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Craving in His Blood by Zoey Draven
She’s the fated mate he never wanted…and the human that will bring him to his knees.As the daughter of a traveling chef, I grew up flitting around different galaxies, immersing myself in fascinating cultures, and rubbing noses with socialites. Coming to Krynn was a new chapter, a permanent place to finally call home... -
![A Miracle for the Alien Warrior by Honey Phillips]()
A Miracle for the Alien Warrior by Honey Phillips
Can an alien warrior who’s given up hope save a desperate woman and her unborn child?Lauren knew the decision to have a baby on her own wouldn’t be an easy one. She didn’t know that she would be kidnapped by aliens whose only interest in her is as a breeding vessel. A desperate attempt to escape leaves her trapped and isolated - and about to give birth...Categorized as:
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![Alien God by Ursa Dax]()
Alien God by Ursa Dax
WYLFRAELI’ve been cursed with a prophecy. I will murder my own fated mate. Though it nearly destroys me, I vow never to find her.What I do find are humans invading my world and stealing from my land. Those I do not kill flee from my rage, leaving behind one terrified yet defiant woman.I take Torrance back to my castle to interrogate her, though I have neither time nor patience for a prisoner...Categorized as:
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![Changed: Mated to the Alien Alpha by Robin Moray]()
Changed: Mated to the Alien Alpha by Robin Moray
The Company said Omega IV was uninhabited. They said Omega IV was safe. They were wrong. The giant humanoid inhabitants of Omega IV are conditioned to the Change—a biological event in their development that designates them altha or amekha—but for the new colony of humans, the Change comes as an unpleasant surprise... -
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![Alien Huntsman by Honey Phillips]()
Alien Huntsman by Honey Phillips
A beauty marked for death. An alien shifter determined to protect her.Tessa pours her heart into her family’s bakery, despite the constant demands from her cruel stepmother, Lenora. But when Lenora’s jealousy turns deadly, Tessa finds herself at the mercy of Korrin, a terrifyingly attractive Vultor bounty hunter.Korrin neither likes nor trusts humans, but even he has his limits... -
![The Cyborg with No Name by Honey Phillips]()
The Cyborg with No Name by Honey Phillips
Can a wounded cyborg help an isolated scientist remember her own humanity?Dr. Rose Abbott is the cybernetic engineer who created the robot horses used in the efforts to terraform Mars. Disgusted by the way her creations are treated by the GenCon Corporation, she chooses to leave her work behind and live in isolation... -
![Echoes of the Tide by Emma Hamm]()
Echoes of the Tide by Emma Hamm
Ace has spent her entire life hiding who she is. First, it was from friends and family who didn't know she was stealing from the rich. Then it was hiding her true self in a prison city under the water. The worst was hiding herself from new friends who helped her destroy Alpha. What she didn't know, was that decision would force her to come into the light. Maketes has always been the jokester... -
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Salvage by Jenny Schwartz
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsSecrets can get a girl killed. Cherry Pendit knows to keep hers close. But what if it’s whispering to her? What if it’s warning her of danger on the galactic horizon, and only she can save her clan?To save the people she loves, Cherry will have to risk her life to rescue a man she’s never met.A hunted man, a man abandoned on a derelict space station, on the far side of a black hole...Categorized as:
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Isolated Maneuver by Mandy M. Roth
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNew York Times and USA Today Bestselling Series the Immortal Outcasts! Part of the Immortal Ops World! This is a stand-alone, complete story. Alpha gorilla shifter and former Immortal Operative, Bane Antonov, has spent years learning to master his beast side. But his temper is tested when two blasts from the not-so-distant past show up claiming to want to help him find his mate...Categorized as:
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![Expecting Darkness by Mandy M. Roth]()
Expecting Darkness by Mandy M. Roth
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBook Two in the Crimson Ops SeriesNew York Times and USA Today Bestselling Series the Crimson Ops! Part of the Immortal Ops World!Searc Macleod is an immortal vampire special operative with Paranormal Security and Intelligence's "Fang Gang." He's fought for the side of good for nearly a century. But it turns out; his past is never far behind him...Categorized as:
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![The Naga Scavenger's Precious Mate by Robin O'Connor]()
The Naga Scavenger's Precious Mate by Robin O'Connor
He is the king of beasts, the lord of water, and I’m his captive mate.FarahUnderwater, 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... -
![Alien Mercenary's Destiny by Mina Carter]()
Alien Mercenary's Destiny by Mina Carter
He saved her from certain death. She didn’t count on him being a… nerd.A Tarviisan pit fighter forced to fight for survival her entire life, Zadaenae is sure she’s about to breathe her last when she’s cornered during a breakout. But help comes from an unexpected quarter; an alien with the infamous Warborne Mercenary team... -
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Submit by Tana Stone
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsI was bought to be a pretty pawn in my alien captors’ twisted entertainment. But the gorgeous, horned alien who saves me from death is no pawn—and he’s determined to beat the hunt... -
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![I Married An Incubus by Regine Abel]()
I Married An Incubus by Regine Abel
A match made in Hell…When investigative reporter Malaya Velasco accidentally uncovers the corruption of one of the highest judges of the Obosian justice system, she is framed and condemned to a life sentence on the deadly prison planet Molvi. In her despair, she begs the Prime Mating Agency for an arranged marriage with one of the Wardens of the prison...Categorized as:
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![Dragons' Jewel by Milly Taiden]()
Dragons' Jewel by Milly Taiden
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsGianna Harris doesn’t think twice when joining a program seeking surrogates for an alien shifter planet whose female population was decimated during war. It’s better than grieving a mother who doesn’t remember her. With tears, Gianna says her goodbyes then travels to planet Daeria where she meets not one, but two sexy dragons who claim she’s their mate...Categorized as:
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Rudi by Honey Phillips
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsCan an alien misfit and a lonely woman save the holidays?Clarice is grateful for the chance to have left a dying Earth - she just wishes she hadn’t ended up somewhere quite so cold... -
![Cyborg Fever by Grace Goodwin]()
Cyborg Fever by Grace Goodwin
Warlord Anghar survives hell as a captive of the evil Hive. Convinced he will never break free, he chooses death over dishonor. When the Coalition ReCon Team sent to kill him frees him instead, he begins the long, tortuous journey back to a true Atlan, a warrior proud of his beast, of his service... -
![Corsairs: Kaspar by Ruby Dixon]()
Corsairs: Kaspar by Ruby Dixon
I live for danger. For excitement. For adventure.When I end up in an escape pod with Alice, though, my world changes. She’s human. Vulnerable. She does NOT love danger, or excitement. But her mind is clever, her retorts sharp, and her smile brings me to my knees. I want nothing more than to keep her safe…and keep her at my side...Categorized as:
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![Song of the Abyss by Emma Hamm]()
Song of the Abyss by Emma Hamm
Like a songbird in a cage, Anya has spent her entire life as the General's perfect daughter. He snaps his fingers, she jumps. He tells her to smile, she beams like she is made of the sun itself. But underneath all those games and glitter, she's working to destroy her father and save the city she loves. When an undine sneaks his way into her city, intent on kidnapping her, she lets him take her...Categorized as:
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Skruj by Honey Phillips
He’s wealthy, he’s mean… and he’s about to meet his match! Life on the alien planet of Londria is difficult for humans, but Bobbi is determined to make the holiday season a special time for her fragile little brother, Tim. Desperate for funds, she’s even willing to take a job working for the coldest, meanest, most hard-hearted alien in the entire city... -
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Alien Charming by Honey Phillips
A powerful alpha. An invisible female. One magical night.Elli has always been invisible. Overworked, underestimated, and overshadowed by her manipulative aunt, her only refuge is the quiet sanctuary of her garden—until she realizes that someone is watching her from the woods...Categorized as:
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![Cato: House of Flames by Scarlett Grove]()
Cato: House of Flames by Scarlett Grove
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTo claim his mate, he'll have to be the hero she needs A missing sister When Penelope Baptiste's twin sister goes missing, the police refuse to help her. Librarian by day...hacker by night, determined Penelope decides to take matters into her own hands. After digging a little too deep into the deep web, she ends up with more questions than answers... -
![Savage Giant: A Fantasy Monster Romance by Sue Mercury, Sue Lyndon]()
Savage Giant: A Fantasy Monster Romance by Sue Mercury, Sue Lyndon
The huge sasquatch says I belong to him.When I need a place to lie low for a while, my late grandfather’s mountain cabin seems like the perfect solution. That is, until I discover there are actual Sasquatches living in the forest. And my solar truck just broke down. Awesome.My plans to hike back to civilization are thwarted by a huge man-beast named Gorran... -
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![Rexx by Tasha Black]()
Rexx by Tasha Black
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsTheir 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... -
![Queen of Their Colony by Evangeline Anderson, Reese Dante]()
Queen of Their Colony by Evangeline Anderson, Reese Dante
A middle aged science teacher who feels unloved and unwanted meetsThree huge alien warriors desperate to find their QueenWhen Terra agrees to go on a quest with V’rone, Tem, and RiveWill she end up as…the Queen of their Colony?Terra Engels is a regular middle aged science teacher with nothing special about her—or so she thinks... -
![Sacrificed to the Monster by Ava Mona]()
Sacrificed to the Monster by Ava Mona
When Grace sees her name flashing on the TV screen, she knows this is the last day of her life. She’s being drafted as this year’s sacrifice to the monster that lurks beneath her world. It will keep her people safe, prevent her sisters from being the one chosen instead, even if it means she’ll be eaten whole once she’s lowered into the ground...Categorized as:
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![Draekon Guardian by Lee Savino, Lili Zander]()
Draekon Guardian by Lee Savino, Lili Zander
The big, bad, alien hero rescued me from the evil Zorahn.He sees to my every need.He sends me thoughtful presents.If someone threatens me, Yafet destroys them. He’s ruthless in his desire to keep me safe.And despite all of that, I can’t get him to take the next step.Kisses? Yes.Heavy petting? Again, yes.Anything more? Nope. He won’t go further even though he obviously wants to...Categorized as:
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![Alien Sentinel's Mate by Mina Carter]()
Alien Sentinel's Mate by Mina Carter
Being rescued by aliens doesn’t mean she’s going to marry one… not unless he’s hot. Asking would help too. The problem is the only alien warrior Gracie is interested in hasn’t asked. Seren K’Vass is the epitome of the strong, silent type. Emotionally avoidant with a bad boy vibe, if he was human, she’d climb him like a tree. Hell, she’d climb him like a tree anyway...Categorized as:
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![Loved by the Lion by Evangeline Anderson, Reese Dante]()
Loved by the Lion by Evangeline Anderson, Reese Dante
A Monstrum Warrior who has vowed never to Claim a bride…An older woman, who thinks she’s done with Love…Can they come together to save the Earth…and each other?What’s the worst Christmas present imaginable? A cheating husband? An angry mob outside your front door? What about Menopause? Minister Emilia Oxley has gotten all three this Yuletide season and she could do without them all, thank you... -
![Aiden: House of Flames by Scarlett Grove]()
Aiden: House of Flames by Scarlett Grove
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTo claim his mate, he’ll have to come out of the shadows… A Stranded Artist Winnifred Parker is a survivor. She’s been on her own since she was sixteen. But when stranded on an island with nothing but her paint set, she has new obstacles to overcome. Not the least of which is the sexy, tattooed musician she’s marooned with...Categorized as:
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![Kidnapped by the Monster by Ava Mona]()
Kidnapped by the Monster by Ava Mona
The very last person Leah expects to come to her rescue when the President betrays her is a monster. He’s supposed to be blood-thirsty, a feral murderer, but instead, he’s the only thing that helps her gain her freedom, promising that she’s safe with him…and that she’s his...Categorized as:
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![Big, Bad Alien by Honey Phillips]()
Big, Bad Alien by Honey Phillips
Scarlett has never hear anything good about the Vultori but when she encounters one on her way to her grandmother’s house, he is nothing like she expects. She should be afraid - especially when he threatens to keep her forever - but what if she doesn’t want him to let her go?Humans took everything from Finnar, and he is determined to make them pay... -
![Whispers of the Deep by Emma Hamm]()
Whispers of the Deep by Emma Hamm
One of the many engineers that keeps Beta, the city under the sea, running, Mira only wants to make her family proud and to prove herself worthy. She knows the mysterious city better than anyone and it’s her dream to help it flourish. But then, on a solo job in an abandoned section of the city, she encounters a monster of legend. An undine... -
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![Strategic Vulnerability: New & Lengthened 2016 Anniversary Edition by Mandy M. Roth]()
Strategic Vulnerability: New & Lengthened 2016 Anniversary Edition by Mandy M. Roth
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsFrom NY Times & USA Today Bestselling Author Mandy M...Categorized as:
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![Alien Commander's Mate by Ava Ross]()
Alien Commander's Mate by Ava Ross
An alien warrior made me an offer I can’t refuse. In exchange, he can do what wants with me for one week.I want a child, but that’s impossible now that Earth men are sterile. Then a ping from a distant planet reaches us. Aliens are real, and they’re interested in getting to know Earth women better...Categorized as:
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![Draekon Heart by Lili Zander, Lee Savino]()
Draekon Heart by Lili Zander, Lee Savino
There might be a way out of the prison planet. The only problem? I don’t want to go. Back on Earth is a man who wants to kill me. Back on Earth, I slept with a knife under my pillow to be safe. There’s no coffee on the prison planet. No pizza. No chocolate. I should be thrilled that there might be a way back home. Except I don’t want to return. Here, I feel safe...Categorized as:
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![Warrior's Mate by Emma Alisyn]()
Warrior's Mate by Emma Alisyn
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsA Dark Alien Prince + his unquenchable desire x his insatiable thirst = a warrior willing to defy a galaxy to claim his mate. Born with a platinum spoon in her mouth, warrior bride-in-training Gayle throws it away in order to sneak aboard a Yadeshi military vessel to escape imprisonment by her family... -
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Taken by Jessica Grayson, Aria Winter
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen we crashed on an ice planet, my A'kai master drank of my blood to survive. We find a settlement of his people; they've been stranded here too, for the past five years.Bound and thrown in a cage, I've all but given up hope of rescue until one of the A'kai guards takes pity on me.Defying his people and his Commander, Erolas helps me escape...Categorized as:
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![Zerberu by Athena Storm]()
Zerberu by Athena Storm
Probably not a good sign when you start reading the refund policy on your mail order bride… Vera Kronus has only choice after a long criminal career. Stay shackled and wait for her transport to a brutal prison planet or switch her ID and be sent to who knows where in the galaxy. She chooses the second option... -
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Taken by the Cyborg by Tamsin Ley
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsA cyborg test subject.A female soldier.Passionate secrets that could kill them both. He lost his humanity to save his sister More machine than man, Doug can hack any computer across the galaxy. Syndicorp may own him, but he secretly uses his power to protect his twin and the rebels she leads...Categorized as:
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![Strategic Vulnerability by Mandy M. Roth]()
Strategic Vulnerability by Mandy M. Roth
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsHeld prisoner in remote testing facility in the middle of the Brazilian rainforest, subjected to torture and abuse, Wilson Rousseau has long since given up hope of being rescued. Days blend together until he can’t help but long for death. Saved from his isolated hell by a female’s distress call, he feels an instant connection to her... -
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Deceit and Lies by A.K. Michaels
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLies come easy for me, as easily as I can change my face and my appearance with my forbidden magic. It’s necessary…I’m an Assassin. Dangerous and deadly and I’ve just agreed to take on the most treacherous mission of all. But when I meet my mark…the new leader of the Vampires, Cassius Allarde…my instincts are screaming that something’s wrong... -
![The Alien's Criminal by Gemma Voss]()
The Alien's Criminal by Gemma Voss
Those legends from the scrolls that spoke of breeding mates and bonding ceremonies— they were just the lost ways of history. Fuel for imagination.Until I saw her. Now, it’s my reality. Life has been a prison for Max since the first moment aliens arrived to colonize Earth...Categorized as:
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![Hunter’s Fate by Lynnea Lee]()
Hunter’s Fate by Lynnea Lee
SANDYI 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... -
![Daxion by Elin Wyn]()
Daxion by Elin Wyn
Science Fiction Adventure Romance You’d be a bit of a b*tch, too. If everyone has left you, died on you, and laughed at your dreams, you might have a few issues. And then to have your planet invaded right when you’re about to follow through on the one thing you have left? Done. Amira’s not particularly interested in making friends...Categorized as:
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![Vendetta by Emmy Chandler]()
Vendetta by Emmy Chandler
Having escaped the lab where they were altered with alien DNA, Vaughn Coleman and his fellow super-soldiers answer an ad for a ship capable of getting them far from the prison planet they’ve just fled. Meshach Larsen, autocrat of a notorious isolationist planet, is willing to accept payment in services rendered, rather than credits...Categorized as:
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![Nurse for an Alien Warrior by Roxie Ray]()
Nurse for an Alien Warrior by Roxie Ray
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsI’m supposed to care for a kid, not create one! Space needs nurses. That’s what they told me, and that’s why I agreed to go.They say Raider is the last place I want to end up, but I’m up to the challenge. I’ll care for the warlord’s child.One problem.He wants me to make said child. With him.No. Not happening. Never.I’m not selling my body to some brute! But Kain isn’t the brute I imagined... -
![Wonderment in Death by J.D. Robb]()
Wonderment in Death by J.D. Robb
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsSomeone is hosting dangerous tea parties in 2061 New York... Thing aren't what they seem when Lieutenant Eve Dallas investigates what appears to be a routine murder/suicide. When friends of Darlene and Marcus Fitzwilliams insist Darlene would never hurt her brother, Eve digs deeper... -
![Monster Flicker by Teresa Hann]()
Monster Flicker by Teresa Hann
Ten years ago, I ran away from the cult that raised me...but I left a piece of my soul behind.Since then, I’ve lived life on the down-low, just another cash-only sword for hire in the city. But the cultists have found my trail at last, and now they’re on the hunt.Their best weapon against me?Their chained monster, who still remembers the taste of my blood.Ten years ago, he put me in his debt...
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