Books like 'A Bond of Blood: A Science Fiction Romance'
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Frantor (Seven Brides for Seven Alien Brothers) by Honey Phillips
Can a lonely woman heal the cruel scars of an alien warrior’s past?A terrible war left Frantor scarred in body and soul. Now he hides on the isolated ranch he shares with his brothers-in-arms, determined to conceal his disfigurement.In the midst of a raging blizzard, he finds a beautiful human female on his doorstep...Categorized as:
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Cherished by the Hunter by Lynnea Lee
EVIE Prince Charming comes in purple! I’ve been looking for my Prince Charming my entire life. When ravenous, human-eating bugs descend from the skies, I think my dream is doomed—until a musclebound Xarc’n hunter rescues me from certain death. Tarv’k is strong and brave, and the purring in his chest turns my knees to jelly.Too bad he’s pretending not to be interested...Categorized as:
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Beyond Earth: A Limited Edition Collection of Sci-Fiction Romance by Stephanie Morris, Candice Gilmer
Rated: 5.00 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsDiscover passion among the stars… Blast off to the future with this limited edition collection of sizzling, science fiction romance stories!Otherworldly seduction and intergalactic adventures await you in these high-heat, open-door tales from a diverse group of authors. Meet alien gladiators, cyborgs, AI lifeforms, psychic aliens, interstellar royalty, psy-changelings, fearless humans, and more... -
Taken by the Hunter by Lynnea Lee
CONNIE I have a purple stalker. I don’t know what possessed me to hit the Xarc’n warrior with my bat, but now I have a stalker—a big purple stalker with fangs and horns. And to make things worse, I can’t go back to New Franklin.After my first night out on my own, I wake up all wrapped up and cuddly with a certain possessive hunter. He purrs like a giant cat and vows to protect me... -
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The Renegade Akseli Cyborg by Dianne Duvall
Dive into the next thrilling novel in New York Times bestselling author Dianne Duvall’s fast-paced, humorous, and adventure-filled Aldebarian Alliance series. Too many years of hunting psychotic vampires night after night have left Rachel with a desperate need for change... -
Draxx by Hattie Jacks
He’s called a monster, a beast, a dragon, and he’s chosen me. I think I’m in trouble. Again. Yeah, alien abduction is for suckers. If I thought my life was bad before I woke up in the alien prison, it’s just about to get a whole load worse, because I’ve been rescued by an alien warrior who is much better at stripping flesh from bone than being a hero...Categorized as:
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Gilmat by Honey Phillips
Can love bloom between a bookish human and a giant alien?Gilmat was bred for a very specific set of skills - skills which never developed. Even after finding a new home with his brothers-in-arms, the knowledge of his failure haunts him. He certainly doesn’t deserve the gift of a tiny, fragile female - but he will fight to his last breath to keep her... -
A Cyborg for the Alien Mercenary by Mina Carter
She's a cyborg with a forgotten past. He's an alien mercenary with a heart of gold.All Jesh wants is to understand who—and what—she is. Waking up in a human medical facility with no memory, a voice in her head and strange abilities, she knows she doesn't belong. She certainly knows that she's never seen her 'family' before... -
Haunted by the Alien: A Sci Fi Alien Warrior Romance by Julie K. Cohen
A lonely woman. A so-called alien on Halloween. A secret that will bring them together…After mistaking me for an alien, thanks to my Halloween costume, the gorgeous guy painted blue with tattoos and fake horns insists he’s an alien.Next thing I know, my new blue crush embroils me in a dangerous game. With everyone wearing Halloween masks and costumes, I no longer know who's human and who's alien...Categorized as:
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Kian by Tasha Black
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSilent and serious warrior Kian is being forced to leave his brothers-in-arms to watch over an Imberian baby and her adoptive mother. It’s bad enough to feel his ancient heart softening for the little whelp. But after one whiff of the beautiful Terran girl meant to be the baby’s mother, he is wrecked by the knowledge that this is his fated mate...Categorized as:
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Rafe by Tasha Black
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAfter being tricked into indentured servitude on the pleasure ships, Jade Gatlin is determined to avoid male attention for the rest of her days. The opportunity to adopt a little one and start a new life on a frontier moon, where she can heal the wounds of her tortured soul, sounds almost too good to be true...Categorized as:
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Jhon by Tasha Black
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWill this steely dragon warrior choose duty over love?Ella is overwhelmed with a joy that melts her heart from the moment she meets her tiny new alien son. But she doesn’t expect her pulse to race every time the baby’s muscle-bound dragon warrior guard comes close.Jhon was taken from his family at a young age to become a member of the elite Invicta dragon force...Categorized as:
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Diamond in the Rough by C.W. Gray
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAfter the adventures of the Blue Solace, the Crellic System is forever changed. Can a diverse and eccentric group of survivors bring back the extinct Crell species and carve out a home of their own in the colony of Dragon's Hollow?Xavier Juren has lived in the shadows of his larger-than-life parents and brothers since the day he was born. As the youngest, he struggled to forge a path of his own...Categorized as:
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Taken by the Gargoyle King: A Steamy Sci-Fi Monster Romance by Robin O'Connor
My lab and research are my life until a ruthless royal swoops in to steal me for his own purposes.CaitlynI was one of the lucky ones. That’s what I always thought. Abducted but embraced by the Aderians that fanned the flames of my passion as a scientist and a healer. I had a lab Earth-me couldn’t even dream of, and if it was a little lonely? What did it matter when I had my research...Categorized as:
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Wanted by the Hunter by Lynnea Lee
NATALIE A knight in shining loincloth That’s what I’m looking for. I’ve been lusting after the Xarc’n hunters since they landed on Earth, offering to help us fight the alien bugs. These seven feet tall, musclebound warriors are horned, clawed, and fanged—the ultimate protectors. And Rajiv’k is the perfect specimen.Just one problem: I can’t fall in love...Categorized as:
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When She Wishes by Ruby Dixon
Payton needs help on her farm. Heavily pregnant from a one-night-stand, she can't manage all the manual labor and is supposed to be on bedrest. An alien man from a cat-like warrior race arrives on her doorstep with an offer to work for room and board. Bodhrri will get to stay on the planet, and Payton will get an extra pair of hands to help out until her babies (yup, plural) are born...Categorized as:
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Secret Baby for the Alien Dad by Athena Storm
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsTo save my son, I’ll do anything……Even fall back in love with his father.I ran from Jax because I wanted to raise Nova without worry…Well, I’m worried now. Because Nova is missing.Someone has taken him and there’s only one alien warrior in the galaxy brutal and dangerous enough to help me... -
My Pumpkin by Marina Simcoe
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhat do a pumpkin, a cyborg, a dog, and an alien have in common?They are all one person!When I was ten, my mom bought me a pumpkin for Halloween. A year later, it transformed into a bizarre animal that I ended up raising as my dog.Except that it isn’t a dog at all. My lazy, lovable pet Pumpkin turns out to be an extremely dangerous fighting machine that never should’ve been created... -
The Alien and I by Honey Phillips
Can an alien king lose his heart to a human woman?Adjusting to life on noisy, crowded Samar Prime is difficult for former professor Anna Lennox, particularly when she’s forced to spend too much time away from her young daughter. A teaching job on a peaceful tropical planet seems like an ideal alternative... -
Escape Clause by Cara Bristol
The only thing they can’t escape is love… After a nano-virus devastates Caradonia, leaving the planet in desperate need of women, leader Krogan launches a last-ditch effort to save their civilization—convince men to accept human brides through Cosmic Mates.Krogan himself has no time or desire for a wife...Categorized as:
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Drega by Hattie Jacks
No monster can own me. Not even him. The aliens who took me from Earth thought I was small and puny... how wrong they were!Instead, they ended up with a banshee of a human who had no intention of staying abducted. So now this alien maze has its first freedom fighter. I can put my unusual talents involving weaponry to good use, causing as much havoc as I can until I find an escape... -
My Fair Alien by Honey Phillips
Can an alien professor decode the language of love? Professor Harak H’gin leads a peaceful life studying linguistics on his native planet of Plumaria. Until the day he stumbles across a bedraggled, beautiful human female. Dared by a colleague to transform the pitiful creature into a true member of their society, Harak takes on the challenge... -
Caveman Alien's Prey by Calista Skye
Piper Living alone among deadly dinosaurs and huge alien cavemen is not the life I wanted.But I had no choice about being abducted to this wild planet. Everyone here sees me as property or currency.Or as dinner.I thought I had hid pretty well. But still I'm being stalked. Someone keeps leaving food for me, and I feel the weight of his gaze on me whenever he's here.I don't know who he is...Categorized as:
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Untraveled by Anna Hackett
Finding undiscovered treasures is always daring, dangerous, and deadly. Perfect for the men and women of Treasure Hunter Security. After a mission gone terribly wrong, former Navy SEAL Hale Carter has made a good career for himself at Treasure Hunter Security... -
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Radakk's Mate by Sue Lyndon
Claimed by an alien emperor.Made to submit night after night...I didn't mean to catch Emperor Radakk's eye. As a reluctant spy aboard the human worldship, my life depends upon my ability to go unnoticed, to be nothing but a lonely shadow moving about the ship as I collect intel for my mutinous father...Categorized as:
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Xurek by Ava Ross, Alana Khan
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsIt’s the intergalactic cruise of a lifetime, a chance to meet aliens and travel to exotic locales.On a lazy river excursion, I’m stuck sharing a float with Xurek, a cocky orc commander in the interstellar military. Leave it to him to insist on taking an axe on an inflatable float.The more anxious I become, the calmer he gets, which only irritates me more. I should ignore him, but I can’t...Categorized as:
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Uncharted by Anna Hackett
One former Navy SEAL. One adventurous photographer. One lost jungle temple. Former Navy SEAL Callum Ward has one motto—live life to the fullest. He saw the worst of war and lost good friends, but now he works for Treasure Hunter Security... -
How To Save Your Human Invader by Arden Fox
With my weapon trapped at my side, the alien leaned in until it was inches away from my face. It inhaled deeply, its eyes drifted closed, and a tremor passed through its body. “Omega.” A strange feeling ran through me that made my heart trip over itself and every hair stand on end. Bryce Two years ago a human pilot was taken captive by the Alder— a ruthless and savage alien race...Categorized as:
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Dark Class: Bonus Epilogue by Michelle Diener
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsJoin Ellie and the rest of the Earth women, their partners, and the Class 5s on Larga Ways for a reunion that will make more than a few members of the UC uncomfortable. It requires you to sign up to Michelle Diener’s New Release Notification list, where you will get emails about new releases, and occasionally about free books and giveaways. You can unsubscribe at any time... -
My Alien Hero by Lyra Stark
Cut off the horns, unleash the dragon.AjaniI'm stuck in a horrible situation, and my only way out is my grumpy blue guard who offers to sneak me out of this research facility under his cloak. To do that, I'll have to wrap my arms and legs around him. As much as I want my freedom, I'm terrified to touch him, and I've been burned by his kind before. But Skoll makes me want to take crazy risks... -
Alien Orc for Christmas by Ursa Dax
The huge alien orc who runs the pub on Elora Station knows what he wants for Christmas: me.MAGGIESeeing my friend Sophie find happiness on the bustling Elora Station is just the kick in the pants I need to follow my dreams. I’m finally going to open my own bakery. When a coveted rental space opens up on the festive commerce station, I jump at the chance... -
Written in the Stars by Leslie Chase
He might be the hottest guy in the galaxy, but I don’t need his help. Me and my alien cat are managing just fine.Running a bookshop on a pirate space station isn’t easy, but Megan’s determined to keep smiling. A lot of hard work and a bit of luck will let her save up enough for a trip back to Earth—but then Drask walks into her shop... -
Bucked by the Alien by Loki Renard
Alone on a wild alien planet in mating season…I was assigned a mandatory emotional support animal when I volunteered for a five year solo mission to a remote alien planet.I got a goat called Strumpet. (Probably should have questioned the name.)She’s sweet until she comes in season, and then there is no stopping her.No tie, no fence, no barrier will stop her from seeking a mate... -
Brute's Mate by Sue Lyndon
Taken by an alien savage.Claimed with ferocious abandon. Having to marry a Darvasson male is my greatest fear. The powerful aliens already took my sister, and the thought of leaving my widowed mother all alone breaks my heart. But the Darvassons are helping ensure the survival of humankind, and they expect compensation...Categorized as:
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An Alien Rescue by Calla Zae
Emma is on vacation with her six siblings to ring in the New Year with everything auspicious and nothing to do with broken relationships, disappointments, and heartache. But what she got was an alien abduction.Raeko, a beautiful green star-being, rescues her from horrific beasts that want her to reproduce for them...Categorized as:
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Collared by Loki Renard
I saved a virgin human from being abducted.I am a killer, a criminal, and a prison escapee.She is the sweetest, most innocent thing I’ve ever had the pleasure of claiming.Emily Hallow is mine. But my enemies are not going to accept their losses.They’re going to come for me.They’re going to try to send me back to the dungeon I escaped, and take Emily to sell - or worse... -
Primal by Loki Renard
Trapped on a primal world, I am at the mercy of an alien alpha. We could not be two more different creatures.Thorn is massive and scaled.He has been designed by nature to dominate every living thing he encounters.Me? I’m small. Soft. Curvy. And I live to break the rules.He captures me easily, but keeping me will be harder.With every escape attempt, my alien alpha gets even more primal... -
His Human to Claim by Morgan Robinson
A12-01Earth is collapsing. Crops are failing, catastrophic storms rage, and anything with a Y chromosome is dead. The only thing keeping humanity from going extinct is the visitors from space. They provide us with food, safety, and shelter for two years. They never asked for anything, but that's all about to change. I don't really have a say, none of us who are really affected do...Categorized as:
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