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  • Ignite Me by Tahereh Mafi

    Ignite Me by Tahereh Mafi

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 84 ratings
    With Omega Point destroyed, Juliette doesn’t know if the rebels, her friends, or even Adam are alive. But that won’t keep her from trying to take down The Reestablishment once and for all. Now she must rely on Warner, the handsome commander of Sector 45. The one person she never thought she could trust. The same person who saved her life...
  • Tane by Anna Hackett

    Tane by Anna Hackett

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    As the battle against the invading aliens reaches its endgame, a group of bad boy bikers and mercenaries will stand and fight for humanity’s survival…Tane Rahia is good at one thing—fighting. Before the alien invasion, he fought as a mercenary in the worst jungle hellholes...
  • Crisped + Sere by T.J. Klune

    Crisped + Sere by T.J. Klune

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Twenty-one days. In a world ravaged by fire and descending into madness, Cavalo has been given an ultimatum by the dark man known as Patrick: return Lucas to him and the cannibalistic Dead Rabbits, or the town of Cottonwood and its inhabitants will be destroyed...
  • Unity by Adrienne Lecter

    Unity by Adrienne Lecter

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    United we stand, divided we fall Once again reunited, the Lucky Thirteen set out to hunt down their adversaries—only to be met with an entirely new set of unexpected obstacles. As much as Bree is burning to finally get her revenge, it soon becomes obvious that on their own they are no match for the forces opposing them...
  • Prodigy by Marie Lu

    Prodigy by Marie Lu

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 73 ratings
    Injured and on the run, it has been seven days since June and Day barely escaped Los Angeles and the Republic with their lives. Day is believed dead having lost his own brother to an execution squad who thought they were assassinating him. June is now the Republic's most wanted traitor. Desperate for help, they turn to the Patriots - a vigilante rebel group sworn to bring down the Republic...
  • Wild Wastes 5 by Randi Darren

    Wild Wastes 5 by Randi Darren

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Before world war two could reach its conclusion, the world suffered what could only be defined as a cataclysm.Legend has it that an experiment failed. Catastrophically so. And when it failed, the center of the United States, from the Sierra Nevada to the Mississippi river became "The Waste", where everything changed.Except it didn't only happen in North America...
  • Aurora's End by Amie Kaufman, Jay Kristoff

    Aurora's End by Amie Kaufman, Jay Kristoff

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 33 ratings
    The squad you love is out of time. Prepare for the thrilling finale in the epic, best-selling Aurora Cycle series about a band of unlikely heroes who just might be the galaxy's last hope for survival.Is this the end? What happens when you ask a bunch of losers, discipline cases, and misfits to save the galaxy from an ancient evil? The ancient evil wins, of course. Wait. . . . Not. So. Fast...
  • The Girl Who Dared to Rise by Bella Forrest

    The Girl Who Dared to Rise by Bella Forrest

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    The stakes grow ever higher for Liana Castell... and she must rise to meet them. Return to the Tower in the gripping fourth book of The Girl Who Dared series, where Liana will face her greatest challenge yet: Become Ambrose's replacement, or die trying...
  • 1/27: An ICoS Anthology by Ais, Santino Hassell

    1/27: An ICoS Anthology by Ais, Santino Hassell

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    January 27, 2027 - One day around the world.Weeks after the last page of the In the Company of Shadows series, seven stories show glimpses of the lives of fifteen characters, scattered across the globe. In Ireland, an unexpected reunion takes a terrible turn. In Australia, the tides are changing while those involved never stop watching...
  • Refuge Found by S.M. Olivier

    Refuge Found by S.M. Olivier

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    If you had told me that the world would turn to crap a year ago, I would have never believed you. If you had told me I'd be living with my cheating ex and my manipulative twin sister, I would have laughed. Had you informed me I'd be in a relationship with five men, I would have asked what meds you had forgotten to take.Yet here I am at Sanctuary...
  • Nomad Mortis by Craig Martelle, Michael Anderle

    Nomad Mortis by Craig Martelle, Michael Anderle

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    They say that behind every great man is a great woman…but what if that woman is a Werewolf?The reviews for the Terry Henry Walton Chronicles are overwhelming.“Another great T.H. Walton story, I can't wait for the next one! This one has it all drama, suspense, comedy, love, and a healthy dose of action. Pick it up and enjoy!”“The story line with the dynamic duo keeps you on the edge of your seat...
  • Confederation by Michael R. Hicks

    Confederation by Michael R. Hicks

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    In the second book of the In Her Name science fiction & fantasy series, Reza Gard has been banished from the Kreelan Empire and is once again a stranger in a strange land as he returns to the human Confederation. Befriended by a marooned Confederation naval officer leading a desperate fight against the Kreelans on a distant colony world, she reunites Reza with Nicole Carré...
  • Retribution by Cameo Renae

    Retribution by Cameo Renae

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    War is coming between humans and Arvies, leaving me trapped between two enemies. This time, I don’t think I’ll survive.The government will stop at nothing to get me back in their clutches. They want what’s inside me—a power I call Venge—and will use my greatest weakness to bring me to my knees. The Arvies know of my gift, and use my telepathy and their numbers, in an effort to take me out...
  • 180 Proof Vega by Santino Hassell

    180 Proof Vega by Santino Hassell

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Emilio Vega is a shit-talking, eighteen-year-old gunrunner who is dragged out of the world of crime he grew up in, and forced to work for a covert organization that deals in assassination and political intrigue.The full version of Volume 1 is expected to be published in 2015.Note: The first three parts of Volume 1 are available for free on the author's GR profile...
  • Apocalypse Cultivator 3 by Jack Bryce

    Apocalypse Cultivator 3 by Jack Bryce

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I fought to find my family. Now, I'll fight to keep them.In a post-apocalyptic world plagued by mutants and raiders, safety is only an illusion. The question isn’t if trouble will find us, but when.The other survivors reckon themselves safe and comfy. They consider me the troublemaker. But they’re blind. The clouds are gathering, and something terrible is breaching the veil to our dimension...
  • Darkness United by K.C. Luck

    Darkness United by K.C. Luck

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    If the lights go out forever, can love survive? Twice now, Taylor, Jackie, Lexi, and Anna have faced the darkness brought on by a catastrophic solar storm. With the help of Sam, Laura, and a group of faithful friends, they have rebuilt their lives in a world without power. But when new threats arise, each must find a way to survive against the odds as well as continue to rely on each other...
  • State of Vengeance by Summer Lane

    State of Vengeance by Summer Lane

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Vengeance is coming. Monterey Bay, California, has barely survived a brutal attack from the evil invasion forces of Omega, and Cassidy Hart is exhausted. She has lost a friend and gained a new enemy. The militias seem to be weakening, and Omega seems to be getting stronger...
  • Nomad Supreme by Craig Martelle, Michael Anderle

    Nomad Supreme by Craig Martelle, Michael Anderle

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    They say that behind every great man is a great woman, but what if that woman is a Werewolf? Terry and Char cross the Wastelands returning to New Boulder carrying a message of hope. They’d found a better place. Could they move the whole town there, and would it be safer?They have a lead on Terry’s white whale, a secure military facility...
  • Arrival by A.G. Wilde

    Arrival by A.G. Wilde

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    You think Earth is a safe haven?You think the world couldn’t end tomorrow?Think again.Our world is no longer our own.It’s been taken by beings we could never have imagined.And we are weak.Helpless.…hopeless.Hunted.They have divided us into groups: Harvesters, Gatherers, and Breeders.I am but one of the dispensable.My name is Adira Mosely...and I am a Breeder...
  • Taji from Beyond the Rings by R. Cooper

    Taji from Beyond the Rings by R. Cooper

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The Interplanetary Trade Coalition has not been welcomed with open arms by the Sha Empire. Isolated at the far edge of a distant system, the Sha are distrustful of outsiders, and previous I.P.T.C. diplomatic missions have ended with members imprisoned or dead. But, if pushed enough, the I.P.T.C. will overrun the planet to take what it wants...
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    lgbtq  military  politics  action-adventure  adult  aliens  angst  book
  • The Caphenon by Fletcher DeLancey

    The Caphenon by Fletcher DeLancey

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    On a summer night like any other, an emergency call sounds in the quarters of Andira Tal, Lancer of Alsea. The news is shocking: not only is there other intelligent life in the universe, but it’s landing on the planet right now.Tal leads the first responding team and ends up rescuing aliens who have a frightening story to tell...
    Categorized as:
    lgbtq  military  politics  wlw  action-adventure  adult  aliens  book
  • Catalyst by Fletcher DeLancey

    Catalyst by Fletcher DeLancey

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    After disobeying orders to save the planet of Alsea, Captain Ekatya Serrado has returned home to something less than a hero’s welcome. At her side is Dr. Lhyn Rivers, now the foremost authority on a culture that fascinates and terrifies.Ekatya and Lhyn share a secret: they are tyrees, linked by an Alsean empathic bond that should be biologically impossible for Gaians...
    Categorized as:
    lgbtq  military  politics  wlw  action-adventure  adult  aliens  book
  • Unrest by Wendy Higgins

    Unrest by Wendy Higgins

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    New York Times bestselling author Wendy Higgins brings you the second book in this thrilling war-torn world... Being on the run in the desert means food and sanctuary are hard to come by, but Amber Tate and her crew are not about to give up. Not after having the things they love brutally ripped from them by an unknown enemy who sent their world into the apocalypse...
  • Undone by Wendy Higgins

    Undone by Wendy Higgins

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    USA Today and New York Times bestselling author, Wendy Higgins, brings you the gripping, sensual conclusion to her apocalyptic trilogy.Amber Tate never dreamed their heart-wrenching escape from the enemy’s attack would lead them to the most beautiful place she’s ever seen, marred by one ugly fact; it’s under enemy control...
  • Manu by Anna Hackett

    Manu by Anna Hackett

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    As the battle against the invading aliens intensifies, a group of bad boy bikers and mercenaries will stand and fight for humanity’s survival… When former berserker Manu Rahia lost his leg on a mission, he was forced to leave his squad...
  • Justice Ascending by Rebecca Zanetti

    Justice Ascending by Rebecca Zanetti

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Before surviving the Scorpius bacterium, Tace Justice was a good ole Texas cowboy who served his country and loved his mama. After Scorpius, the world became dark, dangerous, and deadly... and so did he. The Vanguard medic is stronger, faster, and smarter than before, but he's lost the line between right and wrong...
  • Shadow Falling by Rebecca Zanetti

    Shadow Falling by Rebecca Zanetti

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Before the Scorpius Syndrome tore through North America and nearly wiped out the population, Vivienne Wellington was the FBI’s best profiler. The bacteria got her anyway. But she survived. She recovered. And when she woke up from a drug-nightmare of captivity, her skills as a hunter of men had gone from merely brilliant to full-on uncanny. Her mysterious rescuer wants her to put them to the test...
  • Final Battle by Michael R. Hicks

    Final Battle by Michael R. Hicks

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Following Confederation, Final Battle is the last book in the saga of Reza Gard. Reza is caught up in a daring plot to assassinate the Confederation President, even as something goes terribly wrong in the Empire and its warriors lose their will to fight. Reunited with Tesh-Dar, Reza and his friends fight to save the woman he loves, with the fate of the Empire and Humanity hanging in the balance...
  • Restore Me by Tahereh Mafi

    Restore Me by Tahereh Mafi

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 59 ratings
    Juliette Ferrars thought she'd won. She took over Sector 45, was named the new Supreme Commander, and now has Warner by her side. But she's still the girl with the ability to kill with a single touch—and now she's got the whole world in the palm of her hand...
  • Nomad's Force by Craig Martelle, Michael Anderle

    Nomad's Force by Craig Martelle, Michael Anderle

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    They say that behind every great man is a great woman…but what if that woman is a Werewolf?  THIS IS A MONSTER BOOK - We have taken pains to price the book low.  (Craig is crying in the corner, don't mention I reduced it to what you see). The readers LOVE the Nomad! “This series is one of the best I’ve ever read...
  • Destroy Me by Tahereh Mafi

    Destroy Me by Tahereh Mafi

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 73 ratings
    Juliette escaped from The Reestablishment by seducing Warner—and then putting a bullet in his shoulder. But as she’ll learn in Destroy Me, Warner is not that easy to get rid of...Back at the base and recovering from his near-fatal wound, Warner must do everything in his power to keep his soldiers in check and suppress any mention of a rebellion in the sector...
  • Legend by Marie Lu

    Legend by Marie Lu

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 81 ratings
    What was once the western United States is now home to the Republic, a nation perpetually at war with its neighbors. Born into an elite family in one of the Republic's wealthiest districts, fifteen-year-old June is a prodigy being groomed for success in the Republic's highest military circles. Born into the slums, fifteen-year-old Day is the country's most wanted criminal...
  • Survivors by Anna Hackett

    Survivors by Anna Hackett

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    In the aftermath of a deadly alien invasion, a band of survivors fights on…Survivors contains three action-packed novellas in the Hell Squad series.Includes:Nate – Long before the aliens invaded, former Marine Nate Caldwell came home a broken man. Going off-grid in a cabin he inherited in Australia’s Blue Mountains, he survived the invasion with only his dog Blue for company...
  • Hemi by Anna Hackett

    Hemi by Anna Hackett

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    In the middle of an alien invasion, a big, tough, tattooed former mercenary is finally going to chase down his woman.Camryn McNab knows love is a lie. Okay, maybe not for everybody--her fellow soldiers on Squad Nine have managed to fall in love in the middle of a vicious alien attack. But it's not for her. She comes from two people incapable of love...
  • Ash by Anna Hackett

    Ash by Anna Hackett

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    In the middle of an alien invasion, will the bad boy berserker catch the geeky tech genius? Computer genius Marin Mitchell is doing her part to help humanity survive the raptor invasion, working tirelessly to decrypt alien data. She spends her days working and drooling over a certain tattooed, biker berserker from Squad Three. But Marin knows the rules: geeks do not snag sexy bad boys...
  • Deep Shadows by Bella Forrest

    Deep Shadows by Bella Forrest

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    The heart-pounding second book of The Child Thief series. After the night's shocking events, Robin, Jace, and their team find themselves thrust into a race for their lives.Robin never could have imagined that things would go so wrong. Never could have dreamed that they would find what they found within that innocuous-looking building...
  • Levi by Anna Hackett

    Levi by Anna Hackett

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    In the middle of an alien invasion, a bad boy berserker collides with a spunky mechanic on a dangerous sabotage mission. Levi King has always lived rough. Raised by a biker dad, he fought for everything he had—including being president of the Iron Kings motorcycle club. But when the aliens invaded, he lost it all...
  • Red Zone by Janet Elizabeth Henderson

    Red Zone by Janet Elizabeth Henderson

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Welcome to the new world. Things have changed just a bit. Big Brother's not only monitoring important things like what toilet paper you buy--it now has direct access to everything you see thanks to the mandatory implant you get at birth. And Friday Jones has seen something she wishes she hadn't...
  • Ingenious by Barrie Farris

    Ingenious by Barrie Farris

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Welcome to the TriangleIn a dystopian world ruled by women, brilliant but awkward Cadet Quiggs Fallon has a bright future. Academically gifted with a brain like the ancestors, he's well on his way to figuring out how to kill the vines overtaking the land, earning him--a male--an unheard-of seat in the Assembly of Ruling Mothers...
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    dystopia  lgbtq  military  action-adventure  adult  book  fiction  mlm
  • Independents by Michele Notaro

    Independents by Michele Notaro

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    All I’ve wanted to do is keep my family safe. All I’ve wanted was to protect them from the evils of the world… but I’ve failed. I’ve failed so badly, and now all of them are suffering… I’m suffering… We’ve lost so many, and now that we’ve lost one of our own, I don’t know how to keep going. I don’t know how to protect them anymore...
  • State of Destruction by Summer Lane

    State of Destruction by Summer Lane

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    "Lane is surely worth picking up and reading, whoever you may be." - Daniel M. Harrison, #1 Bestselling Author of Butterflies and Editor of MarxRand The destruction of California is at hand. Cassidy Hart and Chris Young have survived a dangerous mission into the heart of Sky City, a secret Omega base hidden deep in the mountains, but their vengeance has come with a price...
  • Endless Flames by Kennedy Layne

    Endless Flames by Kennedy Layne

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Betrayal and desperation are a dangerous combination in this thrilling continuation of the Surviving Ashes series by USA Today Bestselling Author Kennedy Layne... Berke Daniels has learned to live as if there is no tomorrow, because he knows firsthand it can all be taken away in a moment...
  • Holmes by Anna Hackett

    Holmes by Anna Hackett

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    The battle of survival against the invading aliens heats up... but Hell Squad never quits. General Adam Holmes’ life is dedicated to keeping his small band of survivors alive. On the run, with only Hell Squad and the other soldiers for protection, they are making their last dangerous drive to the secret stronghold of the Enclave...
  • Zandian Lights by Renee Rose, Rebel West

    Zandian Lights by Renee Rose, Rebel West

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    THE ZANDIANS STILL NEED BRIDES. It's the Zandian Lights festival, and the king declared a free-for-all. All human females may mate without petition. Without multiple partners. Without promises. Two warriors have pledged themselves to me, but I can't get excited about becoming their bride. There's only one purple-skinned male who excites me- Mykl, my master and supervisor...
  • Traitor's Mandate by Kelly St. Clare

    Traitor's Mandate by Kelly St. Clare

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The dreams I once had as a soldier fade to nothing, insignificant as the last battle for Earth looms darker each day.Whatever makes my mind unique could provide our rebellion with an army large enough to crush the Mandate and the other group circling in for the kill.If I can hold on.Because I’m dangerous—a bomb that could detonate and kill my friends and the man I love at any moment...
  • Unravel Me by Tahereh Mafi

    Unravel Me by Tahereh Mafi

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · 83 ratings
    The thrilling second installment in New York Times bestselling author Tahereh Mafi’s Shatter Me series.It should have taken Juliette a single touch to kill Warner. But his mysterious immunity to her deadly power has left her shaken, wondering why her ultimate defense mechanism failed against the person she most needs protection from...
  • Resilience by Fletcher DeLancey

    Resilience by Fletcher DeLancey

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    As the first Alsean to serve aboard a Protectorate warship, Rahel Sayana thought her empathic sense would be an advantage. She never imagined it could be a weakness.Captain Ekatya Serrado has her hands full with a new empathic officer, an attempted murder, and a missing cargo ship. Finding the lost ship only adds to her problems: its crew lies dead amid signs of alien predators...
  • Roth by Anna Hackett

    Roth by Anna Hackett

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    In the aftermath of a deadly alien invasion, a band of survivors fights on…Roth Masters is a protector to the bone. Driven by the losses of his past, he fights side-by-side with Hell Squad to protect the human survivors of the alien invasion. As leader of Squad Nine, he and his team are known for their perfect timing in a firefight...
  • Griff by Anna Hackett

    Griff by Anna Hackett

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    As the battle against the invading aliens intensifies, a group of bad boy bikers and mercenaries will stand and fight for humanity’s survival…Squad Three berserker Griff lived through hell long before the alien invasion. Once, he’d been a dedicated cop, but then in a gut-wrenching betrayal, he ended up behind bars in a supermax prison...
  • Unknown by Wendy Higgins

    Unknown by Wendy Higgins

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    In this first installment of NY Times bestselling author, Wendy Higgins's debut New Adult series, a frighteningly realistic apocalyptic America is brought to life, entwined with searing romantic tension that will leave you eager for more. *** Amber Tate believes the worst thing she'll suffer in life is dealing with the unrequited love she feels for her brother's best friend, Rylen Fite...
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