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Gifted Connections 5 by S.M. Olivier
I never expected to be abducted by my biological father, Horatio, lose my very best friend, or discover our lives were going to change tremendously. All I knew was I needed to get back to my men. Everything was more manageable with them by my side. I also knew we had to end Horatio's involvement in our lives. We needed to start building our futures without constantly worrying about him...Categorized as:
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![Drega by Hattie Jacks]()
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...Categorized as:
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![Her Alien Neighbor by Ivy Knox]()
Her Alien Neighbor by Ivy Knox
AXIL & VANESSA'S STORYHiding his true form while living among humans on Earth is not easy, but for thirteen years, Axil Monroe and his four brothers have done it. That is until an enticing, infuriating female moves in next door. All Vanessa Bradford wants is to become a successful actress, or successful enough to pay the rent on her tiny L.A. apartment...Categorized as:
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![Uncharted by Anna Hackett]()
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...Categorized as:
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![Damaged Goods by Poppy Rhys]()
Damaged Goods by Poppy Rhys
The universe can go screw itself.Getting sucked through a portal and spat out on an alien planet was not how I saw my Saturday unfolding. Stranded with no money, no shelter, I’m surrounded by the worst and wealthiest the galaxy has to offer... -
![Checked Out By The Chupacabra by Wendi Gogh]()
Checked Out By The Chupacabra by Wendi Gogh
CHECKED OUT BY A MONSTER—sounds hot, right?Except I’m not the type anyone ever gives a second glance to, let alone is interested in. The only thing guys check out from me are the books in the library that I oversee.But every day, the same Chupacabra comes back. At first, I think he’s just lonely as he prowls behind me as I work, asking me questions.Then I realize he can’t read... -
![Rescued by the Alien Enforcer by Liz Paffel]()
Rescued by the Alien Enforcer by Liz Paffel
Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsEvery skin trader in the galaxy is after me but the gold-skinned, winged beast poses the biggest threat.I’ve been abducted from Earth and forced to dance at a burlesque on an alien prison planet where the inmates indulge in debauchery in return for good behavior. Seems human captives have become a hot commodity now that Earth is a breath away from extinction... -
![Raising Draconas by Sara Lindley]()
Raising Draconas by Sara Lindley
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsRaising Draconas King Reihal Draconas of the planet Dracon, has made the ultimate sacrifice and stooped to go to Earth leading a team of Draconas warriors. It took a lot to convince the High Council that the trip was very necessary to what was considered among all dragons as the ‘planet of filthy, low class humans’. The Planet Earth... -
![Primal by Loki Renard]()
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... -
![One Fell Sweep by Ilona Andrews]()
One Fell Sweep by Ilona Andrews
Dina DeMille may run the nicest Bed and Breakfast in Red Deer, Texas, but she caters to a very particular kind of guest… the kind that no one on Earth is supposed to know about... -
![Kiss of Snow by Nalini Singh]()
Kiss of Snow by Nalini Singh
Since the moment of her defection from the PsyNet and into the SnowDancer wolf pack, Sienna Lauren has had one weakness. Hawke. Alpha and dangerous, he compels her to madness. Hawke is used to walking alone, having lost the woman who would’ve been his mate long ago. But Sienna fascinates the primal heart of him, even as he tells himself she is far too young to handle the wild fury of the wolf...Categorized as:
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![Born of Fury by Sherrilyn Kenyon]()
Born of Fury by Sherrilyn Kenyon
The war is on... Counted among the fiercest Andarion warriors ever born, Hauk is one of the five founding members of the Sentella- an organization that has declared war on the League that rules the Ichidian universe with an iron fist and terrifies it with an army of well-trained assassins. Hauk's enemies are legion, but he fears nothing and no one... -
![Darkness by Laurann Dohner]()
Darkness by Laurann Dohner
Kat’s boss wants dirt on the NSO. She is sent to Homeland undercover but everything goes wrong as soon as she enters the front gates. She is arrested by a big, powerful, sexy New Species but she is not frightened. He turns her on and things heat up fast between them. Now, she just hopes he does not break her heart. Darkness admires Kat’s courage but he cannot trust anything she says...Categorized as:
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![Hunting Ground by Patricia Briggs]()
Hunting Ground by Patricia Briggs
Anna Latham didn’t know how complicated life could be until she became a werewolf. And until she was mated to Charles Cornick, the son — and enforcer — of Bran, the leader of the North American werewolves, she didn’t know how dangerous it could be either..Categorized as:
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![Lover Avenged by J.R. Ward]()
Lover Avenged by J.R. Ward
J. R. Ward's Black Dagger Brotherhood novels have introduced readers to a "different, creative, dark, violent, and flat-out amazing" (All About Romance)world. Now, as the vampire warriors defend their race against their slayers, one male's loyalty to the Brotherhood will be tested-and his dangerous mixed blood revealed.. -
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True by Laurann Dohner
Jeanie loves a New Species and is willing to pay for that love with pain, tears and heartbreak. She’ll do anything to keep 710 alive but she never wants him to know how she suffered for him. He’s the reason for her mission in life—freeing others like him. True has a new life working with the NSO to rescue his people. A good life, until he encounters a dying woman—the female who betrayed him...Categorized as:
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![Archangel's Consort by Nalini Singh]()
Archangel's Consort by Nalini Singh
Nalini Singh steps back into the shadows of her heartbreakingly original world where angels rule, vampires serve, and the innocent can pay the greatest price of all ...Vampire hunter Elena Deveraux and her lover, the lethally beautiful archangel Raphael, have returned home to New York only to face an uncompromising new evil ..Categorized as:
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![Marked in Flesh by Anne Bishop]()
Marked in Flesh by Anne Bishop
For centuries, the Others and humans have lived side by side in uneasy peace. But when humankind oversteps its bounds, the Others will have to decide how much humanity they’re willing to tolerate—both within themselves and within their community..Categorized as:
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![The Power by Jennifer L. Armentrout]()
The Power by Jennifer L. Armentrout
With any great change, there is always strife, and the Covenant University has become the frontline between pure-bloods who want the Breed Order reinstated and the half-bloods who want the right to control their own destinies. Fate has other plans. The violence is escalating and war between the races seems inevitable, and it couldn’t come at a worse time...Categorized as:
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![The Alion King by Milly Taiden]()
The Alion King by Milly Taiden
Paranormal Dating Agency Book 6 - STANDALONE BBW Paranormal Shape Shifter Romance Isabella Barca is great at organizing—not so great at keeping her nose out of trouble. When Bella goes to work as Mrs. Wilder’s assistant, the opportunity of a lifetime pops up: travel with Gerri to another planet, a shifter planet, and help Gerri find a lion king his mate...Categorized as:
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![Blake by Nyssa Kathryn]()
Blake by Nyssa Kathryn
A past that can't be changed. A future as uncertain as their relationship.Willow Foster has been a single mother for most of her young daughter's life, ever since the girl's father-a man Willow thought she'd be with forever-inexplicably disappeared. Now, just as mysteriously, he's back, living in Cradle Mountain, Idaho... -
![Marked by Rebecca Zanetti]()
Marked by Rebecca Zanetti
Janie Kayrs has known Zane almost her whole life. He was her friend in the dream world. She trusted him. But that was before he kidnapped her, spiriting her away to an isolated cabin to learn what her dreams never told her. Like how dangerous he looks. How he got on the wrong side of the negotiating table...Categorized as:
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![Archangel's Shadows by Nalini Singh]()
Archangel's Shadows by Nalini Singh
Return to New York Times bestselling author Nalini Singh’s sensual and painfully beautiful Guild Hunter world in her new novel of sacrifice, loyalty, and the choices of love that can shatter the heart... -
![Storm Echo by Nalini Singh]()
Storm Echo by Nalini Singh
New York Times bestselling author Nalini Singh takes us into the hearts of two fractured people in a world on the brink of a psychic Armageddon . . .Silence has fallen. The Psy are free to feel emotion. Free to love. But Silence was never a prison for Ivan Mercant. The biggest threat to his future lies dormant in his brain—a psychic monster that wants only to feed...Categorized as:
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![The Darkest Whisper by Gena Showalter]()
The Darkest Whisper by Gena Showalter
New York Times bestselling sensation Gena Showalter returns with her long-awaited next installment of the Lords of the Underworld series… He is the keeper of Doubt and his entire world’s about to be rocked. Bound by the demon of Doubt, Sabin unintentionally destroys even the most confident of lovers... -
![Dark Horizon New Dawn by I. T. Lucas]()
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... -
![Moon by Laurann Dohner]()
Moon by Laurann Dohner
Dr. Joyce Yards has never met anyone as irresistible as 466. Their therapy sessions are growing hotter, his raw sexual hunger becoming aggressive, and he refuses to discuss anything except the possibility of getting her naked. Joy understands the dire consequences if she indulges her passion. It will break her heart but she must walk away...Categorized as:
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![End of Days by Susan Ee]()
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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![Total Surrender by Rebecca Zanetti]()
Total Surrender by Rebecca Zanetti
A fight he must win... Piper Oliver knows she can't trust him. They warned her that the tall, dark, and sexy black-ops soldier Jory Dean would try to win her over with his steel-gray eyes and deadly charm, but she won't be conned by this man they call a traitor. All she has to do is figure out the science necessary to save his life, and she's done...Categorized as:
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![The Return by Jennifer L. Armentrout]()
The Return by Jennifer L. Armentrout
The Fates are cackling their bony asses off...It's been a year since Seth made the deal with the gods that pledged his life to them. And so far, the jobs they've given him have been violent and bloody--which is kind of all right with him. But now Apollo has something else in mind for Seth...Categorized as:
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