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Protector by Tana Stone
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsThe Vandar raiders who roam the sky are deadly and fierce. The mercenary hunting me is terrifying--and will stop at nothing to claim me.I thought the cocky Vandar raiders I had to work alongside were my biggest problem. That was before the deranged leader of a ruthless band of mercenaries decided I belonged to him.As a member of the underground Valox resistance, there are few things I fear... -
Prisoner by Tana Stone
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhat’s more dangerous than joining the Vandar to crush the Zagrath? Being taken captive by the deadly creatures who rule the sector—and consider prisoners to be expendable.Cassie is eager to join her fellow resistance fighters when they team up with the Vandar hordes, but she isn't expecting to be taken prisoner during the battle... -
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... -
Savage Mine by Hattie Jacks
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsFeral, beasty and dangerous to know. Meet the alien warrior who wants to claim me… All I want is to get used to my new life on the alien citadel which is my new home. What I don't want is to be grabbed by a feral warrior and taken away from the only safe place I know. Ilyos is havoc personified... -
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The Warlord's Stormy Skye by Gail Koger
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMy name is Skye McAllister, I’m a psychic witch and a healer. My life is a rollercoaster ride of craziness. My unique electrical powers have a bunch of alien males eyeing me like I’m prime rib at an all-you-can-eat banquet. If that wasn’t bad enough, a crazy old witch transformed herself into a half-human Kotsor spider and is trying to kill me with hexes, magical bombs, and her zillion hatchlings...Categorized as:
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Overlord by Cyndi Friberg
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsDetermined to bring meaningful change to her people, Lady Eza of the Sarronti seeks out the leader of the Outcasts and proposes a daring alliance. She expects to negotiate with a barbarian. Instead, Overlord Kage Razel awakens longings that have nothing to do with the rebellion. He intrigues and attracts her, making her ache for the consuming passion she has only experienced in his arms... -
My Big Alien Bodyguard by Loki Renard
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsI’ll protect her at any cost. My human client is sassy, bratty, and famous.I’m big, blue, alien - and responsible for keeping her safe.There is nothing I wouldn’t do for her.Even if she pushes every button.Even if she tests every limit.I’ll take her in hand, and I’ll take her into my bed.Because she's a bad girl, and she's a superstar.Some love her, and some love to hate her... -
Berserker God by Ursa Dax
I've been trapped in the darkness of berserker rage for eons, with nothing and no one strong enough to drag me back into the light. Until her. SUVIWhen a monstrous alien smashes into the deserted planet we're studying, it's with the raging force of a natural disaster. I'm not sure if he's a dragon or a god or a man... -
Her Alien Prince by Sky Robert
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFor one queen to rise, another must fall, and keeping her is the highest cost of all... his soul.Rejected from the mating ceremony, Mabel finds a unique way of making her dreams of a family come true, though she may have to defy the leader of her planet to do so, and work with a species that isn't known for playing fair to have everything she desires... -
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... -
Found by the Barbarian by Iona Strom
Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsI escaped one prison only to find myself in another. Except this time, my jailer is an irresistible brute.My owner has grown tired of me. After months of living inside a filthy cage like a pet hamster, I’m returned to where the nightmare of my abduction began—the wall on a planet called Tirius— to be auctioned off like a piece of meat... -
Hostage by Loki Renard
Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsLast time, I saved him. This time, he takes me.I was a good worker who wanted to be a bad girl,So I went where good girls don’t go.That’s where I meet him. Shah.Boss of the galactic underworld.We’re not complete strangers.Our paths crossed once a long time ago, and he hasn't forgotten me.In Shah's world, no good deed, or good girl, goes unpunished.He's going to make me his sorry little hostage... -
Orc's Bait: A Monster Romance by Eden Ember
Rated: 3.71 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsOne second I’m at the top of the highest peak in New Mexico camping with my friends, the next I’m waking up in a stasis pod.This can't be happening. Aliens aren't real. Are they?No, I'm being tricked, there's a hidden camera somewhere. My friends are playing tricks.Then I see him coming at me looking like a real monster. Surely this is a joke... -
Sight Beyond the Sun by Melody Johnson
“Unforgettable, this book stays with you long after you leave it."— Sherrilyn Kenyon, New York Times and international bestselling author of the Dark-Hunters® series."Sight Beyond the Sun is a sexy alien abduction thrill-ride...Categorized as:
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The Captain by Elaine Waters
It’s hard enough being the only human on this alien planet with no memory of how I got here. I have no business being imprisoned by a military Captain. But here I am, handcuffed for weeks to a brooding, powerful warrior that’s convinced I’m a spy. I’ve been a servant at the Captain’s camp for months—cooking, cleaning, and living peacefully... -
Then Came Alexandra by E.L. Todd
Rated: 3.65 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsLibrarian's note: This is an alternate cover edition of ASIN B00J0KQ9LU. "You’re everything to me. More than everything." Alexandra… After a horrific accident working as a nurse in the emergency room, Alexandra becomes reclusive to the world around her. Unable to be speak or function, she pushes away her boyfriend, Paul, of two years... -
Return Of The Queen by Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsWhether they are ready or not, the people are about to find out what the Queen’s promise is worth.When Bethany Anne stepped down as Empress, she swore to return if the Federation was ever in danger from outside evil.That time has come...Categorized as:
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Enter Into Valhalla by Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsBethany Anne has hidden for years now - but her patience has disappeared... She needs to help her new allies on their planet, but the Ooken have other ideas.As Bethany Anne has grown in power, someone on the Kurtherian side has taken control...Categorized as:
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Finish What You Started by Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsThe QUEEN is BACK... Her hair is white, her grin is nasty, and she's a little pissed. The war is about to get a WHOLE lot bigger. A breakthrough with the Etheric has given Bethany Anne an edge—and an opportunity to take the fight to the Ooken. What is a good Queen to do when not-so-good neighbors become royal pains in the ass? Baba Yaga comes out to play...Categorized as:
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Dark Horizon New Dawn by I. T. Lucas
What begins as a carefree vacation quickly spirals into a heart-pounding adventure when a chance encounter with a mysterious woman entangles Margo in a shadowy world of deceit and danger. Meanwhile, aboard the Silver Swan, the Fates weave their intricate web. Armed with Margo's photograph, Frankie is on a mission to match her with the last unmated god... -
Ghostly Game by Christine Feehan
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsGideon "Eagle" Carpenter is used to rolling with the punches life has thrown at him. It's the only thing that's kept him alive. He and his team of GhostWalkers have seen and experienced it all. He does his best to live with all the sins written on his soul. Then he hears the laughter of a woman with the ability to erase--even for a few previous moments--the darkness of his past...Categorized as:
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The Psy-Changeling Collection by Nalini Singh
Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA collection of the first ten books in the Psy-Changeling series by NYT-bestselling author Nalini Singh... -
Jingle Stars by Jenny Schwartz
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhen a starship decides to play Santa Claus… Ahab is a mLa’an artificial intelligence embedded in the starship, Orion. The campaign for AIs to be recognized as full citizens of Galaxy Proper is within reach of its extraordinary goal. The only thing that could stop it now is if an AI did something foolish…like take a space station hostage to save seven orphaned children... -
Dragon in Exile by Sharon Lee, Steve Miller
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 21 ratings#18 in the popular and exciting science fiction Liaden Universe®. Clan Korval rebuilds its fortunes on the gritty, semi-anarchic planet of Surebleak... -
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Neogenesis by Sharon Lee, Steve Miller
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsNEW ENTRY IN THE NATIONALLY BEST-SELLING LIADEN UNIVERSE SERIES. Sequel to national bestseller The Gathering Edge. Menace from Back Space Looming out of the Dust of Time The Complex Logic Laws were the result of a war waged hundreds of years in the past, when two human powers threw massive AI navies at each other and nearly annihilated themselves... -
Dark Whispers Trilogy: The Children of the Gods Series Books 62-64 by I. T. Lucas, Lucas
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDark Whispers From The Past ★ Dark Whispers From The Afar ★ Dark Whispers From BeyondSee the individual books for the audible versions and thousands of readers' reviews... -
Lawe's Justice by Lora Leigh
In Lora Leigh's scorching new Breed novel, two adversaries are destined to explore the only thing they have in common: an irresistible mating heat... Diane Broen's lived to protect her younger sister Rachel from harm...Categorized as:
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Claimed by the Alien Shifter by Mina Carter
She doesn’t need love. She’s getting cats. Lots of them. She absolutely doesn’t need a sexy alien making her think of happily ever afters...Elise doesn’t need a man, she has enough with her job and ensuring her brother, the President, stays out of trouble. Or, at the very least, doesn’t get humanity into an intergalactic war it can’t win... -
Slag by Alana Khan
Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsSlag is a gentle giant so damaged from his years toiling in the irradiated green salt mines of Rhoid he can barely function except to do his job, eat, and sleep. Something awakens within him, though, causing him to run to KJ’s rescue when she’s thrown into the mine as punishment. Fate has a plan for these two...Categorized as:
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In a Dragon's Dream by Riley Storm
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA dragon for a bodyguard?Rakell Teres is supposed to go and make things right. The woman doesn’t know a thing, she’s just a clueless human caught up in the fight between his clan and the evil dragon underworld. When he shows up at her hospital bed however, Rakell can’t decide if he’s more shocked by her beauty, or by her demand to see his dragon...
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