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Space for Growth by Emily Antoinette
A lonely human unlucky in love…. When all your friends are pairing up with the alien partners of their dreams, it’s hard not to feel left behind. I’m as single as ever, working my boring desk job and spending most of my time alone. So when I meet an intriguing alien who invites me back to his ship, I wonder if maybe it’s finally my turn for love... -
![Memory in Death by J.D. Robb]()
Memory in Death by J.D. Robb
Eve Dallas is one tough cop. It should take more than a seemingly ordinary middle-aged lady to make her fall apart. But when that lady is Trudy Lombard, all bets are off. Just seeing Trudy at the station plunges Eve back to the days when she was a vulnerable, traumatized young girl—and trapped in foster care with the twisted woman who now sits smiling in front of her... -
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![A Klaus Encounter by Honey Phillips]()
A Klaus Encounter by Honey Phillips
Can a cold alien warrior and a struggling woman give a grieving boy the one gift he needs most—a family? When Talia moves to an isolated village to care for her angry, grieving nephew Theo, she quickly discovers that her city-based skills are useless. Her efforts to reach her nephew and save his home are failing...Categorized as:
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![Eat My Moon Dust by Etta Pierce]()
Eat My Moon Dust by Etta Pierce
Tinsley Adams is fed up. She's a pastry chef stuck on an alien planet where cooked food is printed piping hot and perfect every time. Where's the fun in that? The artistry? The sense of family and community? When snow caps the distant mountains, she decides it's high time for some community-building festivities. No one throws a holiday bash like a Canadian, after all...Categorized as:
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![A Snow Man's Haven by Nek Mills]()
A Snow Man's Haven by Nek Mills
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsTHIS IS A RE-RELEASE! Finding the love of your life in your childhood is rare, but that was the reality for Halo Sinclair and Haven Palmer. They wanted nothing more than to spend the rest of their lives together. But sometimes life throws you curveballs, and after a huge misunderstanding leaves them separated, they find themselves in unfamiliar territory... -
![Baki by Ella Maven]()
Baki by Ella Maven
While on the run from the aliens who abducted me from Earth, I find an abandoned shack on this alien planet and hide inside. When a winter storm descends, I’m stuck inside with no food, no warm clothes, and only melted snow for water. But I’m not alone. There is a blue alien outside watching me with his violet eyes... -
![Claus: Intergalactic Dating Agency by Sue Mercury, Sue Lyndon]()
Claus: Intergalactic Dating Agency by Sue Mercury, Sue Lyndon
The fierce alien warrior needs a human bride. On war-torn Earth, former interstellar translator Aubrey struggles to raise her late sister's three young boys. It's not easy when resources are scarce, her hometown is embroiled in civil unrest, and her ex-fiancé keeps causing trouble. But she's determined to make a happy life for her nephews...Categorized as:
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![A Kiss of Frost by Honey Phillips]()
A Kiss of Frost by Honey Phillips
Can the warmth of the holiday season thaw an alien warrior’s frozen heart? When Katerina is faced with an unwanted marriage, she takes her younger sister and runs, only to discover a small band of misfits hiding in some ancient ruins. Their fight for survival grows even harder as the holidays approach - until a massive horned warrior appears in their camp...Categorized as:
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![An Alien Berserker for Christmas by Mina Carter]()
An Alien Berserker for Christmas by Mina Carter
Escape. Locate. Claim. Condemned Izaean Berserker K’laus didn’t expect to find his fated mate in a medical bay. Or for her to be human. He certainly didn’t expect to have to watch her walk away from him. Escaping the station is easy. Tracking his mate down on a planet alien to him is a little harder. Claiming her heart might just take all the magic that Christmas has to offer... -
![Matched to the Alien Rancher at Christmas by Mina Carter]()
Matched to the Alien Rancher at Christmas by Mina Carter
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsAll she wanted for Christmas was a second chance. What she got was a grumpy alien rancher who voted against allowing humans into his colony. Juniper thought signing up for the Mate Program would give her a fresh start. Instead, she's been assigned to Goraath—a massive, scarred rancher on the most isolated homestead on the planet. He made it clear he doesn't want her here. Doesn't want anyone here... -
![Sakar by Ella Blake]()
Sakar by Ella Blake
My two girls and I are going to be snowed in for Christmas and that’s fine with us, until an alien spacecraft crashes behind our wooded Maine home. I take the gorgeous Virilian, Prince Sakar, home with me. He’s injured and tracking an endangered alien dog with a taste for my neighbor’s goats...Categorized as:
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![A Gift for Nicholas by Honey Phillips]()
A Gift for Nicholas by Honey Phillips
Can a single mother show an arrogant alien warrior the true meaning of the holidays? Jenna is a hard-working single mom with no time for fairy tales. She dismisses her daughter’s stories of a mysterious horned Santa living in the woods as no more than the imagination of a precocious child – until the day her daughter doesn’t return home...Categorized as:
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![While You Were Creeping (Women of Dor Nye) by Poppy Rhys]()
While You Were Creeping (Women of Dor Nye) by Poppy Rhys
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsI had zero plans to spend Christmas with an alien convict, yet here I am. In possession of a misplaced interdimensional prison with no idea how to return to sender. Worse yet, this convict has no respect for personal space. It only goes downhill from there when, in a moment of desperation, I strike a bargain with him—be my Krampus for the annual Kringle Parade...Categorized as:
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![An Alien for Christmas by Regine Abel]()
An Alien for Christmas by Regine Abel
The best gifts come in big packages. Meet Kathleen: a thirty-six-year-old Plain Jane extraordinaire, with a Ph. D in Xenobiology and another in Spinsterhood. This year, yet again, her sorry self is stuck working on Mars for the holidays...Categorized as:
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![Tentacle Wonderland by Reese Morrison]()
Tentacle Wonderland by Reese Morrison
Dante's going to prove himself to the world. Society might see the short progenitrix feelers along his sides and expect him to get married and give up his career to start popping out babies, but he's just as smart and tenacious as any viratrix. His scholarships prove it; even if they mean he has to live with a bunch of viratrix jocks... -
![The Alien Who Saved Christmas by Cassandra Gannon]()
The Alien Who Saved Christmas by Cassandra Gannon
Sadie Malone’s holiday season has gone from bad to worse. On Thanksgiving, she was kidnapped by aliens. By Christmas Eve, she was stuck on some weird planet, with zero holiday cheer. If she wants to make it back to Ohio in time for New Year's, she’s gonna need a plan. Step Get a spaceship. Step Find a pilot. Step Avoid all the monsters hunting her...Categorized as:
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![Vixin by Tana Stone]()
Vixin by Tana Stone
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIt's the most wonderful time of the year. .. to be stranded with an alien on an ice planet. Noelle is finally leaving her job on the Drexian space station and going home to Scotland for the holidays. Two things she didn't expect: to be sharing the trip with a hot Neebix named Vixin and for their ship to crash land on a frozen planet... -
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Yool by Tana Stone
I'm bringing a rough-around-the-edges, alien smuggler as my plus-one to a holiday party on the Valox rebel base. But can I convince them that he’s my boyfriend before sharing my small room drives us both mad? Let the fa-la-la-fun begin! This might not be so hard if I was the kind of girl who dated bad boys. I’m not... -
![Healing the Broken by Evangeline Anderson, Reese Dante]()
Healing the Broken by Evangeline Anderson, Reese Dante
This is a Plus Length Novel--over 100,000 words long. A warrior and his young son, both broken by loss. A girl running from her past and trying to find a future. It’s Christmas and the stakes are high. Can Sarah learn to love Sazar and his young son Tsandor…. Or will her past ruin her last chance at happiness? You’ll have to read Healing the Broken to find out...Categorized as:
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![Premeditated Peppermint by Amanda Flower]()
Premeditated Peppermint by Amanda Flower
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsSomeone's sweet on revenge . . . Christmas is Bailey King's favorite time of year. For her first Yuletide in Harvest, Ohio, the former big-city chocolatier is recreating a cherished holiday treat: peppermint combined with molten white chocolate. But her sugar high plummets when her former boyfriend walks into the candy shop she now runs with her Amish grandmother...Categorized as:
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![Dragon's Gift by Miranda Martin]()
Dragon's Gift by Miranda Martin
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCelebrate the holidays on Tajss. Maeve doesn't believe in fate and certainly not one that involves her and Padraig, the enormous and domineering alien dragon. His overly protective and possessive nature rubs her the wrong way. Padraig is certain the fiercely independent human female is the only one for him. His inner dragon has decided and the burly smith knows fate's hand when he feels it... -
![Unwrapping the Alien: A Christmas Sci-Fi Anthology by Hattie Jacks, Melody Beckett]()
Unwrapping the Alien: A Christmas Sci-Fi Anthology by Hattie Jacks, Melody Beckett
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIf all you want for Christmas is an alien fated mate, you've come to the right anthology! Unwrapping the Alien is a stellar collection of Christmas sci-fi romance stories from all your favourite authors. Steamy and sweet, spicy and hot with all the alien action you'll ever need... -
![All I Want For Christmas Is An Alien by Julie K. Cohen]()
All I Want For Christmas Is An Alien by Julie K. Cohen
Don’t tell me there’s no Christmas on Zyan. All we need is a plan…. Sure, the aliens here don’t know what Christmas is, we don’t have Christmas lights or chocolate (yes, that one’s hard to accept), but we’re all together. Zyanthan-human mated pairs and their children, all celebrating the holidays... -
![Krampus and the Crone by Honey Phillips]()
Krampus and the Crone by Honey Phillips
Can a horned alien warrior and an isolated woman grant two children their holiday wish for a family? Jaelle is lonely. Ostracized by the village, like her mother and grandmother before her, she poses as an old witch in order to eke out a meager living selling herbal remedies to people who don't want to admit they need her help... -
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![Tinzel by Ella Maven]()
Tinzel by Ella Maven
Belle. I might be a prisoner on an alien planet, but I’ve made the best of it. I have furry friends, a fortress to clean, and food. But when my captors leave us with only a few guards during a snowstorm, strange figures breach our walls. In my terror, I wonder which is worse—the evil I know, or the evil I don’t know? Tinzel. The human is beautiful, fierce, and spitting mad... -
![How My Krynch Saved Christmas: An Otherworldly Christmas by Sandra R. Neeley]()
How My Krynch Saved Christmas: An Otherworldly Christmas by Sandra R. Neeley
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsOne bitter, disillusioned, post-menopausal human female who’s experienced so much pain that she can’t even enjoy Christmas anymore. One large, green, alien bounty-hunter with a no-nonsense attitude who wants nothing more than to slip onto the forbidden planet (Earth), capture his targets and get out before anyone notices he’s there... -
![The Harvest: A Tah'Narian Christmas by M.A. Church]()
The Harvest: A Tah'Narian Christmas by M.A. Church
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsSo what’s an alien to do when his mate refuses to say what’s bothering him? Why, he sends a deep space message to his mate’s mother on earth, what else? Keyno not only learns the importance of Christmas to his chosen, he’s also shocked and confused as to why Dale hasn’t shared this with him...Categorized as:
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![Sugar Plum Poisoned by Jenn McKinlay]()
Sugar Plum Poisoned by Jenn McKinlay
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsIt's Christmastime, and this holiday season, things are heating up for the bakers at Fairy Tale Cupcakes, in the newest Cupcake Bakery Mystery from New York Times bestselling author Jenn McKinlay...Categorized as:
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Gyft by Rena Marks
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA mysterious protector. A delicate Earthian female. Neither wants this arrangement, but neither wants death either. Olivia: Some call me shallow. Some call me privileged. Some call me entitled. In reality, they want to be me, one of the privileged... -
![The Knotty Clause by Honey Phillips]()
The Knotty Clause by Honey Phillips
Can a single mother create some holiday magic for a reclusive alien warrior? Lured by the promise of steady work, Gemma accepts a job at a remote mining claim, only to find that both she and her young son are virtual slaves to the greedy mine boss...Categorized as:
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![Ozias by Alana Khan]()
Ozias by Alana Khan
Desperate human Selene agrees to be the Demon Prince's "wingwoman" on his urgent quest to find a suitable mate. Neither expected sparks to ignite or love to blossom in this sizzling cosmic adventure. Selene. Jobless and desperate, I take a demon alien's offer to play matchmaker...Categorized as:
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![Claimed by the Alien Bodyguard by Tiffany Roberts]()
Claimed by the Alien Bodyguard by Tiffany Roberts
A retired alien bodyguard. A luscious human female he craves. He’ll do whatever it takes to make her his by Christmas. Gabriela Romero is a single mother struggling to make ends meet. With Christmas fast approaching, she’s lost work, she’s late on rent, and the zeroes in her bank account are on the wrong side of the decimal point... -
![Hark the Herald Angels Slay by Vicki Delany]()
Hark the Herald Angels Slay by Vicki Delany
Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsSanta’s summer vacation plans turn deadly in this festive mystery from the author of Rest Ye Murdered Gentlemen and We Wish You a Murderous Christmas. The town of Rudolph, New York, has the Christmas spirit all year long—but when homicide heats up a summer holiday, it’s up to shop owner Merry Wilkinson to wrap up the case...Categorized as:
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![A Not So Lonely Christmas by Erin Raegan]()
A Not So Lonely Christmas by Erin Raegan
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsAll we need is a Christmas tree. Or, I want to believe that’s all we need. I know things are bad. My baby and I are all alone. Every day could be our last. If starvation and freezing temperatures don’t take us, the carnivorous aliens roaming our world are sure to eventually. But all I can do is get through the day. I tell myself the same thing every day. But not today... -
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![Snowed in with an Alien by Ava Ross]()
Snowed in with an Alien by Ava Ross
With Christmas approaching, can Aida and Trexon give an orphaned little girl her holiday wish, plus find the perfect ending for themselves? Before her conniving father can steal her orphaned niece away, Aida’s determined to give the three-year-old child the Christmas she’s been wishing for...Categorized as:
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![Faking it with the Hybrid by Evangeline Anderson, Reese Dante]()
Faking it with the Hybrid by Evangeline Anderson, Reese Dante
Mattie is exasperated by her surly Protector who won’t say two words to her. Grath keeps his guard up around the curvy little female because he wants her but knows he can’t have her. Add a trip to Mattie’s hometown for the holidays where they have to fake-date to fool her family and you’ve got a volatile mixture. Will they survive when Mattie agrees to try…Faking it with the Hybrid? Dr... -
![Zearn by Rena Marks]()
Zearn by Rena Marks
A mysterious alien planet celebrates their own version of merry holidays. Their wonderful gift-giving idea? Earth ladies as stocking stuffers. Alyssa: As one of the few female Earthians who works in space, I’m not about to give up my career for marriage and babies. I scorn the idiots who created the podcast “Earth Girls Are Horny...Categorized as:
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![The Amish Christmas Sleigh by Kelly Long, Amy Lillard]()
The Amish Christmas Sleigh by Kelly Long, Amy Lillard
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThrough the snowy night, silver bells ring cheerfully, heralding a season of secret gifts, unexpected chances, and love's sweetest journeys . . . A SLEIGH RIDE ON ICE MOUNTAIN. Kelly Long. For solitary toy-maker Sebastian Christner, hiring Kate Zook as his new housekeeper is simply the right thing to do. Now she can support her special-needs brother... -
![Better Than Friends by Jill Shalvis]()
Better Than Friends by Jill Shalvis
Old flames reignite in Sunrise Cove in this charming enemies-to-lovers, second-chance, small-town, forced-proximity love story about family, friendships, and true love from New York Times bestselling author Jill Shalvis. When Olive Porter’s off-the-grid parents go missing, she reluctantly seeks out Noah Turner, her ex and the only person she both trusts implicitly and not at all...Categorized as:
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![Alien Holiday by Tracy Lauren]()
Alien Holiday by Tracy Lauren
It’s Christmastime on Elysia. The weather is as wintery as one can expect in a rain forest and our annual secret Santa game is in full swing. Yet for me, something’s missing. My heart aches whenever I think of mi familia back home... -
![Murder, Served Simply by Isabella Alan]()
Murder, Served Simply by Isabella Alan
Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsAmish quilt shop owner Angie Braddock has a lot on her plate this Christmas. But things only get worse after someone develops a taste for murder…. Angie’s parents are visiting Rolling Brook for Christmas—but unfortunately, her ex is joining them...Categorized as:
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![Khane by Rena Marks]()
Khane by Rena Marks
Single Earthian female seeking companionship and open-minded individual. Only compatible species may apply. Wealth is appreciated and may move you higher up the list, though not necessary. Looks are necessary, or at least serious muscle tone. Sincere applicants only... -
![Chimera for Christmas by Ursa Dax]()
Chimera for Christmas by Ursa Dax
You're supposed to spend Christmas with the person you love most. But what if that person turns out to be the biggest, grumpiest alien you've ever met. .. ? SOPHIE. When you find out your boyfriend is cheating on you and you get laid off all in the same week, something's gotta give. I need a change, and a seasonal work contract aboard the bustling Elora Station is just the ticket... -
![In Love With Alien Santa Claus: A Sci-Fi Alien Holiday Romance by Zara Zenia, Natasha Snow]()
In Love With Alien Santa Claus: A Sci-Fi Alien Holiday Romance by Zara Zenia, Natasha Snow
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsDo you believe in Santa? Yeah, Kris doesn’t either. But since his ship got stranded above earth,. and an antigravity accident left him with flying reindeer,. he’s decided to make the legend come to life. The presents he brings aren’t the traditional dolls and rocking horses. Instead he finds kids who need help—. serious help—. and gives it to them. Cancer cured. Houses fixed...Categorized as:
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![Married to Krampus by Marina Simcoe]()
Married to Krampus by Marina Simcoe
My husband has horns, hooves, fur, and a tail. His Krampus-like appearance didn't scare me away from marrying him. Forever an optimist, I eagerly agreed to be the first bride shipped under the new liaison program to Voran, a country on the newly discovered planet Neron. The Colonel also has two little boys-a huge plus for me since I adore children... -
![The Alien Before Christmas by Luna Hunter]()
The Alien Before Christmas by Luna Hunter
A Sci-Fi Alien Romance. Snowed in. Not gonna lie, it doesn’t look great. Rescued by an alien. Not sure how to feel about this? He’s kinda hot, with his massive blue body, his feline eyes and towering horns… okay, scratch that. He’s super hot. But, he’s also an alien. So there’s that. And he’s Santa. Wait what? EMMA... -
![The Knife Before Christmas by Kate Carlisle]()
The Knife Before Christmas by Kate Carlisle
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsContractor Shannon Hammer hopes for a peaceful Christmas with her fiancé, Mac, until murder throws a wrench in her holiday plans in a brand-new installment of the USA Today bestselling Fixer-Upper Mystery Series. Christmas has come to Lighthouse Cove, but business hasn’t slowed down for Shannon Hammer... -
![Sleye by Ava Ross]()
Sleye by Ava Ross
I'm falling for an alien who's forbidden. Does our interstellar love stand a chance? The alien I’m crushing on has one destiny—to set up the computer tech division on the new colony before returning to his home planet. As for me, I’m supposed to make sure the aliens locked in stasis on the interstellar ship arrive on the planet ready to assume their duties... -
![A Christmas Most Alien by Sadie Carter]()
A Christmas Most Alien by Sadie Carter
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsThis isn’t your typical Christmas tale. Not if you consider our hero crash-landing his spaceship, being taken captive by a warrior woman and dragged back to her lair a typical Christmas story. Will he learn that wealth, power, and revenge aren’t as important as love? No, screw that. He’ll take the wealth, power, revenge, and the love too... -
![Unblessed by R.L. Olvitt]()
Unblessed by R.L. Olvitt
Naomi Parsons discovers things get complicated when you unintentionally catfish a Xithilene priest. She wasn’t planning on falling in love with an alien—or on lying to him. Now he's coming to her sleepy little town for Christmas, and he assumes that she's his mate. It turns out she should've read the fine print on that mate portal website before she signed along the dotted line. .
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