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  • Plan B by Sharon Lee, Steve Miller

    Plan B by Sharon Lee, Steve Miller

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    "A real page-turner" (ANNE MCCAFFREY) in the Liaden Universe(r) series.Fugitive Val Con yos'Phelium plans a desperate gamble by forming an alliance with Clan Erob. But his cousin, Shan yos'Galen can't wait. With enemy agents closing in, he invokes Plan B-setting in motion a series of events that will have dire consequences-for all of Liad...
  • Spared By The Monster by Merry Ravenell

    Spared By The Monster by Merry Ravenell

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Welcome to the Gestalt, where Humans are forbidden and mates are sacred. Hauling scrap to feed his family and pay for his sick brother's plague treatments, The Twilight Scion of a Lost House finds himself in possession of a Human that somehow managed to escape the Grays...
  • Conflict of Honors by Sharon Lee, Steve Miller

    Conflict of Honors by Sharon Lee, Steve Miller

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Sixteen-year-old Priscilla Delacroix was declared legally dead by her mother, High Priestess of the Goddess. Banished to survive on her own, Priscilla has roamed the galaxy for ten years as an outcast—to become a woman of extraordinary skill. . . .An experienced officer assigned to the Liaden vessel Daxflan, she's been abandoned yet again...
  • Carpe Diem by Sharon Lee, Steve Miller

    Carpe Diem by Sharon Lee, Steve Miller

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    On the run from assassins, Val Con yos'Phelium and Miri Robertson are stranded on a distant planet and must learn to trust each other if they're going to survive - and learn to love each other if they're going to heal the dark wounds of their past...
  • Broken Dreamer by Viola Grace

    Broken Dreamer by Viola Grace

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Led by her dreams, she finds her way into the stars where fate conspires to put her exactly where she needs to be, in a hero’s path.When her parents died, Lyra was untethered. She left school, followed her dreams, and focused on keeping herself alive. She is not a fan of people and enjoys being alone...
  • Stolen Destiny by Viola Grace

    Stolen Destiny by Viola Grace

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Kidnapped from the education station, Sil is set loose on a huge warship, only to find herself bound in a contract no one expected.Silhouette watches the alien abductors trying to unload the entire shipment of stolen Terrans. She wished that she could sleep standing up, but it wasn’t a skill she had acquired.When a medical team comes in, a grey alien comes by and tests the humans...
  • So'Lan by Alana Khan

    So'Lan by Alana Khan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Brutalized as a gladiator, So'Lan's body has finally healed, but his mind is still heavy with the weight of the many abuses he suffered in his owner’s dungeon. Can a gorgeous human pirate help him salvage the wreck that is his heart?PhoenixTempting but broken, So'Lan has baggage I want no part of. Each time he saves my life, I find myself reconsidering the hunky lion-man's appeal...
  • Dreamhearth by M.C.A. Hogarth

    Dreamhearth by M.C.A. Hogarth

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Jahir and Vasiht’h have earned their licenses as xenotherapists at last, and they have their hearts set on starting their practice in one of the Alliance’s most exciting and cosmopolitan destinations: a sector starbase. But dream therapy is a revolutionary treatment modality, and as esper practictioners they will have to work hard to win the trust of their community...
    Categorized as:
    aliens  paranormal  book  fae  female-author  fiction  lgbtq  new-adult
  • Saved by the Alien Warrior by Hope Hart

    Saved by the Alien Warrior by Hope Hart

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    I was abducted, sold, then crash-landed on a strange planet... only to be abducted again.  And you know the funny thing? I barely even care.I’m numb. You see, I’ve already lost everything. When you’re doing something you love, you never think that it could be the last time. That someone might take your life from you and leave you stranded on a planet where most of the locals are out to get you...
  • Vera and the Victor by Honey Phillips

    Vera and the Victor by Honey Phillips

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    A grumpy alien warrior, a rebellious almost-professor, and an alien paradise...One moment Vera is peacefully studying for her PhD in Ancient History, the next she is helping an alien race who look like fairies defeat the evil male who had her abducted. They need her help and she’s not about to back down, not even when a huge, grumpy gargoyle shows up on their island demanding their allegiance...
  • His Human Possession by Renee Rose

    His Human Possession by Renee Rose

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    He doesn’t want her to offer. He prefers to take. Demand. Conquer. Leti only intended to seduce the alien warrior. Because the game was to survive. Ingratiate herself to a new master. She never thought she’d fall for the giant horned warrior who rescued her from slavery. But it’s easy to make him lose control. All she has to do is tempt him, and his need to master her takes over...
    Categorized as:
    aliens  paranormal  adult  audiobook  book  dark  fiction  poc-mc
  • Heart of the Cat by S.E. Smith

    Heart of the Cat by S.E. Smith

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Originally published in the anthology, Embrace the Passion (Pets in Space, #3) published October 2018.Prince Walkyr d’Rojah’s mission is to find an ancient artifact known as the Heart of the Cat—a powerful gem that connects his people, its magic woven through the Sarafin like his predatory cat is woven into himself...
  • When She's Fearless by Ruby Dixon

    When She's Fearless by Ruby Dixon

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    After being stolen from Earth, I learned that I could live each day in fear...or I could meet life head-on and unafraid. I chose the latter...Which is why, when I find a terrifyingly huge cat-alien male hip-deep in my favorite fishing spot, I don't run away in fear.I introduce myself.Is it reckless? Sure. But I've never met anyone quite like the feline Hrrrusek...
  • The Buff Beast by Honey Phillips

    The Buff Beast by Honey Phillips

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Can Mina survive the icy cold of an alien winter? And melt the heart of the hardened alien warrior who rescues her?Her home. Her job. In a few short months, Mina has lost everything, including hope. Freezing and alone on a winter night, she isn't sure if she will make it to the next day. Or even if it matters.She wakes up to find herself naked and freezing, but no longer alone...
  • Dragon in Exile by Sharon Lee, Steve Miller

    Dragon in Exile by Sharon Lee, Steve Miller

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Star-trading Clan Korval—known to Terrans as the Tree-and-Dragon Family and to the locals simply as "the Dragon"—has been convicted of crimes against the homeworld. No matter that one of the "crimes" consisted of saving the elitist planet of Liad from very real internal threats, the Council of Clans wanted Korval heads to roll...
  • Necessity's Child by Sharon Lee, Steve Miller

    Necessity's Child by Sharon Lee, Steve Miller

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The kompani see none as an enemy, and yet few as friend. The kompani exist in many places, living quietly in the shadows, thriving off the bounty that others have no wit to secure, nor skill to defend. Their private history is unwritten; their recall rooted in dance and dream. The Clan Korval is in many ways the opposite of the kompani...
  • Alpha Class: Discovery by N.D. Roberts, Michael Anderle

    Alpha Class: Discovery by N.D. Roberts, Michael Anderle

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The Etheric Empire is making final preparations to cross the Gate. In the run-up to departure the Etheric Academy goes through some changes as the students get a taste of the future awaiting them after graduation. The classes are split, and new friendships form as Tina, Ron, Yana, Maxim, and Nestor take their first steps toward adulthood...
  • Victorious Dead by Marie Andreas

    Victorious Dead by Marie Andreas

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The galaxy was in for a world of hurt—chaos unseen since the violent, sadistic Asarlaí ruled. For the first time in her life, Vas doesn’t know if she can fight hard enough to stop it.Vaslisha Tor Dain was a simple sort of mercenary starship captain. She fought hard, drank hard, and killed people when all else failed...
  • Stealing Her Heart by Evangeline Anderson

    Stealing Her Heart by Evangeline Anderson

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A Kindred thief who longs for a female to love... An abandoned woman, trying to start again... When the two of them are thrown together, sparks fly. But what happens when Vicky has to pretend she's a professor Who teaches sexual techniques to younger men? You'll have to read Stealing Her Heart to find out. Vicky Erickson is having a lousy Valentine’s Day...
  • Fractured Chances by Viola Grace

    Fractured Chances by Viola Grace

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Life as a caretaker was her fate. Crashing on an alien world and being given an ultimatum gave her something she didn’t expect, a lover who had her back. She takes a chance and is swept away. Nan has spent her life making a place for herself by taking care of those around her...
  • Six Bits by Laurence E. Dahners

    Six Bits by Laurence E. Dahners

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Warning! This book is a collection of short stories, novelettes, and novellas. Two of them, Porter and Macos have been available on Amazon as stand-alone stories in the past, but readers complained that they were too short to justify Amazon’s minimum $0.99 price...
  • Designed Collision by Viola Grace

    Designed Collision by Viola Grace

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A stranger walks through the woods and offers to take her from her broken world. Hell yes. With conditions.With the asteroid looming, she makes a run for a family farm and the animals therein. After the crash with communications cut off, she lives a routine of subsistence and survival with no other soul to speak to...
  • Dark Matter by Jenetta Penner

    Dark Matter by Jenetta Penner

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Arcadia was supposed to be Earth 2.0—a haven for humanity while they fought desperately to save their dying homeworld. But nothing has turned out like Cassiopeia Foster had thought.Another race, the Alku, already occupies the planet in a parallel dimension called Paxon...
  • Thantose: Book Two in the Galaxy Pirates Alien Abduction Romance Series by Alana Khan

    Thantose: Book Two in the Galaxy Pirates Alien Abduction Romance Series by Alana Khan

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Thantose, the brazen, brash, and ballsy pirate captain, wants me to pull him by a leash, his perfect body barely covered by a bejeweled loincloth. Why? So I can bid on the galaxy's most expensive porn book.What could possibly go wrong?BrinI was abused in every way after being abducted ten years ago. I had the courage and fortitude to survive against all odds...
  • My Matched Monster by Rena Marks

    My Matched Monster by Rena Marks

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    My punishment starts today.Refusing marriage isn’t acceptable, not in my world—separated from the rest of Earth by the large stone walls of our own community. To refuse the most legendary prophet of our time in front of the entire congregation was a sentence of twenty lashes. Halfway in, I entered a hallucinogenic state.A hero came to save me, but he was purple with tentacles...
  • Whisked Away by the Alien by Julie K. Cohen

    Whisked Away by the Alien by Julie K. Cohen

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    There’s an alien in my kitchen wearing an apron… and nothing else.There’s something delicious cooking in my kitchen and it isn’t the donuts or latkes. The tall blue alien with horns that hit the ceiling arrived in time to save Hannukah for my family, but he knows nothing about cooking...
  • Clan, Honor, and Empire by Tracy St. John

    Clan, Honor, and Empire by Tracy St. John

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Dramok Rajhir has never had to go without. He’s been blessed with the best schooling, a prestigious pedigree, a fine home, plus all the intimate companionship a young Kalquorian male could ask for. But with status comes responsibility. His father insists Rajhir assume his place in Kalquorian society as soon as possible...
    Categorized as:
    aliens  paranormal  adult  book  fiction  lgbtq  mlm  politics
  • Stargate Atlantis: Inheritors by Jo Graham, Melissa Scott

    Stargate Atlantis: Inheritors by Jo Graham, Melissa Scott

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    End gameThe battle lines are drawn. Queen Death is mustering her fleet. But who will stand against her?As conflicts and betrayal threaten to shatter Atlantis’s fragile alliances with Guide’s Wraith and the Genii, humanity’s only hope of survival rests on the fate of an Ancient device — a weapon too terrible to use but too powerful to cast aside...
    Categorized as:
    aliens  adult  book  fiction  space  sci-fi
  • Falling for Kindred Claus by Evangeline Anderson

    Falling for Kindred Claus by Evangeline Anderson

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Can a Case of Mistake Identity end in True Love? A warrior who knows nothing about Christmas forced to play Santa...with disastrous results. A girl running from her past, who lands in a dead-end job as Santa's Helper Elf. Can Lisa keep herself from... Falling for Kindred Claus? It's a week before Christmas and Lisa James is stuck in a dead-end job, playing Santa's little Elf at the local mall...
  • The New King by Erin Raegan

    The New King by Erin Raegan

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Mona It’s been a long time since I felt safe. Too long. You would think after all I’ve been through at the hands of an alien monster it would be difficult for me to live near them. That it would be difficult to live under their roof. To sleep near them. To eat their food. To talk to them. The Dahk may not be the Juldo, but they are still alien to me. They are frightening and different from me...
  • One Big Bite by Michele Mills

    One Big Bite by Michele Mills

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    “Who stole my lunch?” Cannibal’s carefully packed work lunches keep disappearing day after day. Only his. Grrr. Someone obviously appreciates expert cooking, but this constant thievery is about to throw him into a berserker rage. He has to track down this atrocity.“Don’t feed it,” his brothers warn, “you’ll just encourage it to scavenge...
  • Switched by Evangeline Anderson

    Switched by Evangeline Anderson

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A warrior with a talent that could get him killedA girl transported to a new existence with no warningWhen the two of them trade lives, it places them in mortal peril...
    Categorized as:
    aliens  paranormal  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  humor  mlm
  • Hierax by Ruby Lionsdrake

    Hierax by Ruby Lionsdrake

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    As a database programmer from Arizona and a fan of sedate, indoor activities, Indi Smith doesn’t belong in outer space. Certainly not in a star system with a broken wormhole gate and no way home. But through no fault of her own, that’s where she’s landed, and nobody on the ship, not even the genius chief engineer Hierax, knows how to repair the gate...
  • Akio Revelations Complete Series Omnibus by Charles Tillman, Michael Anderle

    Akio Revelations Complete Series Omnibus by Charles Tillman, Michael Anderle

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Ancient Warrior—Vampire—Queen’s Bitch...Akio accepted his Queen’s charge to stay behind and protect humanity from the Forsaken scourge.She never said it would be easy.Get the complete series - all 6 books - to find out if Akio, Yuko and Eve accomplish this task for their Queen, or die trying...
  • Her Alien Rogue by Presley Hall

    Her Alien Rogue by Presley Hall

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    He claims we’re fated mates. But does that mean it’s true love?When Kaide declares—in front of the whole village, no less—that we’re fated mates, he acts like that’s the end of it. Like it’s all been decided, and we’ll just live happily ever after.Uhhh… not so fast, buddy.I barely know the guy...
  • Zakota by Ruby Lionsdrake

    Zakota by Ruby Lionsdrake

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Katie Saunders isn’t used to sitting on her butt, but she’s been stuck doing exactly that as the Star Guardians fly all over the galaxy, trying to get her and the other kidnapped women back home. Now it looks like they have to engage in a battle against evil aliens before making the final flight to Earth. Since they’ve captured an extra ship and are short on pilots, Katie wants to help...
  • Out of Bight, Out of Mind by Tymber Dalton

    Out of Bight, Out of Mind by Tymber Dalton

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    [Siren Ménage Everlasting: Erotic Futuristic Sci-Fi Ménage a Quatre Romance, M/M/M/F, reverse harem, HEA]Emi Hypatia loves her job exploring the galaxy with her three husbands, Aaron Lucio, Caph Bates, and Ford Caliban. When a nonhuman crewman is temporarily assigned to the Tamora Bight for a mission, Emi hates and mistrusts him at first sight due to what her empath training tells her...
    Categorized as:
    aliens  paranormal  adult  book  fiction  futuristic  mlm  polyamory
  • The Kindred Warrior's Captive Bride by Evangeline Anderson

    The Kindred Warrior's Captive Bride by Evangeline Anderson

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Needrix is a Kindred warrior with a tragic past. After losing his pregnant mate during childbirth, he has sworn never to even look at another female again. So he tells himself to ignore the auction going on where a lovely young woman is being sold. But when Need's disgusting crewmate, a three-headed Trollox called Drung, starts bidding on her, he knows he can't abandon her to such a cruel fate...
    Categorized as:
    aliens  paranormal  adult  alpha-mc  audiobook  book  fiction  humor
  • Entropy by Viola Grace

    Entropy by Viola Grace

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Alia Morgan is a geothermal specialist assigned to the ice planet Yana, but she experiences a disruption to her routine when her best friend's brother arrives to invite her to participate in Ember's wedding, in two days. They are halfway to the main city when Symon drops the bomb...
  • Playing Cards With Aliens by Erin Raegan

    Playing Cards With Aliens by Erin Raegan

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Small town. Small life. Smaller dreams.I’m content. Happy. It might not make sense to most people but this is the life I chose for myself.If there’s a small part of me that wants to travel and see the world, I’m okay with appeasing that desire with travel magazines and planning future vacations. I want this life and a life full of adventure. I don’t see why I can’t have both...
  • Damaged Control by Viola Grace

    Damaged Control by Viola Grace

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She would do anything to survive, including getting herself damaged and off the companion list. A Hmrain finds her in an unlikely place for an unlikely partnership. Athena made it to a pickup point, past the physical, and up to the education station. Her training was difficult, but when she found out she was a likely candidate for companionship to a Hmrain, she took drastic action...
    Categorized as:
    aliens  paranormal  adult  book  fiction  space  space-travel  sci-fi
  • Star-Crossed by Pintip Dunn

    Star-Crossed by Pintip Dunn

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Princess Vela's people are starving.Stranded on a planet that lacks food, Vela makes the ultimate sacrifice and becomes an Aegis for her people. Accepting a genetic modification that takes sixty years off her life, she can feed her colony via nutrition pills. But her best friend is still getting worse. And she's not the only one.Now the king is dying, too...
  • Waking Christmas by Viola Grace

    Waking Christmas by Viola Grace

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    After taking her courses and mastering the talents she was born with, Minya just wants to go home and hold her family close. When her drop pod spins out of control and lands her in the dead zone, she doesn’t know how she is going to survive in the ice and snow. She can’t communicate with family and she doesn’t know where she is, so following her instincts and hiking for the distant hills...
    Categorized as:
    aliens  paranormal  adult  book  dragons  fiction  shapeshifters  space
  • Submitting to the Shadow by Evangeline Anderson

    Submitting to the Shadow by Evangeline Anderson

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A human girl, desperate for a job...A Warrior who demands her complete submission...Can Sammi give herself over to Roark?And can Roark save her from a deadly fate?Read Submitting to the Shadow to find out…Samantha Grey is in deep trouble—someone is stalking her and he’s getting closer every day. Desperate to escape, she goes to the one place she knows she can’t be followed—the Kindred Mother Ship...
    Categorized as:
    aliens  paranormal  adult  audiobook  book  fiction  humor  space
  • Jax-Xon: An Alien Rescue Romance by Alana Khan

    Jax-Xon: An Alien Rescue Romance by Alana Khan

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Stranded on a primitive planet after a fiery crash, human Tara must overcome all odds to survive. Can she find love and thrive?Tara—Stolen from her bed with her four-year-old in her arms, Tara survives a cataclysmic crash and is rescued by a tribe of huge, green males on a lush, forested planet. Her mantra, "I don't do men," is challenged when she meets sexy, muscular Jax-Xon...
  • My Alien Warrior by Vi Voxley, Juno Wells

    My Alien Warrior by Vi Voxley, Juno Wells

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Not every friend is an ally and not every warrior is a champion... Alina Reyes is finally getting off Terra. After years of working her hands to the bone, the curvy scientist has gotten her first intergalactic assignment. With stars in her eyes, she's hoping to make a difference where she never could before...
  • Cyborgs: More Than Machines by Eve Langlais

    Cyborgs: More Than Machines by Eve Langlais

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Half man, half machine, which side will win the battle when it comes to feeling emotions?This bundled anthology contains previously released titles:C791 - Machines aren’t supposed to feel, but this cyborg can’t help falling in love.F814 - She thought herself a robot, defective and unique among her kind, until he taught her how to live again...
  • Astonish by Viola Grace

    Astonish by Viola Grace

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Ceelie was nothing exceptional until the moment she became the most important woman to an entire world…and its avatar.Trapped in a job working as an assistant for an ambassador, Ceelie is hoping for something better for her life, but she knows that it isn’t likely. While on an assignment to obtain some atmosphere scrubbing trees Ceelie finds herself courted and seduced before she can blink...
  • Stargate SG-1: Permafrost by Sally Malcolm

    Stargate SG-1: Permafrost by Sally Malcolm

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A 30,000 word novella. Buried secretsA week before Christmas, Dr. Daniel Jackson discovers that archaeologists in Iceland are excavating a Norse burial site that might have connections to the recently encountered Asgard race.Concerned about what they might uncover, Daniel persuades General Hammond to let SG-1 travel to Iceland – much to the annoyance of the field archaeologists...
  • Fate of the Beast by Sonia Nova

    Fate of the Beast by Sonia Nova

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    An Ambassador trying to hold peace… Being an Ambassador wasn't easy. It was even harder when you were the Earth Ambassador on an alien planet that was on the brink of war. As if Naomi didn’t have her hands full with war negotiations and ensuring the safety of humans on Agaria, the last straw is the beastly Ezak-X soldier who seems to push all her buttons wrong...
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