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  • Sigma by Tiya Rayne

    Sigma by Tiya Rayne

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    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...
  • Radiant Darkness by Anna Carven

    Radiant Darkness by Anna Carven

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Arkan Kythelian is the last man standing.He's well aware of that fact. The rest of his First Division brothers have succumbed to the Mating Fever, falling for those gentle, alluring creatures—humans.He should probably be more bothered by it, but he's a little preoccupied right now. See, he's just detected the presence of a group of terrified humans onboard a Kordolian slave-trader ship...
  • R'jaal's Resonance by Ruby Dixon

    R'jaal's Resonance by Ruby Dixon

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    R'jaal has waited many turns of the seasons for his khui to resonate, only to be disappointed time and time again. But when he is taken captive by strange beings hiding in the very tunnels of the fruit caves, he wakes up to find himself in a strange underground cage. Also in the cage? A very pretty unfamiliar human female. She says her name is Rosalind. She makes his khui sing...
  • Midlife Daddy Bear by Aline Ash

    Midlife Daddy Bear by Aline Ash

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Can a dancer in her 40s, burdened with a troubled past, and a shifter Alpha with three kids start afresh, or will their past secrets and present hurdles be too much to handle?LilyWith nothing left to hold her in Seattle, forty-something Lily Archer does the one thing she’s been too afraid of: Start over...
  • SoL by Jennifer Julie Miller

    SoL by Jennifer Julie Miller

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    AlanaThe question is, do I allow this dark moment in time to rob me of the life I could possibly have here? I have never known such horror or fear. If I hadn’t experienced it myself, I would have never believed any other living thing could possibly do this to another. The scars may be gone on the outside now, but they will remain forever in my soul...
  • Her Cyborg Beast by Grace Goodwin

    Her Cyborg Beast by Grace Goodwin

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Caroline Jane (CJ) Ellison has a gift for analysis. When a Wall Street deal goes bad, the choice between prison or the Interstellar Brides Program is a no-brainer. She'll go. She'll leave Earth, her past, and her mistakes behind. The decision is logical, not emotional. Until she wakes up on another world with a huge Atlan Warlord, her matched mate, refusing to claim her...
  • Bearly Hanging On by Krystal Shannan

    Bearly Hanging On by Krystal Shannan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The best type of romance is the one that’s forbidden. Owen’s become an outcast for losing his Tribe… and that label is enough to prevent him from claiming his mate under pain of death. Tara won’t understand that he’s a bear, anyway. She’ll be scared. She’ll run away. So he keeps his distance...for now... But Tara’s being hunted by a group of guys who act more like a pack-- because they are...
  • Rexx by Tasha Black

    Rexx by Tasha Black

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Their sights are trained on love. But will they survive a ride on the Iron Peregrine?Abigail Shaw can’t believe her good luck. The Alien Adoption Agency has selected her to adopt adorable baby Rio. And baby Rio comes with Rexx, a handsome Invicta warrior guard, whose dark eyes seduce Abigail before he even opens his mouth. When he offers her his mate bond, she thinks things can’t get any better...
  • Heart of the Agraak by S.J. Sanders

    Heart of the Agraak by S.J. Sanders

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Agraadax was shaken by recent events and the breeding facility closed, but it has done little to ease the simmer of unrest rippling through Agraak society. In Aminae, one of the dome cities scattered on the few arid patches of land of the swampy planet, factions are rising against the cruelties of the upper raniks that rule their society. Kaede is a male devoted to the cause...
  • Alien Beast by Lili Zander

    Alien Beast by Lili Zander

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    This human I’m saddled with is… happy.Cheerful, even.She likes to sing to the cat.Kill me now.A year ago, an explosion – the same explosion that killed my best friend – destroyed me.Ruined me.Made me look like a monster.I’m a shadow of the man I once was.I want to be left alone.Instead… there’s Bella.Bella, who sings when she’s happy.Who likes to talk...
  • Wed to the Basilisk by Layla Fae

    Wed to the Basilisk by Layla Fae

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    No one touches my bride. No one but me.I am the last basilisk on Alia Terra. As I roam my lands, loneliness muddles my mind and pumps violence into my veins until I don’t recognize myself. Soon I’ll become a feral beast – unless I mate.The matchmaking temple is the only way a creature like me, scaly, fanged, and with lethal eyes, can marry. Soon, I have a match...
  • Beauty and the Beast by Grace Goodwin

    Beauty and the Beast by Grace Goodwin

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    No one denies the beast.I am a Warlord. A beast.An assassin for the Intelligence Core.Even so, I've been sent to Earth for a simple mission: Find a mate.I hold no hope. Who would want me? I'm scarred... inside and out.But one look at the human beauty and there is no question, she’s mine.When she is taken from me, I will use all my training to save her from my enemies...
  • Loved by a Beast by Miranda Bridges

    Loved by a Beast by Miranda Bridges

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    My marriage is in trouble.Jaxar and I didn't exactly have a regular romance since he abducted me and then sent me on a journey that could've resulted in my death. But that's neither here nor there. And what doesn't kill you, makes you bitter. I mean, stronger.Anyway, the point is that my husband, who I adore, is becoming distant...
  • Bargain with a Beast by Grace Goodwin

    Bargain with a Beast by Grace Goodwin

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Adrian Davis thought getting on a real-life, ‘beam me up, Scotty’, transport pad was adventure enough. Visiting her mother—and the Atlan beast her mom had chosen as a mate—on another planet? Setting foot in an Atlan prison? Completely crazy. Like totally, bat-shit, what-the-hell-was-she-doing-with-her-life crazy...
  • Seduced by a Beast by Miranda Bridges

    Seduced by a Beast by Miranda Bridges

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    He wants me. And this male is used to getting whatever he demands. The only problem is I don't want to be bothered. Especially not hot and bothered. But he's not getting the hint. He thinks I'm his and that he needs to claim me. If I allow myself to ask what that means it'll probably add a couple of letters to my OCD. My disorder should deter him, like it has most people...
  • Maid for the Beast by Grace Goodwin

    Maid for the Beast by Grace Goodwin

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    An Atlan Warlord in Mating Fever with two choices: Be the latest bachelor beast on an Earth reality television show to find his perfect mate or face certain death in an Atlan prison. Braun's not sure which is worse... until a female enters his hotel suite with towels and cleaning supplies.She isn't part of the television show.She isn't available.She isn't interested in mating with an alien...
  • Risteard’s Unwilling Empress by S.E. Smith

    Risteard’s Unwilling Empress by S.E. Smith

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Ristéard Roald is the powerful and deadly ruler of Elpidios, a planet that is slowly dying without the blood stones needed to absorb the radiation gradually destroying its stratosphere. He has sworn to do whatever it takes to protect his world and his people, but time is running out.Hope comes from an unexpected source, the Kassis...
  • Tamed by a Beast by Miranda Bridges

    Tamed by a Beast by Miranda Bridges

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    I hate this place.Not that my life on Najarie was great, but at least I didn’t have a beastly alien trying to sex me up all the time. And when I say all the time, I mean all the freaking time.I haven’t forgotten Earth or the loved ones I’ve left behind. In fact, I’m willing to use any means necessary to get back to them...
  • His Human Assistant by Michele Mills

    His Human Assistant by Michele Mills

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    I’m a corporate whistleblower running for my life, so I take the first job I can find off planet. Now I’m a lowly assistant for some rich devil named Hannibal Hellstone? And when I say “devil,” I mean DEVIL. As in this guy’s skin is dark red, he has shiny black horns, sharp fangs, silver-tipped claws and a barbed tail. This Hyrrokin is scary AF and his eight-year-old son looks just like him...
  • Star's Storm by S.E. Smith

    Star's Storm by S.E. Smith

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Star Strauss has always been a fighter. From the time she was born prematurely to her life on the road as a circus performer. She has never let her small stature keep her from achieving her dreams. She is one of the best aerial performers in the world. Her love of being up high and flying free has helped her overcome the challenges she faces when she is on the ground...
  • Draekon Warrior by Lee Savino, Lili Zander

    Draekon Warrior by Lee Savino, Lili Zander

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Captured in space. Imprisoned. Sold to the highest bidder. But my biggest problem is this bossy, aggravating, impossible, alien who’s supposed to rescue me. The bossy alien I kissed. That might have been a mistake.Kadir is dangerous. I’ve seen him fight, and his body is littered with scars. He’s a soldier. A warrior. And when he loses control, he turns into a big scary dragon and breathes fire...
  • Champion by Anna Hackett

    Champion by Anna Hackett

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Fighting for love, honor, and freedom on the galaxy’s lawless outer rim…Space marine Blaine Strong enjoyed being a composed, controlled member of space station security…until he was abducted by alien slavers. Forced into underground fight rings and pumped full of drugs, he’s now seething with anger and out for revenge...
  • Veronica's Dragon by Ruby Dixon

    Veronica's Dragon by Ruby Dixon

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 38 ratings
    Resonance. It’s a given on the ice planet, forced upon you by the parasitic symbiont called the ‘khui’. With resonance, a guy and a girl are paired up because they’ll make great babies. It’s a survival mechanism necessary for this sparsely-populated world we’re stranded on… and romantic, in a weird, alien way...
  • Vaulcron by Ditter Kellen

    Vaulcron by Ditter Kellen

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    *****This is a previously published book, revised to be appropriate for all readers*****On a mission to save his people from being destroyed, Vaulcron must team up with a human reporter known as the Great White Shark. She's beautiful, cunning, and definitely hiding something. Vaulcron will do anything for his family, even if it means breeding with the one woman who can destroy them all...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  dark  kidnapping  paranormal  steamy  adult  audiobook  book
  • Hothar's Folly by Gail Koger

    Hothar's Folly by Gail Koger

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Undercover psychic investigator Casey Jones’ hunt for a traitor in Central Command gets blown all to hell when the crew of the military C130 cargo plane she's riding on tries to kill her. Drawing on her telekinesis, Casey stops their assassination attempt and bails out as the aircraft goes down in flames...
  • Crossing Quinn by Gail Koger

    Crossing Quinn by Gail Koger

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Quinn Jones is a formidable Coletti warlord. His mission is to capture Xenia and bring her back to Tanith to be mated with a warrior the Overlord has chosen. Problem is, Quinn finds himself falling for the beautiful Farin. Her unusual “psychic powers, combat training and berserker abilities” make her the perfect mate for him...
  • Pets in Space 5 by S.E. Smith, Regine Abel

    Pets in Space 5 by S.E. Smith, Regine Abel

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Are you ready? Pets in Space® 5 is back for the fifth amazing year! Twelve of today’s top Science Fiction Romance authors have written 12 original, never-before-released stories filled with action, adventure, suspense, humor, and romance that will take you out of this world. The giving doesn’t stop there...
  • Taken by the Orc by Mina Carter

    Taken by the Orc by Mina Carter

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She’s always loved fairy tales. Starring in one isn’t on her bucket list…Not that Hope has much of a bucket list, except in her head. Forced to work for a pittance by her cruel stepfather, she has no way out of the drudgery of her life. Being mugged in the park at night is just par for the course… until a big, green monster rescues her...
  • Stalked by the Alien Assassin by Tiffany Roberts

    Stalked by the Alien Assassin by Tiffany Roberts

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    An alien assassin. A tempting human female he can’t resist. But what can a killer offer to the woman he longs to claim?Avery Watson moved to Denver to escape her controlling mother. Sure, it’s not easy, and she has to budget every penny, but it’s honest work...
  • Shadow Assassin by Erin Raegan

    Shadow Assassin by Erin Raegan

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    London Taken from my home. Imprisoned on an alien planet. Toyed with. Moved around like a pawn. Terrified. Angry. These are all things that sum up the last few days of my life. Confused. Curious. Anxious. Captivated. All the things that sum up the days that follow. I don’t know what’s going to happen from today to tomorrow. All I know for sure is that I hate him. He infuriates me...
  • Twisted by Evangeline Anderson

    Twisted by Evangeline Anderson

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Nikki Davis is having a terrible time. Her three sons are in trouble in school and her husband is divorcing her while a nasty coworker steals her best commissions at work. Is it any wonder she's thinking of offing herself? But when she steps into the foaming surf of Clearwater Beach, she feels something hard under her foot...
    Categorized as:
    aliens  paranormal  steamy  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  humor
  • Wulf and the Bounty Hunter by Gail Koger

    Wulf and the Bounty Hunter by Gail Koger

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Wulf knows Yakira is his soul mate. The only person he needs to convince is her, but with intergalactic terrorists on Yakira’s trail, there’s little time for romance. What’s a hot-blooded Coletti warlord to do? Yakira feels safe and cherished with Wulf, but he is a Coletti; the ultimate predator with a taste for blood, a passion for battle and the need to control everything in his life...
  • A Kiss on Kaidava by S.J. Sanders

    A Kiss on Kaidava by S.J. Sanders

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Cara has been looking forward to her happily ever after. With no living family, it is all she has wanted for years and she thought she found it with the love of her life, Ben...
  • First Contact by S.J. Sanders

    First Contact by S.J. Sanders

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Before humanity met the Budo, before humans were sold for breeding compatibility experimentation to the Agraak, there was a crash landing on an unknown world—Earth. If a male wasn’t born into the upper tiers of Forad society, he would never know the comfort of his own mate. Ehmhy was not such a fortunate male, he was a trader of a long line of traders...
  • A Mate for Oigr by S.J. Sanders

    A Mate for Oigr by S.J. Sanders

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Join the crew of The Lady's Fortune once again for another Mate Index holiday novella.Oigr spent the last twenty-five years as the caretaker of an Indivi orphan. He gave up his future on Vrol, the chance for a mate and family, and everything he knew. Now that Nazzek is mated with a youngling on the way, Oigr must adjust to a new future that he’s not prepared for...
  • Alpha Unhinged by Olivia T. Turner

    Alpha Unhinged by Olivia T. Turner

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    They call me the hot-headed brother.Mean. Fierce. Disgruntled. Prick.It's easy for them to judge.They're not the only ones on the ranch left without their mate.They're not tormented by a furious Kodiak bear.With the heat barreling down on us from our past,They need a vicious bastard like me...
  • Alpha Hunted by Crea Reitan

    Alpha Hunted by Crea Reitan

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I lost everything in a freak accident. My entire family; everything I’d ever cared about - gone in an instant. Unable to bear the constant reminders and emptiness of my life, I moved across the country to dull the loss, hopefully falling into the anonymity of a large city where even an alpha could disappear. Starting over was never in my plans. All I wanted was to blend in and let life pass me by...
  • The Legislator's Lover by Miranda Bridges

    The Legislator's Lover by Miranda Bridges

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    I want a baby.However, none of the aliens have picked me as a breeder. Talk about a self-esteem boost. Sure I was horrified like everyone else when we arrived, but after being here without any chance of returning home I've decided to adapt. Now I just need to find a male who's interested in having a family.Then I end up on babysitting duty, except this is no child...
  • Imprisoned by Evangeline Anderson

    Imprisoned by Evangeline Anderson

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A girl dressed as a boy In a Triple Max prison full of savage predators A Kindred warrior undercover, trying to protect What he thinks is an innocent boy. Lathe can't understand why he is so drawn to Ari But when her secret comes out, will it kill them both? You'll have to read Imprisoned to find out..
  • War for Earth by Erin Raegan

    War for Earth by Erin Raegan

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Three 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:
    aliens  paranormal  steamy  adult  age-gap  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Alien Mate by Sadie Carter

    Alien Mate by Sadie Carter

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    With all the drama and trouble behind her, Zoey is looking forward to arriving on Zerconia and settling down into a normal life as Dex’s mate. Normal? What was she thinking? There is nothing normal about being mated to a sinfully sexy, often times arrogant and overprotective Zerconian warrior. But then normal is overrated, right? Trouble follows Zoey to Zerconia, threatening her very life...
  • Alien Warrior's Secret by Mina Carter

    Alien Warrior's Secret by Mina Carter

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Being captured by aliens is better than being sent home… Pilot Randy Rivers always has had a sassy mouth. This time though, it’s not her mouth but her temper that lands her in trouble and given her marching orders home. That and apparently slamming a superior officer’s face into a table is a no no. Even if the guy is a misogynistic asshole. And groped her...
  • Alpha Knots by Milana Jacks

    Alpha Knots by Milana Jacks

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    If I keep her, there’s no going back. Officer Samantha Noell In the blink of an eye, I’m head-first in a snowdrift, rescued by the biggest, greenest—man?—I’ve ever seen. Whatever he is, he turns my take-no-crap attitude into need. I should escape, but I’ve got a hunch that I’m close to solving a cold case involving several women who disappeared into thin air. Vemlox My plan is foolproof...
  • Vexing Voss by Gail Koger

    Vexing Voss by Gail Koger

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    For Voss, a Coletti Warlord, conquering the universe is a piece of cake. After all, he's a master of psychic seduction; no one can resist him when he sets his mind to it.Zoey Jones is determined to find her mother's killer. Surrendering to a fierce Coletti warrior is the last thing on her mind...
  • Infinity's Embrace by Anna Carven

    Infinity's Embrace by Anna Carven

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Rescued from captivity by a group of rather intimidating Kordolians, Noa finds herself recovering at a strange facility in the middle of the desert. SynCorp's medical experiments have left her with an impossible ability she can't control, and nobody really seems to know how to help her. She's fragile and shattered, a mere shadow of her former self, and she has nowhere else to go...
  • Saved by Venom by Lolita Lopez

    Saved by Venom by Lolita Lopez

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    To escape her father's debt to a loan shark, Dizzy seeks refuge in the upcoming Grab. She’d rather belong to one of those terrifying sky warriors from the battleship Valiant than to the sleazy criminal who wants her as his plaything.The years of constant war haven’t been kind to highly decorated sniper Venom. Only the promise of earning a wife kept him going through deadly battles...
  • Jaguin's Love by S.E. Smith

    Jaguin's Love by S.E. Smith

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    The Dragon Lords of Valdier universe is vast but each book can stand alone! Jump in at any point in the series.USA Today Bestseller! A human woman recovering from extreme violence and an alien male finally given hope. In this steamy story of love and comfort, what will it take to break free of the past? Jaguin is one of the finest trackers on Valdier...
  • Raven's Return by Ruby Dixon

    Raven's Return by Ruby Dixon

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    No one ever comes back for me.I’ve always been on my own, and why should it be any different on an ice planet? So when I’m kidnapped by a feral outcast, I suspect I’d better learn to love raw fish and rough living.Then…U’dron comes to my rescue.He’s always understood me more than anyone else. He’s been my friend and my confidante. We’ve made music together...
  • Shadowed by Evangeline Anderson

    Shadowed by Evangeline Anderson

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Reddix is a Kindred warrior with RTS—a debilitating disease that forces him to endure the emotions of others like a physical invasion every time he is around anyone. Nina is the girl he dreams of but can never have...
  • Angie's Gladiator by Ruby Dixon

    Angie's Gladiator by Ruby Dixon

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    As an a’ani warrior, my life matters little. Cloned from the same matter as thousands of others, I am but one of many. Here on the ice planet, though, I can start over. I can become my own person, have my own needs, my own wants. I know what I want. I have known since the moment I arrived. Her name is Angie. She is human, with sad, lonely eyes and a very pregnant belly...
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