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A Snow Man's Haven by Nek Mills
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 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... -
Fractured Souls by Anna Carven
Alexis Carter is a long way from home, and she doesn't quite understand how she got here. All she knows is that she died once, and now she's alive. She's woken into a nightmare, trapped on a dark ship full of terrifying aliens. With their silver skin and fire-colored eyes, they look a lot like the monsters that once attacked her on Earth. One Kordolian in particular stands out.. -
Adaptation: Book 2 by Pepper Pace
Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsCarmella was still a teen when the Motherships first appeared dotting the skies over the Earth. For years the world tried to normalize while the silent Motherships hovered. And then they arrived, promising that they meant no harm. But within 10 years, 80% of the world's population would be wiped out. Including everyone that Carmella loved...Categorized as:
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Qim by Nikki Clarke, L.M. Byfield
Half-Lyqa and half-Yuk, Qim has the best of both worlds—the brute strength of his father’s people and the kind, compassionate nature of his mother’s. He also has a First heart, which identifies his biological mate, Cris, while he visits Earth...Categorized as:
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My Alien Threshers by Nikki Clarke
What are two alien Thresher mercenaries to do when their next assignment involves a beautiful human woman with hair like clouds and daring brown eyes? They have some ideas, and it's a well known fact that Thresher twins share EVERYTHING.Get lost in this new series featuring serious #blackgirlmagic and sexy, edgy alien heroes from the author of your favorite Lyqas... -
The Alien Marriage Promise by Eva O'Hare
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsBrielle Michaels has spent most of her adult life immersed in running her company, but when a new lucrative government contract is up for approval, she learns that there’s another offer on the table. Brielle has been chosen by Project Eve to be a recruit for its Destination arm... -
V'Alen by A.G. Wilde
" I should have warned you of how illogical it is to fall in love with a Kyron."An emissary to the Restitution, V’Alen does not interfere in the war between the humans and High Tasqals.But when the Tasqal’s minions attack the base and the voice of one female reaches his auditory sensors, he answers her call for assistance.[Scan: Female. Designated “Alaina”...Categorized as:
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I Wish I Had a Red Dress by Pearl Cleage
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsSince Joyce Mitchell was widowed five years ago, she's kept herself occupied by running the Sewing Circus, an all-girl group she founded to provide badly needed services to young women at risk, many of whom are single mothers. But some nights, home alone, she has to admit that something is missing... -
Kyr by Nikki Clarke
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsAfter seeing how happy his cousin is with his human, Kyr has come back for Ebony. But she isn't a scared human woman on an alien planet anymore. In fact, she's got an impressive intergalactic job and seems to be doing everything she can to get into as much trouble as possible, sending Kyr's new feelings into turmoil... -
Captivated by the Alien General by Eva O'Hare
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsThis book immediately continues The Brides of Rakesh, following up on events from Claimed by the Alien General.While under the auspices of the kingdom of Rakesh, the least liked and misunderstood Ivy sets out to stay true to her responsibilities back on Earth. Yet, she’s captivated by the noble Royal General Bast, whose own main goal is to fulfill his royal duty... -
Romancing Rem'eb by Ruby Dixon
I feel like an outsider wherever I go. Croatoan, the Icehome Beach...neither place is home to me. So when a group heads off to the fruit caves to investigate thievery, I go with them. Any excuse to get away from the beach, where I've made a fool of myself in front of my ex and his new mate.Things go from bad to worse as I'm kidnapped by strangers...Categorized as:
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Claimed by a Royal Alien Warrior by Zaria Diamond
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsI am a desert warrior charged with bringing this untouched human bride to my king. I am not supposed to fall in love. I am not supposed to make her mine...Categorized as:
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Magic City: A Novel by Jewell Parker Rhodes
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 10 ratings"A compelling page-turner that will keep readers hoping against hope that everything will somehow, magically, turn out for the best... -
Scales and Song by L. Eveland
We were supposed to protect the world from monsters, not become them.All I’ve ever wanted was to protect the people I love. That’s why I joined the military’s Elite Specimen Containment Unit. When I learned they were experimenting on sentient monsters, however, everything changed...Categorized as:
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Ka'Cit's Haven by A.G. Wilde
“Not the best of ways to introduce myself to you…A gentleman would have at least greeted you first…… but I’m no gentleman.”He’s the Bone Crusher. A man in a mask.His face is hidden alongside his intentions.He doesn’t do things for free…or to be nice.So just how did Nia end up stuck on a ship with him by her side?She’d wanted adventure, but Ka’Cit Urgmental was SO. MUCH. MORE...Categorized as:
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Corsairs: Adiron by Ruby Dixon
It’s not easy being a space pirate…Actually, wait.Yes it is. It’s keffing awesome.The three va Sithai brothers — that’s us — cruise the universe looking for abandoned ships, treasure, and other pirate ships to rob. Right now, we’re on the hunt for the Buoyant Star, an abandoned cruiser rumored to have a massive treasure inside...Categorized as:
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His To Steal by Taylor Vaughn
The Xals do things to the girls who try to run. Bad things they don’t necessarily recover from… I’ve grown up my whole life knowing that after a woman turns twenty-one in my settlement, she must submit to being mated by our alien overlords, the Xalthurians. Running from the mating ceremony means punishment…or worse. But I’m the freak... -
Red Shift by Elsa Jade
Banishing his own needs, he followed his prince into battle and—more terrifying yet—into courtship but got lost in the backwater wilds of Earth. Now this space-faring drakling dragon-shifter has forgotten everything, including his name, his beast, and the freedom of space... -
The Time Slip Girl by Elizabeth Andre
ASIN moved from less recent editionWhat if the woman you loved was more than a century away? Dara, a computer programmer from Chicago, is visiting London when she opens a door in an Edwardian house and slips into Edwardian England...Categorized as:
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The Barbarian's Treasure by Eva O'Hare
A group of friends get together for a once-in-a-lifetime vacation on a chartered cruise only to find themselves lost at sea, at least so they think. They come upon an island full of mystery, wonder, and love...Categorized as:
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Cataclysm by A.G. Wilde
DEJAI’m running again. Running. Running.The danger at my back is the only thing spurring me on because my body will give up soon.Because I’m dying and the world is ending.I might not make it.And when a demon appears before me, I know my time is up.I’m not going down without a fight.But no one warned me that demons don’t only devour your soul…sometimes…they consume your heart as well...Categorized as:
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Taming The Alien Overlord by Thea Dane
One minute I had a cushy job as an assistant to one of Earth's intergalactic ambassadors. Now I'm stuck on Planet Xaxos with a seven-foot alien overlord. I don't know what's bigger, his muscles, his retractable horns or...his ego. Rone Azulim is used to being in charge. He lords over a whole planet and fleet of soldiers. My planet wants to form an alliance. He will only do so if I stay with him...Categorized as:
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The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin
Three terrible things happen in a single day. Essun, masquerading as an ordinary schoolteacher in a quiet small town, comes home to find that her husband has brutally murdered their son and kidnapped their daughter. Mighty Sanze, the empire whose innovations have been civilization's bedrock for a thousand years, collapses as its greatest city is destroyed by a madman's vengeance...Categorized as:
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Archangel's Sun by Nalini Singh
A horrifying secret rises in the aftermath of an archangelic war in New York Times bestselling author Nalini Singh’s deadly and beautiful Guild Hunter world...The Archangel of Death and the Archangel of Disease may be gone but their legacy of evil lives on—especially in Africa, where the shambling, rotting creatures called the reborn have gained a glimmer of vicious intelligence...Categorized as:
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Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 59 ratingsTwo top women gladiators fight for their freedom within a depraved private prison system not so far-removed from America's own... -
No Mercy by L. Divine
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsMisty and the rest of Esmeralda's evil brood are busy concocting a sinister plan to not only destroy Jayd and the rest of her powerful lineage, but Esmeralda and Rousseau are also using their powers to take over G's drug business. Mama's in and out of a dangerous dream state due to Esmeralda's wicked manipulation and unable to properly shut her evil neighbor down... -
I Married A Minotaur by Regine Abel
Tiny, sassy, but oh so fierceRihanna is condemned to a twenty-year sentence on the most savage prison planet in the sector for a crime she didn’t commit. On the day of her transfer, she’s offered a deal to commute her sentence: an arranged marriage with a grumpy orc-minotaur who has muscles for days, devilish red eyes, and an insufferably smart mouth...Categorized as:
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The Broken Kingdoms by N.K. Jemisin
In the city of Shadow, beneath the World Tree, alleyways shimmer with magic and godlings live hidden among mortalkind. Oree Shoth, a blind artist, takes in a homeless man who glows like a living sun to her strange sight. This act of kindness engulfs Oree in a nightmarish conspiracy. Someone, somehow, is murdering godlings, leaving their desecrated bodies all over the city... -
The 5th Gender by G.L. Carriger
A species that has no word for murder, has a murderer aboard their spaceship. ALIEN Tristol lives in exile. But he’s built a life for himself aboard a human space station. He’s even begun to understand the complex nuances of human courting rituals... -
Babies For My Zombie Kings by LeeSha McCoy
I belong to five dead brothers, and they belong to me.The six of us are connected now, in ways you couldn't imagine. They're not just constantly inside my head with their thoughts and feelings, they're inside me.And although I'm kinda dead like them, I've never felt more alive.I must be crazy, insane even, but I've fallen hard for my five zombie kings...Categorized as:
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