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Age of Deception by T.A. White
War hero and daughter to two Houses, Kira is just beginning to learn how deep the rabbit hole goes. Agreeing to accompany her father’s people back to their homeworld, Kira Forrest prepares for the fight of her life. She’s agreed to undertake the Trial of the Broken, a rite of passage every member of her father’s House must pass...Categorized as:
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![Nuclear War: A Scenario by Annie Jacobsen]()
Nuclear War: A Scenario by Annie Jacobsen
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 39 ratingsThere is only one scenario other than an asteroid strike that could end the world as we know it in a matter of hours: nuclear war. And one of the triggers for that war would be a nuclear missile inbound toward the United States. Every generation, a journalist has looked deep into the heart of the nuclear military establishment: the technologies, the safeguards, the plans, and the risks... -
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![Barrayar by Lois McMaster Bujold]()
Barrayar by Lois McMaster Bujold
Cordelia and Arol Vorkosigan's plans for a peaceful married life (after all the bloodshed and trials recounted in SHARDS OF HONOR) are soon shattered by the polital tumult on Barrayar. Resisting enormous pressure, they struggle to keep their family alive while while protecting the child Emperor from enemies who would murder him and assume absolute power over all of Barrayar... -
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Tane by Anna Hackett
Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsAs the battle against the invading aliens reaches its endgame, a group of bad boy bikers and mercenaries will stand and fight for humanity’s survival…Tane Rahia is good at one thing—fighting. Before the alien invasion, he fought as a mercenary in the worst jungle hellholes... -
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![Cordelia's Honor by Lois McMaster Bujold]()
Cordelia's Honor by Lois McMaster Bujold
In her first trial by fire, Cordelia Naismith captained a throwaway ship of the Betan Expeditionary Force on a mission to destroy an enemy armada...Categorized as:
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![A Grim Baby by M.K. Eidem]()
A Grim Baby by M.K. Eidem
It’s a busy time within House Luanda. Women are finally choosing Warriors. A facility is being prepared for the first willing females from Earth.The time is drawing near for Grim and Lisa’s daughter to be presented, and Grim is struggling with it. The thought of his Queen being at risk terrifies him... -
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Forgotten World by Kate L. Mary
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsForgotten World, book six in the Broken World series, continues following a group of survivors after a super-virus has decimated the human race and the dead have come back to claim it as their own...After the longest winter of her life, Vivian is thrilled to have Ginny back at her side... -
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Perhaps the Stars by Ada Palmer
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsFrom the 2017 John W. Campbell Award Winner for Best Writer, Ada Palmer's Perhaps the Stars is the final book of the Hugo Award-shortlisted Terra Ignota series.World Peace turns into global civil war.In the future, the leaders of Hive nations—nations without fixed location—clandestinely committed nefarious deeds in order to maintain an outward semblance of utopian stability... -
![Mordacious by Sarah Lyons Fleming]()
Mordacious by Sarah Lyons Fleming
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsFrom 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... -
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Peripeteia by Sarah Lyons Fleming
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsBook 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... -
![New World by Kate L. Mary]()
New World by Kate L. Mary
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsNew World, book five in the Broken World series, continues following a group of survivors after a super-virus has decimated the human race and the dead have come back to claim it as their own...After weeks on the road and devastating losses, the survivors have finally found safety. But as winter falls on Colorado, it brings with it both new challenges, and new hope...Categorized as:
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![The Will to Battle by Ada Palmer]()
The Will to Battle by Ada Palmer
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsThe long years of near-utopia have come to an abrupt end.Peace and order are now figments of the past. Corruption, deception, and insurgency hum within the once steadfast leadership of the Hives, nations without fixed location... -
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Unrest by Wendy Higgins
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsNew York Times bestselling author Wendy Higgins brings you the second book in this thrilling apocalyptic world... Being on the run in the desert means food and sanctuary are hard to come by, but Amber Tate and her crew are not about to give up. Not after having the things they love brutally ripped from them by an unknown enemy who sent their world into the apocalypse... -
![Seven Surrenders by Ada Palmer]()
Seven Surrenders by Ada Palmer
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 30 ratings*2018 LOCUS AWARD FINALIST FOR BEST SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL CATEGORY*In a future of near-instantaneous global travel, of abundant provision for the needs of all, a future in which no one living can remember an actual war…a long era of stability threatens to come to an abrupt end... -
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![Tordan by Jennifer Julie Miller]()
Tordan by Jennifer Julie Miller
Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsLunaThey stole my dreams, my hopes, my very identity, and I had no idea. Years went by and I did everything I was told, I was always the perfect specimen, and the perfect lab rat. I was dissected, even maimed all in the name of science. Then one day a strange smoky voice entered my head, and I knew things were not as they seemed... -
![Bad Boys Don't Die: The Complete Collection by B.B. Easton]()
Bad Boys Don't Die: The Complete Collection by B.B. Easton
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFrom the Wall Street Journal bestselling author of 44 Chapters About 4 Men (inspiration for the Netflix original series Sex/Life) comes a New Adult romance with a dark, dystopian twist.With only three days left until the predicted apocalypse, the small town of Franklin Springs, Georgia, has become a wasteland of abandoned cars, abandoned homes, abandoned businesses, and abandoned people...Categorized as:
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![Legend: An Alien Academy Romance by Tana Stone]()
Legend: An Alien Academy Romance by Tana Stone
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe silver fox Drexian is exactly my type. If only I didn’t want to kill him.The Academy’s security chief is gruff and grizzled and makes no secret of his disdain for humans at the ancient school, especially females. Which is why I never should have let him get under my skin. I never should have challenged him to a card game. But once he accepted, I couldn’t back down...Categorized as:
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![The Artist by Elin Peer]()
The Artist by Elin Peer
For more than four hundred years, women have ruled the world, but things are finally shifting.My father Magni always despised the Motherlands, and I’m no fan either, but I still go to the yearly summer gatherings that started when I was sixteen. The Northlands, Motherlands, and Old Europe each sends five future leaders... -
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RaZ by Jennifer Julie Miller
Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsKatherineHow do you go on when all of your wants and dreams have been destroyed? My loved ones were snatched right out of my hands, leaving me alone in a world of unknowns and terror. I'm lost in the in-between with no familiar paths to follow until the sound of a heartbeat and a whisper draws me back to the land of the living...Categorized as:
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Hunted by Lisa Harris
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsHe promised to protect her.But what happens when the hunter becomes the prey?Welcome to Shadow Ridge, where LONGMIRE meets JERICHO.From USA Today Best-selling author Lisa Harris comes an epic series where the survival of Shadow Ridge depends on learning how to fight crime all over again...Categorized as:
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![The Explorer by Elin Peer]()
The Explorer by Elin Peer
Flirting with danger is Aubri’s idea of fun. Ever since we were children, I’ve known Aubri wasn’t like other females. She’s the daughter of Magni and Laura Aurelius, who raised her to be a fearless warrior. Men are blinded by Aubri’s beauty, charm, and social status. Yet, at twenty-seven, no one has succeeded in making her his wife... -
![His Little Garnet by Paige Michaels]()
His Little Garnet by Paige Michaels
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIt’s Olivia’s turn to find out what it means to have a Papi of her own.What are the chances? Hundreds of women flock to Club Zoom every night out of curiosity. Only a few get chosen. Surely it won’t happen to Olivia.When Olivia slips and falls on the dance floor, it’s a good thing there’s a doctor in the house. But he’s no ordinary doctor... -
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Implode by E. K Hunter
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 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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Frequency by Lisa Harris
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSHE TRUSTED THE WRONG PERSON.Four deaths, most likely tied to arsenic-tainted water, leave the town of Shadow Ridge frantic for answers before someone else dies. But that isn’t the only nightmare Tess McQuaid is facing. She has proof someone attempted to cover up a murder as another arsenic death.HER LIFE DEPENDS ON FINDING OUT THE TRUTH... -
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![Caveman Alien’s Riddle by Calista Skye]()
Caveman Alien’s Riddle by Calista Skye
JenniferI shot a dragon.He came at me fast, so I fired my gun right at his scaly, blue chest.And then he abducted me.Hey, at least he didn’t rip me apart on the spot.But I’m not sure if this is any better. He flew far with me in his talons, before setting down in this cold forest far from the jungle. It’s just me, him and the pulsating bulge in his pants...Categorized as:
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![Allie's Match by Miranda Martin]()
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...Categorized as:
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![Head Over Feet by Ever-so-reylo]()
Head Over Feet by Ever-so-reylo
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsFandoms: Star Wars - All Media Types, Star Wars Sequel TrilogyRelationships: Kylo Ren/Rey, Rey/Ben Solo | Kylo Ren, Rey/Ben Solo--------------------------------------------------“Is it working, for you?” Maybe it comes out a little needy, but Rey tells herself that it’s only because of how low she has to pitch her voice to talk to him... -
![Surrender by Raven Dark, Petra J. Knox]()
Surrender by Raven Dark, Petra J. Knox
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"The softest woman requires the hardest men to survive. Dark, gritty, and perfectly filthy--modern MC meets Mad Max in this amazing RH tale.” ~Addison Cain, USA Today bestselling author While the evil that’s been hunting me draws closer, my past resurfaces, forcing me and my men into a life or death battle. One thing’s for sure. We won’t give up without a fight... -
![Solace by Raven Dark, Petra J. Knox]()
Solace by Raven Dark, Petra J. Knox
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"The softest woman requires the hardest men to survive. Dark, gritty, and perfectly filthy--modern MC meets Mad Max in this amazing RH tale.” ~Addison Cain, USA Today bestselling author More than one evil is waiting for me and my men. Unfortunately, the one who poses the greatest danger to those I love…might be me... -
![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... -
![Wildling of Ravia by L.A. Holloway]()
Wildling of Ravia by L.A. Holloway
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsCommander Ekhor has never known a universe without war.As a proud member of a warrior race, he has defended his people from the threat of the Rha'ku'tan Empire for his entire life, rising in the ranks of the Alliance military to become one of its most respected leaders... -
![The Gate to Women's Country by Sheri S. Tepper]()
The Gate to Women's Country by Sheri S. Tepper
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 36 ratings“Lively, thought-provoking . . . the plot is ingenious, packing a wallop of a surprise . . . Tepper knows how to write a well-made, on-moving story with strong characters. . . . She takes the mental risks that are the lifeblood of science fiction and all imaginative narrative.”—Ursula K...Categorized as:
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![Mercs by Jay Allan]()
Mercs by Jay Allan
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsEarth has been a scarred ruin for three decades, its scattered people struggling to survive amid the poisoned and radioactive wreckage of the final war between its despotic Superpowers. While the people of Earth struggle to survive, out on the frontier, on a thousand worlds, mankind thrives and grows, building new civilizations and looking boldly to the future... -
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Undone by Wendy Higgins
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsUSA Today and New York Times bestselling author, Wendy Higgins, brings you the gripping, sensual conclusion to her apocalyptic trilogy. Amber Tate never dreamed their heart-wrenching escape from the enemy’s attack would lead them to the most beautiful place she’s ever seen, marred by one ugly fact; it’s under enemy control...Categorized as:
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![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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![Mick's Claiming: A Sci-Fi Alien Romance Novella by Miranda Martin]()
Mick's Claiming: A Sci-Fi Alien Romance Novella by Miranda Martin
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsWhen he says he claims me, he means forever, and that makes my brain stop dead in its tracks.Thargar is part of a group of alien dragon-men who have kept us safe, provided for us, and without them we’d all surely be dead or captured by the Order to be used as breeders. We’re all super grateful, but neither horniness nor survival needs are a great reason to say yes to being claimed forever...Categorized as:
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![Cruz: Scifi Alien Invasion Romance by Anna Hackett]()
Cruz: Scifi Alien Invasion Romance by Anna Hackett
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsBattle-hardened soldier Cruz Ramos is running on empty. As second-in-command of the deadliest commando squad fighting the invading aliens, he doesn't know why he’s fighting anymore. He’s seen too much destruction, devastation, and far too much death. Still, every day he goes out to protect those humans left, and every day the growing numbness threatens to take over...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... -
![Purgatory City by Skye MacKinnon, Rebecca Royce]()
Purgatory City by Skye MacKinnon, Rebecca Royce
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsPlay the Game or die. Alone in a desolate world ravaged by war and alien invasion, Eileen Paine offers herself to indentured servitude in Purgatory City—a chance at a different life. No one knows what happens beyond the gates, but it has to be better than the peril in the Blastlands. Nothing could have prepared her for the darkness, the tests, the changes, or the people she meets... -
![Crystal Soldier by Sharon Lee, Steve Miller]()
Crystal Soldier by Sharon Lee, Steve Miller
Centuries in the past, mankind fought a seemingly unbeatable adversary from sector to sector across the Spiral Arm until the war ground to a standstill and the Enemy withdrew. Believing that they had won, the citizens of the galaxy rebuilt... -
![Ship Called Malice (Wings of Artemis) by Rebecca Royce]()
Ship Called Malice (Wings of Artemis) by Rebecca Royce
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsSaved from a wife auction that would have left her at the mercy of a madman, Priscilla wakes up married to three space pirates on a ship called Malice. They are rough but honorable men who carry secrets and years of pain. Priscilla isn’t sure how she will fit in their life. River, Jordan, and Bo have made their way alone in the universe for twenty years... -
![The End of All Things by Lissa Bryan]()
The End of All Things by Lissa Bryan
After a terrible virus ravages the planet, Carly Daniels, one of the few survivors, hides in her apartment in Juneau trying to survive the best she can with only occasional forays to gather food. With her is Sam, a wolf puppy she found starving on the streets. He becomes her companion and a reason to continue when giving up sometimes seems like the more attractive option...Categorized as:
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![Alien General's Baby by Luna Hunter]()
Alien General's Baby by Luna Hunter
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsCan their intergalactic romance save two planets? Dating … an alien concept Jillian Archer has devoted her life to science, and it doesn’t leave much time for anything else. She’s orbiting Earth on the space station Vonnegut when her life is turned upside down by the Zoran...Categorized as:
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![Vikings from Mars by Jamie Begley]()
Vikings from Mars by Jamie Begley
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsEarth was never going back to normal. All that was left in the post-apocalyptic destruction were humans trying to find enough food to survive … and running from the aliens who had come to scavenge what was left. Raine had never been a particularly brave woman... -
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![Call of Courage: 7 Novels of the Galactic Frontier by C. Gockel, Allen Kuzara]()
Call of Courage: 7 Novels of the Galactic Frontier by C. Gockel, Allen Kuzara
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSome are called by duty. Some are called by adventure. All answer the call of courage.Jump into seven full-length novels exploring the limits of space, science, and courage. Aliens, artificial intelligence, rogue governments, and galactic frontiers--you’ll find them all here.Heed the call. Download this collection of series starters today!Archangel Down by C... -
![Tara's Big O by Stephanie West]()
Tara's Big O by Stephanie West
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsOphidian rescued Tara from the catastrophe on Earth, except her alien savior was downright terrifying. The Anguis general was massive, had venomous fangs, razor-sharp spines on his arms and followed her like a predator lurking in the shadows. But O quickly grew on her with his kind gestures and sexy swagger...Categorized as:
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![Compromised by H.R. Savage]()
Compromised by H.R. Savage
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsWe left our home in a blaze of fire…Gunner and I clung to the hope that we were leading our group to safety. However, in the unfamiliar mountains we find something we weren't expecting--a hidden group of people…and someone I thought was dead.Creekside Camp offers the promise of new beginnings for our injured and hungry people, and Gunner and I are thrust into a new normal... -
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A Vault of Sins by Sarah Harian
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn her stunning New Adult debut, The Wicked We Have Done, Sarah Harian introduced readers to the Compass Room: a twisted experimental jail where the guilty and the innocent suffer alike. But breaking out was only the beginning… Even though she’s escaped, twenty-two-year-old Evalyn Ibarra is anything but free... -
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The Terrans by Jean Johnson
Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsJean Johnson's first novel in an explosive new science fiction trilogy set in the world of the national bestselling Theirs Not to Reason Why series—set two-hundred years earlier, at the dawn of the First Salik War…Born into a political family and gifted with psychic abilities, Jacaranda MacKenzie has served as a border-watcher and even spent time as a representative on the United Planets Council... -
![Enigma: What Lies Beneath by Ditter Kellen]()
Enigma: What Lies Beneath by Ditter Kellen
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsEnigma revolves around aquatic beings that evolved beneath the Ocean thousands of years ago. Armed with hidden fangs and poisonous barbs, they pose a threat to the humans known as the land walkers. This series takes you through their struggles, their deep love for those they choose as mates and the deadly virus now sweeping through the land...
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