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  • The Akseli by Dianne Duvall

    The Akseli by Dianne Duvall

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Simone has hunted and slain psychotic vampires night after night for hundreds of years and desperately needs a change. When the leader of the Immortal Guardians offers her an opportunity to guard ten mortal women who are venturing to another planet, she dives right in and finds traveling into space and meeting amazing alien races just as exciting as she'd hoped… until an enemy attacks...
  • Born of Defiance by Sherrilyn Kenyon

    Born of Defiance by Sherrilyn Kenyon

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Born an Outcast, Talyn Batur has spent the whole of his life fighting against the prejudice of his people. An Andarion without a father is not something anyone wants to be...
  • Fated Blades by Ilona Andrews

    Fated Blades by Ilona Andrews

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    An uneasy alliance between warring families gets heated in this otherworldly novella from bestselling author Ilona Andrews.At first glance, the planet Rada seems like a lush paradise. But the ruling families, all boasting genetically enhanced abilities, are in constant competition for power―and none more so than the Adlers and the Baenas...
  • Born of Fire by Sherrilyn Kenyon

    Born of Fire by Sherrilyn Kenyon

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    In a universe where assassins make the law, everyone lives in fear--except for Syn. Born of an illicit scandal that once rocked a dynasty, he always knew how to survive on the bloodthirsty streets. But that was then, and the future is now…Syn was raised as a tech-thief until his livelihood uncovered a truth that could end his life...
  • The Segonian by Dianne Duvall

    The Segonian by Dianne Duvall

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    New York Times bestselling author Dianne Duvall brings readers the second stand-alone novel in a thrilling new sci-fi romance series full of action, humor, and happily-ever-afters.Eliana's life has never been what one might term ordinary. At least, it hasn't been for a very long time...
  • Sweep in Peace by Ilona Andrews

    Sweep in Peace by Ilona Andrews

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 47 ratings
    Dina DeMille isn't your typical Bed and Breakfast owner. Her inn defies laws of physics, her dog is secretly a monster, and the only permanent guest of the inn is a former Galactic tyrant with a price on her head...
  • Fire and Ice by Sherrilyn Kenyon

    Fire and Ice by Sherrilyn Kenyon

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    FIRE & ICE - Originally published in a stand alone ebook in 1998. Currently available in the OUT OF THIS WORLD anthology that features all the short stories Sherri wrote for Penguin. Livia is a Vistan princess who is to be married to an ambassador from a neighboring galaxy--a brutal man, many years her senior...
  • Born of Vengeance by Sherrilyn Kenyon

    Born of Vengeance by Sherrilyn Kenyon

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    A fate worse than death . . .Bastien Cabarro survived the brutal slaughter of his entire family only to have his wife pin their murders on him. Made Ravin by The League, he is now a target for their assassins-in-training to hunt and kill. The average life expectancy for such beings is six weeks...
  • The Rogue Prince by Michelle M. Pillow

    The Rogue Prince by Michelle M. Pillow

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Shapeshifter RomanceCat-shifter Prince Reid is always looking for a good time, and no woman is safe when he turns on the charm. When the opportunity arises to go on an ambassador’s trip, he jumps at the chance–especially when that trip includes exotic destinations and available women...
  • The Bound Prince by Michelle M. Pillow

    The Bound Prince by Michelle M. Pillow

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Shapeshifter RomanceCat-shifter Prince Falke commands the Var armies, so it’s a little embarrassing when a beautiful female kidnaps him in his shifted form. Since no one knows where to send a rescue party, it’s up to him to use all his training and powers of seduction to find his way back home...
  • Qualify by Vera Nazarian

    Qualify by Vera Nazarian

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    You have two options. You die, or you Qualify. The year is 2047. An extinction-level asteroid is hurtling toward Earth, and the descendants of ancient Atlantis have returned from the stars in their silver ships to offer humanity help.But there's a catch.They can only take a tiny percent of the Earth's population back to the colony planet Atlantis...
  • Capturing Cara by S.E. Smith

    Capturing Cara by S.E. Smith

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Cara Truman is a pint-size pistol whose inquisitive nature has gotten her into trouble on more than one occasion. Her next adventure takes her further than she even expected when she ends up on a journey out of this world.Trelon Reykill thought he had his hands full...
  • Arobi's Queen by S.J. Sanders

    Arobi's Queen by S.J. Sanders

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    An 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...
  • From a Distant Star by Karen McQuestion

    From a Distant Star by Karen McQuestion

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Seventeen-year-old Emma was the only one who hadn’t given up on her boyfriend, Lucas. Everyone else—his family, his friends, his doctors—was convinced that any moment could be his last. So when Lucas miraculously returns from the brink of death, Emma thinks her prayers have been answered.As the surprised town rejoices, Emma begins to question whether Lucas is the same boy she’s always known...
  • Lauren's Barbarian by Ruby Dixon

    Lauren's Barbarian by Ruby Dixon

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 37 ratings
    A lush, tropical island on an icy planet makes no sense.Then again, not much makes sense anymore after waking up and finding myself not in bed but on a strange world populated by aliens. Since that moment, I’ve learned that nothing is normal anymore and I’ve got to roll with the punches. I can handle this, though. I’m strong and capable.So… washed up on a tropical island? Got it handled...
  • Alien Tango by Gini Koch

    Alien Tango by Gini Koch

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    For Alien Super-Being Exterminator Katherine "Kitty" Katt, anti-alien conspiracies, threats from outer space, and a couple of killer alligators are all in a day's work. It's been five months since Kitty joined Centaurion Division, working with the aliens from Alpha Centauri. She and Jeff Martini have grown closer and life looks rosy...
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  • Twin Dragons by S.E. Smith

    Twin Dragons by S.E. Smith

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Melina Franklin was barely sixteen when she and her grandfather were kidnapped from their small farm in Georgia by an alien trader and sold to an Antrox mining asteroid in deep space. Mistaken for a young boy, she lives in fear of being found out and sold...
  • Close Obsession by Anna Zaires

    Close Obsession by Anna Zaires

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    The highly anticipated sequel to Close Liaisons . . .In Lenkarda – the main Krinar colony on Earth – Mia is completely at Korum's mercy. With no way to leave and no idea how to operate even the most basic Krinar technology, she has no choice but to trust the K who brought her there – the lover whom she had betrayed...
  • Emergence by Kim Harrison

    Emergence by Kim Harrison

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    For better or worse, a solar eclipse brought humans and paranormal beings together, sparking one woman’s battle to master magic or lose our world, in this riveting serialized adventure from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Hollows series.As time has passed, Dr...
  • Hunted by Evangeline Anderson

    Hunted by Evangeline Anderson

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 33 ratings
    A desperate girl on the run with nowhere to hide... A warrior who has made a vow never to claim a bride... Sophia Waterhouse is being Hunted and the only man who can save her is the one she fears the most..
  • Totality by Kim Harrison

    Totality by Kim Harrison

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    After a solar eclipse opens a way between our world and a paranormal realm, and the dark side of first contact emerges, one woman’s loyalties will be tested in this gripping serialized adventure from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Hollows series.Dr...
  • Jane's Warlord by Angela Knight

    Jane's Warlord by Angela Knight

    Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    The next target of a time traveling killer, crime reporter Jane Colby finds herself in the hands of a warlord from the future sent to protect her--and in his hands is just where she wants to be...
  • The Savage King by Michelle M. Pillow

    The Savage King by Michelle M. Pillow

    Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Shapeshifter RomancePart of the Dragon Lords' Series Universe of Books​Cat-shifting King Kirill knows he must do his duty by his people. When his father unexpectedly dies, it’s his destiny to take the throne and all of the responsibility that entails. What he hadn’t prepared for is the troublesome prisoner that’s now his to deal with. Undercover Agent Ulyssa is no man’s captive...
  • Verita by Tracy Rozzlynn

    Verita by Tracy Rozzlynn

    Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    If your world suddenly crumbled, leaving you with nothing but heartache, would you risk your life for a chance at a new beginning on a new world? Brett Bradbury's parents are dead, her boyfriend's a cheater, and her best friend essentially dumped her. Truly alone in the world, Brett agrees to help colonize the newly discovered planet, Verita. Now Brett's on a strange new world...
  • aHunter4Saken by Cynthia A. Clement

    aHunter4Saken by Cynthia A. Clement

    Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Niail is a Hunter, an elite alien warrior stranded on earth. He wakes up with no memory of his mission, injured, and unable to connect with his fellow Hunters. He is rescued by Kimi and her two children. When a drug lord threatens the family, he vows to guard them. It is a Hunter’s duty to defend those in need, but he will die to protect Kimi, the woman he has bonded with...
  • Invaded by Melissa Landers

    Invaded by Melissa Landers

    Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    The romantic sequel to Alienated takes long-distance relationships to a new level as Cara and Aelyx long for each other from opposite ends of the universe...until a threat to both their worlds reunites them. Cara always knew life on planet L’eihr would be an adjustment...
  • Sought by Evangeline Anderson

    Sought by Evangeline Anderson

    Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars
    · 34 ratings
    This Book is a Super Plus length novel--129,000 words longOne Woman, Two Hot Guys, A Galaxy of Problems...Kat O’Connor is no pushover. She’s a no nonsense girl with a commonsense approach to life...
  • The Demon's Possession by Kiersten Fay

    The Demon's Possession by Kiersten Fay

    Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    From USA Today bestselling author Kiersten Fay comes this devilishly passionate tale of a fierce demon captain and the vulnerable young princess he vows to protect. Their passion will ignite the stars.As captain of the merchant ship Marada, Sebastian has only one goal: keep his family and his crew safe while they deliver a curious parcel to a ruthless pirate...
  • Silent Blade by Ilona Andrews

    Silent Blade by Ilona Andrews

    Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars
    · 39 ratings
    Old hatreds die hard. Old love dies harder.On Meli Galdes' home planet, the struggle for power is a bloody, full-contact sport--in business and on the battlefield. For years her lethal skills have been a valuable asset in advancing her family's interests. She's more than earned her right to retire, but her kinsmen have one last favor to ask.Kill the man who ruined her life...
  • Alienated by Melissa Landers

    Alienated by Melissa Landers

    Rated: 3.85 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Two years ago, the aliens made contact. Now Cara Sweeney is going to be sharing a bathroom with one of them. Handpicked to host the first-ever L’eihr exchange student, Cara thinks her future is set. Not only does she get a free ride to her dream college, she’ll have inside information about the mysterious L’eihrs that every journalist would kill for. Cara’s blog following is about to skyrocket...
  • Just My Luck by Gail Koger

    Just My Luck by Gail Koger

    Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Kaylee Jones is a trouble magnet. Chaos and disaster are her faithful companions. She belongs to the thin blue line protecting Earth from the Tai-Kok, alien predators who consider our world an all-you-can-eat banquet. Her crappy luck puts her on the alien freaks- most wanted list and lands her in one of their prison cells. Her roommate? A very hungry vampire...
  • Hunter's Claim by S.E. Smith

    Hunter's Claim by S.E. Smith

    Rated: 3.79 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    Jesse Sampson and her two younger sisters have lived a hard life on the streets of Seattle, Washington for the past several years.Four years before, the Earth received its first visitors from space causing mass fear.Alone in a world gone mad with just her sisters, she has learned to use the darkness and the remains of the city to survive and keep what was left of her family alive...
  • Abducting Abby by S.E. Smith

    Abducting Abby by S.E. Smith

    Rated: 3.84 of 5 stars
    · 33 ratings
    Abby Tanner is content to live on her mountain creating her beautiful works of art and enjoying the peace and quiet. All of that changes when a strange golden space ship crash lands on it. Now, Abby has to deal with a golden ship, a tortured alien, and an insane local sheriff. Zoran Reykill knew he had to find a safe place to heal after he escapes from a Curizan military post...
  • The Replaced by Kimberly Derting

    The Replaced by Kimberly Derting

    Rated: 3.71 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Romantic and action-packed, The Replaced is the gripping second installment in the Taking trilogy.Kyra hasn't been the same since she returned from her mysterious five-year disappearance. Now, on the run from the NSA, Kyra is forced to hide out with others who, like her, have been Returned. Yet she is determined to find Tyler, the boy she loves who was also abducted—all because of her...
  • Inheritance by Malinda Lo

    Inheritance by Malinda Lo

    Rated: 3.71 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Reese and David are different now. Surrounded by a web of conspiracies, Reece feels that she must choose between two worlds...
  • Fall by Scarlett Dawn

    Fall by Scarlett Dawn

    Rated: 3.71 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    *The individual installments are no longer in publication. Please see Cold Mark (Mark, #1) https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2....A savagely wicked new adult sci-fi serial blasts off with Fall, the first installment in The Cold Mark Saga...Only one thousand Humans survived The Travel from the shattered Earth. Some Humans say it was their penance for crushing such beauty...
  • Ultraviolet by R.J. Anderson

    Ultraviolet by R.J. Anderson

    Rated: 3.76 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Ultraviolet is genre-bending paranormal YA about a 17-year-old girl named Alison whois a synesthete (she hears color, sees sound, etc), a tetrachromat (she can see into the ultraviolet part of the spectrum), and possibly a murderer. Her only hope is a fraud, a liar, and maybe an alien. Or so she says...
  • The Shadow Runners by Liz Maverick

    The Shadow Runners by Liz Maverick

    Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Newgate, Australia: Down Under, anything goes. In the 22nd century, history repeats itself. Part penal colony, part dumping ground for toxic waste, the land is controlled by "the Parliament," a gang of dissipated self-styled aristocrats who rule in a mockery of the English Regency. To survive here, you have to know the tricks. Like Jenny Red. She knows the score...
  • Burning Up Flint by Laurann Dohner

    Burning Up Flint by Laurann Dohner

    Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Flint is tall, gorgeous and dangerous. He's a cyborg-the absolute ultimate alpha male. He takes what he wants and holds what is his. Mira is his now. He takes her aboard his ship and has her branded with his mark. He captured her, owns her, and she will serve his every need.Mira is instantly drawn to Flint, fascinated by his seductive appeal. The sex between them is smoking hot...
  • Close Encounters by Katherine Allred

    Close Encounters by Katherine Allred

    Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Kiera Smith is not like ordinary Genetically Engineered Persons...The Bureau of Alien Affairs needed a special GEP agent with empathic abilities to handle their most extraordinary assignments—and a rogue geneticist saw to it that Kiera fit their specifications. But she turned out stronger, faster, smarter, and more impervious to harm than anyone anticipated...
  • The Taking by Kimberly Derting

    The Taking by Kimberly Derting

    Rated: 3.72 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    A flash of white light . . . and then . . . nothing. When sixteen-year-old Kyra Agnew wakes up behind a Dumpster at the Gas ’n’ Sip, she has no memory of how she got there. With a terrible headache and a major case of déjà vu, she heads home only to discover that five years have passed . . . yet she hasn’t aged a day. Everything else about Kyra’s old life is different...
  • Claimed by Evangeline Anderson

    Claimed by Evangeline Anderson

    Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars
    · 38 ratings
    Olivia Waterhouse has just graduated from nursing school and has her whole life ahead of her—until she gets drafted. Problem is, she isn’t being forced into the Army, she’s been chosen as a Kindred bride. The Kindred are huge alien warriors—a race of genetic traders whose population is ninety-five percent male...
  • Touched by an Alien by Gini Koch

    Touched by an Alien by Gini Koch

    Rated: 3.68 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    Marketing manager Katherine "Kitty" Katt had just finished a day on jury duty. When she stepped out of the Pueblo Caliente courthouse, all she was thinking about was the work she had to get caught up on. Then her attention was caught by a fight between a couple that looked like it was about to turn ugly...
  • The Down Home Zombie Blues by Linnea Sinclair

    The Down Home Zombie Blues by Linnea Sinclair

    Rated: 3.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    It's Men In Black meets CSI: Miami! He's a Florida cop. She's an intergalactic zombie hunter. Saving Earth is the least of their problems... Bahia Vista homicide detective Theo Petrakos thought he'd seen it all. Then a mummified corpse and a room full of futuristic hardware sends Guardian Force commander Jorie Mikkalah into his life...
  • Enemy Within by Marcella Burnard

    Enemy Within by Marcella Burnard

    Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    An intergalactic cold war-and some heated passion- from an inventive new voice in futuristic romance. After a stint in an alien prison, Captain Ari Rose wonders why she even bothered to survive. Stripped of her command and banished to her father's scientific expedition to finish a Ph.D. she doesn't want, Ari never planned to languish quietly behind a desk. She wasn't built for it, either...
  • The Cage by Megan Shepherd

    The Cage by Megan Shepherd

    Rated: 3.61 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    When Cora Mason wakes in a desert, she doesn’t know where she is or who put her there. As she explores, she finds an impossible mix of environments—tundra next to desert, farm next to jungle, and a strangely empty town cobbled together from different cultures, all watched over by eerie black windows. And she isn’t alone...
  • Alien Mate by Eve Langlais

    Alien Mate by Eve Langlais

    Rated: 3.58 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Plump Diana is ironing her underwear when the hottest blue babe in all of the galaxy appears in her living room. Did she forget to mention he was naked too? Abducted, decontaminated and dressed like a harem girl, she’s been chosen to become the hunky alien’s mate...
  • The Abduction by Erin Durante, Danielle Kaheaku

    The Abduction by Erin Durante, Danielle Kaheaku

    Rated: 3.40 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Samantha needed a break, and Las Vegas seemed like the perfect escape. After inheriting her father's farm and being cheated on by her long-time boyfriend, she decided she needed a change to make her own destiny. She expected sooner or later Prince Charming would come along and sweep her off her feet.She did not expect to be swept off to the stars... literally...
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