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The Bones Beneath My Skin by T.J. Klune
In the spring of 1995, Nate Cartwright has lost everything: his parents are dead, his older brother wants nothing to do with him, and he's been fired from his job as a journalist in Washington DC. With nothing left to lose, he returns to his family's summer cabin outside the small mountain town of Roseland, Oregon to try and find some sense of direction. The cabin should be empty. It's not...Categorized as:
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![Captain Vorpatril's Alliance by Lois McMaster Bujold]()
Captain Vorpatril's Alliance by Lois McMaster Bujold
Captain Ivan Vorpatril is happy with his relatively uneventful bachelor's life of a staff officer to a Barrayaran admiral. Ivan, cousin to Imperial troubleshooter Miles Vorkosigan, is not far down the hereditary list for the emperorship. Thankfully, new heirs have directed that headache elsewhere, leaving Ivan to enjoy his life on Komarr, far from the Byzantine court politics of his home system...Categorized as:
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![Concealed in Death by J.D. Robb]()
Concealed in Death by J.D. Robb
The incomparable J. D. Robb presents the latest moving and suspenseful novel in the #1 New York Times –bestselling Eve Dallas series. In a decrepit and long-empty New York building, a man begins the demolition process by swinging a sledgehammer into a wall. When the dust clears, he finds two skeletons wrapped in plastic behind it...Categorized as:
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Prodigal by Tana Stone
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsDark. Deadly. Vengeful. The terrifying Vandar raiders with their menacing warbirds, lethal battle axes, and slashing tails are back—and they’re on the hunt for revenge.Life as a female fighter pilot with the Valox resistance isn't always easy, but it gets much worse when my ship dies on a solo mission... -
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Malakaz by Hope Hart
Rated: 4.69 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsI landed on Brexos with fire in my heart and vengeance running through my veins.On that strange planet, I met its unofficial ruler—an alien who infuriated and captivated me in equal measure.Autocrat. Dictator. Control freak. Malakaz.We agreed to ignore this thing between us. Agreed to dismiss our chemistry and focus on all of the reasons we despise each other instead.But then I was taken...Categorized as:
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Born in Death by J.D. Robb
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 62 ratingsEve Dallas has a grisly double homicide to solve when two young lovers—both employees of the same prestigious accounting firm—are brutally killed on the same night. It doesn't leave Eve a lot of leftover time to put together a baby shower for her buddy Mavis, but that's supposedly what friends are for. Now Mavis needs another favor...Categorized as:
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Prince by Tana Stone
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe alien prince is on the hunt for revenge. And buying me is part of his master plan.I was safe hiding on the outskirts of the galaxy and singing in a dingy nightclub. Until the menacing alien prince with the platinum hair and claiming gaze bought my debt. Now I’m traveling on his ship as his guide while he searches for vengeance... -
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Combust by Tana Stone
The Drexian warrior is brooding and mysterious--and he's claimed me as his tribute.When I don't marry his nephew, I have no idea I'm still promised to Zoran's clan. Imagine my shock when the dark and imposing alien informs me that he will be taking me as his tribute bride--and taking me back to the Drexian home world with him...Categorized as:
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Legend by Tana Stone
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsThe silver fox Drexian is exactly my type. If only I didn’t want to kill him.The Academy’s security chief is gruff and grizzled and makes no secret of his disdain for humans at the ancient school, especially females. Which is why I never should have let him get under my skin. I never should have challenged him to a card game. But once he accepted, I couldn’t back down...Categorized as:
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![Strangers in Death by J.D. Robb]()
Strangers in Death by J.D. Robb
The new novel in the #1 New York Times-bestselling series. Technology may be different in 2060 New York, yet the city is still a place of many cultures and great divides. But as ever, some murders receive more attention than others—especially those in which the victim is a prominent businessman, found in his Park Avenue apartment, tied to the bed—and strangled—with cords of black velvet...Categorized as:
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![Alien Storm by Ursa Dax]()
Alien Storm by Ursa Dax
“I will make my human mate see that I am strong enough to win her. Even if she makes me feel weak for the first time in my life…”STEPHANIETrue love is a concept I’ve never trusted. So, this whole alien fated mates thing? It makes no sense. The fact that the Vrika apparently chose the absolute worst partner for me only proves that the fated mate bond is all kinds of messed up... -
![His Human Socialite by Michele Mills]()
His Human Socialite by Michele Mills
I’ve been set up on a blind date with a Hyrrokin named Idun Grindstone?Noooo. This will never work!How can a human who is set to gain a significant inheritance have anything in common with a foul-mouthed, satanic-looking security specialist? Smoke regularly wafts out of this guy’s nostrils and his shiny barbed tail juts out in the air behind him as he prowls across the military hanger...Categorized as:
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![Winterfair Gifts by Lois McMaster Bujold]()
Winterfair Gifts by Lois McMaster Bujold
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 42 ratingsMiles Vorkosigan and his fiancée Ekaterin are enjoying the Winterfair festivities and wedding gifts on their home planet Barrayar, but Miles’ enemies are at work. Sergeant Taura, a genetically engineered young woman Miles befriended, helps uncover the sinister plot. A double dose of romance enlivens this delightful novella in the New York Times bestselling Vorkosigan saga... -
![Cetaganda by Lois McMaster Bujold]()
Cetaganda by Lois McMaster Bujold
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 49 ratingsThe fifth installment of the Hugo-award winning adventures of Miles Vorkosigan.In this novel Miles Vorkosigan and his cousin Ivan travel to Cetaganda, the long-standing enemy of Barrayar, to represent their Barrayar at the funeral of the mother of the Cetagandan emperor... -
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![Caveman Alien’s Fate by Calista Skye]()
Caveman Alien’s Fate by Calista Skye
BeatriceI’m walking into a dragon’s lair.He’s the biggest, mightiest and most horrific dragon on pre-historic planet Xren. He can burn me to a crisp or rip me to shreds with his butcher-knife claws.My knees threaten to buckle with each step, and I’m inwardly screaming at myself to get the hell away and run.But someone has to do it. And this is not the first time I meet this dragon... -
![Diplomatic Immunity by Lois McMaster Bujold]()
Diplomatic Immunity by Lois McMaster Bujold
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 46 ratingsReturning from their honeymoon on Earth, Miles and Ekaterin stop at one of the asteroid-based habitats informally known as Quaddiespace (see FALLING FREE), where Miles is sent to defuse an incident between a Barryaran military command and the local police... -
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CryoBurn by Lois McMaster Bujold
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 44 ratingsKibou-daini is a planet obsessed with cheating death. Barrayaran Imperial Auditor Miles Vorkosigan can hardly disapprove—he’s been cheating death his whole life, on the theory that turnabout is fair play... -
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Alien Warrior Untamed by Ava Ross
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsShe's fated to be mine, but the world is determined to steal her away.When I was twelve, I was forced to watch as an invader killed everyone I loved. He captured me and took me to the chamber, where he tortured me and the other males, desperate to twist us into a beastly army. He may have turned me into a monster, but I refused to give into his demands... -
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Alien Warrior Unbeaten by Ava Ross
Can a stoic alien warrior melt the heart of his Earthling fated mate?After my mother gave me to the Shiedar invaders as a child, they took me to a place where screams of pain echoed around me. The leader tortured me and other young males I soon called my brothers. In his determination to twist me into a feral warrior, the leader turned me into a beast... -
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Seduce by Tana Stone
I thought being kidnapped by vile, alien slavers was bad enough. Then I woke up on a lust moon.I know all about the Xulonian recreation moons, but I’d hoped to end up on the hunting one. As a security officer for the empire, I know how to fight. I am not prepared to wake up practically naked on a strange island...Categorized as:
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![Caveman Alien’s Cage by Calista Skye]()
Caveman Alien’s Cage by Calista Skye
He tied me up and put me in a cage. I should hate him.So why can’t I look away from his twitching pants?Morfan’ox is the most striking warrior in his caveman tribe.Supremely confident, eight feet tall, with bright green stripes and muscles from here to Earth, he moves like he owns this deadly alien jungle.I’ve barely talked to him, but he’s always on my mind.But his tribe and mine are enemies...Categorized as:
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![Oh No, I Shot A Spaceship And Kissed An Alien Cyberchef by Kate Sinner]()
Oh No, I Shot A Spaceship And Kissed An Alien Cyberchef by Kate Sinner
Nothing says 'five-star hospitality' quite like accidentally blasting an alien ship out of the sky.Welcome to my life at the Alien Hotel. My days are a delightful cocktail of wrestling with the demonic NutriSynth, dodging kitchen fires, and trying not to murder our cyborg chef, Nelan. Did I mention he's irritatingly handsome? Because that's totally irrelevant and not at all distracting...Categorized as:
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![Reever: An Enemies to Lovers Fake Mate Alien Abduction Romance by Alana Khan]()
Reever: An Enemies to Lovers Fake Mate Alien Abduction Romance by Alana Khan
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAfter overhearing Reever’s predicament, abducted Earth girl Shiloh offers to be the handsome jerk’s fake mate. She never dreamed the mating ceremony would be so intimate… or would set her body on fire...Categorized as:
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Alien Betrayed by Julie K. Cohen
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsTrust no one…. Not the Brotherhood… nor the enticing human female working for them.RemmikovTrust no one. It’s a motto Remmikov has lived by since before the war. Now, he’s been framed for the bombings in Zyan’s capital and he is on the run from his own people. As the son of a traitor, no one will believe he’s innocent...Categorized as:
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![Pursued by Tana Stone]()
Pursued by Tana Stone
As the empire’s most ruthless female assassin, I’m used to killing without a second thought. But I’ve never infiltrated a raider horde before. Or seduced after a vicious Vandar warlord.When I contrive to be captured by the raiders who terrorize the galaxy, my plan is to seduce Raas Bron before I assassinate him... -
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Charlie's Order by Miranda Martin
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsHe's a member of the enemy Order, but his dragon staked its claim and he killed a Brother to defend me...CharlieI’m a scientist. Logic has always gotten me through, but there's no logic to love. Lusting over the alpha, domineering alien dragon man, sure, makes sense. But instant love? Fated mates? Impossible.Besides, he’s a member of the evil Order...Categorized as:
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![Playing Their Parts by Evangeline Anderson, Reese Dante]()
Playing Their Parts by Evangeline Anderson, Reese Dante
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTwo detectives, hot on the heels of a killer...Undercover as adult actors on the wild planet of BachanaliusWill Steel and Cassie find passion while...PLAYING THEIR PARTS?Cassandra Steel and Commander Stone are a unique pair. Together, they comprise the first human/Kindred detective team on the Tampa PD... -
![Forever Askole by Gail Koger]()
Forever Askole by Gail Koger
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMy name is Ella McAllister, I’m a psychic witch and a healer. My life is kinda nuts. Not only do I have the Coletti hunters chasing me, but now I also have a very determined Askole High Commander after me. Why? I shot his ship down and it crash landed, and it blew up. Yep, itty-bitty pieces everywhere... -
![Dropping the Ball by Merry Farmer]()
Dropping the Ball by Merry Farmer
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsThe second part of this passionate silver fox romantasy series, set in a wholly new Regency England …Whoever marries last will inherit a cursed castle and this Lord has the perfect plan...Categorized as:
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![Domesticating the Alien by Ava Ross]()
Domesticating the Alien by Ava Ross
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsI’ve been hired to teach an alien warrior social skills to woo a mate. But now he’s trying to woo me.When the elderly duchess I cared for dies, her slimy son—my ex—tells me he wants me back. Um, no. I flee and at the Intergalactic Employment Agency, I’m offered a job teaching an alien warlord sophistication so he can woo a mate at the upcoming Match-Mating Soiree... -
![You Belong to Me by Johanna Lindsey]()
You Belong to Me by Johanna Lindsey
In all the world, no man exists who can tame Alexandra Rubilov. A fiery and beautiful free-thinker, Alex's steadfast refusal to marry has frustrated her hapless father... -
![Romancing the Alpha: An Action-Adventure Romance Boxed Set by Zoe York, Ruby Lionsdrake]()
Romancing the Alpha: An Action-Adventure Romance Boxed Set by Zoe York, Ruby Lionsdrake
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA multi-author anthology of action-packed adventure novellas. Let the adrenaline flow! ***ZOE YORK, RUBY LIONSDRAKE, ZARA KEANE, ANNA HACKETT, EMBER CASEY, ANNA LOWE, SADIE HALLER, LYN BRITTAN, LYDIA ROWAN, A.J... -
![The Game Is Afoot by Elise Bryant]()
The Game Is Afoot by Elise Bryant
A clever and hilarious new mystery about a mother who thinks she has to do it all—even solve a murder—from the author of It's ElementaryAfter rage quitting her job, Mavis finally has time to get all the rest she’s been putting off. Or she should have the time. Hypothetically. Except she’s taken on a new Supermom...Categorized as:
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![His Human Librarian by Michele Mills]()
His Human Librarian by Michele Mills
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsGet Sten Flagstone's HEA - An enemies to lovers romance! Author's His Human Librarian is #13 in the Monsters Love Curvy Girls series but can be read as a standalone! Flagstone Fire Ranch Reading His Human Runaway #11 - Thorn & MicaHer Alien Husband (Monster Bites novella) - Burl & LucyHis Human Rebel #12- Rake & StellaHis Human Librarian #13 - Sten & Taylor**Erid's HEA... -
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Vikingr by Skye MacKinnon
He’s an alien Viking . . . She has no intentions of being his captive . . .Njal enjoys the life of a ruthless Vikingr captain: eat, drink and pillage to his heart's content. Then he and his crew of warriors get the worst possible news: their planet is destroyed.If their species is to survive, they must claim females to breed offspring...Categorized as:
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![Oh No, I Got Myself Abducted And Kissed An Alien Pirate by Kate Sinner]()
Oh No, I Got Myself Abducted And Kissed An Alien Pirate by Kate Sinner
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsNothing says 'surprise' quite like being nabbed by a pirate from another planet.He calls himself a merchant, but who’s he kidding? Those off-limits areas in his ship aren’t for storing harmless space trinkets. I’m pretty sure he’s a pirate. He’s even got a swashbuckling swagger that may or may not show off his perfect backside, of all things.I get it - a guy with a dark past is trouble...Categorized as:
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![Ravaged World by Ava Ross]()
Ravaged World by Ava Ross
She came to me when I needed her most, and it will kill me to let her go.When my ship crashed on a long-abandoned planet, I barely survived. Before the ship’s computer failed, it rebuilt me, crafting my shattered body into a half-cyborg being. I’m a monster who’s barely living...Categorized as:
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![Better Than Friends by Jill Shalvis]()
Better Than Friends by Jill Shalvis
Old flames reignite in Sunrise Cove in this charming enemies-to-lovers, second-chance, small-town, forced-proximity love story about family, friendships, and true love from New York Times bestselling author Jill Shalvis.When Olive Porter’s off-the-grid parents go missing, she reluctantly seeks out Noah Turner, her ex and the only person she both trusts implicitly and not at all...Categorized as:
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![Alice Chen's Reality Check by Kara Loo, Jennifer Young]()
Alice Chen's Reality Check by Kara Loo, Jennifer Young
Love is hell, even in paradise. A reality show contestant must fake date her rival while solving a murder in this sizzling romcom set on a tropical island.Perfect for fans of Dial A for Aunties and One to Watch, this swoonworthy rivals-to-lovers romance with a murder mystery twist is your next must-read.Alice Chen doesn’t believe in true love, but she does believe in cold, hard cash...Categorized as:
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![And Then There Was the One by Martha Waters]()
And Then There Was the One by Martha Waters
From Martha Waters, the author of the “enchanting” (Entertainment Weekly) Regency Vows series, a new historical romance set in 1930s England with a murder mystery twist. In a quaint village in the Cotswolds, Georgiana Radcliffe has accidentally become an amateur detective after helping solve four murders in a single year...Categorized as:
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![Possessed by the Alien Prince by Krista Luna]()
Possessed by the Alien Prince by Krista Luna
I dare not trust my fated mate. Yet I cannot resist. I must claim her. TANDY: I’m an elite soldier, willing to make tough decisions, but I sure didn’t shoot down the varoolian king’s shuttle. Only, the fierce alien warriors don’t believe me. To preserve peace between our species, I’ll do anything—even marry one of them. When I offer myself up, I’m stunned that the gorgeous prince claims me... -
![A Proposal to Die For by Molly Harper]()
A Proposal to Die For by Molly Harper
A fast-paced, witty, and delightful new mystery about a marriage proposal planner whose biggest job yet is threatened by a dead body (or two).Jessamine Bricker loves a plan. Contingency plans and pros-and-cons lists are her love language, and because of that, her proposal planning business is thriving...Categorized as:
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![Matchmaking for Psychopaths by Tasha Coryell]()
Matchmaking for Psychopaths by Tasha Coryell
Rated: 3.84 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsLove is a dangerous game when your clients are killers…from the bestselling author behind Love Letters to a Serial Killer.When Lexie's fiancé runs off with her so-called best friend on her birthday, her carefully crafted fairy-tale life shatters. Having survived horrors in her past, she was determined to finally get her happily-ever-after—and she's not giving up yet... -
![Lonely Beard by Cassie Mint]()
Lonely Beard by Cassie Mint
I came to this mountain for market research. Now I’m sheltering from a storm with a bearded grump. Aiden McCrae has an attitude problem. Hey, maybe that’s why he can’t keep a mail order bride—but when I lose my cool and suggest that to him, waving my clipboard on his deck, he sends me away without another word.I don’t get far, though... -
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![Bluebird by Ciel Pierlot]()
Bluebird by Ciel Pierlot
Lesbian gunslinger fights spies in space!Three factions vie for control of the galaxy. Rig, a gunslinging, thieving, rebel with a cause, doesn’t give a damn about them and she hasn’t looked back since abandoning her faction three years ago. That is, until her former faction sends her a message: return what she stole from them, or they’ll kill her twin sister... -
![Her Alien Bully by Michele Mills]()
Her Alien Bully by Michele Mills
He sat behind me in Intergalactic High School, pulling on my braids with silver-tipped claws. Knocking my books to the ground and smoke-laughing at my dismay. He was always there, lurking around, scaring away all my possible dates...Categorized as:
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![The Wrong Stars by Tim Pratt]()
The Wrong Stars by Tim Pratt
Rated: 3.76 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsA ragtag crew of humans and posthumans discover alien technology that could change the fate of humanity… or awaken an ancient evil and destroy all life in the galaxy.The shady crew of the White Raven run freight and salvage at the fringes of our solar system... -
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Christie, Agatha - Murder in the Mews by Christie Agatha
Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars · 38 ratingsLibrarian's note: this entry is for the collection of four short stories by the author. Entries for each of the stories, including the title one, can be found elsewhere on Goodreads...Categorized as:
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![The Backtrack by Erin La Rosa]()
The Backtrack by Erin La Rosa
Life, rewound … Nearly twenty years ago, Sam Leto left her small hometown of Tybee Island, Georgia, to pursue her dreams of becoming a pilot. While she’d prefer to keep flying away from her painful childhood memories, her beloved grandmother Pearl decides it’s time to sell the family home. Reluctantly, Sam is summoned back to pack up the house... -
![The Usual Family Mayhem by HelenKay Dimon]()
The Usual Family Mayhem by HelenKay Dimon
Rated: 3.57 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsRevenge is a dish best served cold—especially when it comes in the form of one of Grandma’s “special” pies. Get the best of family hijinks, girl power, and hilariously justifiable crime in the latest novel from award-winning author HelenKay Dimon.Kasey Nottingham needs a splashy idea at her company where they find and develop the next big thing for investors—her job depends on it...
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