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Control by Manna Francis
Power Writes Its Own RulesGaining it, keeping it, or losing it, control is more than just a game--it's a critical tool for survival. No more so than in the Administration, where the Investigation and Interrogation Division's Val Toreth faces professional and personal hazards every day... -
![Breaking Jade by Quil Carter]()
Breaking Jade by Quil Carter
Skyfall, the only city that King Silas spared when he started the Fallocaust. It is a safe haven from the radiation, and a place where there is plant life, electricity, protection; things never seen or felt in the lawless, savage greywastes. In Skyfall lives a teenager named Jade, born and raised in the 'slum district' Moros by an insane mother... -
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![Vrexus by Olivia Riley]()
Vrexus by Olivia Riley
Lee thinks she's safe in the silver city, safe from the monsters. But she's wrong.While on a mission for the alliance, Lee Reimer, a politician's daughter, celebrates a newly made pact with an alien race, unaware a vicious beast stalks nearby, ready to steal her away... -
![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... -
![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... -
![Devil May Hunt by Chani Lynn Feener]()
Devil May Hunt by Chani Lynn Feener
Brennon Cree made a mistake. Hitting on his best friend was the worst thing he's ever done, and he doesn't exactly have a squeaky-clean record. When he's given a chance to move on, he makes another mistake and seizes the opportunity. Which lands him in the bed of an alpha from another planet. Gunho Idris is hiding because of his rut...Categorized as:
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![Caged by Manna Francis]()
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
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsAnother short story in The Administration series.Toreth takes Warrick shopping for something a bit more lucrative... -
![Surprises by Manna Francis]()
Surprises by Manna Francis
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsAnother short story from The Administration series. Toreth meets Warrick's ex wife and things get even more steamy in the bedroom... -
![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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![All Work And No Play by Manna Francis]()
All Work And No Play by Manna Francis
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsAnother short story in The Administration series.New juniors are coming in at I&I and Warrick is severely distracted by work... -
![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... -
![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...Categorized as:
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![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... -
![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...Categorized as:
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![War for Earth by Erin Raegan]()
War for Earth by Erin Raegan
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsThree weeks ago, an alien species called the Vitat, invaded the earth. They broke through the earth’s atmosphere and decimated the human population in moments. Their goal? Nothing but destruction and to feed their endless appetites. Their hive queen orbits earth in their warship, waiting until her hive have taken over the planet and she can consume earth’s sun to grow her massive hive...Categorized as:
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![Losing It by Manna Francis]()
Losing It by Manna Francis
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsAnother short story in The Administration series.Toreth and Warrick go out to a corporate party. Toreth lets his jealousy rule him... -
![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...Categorized as:
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![Succession by Alicia Cameron]()
Succession by Alicia Cameron
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsAfter the news breaks about Cashiel Michaud’s involvement in research to undermine the Demoted system, he and Sascha find themselves detained as their legal case develops. Separated, they work from both sides to get released, making sacrifices and arrangements along the way... -
![Destiny Falling by Lucy Regatta]()
Destiny Falling by Lucy Regatta
The year is 2121 and Earth is unrecognizable after a virus wiped out most of the human race. Women are the ruling power, while fertile men are on the brink of extinction. A powerful Coalition has taken control of much of the known world, maintaining a strict classification system. All surviving males are owned by the state and used for breeding purposes. No man is free.It’s a new world order... -
![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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![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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![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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![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... -
![Sedition by Alicia Cameron]()
Sedition by Alicia Cameron
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsSascha’s world changed when Cashiel Michaud bought him, rescuing him from a brothel and a life of torture. They developed a sexual relationship, but can their relationship amount to more than that? Deceit, lies, and political scandal color not only their world, but their relationship, and dark figures from both men’s pasts threaten to intrude on the few moments of peace they have... -
![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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![Blood & Circuses by Manna Francis]()
Blood & Circuses by Manna Francis
It's set to be a busy autumn in New London and beyond. With the ripples of the revolt still running through the European Administration, Val Toreth is slowly settling into the new flat he shares with Keir Warrick. But on orders from the very highest levels of the Administration, Toreth finds himself leaving his regular beat far behind and heading over the Atlantic to Washington D.C... -
![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... -
![Gee by Manna Francis]()
Gee by Manna Francis
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsAnother short story in The Administration series.Toreth and Sara run into Gee, who Toreth knew when he was fifteen... -
![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... -
![Their Human Captive by Maria Monroe]()
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...Categorized as:
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![Unlucky Break by Manna Francis]()
Unlucky Break by Manna Francis
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsShort story based on The Administration series. Warrick breaks his wrist while with Toreth. They have some explaining to do at the hospital... -
![Dragon in the Dark by Evangeline Anderson, Reese Dante]()
Dragon in the Dark by Evangeline Anderson, Reese Dante
A Drake warrior brooding in the DarkA woman whose unique powers are just coming to LightCan they survive the dangers of a hostile planet together?Find out in…Dragon in the Dark*This is a Plus length novel--115,000 words long* Dr... -
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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...Categorized as:
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![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... -
![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.. -
![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... -
![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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![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... -
![Claimed by Chloe Kent]()
Claimed by Chloe Kent
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThey bought her. Now they will breed her.Even with Earth devastated by an asteroid impact and a tyrant ruling with an iron fist, Skyler Williams is still shocked when she suddenly awakens on another world, naked and on display for three alarmingly sexy aliens... -
![The Golden Line by Addison Cain]()
The Golden Line by Addison Cain
They call me brutal. They call me unrepentant. They call me possessive. I am all these things and much worse. But to her, I will be conqueror. The Golden Line is a dark, sinister Omegaverse romance for those with twisted tastes and a love for delicious villains. Complete power exchange dominates these pages, as does an attentive Alpha hero you will adore... -
![Matched to Xycho by C.Y. Croc]()
Matched to Xycho by C.Y. Croc
Beauty and the Beast type alien romance. With monstrous romantic suspense, action and adventure, some dark moments...and a giggle or two.More than anything, I want to work my own space station.To do that, I'm required to join the internal dating app of the space company I work for.Today I received confirmation of a possible space station placement. I'm practically jumping around my cabin with joy...Categorized as:
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![The Beast by Jenny Foster]()
The Beast by Jenny Foster
Rated: 3.56 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsA human female. A ruthless alien. A dangerous beast she awakens inside of him. His name is Ar’Van. He is the best hunter money can buy. Tall, dangerous, non-human – and the last of his kind. When a new assignment brings him to Earth, he doesn’t expect much resistance. The women he is supposed to deliver to the warlord of the Qua’Hathri are easy targets... -
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![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...Categorized as:
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![Wrecked by Loki Renard]()
Wrecked by Loki Renard
She was intended for the auction block. Now she is mine.Aspel didn't even have a name when I plucked her from the wreckage of the Vargon ship. The beautiful little human was meant to be sold, but there is no need to find a buyer for her anymore.She belongs to me now.Aspel has never known freedom, but having tasted it for a moment she will always long for it. She will need to be broken of that... -
![Bound by C.R. Jane, Mila Young]()
Bound by C.R. Jane, Mila Young
They came to earth. They destroyed my life, took those closest to me, and now they’re set on making me their own. Ella Monroe has only one goal in life. To survive. Trapped in a world that’s been taken over, Ella is reminded daily of everything that she has lost because of the Vepar... -
![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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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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![Tribute by Sophie Kisker]()
Tribute by Sophie Kisker
Meena is Trapped in a Dark Alien NightmareKazir is supposed to be a sanctuary for the weary, desperate humans. But the alien race that already occupies the planet demands a terrible sacrifice to let them stay.Mena is that sacrifice.Now she belongs to a harsh alien master, destined for a future of suffering. And yet, bending to his demands strikes a chord of desire that she doesn't understand...
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