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  • The Strip Down by Honey Phillips

    The Strip Down by Honey Phillips

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Can Amanda discover the secrets behind an alien ruin? And the mysterious alien with the haunted eyes?Amanda is happy with her life as an elementary school teacher - and making plans to expand her family. Waking up naked and alone on an alien planet is not on her schedule.Desperate to return to Earth, she reluctantly accepts the help of the massive alien who appears out of the sands...
  • Alien Most Wanted: Mastermind by Honey Phillips

    Alien Most Wanted: Mastermind by Honey Phillips

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Can an icy alien warrior save the woman who finally thaws his frozen heart?Sophie’s life is a mess. She’s broke and on the verge of losing her home. Her former lover - and former boss - wants nothing to do with her or the child growing inside her.Just when she thinks life can’t get much worse, she’s kidnapped and transported to an alien prison...
  • Sakar by Ella Blake

    Sakar by Ella Blake

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    My two girls and I are going to be snowed in for Christmas and that’s fine with us, until an alien spacecraft crashes behind our wooded Maine home. I take the gorgeous Virilian, Prince Sakar, home with me. He’s injured and tracking an endangered alien dog with a taste for my neighbor’s goats...
  • The Alien's Equal by Ella Maven

    The Alien's Equal by Ella Maven

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    He’s done waiting… and is ready to claim his mate.Justine: Alien planet life isn’t so bad. I’ve taken a vow of celibacy so the perfect male specimens walking around with their bulging muscles and other…bulges…don’t do it for me. I’m content to live my life and avoid the one male with the soft voice and all-knowing eyes who has me rethinking that vow...
  • The Alien's Savior by Ella Maven

    The Alien's Savior by Ella Maven

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    "I'll do anything to make sure she's safe. Even from me."Naomi: All my life, I've been protected. First by my older brother, and now by a crew of women on a strange alien planet who insist on protecting my virtue. Who cares about virtue? I have to make the most of this situation, and if that means shacking up with a big blue guy, I'm not opposed...
  • Kensho by Lyn Gala

    Kensho by Lyn Gala

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Kensho and Other Short Tales and Tails from the Claimings UniverseLiam and Ondry have a stable relationship. However, the universe continues to move on even when their unconventional romance has settled into a comfortable partnership. Humans and Rownt struggle to find a place of mutual respect and understanding. Assumptions on each side make that difficult...
  • Alien Hunter's Fate by Ava Ross

    Alien Hunter's Fate by Ava Ross

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    An alien insists I’m his fated mate. After we escape a deadly alien game called the labyrinth, he says he’s keeping me. This deal was supposed to be simple. Take a shuttle to the space station. Connect with an alien in need of Slaking—their term, not mine. One week between the furs with no hearts involved, something I’m determined to avoid after being burned...
  • Space Mercenary's Prize by Lynnea Lee

    Space Mercenary's Prize by Lynnea Lee

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When a tiny form crashes into me in the alley behind my old haunt, I don’t expect to find a half-dressed human female in my arms. Jenny brings out my instinct to guard and protect. Drunk and eager for a fight, I knock out her attacker and vow to take her home to Reka 5.There’s only one problem: Jenny’s owner wants her back.We wake the next morning with an enormous bounty on our heads...
  • Alien Pirate's Plunder by Ava Ross

    Alien Pirate's Plunder by Ava Ross

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    An alien pirate promises to give me a child. But what if he steals my heart?Aliens are real and they’re eager to Slake. What’s Slaking, you ask? It seems Xilan males go into a voracious heat period every three years, and there aren’t enough females to fulfill the needs of these beastly aliens. Enter me and other Earth females eager to have children...
  • Alien Outcast's Exiled Bride by Juno Wells

    Alien Outcast's Exiled Bride by Juno Wells

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    PernI’ve killed a queen. She was a vicious Draconian queen bent on death and destructionbut she was my queen none the less. And I gunned her down in cold blood. No male hasever killed a queen and lived to tell the tale. Queen Cassandra granted me a pardon andtook me into her favor for siding when her when the war was all but lost...
  • Alien Ruler Needs a Nanny by Tasha Black

    Alien Ruler Needs a Nanny by Tasha Black

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    He’s in charge of an entire planet, but only she can rule his heart…Ba’shir Kreed is a hardworking single dad who also happens to be the leader of a planet of two billion souls. He is used to dealing with any issue that comes along. But he knows he’s got real problems the minute he lays eyes on his kids’ new Terran nanny...
  • The Start of Time by Marilyn Foxworthy

    The Start of Time by Marilyn Foxworthy

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    It was my second day on the ‘Red Planet’. Today I’d better find water. That had been the instructions in the box: learn to walk; find Water; make a weapon; find a nice Martian girl to teach you to speak the language. I figured that finding food would be a good idea too. It wasn’t exactly like I had expected, but how could it be? I had followed an unbelievable path to an unbelievable destination...
  • Conquering the Alien Commander by Bella Blair

    Conquering the Alien Commander by Bella Blair

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Whatever it takes, I will never leave HER!ASHLEY: Taken by the Cryons during a rescue mission gone wrong, I thought my life was over. I prepared myself to die on an alien planet, swearing I would take some of the hateful Cryons with me.But a chance to escape leads me right into the arms of the Pandraxian’s superior commander, who claims I’m his mekarry—soulmate...
  • Alien Savage's Stolen Bride by Juno Wells

    Alien Savage's Stolen Bride by Juno Wells

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Rebecca While fleeing a dying Earth I've endured cold, hunger and thirst. The one bright spot in my nightmare is my friend and fellow red-head, Willow. I've never had a friend like her before, one who I'd do anything for and she'd do the same for me. We're traveling to the Draconian home-world to accept an offer of sanctuary. Of course nothing in the universe is free...
  • The Alien's Blade by Ella Blake

    The Alien's Blade by Ella Blake

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    What’s worse than waking up from a hibernation cell fifty-two years after being abducted?Nothing. No, wait—a wise-cracking alien hunk with a killer smile who doesn’t let me out of his sight, that’s what.Wulfrex knows every inch of his massive space cruiser and makes it impossible for me to steal it...
  • Hunter: Desert Hunter / Alien Hunter / Galactic Gladiator Christmas by Anna Hackett

    Hunter: Desert Hunter / Alien Hunter / Galactic Gladiator Christmas by Anna Hackett

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    From the dangerous desert sands to the deadly glitz of the city, the lawless desert planet of Carthago is filled with lethal hunters risking it all for the women who capture their hearts. HUNTER contains two novellas and one short story all set in the Galactic Gladiators series...
  • Alien Hope by Honey Phillips

    Alien Hope by Honey Phillips

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Torn apart for ten years, can they reclaim their love? For as long as Emlan could remember, T’renan had been part of her life - friend, protector, confidant - but when she tried to show the massive alien warrior she wanted more, he left her. When she heard that he had been killed, she couldn't let herself believe he was really gone...
  • Consumed by Presley Hall

    Consumed by Presley Hall

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    All I wanted was one hot night with an alien gladiator…Ever since the Kalixian warriors rescued us from our Orkun captors, I’ve made no secret of the fact that I think these bronze, horned aliens are hot as hell.I have no interest in the whole “fated mate” thing, but I definitely wouldn’t mind a roll in the sheets with any of these men.Well… one man, if I’m being honest.Tycran...
  • Sarazen's Hunt by Isabel Wroth

    Sarazen's Hunt by Isabel Wroth

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    -GOOD LUCK ON THE HUNT. Newly-appointed Commander Kalix has been tasked with a crucial mission for the Sarazen race: discover the fates of the remaining human starships, and bring home the survivors—if there are any left, that is… His crew come upon the wrecked remains of the Sestrenka, and the chattering captain’s logs set them on the trail of a human colony established over twenty years ago...
  • Chained to the Stryxian by Ella Blake

    Chained to the Stryxian by Ella Blake

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Arus Bor'vak understands machines better than people. He likes them better, too, so when human women begin to populate the Stryxian settlements, he finds it best to give them a wide berth. They’re beautiful, soft, and utterly incomprehensible, and none captures his attention like Keira Becker, the strong ex-lieutenant who makes him lose his tongue in her presence...
  • 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...
  • The Arcav General's Woman by Hope Hart

    The Arcav General's Woman by Hope Hart

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    How do you choose between honour and love? Harmless, fun Methi, can always be counted on to get into trouble. But the cocky Arcav with a heart of gold is slowly being replaced with a cold, bitter male who fights his demons at every turn. Some Arcav can wait for their mates for centuries before risking insanity. But others can’t. Methi knows who is mate is. Seeing her is like ripping his guts out...
  • Oblivion III by Jennifer L. Armentrout

    Oblivion III by Jennifer L. Armentrout

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    L’alieno più sexy mai sceso sulla Terra questa volta deve combattere contro qualcosa di molto più grande di lui per proteggere la sua famiglia da un pericolo più che reale. Ma Daemon non è solo, lui e Katy sono diventati inscindibili e questo significa che dovrà soprattutto proteggere la sua amata...
  • Paladin by Anna Hackett

    Paladin by Anna Hackett

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    A cyborg drowning in emotions and an abducted Earth woman trying not to feel.Abducted, enslaved, and constantly worried for her daughter, scientist Dr. Simone Li has had a rough few months. Now that she and her daughter, Grace, have been rescued by the fierce cyborgs of the House of Rone, she’s trying to make a life for them on the desert world of Carthago...
  • A Son for the Alien Warrior by Honey Phillips, Bex McLynn

    A Son for the Alien Warrior by Honey Phillips, Bex McLynn

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Can she create a new family with an alien warrior?On the anniversary of the disappearance of Mariah’s sister and nephew, Mariah returns to their last known location, expecting to find only painful memories. Instead, she encounters an alien spaceship and recklessly sneaks aboard, taking one last chance to be reunited with her family...
  • Ransomed by Tana Stone

    Ransomed by Tana Stone

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Trista expects her alien warrior mate to be big and gorgeous. She doesn't expect him to take her hostage. She's already been abducted from Earth to be a tribute bride for the Drexian warriors, and Trista has finally gotten used to the idea of marrying a brawny alien warrior. Sort of. He has to be better than the awful guys from home she’s been trying so hard to forget...
  • Tempted by an Alien Warlord by Ava Ross

    Tempted by an Alien Warlord by Ava Ross

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    She hates him (not really). He hates her (not really?). But when she's kidnapped by the duskhorde, he mounts a bold rescue, only to be captured himself. Can they escape and find true love together?Zetar: After losing my mate to the disease, I promised never to love another. Then I meet Josie. She’s full of fire, and she tests my patience...
  • Sentinel by Anna Hackett

    Sentinel by Anna Hackett

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Fighting for love, loyalty, and freedom on the galaxy’s lawless outer rim… When Quinn Bennett’s exploration ship is attacked, the security chief finds herself abducted by alien slavers. Unable to save her crew, she is taken across the galaxy and sold to a desert scavenger on the lawless planet of Carthago...
  • Axall by Sue Mercury, Sue Lyndon

    Axall by Sue Mercury, Sue Lyndon

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    He won’t leave Earth without her.After awakening from cryosleep, Rachel struggles to find her place in a strange new world. Earth isn’t the way she remembers it. Not even close. For starters, humans have made contact with real live aliens. Before she can wrap her head around all the changes, a bossy Vaxxlian warrior shows up in her bedroom claiming to be her mate...
  • Khann by Sue Mercury, Sue Lyndon

    Khann by Sue Mercury, Sue Lyndon

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    He’s the enemy—and she’s agreed to become his mate.Stranded on war-torn Earth with her young daughter, Belle is devastated to learn she has a terminal illness. Who will take care of her daughter after she’s gone? When she discovers Vaxxlians possess the technology to save her, she doesn’t hesitate to sign up for Vaxxlian Mail Order Brides—even if she does view the powerful aliens as the enemy...
  • Myadd by Sue Mercury, Sue Lyndon

    Myadd by Sue Mercury, Sue Lyndon

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    The huge alien warrior wants to keep her forever.Pregnant and alone, Sienna feels she has no choice but to sign up for Vaxxlian Mail Order Brides. She’ll have to marry a complete stranger, but she’s desperate to provide a real future for her unborn child. When she meets Myadd, she experiences the first glimmer of hope in ages...
  • Ull by M.K. Eidem

    Ull by M.K. Eidem

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Ull Rigel is a fit and worthy Tornian warrior, the first male of a powerful and respected Lord. Because of this, he'd always believed he'd be able to attract a female, securing his bloodline. But he hadn't. He hadn't even been able to attract one of the Earth females they'd discovered. But his younger brother, a third male, did...
  • Stolen by the Zandian by Renee Rose, Rebel West

    Stolen by the Zandian by Renee Rose, Rebel West

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    STOLEN FROM AUCTION Khrys My career is on the line here. King Zander demoted me.The planet is in crisis over a viral epidemic affecting the human half-breeds.If I could get my hands on the genetically modified humanshe could be the answer to both problems.But I didn’t expect to fall for the feisty little femalewho stole my heart while I stole her body. Kailani I’m an upgraded human...
  • Flying in Spaceships with Aliens by Erin Raegan

    Flying in Spaceships with Aliens by Erin Raegan

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I once had what I thought were small dreams. Dreams that I was never sure if I would have the chance to pursue. Even so, I had been content. Happy. Or so I thought.All that changed when Killian entered my life. But just as quickly as he lifted me up, he shoved me down so far I didn’t think I would ever have the strength to find myself again...
  • Piper (Alien Surrogate Agency #1) by Tasha Black

    Piper (Alien Surrogate Agency #1) by Tasha Black

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She signed up to give him an heir, but what he really wants is her heart.Piper’s infertility sent her childhood sweetheart into the arms of another woman. Now she’s cashing in her credits at the local fertility clinic so she can do the traveling she’s always dreamed of.But when the clinic offers her a secret third option, she can’t resist...
  • Stranded by Heather Fox

    Stranded by Heather Fox

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Liv: Being in a spaceship crash wasn’t on my agenda. I’m meant to be on Alpha Colony, hunting for clues to my sister’s disappearance. Instead, me and twelve other women are stranded on the outskirts of a jungle on a planet we know nothing about, where the flora and fauna are both out to get us...
  • Alien Betrothed by Luna Kingsley

    Alien Betrothed by Luna Kingsley

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    On a rescue mission to save a stolen female, this warrior risks losing everything…especially his heart.Celia is putting her farming skills to use on abandoned acreage in Endol when a pack of ferocious beasts send her running. She ends up lost on the unfamiliar planet with darkness fast approaching...
  • Scorched by Heather Fox

    Scorched by Heather Fox

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Rachel: Mama always said that when I open my mouth, stupid comes out. I guess that's why instead of telling Grace the real reason I'm at the medical hut, I tell her I want to train to be a healer. It's not so bad, though. It's nice to give something back to the tribe, and also, it means I get to care for injured warrior Vantos...
  • Crashed by Kiki Burrelli

    Crashed by Kiki Burrelli

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Forced together, they are castaways on an unknown planet. The last thing Tannish knew, he was in a nightclub, dancing the night away and pretending his life was fine. But, the moment Tannish feels the warmth of Enzo's arms, he finally feels like he's home. An unbreakable bond that comes with a powerful new ability Until now, Enzo's first passion has always been medicine...
  • Silenced by Heather Fox

    Silenced by Heather Fox

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Carrie: The new arrivals at our tribe may have their minds only on one thing, but I can't even think about finding my mate. Not when my voice has been stolen away by a broken promise. Unable to communicate with the others, I'm relegated to the edges of the tribe. But I'm not the only one. Endzoh, the quiet warrior I've always thought didn't much like us girls, is right here with me...
  • Domesticating the Alien by Ava Ross

    Domesticating the Alien by Ava Ross

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I’ve been hired to teach an alien warrior social skills to woo a mate. But now he’s trying to woo me.When the elderly duchess I cared for dies, her slimy son—my ex—tells me he wants me back. Um, no. I flee and at the Intergalactic Employment Agency, I’m offered a job teaching an alien warlord sophistication so he can woo a mate at the upcoming Match-Mating Soiree...
  • Seduced by Heather Fox

    Seduced by Heather Fox

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Lorna: After the awful mess that was my life back on Earth, living in the raskarran village is great. It's a simple life, but the big green guys provide for us, our huts are cosy and I get to spend my days looking after two adorable children. There's only one problem - the dreamspace. Much as I might want to have a family one day, I can't have anyone inside my head...
  • Nkarri by Annabelle Rex

    Nkarri by Annabelle Rex

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    It was as if his focus narrowed, the rest of the people in the room fading out as he took her in...Jas has spent years regrowing her confidence after getting burned by her ex. Now she has great friends, a beautiful home and a successful career - everything she thought she needed...
  • Raith by Annabelle Rex

    Raith by Annabelle Rex

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    If he suggested it, she was absolutely going to unwrap him like a Christmas present.Mia made a promise to always attend her family’s Christmas ‘gathering’. Hard to call it a party when they’re about as much fun as a funeral. It’s the same thing every year...
  • Vykor by Susan Hayes

    Vykor by Susan Hayes

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Looking for love on all the wrong planets? Try the Star-Crossed Dating Agency. Born without a dragon’s spirit, Vykor has no magic, no clan, and no reason to stay on his home planet of Romak. He’s come to Earth to research old legends – and maybe even find acceptance...
  • AvX by Jennifer Julie Miller

    AvX by Jennifer Julie Miller

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    IvyWhy are the last words ever spoken to our loved ones is in anger? I knew the moment I left it was a mistake, but my stubborn pride urged me forward. I’ve awakened to unimaginable horrors, pain unlike anything the human mind could conceive, until him. Now, I’m too scared to trust my own feelings, as they have only led me astray...
  • Charlie's Order by Miranda Martin

    Charlie's Order by Miranda Martin

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    He's a member of the enemy Order, but his dragon staked its claim and he killed a Brother to defend me...CharlieI’m a scientist. Logic has always gotten me through, but there's no logic to love. Lusting over the alpha, domineering alien dragon man, sure, makes sense. But instant love? Fated mates? Impossible.Besides, he’s a member of the evil Order...
  • Rescued by the Zandian by Renee Rose, Rebel West

    Rescued by the Zandian by Renee Rose, Rebel West

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Humans lie. I learned that lesson once before.I thought I found a mate, but she betrayed us all.I won't let that happen again.Not even when I find Sia and four other females nearly dead on a defunct planet.Not when the lovely female is remanded to my custody.She's not being honest about what she knows.But with a little pressure, a little punishment, I might get her to talk.Teach her to obey...
  • Cheating in the Alien Bride Lottery by Margo Bond Collins

    Cheating in the Alien Bride Lottery by Margo Bond Collins

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I have no desire to join the Alien Bride Lottery.But even more than that, I don't want my parents to choose a husband for me. And that's what will happen if I stay on Earth.So I make a deal with them: if I go to Station 21 and don't get chosen by a Khanavai male, I will come home and allow them to plan the rest of my life...
  • Ren by Nancey Cummings, Starr Huntress

    Ren by Nancey Cummings, Starr Huntress

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The red guy. Again.Emry thought she was done with alien Romeos who made promises and then ditched you, but their paths continued to cross. What’s a girl to do when the same guy keeps turning up like a bad penny?Steal his shipThe wrong thing for the right reason.Four years ago, Ren made the mistake of choosing duty above his mate, a fragile human female unsuited for his toxic planet...
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