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  • Duty's Reward: by M. Tress

    Duty's Reward: by M. Tress

    Rated: 4.79 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 12 ratings
    Finishing up his first year as a cadet-adept, Desmond’s life is going pretty well as far as he’s concerned.Three beautiful and exotic women love him and have agreed to entwine their lives together. His powers as an Adept have continued to grow as he practices and refines weaving the threads of mana into the world. All while he continues to defy the expectations set by his origins...
  • Honor's Challenge: by M. Tress

    Honor's Challenge: by M. Tress

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 13 ratings
    A little over four months has passed since Desmond McLaughlin was physically yanked from his home and thrown to the mercy of a conquering alien empire when they demanded he be handed over for training as he was an ‘Adept’, one of the few able to harness the power of magic in the universe...
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  • Susix by Amelia Rademaker

    Susix by Amelia Rademaker

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 30 ratings
    Being abducted by aliens is terrifying. Everything after that? Pretty boring.Cece Levine didn’t believe in aliens. That is, right up until she was abducted. Life in space is not what she expected. She lives in a cage. She's left alone all the time. And the boredom is driving her insane.When a thief who is more snake than man, mistakes her for an exotic pet, Cece decides to just roll with it...
  • Fallen Star by Morgan Hawke

    Fallen Star by Morgan Hawke

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 31 ratings
    Isabeau Fallon, the Fallen Star is one of the finest thieves on Dyson's Ring station - until she's caught by the Skeldhi hunter, Sobehk, who captures her and makes her a sex-pet. Trapped and altered into a skeldhi-human hybrid known as a rehkyt, her past is a closed door - until it literally comes back to haunt her in the form of a E'sey Khan...
  • The Rise of the Iliri: Books 1-3 by Auryn Hadley

    The Rise of the Iliri: Books 1-3 by Auryn Hadley

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    THE TOUGH, TREACHEROUS ROAD TO BELONGING—AN ALPHA FEMALE IN A WARRIOR FAMILY...One part reverse harem sci fi fantasy, one part irresistible paranormal romance, the Rise of the Iliri series is an epic tale of one extraordinary woman’s quest for justice, hope, and love...
  • Corsairs: Bethiah by Ruby Dixon

    Corsairs: Bethiah by Ruby Dixon

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 35 ratings
    I have a reputation for being the most chaotic bounty hunter in the universe.What they don’t know? My private life is just as messy. I’ve got a sweet, innocent cloned human woman who wants to be my lover…and a grumpy cyborg paramour who might be jealous that he’s not the center of attention.The solution?A triad...
  • Mail Order Bride by Molly J. Bragg

    Mail Order Bride by Molly J. Bragg

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 9 ratings
    Ten years ago, aliens from a Galaxy spanning government called the Hegemony arrived in the Solar system and ever since Earth has been on a long, slow journey to becoming a banana republic. Samantha ‘Sam’ Murray has spent her entire high school career doing everything her mom could think of to earn a chance at an off-world education that would keep her from living a life of poverty...
  • Academy Days by J.J. Pavlov

    Academy Days by J.J. Pavlov

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Back to school. Kuroe Makoto, now known as Chaos to demons and Chloe Marcott to humans, never thought that in a fantasy world filled with sword and sorcery, she would attend school once more. But her fake human heart beats faster at the fact that this is a magic school - the kind she has read about in many stories...
  • Key to the Dead Fall by Susan Trombley

    Key to the Dead Fall by Susan Trombley

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    The sequel to Into the Dead Fall, which was released as part of a two-book set with The Scorpion’s Mate. A fated mate she doesn’t want. An enigmatic alien she shouldn’t want. Finding your way in the Dead Fall isn’t easy, but it’s nothing compared to figuring out what your heart truly desires...
  • Arena by Logan Jacobs

    Arena by Logan Jacobs

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Thank you, thank you, thank you all for coming. What a great looking group of people we have here today. As your President, I feel it’s important to tell you all about this guy. He’s a great guy. A real stand up guy. A real go-getter. His name is Marc Havak, and let me tell you, this guy is going to be huge...
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    aliens  harems  science fiction  humor  poly  length-short
  • The Spider Queen by Wendie Nordgren

    The Spider Queen by Wendie Nordgren

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When an alien species attacks the Talpa Sector, Teagan leads a fleet of warships across the vastness of space to rush to the aid of its peaceful inhabitants. However, being thrust into the center of an alien war is the least of her worries...
  • Arena 3 by Logan Jacobs

    Arena 3 by Logan Jacobs

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    If there is one thing I know, it's winners. And I am fantastic at picking winners. Everyone I pick wins. I know it. America knows. The world knows. It's a fact. And Marc Havak is a winner. Period. Tremendous winner. The best. Exceptional. When aliens came to Earth and said they needed a winner, well, I was busy running America. Fantastically. So, the next best winner was Marc Havak...
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    aliens  harems  science fiction  humor  poly
  • A Girl Named Blue: The Adventure Begins by Cecilia Randell

    A Girl Named Blue: The Adventure Begins by Cecilia Randell

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    ***Note: This is the first book in a Reverse Harem series. If you expect her to end up with just one guy, then this is not for you.*** **Also, there is violence, and just a little bit of foul language.** *Oh, and it's a slow burn, so no sexy times till the second or third book* Blue Faust and her mother have just moved to a new city, and Blue has a Plan and a List...
  • Apprentice by Lexie Winston

    Apprentice by Lexie Winston

    Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 34 ratings
    Lila is nobody special. She didn’t have a bad childhood growing up in foster homes, there was just nothing particularlygood about it either. You could say Lila is a little lost. Her job is boring and repetitive, she only has one friend and there is no significant partner in her life. In fact her romance novels and her BOB is the most actions she’s seen in ages.Until now...
  • Arena 2 by Logan Jacobs

    Arena 2 by Logan Jacobs

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    My fellow Americans, we are here for one the fact that I picked Marc Havak to represent us in the crucible of carnage. Now, before we talk about how fantastic I am at making world leader decisions. Let’s talk about how great this sequel is.I've read many sequels, and all were bad. Very very bad. But this one? It's the best. And not just because I'm in it. No. Well, yes...
    Categorized as:
    aliens  science fiction  harems  humor  poly
  • Burn by Nora Phoenix

    Burn by Nora Phoenix

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    In a world where it’s every man for himself, all they can do is hold on to each other… An MMM survival romance. The last book in an exciting trilogy! With soldiers next door, the situation has become dire for Austin, Mack, and Tan...
    Categorized as:
    aliens  queer  m-m  menage  dystopian  science fiction  poly  m-m-m
  • Between Worlds Two by J.L. Williams

    Between Worlds Two by J.L. Williams

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Inspired by the likes of James Galloway's Subjugation and John Scalzi's Old Man's War, Between Worlds is a thrilling military sci-fi set in a strange new universe..
  • Alien General's Baby by Vi Voxley

    Alien General's Baby by Vi Voxley

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    This general has more to fight for than he ever imagined... As one of the few warriors to ever defeat the Fearless, Brion General Braen is a living legend. Yet when his greatest victory turns to his gravest defeat, the undefeated warrior has to prove himself to the universe... and himself...
  • Her Alien Healers by Susan Hayes

    Her Alien Healers by Susan Hayes

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    She’s ready to move on to the next chapter of her life — She just never expected it could be a love story.Jodi Clark has been many things over the a doctor, a wife, and a divorced single mother. Now, there’s just one more thing she needs to do – for once in her life, she’s going to put herself first.An unexpected invitation to Haven colony comes at the perfect moment...
  • Targeted by Susan Hayes

    Targeted by Susan Hayes

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Alliance Commanders Brandt Carver and Hawke Summers have a new mission. Take command of Space Station: Alpha X2, get it running smoothly again, and find out how the last station commander wound up murdered in the middle of a Krytos sanctuary...
  • Beyond Blue Frontiers by Cecilia Randell

    Beyond Blue Frontiers by Cecilia Randell

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Blue and Forrest made the decision to return to Karran. They’ve said their goodbyes and packed their bags. She even managed to get a Portal open. That was the easy part. The reunion with her clansman is marred by unfinished business. Phillip is still out there, still using that crystal, still killing, and slowly going insane...
  • Throne Taker by Heather Long, Rebecca Royce

    Throne Taker by Heather Long, Rebecca Royce

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 7 ratings
    Everything in Khloe with a K's life changed when she crashed into the side of a food truck. Now with Earth in the rearview mirror, her future lies with Briggs, Goran, Reese, and Dalton...
  • The Parvac Emperor's Daughter by Wendie Nordgren

    The Parvac Emperor's Daughter by Wendie Nordgren

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    While Teagan’s life may have changed from the obscurity of a reclamation worker on Earth to that of royalty in the Parvac Empire, she soon discovers her notoriety places her in danger. After a cunning plot orchestrated by Consul Dano, Teagan is manipulated into a political marriage in order to maintain peace...
  • Omnes Videntes by Wendie Nordgren

    Omnes Videntes by Wendie Nordgren

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    They were created in a lab. Feared and reviled in both the Laconian Sector and in the Galaxic Expanse for their combined empathic and telepathic abilities, the Hybrids have found a home in the Parvac Empire. Having sworn allegiance to Princess Teagan of House Probus of Parvac, the former mercenaries become her personal guard...
  • Stealing Shiloh: A Dark Alien Sci-Fi by K.A. Knight, Loxley Savage

    Stealing Shiloh: A Dark Alien Sci-Fi by K.A. Knight, Loxley Savage

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I am one of the Forsaken. Growing up in the Harvest House I always knew what my destiny would be - a life dedicated to an alien Klan purley for mating purposes. Never did I imagine that I would actually like the Klan who won me never mind start to care for them...and crave them. My new life on Oxious was better than I had ever hoped for, until I was taken. My captors are cruel and malicious...
  • Their Human to Share by Morgan Robinson

    Their Human to Share by Morgan Robinson

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 5 ratings
    SimoneI'm done with aliens. The first one who told me he was going to be with me forever dumped me minutes before sending me through a glowing portal that dropped me off in the middle of the woods. The second alien is relentlessly pursuing me. Every time I push him away, he digs his heels in harder. It wouldn't be so hard to deal with if it weren't for my first mate showing back up in my life...
  • The Uncertain Scientist by K. Webster, Nicole Blanchard

    The Uncertain Scientist by K. Webster, Nicole Blanchard

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 11 ratings
    I had everything I ever wanted. I was brilliant, successful, esteemed. Alone. But I didn’t mind. I liked being alone. Until they stole me. And I wake up, captive, pregnant with an alien baby—and still a virgin. For a race of freaks nearing extinction, there seems to be far, far too many of them...
  • Arobi's Queen by SJ Sanders

    Arobi's Queen by SJ Sanders

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    An Arobi pack needs a queen. It is instinctual, something that they yearn for until they finally find a female to complete their family. Exeri’s pack is no different, despite the fact that they’ve chosen to live far away from the rest of their kind...
  • The Katres' Summer by Laura Jo Phillips

    The Katres' Summer by Laura Jo Phillips

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The galactic adventure begun in The Dracons’ Woman and The Lobos’ HeartSong, takes everything to a new level in the most exciting installment yet in Laura Jo Phillips’ thrill-packed “Soul-Linked Saga,” The Katres’ Summer...
  • Oath Forger 4 by Nia Mars

    Oath Forger 4 by Nia Mars

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    BLURB: Nope. This late in the game, I'm giving away nothing!!! If anyone has a complaint, they can send it to the Oath Forger's Palace in Merim. But I will share an excerpt. (Because I can't resist Roax. Seriously, who can?) Enjoy! Excerpt: That ever-present storm in his eyes rages, dark and ominous...
  • Oath Forger 3 by Nia Mars

    Oath Forger 3 by Nia Mars

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Still faking being the Oath Forger. Yeah, I know. Stupid. You know what's stupider? Falling for The Five.The five hottest, most powerful rulers in the galaxy all want to be my first...
  • Our Prisoner by S.M. Matthews

    Our Prisoner by S.M. Matthews

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 13 ratings
    'Ours Book 5' *This series is intended to be read in order*I'm being set up. And not just for any old crime either, no, I'm being framed for murder.The only people willing to help me are a set of alien brothers...and I'm pretty sure they are the cause of all my problems.Can I trust them? Probably not.All I want is to go home.*Contains themes of a very adult nature, meant for mature readers only...
  • Tone of Voice by Kaia Sønderby

    Tone of Voice by Kaia Sønderby

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 7 ratings
    Xandri Corelel has spent six months living among the Ongkoarrat after her unceremonious firing from the crew of the Carpathia, and though she misses her home, she has settled into her new life. Then Diver arrives with news that changes everything. The Hands and Voices--squid- and whale-like symbiotic aliens--are masters of bio-engineering and grow a wide variety of species of coral...
  • Testing Pandora by Kaia Sønderby

    Testing Pandora by Kaia Sønderby

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 7 ratings
    In the far future, genetic engineering is used to strip all sapient species of disability. But when humans have a brief fad of natural birth, disabled children start reappearing. They're quickly termed "Pandoras," the value of their very lives brought into question, and laws are put into place to prevent their births from happening ever again...
  • Purgatory City by Skye MacKinnon, Rebecca Royce

    Purgatory City by Skye MacKinnon, Rebecca Royce

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Play 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...
  • Tina by Tracy St. John

    Tina by Tracy St. John

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    To be loved is all Tina ever wanted. She never dreamed her prayers would be answered by the enemy.Aspirant Tina Novak, living on Europa’s convent colony, has no place to call her own. First rejected by her father, now being sent away by Mother Superior, where can a young woman with no prospects go?The question is delayed by a Kalquorian invasion that takes the aspirants and nuns prisoner...
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    aliens  queer  menage  m-f-m  science fiction  dystopian  m-m-m  m-m
  • Aria's Desire by Stacy Jones

    Aria's Desire by Stacy Jones

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    An invitation to a hidden alien Queendom. Forced proximity with two males she can’t resist. Assassination attempts. Secrets exposed. And an alliance that could change the world.Aria Taylor’s hands are full leading a slave uprising, taking over an alien planet, and loving her two incredible mates...
  • Brooklyn's Baggage by Belle Harper

    Brooklyn's Baggage by Belle Harper

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A Sci-fi Alien Reverse Harem Romance. My name is Brooklyn. I applied to a job ad that sounded amazing. Anything was better than the boring job and depressing life I had. Being sent to an Alien Planet to marry an Alien guy with four-arms sounds like the start of new adventure. The Aashi males all love hugs and it made me feel happy to hug them also. Who knew that it wasn't just a hug.
  • Stowaway by Heather Relken

    Stowaway by Heather Relken

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 10 ratings
    Memories all stripped away, a nameless woman is sold at auction. Her buyer might be an angel, but he's no holy symbol--and he's clearly got bad intentions.When the angels are evil and the demons won't help, what then?Then you run like hell, you hide and do whatever it takes to stay alive. Even pick a fight with an alien twice your size...
  • Oath Forger 5 by Nia Mars

    Oath Forger 5 by Nia Mars

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Thank you for sticking with Ava and her Five and being part of the adventure!You are cordially invited to Merim to celebrate Earth officially becoming a Federation planet...
  • Between Worlds Three by J.L. Williams

    Between Worlds Three by J.L. Williams

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    With his most recent victory on Gurathu, Jason is now the golden child of the Imperial Military.Recently reassigned to the Imperial capital on the Shil homeworld, it seems Jason's days of dodging laser fire and ornery wildlife are over. These days, the worst he has to deal with are pushy noblewomen and persistent paparazzi...
  • The Edokas' Destiny by SJ Sanders

    The Edokas' Destiny by SJ Sanders

    Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 14 ratings
    Destiny Delaine has had enough. As daughter of a former high ranking general who now served as the Ambassador of Earth, and a socialite mother, she has been reared to be the proper young woman and helpmate. Her parents had her life all planned out, right down to her arranged marriage with one of the planetary representatives under her father. No one asked her what she wanted...
  • Claimed for Their Use by Ivy Barrett

    Claimed for Their Use by Ivy Barrett

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 7 ratings
    Held captive by a brutal drug cartel and facing an uncertain fate, the last thing Jessica Saint Claud expects is to be rescued by two huge, fiercely handsome alien warriors, but the real shock comes when the two Ventori commanders make it clear that she now belongs to them. They will use their beautiful little human as thoroughly as they please, and she will submit or be punished...
  • Alie and the Cosmic Convicts: An Alien Reverse Harem by Emma Cole, K.B. Everly

    Alie and the Cosmic Convicts: An Alien Reverse Harem by Emma Cole, K.B. Everly

    Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Have you ever wondered what would happen if aliens suddenly began appearing on Earth? I have an answer for you. The world loses its sh*t! Aliens are a part of everyday life in the year 2020. They have jobs, drive super high-tech cars, and even live next door to you. Crazy right?! But with our new extraterrestrial guests came new laws...
  • The Space Merchants by Wendie Nordgren

    The Space Merchants by Wendie Nordgren

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Teagan Green dreams of escaping the drudgery of Earth and traversing the stars. Will her dreams come true, or will events from her past destroy her?As soon as Teagan Green turns eighteen, she leaves her painful childhood behind and travels as far as her credits will take her. In Union Port City, she is homeless until she becomes a reclamation worker...
  • Queen of the Ravagers by Sara Page

    Queen of the Ravagers by Sara Page

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Blackspire, the home of the Ravagers, is supposed to be a safe place for my family. Cut off from the Other Side, the monsters in the dark cannot reach us here. But something is stirring in the hearts of the unmated. A sickness that makes them aggressive and turns their eyes black...
  • Delivered to the Alien Mates by Viki Storm

    Delivered to the Alien Mates by Viki Storm

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I’ve never even had a boyfriend before— but now two aliens have ordered me as their bride...My father’s trying to marry me off to his business partner, so I sign up for Starlight Matchmaking to escape and get married quick.Except, there’s gotta be some mistake because the agency sets me up with not one but two alien beasts...
  • Her Alien Mates by Ivy Sparks

    Her Alien Mates by Ivy Sparks

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    After crashing onto the savage planet of Korvia, my friends and I are turned into glorified prizes to be won in a violent competition. And it’s not a winner-takes-all situation either…There must be two Korvian victors for each human female, because apparently they can’t reproduce any other way. And here I thought becoming breeding stock for one alien would be bad enough...
    Categorized as:
    aliens  m-f-m  poly  science fiction  length-short
  • Planet Noglion by Olivia Black

    Planet Noglion by Olivia Black

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Eric Wilson volunteered to leave Earth to get away from his homophobic family. The only way he'd ever be able to have a life and fall in love was for him to start over somewhere far away. From the start, Eric knew there was no guarantee which planet he would live on. But, he never expected to go to the desert planet of Noglion. Eric doesn't know much about the alien world...
    Categorized as:
    aliens  queer  menage  m-m  science fiction  m-m-m  new adult  poly
  • The Sovolians' Bride by Tracy Lauren

    The Sovolians' Bride by Tracy Lauren

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Rescued from a floating tomb in outer space, Sadie finds herself in the arms of an alien: Ezrette, a lone Sovolian who immediately dedicates himself to loving Sadie in ways she’s never been loved before. But the struggle to overcome the trauma of her abduction proves difficult, even with the unwavering love of a partner...
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