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Light Unfolding by Rebecca Royce
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA Reverse Harem Science Fiction Romance Time may be cruel, and space unforgiving, but their love is forever. Hurled across time and space, Waverly Sandler lives in unexpected exile on a planet doomed to be destroyed... -
![Jacinda's Challenge by M.K. Eidem]()
Jacinda's Challenge by M.K. Eidem
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsJotham is the King of the House of Protection. He was the youngest male ever to assume the position because of the sudden death of his father in Jotham’s twentieth cycle. In the last forty cycles, he married his life mate, Lata, and lost her in a transport accident. He had two sons and lost one due to his son’s own treachery... -
![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... -
![Dark Demise by Rebecca Royce]()
Dark Demise by Rebecca Royce
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA Reverse Harem (MFMMM) RomanceTime isn’t kind… Waverly Sandler is nothing like her mad father. She’s a nurse. She takes care of people. She is fighting to live down her name. She’s also a sister, a friend, and someday, if the universe is kind, she hopes to be a lover and a wife. Life at The Farm is one of constant activity, because freedom exacts a high price... -
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![To Valor's Bid by M. Tress]()
To Valor's Bid by M. Tress
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsDesmond McLaughlin was just getting through his life and trying to survive. A 9-5 job and a hobby that cost more than it earned left him just enough money to afford a crappy apartment and time to dream of something better. He was expecting to spend most of his life like this.He hadn’t expected to be greeted by a CIA agent waiting inside his house one evening... -
![Taking Vengeance by Cynthia Sax]()
Taking Vengeance by Cynthia Sax
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe only force stronger than their hate is their love. Vengeance hates all humans. They killed every being he ever cared about. When the huge C Model cyborg is told he’s genetically compatible with the enemy, he makes it his mission to capture the female and use her to expel all humans from his home planet. That should be disappointingly easy. She’s a weak, fragile human... -
![Crashing Into Destiny by Rebecca Royce]()
Crashing Into Destiny by Rebecca Royce
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen one man can't steal her heart, She gives it to five of them. Restless and uncertain, Diana Mallory has no idea what path in life she wants to take. Unable to choose between marriage, pursuing a career, or spending her life praying with the Sisters of the Universe, Diana struggles with the course of her future. But when she's thrown through a black hole, her choices all vanish... -
![Escaping Fate by Regine Abel]()
Escaping Fate by Regine Abel
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsEnslaved. Exploited. Hunted.Born and raised on a slavers ship, Amalia is one of the rare survivors of the Veredian race. Like all Veredian females, Amalia possesses a unique psi ability which makes her the prized pet of her master Gruuk. She escapes to Xelix Prime, a warrior planet where slavery is prohibited...Categorized as:
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![Brilliant Starlight by Anna Carven]()
Brilliant Starlight by Anna Carven
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsAbbey We're back on Silence, orbiting the Dark Planet while my husband handles unfinished business on Kythia. For some reason, he seems a little bit tense. According to Tarak, Kythian politics can be complicated, especially when the entire Kordolian Empire has just been destroyed. I hope things don't get too complicated, because I don't want to be stuck here for too long... -
![Designed Collision by Viola Grace]()
Designed Collision by Viola Grace
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA 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... -
![Loving Them by Rebecca Royce]()
Loving Them by Rebecca Royce
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsContent warning: Reverse Harem (MFMMM). IntenseSaved from a life of suffering, Paloma Delacroix is determined to make the best life possible for herself, and for the four men she loves. Loving them is a challenge she never dreamed she’d be up for and one she refuses to fail... -
![Saving Them by Rebecca Royce]()
Saving Them by Rebecca Royce
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsPaloma McQueen is a woman on a mission. Loving the Sandler brothers in the midst of a war tearing their galaxy apart never promised to be easy but Paloma swore an oath to her husbands. Their challenges are hers, their war hers, their happiness… Everything she is and will be, she plans to be with them no matter what changes the conflicts wrought on the map... -
![Victoria's Embrace by Stacy Jones]()
Victoria's Embrace by Stacy Jones
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWith explosive trackers embedded in their arms, a psychopath in control of the gladiator arena they’ve come to call home, and slavers closing in, time is running out for Victoria and her guys…They managed to escape a slaver transport, only to find themselves trapped outside the walls of the arena and on the run in a dangerous alien city... -
![Clan and Conviction by Tracy St. John]()
Clan and Conviction by Tracy St. John
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe drug Delir is sweeping the Kalquorian Empire, leaving madness and death in its wake. Investigator Dramok Gelan has already lost his enforcer partner in a deadly shootout because of the case. With no clues or suspects, he despairs of putting an end to the epidemic. Then a familiar face enters the picture: new partner and former lover Nobek Wynhod... -
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![Reclaiming Their Love by Rebecca Royce]()
Reclaiming Their Love by Rebecca Royce
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDiana Mallory lost everything when her five husbands were taken from her on the other side of the galaxy. Back on the Milky Way side of the black hole, she’s deep into the war for Mars Station. Diana will do anything for her family, but every day is a living hell without the loves of her life. She assumes she’ll never see them again... -
![Axxios and Braxxus: Book Six in the Galaxy Gladiators Alien Abduction Romance Series by Alana Khan]()
Axxios and Braxxus: Book Six in the Galaxy Gladiators Alien Abduction Romance Series by Alana Khan
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTheir chemistry is off the charts. But Axx can't feel love.Minutes after being kidnapped from Earth, Brianna must breed with sexy gladiator Axxios. Their chemistry is amazing, but he can't feel love for any female.Brianna despairs for a loveless future, but when they rescue Axxios's twin, Braxxus is everything Brianna hoped for in a male. Strong, intelligent, and loving... -
![Lost in Barbarian Space: A Phoenix Adventures Sci-fi Romance by Anna Hackett]()
Lost in Barbarian Space: A Phoenix Adventures Sci-fi Romance by Anna Hackett
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA clash of cultures. Security agent versus barbarian warrior. On an expedition to a newly discovered barbarian world, an experienced security agent doesn’t expect to be working with a big, bossy barbarian warrior. Agent Honor Brandall enjoys her job as security agent for the Institute of Historical Preservation’s expedition ships. Adventures to distant planets – awesome... -
![Chasing Mayhem by Cynthia Sax]()
Chasing Mayhem by Cynthia Sax
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWild. Free. Hers. Mayhem has spent his lengthy lifespan obeying the Humanoid Alliance’s rules. Finally free from their cruel control, the cyborg warrior plans to cause chaos. He infiltrates a remote settlement, provokes the savage locals until they want him dead, and allows himself to be captured by the sexiest little Retriever he has ever laid his mechanically-enhanced eyes on... -
![The Vori's Secret by S.J. Sanders]()
The Vori's Secret by S.J. Sanders
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSome secrets can topple nations. Already facing termination for her failure to carry Agraak young to term, when Jenn escapes from the breeding facility she knows that the Agraak would not rest until they found her. Possessing full knowledge of the location of their breeding facility meant that she’d never be safe... -
![My Chameleon Mate by Susan Trombley]()
My Chameleon Mate by Susan Trombley
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsVeraI accidentally launched an escape pod on my miserable honeymoon—with me on it—and crash-landed in the middle of an alien jungle on a forbidden “emerging civilization” planet, breaking about a hundred Cosmic Syndicate laws.Oh, and I robbed a hot lizard guy with sexy black eyes, the most colorful scales I’ve ever seen, and a powerful prehensile tail that curls up like a cinnamon roll... -
![Warriors' Claim by Michele Mills]()
Warriors' Claim by Michele Mills
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThree Xylan Warriors. One female Cyborg… Wyric, Zaxon and Bex. Trish can’t stop staring at the three handsome warriors who’ve recently moved in next door. She’s supposed to be helping them upgrade their facility, but Trish can’t keep her eyes off of their perfect physiques. Loving the sound of their harsh voices and their fierce demands. Wanting them. All three of them... -
![Draekon Heart by Lee Savino, Lili Zander]()
Draekon Heart by Lee Savino, Lili Zander
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThere might be a way out of the prison planet... The only problem? I don't want to go! Back on Earth is a man who wants to kill me. Back on Earth, I slept with a knife under my pillow to be safe! There's no coffee on the prison planet! No pizza! No chocolate! I should be thrilled that there might be a way back home. Except I don't want to return. Here, I feel safe... -
![Tempest by Poppy Rhys]()
Tempest by Poppy Rhys
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThey can't break me.I wasn't prepared for what came after I got arrested and sent to prison. Finding my sister in that hellhole should've been easy.I wasn't prepared to survive an alien planet straight out of a prehistoric nightmare. Facing my fears to withstand the creatures that wanted to eat me, and the four alien men that watched me like a morsel they wanted to sink their teeth into.. -
![Draekon Abduction by Lee Savino, Lili Zander]()
Draekon Abduction by Lee Savino, Lili Zander
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsHow to Fail as an Intergalactic Spy: 1. Crash spaceship on wrong planet.2. Break leg.3. Get abducted by rogue prisoners.4. End up with two pairs of dragon-shifters claiming I’m their mate. Here’s a report for the CIA: The aliens are freaking good kissers. The mission was simple: Go to the Zorahn planet. Spy on the aliens... -
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![Dark Planet Warriors: Escape by Anna Carven]()
Dark Planet Warriors: Escape by Anna Carven
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAbbey Ever since we left the Fleet Station, Tarak has been his usual cryptic self. For some reason, he’s keeping everything very low-key, to the extent that we’re trying to sneak in to Kythia. Something’s up, and he’s not telling me anything. Every time I try to get answers, he distracts me with his stupid sexiness. Stupid sexy, silver, stubborn, insistent alien... -
![The Outlaw Cyborg by Honey Phillips]()
The Outlaw Cyborg by Honey Phillips
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsCan a cyborg ranger save Mars - and the woman who won’t admit she needs him?Everything Serena Gatling ever wanted was taken away from her by a single horrific act of betrayal. Determined never to fall victim again, she closes her heart and dedicates her life to a cold-blooded quest to regain the one thing that still matters to her... -
![Good Deeds by Kathryn Moon]()
Good Deeds by Kathryn Moon
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsNötchka Uumian, solo-scavenger and pilot, only came to Bandalier for business. But when her first ever heat cycle hits, she has two choices: get off the planet or find somewhere safe to ride out the heatburns. Determined to never end up mated and trapped in a kitchen, she heads into the Droid district... -
![The Tigrens' Glory by Laura Jo Phillips]()
The Tigrens' Glory by Laura Jo Phillips
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsPlanet Jasan is mobilizing for war against the evil Xanti, enemies of all. As the warriors of Jasan prepare to strike across the immense void that separates the galaxies to end thousands of years of bloody conflict, into the gathering storm comes Warrior Princess, Gloriani of Ramouri, known as “Glory... -
![Ghost of a Machine by Cynthia Sax]()
Ghost of a Machine by Cynthia Sax
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFragile. Stubborn. His. Ghost, a C Model cyborg, has disconnected his machine from his human side. Severely damaged, he knows two things—the curvy human female on his ship belongs to him and he must keep her safe. He’ll stop at nothing to protect her, claim her, make her his. Primitive. Damaged. Hers. Lethe has seen the savage side of beings... -
![The Falcorans' Faith by Laura Jo Phillips]()
The Falcorans' Faith by Laura Jo Phillips
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsYou 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... -
![Out of Bight, Out of Mind by Tymber Dalton]()
Out of Bight, Out of Mind by Tymber Dalton
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratings[Siren Ménage Everlasting: Erotic Futuristic Sci-Fi Ménage a Quatre Romance, M/M/M/F, reverse harem, HEA]Emi Hypatia loves her job exploring the galaxy with her three husbands, Aaron Lucio, Caph Bates, and Ford Caliban. When a nonhuman crewman is temporarily assigned to the Tamora Bight for a mission, Emi hates and mistrusts him at first sight due to what her empath training tells her... -
![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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Wild Card by Susan Hayes
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe game of love can change in a heartbeat when fate deals you a wild card.Technician Lieksa Kiv saw firsthand what the corporations did to their cyborg soldiers during the Resource Wars. Her job: repair their damaged cybernetic components and send them back into battle... -
![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... -
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![Full House by Susan Hayes]()
Full House by Susan Hayes
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOpportunity doesn’t always knock. Sometimes, it crash lands.A veteran of the Resource Wars, Raze is a cyborg with a simple plan. He wants to be left alone, forever. Planetary scout Sevda Rem is light-years from civilization when her ship is damaged, forcing an emergency landing on an unoccupied planet. At least, it was supposed to be unoccupied …He’s trespassing on a corporate-owned planet... -
![Playing Cards With Aliens by Erin Raegan]()
Playing Cards With Aliens by Erin Raegan
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSmall town. Small life. Smaller dreams.I’m content. Happy. It might not make sense to most people but this is the life I chose for myself.If there’s a small part of me that wants to travel and see the world, I’m okay with appeasing that desire with travel magazines and planning future vacations. I want this life and a life full of adventure. I don’t see why I can’t have both... -
![The Space Merchants of Arachne by Wendie Nordgren]()
The Space Merchants of Arachne by Wendie Nordgren
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTeagan Alaric Montgomery Lee has travelled through Galaxic space, married the man of her dreams, and gained the loving family she always has needed. However, news of her father’s capture and execution by the Parvac Empire throws Teagan’s life into turmoil. Fearing her Parvac grandfather, General Valen, plans to abduct her, Teagan is desperate to avoid her grandmother’s fate... -
![Command Performance by Linnea Sinclair]()
Command Performance by Linnea Sinclair
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEvil aliens, an amorous cyborg and an unexpected trip to an alternate universe: just another day in the life of Captain Tasha Sebastian. And tomorrow's even better. . -
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No Limit by Susan Hayes
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThree hearts. Two worlds. No limits. Tyran and Ket are on a mission. Find an inhabitable planet. Start a new colony. Escape the archaic rules and traditions of the Vardarian homeworld. They never expected to find their mate along the way, and they never imagined she’d be a diminutive human female with pink hair and a warrior’s spirit... -
![Claimed for Their Use by Ivy Barrett]()
Claimed for Their Use by Ivy Barrett
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHeld captive by a brutal drug cartel and facing an uncertain fate, the last thing Jessica Saint Claud expects is to be rescued by two huge, fiercely handsome alien warriors, but the real shock comes when the two Ventori commanders make it clear that she now belongs to them. They will use their beautiful little human as thoroughly as they please, and she will submit or be punished... -
![The Katres' Summer by Laura Jo Phillips]()
The Katres' Summer by Laura Jo Phillips
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe galactic adventure begun in The Dracons’ Woman and The Lobos’ HeartSong, takes everything to a new level in the most exciting installment yet in Laura Jo Phillips’ thrill-packed “Soul-Linked Saga,” The Katres’ Summer... -
![Defender by C.L. Scholey]()
Defender by C.L. Scholey
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsEndless destruction defines human life in a world run amok. There are those who will pick the uncertainty of the alien sky, are the Tonans life or are they death? Macey learns first hand a Tonan warrior doesn't apologize for who or what he is or will do. In an unforgiving new world there is one who battles his heritage... -
![Arobi's Queen by S.J. Sanders]()
Arobi's Queen by S.J. Sanders
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAn Arobi pack needs a queen. It is instinctual, something that they yearn for until they finally find a female to complete their family. Exeri’s pack is no different, despite the fact that they’ve chosen to live far away from the rest of their kind... -
![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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![Mine! by C.L. Scholey]()
Mine! by C.L. Scholey
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratings"Mine!" One of the most powerful words in the human language, possession. Desperate need to hold onto what you love with every fiber of your being. Until Huck realizes in order to hold onto what he loves most he will have to let not only Becky go but a part of who he is, what he is, perhaps the best part... -
![The Lobos' HeartSong by Laura Jo Phillips]()
The Lobos' HeartSong by Laura Jo Phillips
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe sexually-charged interstellar adventure begun in the best-selling The Dracons' Woman ramps up the action in Book Two of the Soul-Linked Saga, Lariah Daniels, newly-bonded Princess and pregnant soul-mate to the three Royal Princes of Jasan, has invited her best friend from Earth, library security guard and martial arts practitioner Saige Taylor, to visit her on that distant planet... -
![Three Of A Kind by Susan Hayes]()
Three Of A Kind by Susan Hayes
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen the chips are down and the stakes are high, winning takes three of a kind Dr. Alyson Jefferies treats everyone who comes through the doors of her medical clinic, regardless of species or social standing. The corporations who run the Drift don’t approve of her open-door policy, but Alyson is determined to fight for her patients, no matter what... -
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Undying by Tiffany Roberts
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBRINGER OF DEATH… Orishok is the last of his kind — a valo shaped by the Creators to embody death. He’s stood vigil over his people for centuries, watching them fade away, one by one succumbing to the entropic energies they hold inside... -
![To Catch A Warrior by C.L. Scholey]()
To Catch A Warrior by C.L. Scholey
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTitus, leader of the southern Zargonnii, has made it his mission to find a single female he was placed in charge of months earlier; a female he lost while trying to save her; a female he cannot find. His determination leads him to the extreme. The only place left to look is a planet within a sun. A planet full of ice and snow and emptiness, except for one little female, Zabbie... -
![The Demon's Retribution by Kiersten Fay]()
The Demon's Retribution by Kiersten Fay
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA desire that can never be sated...Demon’s don’t get a second chance at love. To forget the heartless treachery of his long-dead mate, Cale has tried to find solace in the arms of one female or another, never able to fill that gaping tear in his soul...
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