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  • Revolution by Shelly Crane

    Revolution by Shelly Crane

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    In the fourth and final installment, everything is on the line. Merrick's life is in the balance and Lily is their only hope. Ellie and her new powers are miraculous, but also problematic; if she's with the bunker family, they won't be able to sense when the Lighters are there...
  • The Blind Hordesman by Milana Jacks

    The Blind Hordesman by Milana Jacks

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 16 ratings
    My favorite kill is a Regha Alpha so I went after the imposter king. Easy, no? No, but I’m gonna keep destroying his assets until it becomes easy, and when it becomes easy, I’ll find something else that’s hard. I found her. Destroying her is hard...
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  • Unrest by Wendy Higgins

    Unrest by Wendy Higgins

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    New York Times bestselling author Wendy Higgins brings you the second book in this thrilling apocalyptic world... Being on the run in the desert means food and sanctuary are hard to come by, but Amber Tate and her crew are not about to give up. Not after having the things they love brutally ripped from them by an unknown enemy who sent their world into the apocalypse...
  • Tordan by Jennifer Julie Miller

    Tordan by Jennifer Julie Miller

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    LunaThey stole my dreams, my hopes, my very identity, and I had no idea. Years went by and I did everything I was told, I was always the perfect specimen, and the perfect lab rat. I was dissected, even maimed all in the name of science. Then one day a strange smoky voice entered my head, and I knew things were not as they seemed...
  • Survivors by Anna Hackett

    Survivors by Anna Hackett

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    In the aftermath of a deadly alien invasion, a band of survivors fights on…Survivors contains three action-packed novellas in the Hell Squad series.Includes:Nate – Long before the aliens invaded, former Marine Nate Caldwell came home a broken man. Going off-grid in a cabin he inherited in Australia’s Blue Mountains, he survived the invasion with only his dog Blue for company...
  • Dinosaur World 8 by Logan Jacobs

    Dinosaur World 8 by Logan Jacobs

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Humanity has run out of time. The alien fleet is set to arrive any day, and there’s only one way Jason and his women can save the world now.They have to figure out how to get into space and onto the mothership before life as we know it is wiped out...
  • Hunter's Price by Lynnea Lee

    Hunter's Price by Lynnea Lee

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 9 ratings
    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...
  • Holmes by Anna Hackett

    Holmes by Anna Hackett

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The battle of survival against the invading aliens heats up…but Hell Squad never quits. General Adam Holmes’ life is dedicated to keeping his small band of survivors alive. On the run, with only Hell Squad and the other soldiers for protection, they are making their last dangerous drive to the secret stronghold of the Enclave...
  • Dom by Anna Hackett

    Dom by Anna Hackett

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    As the battle against the invading aliens intensifies, a group of bad boy bikers and mercenaries will stand and fight for humanity’s survival… Squad Three berserker Dom Santora has an ugly past he can’t forget. Born and raised in the darkness, he spent his life before the alien invasion as a Mafia enforcer...
  • Reclamation by Erica Stevens

    Reclamation by Erica Stevens

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    The highly anticipated conclusion to the bestselling Ravening Series. The first book in this series, Ravenous, is free. Hunted by alien enemies and desperate to survive the invasion, Bethany and Cade are forced into situations they never imagined were possible...
  • Treasured by the Hunter: A Post-Apocalyptic Alien Romance by Lynnea Lee

    Treasured by the Hunter: A Post-Apocalyptic Alien Romance by Lynnea Lee

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    ABBY Years after the end of the world, my life is falling apart again. This time, I know exactly how to survive in the bugpocalypse. What I don’t know is what to do with the brawny purple alien following me around. Harb’k isn’t just big and strong, with a protective streak a mile wide, but he’s funny as hell too...
  • Taken Over by Erica Stevens

    Taken Over by Erica Stevens

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Devastated by the loss of Cade, struggling to survive in a world she no longer knows, Bethany is determined to exact revenge upon the aliens that have shredded her life, and the lives of her family and friends. Presented with an opportunity to uncover the secret that Dr. Bishop feels her blood holds, and why she is different than the rest of the survivors, Bethany strikes out on a mission...
  • Hunter's Quest by Lynnea Lee

    Hunter's Quest by Lynnea Lee

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 15 ratings
    MORGANWhen the flesh-eating space bugs invading Earth didn’t make it up my mountain, I thought it was luck. I spent a quiet winter safe in my cabin as society collapsed around me.Turns out, a huge Xarc’n warrior has been stalking my land. Rhaz’k claims I’m “his,” but I belong to no one. His massive horns, fangs, and purple muscles turn my knees to jelly, but his cocky attitude is a hard pass...
  • Roth by Anna Hackett

    Roth by Anna Hackett

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    In the aftermath of a deadly alien invasion, a band of survivors fights on… Roth Masters is a protector to the bone. Driven by the losses of his past, he fights side-by-side with Hell Squad to protect the human survivors of the alien invasion. As leader of Squad Nine, he and his team are known for their perfect timing in a firefight...
  • Caveman Alien’s Riddle by Calista Skye

    Caveman Alien’s Riddle by Calista Skye

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 11 ratings
    JenniferI shot a dragon.He came at me fast, so I fired my gun right at his scaly, blue chest.And then he abducted me.Hey, at least he didn’t rip me apart on the spot.But I’m not sure if this is any better. He flew far with me in his talons, before setting down in this cold forest far from the jungle. It’s just me, him and the pulsating bulge in his pants...
  • Arena by Karen Hancock

    Arena by Karen Hancock

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    A Repackaged Award Winner From Karen HancockCallie Hayes is living a life of fear and disillusionment when she volunteers for a psychology experiment that promises to turn her life around. As her orientation proceeds, Callie becomes frightened by the secrecy and evasion she encounters...
  • Regeneration by Julie E. Czerneda

    Regeneration by Julie E. Czerneda

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    With the alien Dhryn cutting a pathway through the inhabited spaceways-bringing about the annihilation of many of the races who have the misfortune to lie along the star trail they are following-time is running out for all sentient life-forms...
  • Alien Barbarian's Queen by Juno Wells

    Alien Barbarian's Queen by Juno Wells

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 10 ratings
    I do not desire death, but if that is my destiny to protect my Queen, then so be it...EveAfter the fall, homeless folks like I became were shut out of the system. Not even my medical degree saved me from the fate so many experienced. Living rough with a group of women and children, we end up attached to a roving military unit when hostile aliens attack Earth...
  • Niko by Anna Hackett

    Niko by Anna Hackett

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    In the aftermath of a deadly alien invasion, a band of survivors fights on… Mackenna Carides is tough, strong, and excellent at her job as second-in-command of Squad Nine. She often works side by side with Hell Squad on some of the toughest missions to fight back against the alien raptors. Now she’s helping the survivors of Blue Mountain Base settle into their new home at the Enclave...
  • Levi by Anna Hackett

    Levi by Anna Hackett

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    In the middle of an alien invasion, a bad boy berserker collides with a spunky mechanic on a dangerous sabotage mission. Levi King has always lived rough. Raised by a biker dad, he fought for everything he had—including being president of the Iron Kings motorcycle club. But when the aliens invaded, he lost it all...
  • Forbidden Lovers by Miranda Martin

    Forbidden Lovers by Miranda Martin

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    I’ve got a secret I can’t tell even my best friends…Why should it be a problem for anyone to know I've found my one true love? Well, it's totally a problem when he's the enemy.Secret midnight trysts.Sneaking around.Hiding my nocturnal activities while trying to maintain the façade that nothing is going on is hard, but it’s about to get a lot harder. War between his people and mine is brewing...
  • Riders of the Storm by Julie E. Czerneda

    Riders of the Storm by Julie E. Czerneda

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    The next chapter in the Stratification saga that ?delivers all the right elements.?(Sci Fi Weekly) On the distant world of Cersi, Om?ray Aryl Sarc and her supporters have been exiled from the rest of their people. Finding refuge in the mountains, they work to rebuild the ruined village of Sona, even as they try to discover what happened to the original Sona Clan...
  • Finn by Anna Hackett

    Finn by Anna Hackett

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    In the aftermath of a deadly alien invasion, a band of survivors fights on… For Hawk pilot Finn Erickson, flying is in the blood. Since the aliens decimated the planet, he spends most of his time flying Hell Squad into combat. With communication to other survivor bases cut off, he has no idea if his family is still alive and feels their loss keenly...
  • Fortune's Rising by Sara King

    Fortune's Rising by Sara King

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    OUTER BOUNDS: FORTUNE’S RISING is a gripping tale that spans the range of human character. From a sociopathic seven-year-old to a reluctant rebel heroine, a cocky cyborg to a malfunctioning robot, a double-crossing smuggler to dangerous saboteur, Sara King writes a science fiction epic that will still be read and loved fifty years from now...
  • Saltlands: An Alien Invasion SciFi Romance (Population Series Book Two) by Elizabeth Stephens

    Saltlands: An Alien Invasion SciFi Romance (Population Series Book Two) by Elizabeth Stephens

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Continue the saga in book two of the Population series... Abel and Mikey are trapped and Kane is taken. The struggle for survival has never been more strained as Mikey and Abel fight to escape their submerged prison cell, cross the apocalyptic landscape known as Population, and find Kane...
  • Noah by Anna Hackett

    Noah by Anna Hackett

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    The battle of survival against the invading aliens heats up…but Hell Squad never quits. Tech genius Noah Kim works day and night to keep the survivors at Blue Mountain Base with lights, power and hot water. He’s also working on a top secret project to help keep them safe. He’s tired, stressed and under pressure—and one woman adds to it all...
  • Undone by Wendy Higgins

    Undone by Wendy Higgins

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    USA Today and New York Times bestselling author, Wendy Higgins, brings you the gripping, sensual conclusion to her apocalyptic trilogy. Amber Tate never dreamed their heart-wrenching escape from the enemy’s attack would lead them to the most beautiful place she’s ever seen, marred by one ugly fact; it’s under enemy control...
  • Shaw by Anna Hackett

    Shaw by Anna Hackett

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    In the aftermath of a deadly alien invasion, a band of survivors fights on… Hell Squad sniper Shaw Baird is a man on a mission. His squad is his family and now the invading aliens have done the unforgivable…taken one of his team. Claudia Frost—soldier, friend, and all-round badass—is running on borrowed time...
  • Supra Velum by Etta Pierce, Alana Khan

    Supra Velum by Etta Pierce, Alana Khan

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 10 ratings
    Misty, spooky love and trouble;Tails, horns, and frightful cuddles.We spin our threads, we authors many,Of horror, sweets, ghosts, and frenzy,So you may sup on alien peen,To quench your thirst this Halloween.Wander beyond the veil into a spooky season of scifi romance tales written by some of the genre's most influential authors and rising stars...
  • Ash by Anna Hackett

    Ash by Anna Hackett

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    In the middle of an alien invasion, will the bad boy berserker catch the geeky tech genius? Computer genius Marin Mitchell is doing her part to help humanity survive the raptor invasion, working tirelessly to decrypt alien data. She spends her days working and drooling over a certain tattooed, biker berserker from Squad Three. But Marin knows the rules: geeks do not snag sexy bad boys...
  • Targeted by Susan Hayes

    Targeted by Susan Hayes

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Alliance Commanders Brandt Carver and Hawke Summers have a new mission. Take command of Space Station: Alpha X2, get it running smoothly again, and find out how the last station commander wound up murdered in the middle of a Krytos sanctuary...
  • Love on Impact by Alana Khan

    Love on Impact by Alana Khan

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 7 ratings
    Abducted by space pirates to breed human women, Zoriss is one angry male when he hits atmosphere. After breaking his bonds and stealing an escape pod, he crash lands in remote Idaho. When Lumina rescues him, their bodies communicate beautifully, but with translator troubles, could he ever grow to trust her? Lumina It’s been ninety years since the last man was born on Earth...
  • Mick's Claiming: A Sci-Fi Alien Romance Novella by Miranda Martin

    Mick's Claiming: A Sci-Fi Alien Romance Novella by Miranda Martin

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    When he says he claims me, he means forever, and that makes my brain stop dead in its tracks.Thargar is part of a group of alien dragon-men who have kept us safe, provided for us, and without them we’d all surely be dead or captured by the Order to be used as breeders. We’re all super grateful, but neither horniness nor survival needs are a great reason to say yes to being claimed forever...
  • Ava Greasemonkey by Alissa Lace

    Ava Greasemonkey by Alissa Lace

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    “Do you prefer males of your species helpless? Judging from your anger now, is capability not attractive?” Vox’s eyes widened and she felt the full measure of his attention.This threw Ava for a moment, making her blush in a different way than anger. Silence stretched for a beat before she responded, “We prefer not being lied to and taken advantage of...
  • Warrior's Reign: A Sci Fi Alien Romance by Emma Alisyn, Sora Stargazer

    Warrior's Reign: A Sci Fi Alien Romance by Emma Alisyn, Sora Stargazer

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Redemption. Assassination. A bond forged under fire. Reign is given a second chance to save her career when a royal friend offers her a job on an elite team of personal guards. Determined to prove her worth, she fends off sneaky sabotage by the implacable head of security, Vykhan, who thinks she is dangerous and hot-headed...
  • Carl Sagan's Hunt for Intelligent Life in the Universe by C. Gockel

    Carl Sagan's Hunt for Intelligent Life in the Universe by C. Gockel

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Sometimes intelligent life is right in front of your whiskers. Hsissh is a member of The One. There are some newcomers to The One's homeplanet. They call themselves "humans," and they are, frankly, mentally deficient--they can't warp the quantum world with their minds. However, Hsissh is becoming attached to one of them, a Miss Noa Sato...
  • Purgatory City by Skye MacKinnon, Rebecca Royce

    Purgatory City by Skye MacKinnon, Rebecca Royce

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Play the Game or die. Alone in a desolate world ravaged by war and alien invasion, Eileen Paine offers herself to indentured servitude in Purgatory City—a chance at a different life. No one knows what happens beyond the gates, but it has to be better than the peril in the Blastlands. Nothing could have prepared her for the darkness, the tests, the changes, or the people she meets...
  • Sinth Seeker by Pearl Tate

    Sinth Seeker by Pearl Tate

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    TeresaThe last thing I need is a hot, drool-worthy one night stand!I just managed to break up with the loser I should have dumped ages ago, so I already know I’m not the best at saying no or ending things. But it’s time for me to plan for my future.As the Housing Coordinator on base, I’m sent to settle in new arrivals...
  • Crystal Soldier by Sharon Lee, Steve Miller

    Crystal Soldier by Sharon Lee, Steve Miller

    Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 27 ratings
    Centuries in the past, mankind fought a seemingly unbeatable adversary from sector to sector across the Spiral Arm until the war ground to a standstill and the Enemy withdrew. Believing that they had won, the citizens of the galaxy rebuilt...
  • The Fifth Element by Terry Bisson

    The Fifth Element by Terry Bisson

    Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Every five thousand years, a door opens between the dimensions. In one dimension lies the universe and all of its multitude of varied life forms. In another exists an element made not of earth, air, fire or water, but of an anti-energy, anti-life. This "thing", this darkness, waits patiently at the threshold of the universe for an opportunity to extinguish all life and all light...
  • Jorg by Ava Ross

    Jorg by Ava Ross

    Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Can a scarred alien warrior & a human woman find love together on a planet far from Earth?When animal shelter assistant Lily is selected as a mail-order bride in the Extraterrestrial Matchmaking Program, she dreams of starting a new life with her computer-matched alien groom. But on the way to Crakair, she’s kidnapped and caged on one of the planet’s moons. Her future appears hopeless...
  • Reap the Wild Wind by Julie E. Czerneda

    Reap the Wild Wind by Julie E. Czerneda

    Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The fascinating debut of the prequel series to The Trade Pact UniverseThis prequel to The Trade Pact Universe series begins in a time before the Clan had learned how to manipulate the M?hir to travel between worlds. Aliens have begun to explore the world of Cersi, upsetting the delicate balance between the Clan and the two other powerful races who coexist by set rules...
  • Reed by Anna Hackett

    Reed by Anna Hackett

    Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    For a limited time, you can get the latest Phoenix Adventures novella, On a Cyborg Planet, free. Visit here to find out more > bit.ly/annahackettbooks (paste into your browser) As part of Hell Squad, former Coalition Navy SEAL Reed MacKinnon fights for humanity’s freedom from the alien invaders. He also fights for his brown-eyed girl—the woman he rescued from the aliens’ secret laboratory...
  • The Fresco by Sheri S. Tepper

    The Fresco by Sheri S. Tepper

    Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    The bizarre events that have been occuring across the United States -- unexplained "oddities" tracked by Air Defense, mysterious disappearances, shocking deaths -- seem to have no bearing on Benita Alvarez-Shipton's life. That is, until the soft-spoken thirty-six-year-old bookstore manager is approached by a pair of aliens asking her to transmit their message of peace to the powers in Washington...
  • Gantz 12 by Hiroya Oku

    Gantz 12 by Hiroya Oku

    Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Dinosaurs, terrorism, and blood-Gantz doesn't let up one bit as it climbs into its second "season" of cryptic, frenetic, sexy, and violent storytelling. This time, there's a guy who's a fanatic about the Gantz phenomenon, to the point where he tries to get himself inserted into the alien-hunting game. The question is: will he succeed? The only way to be part of the Gantz universe is to die first...
  • Sent Beast Mate by Milana Jacks

    Sent Beast Mate by Milana Jacks

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Is she a pretty spy, or a seductive assassin who’ll murder him in his bed? With nothing to show for his efforts to find Men of Earth—which will win him New City for his people—Mayhem switches tactics. He holds pair auctions, confident the enemy will jump at the chance to slip a spy in among the throng of hopefuls. It’s a sound strategy, but he’s bored as hell...
  • Dreikx by Milana Jacks

    Dreikx by Milana Jacks

    Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Knowing that the strongest alliances are forged through mating, long ago, the King of Regha asked for my help. So when I came collecting on his firstborn, he gave her to me. I am nothing but a glorified thief. She is the Regha Princess. The jewel of her people. And now, she is mine...
  • Dark Waltz by A.M. Hargrove

    Dark Waltz by A.M. Hargrove

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Attention: This is an ADULT Book! Dark Waltz--A sizzling legend of loss, lust and love. It’s the year 2030 and the human population has been annihilated by a virulent form of small pox. Liasare Davidson is desperately searching for her brother, who has been missing for three months...
  • Bonding with the Alien Warrior by Imogen Keeper, Genesis Keys

    Bonding with the Alien Warrior by Imogen Keeper, Genesis Keys

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 8 ratings
    A planet without women, a lone princess lost in space, the brutal warrior who can save her.On a routine mission, Tam stumbles into the impossible, a miracle woman frozen in a cryo-pod, naked, and dying of cryo-disease. He can save her, but doing so will bind her to him forever, body, heart, and soul. And once he has her, no way he'll ever let her go. Not even a universe at war can rip them apart...
  • Call of Courage: 7 Novels of the Galactic Frontier by C. Gockel, Allen Kuzara

    Call of Courage: 7 Novels of the Galactic Frontier by C. Gockel, Allen Kuzara

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Some are called by duty. Some are called by adventure. All answer the call of courage.Jump into seven full-length novels exploring the limits of space, science, and courage. Aliens, artificial intelligence, rogue governments, and galactic frontiers--you’ll find them all here.Heed the call. Download this collection of series starters today!Archangel Down by C...
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