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Protected by the Hunter by Lynnea Lee
ZEC’KSiobhan’s scent calls me to claim her, but I tell her the same lie I tell everyone else: I’m not interested in a mate. I focus on her delicious creations instead, even though she’s the one I truly crave.I try to stay away, but I cannot. Everything draws me to her, and when I learn of her quest to find her sister, my mouth offers to help before my brain can stop it...Categorized as:
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![Wings of the Walker by Coralee June]()
Wings of the Walker by Coralee June
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsJosiah Stonewell dug his hands into the filthiest parts of my soul and molded a perfect little Walker. I don’t know the exact moment I fell in love with him, but I do know that if anyone found out about our lingering stares, it would end his political career... -
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![Captured by the Hunter by Lynnea Lee]()
Captured by the Hunter by Lynnea Lee
TILLYNo one ever told me the bugpocalypse would be so lonely. I was ready when the man-eating space bugs descended from the skies. I have everything I need in my fortress: food, water, and my dog, Waffles, but I'm bored out of my gourd and lonely AF. So when a Xarc’n warrior breaks into my home, I decide to “detain” my purple intruder... -
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Aurora Blazing by Jessie Mihalik
To save her brother and protect her family’s future, a powerful princess must join forces with a dashing man from her past in this thrilling space adventure, the second novel in the Consortium Rebellion trilogy... -
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![Hunter's Trial: A Post-Apocalyptic Alien Romance by Lynnea Lee]()
Hunter's Trial: A Post-Apocalyptic Alien Romance by Lynnea Lee
YVETTEOf all the muscular purple warriors, I get stuck with the grumpy one.Stuck in the cliffside lodge for months, I’m going stir-crazy while all the other women get to explore with their mates. Even Judy has her biker beau. I need to get out of here, so I ask Bre’k to take me foraging. I’m not surprised when, yet again, he says no... -
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The Blood Trials by N.E. Davenport
Blending fantasy and science fiction, N. E. Davenport’s fast-paced, action-packed debut kicks off a duology of loyalty and rebellion, in which a young Black woman must survive deadly trials in a racist and misogynistic society to become an elite warrior.It’s all about blood.The blood spilled between the Republic of Mareen and the armies of the Blood Emperor long ago...Categorized as:
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![Stolen by the Hunter by Lynnea Lee]()
Stolen by the Hunter by Lynnea Lee
MEGHAN I’m a big fat scaredy-cat. The scary alien hunter has his eyes on me. He’s got sharp fangs, massive claws, huge horns, and walks around in nothing more than a loincloth! Totally terrifying! So why is my body betraying me and reacting in ways it shouldn’t?With troublemakers inside the gates and deadly space bugs roaming outside, I soon realize Mal’k is the last person I should fear... -
![Hunter's Wish by Lynnea Lee]()
Hunter's Wish by Lynnea Lee
SARAHIt’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... -
![The Blighted Stars by Megan E. O'Keefe]()
The Blighted Stars by Megan E. O'Keefe
When a spy is stranded on a dead planet with her mortal enemy, she must first figure out how to survive before she can uncover the conspiracy that landed them both there in the first place.She’s a revolutionary. Humanity is running out of options. Habitable planets are being destroyed as quickly as they’re found and Naira Sharp knows the reason why... -
![Dark Demise by Rebecca Royce]()
Dark Demise by Rebecca Royce
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsTime isn’t kind… Waverly Sandler is nothing like her mad father. She’s a nurse. She takes care of people. She is fighting to live down her name. She’s also a sister, a friend, and someday, if the universe is kind, she hopes to be a lover and a wife. Life at The Farm is one of constant activity, because freedom exacts a high price... -
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Psyren #06: Flame by Toshiaki Iwashiro
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsReads R to L (Japanese Style), for audiences rated teen. Ageha Yoshina just got transported to a warped alternate dimension where you've got to fight your way back to our world--or die trying... -
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Before The Dawn by Lindsey Fairleigh, Lindsey Pogue
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsTHE FOURTH AND FINAL BOOK IN THE ENDING SERIES. A year ago, the Virus killed off most people in the world. A year ago, strange things started happening to those who survived. Some of them transformed into something dark and sinister, while others evolved, becoming something more, something beyond human. A year ago, Dani and Zoe were lost... -
![Heart of the Walker by Coralee June]()
Heart of the Walker by Coralee June
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIts been a month since Josiah took what was left of our dying relationship and extinguished its embers. I’ve settled into my job at the Bakery in Dormas, and when I’m not avoiding Jules, I’m stealing moments with Maverick, Cyler, Jacob, Huxley, Patrick, and Kemper... -
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Deadly Star by Viola Grace
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNova has reinvented herself after surviving two years in the devastation of her dying world, but she didn’t count on being a match for an intergalactic overseer. Relationship goals.Nova stumbled to her own rescue and spent weeks in rehab learning to move again. She studied every minute of every day and learned to fly anything she could find a simulator for... -
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![The Champion by Elin Peer]()
The Champion by Elin Peer
What is stronger, emotion or intellect? As the biggest genius in France, I’ve been the hope of my nation since I was a child. I’m cherished and adored by all and get a free pick of beautiful women whenever I want. It should be enough to make any man happy, so why do I feel so lost? It’s a red flag to Victor when the only women to get his brief interest are those who look like Freya Aurelius... -
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Shadowbound by Amelia Cole
The Druadan Legacy series is an adult romance where the main character will end up with multiple love interests. It is set on a distant earth, where centuries of rising seas have transformed the land masses into a scattering of islands.In a world where the sea has claimed most of the land, the once-mighty Druadan faces extinction... -
![Chosen by the Vikens by Grace Goodwin]()
Chosen by the Vikens by Grace Goodwin
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsKayson, Geros and Mal are not hers. She is not theirs. So why does their every touch set her on fire? Why is it so easy to give in to the pleasure they provide? She must play along. Nothing is real. Every magical touch, every gasp, is just part of the mission. When she begs for more, it's all part of the plan.. -
![When Darkness Falls by Marian Pattechat]()
When Darkness Falls by Marian Pattechat
Miya plans a break from work, but first she has to survive her latest piloting job. Which is sure to kill her… unless she breaks the hot alien prisoner out of the cargo hold.Miya was supposed to be enjoying a well-deserved holiday on a sunny resort planet...Categorized as:
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![Breeder by Casey Hays, Spring Lea Henry]()
Breeder by Casey Hays, Spring Lea Henry
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBeyond the Village, nothing exists ... except devastation. A war waged by men and their hateful weapons long ago made it so, and my people--the women of the Village--are the only survivors. This is what our history lessons teach us, and this is what we are to believe. But I am sixteen now ... and I question everything. The Archer has spoken, but I have no desire to heed his command... -
![Hunter's Bounty: A Post-Apocalyptic Alien Romance by Lynnea Lee]()
Hunter's Bounty: A Post-Apocalyptic Alien Romance by Lynnea Lee
SAMMIEOn the run in a brand-new world.Luck has been on my side since the space bugs came and destroyed everything I knew. Now, my luck has run out. Cast out into a dangerous new world with a psycho on my tail, I have to adapt fast to survive.To add to my problems, I’ve caught the eye of a purple monster, and everyone knows the alien warriors are bad news... -
![Kieli, Volume 2: White Wake on the Sand (Kieli Novels (キーリ ライトノベル) #2) by Yukako Kabei]()
Kieli, Volume 2: White Wake on the Sand (Kieli Novels (キーリ ライトノベル) #2) by Yukako Kabei
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsKieli, the girl who sees ghosts, and her Undying companion, Harvey, return in their second adventure - this time on the high seas of the Sand Ocean! Things are far from ship-shape, though, aboard the vessel carrying these two unusual travelers... -
![Crau: A SciFi Alien Gladiator Romance by Miranda Martin, James D Horton]()
Crau: A SciFi Alien Gladiator Romance by Miranda Martin, James D Horton
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsAn epic conclusion to the complete science fiction romance series The Gladiators of Krix….CamillaI never imagined I’d be a slave. Captured by one kind of alien, sold to another, then stolen by yet a third kind. I've been separated from the only other human survivors I knew.My life is hell, surrounded by alien gladiators all of whom are free to torment me however they like... -
![Queen's Ransom: The Golden Bulls of Minos by Isabel Wroth]()
Queen's Ransom: The Golden Bulls of Minos by Isabel Wroth
Jalia hasn't ever played a game she can't win. The Promise of a Queen's Ransom is too much for life-long gambler Jalia to pass up. The untouched planet of Minos is rumored to be so wealthy, one can walk along the beach and pluck diamonds from the sea. According to the contract, all she has to do to win is solve a few puzzles and navigate a labyrinth or two...Categorized as:
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Safe Haven by Angela White
Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars · 14 ratings*This is the Large Print (18 Pt. font) Edition.Safe Haven: A place of safety and of light, of duty and honor: A Refuge for survivors.Also: A place of death and darkness, where magic and murder go hand in hand.After months of carrying the burdens alone, Adrian finally has the help he needs. Five of the six have come and he can't wait to get things started... -
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![A Touch of Death by Rebecca Crunden]()
A Touch of Death by Rebecca Crunden
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA thousand years in the future, the last of humanity live inside the walls of the totalitarian Kingdom of Cutta. The rich live in Anais, the capital city of Cutta, sheltered from the famine and disease which ravage the rest of the Kingdom. Yet riches and power only go so far, and even Anaitians can be executed... -
![BEYOND: TWO SUNS by Maureen A. Miller]()
BEYOND: TWO SUNS by Maureen A. Miller
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsThey were coming. It wasn't so much the sound that revealed them. It was the subtle vibration of the ground beneath his feet, like the percussion of a distant explosion. It was their march. The dead tread of stone against sand. A ghostly gait of menace. Alone in a desert world...a world he once called home, Zak is now a damaged man... -
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Against Time by Dean Wesley Smith
Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsPaleontologist Callie Sheridan spent a few days deep in the Oregon Caves on a dig with three students from the University of Oregon. When they emerged, they found almost everyone in the world dead. Survival became her only thought. Mathematician and galactic explorer Vardis Fisher dropped into orbit over a planet where almost all of the human life had been recently killed for no obvious reason... -
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The Way by Mary E. Twomey
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn a world not divided by race, creed or color, but by blood type, Blue Anders finds herself on the wrong end of fortune’s mercy. Born with a lesser blood type, Blue is raised in The Way, a work camp for A-bloods. She must fight against and alongside her violent brother to free their people and end the slavery forced upon her family... -
![Machine Metal Magic by Hanna Dare]()
Machine Metal Magic by Hanna Dare
The galaxy’s a dangerous place. Best not to travel it alone. It’s been over a century since the AIs rose up and attacked, driving humans from Earth and leaving them scattered across the galaxy. Humanity survives, but always fearful of the technology that allows them travel among the stars, never knowing when it may turn against them once more. An interstellar fugitive...Categorized as:
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Odium by Claire C. Riley
Rated: 3.76 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIt's better to die by the gun than die by the dead. Nina’s life was irrevocably changed when humanity’s dead began to rise. Now, she lives behind the walls. The barricaded cities, erected by the government to protect the remnants of civilization, have become a brutal dictatorship- causing the inhabitants within to starve, steal and claw for survival...Categorized as:
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![Girl From Above: Betrayal by Pippa DaCosta]()
Girl From Above: Betrayal by Pippa DaCosta
Rated: 3.68 of 5 stars · 14 ratings"My name is #1001, and I am not ready to die." I’d only just begun to live. When Captain Caleb Shepperd is released from prison, all he wants to do is keep his head down and earn a living smuggling illegal cargo through the nine systems... -
![The Mimicking of Known Successes by Malka Ann Older]()
The Mimicking of Known Successes by Malka Ann Older
The Mimicking of Known Successes presents a cozy Holmesian murder mystery and sapphic romance, set on Jupiter, by Malka Older, author of the critically-acclaimed Centenal Cycle.On a remote, gas-wreathed outpost of a human colony on Jupiter, a man goes missing... -
![Auctioned To The Armitage Brothers by Daniella Wright]()
Auctioned To The Armitage Brothers by Daniella Wright
Rated: 3.56 of 5 stars · 14 ratings"There are private auctions, held by the wealthy elite of this city.It may be your only option for a better life for you and your daughter.But I have to ask, are you still able to bear children?"The chills run through my spine.But what other option do I have?A single mom.A convicted, abusive ex-husband.A world that is crumbling...Categorized as:
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