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  • Sweep of the Heart by Ilona Andrews

    Sweep of the Heart by Ilona Andrews

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    From the New York Times #1 bestselling author, Ilona Andrews, comes a fun and action-packed new adventure in the Innkeeper Chronicles! We invite you to relax, enjoy yourself, and above all, remember the one rule all visitors must obey: the humans must never know.Life is busier than ever for Innkeeper, Dina DeMille and Sean Evans...
  • Winter by Marissa Meyer

    Winter by Marissa Meyer

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 82 ratings
    Princess Winter is admired for her grace, kindness and beauty, despite the scars on her face. She's said to be even more breath-taking than her stepmother, Queen Levana...When Winter develops feelings for the handsome palace guard, Jacin, she fears the evil Queen will crush their romance before it has a chance to begin.But there are stirrings against the Queen across the land...
  • Cress by Marissa Meyer

    Cress by Marissa Meyer

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 82 ratings
    In this third book in the Lunar Chronicles, Cinder and Captain Thorne are fugitives on the run, now with Scarlet and Wolf in tow. Together, they're plotting to overthrow Queen Levana and her army.Their best hope lies with Cress, a girl imprisoned on a satellite since childhood who's only ever had her netscreens as company. All that screen time has made Cress an excellent hacker...
  • Sweep of the Blade by Ilona Andrews

    Sweep of the Blade by Ilona Andrews

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    Maud Demille was a daughter of Innkeepers. She knew that a simple life wasn't in the cards, but she never anticipated what Fate would throw at her.Once a wife to a powerful vampire knight, Maud and her daughter, Helen, had been exiled for the sins of her husband to the desolate planet of Karhari. Karhari killed her husband, and Maud had spent a year and a half avenging his debts...
  • One Fell Sweep by Ilona Andrews

    One Fell Sweep by Ilona Andrews

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 45 ratings
    Dina DeMille may run the nicest Bed and Breakfast in Red Deer, Texas, but she caters to a very particular kind of guest… the kind that no one on Earth is supposed to know about...
  • Born of Silence by Sherrilyn Kenyon

    Born of Silence by Sherrilyn Kenyon

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    Death Stalks Them All... Kere is the second most infamous member of the shadow organization known as Sentella. An explosive engineer who strikes terror into the hearts of the League, the bounty on his head is truly staggering. No one knows his true identity.The daughter of a traitor, Zarya Starska grew up hard on the back streets of hell- her family hunted to the brink of extinction...
  • Born of Fury by Sherrilyn Kenyon

    Born of Fury by Sherrilyn Kenyon

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 33 ratings
    The war is on...Counted among the fiercest Andarion warriors ever born, Hauk is one of the five founding members of the Sentella- an organization that has declared war on the League that rules the Ichidian universe with an iron fist and terrifies it with an army of well-trained assassins. Hauk's enemies are legion, but he fears nothing and no one...
  • Oblivion by Jennifer L. Armentrout

    Oblivion by Jennifer L. Armentrout

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    An alternative cover edition for this ISBN can be found here.Experience the epic love story of OBSIDIAN as told by its hero, Daemon Black…I knew the moment Katy Swartz moved in next door, there was going to be trouble. Lots of it.And trouble's the last thing I need, since I'm not exactly from around here. My people arrived on Earth from Lux, a planet thirteen billion light years away...
  • Regali by Jaymin Eve

    Regali by Jaymin Eve

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    A young adult paranormal romance series. An epic journey. If the Seventine are released, will anyone survive? Three of the Seventine are free and Abigail is running out of time to gather the half-Walkers for the final battle. And on top of that Lucy reveals her latest vision: Abigail must break the melding bond with Brace; if she doesn’t, everyone will die...
  • Sweep with Me by Ilona Andrews

    Sweep with Me by Ilona Andrews

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 38 ratings
    A charming, short novella in the Innkeeper Chronicles, from #1 New York Times bestselling author, Ilona Andrews. Thank you for joining us at Gertrude Hunt, the nicest Bed and Breakfast in Red Deer, Texas, during the Treaty Stay. As you know, we are honor-bound to accept all guests during this oldest of innkeeper holidays and we are expecting a dangerous guest. Or several. But have no fear...
  • Born of Betrayal by Sherrilyn Kenyon

    Born of Betrayal by Sherrilyn Kenyon

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Years ago, family loyalty caused Fain Hauk to give up everything he loved: His military career. His planet. His fiancée. Even his name.Now decades later, everything has changed. He's built a new life out of the ashes of his old, and he's vowed to never let anything threaten his loved ones again.But when old enemies align themselves with new ones, he's caught in the middle of a brutal war...
  • Born of Shadows by Sherrilyn Kenyon

    Born of Shadows by Sherrilyn Kenyon

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 38 ratings
    In a world where the League and its assassins rule, where betrayal and treachery are everywhere...the only survivors are those ones who are...BORN OF SHADOWSFor Caillen Dagan, a defiant soldier of fortune, survival isn't a right, it's a brutal daily battle. Moving through the Ichidaian universe like a wraith, his brushes with the law and death are legendary...
  • A House By Any Other Name by Jenny Schwartz

    A House By Any Other Name by Jenny Schwartz

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Reality is a complicated multiverse of many species and rare magic. Diplomats are the official envoys and investigators who hold the Union of Worlds together.Raisa never intended to be a diplomat. Like so many things in her life, it was her stepmother's idea.Hector is an elf in disgrace. He chose his cyborged brother over his lying, abusive family. Elves revile augmented people...
  • Jingle Stars by Jenny Schwartz

    Jingle Stars by Jenny Schwartz

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When a starship decides to play Santa Claus… Ahab is a mLa’an artificial intelligence embedded in the starship, Orion. The campaign for AIs to be recognized as full citizens of Galaxy Proper is within reach of its extraordinary goal. The only thing that could stop it now is if an AI did something foolish…like take a space station hostage to save seven orphaned children...
  • Protector by Tana Stone

    Protector by Tana Stone

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The Vandar raiders who roam the sky are deadly and fierce. The mercenary hunting me is terrifying -- and will stop at nothing to claim me.I thought the cocky Vandar raiders I had to work alongside were my biggest problem. That was before the deranged leader of a ruthless band of mercenaries decided I belonged to him.As a member of the underground Valox resistance, there are few things I fear...
  • Cajole by Jenny Schwartz

    Cajole by Jenny Schwartz

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    If life on the border was complicated, life on Capitoline is insane. Nora and Liam struggle to reconcile her abilities and his duty, while caught up in the dangerous games of the powerful.Political intrigue, family drama, and ancient alien technology combine in the fourth novel of the Human Sector...
  • Born of Ice by Sherrilyn Kenyon

    Born of Ice by Sherrilyn Kenyon

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    In the Ichidian Universe where The League is law, most live in fear. We fight back. Welcome to a world where corrupt assassination politics dominate everyone. It’s kill or be killed. Welcome back to the future…and meet hell's new breed of heroes.Devyn Kell spent his life in service to the League until he learned of the double dealing and backstabbing that was costing innocent people their lives...
  • Written in the Stars by Lissa Bryan

    Written in the Stars by Lissa Bryan

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    **"Written in the Stars" is a fanfiction story, the one which brought me to the attention of my publisher.**Edward is king of a dying race, his planet torn by civil war. Bella is abducted to become his bride. From college student to Queen... Can she learn to love this strange man and help save his people? AU/OOC. Rated M for lemons, violence and mature themes...
  • Dawn of Chaos by Benjamin Medrano

    Dawn of Chaos by Benjamin Medrano

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    There will be hell to pay.Evelyn’s parents have been missing for more than thirty years, and at last Evelyn has a clue as to their fate. Investigating won’t be easy, even for someone as powerful as she is, yet she won’t be deterred...
    Categorized as:
    harem  magic  lgbtq  wlw  polyamory  paranormal  romance  fantasy
  • Scarlet by Marissa Meyer

    Scarlet by Marissa Meyer

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 89 ratings
    Cinder returns in the second thrilling installment of the New York Times-bestselling Lunar Chronicles.She’s trying to break out of prison—even though if she succeeds, she’ll be the Commonwealth’s most wanted fugitive. Halfway around the world, Scarlet Benoit’s grandmother is missing...
  • Chosen of Chaos by Benjamin Medrano

    Chosen of Chaos by Benjamin Medrano

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Evelyn enjoyed living a nice, quiet life in an anarchic pirate port, far from the world she’d once conquered.Then came an attack by mercenaries that made her angry...
  • Prince by Tana Stone

    Prince by Tana Stone

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The 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...
  • I Married a Mothman by Regine Abel

    I Married a Mothman by Regine Abel

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    He’s everything she never knew she wanted.When Venus embarked on a luxury cruise, she never expected to rescue a young Promethean demi-god—or that he’d bind her as his guardian...
  • Spurn by Jaymin Eve

    Spurn by Jaymin Eve

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    A paranormal romance series.An epic journey.If the Seventine are released, will anyone survive?Book two in the Walker Saga follows Abigail and her friends as they tame the world of Spurn.‘Go to Spurn,’ she was told.Oh, and by the way the planet is ninety-five percent water and the inhabitants are hybrid fish. Of course, no one seems to care that Abigail can’t swim...
  • Cloak and Silence by Sherrilyn Kenyon

    Cloak and Silence by Sherrilyn Kenyon

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Every Life Has A Price™One of the fiercest soldiers the Phrixians have ever produced, Maris Sulle has been an outsider from the moment he was born different from the rest of his royal military family. And once his deadly secret was exposed, it cost him everything—his birthright, his family, and his stellar military career...
  • The Fall of Five by Pittacus Lore

    The Fall of Five by Pittacus Lore

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 52 ratings
    Alternate cover for this ISBN can be found hereThe Garde are finally reunited, but do they have what it takes to win the war against the Mogadorians?John Smith—Number Four—thought that things would change once the Garde found each other. They would stop running. They would fight the Mogadorians. And they would win.But he was wrong...
  • Sweep in Peace by Ilona Andrews

    Sweep in Peace by Ilona Andrews

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 47 ratings
    Dina DeMille isn't your typical Bed and Breakfast owner. Her inn defies laws of physics, her dog is secretly a monster, and the only permanent guest of the inn is a former Galactic tyrant with a price on her head...
  • The Rise of Nine by Pittacus Lore

    The Rise of Nine by Pittacus Lore

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 66 ratings
    The Rise of Nine is the next thrilling instalment in the gripping Lorien Legacies series by Pittacus Lore.'Number Four is a hero for this generation' Michael Bay, director of Transformers***Until I met John Smith, Number Four, I'd been on the run alone, hiding and fighting to stay alive. Together we are much more powerful...
  • Fate of Draga by Emma Dean

    Fate of Draga by Emma Dean

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The queen is the deadliest piece.The finale to this epic space fantasy series is here. Adelina, Varan, Kaiden, and Nash have to find a way to survive what comes. Adelina will give her life for her people, but her mates will give their life for her.Find out who survives, who doesn't, and how all your favorite characters make it through the battle of a lifetime...
  • Stars Above by Marissa Meyer

    Stars Above by Marissa Meyer

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 64 ratings
    The universe of the Lunar Chronicles holds stories—and secrets—that are wondrous, vicious, and romantic...
  • A Monster's Fate by Lynnea Lee

    A Monster's Fate by Lynnea Lee

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    KAT My prestigious new job as the assistant to a colony leader starts as an honor. Then I stumble across the colony’s dirty little secrets. Hell-bent on exposing the atrocities, I reach out to a rebel group to feed them information. Too quickly, the jig is up. I manage one last message to my rebel contact, Zach, before I’m locked in the mad councilman’s basement...
    Categorized as:
    paranormal  magic  romance  sci-fi  aliens  monsters  demons  space
  • Shield by Jenny Schwartz

    Shield by Jenny Schwartz

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    If Cherry was a selfish witch, she'd keep running. She's an oracle. She KNOWS that trouble is closing in. However, there's an instant in which she could escape, and so could those she loves.Too bad she's surrounded herself with ridiculously noble allies. The kind of self-sacrificing, kind, clever, and resolute people who force you to love them ..
  • Feral by Alessandra Hazard

    Feral by Alessandra Hazard

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Sometimes kissing the Beast doesn't turn it into a Prince Charming—instead, he's a charming prince you want to punch...Jules is an ordinary nineteen-year-old omega from a perfectly respectable family. He’s not the most beautiful, or the smartest, or the strongest of the four Blake siblings. And he’s fine with it, really. He isn’t ugly or anything, but by omega standards, he’s nothing special...
    Categorized as:
    lgbtq  paranormal  abuse  adult  age-gap  aliens  alpha-mc  amnesia
  • Under Different Stars by Amy A. Bartol

    Under Different Stars by Amy A. Bartol

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Winner of four 2014 UtopYA Awards, including Best Book of the Year and Best Sci-Fi Book of the YearKricket Hollowell never wished upon stars. She was too busy hiding in plain sight, eluding Chicago’s foster care system. As her eighteenth birthday approaches, she now eagerly anticipates the day she’ll stop running and finally find her place in the world...
  • Demon's King by Connie Suttle

    Demon's King by Connie Suttle

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    "Reah, we have good information on Zellar." That had me jerking my head up to stare at Lendill. Zellar. Just the sound of that name had every member of the ASD seething. Zellar—the rogue warlock who left drained planet cores in his wake. For years, he only worked on worlds outside the Alliance—the ASD had gotten too close to him on too many occasions...
  • Demon's Revenge by Connie Suttle

    Demon's Revenge by Connie Suttle

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Wizard Bel is missing, after investigating two crimes on Surnath. Reah agrees to work this special assignment for the ASD, and discovers that Bel's disappearance is linked to far deeper and much darker crimes. The criminals behind these crimes hold the survival of both Alliances in their grip and it is up to Reah to expose them before their final plans become a reality...
    Categorized as:
    gods  magic  paranormal  polyamory  reverse-harem  adult  aliens  book
  • Demon's Quest by Connie Suttle

    Demon's Quest by Connie Suttle

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    After Reah's brush with death, she is understandably distrustful of most of her mates. Striking out on her own, she is determined to investigate a rash of child disappearances across the universes, in and outside the Alliances. The evil she discovers in the course of her investigations could bring all worlds to their knees if Reah doesn't find a way to destroy it...
  • Demigod 12 by Gail Carriger

    Demigod 12 by Gail Carriger

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Puts the opera back into space opera.New York Times bestselling author Gail Carriger continues her cozy and engaging scifi about the power of art, celebrity, and found family.Phex and his pantheon have become demigods and are taking their show on a galaxy-wide tour...
    Categorized as:
    lgbtq  gods  romance  sci-fi  fiction  young-adult  fantasy  aliens
  • Born of Night by Sherrilyn Kenyon

    Born of Night by Sherrilyn Kenyon

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 41 ratings
    In the Ichidian Universe, The League and their ruthless assassins rule all. Expertly trained and highly valued, the League Assassins are the backbone of the government. But not even the League is immune to corruption . . .Command Assassin Nykyrian Quikiades once turned his back on the League—and has been hunted by them ever since...
  • Demon Revealed by Connie Suttle

    Demon Revealed by Connie Suttle

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    (Reah, I know you're not happy with us right now, but we didn't order the firebombing. RAA moved without consulting us.)(And I'm supposed to believe that?)(Reah, you're being disrespectful with a superior.) I didn't answer him. If he knew how disrespectful I wanted to be—I was staring at Xiri's bones, after all. I sobbed...
  • The Power of Six by Pittacus Lore

    The Power of Six by Pittacus Lore

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 66 ratings
    I've seen him on the news. Followed the stories about what happened in Ohio. John Smith, out there, on the run. To the world, he's a mystery. But to me . . . he's one of us.Nine of us came here, but sometimes I wonder if time has changed us—if we all still believe in our mission. How can I know? There are six of us left. We're hiding, blending in, avoiding contact with one another . .
  • Prince's Master by Alessandra Hazard

    Prince's Master by Alessandra Hazard

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    A prince and a villain incapable of love: it wasn't supposed to be a love story...Separated from his family after an assassination attempt, Prince Eridan is rescued by the reclusive Order of monks who control High Hronthar, an isolated school for telepaths...
    Categorized as:
    lgbtq  magic  paranormal  adult  age-gap  aliens  alpha-mc  angst
  • Deception Cove by Jayne Castle, Jayne Ann Krentz

    Deception Cove by Jayne Castle, Jayne Ann Krentz

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    The world of Harmony is home to secrets that have been kept for centuries, and treasure worth killing for... Alice North is on the run. The mysterious death of her husband is casting a shadow of doubt on her innocence and even with her ability to make herself disappear - literally - Alice is finding it hard to avoid detection...
  • Zinnia by Jayne Castle, Jayne Ann Krentz

    Zinnia by Jayne Castle, Jayne Ann Krentz

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    She's called the 'Scarlet Lady' - but only Zinnia Spring would rise above her shocking nickname by dressing defiantly in red. Ever since a false tabloid story ruined her reputation and her interior design business, this headstrong lady has made a living using her psychic abilities - a highly prized skill that sets her apart on the space colony of St. Helen's...
  • Sea of Stars by Amy A. Bartol

    Sea of Stars by Amy A. Bartol

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 37 ratings
    Eighteen-year-old Kricket Hollowell was looking for her place in the world when she discovered that the universe was bigger—and more dangerous—than she had ever dreamed. Now, whisked across space to the planet Ethar, Kricket learns that her genetic ability to see the future makes her a sought-after commodity…and the catalyst for war between her star-crossed parents’ clans...
  • Clean Sweep by Ilona Andrews

    Clean Sweep by Ilona Andrews

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 51 ratings
    On the outside, Dina Demille is the epitome of normal. She runs a quaint Victorian Bed and Breakfast in a small Texas town, owns a Shih Tzu named Beast, and is a perfect neighbor, whose biggest problem should be what to serve her guests for breakfast. But Dina is...different: Her broom is a deadly weapon; her Inn is magic and thinks for itself...
  • Head Over Tentacles by K.L. Hiers

    Head Over Tentacles by K.L. Hiers

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Private investigator Sloane Beaumont should be enjoying his recent engagement to eldritch god Azaethoth the Lesser, AKA Loch. Unfortunately, he doesn’t have time for a pre-honeymoon period.The trouble starts with a deceptively simple missing persons case...
    Categorized as:
    paranormal  magic  lgbtq  gods  romance  mlm  mystery  fantasy
  • Bonded to the Alien Rogue by Krista Luna

    Bonded to the Alien Rogue by Krista Luna

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The blue alien who rescues me from pirates says we’re married. As if! But he’s so damned tempting… as is his wicked tail.ELLAAll the bigwigs on Earth said I’d have a bright future in space. Yeah, right! They obviously knew nothing, ’cause I’m sweating in the bows of an alien pirate ship. The lizards who captured me figured out right quick I’ve got a way with machines...
  • Married to the Alien Rogue by Krista Luna

    Married to the Alien Rogue by Krista Luna

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The grumpy blue alien who rescues me is my husband. But how can I trust him… or his wicked tail?SOFIEI left Earth excited to create a new world for humans among the stars. Instead, gray aliens wake me from cryo to sell me to the highest bidder. Goodbye engineering degree! My days are reduced to playing in an alien jungle with lizard kids who think I’m nothing more than a pet...
  • Commander by Milana Jacks

    Commander by Milana Jacks

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    D’Artaron is the kind of commanding officer every father wants for his daughter, every king wished they had, and every princess wishes he was in her security detail.He’s tall, with broad shoulders and a handsome masculine face, with dark hair that reaches just past his chin...
    Categorized as:
    paranormal  multi-pov  magic  romance  fantasy  fae  royalty  slow-burn
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