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Hoards and Harbors: Part One by S.M. Olivier
Navigating our new reality has its ups and downs. My relationships with my men and most of my family continue to grow. Together, we've made it our duty to help those who can't help themselves. We're determined to ensure good prevails despite the evil forces against us. We make new friends, giving us hope we're not alone in our mission...Categorized as:
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Book of the Damned: A-E5L1-01-00 (A reverse harem, post-pandemic, slow-burn romance) (The JAK2 Cycle, Book) by V.E.S. Pullen
We know who Azzie is now.We think we know what’s going on: the base, the study, why she pushes us away…Turns out we don’t know anything.~o~My doctors, my foster family, my friends, even Mouse has been lying to me. Sasha, Luka, and Sev aren't even teenagers let alone high school students... -
Susix by Amelia Rademaker
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...Categorized as:
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Draekon Desire Boxed Set by Lee Savino, Lili Zander
We are Draekons. Dangerous, fire-breathing dragon shifters.For the safety of the galaxy, we’ve been exiled to a prison planet.Then a spaceship carrying human women crashes into our lives.The instant we lay eyes on them, we know.They are our mates.Ours to protect.Ours to cherish.Ours. Forever...Categorized as:
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Hoards and Harbors Part 2 by S.M. Olivier
One of my worst nightmares came to fruition, and I was separated from some of my guys. Not knowing their fate left me in a state of constant anxiety. We were determining our next move and waiting for the hordes to pass only added to the stress of the unknown. Of course, leaving the prison and embarking on our next journey was also fraught with additional dangers... -
Soul Code by Blake Black
I’ve always been on the outside looking in—a female tech genius meeting every conceivable human need for others, yet struggling with a basic fundamental necessity—connection.My days are filled with code and algorithms, but my nights are haunted by isolation and loneliness...Categorized as:
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The Wife Legacy: Huxley by Frankie Love, Charlie Hart
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsThe world, at large, is in crisis but so is the marriage between Tia and her husbands. She thought she could trust them all but when one man betrays her, the cracks in the relationship are revealed.In a desperate, emotional finale to the Six Men of Alaska saga, Tia is faced with her worst enemy one last time.A gun is placed in someone’s hands and the trigger is pulled... -
Seeking Asylum by S.M. Olivier
I was once an average college student with dreams of the Olympics. A better future had been within my grasp. I was weeks away from graduating from college, and I had just received my invitation to the National Team. Sure, I was still nursing a broken heart and coming to terms with the betrayal delivered to me at the hands of people I once trusted and loved dearly... -
The Clone's Mate by Susan Trombley
The Iriduans never gave up their plans for the deadly scorpion warrior, Thrax, and since they couldn’t recapture him, they did the next best thing.They cloned him.They improved upon their initial design. They made their new warrior stronger, faster, more prescient—and they cured him of the imprinting affliction.Or so they thought…...Categorized as:
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The Wife Code: Banks by Frankie Love, Charlie Hart
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsLawson wants what is lawfully his, but Banks is prepared to fight for his bride.Banks and Tia haven't consummated their marriage. He's done waiting. But he isn't like her other husbands. And while they both have a love for learning, Tia is about to get an entirely new sort of education.Banks is ready to teach his wife a few things about his dark desires... -
The Wife Pact: Emerson by Frankie Love, Charlie Hart
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen an ultrasound reveals the truth about Tia’s pregnancy, the compound is riddled with fear. They know that it means one thing -- death. Unless Banks can find a cure. Stress weaves its way into Tia’s heart and a break from the harsh reality is just what the doctor ordered. But a trip to Emerson’s family home reveals yet another hidden secret and Tia is confronted with a shocking reality... -
Chaos by Hattie Jacks
One Gryn warrior is trouble. Two are chaos...If being abducted by aliens wasn’t bad enough, ending up stuck on a planet full of huge, hulking alien males? My worst nightmare.Until Ayar and Vypr crash into my existence. Ayar is chaos incarnate. His mate, Vypr isn't going to let him make any more mistakes...Categorized as:
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The Circle by Lily Archer
Joining with my Alphas has changed me at my most basic levels. I can't seem to control my powers, but with Jeren, Kyte, and Ceredes at my side, I think I'll eventually stop with the accidental outbursts of lethal energy. Hopefully. But my powers aren't the only problems: I have an Omega who wants me dead, a Sentient who is still trying to kidnap me, and an undeniable need to mate with my Alphas...Categorized as:
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Alien Shadow Market by Lizzy Bequin
Five aliens. One human. All the steam.It was supposed to be my job to rescue wayward humans. I never expected to find myself imprisoned with one.And a female at that.Her scent calls to me in ways no female of my species has ever done. I just hope my teammates can rescue us both before my animal urges get the better of me...Categorized as:
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The Wife Gamble: Salinger by Frankie Love, Charlie Hart
She trusts him with her secrets ... but can she trust him with her heart?In a world where everyone struggles for survival, Tia is no exception. Enemies are on to her, and she won't be able to keep her husbands safe forever.For two of her men, it might already be too late.When Tia's secret is revealed, she has no choice but to trust Salinger with her life.But he has secrets too... -
April's Fools by Ivy Asher, Raven Kennedy
We were Army Rangers, the best of the best. And then one day, everything that we worked so hard to become was ripped away. Now, we’re in some podunk town, trying to find a sense of normal amongst the crazy, and learn how to live again. That gets a hell of a lot harder to do when a virus spreads mercilessly across the country, killing 85% of the people who contract it...Categorized as:
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Desperate Omega by Lizzy Bequin
First they'll make me beg for mercy.Then they'll make me beg for more.I never asked for this. Never asked to be an omega. Never asked to go into heat. But my heat is coming, whether I want it or not, and soon my scent will draw the alphas in like wolves to prey.I had a plan. I thought I could deal with the urges on my own.I was wrong...Categorized as:
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White: Emala's Story by SJ Sanders
Before Arie and her mates, there was Emala. Before the Order fell, there was a Master who governed over it and all of the citadel Raised in a gilded cage, Emala was given everything she wanted from the very day that the Master rescued her mother from execution...Categorized as:
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Purgatory City by Skye MacKinnon, Rebecca Royce
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsPlay 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... -
Unleashed: Omega Academy by Lily Archer
Betrayed and delivered into the hands of my enemy, I try to get back to my circle. But the Sentients who’ve captured me are more than just monsters. They tell me my past and promise me a future where I can be free, where all people of the galaxies can exist in peace without the oppressive Gretar Fleet.But the more I learn, the more I realize the Sentients and the Fleet aren’t what they seem... -
Ship Called Malice (Wings of Artemis) by Rebecca Royce
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsSaved from a wife auction that would have left her at the mercy of a madman, Priscilla wakes up married to three space pirates on a ship called Malice. They are rough but honorable men who carry secrets and years of pain. Priscilla isn’t sure how she will fit in their life. River, Jordan, and Bo have made their way alone in the universe for twenty years... -
The Wife Protectors: Giles by Frankie Love, Charlie Hart
Six husbands. One Wife. A secret that will tear them apart. Tia thinks running from her husbands will keep them safe - but she never expected to have a gun in her hand, or to pull the trigger. A single bullet changes everything. The life she escaped is catching up to her, but she's not the only one at risk. Giles sacrificed everything by coming to her rescue..Categorized as:
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Serpents of the Abyss by SJ Sanders
Being a citizen on United Earth doesn’t guarantee a life one wants. For Lori Straford, born into the lowest caste of citizens—the pleasure arts strata of their society—it is an inescapable fate which she can only hope to better by enlisting as a spa attendant and masseuse on one of the luxury world colonies under the purview of Darvel Exploration Corporation...Categorized as:
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Stowaway by Heather Relken
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...Categorized as:
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Starved by Violet Fox
Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMy whole life, I have been starved.Starved of love and starved of affection.My caretaker, Francis, refuses to touch me, and he makes me feel as worthless as dirt.The only love and affection I've ever found are inside the pages of the books he gives me. At least those books make me feel less alone—less starved.They give me hope that I'll find love of my very own one day... -
Bailey by N.A. Jameson
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsThere are rules to the apocalypse, and not falling in love is one of them. Bailey hasn’t had the best life. When the zombie outbreak happened, she was ten years old and became responsible for her infant brother. To protect her brother, she endured eight years of abuse before being able to strike out on her own, with Matty by her side... -
Misconstrued by Pixie Unger
“You cannot live on the food we have for you. That leaves me three choices. Let you continue to starve, slowly dying. Or put you out of your misery, and save the resources of feeding you for someone who has a chance to live.” The orc gave me a long, calculating look before he continued, “Or I can find you someone who is willing to spend his personal resources to care for a defective human...Categorized as:
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Aria's Awakening by Stacy Jones
A deadly alien arena isn’t the place to fall in love… For the last three years, Special Agent Aria Taylor’s nights have been filled with images of battling alien beings in a foreign land with purple skies and two suns...Categorized as:
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Fully Severed by D.E. Chapman
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsLosing my mother and my three fathers broke something inside me and I don’t think that hole will ever be fixed. Watching them all wither away was the worst misery I’ve ever had to face. The very idea of staying home and facing my loss is enough to undo me completely.So instead, it’s time for me to leave home, leave what remains of my family and venture out into the unknown... -
Cora by N.A. Jameson
Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsIf a girl screams in a forest and nobody hears her, does she exist?Cora was seventeen when the apocalypse started. Three years later, Cora hasn’t seen or spoken to anyone since that day. She’s not sure she is capable of making sound anymore, and she certainly doesn’t have any reason to.That is until four men walk into her house and make it their own... -
Our Awkward Mate by S.M. Matthews
I've woken up on an alien moon. With actual aliens.Hot, furry, clever, kind...aliens.It's all good though, I grew up on sci-fi shows...I've practically been trained for first contact.I've totally got this.This is a complete, stand alone story with a happy ever after!*Contains themes of a very adult nature, meant for mature readers only. Warning - alien biology...Categorized as:
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Huntress by SJ Sanders
Heidi was raised to be a huntress ever since the Order took her off the streets and trained her in the deadly arts. Foremost among her peers, she was chosen by the Master to be his assassin. She never imagined that she would fall until the day she went against his will and saved his stepdaughter by helping her to escape from his formidable mansion. It made her a target and she became the hunted...Categorized as:
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Saved by Her Alien Mates by Harper Rosling
A witness to murderOn the run for her lifeShe’s chased across galaxiesTo find loveIn the arms of six aliens Kenzie I’ve been on my own since I was twelve. I don’t need anyone. My choices haven’t always been the best. I did what I had to do to survive. When I see my no good ex kill an important politician, I come face to face with the worse decision I’ve ever made...Categorized as:
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War Bride by Emily Tilton
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThough she is the owner of a popular tavern in the capital city, when the planet of Hippolyta is defeated by a more powerful world Kara Hannafin is chosen for a deeply shameful role. She will be a war bride, a plaything to be punished, claimed, and very publicly used and shared by the man to whom the invaders have given her, all with a live audience from two worlds watching... -
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Surviving the Outbreak by Frances Pearce
Rated: 3.40 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsRecovering from illness Victory finds a changed world, one left with few survivors. The illness that layed her flat wiped out a large portion of the population. She quickly finds that the biggest hurdle to surviving is the ill intentions of other survivors. Luckily she finds herself with the help of two others. Two very attractive men, who make survival a lot more interesting... -
Rogue; Planet Athion by Debbie Cassidy
Rated: 3.43 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsEach Victory is another day I get to continue breathing. Each Victory is a reprieve from Death. Ever since I was betrayed and taken from my home planet, ever since they pumped me with poison and abandoned me on this asteroid to fight or die, I’ve been surviving. But I’m not alone. There are others with me, alien to me, just as I am to them... -
Alone by Skye MacKinnon
Rated: 3.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt all started with a headache.Next came the cramps.Then, the pain. Cries and wails filled the station.The bloody cough killed most of them.The others succumbed to the fever.And then, silence.I’m the only one left.My name is Louise and I’m the only human on Mars. A sci-fi reverse harem based on the Six Swans fairy tale. First published in the Once Upon A Twist anthology... -
Imprint: Mecha Mates by Ember Hollis
Three elite pilots, and the stowaway girl who imprints on their mecha.Space is a hostile environment, but I’m a survivor. That’s why I’ve lasted this long on the Odessa—the biggest interplanetary starship ever built. Everyone aboard is celebrating the end of the Kraw War, and the elites are too busy patting themselves on the back to notice me...Categorized as:
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Pestilence: A Post-Apocalyptic Reverse Harem Series by Kim Faulks, Jennifer Munswami
Rated: 3.00 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsThe Apocalypse isn't just coming… It's already here. Four riders are hunting a fallen woman… One that will seal this world's fate. And they'll leave behind utter devastation in their wake. …Pestilence, War, Famine, Death. Harlow Morgan is lost in a dying world…desperate to find a reason to live... -
The Loving Dead by Ivy Crimson
Rated: 2.60 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsBattling the undead really put a damper on Addison’s love life.Nurse Addison was searching for the one when the pandemic hit eight months ago. Her attention quickly shifted to trying to save humanity one injured person at a time.When the last FEMA camp is overrun and the world is in full blown apocalypse she is left utterly alone... -
Our Pet by S.M. Matthews
Abducted by aliens? Yes. Mistakenly bought as a family pet? Yep. Actually, unexpectedly starting to enjoy the ride? I just might be. I've been abducted, sold, and then sold again, all before I even knew what was going on. Luckily for me, I might just have been bought by the three nicest....guys....in the universe...Categorized as:
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