the mistake of kissing her older brother’s best friend. It was the best - and most embarrassing - moment of her life, but she never thought she’d see the big minotaur again.Now she desperately needs his help, but she has secrets she can’t put on those brawny shoulders...Categorized as:
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Crossing the Line by Karen Traviss
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsA female cop seeks refuge on another planet after being infected by an alien virus in this science fiction fantasy novel from a New York Times bestseller.Shan Frankland forever abandoned the world she knew to come to the rescue of a lost colony on a distant and dangerous planet—a hostile world coveted by two alien races and fiercely protected by a third... -
Games of Command by Linnea Sinclair
The universe isn’t what it used to be. With the new Alliance between the Triad and the United Coalition, Captain Tasha “Sass” Sebastian finds herself serving under her former nemesis, biocybe Admiral Branden Kel-Paten–and doing her best to hide a deadly past. But when an injured mercenary winds up in their ship’s sick bay–and in the hands of her best friend, Dr...Categorized as:
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Warrior Avenged by Addison Fox
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsSecond in the sexy paranormal romance series Starring the immortal warriors of the zodiac. Millennia ago, the goddess of justice created a race of fierce warriors-each imbued with a special power of the zodiac-charged with protecting humanity from the darkest evils... Immortal warrior Kane Montague is as lethal as the Scorpion that makes his powerful form...
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