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A Prayer for the Crown-Shy by Becky Chambers
After touring the rural areas of Panga, Sibling Dex (a Tea Monk of some renown) and Mosscap (a robot sent on a quest to determine what humanity really needs) turn their attention to the villages and cities of the little moon they call home.They hope to find the answers they seek, while making new friends, learning new concepts, and experiencing the entropic nature of the universe...Categorized as:
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![Seduced by an Alien Warlord by Ava Ross]()
Seduced by an Alien Warlord by Ava Ross
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsHe's a proud alien warlord. She’s a single mom hoping to find love again. When their worlds collide, sparks fly.Bruge: I’m a serious warlord, not a youngling warrior in need of a mate. Ensuring the duskhorde don’t kill us and that the clan gathering runs smoothly is enough to keep me busy. Court an Earthling female? Perhaps later... -
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![Hunter's Trial: A Post-Apocalyptic Alien Romance by Lynnea Lee]()
Hunter's Trial: A Post-Apocalyptic Alien Romance by Lynnea Lee
YVETTEOf all the muscular purple warriors, I get stuck with the grumpy one.Stuck in the cliffside lodge for months, I’m going stir-crazy while all the other women get to explore with their mates. Even Judy has her biker beau. I need to get out of here, so I ask Bre’k to take me foraging. I’m not surprised when, yet again, he says no... -
![Protector by Tana Stone]()
Protector by Tana Stone
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsThe Vandar raiders who roam the sky are deadly and fierce. The mercenary hunting me is terrifying--and will stop at nothing to claim me.I thought the cocky Vandar raiders I had to work alongside were my biggest problem. That was before the deranged leader of a ruthless band of mercenaries decided I belonged to him.As a member of the underground Valox resistance, there are few things I fear... -
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![Betrothed to the Alien Mercenary (Monster Mercenary Mates) by Robin O'Connor]()
Betrothed to the Alien Mercenary (Monster Mercenary Mates) by Robin O'Connor
Trust no one. Hide who I am. Complete the mission. Easy... until I meet him.EvieWhen a dying Xurtal princess makes me promise to save her planet, I have no choice but to take her place. Me, a human girl, pretending to be an alien royal. To survive the assassination attempts, I need a bodyguard. Enter cocky, infuriating, and scorchingly hot.He has to pretend to be my mate to protect me... -
![Hunter's Wish by Lynnea Lee]()
Hunter's Wish by Lynnea Lee
SARAHIt’s not you. It’s me.Fen’k is a total cinnamon roll of a Xarc’n hunter who makes me want what I’ll never have: to live happily ever after. He deserves someone who isn’t afraid to love him back.After the last person I trusted stomped on my heart and stole all that I cared about , I stopped believing in love. I’m sure it still exists; just not for me... -
![The Naga Maverick's Determined Mate by Robin O'Connor]()
The Naga Maverick's Determined Mate by Robin O'Connor
Betrayed, I end up on a Naga-infested planet, and the golden one? He thinks he can be my knight. CosimaAfter a horrible hostage situation, I thought I was rescued, only to find myself betrayed and trapped on the next awful planet. There’s snake people here! They terrify me, and then one shows up with a freaking dragon.When Zsekhet, the dragon rider, casts me intense looks...Categorized as:
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![Alien Undone by Cara Bristol]()
Alien Undone by Cara Bristol
Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsGetting abducted by aliens is the not worst thing to ever happen to Millie Rogers. The lowest point in her life comes after the rescue when she’s forced to deal with him—Nadir, the alien man tasked with ensuring the abducted humans get home to New Terra...Categorized as:
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![Dragon's Isolation by Miranda Martin]()
Dragon's Isolation by Miranda Martin
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI've lost my happily ever after...My story was supposed to be over. We were supposed to grow old together in each other's arms and watch our tiny son become a man with a life of his own.The Zmaj, seven foot tall winged and scaled dragon warriors, are getting sick. It's stealing their memories and making them regress into primal barbarians, losing themselves completely... -
![Dragon's Destiny: A SciFi Alien Romance by Miranda Martin]()
Dragon's Destiny: A SciFi Alien Romance by Miranda Martin
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI’ve been searching for my mate. For my destiny. For the female who is somewhere on Tajss…KhabriThe Zmaj race was dying when humans crashed landed on our planet. Since the moment their coming was revealed to the Order, I've known that one of the females is my mate. My treasure. All I want is her and the beautiful, perfect babies we will have together... -
![The Naga Inventor's Clever Mate by Robin O'Connor]()
The Naga Inventor's Clever Mate by Robin O'Connor
Min-Ji knows one thing for Corin, the fierce, inventive Naga warrior, is her mate. So why does he avoid her?Min-JiIt’s my fault we crashed on this strange, barbaric alien planet. The others might have forgotten for now, but I haven’t. Then why does even my supposed mate avoid me?Corin is smart, brave, and has a heart so big, he takes on far too much to keep our new clan safe...Categorized as:
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Kade by Tasha Black
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsShe’s the target of an intergalactic bounty hunt. But he’s going to capture her heart.Aurora Day is running from a crime she didn’t commit – or at least, she didn’t mean to commit. But the intergalactic soldiers on the hunt for the woman known as the Fox don’t care about the details. Hiding out on the remote frontier moon of Clotho is her only hope for survival... -
![Alien Disgraced by Cara Bristol]()
Alien Disgraced by Cara Bristol
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIs her gentle, handsome alien prince a cold-blooded killer?When Kat Whalen meets Prince Lomax of Araset, a tall, handsome alien with curved horns and luxurious fur, he instantly charms her with his good humor, wit, and kindness. Although their romance is brief—duty demands he attend an important interplanetary summit—the love bond that forms is deep...Categorized as:
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![Mated on Live by Talia Rhea]()
Mated on Live by Talia Rhea
When Sophie is asked to make a video on True Match to show the world this new method of finding your partner, she is ecstatic. Everyone knows about the alien creative matchmaking system. It's not guaranteed to get you an alien mate, but it does guarantee that whoever it does match you to will be your soulmate. This will surely be the peak of her influencer career...Categorized as:
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![Prisoner by Tana Stone]()
Prisoner by Tana Stone
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhat’s more dangerous than joining the Vandar to crush the Zagrath? Being taken captive by the deadly creatures who rule the sector—and consider prisoners to be expendable.Cassie is eager to join her fellow resistance fighters when they team up with the Vandar hordes, but she isn't expecting to be taken prisoner during the battle... -
![Press Pound for Refund by V.K. Ludwig]()
Press Pound for Refund by V.K. Ludwig
I crash-landed with a strange alien on an even stranger planet.Our escape pod is busted, the food sucks, and the weather in this place is even worse. The kicker? The alien I crashed with says he knows two million ways to please a woman—but not how to make fire, hunt us food, or get us off this planet. Looks like I'm going to die out here. Preferably post-coital..Categorized as:
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![Shatter by Miranda Bridges]()
Shatter by Miranda Bridges
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsI'm a prisoner of the Atori. And her.There's a pull toward this woman.It's powerful.Formidable.Unbreakable.This tiny human has shackled me.Taken me captive.Taken my mind.My desires.My heart... -
![Deadly Star by Viola Grace]()
Deadly Star by Viola Grace
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNova has reinvented herself after surviving two years in the devastation of her dying world, but she didn’t count on being a match for an intergalactic overseer. Relationship goals.Nova stumbled to her own rescue and spent weeks in rehab learning to move again. She studied every minute of every day and learned to fly anything she could find a simulator for... -
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Zai by Starla Night
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsI will destroy all threats to the empire with unrelenting force. Even if that threat comes in the form of a weak, fragile lesser with night-black hair and beguiling eyes.The blades. Elite forces of the empire, nightmare to all servant-world residents just trying to scrape by. Of course I have to flee when my medical ship comes under attack.But my escape pod is captured by their ruthless leader... -
![Amethyst: An Alien Warrior Romance by Miranda Bridges]()
Amethyst: An Alien Warrior Romance by Miranda Bridges
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsA new hero and heroine, a battle against at their feelings and for their freedom. A faction determined to regain all that was lost. An epic ending to a bestselling series... -
![Savage Mine by Hattie Jacks]()
Savage Mine by Hattie Jacks
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsFeral, beasty and dangerous to know. Meet the alien warrior who wants to claim me… All I want is to get used to my new life on the alien citadel which is my new home. What I don't want is to be grabbed by a feral warrior and taken away from the only safe place I know. Ilyos is havoc personified... -
![Leah's Hero: A Sci-Fi Alien Romance by Miranda Martin]()
Leah's Hero: A Sci-Fi Alien Romance by Miranda Martin
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMy nightmares haven't stopped since the crash. I'm paralyzed with fear, barely able to function, and the other survivors are looking at me like I'm *that* girl.The broken one. The one who doesn't help. The one who's in the way.Then Urukol shows up. A seven-foot tall, muscular alien dragon-man who's damaged just like me. He wears his scars for all the world to see... -
![The Warlord's Stormy Skye by Gail Koger]()
The Warlord's Stormy Skye by Gail Koger
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMy name is Skye McAllister, I’m a psychic witch and a healer. My life is a rollercoaster ride of craziness. My unique electrical powers have a bunch of alien males eyeing me like I’m prime rib at an all-you-can-eat banquet. If that wasn’t bad enough, a crazy old witch transformed herself into a half-human Kotsor spider and is trying to kill me with hexes, magical bombs, and her zillion hatchlings...Categorized as:
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![Alien Pirate's Feisty Queen by Miranda Martin]()
Alien Pirate's Feisty Queen by Miranda Martin
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsLuna I’ve spent the last year serving rotten meat to a species of snouted aliens that remind me of alligators. The vicious little beasts love to use their claws when they don’t get their way. My first mistake was clocking one with a metal food tray when he tore a hole in my best friend’s wings. He ended up demoted, humiliated and a laughingstock among his people... -
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![Forever by Hattie Jacks]()
Forever by Hattie Jacks
He's watched her forever. She's wanted him since the beginning. But the universe isn't going to make this easy...Ryak is a strong, silent, drop dead gorgeous alien warrior, and he doesn't even acknowledge my existence.But when he needs a fake mate, it means he's going to have to choose me.I'm the only human female not yet attached to a winged alien warrior on this dystopian planet...Categorized as:
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![Grumpy Orc Protector by Miranda Martin]()
Grumpy Orc Protector by Miranda Martin
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsMy enemy doesn’t just set the rules; he enforces them as my sworn protector.Samhaja, a barbaric and sullen alien, is everything I was taught to fear. As a human caught in the crossfire of an intergalactic struggle, I never expected to be in his captivity. But when our worlds collide, I become a pawn in a dangerous game between the orc-like aliens and their dragon-men enemies, the Zmaj... -
![The Alien's Blade by Ella Blake]()
The Alien's Blade by Ella Blake
What’s worse than waking up from a hibernation cell fifty-two years after being abducted?Nothing . No, wait—a wise-cracking alien hunk with a killer smile who doesn’t let me out of his sight, that’s what.Wulfrex knows every inch of his massive space cruiser and makes it impossible for me to steal it... -
![Redeemed By Rilic: Olodian Alien Warrior Romance by Mychal Daniels]()
Redeemed By Rilic: Olodian Alien Warrior Romance by Mychal Daniels
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAvery Chambers just wants to be left alone to do her research and... make history... -
![My Big Alien Bodyguard by Loki Renard]()
My Big Alien Bodyguard by Loki Renard
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsI’ll protect her at any cost. My human client is sassy, bratty, and famous.I’m big, blue, alien - and responsible for keeping her safe.There is nothing I wouldn’t do for her.Even if she pushes every button.Even if she tests every limit.I’ll take her in hand, and I’ll take her into my bed.Because she's a bad girl, and she's a superstar.Some love her, and some love to hate her... -
![Case Study: Interspecies Breeding by Talia Rhea]()
Case Study: Interspecies Breeding by Talia Rhea
Data Lunar Base ExperimentsCase 2 For your consideration, we the research team of the Lunar Base present our findings for the mating of the vir Zeffir'Dal'Carvon and the human Rae Peterson.Data -Subject "I was told to pick a mate amongst the humans. I was bribed to do it, for the good of my people. Disease is devastating our population, and we need humans to recover... -
![Her Alien Prince by Sky Robert]()
Her Alien Prince by Sky Robert
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFor one queen to rise, another must fall, and keeping her is the highest cost of all... his soul.Rejected from the mating ceremony, Mabel finds a unique way of making her dreams of a family come true, though she may have to defy the leader of her planet to do so, and work with a species that isn't known for playing fair to have everything she desires... -
![Crau: A SciFi Alien Gladiator Romance by Miranda Martin, James D Horton]()
Crau: A SciFi Alien Gladiator Romance by Miranda Martin, James D Horton
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsAn epic conclusion to the complete science fiction romance series The Gladiators of Krix….CamillaI never imagined I’d be a slave. Captured by one kind of alien, sold to another, then stolen by yet a third kind. I've been separated from the only other human survivors I knew.My life is hell, surrounded by alien gladiators all of whom are free to torment me however they like... -
![Found by the Barbarian by Iona Strom]()
Found by the Barbarian by Iona Strom
Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsI escaped one prison only to find myself in another. Except this time, my jailer is an irresistible brute.My owner has grown tired of me. After months of living inside a filthy cage like a pet hamster, I’m returned to where the nightmare of my abduction began—the wall on a planet called Tirius— to be auctioned off like a piece of meat... -
![The Alien Prince's Secret Baby: In the Stars Romance by Miranda Martin]()
The Alien Prince's Secret Baby: In the Stars Romance by Miranda Martin
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsI’m having an alien warrior's baby... Draix rescued me after I was abducted and forced into slavery. I shouldn't have fallen for him. He's an alien, for one, and two he's the Prince of the Drihlai. We shouldn't be together, not by any twist of fate, but why not have a fling? It won't hurt, right? When he was called to lead the fight against the Chaluts, there was no question that he would go... -
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![My Christmas Savior by Tania Sharp]()
My Christmas Savior by Tania Sharp
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsOne lonely female human. One emotionally blackmailed alien. One humorous Christmas quest.BellaNo one wants to be alone at Christmas, especially Bella. A year has passed since Chuck split up with her to spend Christmas Day working in the Bronx Zoo feeding toucans... -
![The Captain by Elaine Waters]()
The Captain by Elaine Waters
It’s hard enough being the only human on this alien planet with no memory of how I got here. I have no business being imprisoned by a military Captain. But here I am, handcuffed for weeks to a brooding, powerful warrior that’s convinced I’m a spy. I’ve been a servant at the Captain’s camp for months—cooking, cleaning, and living peacefully... -
![Rathgar: Scifi Alien Romance by Taylor Neptune, Jasper Thorne]()
Rathgar: Scifi Alien Romance by Taylor Neptune, Jasper Thorne
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsYears ago, I swore off love. He’s a huge, growly barbarian of a man. And I’m assigned to have his baby.When I packed my bags and moved to Aesirheim to be with my sister and her new alien husband, I told myself I wouldn’t get involved. I have my daughter Iris to look after, and that's enough... -
![Orc's Bait by Eden Ember]()
Orc's Bait by Eden Ember
Rated: 3.71 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsOne second I’m at the top of the highest peak in New Mexico camping with my friends, the next I’m waking up in a stasis pod.This can't be happening. Aliens aren't real. Are they?No, I'm being tricked, there's a hidden camera somewhere. My friends are playing tricks.Then I see him coming at me looking like a real monster. Surely this is a joke... -
![Manny for the Alien by Sienna Sway]()
Manny for the Alien by Sienna Sway
MarcoI'm desperate for a job, a place to stay, and a boyfriend. Not necessarily in that order. That's why when I come across a sexy blue guy on the Alien Mates app who is searching for a nanny for his kids. I jump on the opportunity...Categorized as:
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![My Big Alien Boss by Loki Renard]()
My Big Alien Boss by Loki Renard
Rated: 3.53 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsI lied on my resume. Now I work for my big alien boss.The hours are good and the pay is great.I don’t know what I’m doing, but I’d be a fool to quit.There’s just one problem.My boss thinks I’m hot, and sweet, and cute.(He really doesn’t know me that well.)The next thing I know?I’m sleeping with him.And he wants to marry me.They used to call that making an honest woman.(The irony is intense... -
![Acorna: The Unicorn Girl by Anne McCaffrey, Margaret Ball]()
Acorna: The Unicorn Girl by Anne McCaffrey, Margaret Ball
She was just a little girl, with a tiny horn in the center of her forehead, funny-looking feet, beautiful silver hair, and several curious powers: the ability to purify air and water, make plants grow, and heal scars and broken bones...Categorized as:
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