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  • Flor's Fiasco by Ruby Dixon

    Flor's Fiasco by Ruby Dixon

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    I'm not supposed to resonate to him.It's been a few years since I've landed here on Icehome Beach, and as resonance after resonance dwindled the list of bachelors, I knew who I'd end up with. As soon as we got past our differences, I'd end up as R'jaal's mate.On an everyday excursion, however, my khui decides otherwise. It sings all right...but not to R'jaal...
  • Devi's Distraction by Ruby Dixon

    Devi's Distraction by Ruby Dixon

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    It's hard to make friends with the other women at the Icehome camp when you'd rather be dissecting the local fauna. Which is why I'm surprised when one of the big, brawny islanders asks me to help him make a prosthetic leg. I don't know N'dek, but since I'm a scientist, he wants my help...
  • 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...
  • Corsairs: Straik by Ruby Dixon

    Corsairs: Straik by Ruby Dixon

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    What’s worse than finding a lost ship full of stolen humans? It’s finding out that your family is responsible. This is a wrong I have to somehow right, so I take off to find answers…and discover one of those kidnapped humans has stowed away on my ship.She’s furious that I’ve deserted her friends. She’s determined to make me pay...
  • A Gift for the Alien Warrior by Honey Phillips

    A Gift for the Alien Warrior by Honey Phillips

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Can a forgotten alien warrior protect his newfound family?Taranov spent years doing his duty before finally escaping his dying planet. His new life as a trader is calm, peaceful… and empty. Then he stumbles upon an abandoned ship, a helpless infant, and a beautiful female who can’t even remember her name. His instincts demand that he protect them, but his heart wants so much more...
  • Alien Beast by Lili Zander

    Alien Beast by Lili Zander

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

    Corsairs: Kaspar by Ruby Dixon

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    I live for danger. For excitement. For adventure.When I end up in an escape pod with Alice, though, my world changes. She’s human. Vulnerable. She does NOT love danger, or excitement. But her mind is clever, her retorts sharp, and her smile brings me to my knees. I want nothing more than to keep her safe…and keep her at my side...
  • Juldo Made by Erin Raegan

    Juldo Made by Erin Raegan

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Vivian It’s been months since he’s been gone. Not a word from him. Not a single sign. He’s out there somewhere without a single memory of me. Without knowing about his child still growing inside me. And there’s no way for me to find him. He could be anywhere. On some distant planet or drifting in the vast black space of our universe...
  • 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...
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    aliens  paranormal  steamy  adult  audiobook  book  dark  fiction
  • Eliza's Miracle by S.J. Sanders

    Eliza's Miracle by S.J. Sanders

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Eliza is the new ambassador from Earth. It fulfills all her career ambitions, but her life is a lie. Her husband, who ruled her career with an iron fist, is not her Prince Charming in a storybook marriage that everyone assumes. He is cruel and manipulative. Living at the space station gives her some reprieve, but not entirely...
    Categorized as:
    aliens  kind-mc  paranormal  steamy  abuse  adult  alpha-mc  book
  • 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...
  • Home World by Erin Raegan

    Home World by Erin Raegan

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    PeytonI fell in love with an alien. Our world was invaded by carnivorous freaks and the Dahk swooped in and saved me and my friends. They want to save the Earth but we are our own worst enemy, or so I thought. The truth is we have no idea what's out there. Now I'm on my way to Home World. The Dahk's world. An alien world. I had no choice, it was taken from me. I tell myself I hate him but I don't...
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    aliens  fated-mates  paranormal  steamy  adult  alpha-mc  book  fiction
  • Ascend by Sandra R. Neeley

    Ascend by Sandra R. Neeley

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Command Warship 1 is home to one of the most feared males in the multi-verse. Zha Quin Tha is Sire to his people, next in line to the throne. He rules his military with an iron hand. His people, the Cruestaci, are a warrior race who bow to no one and nothing...
  • Resisting Maxu by Victoria Aveline

    Resisting Maxu by Victoria Aveline

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Being kidnapped by aliens and whisked away to another planet isn’t always a bad thing…Meg isn’t like the other alien abduction survivors. She doesn’t missmuch of anything from her former life—least of all her deadbeat husband. Her Clecanian rescuers gave her a fresh start, and she plans to enjoy it. Being recognized as a mate is not on her agenda...
  • When She's Pregnant by Ruby Dixon

    When She's Pregnant by Ruby Dixon

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Naomi has spent her entire profits from her farm's yield for a fertility shot. She wants a baby to ease some of the loneliness of life at the edge of the universe. Unfortunately for her, the donor she had lined up can't finish the job. What's a lonely, ovulating human to do?This one heads to the Port Custodial office and asks for help from the military custodian on duty...
  • 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...
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    aliens  paranormal  steamy  adult  age-gap  audiobook  book  fiction
  • 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...
  • Chained by V.K. Ludwig

    Chained by V.K. Ludwig

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I conquered her planet and pillaged her body. Now I’m back for her heart.A decade ago, I brought war to Solgad, home of the Jal’zar. I sacked the planet and slaughtered the people, all to save my race from extinction. Until one of their female warriors hissed defiance, promising me death at her hands no matter how her body longed for mine...
  • 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...
  • Grai's Game by Mikayla Lane

    Grai's Game by Mikayla Lane

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Grai T’Alq has spent hundreds of years on Earth, learning how to manipulate the humans and thriving on their jealousy and greed. Unknown to the Valendrans and their hybrid females, he’d been able to build an empire on Earth and more importantly; he even had their own working for him...
  • My Foxy Mate by Susan Trombley

    My Foxy Mate by Susan Trombley

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    DaviniaSell over a million dollars of programmable hover vacs in a month, get a hefty commission check, and win an all-expenses paid trip to Ubaid Space Station.That’s the promise, and I deliver on my end of the bargain. What I get for my trouble is a “supervised” guided tour of the station, surrounded by other humans...
  • 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...
  • 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...
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    aliens  paranormal  steamy  adult  book  fiction  lgbtq  mlm
  • Pythen Blessing by Erin Raegan

    Pythen Blessing by Erin Raegan

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    LydiaMy life is unrecognizable. I live on an alien planet. I talk to aliens. They’re my friends, my protectors. There is no familiarity to home. The landscape is alien. The sky is alien. Everywhere I look reminds me that I am an impossible distance away from everything I’ve ever known. But I’m safe here. Safer here than I would be anywhere else...
    Categorized as:
    aliens  kind-mc  multi-pov  paranormal  steamy  adult  alpha-mc  book
  • Chaos by Laurie Roma

    Chaos by Laurie Roma

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Katra Tesera is a female Dragon Warrior on a mission. Unsatisfied with the life her family wishes for her back on her home world, she seeks something more for her own future. When the opportunity to visit Earth arises, Katra is eager for the excitement and adventure of traveling the stars...
    Categorized as:
    aliens  multi-pov  paranormal  steamy  adult  book  dragons  dystopia
  • 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...
  • Rixen by Ella Blake

    Rixen by Ella Blake

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I’m visiting my daughter and her Stryxian mate for the holidays, but a certain gorgeous merchant has thoroughly captured my attention. I thought I was well past these fluttery feelings, but Rixen ties my tongue in knots and makes my heart pound. He keeps to himself, but when we team up to prepare the settlement for the upcoming festival, I know the sparks fly in both directions...
  • Oryon by M.K. Eidem

    Oryon by M.K. Eidem

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Please note this book was previously released in Love Without Boundaries (Tornians, #2.5)Lord Oryon and Lady Isis of House Rigel are returning home from a historic meeting of the Assembly of Lords. Their universe has drastically changed in the last weeks since they arrived on Tornian and both are trying to adjust.For Oryon, he was amazed how his Isis had blossomed...
  • 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...
    Categorized as:
    aliens  paranormal  steamy  adult  alpha-mc  book  fiction  royalty
  • 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...
  • Zephyr by Miranda Bridges, Kyra Snow

    Zephyr by Miranda Bridges, Kyra Snow

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    This story is about Daxis discovering he's mated to a human female. And he is not happy about it. Actually, that's an understatement...
  • 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...
  • Married to Krampus by Marina Simcoe

    Married to Krampus by Marina Simcoe

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    My husband has horns, hooves, fur, and a tail.His Krampus-like appearance didn’t scare me away from marrying him. Forever an optimist, I eagerly agreed to be the first bride shipped under the new liaison program to Voran, a country on the newly discovered planet Neron. The Colonel also has two little boys—a huge plus for me since I adore children...
  • 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  steamy  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  humor
  • Tribe by Stacy Jones

    Tribe by Stacy Jones

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Despite being dumped on a primitive alien world, Lily is adapting to life there, with the help of Frrar, Tor, and Arruk. But they can’t stay in the safety of the caves forever. The flood waters have receded and it’s time to join the rest of the tribe… While traveling, their group meets a familiar face from Arruk’s past – a man half feral and covered in vicious scars...
  • 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...
  • Tempted by Presley Hall

    Tempted by Presley Hall

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    I promised myself I would never trust an alien. But with Zhori, I may not have a choice. After being kidnapped by aliens, nearly rescued, and then snatched back by my captors, I don’t have much hope of getting rescued again. Still, I’m determined to fight back on my own, to break free and find some way off this horrible planet...
  • Raven's Return by Ruby Dixon

    Raven's Return by Ruby Dixon

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

    Her Alien Warrior by Presley Hall

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Gemma and Kzuri's story. Full blurb coming soon!Her Alien Warrior is a full-length standalone sci-fi romance featuring blue-skinned alien warriors, a sweet but determined heroine, and a quiet, fiercely devoted hero.If you like sexy aliens, steamy romance, and thrilling adventure, you’ll love this series...
  • 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...
  • Tormented by the Warlord by V.K. Ludwig

    Tormented by the Warlord by V.K. Ludwig

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    I won’t touch her. But I will torment her soul.While the other warlords mate with the daughters of our enemy, I want nothing to do with these political marriages. Fate calls me north, searching for what the shamans say will complete my soul.An impossible task without more warriors at my command...
  • Angie's Gladiator by Ruby Dixon

    Angie's Gladiator by Ruby Dixon

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

    The Falcorans' Faith by Laura Jo Phillips

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    You could say that Faith Myers was one of the unluckiest women in The Thousand Worlds, but that would make her sound a lot luckier than she actually was. Her twin sister, Grace, died in an attack by the reptilian Brethren. Her parents were murdered...
    Categorized as:
    aliens  multi-pov  paranormal  steamy  adult  book  fiction  futuristic
  • Possessed by Presley Hall

    Possessed by Presley Hall

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    My sister found love with a dashing alien warrior, but I’m too practical for something like that to ever happen to me.Right?Now that Nadia is happily settled into her new life with Zatir, I’m not quite sure what to do with myself. I was the protective older sibling for so long, I’ve forgotten who I am besides that.I need to make my own life on this strange new planet...
  • 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...
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