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Cottonwood by R. Lee Smith
They never meant to come to Earth. They were never allowed to leave. .. Welcome to Cottonwood. Excerpt:. “You should have heard it, Kate. It was subtle, but it wasn’t my imagination. The guy spent five hours essentially telling us that the aliens are retarded. ”. “Oh come on. ”. “Not in so many words, but—hang on... -
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Sigma by Tiya Rayne
Shiloh Green has had the worse luck when it comes to men. For the last seven years she’s been trapped in a relationship with her Kingpin boyfriend. But opportunity to escape comes knocking when a mysterious businessman visits. Now Shiloh is headed to a top-secret military base to be a volunteer breeder for a government experiment... -
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![Seven Oars by Lydia Hope]()
Seven Oars by Lydia Hope
Rosamma always thought sneaking off her home planet was a bad idea. Still, she follows her brother and a group of hopeful women to space, drawn by the promise of a brighter future. The Rix defenders escorting them are strong, capable, and entirely indifferent to their fate. One of them is exactly what dreams are made of… but dreams are fragile, and life is not always fair... -
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Binder by A.K. Nevermore
On an alternate earth, a cataclysm has altered a subset of the population. Talents are persecuted for their psychic and physical mutations, giving rise to two conflicting societies based upon maintaining genetic purity. And the Source, a shadowy corporate entity dependent upon the exploitation of captive Talents, is hunting them…...Categorized as:
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![JoAyyn by Amanda Milo]()
JoAyyn by Amanda Milo
My alien keeper rescued me from a man I should have been able to trust: my father. Raised by an alien, I never really learned how to interact with human people. And that’s fine. I’m happy just as I am. I never feel like I’m missing out on anything. . .. So I don’t understand why this new human, Lee, affects me so strangely. Then again, he did just admit that he’s been hunting me...Categorized as:
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![The Fractured Dark by Megan E. O'Keefe]()
The Fractured Dark by Megan E. O'Keefe
Dying planets, dangerous conspiracies, and secret romance abound in the second installment of the Devoured Worlds trilogy by award-winning author Megan E. O'Keefe. Naira and Tarquin have escaped the pull of a dying planet, and are now bound together to find the truth behind the all-powerful Mercator family and the blight that has been killing habitable planets...Categorized as:
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![His Snowbound Omega by Chani Lynn Feener]()
His Snowbound Omega by Chani Lynn Feener
Thorn Winters will spend this holiday season running. Thanks to his father and sick brother, he's got debts piling up, and unfortunately for him, those debts are owed to the White Frost Mafia. When he's sent an invitation to the White Hunt, a mock version of the Wild Hunt, where omegas are ordered to run for alpha amusement, Thorn rightfully hesitates before accepting...Categorized as:
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![Wait For It by Manna Francis]()
Wait For It by Manna Francis
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsAnother short story in The Administration series. Warrick asks Toreth to wait for it as long as he can stand it. It being sex. But can Warrick stand it as long as Toreth can? -
![Vigilance by Etta Pierce]()
Vigilance by Etta Pierce
Still reeling from the upending of her life, Dr Amelia Ahlberg finds herself the sole physician of the new human colony on Yaspur. Luckily, a medical delegate was assigned to help her settle in after the trauma of the Paramour. When a young girl falls ill because of a common flower, Amelia begs him to take her on his research excursions into the jungle... -
![Death Adder by Naomi Lucas]()
Death Adder by Naomi Lucas
Females have returned to Earth, brought here by technology I do not trust. They’ve been claimed and nested and kept far from me. The broken one. The dark one. I will always be alone. When a ship lands in my territory and a black-suited human female appears, I am in awe. I am in NEED. Only, she is surrounded by men. So, I will sneak up on her...Categorized as:
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![Tethered Souls by Tiffany Roberts]()
Tethered Souls by Tiffany Roberts
Kier and Kayl only foresee one fate for themselves. For Kier is wrath. And Kayl is vengeance. They have but one purpose—slay the pirate Vrykhan at any cost. They expect to give their own lives in pursuit of their revenge…. But they never expected her. Aileen. Their na’diya. Their mate. Their missing piece. They never imagined a different fate...Categorized as:
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Caged by Manna Francis
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsAnother short story in The Administration series. Toreth is bored, so Warrick takes him to the zoo. -
![Shopping & Fucking by Manna Francis]()
Shopping & Fucking by Manna Francis
Another short story in The Administration series. Toreth takes Warrick shopping for something a bit more lucrative. -
![Alpha by Tiya Rayne]()
Alpha by Tiya Rayne
Morgan Downs’ life is unexceptional. She’s stuck in an abusive loveless marriage and often made to feel inferior by her parents because of her speech impediment. Although as bad as her life is, she never expected to be kidnapped from her home and taken to a private military base to become a test rat for a science experiment. But things change when Morgan meets Alpha...Categorized as:
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![Surprises by Manna Francis]()
Surprises by Manna Francis
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAnother short story from The Administration series. Toreth meets Warrick's ex wife and things get even more steamy in the bedroom. -
![Breaker by A.K. Nevermore]()
Breaker by A.K. Nevermore
Self-exiled to the Outside, Flynn Scot is oath-bound to a life of strict penance. Cursed with a vicious temper and haunted by the blood-stained debauchery of his past, Flynn’s sworn off women, whiskey, and violence, and doesn’t give a damn about whispers of the coming war... -
![Trade by Cate C. Wells]()
Trade by Cate C. Wells
When my husband replaces me with a younger model, I’m entered into the lottery and traded to an Outsider for fuel. I expect a wasteland, but when the bunker doors open, I see green trees, blue skies, and him—a man half my age with a stone-cold face and a machete strapped to his thigh. I’ll be lucky to escape him alive. That’s what we’ve been told all our lives...Categorized as:
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![Vanguard by Karina Halle]()
Vanguard by Karina Halle
Her kiss may be deadly, but he's indestructible. The year is 2040. Erasmia "Mia" Baxter is her agency's most lethal operative, genetically engineered to have poisonous saliva. But having the kiss of death is hell on her social life. Her future holds no romance, no family, no intimacy of any kind—only killing for her country... -
![Shadow by Alana Khan, Elle Arden]()
Shadow by Alana Khan, Elle Arden
Can two broken people release their demons, open their hearts, and find lasting love? Petra's strong, take-no-prisoners attitude is severely challenged when she's abducted by aliens, destined to be sold as a sex slave. To escape she needs the help of the most irritating, hunky alien this side of the Milky Way...Categorized as:
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![Homebound by Lydia Hope]()
Homebound by Lydia Hope
Earth is in decline, and the wealthy have fled it leaving only the destitute citizens behind. And aliens. Gemma McKinley works at a prison cleaning goop off the floors and serving food to inmates. When she is reassigned to the alien ward, Gemma is nervous. Aliens are dangerous and ruthless. They bite. But there is one that isn’t like them... -
![Everything Under the Sun by J.A. Redmerski, Justine Carver]()
Everything Under the Sun by J.A. Redmerski, Justine Carver
Thais Fenwick was eleven-years-old when civilization fell, devastated by a virus that killed off the majority of the world’s population. For seven years, Thais and her family lived in a community of survivors deep in the heart of the Appalachian Mountains... -
![BODY OF GLASS by Marge Piercy]()
BODY OF GLASS by Marge Piercy
Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars · 29 ratings"A triumph of the imagination. Rich, complex, impossible to put down. ". Alice Hoffman. In the middle of the twenty-first century, life as we know it has changed for all time. Shira Shipman's marriage has broken up, and her young son has been taken from her by the corporation that runs her zone, so she has returned to Tikva, the Jewish free town where she grew up...Categorized as:
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![Ai No Kusabi The Space Between Volume 2: Destiny by Rieko Yoshihara]()
Ai No Kusabi The Space Between Volume 2: Destiny by Rieko Yoshihara
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![Savages by Natalie Bennett]()
Savages by Natalie Bennett
Calista. "I am the monster they created. I’m the whore they’re ashamed of. ". When life tried to break me I grabbed that b*tch by the throat and squeezed. I thought I could overcome anything. I swore I could handle him, but after being forced to play at the Devil's playground I ended up craving his touch. One taste of his poison made my loyalties begin to waiver. Romero... -
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![Sigil by Addison Cain]()
Sigil by Addison Cain
He will possess her in every way. After a century, The Irdesi Emperor has finally cornered their species’ only female. Sovereign and his fanatic brothers are closing in, driving Sigil to desperation. They outnumber her, they are stronger, and they are relentless. Sovereign knows her secrets better than Sigil knows herself. He knows she was conditioned to hate him. It changes nothing... -
![Shadow of Deception by Lucy Smoke]()
Shadow of Deception by Lucy Smoke
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsNothing is what it seems…. Basra is the eternal city—A paradise filled with relics of the old world. But whispers on the wind speak of destitution and hopelessness. There’s decay beneath the city’s surface. And paradise is filled with lies and deceit…. As an ambassador for Tartarus, it’s my duty to bridge the gap between us and the other cities. We need these alliances now more than ever... -
![Swallowed by Meg Smitherman]()
Swallowed by Meg Smitherman
Earth is broken beyond repair. The Planet is our last hope. Humanity's first mission to the Planet ended in tragedy, but botanist Jill Jones won’t let that stop her from joining the second. Perfect climate, perfect terrain, perfect flora and fauna; the Planet has called to Jill all of her life. She knows, with bone-deep certainty, it's home. A new beginning for humanity...Categorized as:
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![Maze-Born Trouble by Ginn Hale]()
Maze-Born Trouble by Ginn Hale
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA dead girl, a cop he can’t forget, and a price on his head. All on a space station at the edge of a black hole. Just another day’s work for P. I. Lake Harmaa. P. I. Lake Harmaa escaped the darkness and intense gravity of Sisu Space Station’s Maze Sector by turning traitor and spying for the Feds during the war... -
![Stolen by Raven Dark, Petra J. Knox]()
Stolen by Raven Dark, Petra J. Knox
It all began when the road warriors found me outside Hell’s Burning, lost and dehydrated. When the bikers took me into The Compound, I thought I was saved. Especially when, as a Violet—a rare genetic anomaly prized above all—I’m taken in and raised by one of the wealthiest men in the world... -
![Fuck of the Day by Manna Francis]()
Fuck of the Day by Manna Francis
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsAnother short story in The Administration series. Warrick comes to I&I for the second time ever, pissed off about seeing Toreth with someone else. -
![The Carnal Games by Naudii Nebula]()
The Carnal Games by Naudii Nebula
Compelled to compete in a twisted game, two deadly enemies will meet their fated revenge. They will either kill each other or, worse. .. Fall in love. But only one can leave the arena alive. In The Carnal Games, the rules are simple: fight, conquer, win. Above all else, entertain...Categorized as:
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![Matched by V.K. Ludwig]()
Matched by V.K. Ludwig
My female matches two Vetusians: me, and the warrior she just killed. Fate is unpredictable. One moment I lose my destined female. The very next, I walk in on the kill of the other male who intended to claim her. For the Empire, the punishment for murder is death; her execution inevitable. Until I steal Katie and her daughter away to Odheim... -
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Their Human Captive by Maria Monroe
Back on Earth, they tried to imprison me. Here on Luminar, two aliens plan to breed me. When I fled from the corrupt human government trying to hunt me down, I didn't expect to end up as the captive of two huge, muscle-bound aliens intent on assessing my suitability as a mate... -
![A Kidnapping by Adara Wolf]()
A Kidnapping by Adara Wolf
During what should have been a boring family affair, Alex is kidnapped while trying to protect Tracht’s nephew. With Tracht’s sister concentrating on getting her son back, nobody is thinking about Alex—except Tracht, who will stop at nothing to get him back. This 20k short story continues the story of Alex and Tracht from "Under His Heel. ".Categorized as:
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![Penal Station 05 by Valentina Heart]()
Penal Station 05 by Valentina Heart
Rated: 3.84 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsJared, a guard on one of the many penal space stations, is good at his job, but painfully naive. Getting convicted of a crime he didn’t commit and being sentenced to a life in prison did not feature in his vision of the future. When he gets rescued--then promptly claimed as property by Sar, the most dangerous and biggest man on the penal station--he’s just about ready to faint. .Categorized as:
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![Savage Prince by Alison Aimes]()
Savage Prince by Alison Aimes
He's a notorious crime lord—and he’s on the hunt for her. Maxheim Skolov is mafia royalty. Worlds above her. Ice-cold and merciless. Driven by duty and dark secrets. Tess is property. Expected to submit. Imprisoned by ruthless criminals determined to break her for information she can’t afford to give... -
![Bane by Amelia C. Gormley]()
Bane by Amelia C. Gormley
The weapon that nearly destroyed humanity may be their only salvation. Rhys Cooper once thought he was a dead man. Instead, he's proven immune to the virus that nearly wiped out humanity. Now the Clean Zone's scientists want to know why... -
![Saving the Cyborg: An Alien Abduction Romance Series by Jude Gray]()
Saving the Cyborg: An Alien Abduction Romance Series by Jude Gray
Calen. I live in a fairy tale. But this is a dark fairy tale. Abducted and sold to the Latrusian Prince of North Orangh, I go from a life of peace on a farm to a life of depravity, darkness, and fear in a castle full of wicked aliens. My freedom, security, and control over my own body have been taken from me. I want to go home... -
![After Midnight by Santino Hassell]()
After Midnight by Santino Hassell
Rated: 3.79 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsTwo decades after war ravaged the nation, one of the last remaining metropolises thrives on a currency of sex, drugs, and lies. Gordon Frost is a survivor. He outlived all of his friends after bombs decimated the hardscrabble neighborhood he grew up in, and he made it through the orphanages and crime-ridden slums that followed... -
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Anthelion by R.A. Steffan
Ash is dead. Okay, that’s a lie. He’s not. Not really. Somehow, that doesn’t make things any better. After reports of a fatal hovercar accident outside the Capital—complete with a charred body and DNA identification—it seems at first that all is lost in the Shadow Wing’s quest to infiltrate the Premiere’s inner circle...Categorized as:
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![Prisoner 374215 (The ESTO Universe) by Angel Martinez]()
Prisoner 374215 (The ESTO Universe) by Angel Martinez
Rated: 3.76 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsDear Author,. He enters my cell daily at ten pm. He leaves in the morning at six am. He never says a word. Never moves from where he sits right beside the thick steel door. He does not beat me. He doesn't take me to the tiled room at the end of the corridor. He doesn't goad me, smirk when I wince afterwards, cry, or scream... -
![The Wastelander by E.S. Luck]()
The Wastelander by E.S. Luck
After running through all possible hosts, the virus went extinct…but the dangers of the outside have only grown. Born in a secure compound amidst the ashes of a world long dead, Claire Ainsley knows her place in the work her assigned job, live with her assigned husband, and keep her head down and her mouth shut... -
![Captured and Claimed by Jude Gray]()
Captured and Claimed by Jude Gray
She's abducted from Earth and sold into slavery. Can love break the chains that bind her? Grabbed from the street in broad daylight, Briony is soon sold to a cruel alien leader who needs human women for a very specific purpose. They must "recharge" the vicious warriors he forces to fight in his arena... -
![Outcast Mine by Jamie Craig]()
Outcast Mine by Jamie Craig
There is nothing Aleron Pitre can't steal, nobody he can't con and no situation he can't slip out of—until he's sent to the prison planet Tantoret, where every sentence is death. If the prisoners don't kill each other, they'll die slowly from mining the poisonous drug chojal. Yet Aleron still hopes that he can escape...Categorized as:
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![Commodity by Shay Savage]()
Commodity by Shay Savage
A woman hunted by human traffickers. A hot and dangerous bodyguard. Utter destruction. The end of civilization. The beginning of a new form of currency. Women are now the highest COMMODITY.Categorized as:
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Hold by Claire Kent
Find the strongest man there. Give yourself to him in return for protection. It’s the only way you’ll ever survive. Convicted of a minor crime, Riana is sentenced to a prison planet—a dark primitive hold filled with convicts vying for power. Her only chance of survival is with Cain, a mysterious loner who has won his territory in the prison through intelligence and brute strength...Categorized as:
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![The Scorpion's Mate by Susan Trombley]()
The Scorpion's Mate by Susan Trombley
The Scorpion’s Mate. Claire has never really fit in with everyone around her, but she's carved out a life for herself using her own unique style and artistic ability to support herself on the Internet. The last thing she expects is to be abducted by aliens and dropped into a research facility, where a genetically-engineered alien soldier chooses her as his life-mate... -
![World of Shell and Bone by S.K. Falls]()
World of Shell and Bone by S.K. Falls
Rated: 3.36 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsIn a world ravaged by a nuclear holocaust, Vika Cannon knows there are no guarantees: no guarantees of safety, no guarantees that your neighbor is not actually a spy for the government, and no guarantees you’ll be allowed to emigrate to a new life in Asia. New Amana (as the North and South American continents are now called) is dying...Categorized as:
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![Their Human Vessel by Lizzy Bequin]()
Their Human Vessel by Lizzy Bequin
A dying planet. A conquered mate. I came to this godforsaken planet to uncover a dark secret. Nothing could have prepared me for what I actually found. Now, betrayed and stranded in an unforgiving wasteland, I can feel my life slipping away with each breath of poisonous air. Death is certain. Until the aliens find me. Horned warriors with glowing green eyes. They say they will save my life...
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