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Blake by Nyssa Kathryn
A past that can't be changed. A future as uncertain as their relationship.Willow Foster has been a single mother for most of her young daughter's life, ever since the girl's father-a man Willow thought she'd be with forever-inexplicably disappeared. Now, just as mysteriously, he's back, living in Cradle Mountain, Idaho...Categorized as:
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Stolen by Tana Stone
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsWhen they told her she’d been abducted from Earth as a tribute bride for a badass alien warrior, Hope thought it was the craziest thing she’d ever heard. That was before she was kidnapped by space pirates.Hope didn’t buy the idea of being a tribute bride. After all, she’d never been into commitment... -
Protected by the Orc by Honey Phillips
Her orc bodyguard is determined to keep her close!Holdar doesn’t do commitment. Even his latest security job as bodyguard to a pretty, spoiled - and annoyingly adorable - heiress won’t last, which is just as well. The sooner he gets away from her innocent smiles and tempting curves the better...Categorized as:
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Corrupted Mate by Trish Heinrich
"If I can’t have her love, I'll take her hate."PRINCE ZIRETHOnce, we’d promised each other forever. But then I destroyed her world and scattered her people across the galaxy. It’s no surprise she tried to kill me. Twice. For the past seven years, every action I have taken, every lie I have lived has been to earn her forgiveness. Now I’m with her again, fighting by her side... -
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The Sixth Day by Catherine Coulter, J.T. Ellison
Special agents Nicholas Drummond and Michaela Caine take on a ruthless mastermind in the fifth highly anticipated thriller in the New York Times bestselling A Brit in the FBI series. When several major political figures die mysteriously, officials declare the deaths are from natural causes...Categorized as:
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Rescued by the Orc Enforcer by Kate Rudolph
Vorok knows the rules of the Red District. Bust heads. Take names. And never cross the boss. But when the boss's daughter tries to run away from an unwanted engagement, Vorok has a choice to send her home... or help her escape.He's had his eye on the pretty human for years, but there's no way a pampered princess like her would want an orc enforcer... -
Alien Knight Teddy Bear Troubles by Becca Brayden
On a dangerous mission to rescue a young royal from a prison cell on an alien warship, Lumerian Knight Taeger Norasair never expects to find a beautiful human woman among the prisoners. Even more puzzling is her refusal to leave. Unwilling to leave Cassie behind, he throws her over his shoulder and makes a dash for freedom. He is an ancient. Nearly immortal. Sparks fly and passions rage...Categorized as:
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I Spy an Alien by Jenny Schwartz
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsA quirky sci-fi romantic comedy about a blue-skinned alien spy and the woman who accidentally seduces him.Betrayed, broken-hearted, and plain broke, Elif Moora enlists in the Pax Galactica Corps. Her first assignment is a triumph! As the producer of Doctor Galaxy, Elif successfully raises humanity’s abysmal profile among a galactic audience of trillions.But then her efforts are sabotaged...Categorized as:
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Terrene by Amara Rae
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsA witch with the gift of earth. A demon bred in deception. An immortal world on the brink. CassandraI’m weak, useless to my coven… but with so many enemies hunting us, that has to change. Even our own kind wants us eliminated because our mothers mated with other immortals. As the only coven of hybrids, we have to work twice as hard to survive the prejudice of our kind...Categorized as:
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The Pale Rider by J.B. Trepagnier
I wake up surrounded by death and my memories are gone. A man in a beige hazmat suit reaches his hand through the carnage. “Come with me if you want to live.” I know I’m supposed to know that from somewhere, but I don’t. I know the world outside me is not right. People either die or they are Rage Heads. Somehow, a virus got out that has turned people into red eyed freaks who eat flesh... -
Twisted Truths by Rebecca Zanetti
You can't escape the past . . . Noni is desperate. Her infant niece has been kidnapped, and the only person who can save her is a private detective with too many secrets to count--and more enemies than he can name. A man who walked away from Noni without any warning a year ago, a man who broke her heart...Categorized as:
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Ghost Ship by James Rollins
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsThe discovery of a burned body sprawled on a remote Australian beach shatters the vacation plans of Commander Gray Pierce. To thwart an ingenious enemy, he and Seichan are pulled into a centuries-old mystery surrounding a lost convict ship, the Trident. The vessel—with a history of mutiny and stolen treasure—vanished into the mists of time, but nothing stays lost forever... -
Dad Bod Orc by Tana Stone
I needed a break. A break from the paparazzi, a break from my co-star ex, and a break from being the hottest new actress in Hollywood.I did not need an orc bodyguard.But my overprotective dad refuses to let me go on a location shoot without a security detail, and he’s picked the toughest, scariest bodyguard in LA to accompany me. Too bad Roc is also my dad’s friend and my teenage crush...Categorized as:
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Shatter by Joan Swan
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFor seven years, Halina Beloi has been in hiding. But she's never forgotten Mitch Foster, the long, lean man she had to leave behind. Until, that is, Mitch shows up with a list of questions and a 9mm in his hand. All Mitch knows is that Halina broke his heart and disappeared. But new information has surfaced implicating her as a player in the deadliest game of Mitch's life...Categorized as:
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Gargoyles Just Want to Have Fun by Ava Ross
There’s more to being a gargoyle’s wife than just saying I do.While struggling to raise my little sister, I suddenly inherit a run-down B&B from a grandmother I didn’t know existed. The only condition to inherit is that I marry and live with my husband for a year.One problem. I’m not dating, and the only one I want to propose to is the gargoyle I’ve been crushing on for months...Categorized as:
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Ghosted by Sarah Ready
Jillian Nejat is the only dating and relationship expert on the planet who is incapable of speaking to men. If they're living, if they're breathing, it's game over. With her bank account at zero, her career a dumpster fire, and her dating life in a ten-year slump, she moves into a tiny, dirt-cheap NYC apartment. Unfortunately, the apartment is already occupied...Categorized as:
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Susurex by Amelia Rademaker
Cece Levine is stranded with a crew of snake aliens. Luckily, these ones like her. The last ones she met tried to kill her.The crew and I have a few things to work through now that we can communicate. Like why was I pretending to be a pet? What are we going to do now? And why are all of these aliens trying to kill us? Before we do anything, we need to get our ship fixed...Categorized as:
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The Alien Mating Trial by Eva O'Hare
A super-secret government program, Project Eve, is ready to open its Earth-based Colony Eden and needs its first recruits. The Colony only accepts women who have the "Eve" gene, and only some women of African descent possess it. Aliens from a distant galaxy have signed an agreement with humans, making Project Eve also tasked with pairing an alien with one of its recruits...Categorized as:
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Goldilocks by L. Sherleen
Sam isn’t sure where he belongs.A fisherman’s son with hands more suited to painting than hauling traps, he’s spent his life caught between two worlds—between land and water, duty and passion. He keeps to the tides, drifting through life unseen, unnoticed... -
Broken Mate: The Eternals Crossover Novella by J. Marie
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsUSA Today Bestselling Author, Jordan Marie, writing as J. Marie, brings you a follow up story to her paranormal series in a Badlands and Eternals crossover novella.NINEThe only memories I have are of being studied and tortured.My captors were slowly killing me.When I got the chance to escape, I took it—even though doing so left my brothers alone in that prison...Categorized as:
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Alien Knight Blind Date Disaster by Becca Brayden
Honorable Lumerian Knight Falden Corshivad has sacrificed everything for his people. Legend even among his own kind, he has vowed to protect and preserve all that is left of their ancient heritage. Keep their existence hidden from the enemies that destroyed his planet. Enemies that continue to hunt for survivors...Categorized as:
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The Minotaur's Mate by Delaney Rain
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsCan a bull-headed man and a marshmallow-hearted bull unite to prevent a war and save a people?All his life, Nat Konstantinidis has watched helplessly as his people sacrificed their own to the Minotaurs who dominate this planet. Are they killed? Are they eaten? No one knows what happens to the captives, but Nat is determined that this is the year it finally ends...Categorized as:
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Bad Boy Minotaur by Michele Mills
My neighbor is a huge, undeniably powerful Minotaur.You heard me right—a Minotaur.With curved horns on either side of his head and a heavy gold ring that pierces both nostrils. He’s often shirtless while he tinkers with his motorcycle, which exposes a sweaty six pack of abs and the intricate tats that sleeve both of his muscular arms...Categorized as:
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Christmas with an Alien by Tana Stone
When an alien comes to Earth during the holidays with a list, personal shopper Caroline is tasked to help him find everything he wants… but what he wants is a bride. Caroline isn’t a Scrooge, but the weeks leading to Christmas are not her favorite. The personal shopping department where she works is insanely busy and the clients have crazy requests... -
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The Recruit by Susan Kyle, Diana Palmer
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsThree years after the unprovoked attack on a peaceful colony, the war between the Rojok dynasty and the Tri-Galaxy Fleet rages on. Born of that war is the Morcai Battalion, a fleet comprised of Centaurians and humans�the first collaboration of its kind and a step toward an intergalactic alliance...Categorized as:
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The Strength of His Heart by Victoria Sue
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTo protect and serve…. All Vance Connelly ever wanted to do was continue his family’s tradition and join the Tampa Police Department, but his dreams were crushed the day he woke with the enhanced mark on his face. After years of struggling to adjust to life as an enhanced human, by a stroke of luck, he met Talon Valdez and became a proud member of the FBI’s Human Enhanced Rescue Organization... -
The Noble Pirates by Rima Jean
A vacation in the Bahamas goes awry, and a woman from 2009 unexpectedly finds herself in 1718 - amidst pirates. Sabrina is so consumed with her present-day problems that the last thing she expects is to suddenly end up face to face with real pirates...Categorized as:
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Richter Scale by Dalia Davies
Tell me you wouldn’t leave Earth behind for the promise of a utopian life with an alien mate.I dare you.The Agency plays matchmaker for women willing to travel across two galaxies to a planet in desperate need of them.Too bad I had to sell my soul to get on that ship... -
Jinxed by Torri Heat
In the woods, there's a house they say is haunted. Once you enter, you can never leave. In this house, your biggest dreams can become reality, and your worst vices can become dangerous addictions. Would you risk it?When Savannah Miles comes into a sum of money, she decides to follow her life long dream and open her own thrift shop. The sweet looking house in the woods seems like the perfect place...Categorized as:
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Fata Morgana by Steven R. Boyett, Ken Mitchroney
Rated: 3.87 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAt the height of the air war in Europe, Captain Joe Farley and the baseball-loving, wisecracking crew of the B-17 Flying Fortress Fata Morgana are in the middle of a harrowing bombing mission over East Germany when everything goes sideways. The bombs are still falling and flak is still exploding all around the 20-ton bomber as it is knocked like a bathtub duck into another world... -
You're Not My King! by Eryn Hawk
Reuben CarterThrowing myself in front of my estranged sister didn’t win me any brownie points...Categorized as:
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Team Orders by R.J. Scott
Rated: 3.85 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen tragedy strikes and team orders are called for, will Archie and Noah’s love survive the fallout?Noah is devastated when his best friend is badly hurt in a fiery crash, and shocked when the team’s rookie steps up to take Augusto’s place. Not only is Archie inexperienced on the track, but he’s a threat to Noah’s heart when giving in to lust and passion could only end badly... -
Dead Perfect by Amanda Ashley
Be Careful What You Wish For... Only a woman with nothing left to lose knocks on a vampire's door and asks for help. Shannah Davis is convinced that the mysterious dark-haired man she's followed for months can save her life if he doesn't kill her first. But though Ronan insists he can't give her what she needs, his kiss unleashes a primal hunger that makes her feel truly alive for the first time... -
How to Get a Girlfriend (When You're a Terrifying Monster) by Marie Cardno
Life is tough when you’re an eldritch abomination.Trillin isn’t technically a person. She’s a tiny breakaway piece of consciousness from the all-devouring Endless, doomed to eventually rejoin it. But when a human witch stumbles into her world, Trillin suddenly has a new reason to figure out individuality–one shape-shifting tentacle at a time... -
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After the End by Bonnie Dee
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsThe end of the world is only the beginning. Zombies are on the loose and the world is falling apart. In the tradition of apocalyptic novels such as Stephen King’s THE STAND, a group of strangers on a Manhattan subway are brought together in the name of survival...Categorized as:
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My Rotten Love Life by Lyra Winters
It’d been three years since my world ended in more ways than one.Not only had I found my best friend in bed with my boyfriend, but I ran out of the house, straight into the freaking zombie apocalypse. To escape becoming a walking corpse, I teamed up with the two who had betrayed me the most, and we fought our way to my parents’ off-grid ranch... -
Mated to the Lion by Serena Vale
Rated: 3.60 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsBBW + Sexy Lion Shifter = Hot Shifter Romance Kaeden Everett is a Lion shifter with a deep love for his family, even if they do get on his nerves. As the oldest out of three young cubs that had been orphaned and left on their own, he grew up with a keen sense of responsibility. As the population of Lion shifters start to decline due to a genetic anomaly, he sees it as his duty to search out Dr... -
Time Enough for Love: Reissue originally published 1997 by Suzanne Brockmann
Rated: 3.72 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMaggie Winthrop honestly would’ve remembered if she’d met Chuck Della Croce before. He’s outrageously tall, dark, and handsome—and completely naked—as he pounds on her backdoor, calling for her to let him in. He know things about Maggie that he shouldn’t. And when he tells he’s a time-traveler, and that they’re close friends seven years in the future, she’s ready to call the police...Categorized as:
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The Vampires Will Save You by Rebecca F. Kenney
So... I didn't handle the zombie apocalypse well.I used to be a third-grade teacher, but since the Gorging, my life has been...kinda rotten. I lost my group to the undead, became indebted to one of the gangs, and now I've been sold as a blood-slave.My new owner is Atlan, one of the vampire warriors who guard Blue City's walls and defend us from the zombies...Categorized as:
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Fat Omega by Juniper Kerry
When she signed up for a reality tv show, Haven Avery was just looking for a way to pay off her debts. She never expected that her number might come up. Now she's living in a pack house with a ruthless feral alpha and a beta with a secret... and things are about to get intense.HavenFat girls like me don’t make the prime time hours on shows like Omega Girls... -
Water Witch by Thea Atkinson
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen a witch can't control her own power, someone will certainly control her. ALAYSHA is a unique witch reared to be the tool of Sarum's Emir--who just happens to be her own father--to conquer and plunder lesser tribes, bringing them into the city as chattel for its citizens to own and exploit in their own turn...Categorized as:
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Happy Birthday to Me by Anne Tenino
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsPart of the First Time For Everything Daily Dose 2011 collectionJames doesn’t usually remember things like birthdays, but his boyfriend Matt doesn’t mind, because he knows how much he means to James. Today is the special day, though, and Matt’s going to get what he really wants: a spanking... -
Oliver by Roxie McClaine
Rated: 3.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA prototype with a fierce primary directive: protect her.Oliver is a super-computer built inside a supermodel body. He is top-of-the-line, one of BioNex Corp’s most luxurious android models. When he’s finally activated from a prolonged sleep in the back store because of a packaging error, he’s eager to please his new owner in every way possible...Categorized as:
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Risky Maneuvers by Barbara Sheridan, Aleksandr Voinov
Rated: 3.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNot currently available for purchase.D, a former US Army captain, and Mikhail, a seductive Russian mercenary who wants to retire, join forces in a clandestine CIA op, battling both their mutual desires and an enemy who gives new meaning to the term WTF... -
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Divine and Dateless by Tara West
Rated: 3.62 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsDivine and Dateless by Tara West Good girls go to heaven. Bad girls go all the way.. -
Agnarr's Teacher by Jenifer Wood
PIPERI was only expecting a delivery of toothbrushes, but found myself face-to-face with an alien, not an Amazon delivery person. Abducted, I woke up on Niflheim, a heavily forested planet far away from home. Dumped here because my anxiety meds made me unworthy of my captors’ plans. I’m surrounded by friendly and well-meaning orkin who, unfortunately, have little experience with anxiety...Categorized as:
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The Deja Glitch by Holly James
To break out of a 24-hour time loop, all Jack needs is for Gemma to fall in love with him in a single day. All Gemma needs is to remember him first . . . Gemma Peters is doing fine. She’s making a name for herself in the L.A. music biz as a radio producer. She’s got a ride-or-die best friend in Lila, and she gets to come home to Rex, her loving Labrador, every night...Categorized as:
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Claimed By The Cthulhu by Wendi Gogh
MONSTER SPEED DATING—sounds fun, right? Except my life as a marine biologist takes a slippery turn when I mistake a cthulhu for an octopus, only to find him seated across from me on date night. Now, every time I turn around, he’s there. Watching. Winking. Waiting until I succumb to his charm. But I’m not ready for love...Categorized as:
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Better Luck Next Time by Cara Bastone, Mae Whitman
Two frenemies find a surprising second chance in this timeslip rom-com, starring Mae Whitman ( Parenthood ), Colin Woodell ( The Flight Attendant ), and a full cast.Mona and Duncan used to be best friends. Now they can’t stand each other. Too bad that’s not a good enough excuse to miss their two families’ annual trip to the cabin...
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