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  • The Kurtherian Endgame Boxed Set by Michael Anderle

    The Kurtherian Endgame Boxed Set by Michael Anderle

    Rated: 4.74 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    An alien race attacked her people… they wanted her world. Now, payback is coming after them. And she’s a bitch in every sense of the word. Bethany Anne Nacht was changed on Earth almost two hundred years in the past. The Kurtherians engage in the cosmic great game, where whole worlds are torn asunder in their efforts to prove their own supremacy...
  • Conquering the Alien Commander by Bella Blair

    Conquering the Alien Commander by Bella Blair

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Whatever it takes, I will never leave HER! ASHLEY: Taken by the Cryons during a rescue mission gone wrong, I thought my life was over. I prepared myself to die on an alien planet, swearing I would take some of the hateful Cryons with me. But a chance to escape leads me right into the arms of the Pandraxian’s superior commander, who claims I’m his mekarry—soulmate...
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  • Claimed by Cipher by Lolita Lopez

    Claimed by Cipher by Lolita Lopez

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    After spending all of her life working in the mines, Brook jumps at the chance to earn a one-way ticket to the colonies. All she has to do is provide some maps and plant some explosives to help the sky warriors rescue one of their operatives. Easy enough, right? But what should have been a simple mission spirals into a fight for her life when she discovers a stolen stash of nerve gas in the mine...
  • Stolen by the Zandian by Renee Rose, Rebel West

    Stolen by the Zandian by Renee Rose, Rebel West

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    STOLEN FROM AUCTION. Khrys. My career is on the line here. King Zander demoted me. The planet is in crisis over a viral epidemic affecting the human half-breeds. If I could get my hands on the genetically modified human. she could be the answer to both problems. But I didn’t expect to fall for the feisty little female. who stole my heart while I stole her body. Kailani. I’m an upgraded human...
  • Caged by the Alien by Tammy Walsh

    Caged by the Alien by Tammy Walsh

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    I’m trapped in a room with an alien Adonis. And 100 billion viewers are watching. Two weeks ago, I was abducted by aliens. Now I’m trapped in a room with four walls and no door. I’m scared. I’m alone. And there’s no chance of escape. Then he appears out of nowhere. A Greek god with an ass to match. We try to escape but our efforts are thwarted. In a moment of weakness, we kiss...
  • Her Alien Marriage Dilemma by Eva O'Hare

    Her Alien Marriage Dilemma by Eva O'Hare

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    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...
  • His Little Hessonite by Paige Michaels

    His Little Hessonite by Paige Michaels

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    It’s Clara’s turn to find out what it means to have a Papi of her own. Clara has been sick for months. The doctors haven’t been able to pinpoint what’s wrong with her. But it’s her birthday, and her friends have taken her out for a night of entertainment at Club Zoom. As soon as they enter the club, Clara faints. Little does she know her life is about to irrevocably change...
  • Brak by Kenzie Kelly

    Brak by Kenzie Kelly

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 8 ratings
    She expected a boring post babysitting scientists. She got an intergalactic war and a one-way trip to a distant universe. Space marine Anela was shuffled off to the U. N. station Shangris after accidentally punching a superior officer during a bar fight. They thought they were punishing her, relegating her to a career languishing under monotonous patrols and tedious paperwork...
  • Spellbound by Kali Argent

    Spellbound by Kali Argent

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Agreeing to live on Earth with his sister might have been the biggest mistake of Sentry Xi Moonmist’s very long life. Far away from his home world, he has no duties to perform, no job to do. He has no purpose. Worse, his magic is fading, turning against him, and even the smallest of spells has unpredictable consequences. Everything changed for Cynda Vargas the day her fathers died...
  • The Grinch Who Stole Orcmas by Alana Khan

    The Grinch Who Stole Orcmas by Alana Khan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When a grumpy orc firefighter meets a Christmas-obsessed human, sparks fly as snarky words and opposite worlds collide. Joy. I've always believed in the magic of Christmas, but I never expected it to arrive in the form of a scowling, green-skinned volunteer...
  • Arik / Jett / Zyon by Tasha Black

    Arik / Jett / Zyon by Tasha Black

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    If you like strong women, dragon-shifting warriors, adorable baby aliens, wild adventures, steamy sensual scenes, and happily-ever-afters, then you’ll love exploring exotic frontier worlds with the Alien Adoption Agency! This exclusive collection includes all three dragon-shifting warrior romances that take place on the frontier moon of Atropos:. Arik:...
  • I, High Commander by Lexa Luthor

    I, High Commander by Lexa Luthor

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Kal may be Charlie’s true mate, but she is the High Commander first. Another but fonder memory from Kal’s old life returns to her. However, her duties as the High Commander takes priority especially with the Sworne in the galaxy. Kal takes steps toward finding alliances that could help save Kander.
  • Complete Beast Mates Series by Milana Jacks

    Complete Beast Mates Series by Milana Jacks

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Years after the Great Nuclear War, the Beasts from planet Tineya landed and occupied Earth. Now, they search the human Communities for their one true mate. 1. Blind Beast Mate: Rey has been sold to one of the alien Beasts that now rule the Earth. If the towering, leather-clad Alpha discovers his prize is blind, he could kill her with a flick of his claw. Or worse, send her home. 2...
  • Roan by Luna Hunter

    Roan by Luna Hunter

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    I only know two things for certain. My name is Roan. The small, pale, trembling human female in my arms is my soulmate. My dunatar. My everything. My mind is chaos. Pain and anger swirl around in a vortex with no memories to make sense of it all, but when Nova's close. .. all the pain goes away. Her touch, her scent, her taste. .. it makes everything better...
  • Primal by Laurie Roma

    Primal by Laurie Roma

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Reva Golaris is a Helios shifter who has lost everything. After her mother and two of her fathers were killed in a brutal attack on New Vega, she has no time to grieve. Her need to avenge their deaths drives her into a killing rage that no one can stop. Not even the one male she has dreamed of giving her heart to. .. the brother of her enemy...
  • Hungered by the Orc Hero by Celeste King

    Hungered by the Orc Hero by Celeste King

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    My body is the only thing I have. I won’t let anyone take that from me, too. In the Burning Sun Clan, human women are supposed to be safe. But there is a different kind of predator preying on us. An orc playboy who is determined to make use of all the girls on base. And his name is Vhala. He pursues me relentlessly, though I’m not interested. Until his kind heart starts to show through...
  • His Light in the Darkness by Anna Hackett

    His Light in the Darkness by Anna Hackett

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    A short story featuring a quiet moment between Marcus and Elle. This story fits into the Hell Squad timeline between the books Theron and Hemi.
  • Love You A Sloth by Lorelei M. Hart, Aria Grace

    Love You A Sloth by Lorelei M. Hart, Aria Grace

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    You can’t change the past. Darryl knows this all too well. Omega sloth shifter Torin has carved out a nice life for himself as owner of the River’s Edge Thrift Store. He gets to know everyone and helps them find just what they need among the “treasures” in his shop. It’s a calm and quiet existence, one his beast enjoys...
  • Azimuth by Arshad Ahsanuddin

    Azimuth by Arshad Ahsanuddin

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Edward has one chance to save a man he forgot he ever loved. All he has to do is destroy the world. The disastrous events of the Zenith mission behind them, Marty and Edward lead very different lives at either end of time. Martin has been tapped to lead an elite military operation designed to curtail and ultimately eliminate the threat of time travelers...
  • Garden of Spiders 2 House of Flies Volume 1 Part 1 by Quil Carter

    Garden of Spiders 2 House of Flies Volume 1 Part 1 by Quil Carter

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 5 ratings
    It's 187 A. F, six years after Sanguine's unexpected arrival, and Elish is mentally preparing himself to ask King Silas to marry him. However, it can be difficult to even get time with Silas considering the damn Beast Island Games are starting soon...
  • Her Alien Exchange by Sky Robert, S.M. McCoy

    Her Alien Exchange by Sky Robert, S.M. McCoy

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    She thought joining the alien exchange would only be for a year. .. Violet. Human Exchange Trade, HET, was my ticket off Earth. Leaving the planet to get away was probably an over correction and impulsive, but I needed a change. And what bigger change was there than to hop on a shuttle to a large spaceship that would take me to an alien host on the planet ASunGor for a year...
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  • Alien Noble's Pretty Human by Athena Storm

    Alien Noble's Pretty Human by Athena Storm

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    I didn’t want the baggage of being bound to someone else. So when I meet Lara and feel the bond calling me, I try to ignore it. Around her, though, my pulse is high and my resistance is low. And it’s not just the mountain that’s rock hard. I’m dying to explore her peaks and valleys. If she doesn’t kill me first. I can survive death-defying crags. But a fated mate? Throw me off the summit...
  • Warrior Saved by Alaska Jones

    Warrior Saved by Alaska Jones

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Life on Halia would've been perfect, if not for the alien boss from hell. He's huge, mean, and damaged. It's bad enough he oversees Elsa's work, but he's also her personal bodyguard and roommate. They're at each other's throats all day, but at night, with no one looking and the wine flowing, she can't stop staring at him...
  • Knight Awakening by Rebecca Zanetti

    Knight Awakening by Rebecca Zanetti

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    “Sexy, tough, and deftly sprinkled with dark humor. ” -- New York Times bestselling author Larissa Ione. The Line Between Obsession and Love has Disappeared. The world has changed. Any rules that might’ve been in place before the Scorpius bacterium ripped through civilization and decreased its population are no longer in place. Obsession and survival are the new reality...
  • Citrine by Kyla Breene

    Citrine by Kyla Breene

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Can hope and understanding forge an unlikely bond? Eli. In some sort of sick joke, I finally find the courage to give my stepfather exactly what he deserves, just to end up kidnapped, then stuck on an alien island with one of the most violent beings imaginable...
  • Secret Daughter for the Alien Dad by Athena Storm

    Secret Daughter for the Alien Dad by Athena Storm

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    I raised my daughter all on my own. And I don't need saving now! The moment I laid eyes on Dakari, I knew he'd own my heart. Then one day, war took him away. I thought I had lost him forever. I moved and tried to rebuild my life. Until the day he came back. It was the same day my daughter is stolen. I need to get her back. My love for Dakari is tinged with the terror at losing your child...
  • Khol by Ava Ross

    Khol by Ava Ross

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Can a single mom survive and find love in a new and exciting alien world? Nancy: One moment, I’m a single mom picking up my four-year-old daughter from daycare, the next, we’re shooting toward an alien planet in a space pod, crashing far from Earth. So much for giving my little girl the Christmas she’s been dreaming of. At this rate, we’ll be lucky to survive the next twenty-four hours...
  • Alien Warrior's Captive Bride by Juno Wells

    Alien Warrior's Captive Bride by Juno Wells

    Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Earth is no longer able to support human life, and trying to scratch out a meager existence is nearly impossible. Hope's been forced to sign up for an intergalactic brides program. And just when she finally finds a tolerable species willing to purchase her contract, her ship is hit by raiders, thrusting from one near disaster and into the heart of another...
  • 不死者 [Undead] by Huai Shang, 淮上

    不死者 [Undead] by Huai Shang, 淮上

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
  • A Baby for the Alien General by Luna Hunter

    A Baby for the Alien General by Luna Hunter

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A Sci-Fi Alien Romance. The dominant alien general needs a baby and his intense gaze is fixed on me. The scheming Uttux have made Dohan women infertile and now the proud warrior race is dying. Thokar saved me from the clutches of those same Uttux before they could run their creepy experiments on me. Now he wants to knock me up. I have no interest in being a baby factory for an alien warrior...
  • Mated to the Monster: Possessive Monster Romance Book with Aliens by Deiri Di

    Mated to the Monster: Possessive Monster Romance Book with Aliens by Deiri Di

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 6 ratings
    Lamia is ready to be matched. She’s done with bad dates, half-effort boyfriends, and the ticking clock of biology. Officially in the “geriatric pregnancy” category, she isn’t wasting another year on men who can’t commit. So she signs up for an alien matchmaking program that promises the perfect mate. A mate who’ll cherish her, adore her, and give her those alien babies she deserves...
  • A Christmas Cactus for the General (IMP Universe) by Angel Martinez

    A Christmas Cactus for the General (IMP Universe) by Angel Martinez

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    The planet is too warm, too wet, its people too strange, and yet the choice it simple. Adapt or die. Exiled to Earth for perhaps the worst failure in Irasolan history, General Teer must assimilate or die. Earth is too warm, too wet, too foreign, but he does the best he can even though human males are loud, childish louts whom he can't imitate successfully...
  • Claimed by the Alien Prince by Deiri Di

    Claimed by the Alien Prince by Deiri Di

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Abby has spent her whole life fading into the background. As much as one can when one towers over everyone else. Tall, lanky, and not even close to a basketball player she finds herself torn away from a lifetime of rejection based on the way that she looks, only to awaken in a cage. A cage with an alien. An Alien Prince who is so into her it is almost like he is on someth…...
  • Duric by Athena Storm

    Duric by Athena Storm

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    All your life, you’ve studied hard and advanced your career. And then you get shipped off to some aliens. Yeah, you’d be pretty b#! chy too…. It’s not like Daphne Moebius had any choice. As a member of the Interstellar Human Confederation, she has to go where she’s told. Even if that means helping a bunch of 7 foot tall, gorgeous, alpha aliens in their quest to rid the galaxy of evil...
  • My Lover, My Enemy by Tricia Owens

    My Lover, My Enemy by Tricia Owens

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 7 ratings
    Book 5 of Juxtapose City. Black might be a lieutenant and the leader of a special forces police team, but long ago he was something else, something worse. And now his past lovers have risen up to oppose him, becoming enemies where he thought he had allies. Calyx Starr's empathy is a curse rather than a gift, as he and Black struggle to survive conspiracies and obsession...
  • Warrior's Vow by Emma Alisyn, Starr Huntress

    Warrior's Vow by Emma Alisyn, Starr Huntress

    Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Terminally ill bride candidate + an alien wolf in doctor's clothing = healing that lasts longer than a lifetime. What can a Low Tier woman do when she's terminally ill? Enter an elite alien warrior training program thinking there is no way she will ever be chosen as a bride and mate...
  • Wild Pack by Deiri Di

    Wild Pack by Deiri Di

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    I didn't listen to my gut when it warned me not to go. Now I'm on a flight to Mars with no way back, and my new dream job looks like it is going to be less of a job, and more of a trafficking kind of situation. I'm stuck with the choice - do I run, do I fight, or do I stay to be a good little girl to my new master? Yeah right, I’m going to run for my life...
  • Moaning For The Monsters: A Halloween Monster Romance by Wendi Guff

    Moaning For The Monsters: A Halloween Monster Romance by Wendi Guff

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 9 ratings
    HAUNTED BY A CRUSH—sounds perfect for Halloween, right? Except I’ve been attracted to my two best friends for years, and my crush is turning into something more than just lust…. But I can’t be in love with the hunky Bigfoot and the brooding Mothman, not when my winged bestie also pines for our furry, behemoth friend...
  • Susie's Orc by Leigh Miller

    Susie's Orc by Leigh Miller

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I've got a crush on the orc from accounting. Jonah Greenwood. He's big, nerdy, and exactly my damn type. Well, he would be, if I'd only been able to work up the courage to ask him out at any point in the two years since I first met him...
  • Matriarch by Karen Traviss

    Matriarch by Karen Traviss

    Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    In thirty years, the invincible Eqbas will arrive at Earth to forcibly return the planet to what it once was—as retribution, in part, for the gethes' thoughtless near-extermination of an alien ocean-dwelling species. First, however, another world requires their the crowded, ecologically ravaged planet of the swarming, insect-like isenj...
  • Loving The Demon by Celeste King

    Loving The Demon by Celeste King

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    As a human woman on Protheka, I knew I’d always be someone’s property. But the demons taught me I could be even less. The demons of Ti’ilth who own me make my old dark elf masters look gentle. For the demons, I am an object. Not to be bought or sold, but worth less than that. I’m given away freely. And the prince Rej’thorek takes me greedily. He nearly breaks me right from the beginning...
  • Love Slaves of the Alphas: Volume 1 by Shannon West

    Love Slaves of the Alphas: Volume 1 by Shannon West

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    FIRST TIME IN ONE VOLUME!   Books One through Three of Shannon's acclaimed sci-fi series. Most Wanted (Book One). Hot porn star Ryan Henderson is desperate. On the run for a murder he didn’t commit, he tries to hide out by selling himself at an auction for love slaves...
  • Chosen by an Alien by Cassidy K. O'Connor, Kira G.

    Chosen by an Alien by Cassidy K. O'Connor, Kira G.

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Love, Lust, and Longing that is out of this world. This stellar set of steamy stories comes from the most sinful corners of space. .. Whether this collection of stories takes you for a journey across the galaxy or brings the alien oddities to Earth, you won't be left wanting. Do you like space pirates, enslaved planets, dying races, and forbidden romances? Then this boxed set is for you...
  • 这个Omega全异能免疫 This Omega is Immune to All Abilities by 吃青梅酱呀

    这个Omega全异能免疫 This Omega is Immune to All Abilities by 吃青梅酱呀

    Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    文案.   —妖艳贱货骚气攻X外萌内冷天然黑受.   作为“异能缺失症”患者,易嘉木无意中引起了顾夜笙的注意。.   全校避之不及的病娇美人捏着他的下颌:小朋友,以后我罩你。.   易嘉木想了想:其实不用的。.   起初顾夜笙以为他只是害羞,后来才发现,是真的不用…….   易嘉木有一个秘密。.   他不是异能缺失,而是,全异能免疫。.   小剧场:.   易嘉木一脸无辜地被顾夜笙顶在前面冲锋陷阵。.   火焰拍他身上,熄灭了;雷劈打他身上,哑火了;冰刀还没碰到他,融化了;精神系想要借由精神力控制他,却发现根本无动于衷…….   看着对手恨不得把他扔出去的表情,他轻轻地挠了挠脸颊,诚心实意地道:不好意思了。.   顾夜笙笑颜如花地躲在他身后:宝贝儿真棒!.   #捡到小白兔后,大灰狼被保护了起来#.   #听起来似乎像个童话故事(x.   【围脖@青梅酱酱酱ya】.   –...
  • BTOOOM!, Vol. 11 by Junya Inoue

    BTOOOM!, Vol. 11 by Junya Inoue

    Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    A forbidden partnership forms? !"BTOOOM! " and its trademark bombs have decimated both the island playing field and players alike, but is the final stage of this live death-game now in sight? ! Tsuneaki Iida, programmer for Tyrannos Japan, shares key information about the game's masterminds and the conspiracy, and he lets Ryouta in on a secret function hidden in the BIMs, asking him to take down...
  • Hot Zone  : Romantic Suspense by Cindy Dees

    Hot Zone : Romantic Suspense by Cindy Dees

    Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Failure has never been an option for Captain Tessa Marconi, even when the mission requires experimental time-travel to ancient Greece to secure a technology component hidden by aliens. Landing in the middle of the Persian army on the eve of its greatest battle wasn't part of the plan. Neither was the charismatic and smoking-hot sorcerer whose sex appeal stands to derail her entire mission...
  • Held by Luna Voss

    Held by Luna Voss

    Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    I've brought my mate to heel. The city comes next. This still isn't finished. Not until my enemies are dead and my wife is safe, rich, and pregnant. I'll do anything to protect her, even if she keeps finding reasons for me to put her over my knee. For the woman I love. For the family we’re going to have together. I'm going to end this...
  • Royal Captive by Shannon West

    Royal Captive by Shannon West

    Rated: 3.84 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    From the outside, it looks as if Janos, the king of Laltana, has everything—looks, wealth, power, and the love of his people. But, few realize his on-going battle with his inner demons. Captured, imprisoned, and abused by the Tygerians, he loathes his enemies and vows revenge...
  • My Little Human by M.A. Innes

    My Little Human by M.A. Innes

    Rated: 3.82 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 11 ratings
    Weirdest munch ever. Dane isn’t expecting much from the mostly straight munch he’s somehow ended up at. As awkward encounters turn into a boring meet-and-greet, he’s ready to escape when the most interesting Daddy in the room sets eyes and tentacles on him...
  • Triptych by J.M. Frey

    Triptych by J.M. Frey

    Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Part District 9, part Lost in Translation, part Stranger in a Strange Land. TRIPTYCH was nominated for two Lambda Literary Awards and named one of Publisher's Weekly's Best Books of the Year. *. Kalp is a widower, burdened with an unimaginable grief, who escaped his dying world with nothing but his own life and a half-finished toy for a child that will now never be born...
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