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Lady Luck by K.C. Cross, J.A. Huss
Luck knew two things when he left Harem Station months ago. One. The silver-haired Cygnian Princess Nyleena was still safely frozen away in her cryopod. And two. There was a good chance she was his soul mate. He left anyway. Nyleena is what you might call feisty. Or sassy. Or maybe just… feral. She is wild. Much too wild for Luck’s taste. But now that he’s home there’s no way to deny it...Categorized as:
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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...Categorized as:
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The Truth of Valor by Tanya Huff
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsHaving left the Marine Corps, former Gunnery Sergeant Torin Kerr is attempting to build a new life with salvage operator Craig Ryder. Turns out, civilian life is a lot rougher than she'd imagined. Torin is left for dead when pirates attack their spaceship and take Craig prisoner. But "left for dead" has never stopped Torin. Determined to rescue Craig, she calls in her Marines... -
The Heart of Valor by Tanya Huff
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsThe third installment in Tanya Huff's action-packed military sci-fi adventure Confederation seriesGunnery Sergeant Torin Kerr was a Confederation Marine’s marine. She’d survived more deadly encounters—and kept more of her officers and enlisteds alive—than anyone in the Corps, and she was determined to keep the record intact... -
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1632 by Eric Flint
FREEDOM AND JUSTICE -- AMERICAN STYLE1632 And in northern Germany things couldn't get much worse. Famine. Disease. Religous war laying waste the cities. Only the aristocrats remained relatively unscathed; for the peasants, death was a mercy... -
Boneyard Dog: War Dog by Andrew Beery
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsDid you ever wake up wondering where you were… and perhaps equally important, how you got there? Yeah, me too. The only the thing is, it usually happens when I’ve been drinking… and I’d been dry for the better part of two years. I’m Commodore Jeremy David Riker… my friends call me JD or just plain “Dog.” I have the dubious honor of running a starship boneyard in the middle of nowhere... -
This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar, Max Gladstone
Two time-traveling agents from warring futures, working their way through the past, begin to exchange letters—and fall in love in this thrilling and romantic book from award-winning authors Amal-El Mohtar and Max Gladstone. Among the ashes of a dying world, an agent of the Commandant finds a letter. It reads: Burn before reading... -
The Power of Two by Patti O'Shea
The UCE: In the 21st and 22nd Centuries, the United States changed and grew. Now the United Colonies of Earth dominate the globe. But a mysterious voice is broadcasting treason, inciting revolution and referring to the "ideals of 1776"—and to an enigmatic figure named Banzai Maguire. To find Banzai, the UCE assigns Cai Randolph... -
2288 A.D. - Alternate Dimensions by Renee Van Dyke, Glenn Van Dyke
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsPRE-SALE PRICE - Plus 2 FREE Gifts! --- "THE AMAZING SEQUEL to the blockbuster story of post-apocalyptic survival, time travel, love, sacrifice and redemption ... is here!" Kirkus - 2288 A.D. is the 2nd book of the #1 BEST SELLING, 'The Ashlyn Chronicles' series. The first novel 2287 A.D., is a Kindle ALL-STAR (TOP 100 AMAZON BOOK) that has SOLD over 100,000 copies in its first year...Categorized as:
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The Scarlet Empress by Susan Grant
The Kingdom of Asia... Shot down over Korea, USAF fighter pilot Cameron "Scarlet" Tucker is put in bio-stasis. She wakes 170 years later. Her wingmate and best friend also survived: Now the "legendary" Banzai Maguire, Bree is being held for treason in the country that was once her beloved United States. Cam has problems of her own—big problems...Categorized as:
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The Phantom of the Earth by Raeden Zen
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTHE STRUGGLE FOR THE TRANSHUMAN SPECIES... TO AVERT EXTINCTION AND RETURN TO THE SURFACE ... WILL BE DECIDED UNDERGROUND. In the Great Commonwealth of Beimeni, a subterranean civilization in North America, expansion long ago gave way to peace and prosperity in the face of the history's most devastating plague...Categorized as:
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Alien's Bride Box Set: The Complete Story of the Alien's Bride Maritza by Yamila Abraham
Rated: 3.71 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsKind-hearted Maritza is transported thousands of years into the future to be a bride for one of the malevolent aliens who has conquered earth. Get all three searing novellas of this bestselling sci fi romance! Book One, Book Two, and Book Three are all included in this Box Set...Categorized as:
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Alien's Bride Book Three by Yamila Abraham
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsKind-hearted Maritza was kidnapped and transported 2,000 years into the future to be the bride for one of the aliens who conquered Earth. After a difficult adjustment, Maritza has come to care for her husband, Lord Elentinus. The last thing she needs is for a troubled alien/human couple to visit. Inga, bride to the cruel Lord Nayjoor, begs Maritza to help her escape... -
Stars Across Time by Ruby Lionsdrake
Can love take root in the cracks of time? Air Force pilot Andromeda “Andie” Kim dreams of being chosen to join NASA so she can go to space. Instead, she’s stolen by savage kidnappers from a dystopian future where fertile women are needed for breeding purposes. One of her kidnappers, a man named Mace, goes out of his way to protect her from the other slavers, but she’s not about to trust him...Categorized as:
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Sold by the Alien by Loki Renard
He sold me to aliens. Then he took me back. My relationship with Zed is... complicated. He's a big, green alien who just inspected me quite intimately and then spanked me until he deemed me sufficiently obedient, and now he plans to auction me for whatever shameful use the lucky buyer has in mind for a blushing human female. On the other hand he did save me from being eaten..Categorized as:
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The Stars Blue Yonder by Sandra McDonald
Rated: 3.20 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsChief Terry Myell died and became a god. Now he’s back to life, careening around space and time at the behest of a voice that told him to save all of mankind... -
Shards of Time by Lynn Flewelling
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 33 ratingsAcclaimed author Lynn Flewelling brings her beloved Nightrunners series to a close—at least for now—with a thrilling novel of murder, mystery, and magic. The governor of the sacred island of Korous and his mistress have been killed inside a locked and guarded room... -
End of Days by Susan Ee
End of Days is the explosive conclusion to Susan Ee’s bestselling Penryn & the End of Days trilogy. After a daring escape from the angels, Penryn and Raffe are on the run. They’re both desperate to find a doctor who can reverse the twisted changes inflicted by the angels on Raffe and Penryn’s sister...Categorized as:
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Aurora's End by Amie Kaufman, Jay Kristoff
The squad you love is out of time. Prepare for the thrilling finale in the epic, best-selling Aurora Cycle series about a band of unlikely heroes who just might be the galaxy's last hope for survival.Is this the end? What happens when you ask a bunch of losers, discipline cases, and misfits to save the galaxy from an ancient evil? The ancient evil wins, of course. Wait. . . . Not. So. Fast...Categorized as:
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Some Desperate Glory by Emily Tesh
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsA thrillingly told queer space opera about the wreckage of war, the family you find, and who you must become when every choice is stripped from you, Some Desperate Glory is Astounding Award Winner Emily Tesh’s highly anticipated debut novel. While we live, the enemy shall fear us. Since she was born, Kyr has trained for the day she can avenge the murder of planet Earth... -
Guardians of Time by Sarah Woodbury
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsChristmas 1292. Time travel has meant many things to Meg, David, and Anna over the years. But regardless of the circumstances, it has always been about saving lives: their own, their family members’, their friends’. This time, it’s a combination of all three. Guardians of Time is the ninth book in the After Cilmeri series... -
Exiles in Time by Sarah Woodbury
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsTwo years in Afghanistan; four years working for MI-5, the British security service; and the death of both of his parents from cancer. At the age of thirty-four, Callum thought he’d experienced the worst that life could throw at him. That is, until his boss ordered him to open a buried file on his desk and to take it seriously...Categorized as:
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Consider by Kristy Acevedo
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAs if Alexandra Lucas’ anxiety disorder isn’t enough, mysterious holograms suddenly appear from the sky, heralding the end of the world. They bring an ultimatum: heed the warning and step through a portal-like vertex to safety, or stay and be destroyed by a comet they say is on a collision course with earth...Categorized as:
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The Warning by Kristy Acevedo
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe end is coming. There's no escape...or is there? The first in a compelling YA dystopian series for anyone who's ever felt like their life-their world-is on the brink of destruction.Alexandra Lucas' anxiety disorder was enough to deal with before then mysterious holographic doors suddenly appeared throughout the world, heralding the end of the earth...Categorized as:
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An Anatomy of Beasts by Olivia A. Cole
Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsIn the forty years since the Vagantur landed on Faloiv, the planet has existed in a tenuous peace between the humans who live in the enclosed community of N’Terra and the Faloii, the indigenous population. But after uncovering the shadowy secrets of the Council’s newly elected leader and helping a kidnapped Faloii man escape, sixteen-year-old Octavia knows that conflict is looming... -
All Our Yesterdays by Cristin Terrill
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 46 ratingsWhat would you change? Imprisoned in the heart of a secret military base, Em has nothing except the voice of the boy in the cell next door and the list of instructions she finds taped inside the drain. Only Em can complete the final instruction. She’s tried everything to prevent the creation of a time machine that will tear the world apart...Categorized as:
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The Vanishing Girl by Laura Thalassa
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsEvery night after Ember Pierce falls asleep, she disappears. She can teleport anywhere in the world—London, Paris, her crush’s bedroom—wherever her dreams lead her. Ten minutes is all she gets, and once time’s up, she returns to her bed. It's a secret she’s successfully kept for the last five years. But now someone knows...Categorized as:
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Science and Fiction (Love's Landscapes) by Ray Van Fox, Jordan S. Brock
Dear Author,He loved walking in this secluded area of the park, for some odd reason people tended to stay away from it. Nearing the usual path he took into the woods, his eye was caught by a pile of golden leaves ruffling in the crisp, spring breeze... -
A Conspiracy of Stars by Olivia A. Cole
Rated: 3.85 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsOlivia A. Cole blends a richly imagined world, fantastical creatures, family secrets, and a simmering romance in her cinematic sci-fi/fantasy YA debut, perfect for fans of Amie Kaufman and Pierce Brown.Octavia has only ever had one goal: to follow in the footsteps of her parents and become a prestigious whitecoat, one of the scientists who study the natural wonders of Faloiv...Categorized as:
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Undying by Amie Kaufman, Meagan Spooner
Rated: 3.84 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsTrapped aboard the Undying's ancient spaceship and reeling from what they've learned there, scavenger Mia and academic Jules are plunged into a desperate race to warn their home planet of the danger humanity's greed has unleashed...Categorized as:
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