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  • Hero by Anna Hackett

    Hero by Anna Hackett

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Fighting for love, honor, and freedom on the galaxy’s lawless outer rim… Raised from birth to be a soldier, Kace Tameron is a disciplined, military-trained gladiator. He is on contract to the Kor Magna Arena to hone his fighting skills on the blood-soaked arena sand and then return to the military. He lives for one thing: to protect his planet, and on his world, love is forbidden...
  • The Akseli by Dianne Duvall

    The Akseli by Dianne Duvall

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Simone has hunted and slain psychotic vampires night after night for hundreds of years and desperately needs a change. When the leader of the Immortal Guardians offers her an opportunity to guard ten mortal women who are venturing to another planet, she dives right in and finds traveling into space and meeting amazing alien races just as exciting as she'd hoped… until an enemy attacks...
  • The Renegade Akseli Cyborg by Dianne Duvall

    The Renegade Akseli Cyborg by Dianne Duvall

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Dive into the next thrilling novel in New York Times bestselling author Dianne Duvall’s fast-paced, humorous, and adventure-filled Aldebarian Alliance series.Too many years of hunting psychotic vampires night after night have left Rachel with a desperate need for change...
  • Fated Blades by Ilona Andrews

    Fated Blades by Ilona Andrews

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    An uneasy alliance between warring families gets heated in this otherworldly novella from bestselling author Ilona Andrews.At first glance, the planet Rada seems like a lush paradise. But the ruling families, all boasting genetically enhanced abilities, are in constant competition for power―and none more so than the Adlers and the Baenas...
  • Treyvon by M.K. Eidem

    Treyvon by M.K. Eidem

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    General Treyvon Rayner is the Supreme Commander of the Kaliszian Defenses. He is the cousin and trusted friend of the Kaliszian Emperor, Emperor Liron Kalinin, in spite of Treyvon’s ancestor being one of the causes of the Great Infection so many centuries ago. It is never far from Treyvon's mind, and he vowed he'd spend his entire life trying to make things right...
  • Victoria's Challenge by M.K. Eidem

    Victoria's Challenge by M.K. Eidem

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Victoria Lynn Chamberlain… at two, she was abducted by an alien race, the Regulians… at nine, her world literally explodes when the Regulians returned, destroying Earth. She and her Aunt are the only survivors thanks to another alien race, the Carinians. Now she’s eighteen, a new graduate from their top medical school, and is ready to claim her life mate...
  • 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...
  • Brilliant Starlight by Anna Carven

    Brilliant Starlight by Anna Carven

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Abbey We're back on Silence, orbiting the Dark Planet while my husband handles unfinished business on Kythia. For some reason, he seems a little bit tense. According to Tarak, Kythian politics can be complicated, especially when the entire Kordolian Empire has just been destroyed. I hope things don't get too complicated, because I don't want to be stuck here for too long...
  • 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...
  • Protector by Anna Hackett

    Protector by Anna Hackett

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Fighting for love, honor, and freedom on the galaxy’s lawless outer rim… Cool and driven Madeline Cochran made a successful career for herself as civilian commander of a space station orbiting Jupiter…until the day it was attacked and she was abducted by alien slavers...
  • 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...
  • Tansy's Titan by S.E. Smith

    Tansy's Titan by S.E. Smith

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Tansy Bell, is the middle daughter of the three Bell sisters. She has always been a little different, even for a Bell. A chameleon, she can change her appearance and personality to blend in almost anywhere. She uses this talent to bring some of the worse criminals in the world to justice.Mak ‘Tag Krell Manok is the wild one of his four brothers...
  • 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...
  • Beth's Stable by Amanda Milo

    Beth's Stable by Amanda Milo

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    They say that in space, no one can hear you... (Yeah, you know what I'm quoting.) But there are lots of places you can still scream and be heard. Especially if you suddenly find yourself on a ship traveling through space. I’ve been abducted by aliens and auctioned to an alien pirate. My epic love of movies sort of comes in handy, what with all the sci-fi suddenly in my face...
  • 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...
  • Cornering Carmen by S.E. Smith

    Cornering Carmen by S.E. Smith

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Carmen Walker has spent the last three years of her life focusing on avenging the murder of her husband. Following leads to the man responsible, she finally has a chance to bring closure to the overwhelming pain and grief that is slowly eating away at her. Catching a ride on the business jet her sister is co-piloting, she heads to California to meet with her informant...
  • 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...
  • Jo's Journey by S.E. Smith

    Jo's Journey by S.E. Smith

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Jo Strauss was committed to two things in her life – her family and her life as an acrobat/high-wire performer. She takes both very serious. Her life was orderly, in control, and she was finally settling down in one place so she could spend more time with her parents instead of moving all over the world every few weeks...
  • Ascension Saga: 4 - Faith, Part 1 by Grace Goodwin

    Ascension Saga: 4 - Faith, Part 1 by Grace Goodwin

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Faith Jones is an Earth girl...and she's not. She's half Aleran. And not just any half - a royal half. Her mother is the queen, her sister is the heir, and her twin is determined to kill every alien on the planet if that's what it takes to find their kidnapped mother...
  • Luna of Earth by Laura Jo Phillips

    Luna of Earth by Laura Jo Phillips

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    There are lots of great ways for a beautiful, wealthy, brilliant young woman to meet a suitable romantic partner. Through the Internet, Church, volunteer groups, or even singles bars. Or, you can do it the way Luna Meadows did--by rescuing an alien from his crashed intergalactic spaceship on the side of a remote mountain in the Rockies just ahead of a three day blizzard...
  • Mated by V.K. Ludwig

    Mated by V.K. Ludwig

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    You know your Gaia link is broken when your match is 93.While every Vetusian around me is expecting the arrival of the first hybrids, my mate is living out her final days in a nursing home.With true love unattainable, I concentrate on busting the crime ring responsible for the supply of human females forced into prostitution at the Odheim brothels...
  • Ascension Saga: 6 - Faith, Part 3 by Grace Goodwin

    Ascension Saga: 6 - Faith, Part 3 by Grace Goodwin

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The traitor within the Jax household has been found, and the repercussions are staggering, with Faith barely surviving and their mating destroyed. But Faith has always been unpredictable—just ask her sisters— and nothing will stop her from getting what she wants…and she wants Thor. Even if it kills her...
  • Alien Paladin's Woman by Vi Voxley

    Alien Paladin's Woman by Vi Voxley

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Sometimes, what the galaxy needs is a hero no one's ever heard of. Tieran, the Commander of the Palian paladins, has never been allowed to have anything of his own, other than the blade in his hands and the honor he serves with. But a feisty, curvy, and utterly impossible human woman is about to change all that...
  • Into the Light by Anna Carven

    Into the Light by Anna Carven

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Abbey When your mate is a Kordolian General who's betrayed the most vicious Empire in the Universe, things tend to get a little heavy from time to time. For the last six months, Tarak's had to divide his time between Earth and space, dealing with various... problems. But he's home now, and he tells me he's not going anywhere...
  • Warrior by Anna Hackett

    Warrior by Anna Hackett

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Fighting for love, honor, and freedom on the galaxy’s lawless outer rim… It was supposed to be an exciting job on a space station, but instead, scientist Dr. Regan Forrest finds herself fighting for her life when she’s kidnapped by alien slavers...
  • Chasing Mayhem by Cynthia Sax

    Chasing Mayhem by Cynthia Sax

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Wild. Free. Hers. Mayhem has spent his lengthy lifespan obeying the Humanoid Alliance’s rules. Finally free from their cruel control, the cyborg warrior plans to cause chaos. He infiltrates a remote settlement, provokes the savage locals until they want him dead, and allows himself to be captured by the sexiest little Retriever he has ever laid his mechanically-enhanced eyes on...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • Dark Planet Warriors: Escape by Anna Carven

    Dark Planet Warriors: Escape by Anna Carven

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Abbey Ever since we left the Fleet Station, Tarak has been his usual cryptic self. For some reason, he’s keeping everything very low-key, to the extent that we’re trying to sneak in to Kythia. Something’s up, and he’s not telling me anything. Every time I try to get answers, he distracts me with his stupid sexiness. Stupid sexy, silver, stubborn, insistent alien...
  • The Bound Prince by Michelle M. Pillow

    The Bound Prince by Michelle M. Pillow

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Shapeshifter RomanceCat-shifter Prince Falke commands the Var armies, so it’s a little embarrassing when a beautiful female kidnaps him in his shifted form. Since no one knows where to send a rescue party, it’s up to him to use all his training and powers of seduction to find his way back home...
  • Viper's Defiant Mate by S.E. Smith

    Viper's Defiant Mate by S.E. Smith

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Prince Viper d’Rojah, a warrior from the Sarafin cat shifter species, is not happy when he is sent on a special mission by his older brother Vox, King of the Sarafin. The mission is to deliver important documents to the human authorities before kidnapping the sister and grandmother of Vox’s mate, Riley...
  • Claimed by an Alien Warrior by Tiffany Roberts

    Claimed by an Alien Warrior by Tiffany Roberts

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    An otherworldly warrior desperate to escape Earth. A curvy human female who’s his only hope—and his deepest desire.After losing her job, apartment, and boyfriend in one afternoon, Zoey doesn’t think things can get any worse. Then an uninvited passenger—green, four-armed, and sexy as sin—proves her wrong by dragging her into his frantic escape...
  • Forged in Shadow by Anna Carven

    Forged in Shadow by Anna Carven

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Sergeant Arin Varga has a problem on her hands. She's supposed to be in charge of a squad of peacekeepers. That's something she would normally handle with ease, except that now her people are stuck in Earth's orbit on a doomed superfreighter...
  • 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...
  • Pursued by Evangeline Anderson

    Pursued by Evangeline Anderson

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Elise is fractured inside, stained by a past she refuses to remember.Merrick is scarred both inside and out, a half-breed with a brutal background, at home nowhere in the universe.Now they are tied together by an unstable bond which could kill them both.Their journey will take them to the lawless planet of Rageron—the wildest of all the Kindred worlds...
  • Dagger's Hope by S.E. Smith

    Dagger's Hope by S.E. Smith

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Dagger is a Trivator warrior. He is known for his dark and dangerous edge, making him the perfect warrior for impossible missions. He fears nothing, until he meets a young, delicate human female who wakens his heart. Her gentle touch, soft voice, and her shy sense of humor touch him in a way he never thought could happen...
  • 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...
  • Tracking Trisha by S.E. Smith

    Tracking Trisha by S.E. Smith

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Trisha Grove enjoyed her job as a pilot for Boswell International but realizes something is still missing from her life – her family. She is ready to call it quits and head back home to Wyoming where her father lives. She never expected her last flight for Boswell would end with an unplanned trip out of this world...
  • Berrr's Vow by Laurann Dohner

    Berrr's Vow by Laurann Dohner

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    *** THIS IS A RERELEASE OF A PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED BOOK *** Kidnapped from Earth and transported to planet Zorn to be sold as a sex slave, Shanna is one angry, frightened woman ready to fight anyone who tries to touch her. Raised in foster care, she’s not going to take any crap off some alien men no matter how big, terrifying or muscular they are...
  • Ynyr by M.K. Eidem

    Ynyr by M.K. Eidem

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Ynyr was a third male and while he was a fit and worthy Warrior, he had always known that no female would ever Join with him. His mother’s refusal to leave his manno had most looking down on his family. He knew Ull would be able to overcome this because he was a first male and would one day be a Lord...
  • When She Belongs by Ruby Dixon

    When She Belongs by Ruby Dixon

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    He’s the biggest jerk in the galaxy.I can live with being stuck on the far end of space. I can live with having to spend weeks on an abandoned station in an asteroid belt. Sure, I don’t belong, but I’ve got my book and my eight-legged attack cat with me. I should be fine.I’m not fine.My alien host, Jerrok, is a jerk. He’s surly and unpleasant. He hasn’t bathed in years...
  • Revealed by Evangeline Anderson

    Revealed by Evangeline Anderson

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    Book 5 in the Brides of the Kindred seriesThis book is a plus length novel--around 130,000 words longNadiah has the Sight—the ability to see into the future. But the one thing she can’t see is how she’s ever going to be free of the blood bond her parents forced her into when she was only six...
  • Ambushing Ariel by S.E. Smith

    Ambushing Ariel by S.E. Smith

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Ariel Hamm has always had a tender heart. Her love for her sister, Carmen, and her best friend, Trisha, has always been a priority in her life. But at twenty-eight, she is ready to start focusing on what she wants. After her fiancée unexpectedly ends their engagement, she is searching to redefine who she really is. A pilot for Boswell International, she knows flying is not her first love...
  • 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...
  • Wray by M.K. Eidem

    Wray by M.K. Eidem

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Emperor Wray Vasteri is the ruler of the Tornian Empire, his House has ruled the Empire ever since the great infection struck over five hundred years ago and he fears he will be the last. The number of compatible females is dwindling faster than anyone knows and if compatible females aren’t found soon their entire civilization will cease to exist...
  • 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...
  • Bad Guy by Ruby Dixon

    Bad Guy by Ruby Dixon

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 33 ratings
    Crulden the Ruiner is the name of a fierce gladiator who’s broken the rules…and broken anyone that approaches.It’s *my* name.It’s a name that strikes fear into the hearts of all….all except the small human female who comes to clean my cell and glares at me the entire time.My new owners want things from me. They want me to play in their games. They want me to win battles for them...
  • Razor's Traitorous Heart by S.E. Smith

    Razor's Traitorous Heart by S.E. Smith

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Kali Parks is a shadow in the war between two factions that are fighting to gain control of Chicago. Born and raised on the streets, she stands as a silent sentinel at her brother’s side as he battles to gain control. She will do whatever it takes to bring peace to those she has pledged her life to protect, including fighting against the creatures that came to their world almost six years before...
  • Dark Horse by Michelle Diener

    Dark Horse by Michelle Diener

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    Some secrets carry the weight of the world.Rose McKenzie may be far from Earth with no way back, but she's made a powerful ally--a fellow prisoner with whom she's formed a strong bond. Sazo's an artificial intelligence. He's saved her from captivity and torture, but he's also put her in the middle of a conflict, leaving Rose with her loyalties divided...
  • Chained by Evangeline Anderson

    Chained by Evangeline Anderson

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Maggie Jordan is not supposed to be having adventures. Her mission is to go to Gaia, a new, unpopulated world, and study the native life forms there...
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