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Protected by the Hunter by Lynnea Lee
ZEC’KSiobhan’s scent calls me to claim her, but I tell her the same lie I tell everyone else: I’m not interested in a mate. I focus on her delicious creations instead, even though she’s the one I truly crave.I try to stay away, but I cannot. Everything draws me to her, and when I learn of her quest to find her sister, my mouth offers to help before my brain can stop it...Categorized as:
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Innocent in Death by J.D. Robb
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 62 ratingsNew York Lieutenant Eve Dallas doesn't like to see innocent people murdered. And the death of Craig Foster is clearly a murder. He was seemingly ordinary history teacher, but uncovers some extraordinary surprises. Foster's death devastated his young wife, who'd sent him to work that day with a lovingly packed lunch...Categorized as:
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Can't Get No Satyrfaction by Honey Phillips
He’s got hooves, horns, and a bad attitude. She’s got a camera and a knack for trouble. What could go wrong?Sylvie has always been a hopeless optimist, but even she didn’t expect her latest adventure photographing the mysterious Elderwood Forest would end with her being rescued—albeit reluctantly—by a grumpy, sharp-tongued satyr...Categorized as:
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Frantor (Seven Brides for Seven Alien Brothers) by Honey Phillips
Can a lonely woman heal the cruel scars of an alien warrior’s past?A terrible war left Frantor scarred in body and soul. Now he hides on the isolated ranch he shares with his brothers-in-arms, determined to conceal his disfigurement.In the midst of a raging blizzard, he finds a beautiful human female on his doorstep... -
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Hunter's Price by Lynnea Lee
XIK’NMy mission is simple. One: retrieve the shuttle. Two: don’t get caught.The tiny human female who answers my transmission is just a bonus. Every ounce of my being tells me to take her, touch her, and taste her. I earn her trust instead, and we talk for hours through our shuttles.When hostile humans turn on May and her friends, she steals the shuttle for herself...Categorized as:
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Scorched by Fate by Kate Rudolph
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsI am a Drakarn forgemaster, sculptor of steel, master of fire. My world is heat and metal. I control the flame, bend it to my will.But her? She is wildfire. And I am losing control.Selene is flame wrapped in human skin—fierce, unyielding, utterly captivating. She speaks in sharp words and soft touches, a warrior and healer who sets my blood ablaze.Her presence consumes me... -
The Trouble With Trying to Bag a Blood Witch by Jennifer Cody
Elijah:Imagine coming home from an extended stay in a foreign country to find a letter from a house sitter you didn’t hire warning you to get a protection order against your ex and informing you that you’re a terrible plant dad.I mean, I am a terrible plant dad, and I probably should get a protection order against Stalker Steve, but that letter isn’t the weirdest thing to happen to me today... -
Beyond Earth: A Limited Edition Collection of Sci-Fiction Romance by Stephanie Morris, Candice Gilmer
Rated: 5.00 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsDiscover passion among the stars… Blast off to the future with this limited edition collection of sizzling, science fiction romance stories!Otherworldly seduction and intergalactic adventures await you in these high-heat, open-door tales from a diverse group of authors. Meet alien gladiators, cyborgs, AI lifeforms, psychic aliens, interstellar royalty, psy-changelings, fearless humans, and more... -
Enticed by the Alien Warrior by Hope Hart
Betrayal tastes like ashes on my tongue. I’ve always been the girl who’s nothing but a pretty face. The one used to distract the warriors so the others can move our plans forward.But now? Now I have a chance to save us all. A chance to get us off this planet and back to Earth. Where we belong... -
Wanted by the Hunter by Lynnea Lee
NATALIE A knight in shining loincloth That’s what I’m looking for. I’ve been lusting after the Xarc’n hunters since they landed on Earth, offering to help us fight the alien bugs. These seven feet tall, musclebound warriors are horned, clawed, and fanged—the ultimate protectors. And Rajiv’k is the perfect specimen.Just one problem: I can’t fall in love...Categorized as:
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A Cyborg for the Alien Mercenary by Mina Carter
She's a cyborg with a forgotten past. He's an alien mercenary with a heart of gold.All Jesh wants is to understand who—and what—she is. Waking up in a human medical facility with no memory, a voice in her head and strange abilities, she knows she doesn't belong. She certainly knows that she's never seen her 'family' before...Categorized as:
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Haunted by the Alien: A Sci Fi Alien Warrior Romance by Julie K. Cohen
A lonely woman. A so-called alien on Halloween. A secret that will bring them together…After mistaking me for an alien, thanks to my Halloween costume, the gorgeous guy painted blue with tattoos and fake horns insists he’s an alien.Next thing I know, my new blue crush embroils me in a dangerous game. With everyone wearing Halloween masks and costumes, I no longer know who's human and who's alien...Categorized as:
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There's an Alien Down My Chimney by Robin O'Connor
Santa crashed into my chimney, no wait… It’s not Santa, but a sexy alien with antlers. StellaI am resolved to celebrate Christmas one last time in my grandfather’s cabin before the government takes my home and my land from me. What I didn’t expect, was a visitor, barging in via my freaking chimney. He’s big, he’s got a tail, antlers, and glowing red eyes...Categorized as:
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Kian by Tasha Black
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSilent and serious warrior Kian is being forced to leave his brothers-in-arms to watch over an Imberian baby and her adoptive mother. It’s bad enough to feel his ancient heart softening for the little whelp. But after one whiff of the beautiful Terran girl meant to be the baby’s mother, he is wrecked by the knowledge that this is his fated mate...Categorized as:
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Rafe by Tasha Black
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAfter being tricked into indentured servitude on the pleasure ships, Jade Gatlin is determined to avoid male attention for the rest of her days. The opportunity to adopt a little one and start a new life on a frontier moon, where she can heal the wounds of her tortured soul, sounds almost too good to be true...Categorized as:
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Jhon by Tasha Black
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWill this steely dragon warrior choose duty over love?Ella is overwhelmed with a joy that melts her heart from the moment she meets her tiny new alien son. But she doesn’t expect her pulse to race every time the baby’s muscle-bound dragon warrior guard comes close.Jhon was taken from his family at a young age to become a member of the elite Invicta dragon force...Categorized as:
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Jace: Alien Adoption Agency #12 by Tasha Black
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThis grumpy soldier wants to guard her life, but she only wants to guard her heart.Jace’s glorious career as an Invicta warrior is cut short when he is assigned guard duty for a tiny alien baby. Just because he’s a glorified nanny for the frustratingly irresistible little bundle, doesn’t mean he has forgotten his duty... -
Alien Mercenary's Scientist by Mina Carter
Accused of murder and trapped in a web of corporate deceit, her only hope lies in the stars... and in a handsome alien mercenary.Lina's day goes from bad to worse when she uncovers her employer's darkest illegal experiments on non-humans that shatter ethical boundaries and risk igniting a war. She knows she needs to tell someone, but her employers have a habit of silencing whistleblowers... -
Yvar by Luna Hunter
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsFreyaI have a bit of a problem.You see, my close friend Astra Grey just delivered a healthy, bright-blue baby boy in the best medical facility of Zirconia. The first baby with both human and Dragan blood flowing through its tiny veins. That’s not the problem, that’s the good news.No, the bad news is the debt. The soul-crushing, absolutely massive debt that we’re now in...Categorized as:
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Chased by the Alien Mercenary by Robin O'Connor
He doesn't speak. He growls. And when he looks at me, I forget Earth ever existed. LyraOne minute I was photographing wildflowers. The next, I woke up in a cage lightyears from Earth—barely clothed, definitely for sale, and completely screwed. Until he tore the doors off my prison.Solear isn’t human. Not really. He doesn’t talk. He stalks... -
From Vangar, With Love by Julie K. Cohen
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsHer letters are filled with love… but they’re for the male I’m pretending to be.For two years I’ve been writing to a human female… and falling for her.She’s sweet and strong, but she doesn’t know the real me.Or what I’ve done.And she just arrived on my planet.To marry the man I’ve been pretending to be... -
Guarded by an Alien Assassin by Honey Phillips
When Julie's past comes back to haunt her, she finds an unexpected savior in the form of a towering, blue-skinned alien with a fierce scowl and muscles for days.She should be terrified. Instead she wants to get closer - much closer - to the brooding warrior, and not just because of the safety he promises.Q’tar's mission is eliminate his target and get the hell off of Earth...Categorized as:
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Bad Boy Beast by Grace Goodwin
Atlan Warlord Kai, Journal Entry 1578, I've searched for months. My female, my mate, appeared and disappeared like a ghost, a specter who torments me. Her scent haunts me, body and soul. My beast hangs onto control by a thread. Soon I will lose the battle with mating fever and succumb to the savage fury, the agony turning blood to fire in my veins. Soon, not even our mate will be able to save us... -
Captured by Mary Auclair
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI'm going to punish her. Then I'm going to make her mine.This little human female thought she could attack a Drakian royal cruiser and get away with it, but I captured her, and the price she pays for her arrogance will be as humiliating as it is painful.She will not just be punished. She will be bound to me, publicly, in the most shameful of ways... -
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Jarrn: A Sci-Fi Alien Romance by Alana Khan, Ava Ross
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI’ve fallen for my best friend, but my past might drive him away.I messed up, and something horrible happened, but I’ve done what I could to make things right. I’ve cared for the ogre injured by my actions, and now Jarrn and I are best friends. This sweet, burly guy is easy to love...Categorized as:
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My Fair Alien by Honey Phillips
Can an alien professor decode the language of love? Professor Harak H’gin leads a peaceful life studying linguistics on his native planet of Plumaria. Until the day he stumbles across a bedraggled, beautiful human female. Dared by a colleague to transform the pitiful creature into a true member of their society, Harak takes on the challenge... -
Bonded to the Alien Gladiators by Corin Cain
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsPossessive. Dominant. Controlling. A triad of brutal Aurelians who forsook their oaths to conquer and claim. And if the alien warrior triad is brutal enough to survive... I'm the prize. Sara: Three years. Three years of captivity on this smog-covered planet, the pollution drowning the sun out. The pit-lord Toad displays us like ornaments, keeping us half-starved and weak...Categorized as:
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Shadows of Stardust by Leigh Miller
RoslynI didn’t sign up for Mate Match—the universe’s favorite reality dating show—to find a guy. I’m not here for fame or fortune or love.I’m here to find my sister. She disappeared months ago, and after tracking her as far as the beautiful, tropical planet where Mate Match is filmed, I’m not going to let anything stop me from finding her... -
Alien Orc for Christmas by Ursa Dax
The huge alien orc who runs the pub on Elora Station knows what he wants for Christmas: me.MAGGIESeeing my friend Sophie find happiness on the bustling Elora Station is just the kick in the pants I need to follow my dreams. I’m finally going to open my own bakery. When a coveted rental space opens up on the festive commerce station, I jump at the chance...Categorized as:
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Grumpy Alien Boss by Celeste King, Ava Hunter
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsKral may be the galaxy’s fiercest alien warrior. But there’s one thing he’s never gone up against.An Strong. Human. Woman.You think your boss is bad?Try working for an alien.He’s a gorgeous macho jerk that thinks Earth women are just cheap labor and baby makers!Now I work for a hot warrior alien who doesn’t believe in paying fair wages... -
Adored by the Alien Warlord: A Fated Mate Alien Romance by Ava Ross
An alien trying to overcome the shame of his past. A woman lost on a distant planet. Will true love bring them together or drive them apart?Maggie: After my twin sister and I are kidnapped from Earth, we’re separated. When the ship transporting me crashes on a distant planet, I’m captured and sold to a lizard alien. Now I’m trapped, forced to dance in a bar under the watchful gaze of a tyrant...Categorized as:
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Resilience by Etta Pierce
Olivia Atarian is on her way to the ISU's capital, Helion, and knows that a whirlwind awaits her. Not only will she be meeting her new clan for the first time, but she'll be thrust into the galaxy's brightest spotlight. She's the first awoken human not to mention already mated with one of the galaxy's hottest up-and-comers, and they can't seem to keep their hands to themselves...Categorized as:
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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... -
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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The Mountain Alien's Woman by Ella Blake
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsIf being yanked from my life and thrust into a terrifying version of primitive Earth wasn’t bad enough, I’m under the protection of an alien warrior who’s convinced I’m his mate.AdrikI had accepted my fate. Refusing to serve the warlord’s daughter and commit to a life of violence and brutality had consequences... -
Pursued by the Hunter by Lynnea Lee
CynthiaMy name is Cynthia, and I live in the Bugpocalypse. I eke out a living in a barren and hostile post-apocolyptic landscape, foraging for food, hiding from deadly bugs, and sleeping in abandoned shipping yards. You know, the whole nine yards. But I have a problem: I have a stalker.And not just any stalker. He’s powerfully muscular, fiercely protective, and…purple. Yes, he’s freakin’ purple...Categorized as:
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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...Categorized as:
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From Thok, With Love: Alien Love Letters by Susan Trombley
Can a grieving widow find love again with an alien who’s more tree than human and whose touch is toxic?FrannieStill grieving for the husband I lost during the invasion of Earth, I signed up with the Human Outreach Alliance Network to become a bride in an arranged marriage with an alien... -
Dragon's Paradise by Piper Fox
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsAn island paradise planet - a dragon shifter mate for this curvy girlHallie ~I signed up to be a mail order bride. Sort of. I'm being shipped off to be the mate of some alien hotty.But our ship has crash landed on some kind of desert island planet and not only do I know nothing about how to survive, I'm pretty sure I just saw a dragon fly overhead...Categorized as:
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Barbarian Alien Part 4: Reborn by Ruby Dixon
If Raahosh lives, I’m going to smother him with loving. Maybe this ‘mated’ thing isn’t so bad after all. But just when I’m coming around to the big guy… Someone else shows up to the party. BARBARIAN ALIEN is a sequel to ICE PLANET BARBARIANS... -
Royal Captive by Shannon West
Rated: 3.84 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFrom the outside, it looks as if Janos, the king of Laltana, has everything—looks, wealth, power, and the love of his people. But, few realize his on-going battle with his inner demons. Captured, imprisoned, and abused by the Tygerians, he loathes his enemies and vows revenge...Categorized as:
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Beauty and His Beast by Stormy Glenn
Rated: 3.71 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsSomeone is out to kill Jynx K'Vada and the only way he can protect himself is to buy a guardian beast, something he is loath to do. When he visits a lab and discovers a man being horribly abused, he buys him on the spot. He has no idea that he's just changed the entire course of his life... -
The Longing by Hattie Jacks
One monstrous moment…and I fall for the dragon shifter…literallyAlice:Falling through a portal to the realm of the Yeavering was not in my life plan, but neither was being chased by my aunt with a gun.Falling straight into the arms of a dragon shifter wasn't on the cards either…but here we are...Categorized as:
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The Ballast’s Bride by Sara Ivy Hill
He’ll cross oceans for her…Skarr giant Hinrivik has been in love with the human he guards for years. But when her marriage is arranged—and he’s assigned to deliver her to her groom across the sea—he loses hope that she’ll ever return his feelings.When they arrive at their destination, she’ll step off the ship into her new life as someone else’s wife... -
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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... -
Written in the Stars by Leslie Chase
He might be the hottest guy in the galaxy, but I don’t need his help. Me and my alien cat are managing just fine.Running a bookshop on a pirate space station isn’t easy, but Megan’s determined to keep smiling. A lot of hard work and a bit of luck will let her save up enough for a trip back to Earth—but then Drask walks into her shop...Categorized as:
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An Alien Rescue by Calla Zae
Emma is on vacation with her six siblings to ring in the New Year with everything auspicious and nothing to do with broken relationships, disappointments, and heartache. But what she got was an alien abduction.Raeko, a beautiful green star-being, rescues her from horrific beasts that want her to reproduce for them...Categorized as:
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A Bond of Blood: A Science Fiction Romance by E.K. Darnell
Rated: 3.10 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsThe life of Irina Eriadnus hangs by a thread on Oblivion, the desolate penal satellite. With execution hanging over her head, desperation fuels her resolve, as much as knowing that her crimes were justified. Her escape plan is seduce a guard, steal a shuttle, and flee to Athea—the clandestine city on Bora S9 where fugitives vanish into the shadows.Yet fate laughs at her audacity... -
My Brother's Alien Match by Sienna Sway
LunoI have traveled galaxies and through lifetimes, seeking my Sul, the other half of my soul. My search is what brings me to Earth. Deciding to use the human way to find love, I skeptically download the matchmaking app, Alien Mates. To my surprise, I feel my Sul’s presence in the photo of a human man.But in person, Taylor does not sing to my soul. I do not understand...Categorized as:
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His Human to Claim by Morgan Robinson
A12-01Earth is collapsing. Crops are failing, catastrophic storms rage, and anything with a Y chromosome is dead. The only thing keeping humanity from going extinct is the visitors from space. They provide us with food, safety, and shelter for two years. They never asked for anything, but that's all about to change. I don't really have a say, none of us who are really affected do...Categorized as:
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