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A Family for the Alien Warrior by Honey Phillips, Bex McLynn
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsA grumpy alien warrior. A pregnant librarian. A ready-made family?Wanda has never hankered after excitement - or romance. A quiet life as a small town librarian suits her just fine. But while she doesn’t need a man, she does want a child. Just as her hard-earned dreams come true, she is abducted by aliens... -
![Daughter of the Alien Warrior by Honey Phillips, Bex McLynn]()
Daughter of the Alien Warrior by Honey Phillips, Bex McLynn
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsCan a grieving alien warrior and a desperate mother overcome their painful pasts through the shared love of a child?One year ago, Jade’s husband was killed and the baby she had wanted for so long disappeared. She has been searching for her daughter ever since. Nothing - not even being abducted by aliens - is going to stop her... -
![Corsairs: Straik by Ruby Dixon]()
Corsairs: Straik by Ruby Dixon
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsWhat’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... -
![Shattered Silence by Anna Carven]()
Shattered Silence by Anna Carven
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsEnki Zakanin just wants peace and quiet. He's completed his mission, and on the journey back to the Kordolian Fleet Station, he'd prefer to be left alone so he can manage the literal demon inside his head. Alone. So when a strange distress call breaks the silence, his first instinct is to ignore the signal... -
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![Conflict of Honors by Sharon Lee, Steve Miller]()
Conflict of Honors by Sharon Lee, Steve Miller
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsSixteen-year-old Priscilla Delacroix was declared legally dead by her mother, High Priestess of the Goddess. Banished to survive on her own, Priscilla has roamed the galaxy for ten years as an outcast—to become a woman of extraordinary skill. . . .An experienced officer assigned to the Liaden vessel Daxflan, she's been abandoned yet again... -
![Broken Dreamer by Viola Grace]()
Broken Dreamer by Viola Grace
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLed by her dreams, she finds her way into the stars where fate conspires to put her exactly where she needs to be, in a hero’s path.When her parents died, Lyra was untethered. She left school, followed her dreams, and focused on keeping herself alive. She is not a fan of people and enjoys being alone... -
![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 ratingsCan 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... -
![Ka'Cit's Haven by A.G. Wilde]()
Ka'Cit's Haven by A.G. Wilde
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratings“Not the best of ways to introduce myself to you…A gentleman would have at least greeted you first…… but I’m no gentleman.”He’s the Bone Crusher. A man in a mask.His face is hidden alongside his intentions.He doesn’t do things for free…or to be nice.So just how did Nia end up stuck on a ship with him by her side?She’d wanted adventure, but Ka’Cit Urgmental was SO. MUCH. MORE... -
![Pursued by Presley Hall]()
Pursued by Presley Hall
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThis alien warrior is roguish, charming, and way more experienced than I am.Maybe he’s exactly what I need.All the other women who were abducted from Earth have gotten to make a fresh start on Kalix, but with my overprotective sister always hovering nearby, I feel like I’m stuck in the past—still the naïve little girl Brielle has to look out for... -
![Corsairs: Kaspar by Ruby Dixon]()
Corsairs: Kaspar by Ruby Dixon
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsI 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... -
![Ashes and Metal by Naomi Lucas]()
Ashes and Metal by Naomi Lucas
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsNo one messed with Gunner. No one. He was the Jackal, living chaos, the infamous Cyborg banned from civilized society. He was also the only Monster Hunter for the EPED who took the hard jobs, the under-the-table work. Jobs that often left a trail of blood and bones in their wake... -
![Risteard’s Unwilling Empress by S.E. Smith]()
Risteard’s Unwilling Empress by S.E. Smith
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsRistéard 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... -
![Ascend by Sandra R. Neeley]()
Ascend by Sandra R. Neeley
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsCommand 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... -
![Draekon Warrior by Lee Savino, Lili Zander]()
Draekon Warrior by Lee Savino, Lili Zander
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsCaptured 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... -
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![Champion by Anna Hackett]()
Champion by Anna Hackett
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsFighting 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... -
![Crossing Quinn by Gail Koger]()
Crossing Quinn by Gail Koger
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsQuinn Jones is a formidable Coletti warlord. His mission is to capture Xenia and bring her back to Tanith to be mated with a warrior the Overlord has chosen. Problem is, Quinn finds himself falling for the beautiful Farin. Her unusual “psychic powers, combat training and berserker abilities” make her the perfect mate for him... -
![Beyond Galaxy's Edge by Anna Hackett]()
Beyond Galaxy's Edge by Anna Hackett
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAmbitious Patrol Captain Nissa Sander has spent three years at the galaxy’s edge keeping the law and order, and chasing scoundrel smuggler, Justyn Phoenix. But the charming rogue has always outwitted her and she’s had a hard time ignoring his hard body and handsome face... -
![Trial By Flame by M.K. Eidem, Michelle Howard]()
Trial By Flame by M.K. Eidem, Michelle Howard
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAutumn's Kiss by M.K. Eidem Autumn thought she knew who she was then she discovered she was a rare type of dragon shifter called a Supreme Dragoon. Now she is heading to her new mate’s home world to meet more of their kind. Nerves were to be expected, but Autumn is about to get more than she bargained for. Kirall always knew who he was, a Prime Dragoon, one of the strongest of his kind... -
![My Foxy Mate by Susan Trombley]()
My Foxy Mate by Susan Trombley
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDaviniaSell 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... -
![Dhakhar by Annabelle Rex]()
Dhakhar by Annabelle Rex
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen Dhakhar and his crew board a suspicious vessel, he thinks they're about to find a shipment of illegal weapons. But the cargo is actually something far worse - a collection of cryogenically frozen women, abducted from an unknown planet. And Dhakhar has just accidentally woken one of them up.Waking up in a box full of freezing water has not been Charlie's favourite experience... -
![Savior of the Domini by Talia Rhea]()
Savior of the Domini by Talia Rhea
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsPEONY'S ENTIRE LIFE CHANGED AFTER A LATE NIGHT WALKDrugged and abducted, she wakes up in a small, metal room being brought food by a giant lizard-dinosaur alien. She's not alone either. She's trapped with four other women she's never met and, caged in the corner, a different alien that looks like he's been beaten quite badly... -
![Shadow Assassin by Erin Raegan]()
Shadow Assassin by Erin Raegan
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLondon Taken from my home. Imprisoned on an alien planet. Toyed with. Moved around like a pawn. Terrified. Angry. These are all things that sum up the last few days of my life. Confused. Curious. Anxious. Captivated. All the things that sum up the days that follow. I don’t know what’s going to happen from today to tomorrow. All I know for sure is that I hate him. He infuriates me... -
![Wulf and the Bounty Hunter by Gail Koger]()
Wulf and the Bounty Hunter by Gail Koger
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWulf knows Yakira is his soul mate. The only person he needs to convince is her, but with intergalactic terrorists on Yakira’s trail, there’s little time for romance. What’s a hot-blooded Coletti warlord to do? Yakira feels safe and cherished with Wulf, but he is a Coletti; the ultimate predator with a taste for blood, a passion for battle and the need to control everything in his life... -
![On a Rogue Planet by Anna Hackett]()
On a Rogue Planet by Anna Hackett
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsUnlucky-in-love salvage mechanic, Malin Phoenix, didn’t intend to get caught up in a coup and kidnapped by a sexy cyborg. But she finds herself swept into an adventure to help the deadly, emotionless CenSec, Xander Saros, retrieve an ancient Terran artifact and save his planet... -
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![Chaos by Laurie Roma]()
Chaos by Laurie Roma
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsKatra 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... -
![The New King by Erin Raegan]()
The New King by Erin Raegan
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMona 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... -
![Bhyr by Penelope Fletcher]()
Bhyr by Penelope Fletcher
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWe are the destroyers of worlds. The scourge of the weak and the masters of creation. We are as one fist, one blade, one almighty force. We are horde. ~Unknown, Ranked Warrior of the Azteka Horde Bhyr, leader of the Azteka Horde, is committed to saving his species from extinction. Taking the human female as a breeder is his divine right... -
![Lured by Milana Jacks]()
Lured by Milana Jacks
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsShe's so beautiful when she's unaware that anyone is watching. Most prey are, but none provide admirable entertainment like this one. Hart said womankind don’t leap. He said they’re awkwardly uncoordinated. That's because he's never seen Eme dance. But he will as soon as I bring her in. All there’s left for me to do is find her nesting place, open a portal into Kalia, and let her walk through... -
![His Human Rebel by Renee Rose]()
His Human Rebel by Renee Rose
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsCONSCRIPTED BY AN ALIEN ARMY, SHE PLOTS HER ESCAPE… Cambry doesn’t believe the aliens’ propaganda for one minute. The Zandians may have saved her from one death, but they planned to send her to another. She bides her time, waiting for her chance to get away and find her brother, enslaved by a different species... -
![Savage Desire by Tiffany Roberts]()
Savage Desire by Tiffany Roberts
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsHe’s violent, volatile, and loves a good fight. She’s small and sweet—and everything he craves. But can he make her his without hurting her?Thargen wanders the sprawling Undercity streets with one goal—a drink. Well, maybe a few drinks and a good old-fashioned bar fight to let off some steam. But the moment he sees Yuri working behind the bar, he’s overwhelmed by a new desire—her... -
![Shadowed by Evangeline Anderson]()
Shadowed by Evangeline Anderson
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsReddix 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... -
![The Healer by Kelly Lucille]()
The Healer by Kelly Lucille
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsAs a powerful Healer in hiding on old Earth, Serenity has managed to avoid the notice of both the Order of Intergalactic Peace and the rebel factions opposing them. That is about to change. Paying off an old debt brings her to the attention of both sides, but it is Lord Mal Ryn of the OIP who stakes his claim... -
![Possessed by Presley Hall]()
Possessed by Presley Hall
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMy 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... -
![Ticees by Shae Mills]()
Ticees by Shae Mills
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRipped from her world during a chance encounter with an alien landing party, Chelan MacKay suddenly finds herself on board the galactic battleship RIBUS 7. Korba, an ebony-clad god of war, the Iceanean Commander of RIBUS 7, is irresistibly drawn to her. Defying all the laws that govern his people, he risks all to make her his... -
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![The Skypirate by Justine Davis]()
The Skypirate by Justine Davis
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDax, a skypirate hunted to the ends of the universe by the cruel interstellar Coalition, can't escape the allure of Captain Califa Claxton. A chance to destroy the Coalition awaits them, and in the white heat of their explosive union a new bond may be forged - souls joined by a magnificent love... -
![Battle Won by Erin Raegan]()
Battle Won by Erin Raegan
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEnslaved by aliens.(Cue the dramatic jazz hands.)Yeah, I know what you’re thinking. I saw it coming a mile away too. Doesn’t change the fact that here I am, sharing a cage with my fellow human peers—my smelly, crybaby, annoying female peers.You can sit at home and roll your eyes at just how predictable this story has already become or you can hear me out... -
![Hunting Purity by Tracy Lauren]()
Hunting Purity by Tracy Lauren
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsStolen from her world, Purity can hardly fathom what’s going on around her. Released from a cage, face-to-face with apparent monsters… This has to be some kind of sick fraternity prank, because surely, she hasn’t been abducted by aliens. But when a scaled beast rescues her from certain death, regardless of appearances, she knows she’s found her hero... -
![Sassing Saul by Gail Koger]()
Sassing Saul by Gail Koger
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAnnie used to believe in all that happily ever after crap, until the day she found out her Prince Charming husband was a conman with a wandering eye. On the same day she booted him to the curb, an alien fleet double-parked over Earth and life as she knew it ended. To survive she joined a militia unit and used her unique physic powers to fight off the alien invaders... -
![Game on Askole by Gail Koger]()
Game on Askole by Gail Koger
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTihar travels to Earth to find and claim a Jones’ female. He knows they are fearless, psychic warriors and talented in bed sport. Ten minutes after meeting Sarah, Tihar knows the feisty, little human is the one he has been searching for. Now he must convince Sarah, she’s meant to be his. The first-time Sarah sees Tihar, she’s a bit freaked out... -
![Victoria's Discovery by Stacy Jones]()
Victoria's Discovery by Stacy Jones
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTurns out getting abducted by aliens isn’t the worst thing ever. Terrifying at first, of course, because Victoria doesn’t know why she and the rest of the captives have been taken, but when they aren’t immediately set upon with probes and horrible experimentation, it’s not looking so awful.That is, until something goes wrong.Crash landing is bad. Finding out it’s on an alien slave planet is worse... -
![Falling for the Alien Prince by Hannah Davenport]()
Falling for the Alien Prince by Hannah Davenport
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTalk about being cast back into the dark ages where women are assigned protectors! Everything we fought for—destroyed with the arrival of the Andores. And then Colonel Petroff, alien liaison, informs me that I am to marry Jyan, the Andore leader. Over my dead body! I will kill him first or die trying. But then I meet Murda, leader of the Tizuns and enemy of the Andores... -
![Returned by Jane Hinchey, J.A. Hinchey]()
Returned by Jane Hinchey, J.A. Hinchey
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsStruggling to discover her role in a terrifying new world where everything has changed, she must decide who she can trust.Sierra Walker has been missing for 30 years. Her family thought she was dead, only when Sierra turns up, she hasn’t aged a day. But Earth has changed drastically.Biological warfare has decimated the planet... -
![Indigo Alloy by Frost Kay]()
Indigo Alloy by Frost Kay
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFact 417 - Kidnapping was not sexy. The old Earth romances had it wrong. Being captured by an attractive elfin alien was anything but glamourous. It was slave labor with a pinch of harassment. But Allie Sai wouldn't take anyone's gruff, even if it meant challenging the scariest man she'd ever met, erm.. alien.Fact 359 - Southern belles never played by the rules... -
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Revolution by Kali Argent
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBy all rights, Helios shifter Sion Jabari shouldn’t be on Xenthian. According to his own mother, he shouldn’t even be alive. His life hasn’t been an easy one, and after witnessing how greed and the desire for power can corrupt something as pure as love, he wants no part of it. When he takes a companion, he swears it will be for all the right reasons, and more importantly, it will be his choice... -
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![The Aliens' Mate by Delaney Rain]()
The Aliens' Mate by Delaney Rain
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLuc Martin was abducted by aliens over a month ago and has been stuck in a cage on a spaceship with three women ever since. On either side of their cell are two alien prisoners who both seem to have a thing to staring at Luc. Oh and everyone’s naked... -
![Shalia's Diary: Book 2 by Tracy St. John]()
Shalia's Diary: Book 2 by Tracy St. John
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis is a compilation from the free serial story blog ‘Shalia’s Diary – A Clans of Kalquor Story’ by Tracy St. John. It is highly recommended you read Shalia’s Diary Book 1 before reading this story, which picks up immediately where that book left off. Told in the passages of her ongoing diary, Shalia Monroe’s adventures continue while she prepares to leave the dying Earth... -
![Tarkken by Annabelle Rex]()
Tarkken by Annabelle Rex
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHeat bloomed in her body in response to his gaze…Marta Kowalczyk should be on the Olympia with her friends. Instead, she’s babysitting her father, who’s fresh out of prison and resisting Marta’s attempts to keep him on the straight and narrow... -
![Sold to the Alien Mobsters by Corin Cain]()
Sold to the Alien Mobsters by Corin Cain
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCaptured. Sold. Three brutal alien mobsters on the brink of war. A curvy heroine who won't give in. We're brought kicking and screaming to the alien auction house. I was supposed to be an artist. I was supposed to be a sculptor, creating beauty. Instead, I am reduced to nothing more than my body. The men who come to a slave auction care about one thing, and one thing only.. -
![Bound by the Alien Pirate by Alana Khan]()
Bound by the Alien Pirate by Alana Khan
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhat happens when a cynical pirate plucks Izzy out of the jaws of danger, flies her to his cave, and vows to keep her prisoner?IzzyOne moment I was touring the Supercollider, the top thing on my bucket list, the next I’m falling into a marsh on a prehistoric planet. The most handsome male I’ve ever seen, complete with lush, luminescent wings, flies in... -
![Chaos Croc by Naomi Lucas]()
Chaos Croc by Naomi Lucas
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsJanet was a maneater. She knew what men wanted, took what she pleased and used that to her advantage. But the men who lived in the small colonies on her home planet were not the same as those who traveled and conquered the universe. They were nothing like the Cyborgs who showed up to solve all her family’s problems, especially the green-eyed god who crowded her space...
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