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  • Stolen Legacy by Lindsay Buroker

    Stolen Legacy by Lindsay Buroker

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Even though Captain Jelena Marchenko has Starseer talents, such as telepathy and telekinesis, she has grown up feeling ostracized by the Starseer community. She longs for an opportunity to prove that she deserves a place among them.  When an old friend of the family shows up, seeking transportation to the site of an ancient Starseer relic, Jelena believes this may be her chance to prove herself...
  • 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...
  • Scarred by Tana Stone

    Scarred by Tana Stone

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    What happens when a tough, Drexian captain gets trapped on an alien planet with the human tribute bride he’s supposed to rescue? Without his clothes.Brok has vowed to track down the pretty human who was snatched by space pirates and return her to be matched with a Drexian warrior. One who isn’t battle-scarred and damaged, like him...
  • Flame by Tana Stone

    Flame by Tana Stone

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The only thing worse than always being upstaged by your perfect sister? Falling for her alien fiancé.I wasn’t supposed to end up on the Drexian space station or be matched to one of their gorgeous warriors as a tribute bride. My perfect twin sister is the one they wanted. Instead, I stole her spot...
  • Combust by Tana Stone

    Combust by Tana Stone

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The Drexian warrior is brooding and mysterious--and he's claimed me as his tribute.When I don't marry his nephew, I have no idea I'm still promised to Zoran's clan. Imagine my shock when the dark and imposing alien informs me that he will be taking me as his tribute bride--and taking me back to the Drexian home world with him...
  • Corsairs: Mathiras by Ruby Dixon

    Corsairs: Mathiras by Ruby Dixon

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Someone is illegally stealing humans from their home world and cloning them.For months, we’ve been hunting this ring of criminals and the end is in sight. I’m separating from my brothers and taking my ship to track down the bad guys.One small problem — Helen insists upon joining me on this dangerous mission.Helen herself is a clone, created to be an object of beauty...
  • Forbidden by Tana Stone

    Forbidden by Tana Stone

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Be a tribute bride for some brawny alien warrior? Not on your life. Ella is one of the few human females who rejected her Drexian warrior match. Sent to live with the other “rejects” in a special part of the high-tech space station, she has no desire to have her life dictated by a bunch of alphas on steroids. And no way would she ever be charmed by an alien playboy...
  • Alien in Chief by Gini Koch

    Alien in Chief by Gini Koch

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The Mastermind has upped his game . . .As Kitty can tell you, it's not easy being the wife of the vice president - especially not when he's an alien from the Alpha Centauri system. And being a parent of preternaturally talented children, don't even go there. But she and her A-C husband, Jeff, have learned how to roll with whatever life and the bad guys throw at them - they think...
  • Blaze by Tana Stone

    Blaze by Tana Stone

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I swore to myself that I’d never fall for an alien warrior. Now my life depends on trusting a Drexian I’d hoped to never see again.I was coming on board the Drexian space station to attend my cousin’s wedding. That was it. Despite every other woman on Earth falling all over themselves for one of the tough aliens, I wasn’t interested. Not even a little bit...
  • Knighthunter by Anna Hackett

    Knighthunter by Anna Hackett

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    She vows to bring her abducted queen home…even if she has to work with the man she hates.Knightmaster Nea Laurier is tough, dedicated, and lives to be the best Oronis knight she can be. All her life, she’s worked hard to live up to her prestigious family name...
  • Dragon's Redemption by Miranda Martin

    Dragon's Redemption by Miranda Martin

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Jormund I have to have her. These other males can't care for her the way I will. They'll try to get her back, of course. What else could they do? I'll have to outsmart them to keep her. And keep her I will. She-who-is-mine will see, eventually. We are fated. She is my heart and my soul. Delilah I'm resigned to my life alone. Well, not really alone...
  • Brutal by Hope Hart

    Brutal by Hope Hart

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    He calls himself an ‘acquisitions expert.’In reality, the charming, handsome Thesian is a space pirate. And I trust the 7-foot tall alien about as far as I can throw him.But at this point, I have to trust someone. Because the Grivath are hunting a little girl. A little girl who had the bad luck to grow up as a royal on a planet that they want to control...
  • Volunteer for the Alien Bride Lottery by Margo Bond Collins

    Volunteer for the Alien Bride Lottery by Margo Bond Collins

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I didn’t want to compete in the Alien Bride Games. But I would do anything to save my sister.Hannah’s just a kid. Yeah, sure, she’s 21, old enough for her name to be drawn in The Alien Bride Lottery. But she’s got her whole life in front of her.I, on the other hand, have nothing left to live for...
  • Savage (Society of Savages #4) by Hope Hart

    Savage (Society of Savages #4) by Hope Hart

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    He’s wild. Vicious. Savage.But deep down, I know he’s in there somewhere. A lost, tortured, confined, boy who grew into an enraged, vengeful man.I have to believe he’s not beyond saving. Because sometimes, when he looks at me, I know he sees more than just the woman who opened his cage and let him free…Only to allow him to be locked up again.Everyone says my plan is too dangerous...
  • Dragon's Destiny by Miranda Martin

    Dragon's Destiny by Miranda Martin

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I’ve been searching for my mate. For my destiny. For the female who is somewhere on Tajss…KhabriThe Zmaj race was dying when humans crashed landed on our planet. Since the moment their coming was revealed to the Order, I've known that one of the females is my mate. My treasure. All I want is her and the beautiful, perfect babies we will have together...
  • 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...
  • Dragon's Isolation by Miranda Martin

    Dragon's Isolation by Miranda Martin

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I've lost my happily ever after...My story was supposed to be over. We were supposed to grow old together in each other's arms and watch our tiny son become a man with a life of his own.The Zmaj, seven foot tall winged and scaled dragon warriors, are getting sick. It's stealing their memories and making them regress into primal barbarians, losing themselves completely...
  • Traitor: Alien Hunter's Mate by Hattie Jacks

    Traitor: Alien Hunter's Mate by Hattie Jacks

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A fallen warrior...A forgotten human...A love discovered.STELLA - One minute I’m in my bed, the next…I’m not on Earth anymore. Twin suns beat down and the sounds that creep from the forest tell me all I need to know.I’m on an alien planet, and I’m not alone…I’m being stalked by something terrifying and protected by someone who won’t show himself...
  • Havoc: Alien Captain's Alliance by Hattie Jacks

    Havoc: Alien Captain's Alliance by Hattie Jacks

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Wanted by the Empire...desired by two massive aliens...resistance is never futile...Hi, I’m Lexi, soon to be ex-mercenary, thief and assassin. I’ve got one last job and I’m free of this life forever - all I have to do is relieve the galaxy's most evil warlord of one of his prized possessions.Piece of cake, right?My first mistake was stealing Captain Bron’s stealth drive...
  • Prisoner by Tana Stone

    Prisoner by Tana Stone

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    What’s more dangerous than joining the Vandar to crush the Zagrath? Being taken captive by the deadly creatures who rule the sector—and consider prisoners to be expendable.Cassie is eager to join her fellow resistance fighters when they team up with the Vandar hordes, but she isn't expecting to be taken prisoner during the battle...
  • Roklyn by Alana Khan

    Roklyn by Alana Khan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    To stay alive, Roklyn buried his emotions. Can he risk everything to trust the ailing Earth girl he’s sworn to protect?PaigeI’ve come to this medical center to save my life. My grumpy but intriguing bodyguard can receive services also, but only if he’s my “mate...
  • So'Lan by Alana Khan

    So'Lan by Alana Khan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Brutalized as a gladiator, So'Lan's body has finally healed, but his mind is still heavy with the weight of the many abuses he suffered in his owner’s dungeon. Can a gorgeous human pirate help him salvage the wreck that is his heart?PhoenixTempting but broken, So'Lan has baggage I want no part of. Each time he saves my life, I find myself reconsidering the hunky lion-man's appeal...
  • Defender by Anna Hackett

    Defender by Anna Hackett

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Rescued from alien slavers, the only place she feels safe is in the brawny arms of a big, gruff cyborg... Astrophysicist Dr. Jayna Lennox's life imploded the day her ship was attacked by aliens. Through months of captivity, she's survived by shutting down and not feeling. Then she's freed by the House of Rone cyborgs and finds herself in the arms of huge, tough Mace...
  • Stolen by Tana Stone

    Stolen by Tana Stone

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When they told her she’d been abducted from Earth as a tribute bride for a badass alien warrior, Hope thought it was the craziest thing she’d ever heard. That was before she was kidnapped by space pirates.Hope didn’t buy the idea of being a tribute bride. After all, she’d never been into commitment...
  • Dragon's Heart by Miranda Martin

    Dragon's Heart by Miranda Martin

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Kate has had enough. Her research pod went down after the Generation ship crashed and now she's stuck on the steaming hot hell that is Tajss. The handful of people that survived initial contact with the planet's monstrous creatures have been forced underground into darkness. Worse is Annabel, self-appointed tyrannical leader of their small group...
  • Dragon's Secret by Miranda Martin

    Dragon's Secret by Miranda Martin

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    This isn't how I saw my life going. It's not what was supposed to happen and damn it, I want to live my dreams! As if. Every day it becomes clearer that I'm going to be the Mary Poppins of Tajss. I do love helping with all my friends' half-Zmaj, half-human babies but it also fuels the empty ache of wanting one of my own to hold and raise...
  • Dragon's Gift by Miranda Martin

    Dragon's Gift by Miranda Martin

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Celebrate the holidays on Tajss Maeve doesn't believe in fate and certainly not one that involves her and Padraig, the enormous and domineering alien dragon. His overly protective and possessive nature rubs her the wrong way. Padraig is certain the fiercely independent human female is the only one for him. His inner dragon has decided and the burly smith knows fate's hand when he feels it...
  • Dragon's Wish by Miranda Martin

    Dragon's Wish by Miranda Martin

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I am a Zmaj hunter and so have only one purpose in life. The feeding and protection of The Tribe is my duty and my honor. Except I have been spending more and more time in The City, entranced by the spirit of the human female Addison. The primal dragon at the core of all Zmaj males fights for dominance over my iron will. It would claim the shy and intelligent beauty at any cost...
  • Dragon's Temptation by Miranda Martin

    Dragon's Temptation by Miranda Martin

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    It's a simple mission, right? Not a thing. Go, meet the new group of massive alien-dragon Zmaj warriors who call themselves 'The Order', make friendly and come home with everyone on good terms and willing to work together. Survival on Tajss is hard, everyone needs more allies, it's a no-brainer. Easy. No problem whatsoever...
  • 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...
  • Unity and the Usurper by Honey Phillips

    Unity and the Usurper by Honey Phillips

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    A barbaric alien king. A fierce human female. A galactic conspiracy...After leading a rebellion to overthrow a tyrannical king, Cronan discovers a beautiful, defiant human female. She’s a responsibility he doesn’t need in the chaotic aftermath of the rebellion, but one he can't abandon...
  • 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...
  • Claimed by the Alien Warrior by Hope Hart

    Claimed by the Alien Warrior by Hope Hart

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    What’s worse than being stuck on an alien planet? Being stuck on an alien planet when you’ve made an enemy of the local tribe King. Okay, so I may have stolen his favorite misua and snuck away to find my friends. But he should’ve known better than to forbid me to go. I’m a marine, and we leave no man-- or woman, behind...
  • Tribute by Tana Stone

    Tribute by Tana Stone

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    She gave herself to the aliens to save her friends. Now she’s pledged to be the Crestek warrior’s mate. But will the marriage of convenience become something more? Volunteering herself as tribute to the aliens was the only way Holly could ensure the safety of the rest of her bounty hunter crew. Problem is, now she’s locked in the alien city and engaged to marry a guy she’s never even met...
  • Torment by Tana Stone

    Torment by Tana Stone

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Tori wants nothing to do with the gorgeous, sand planet barbarians. Too bad she’s stuck with the cockiest Dothvek alive. Stowing away on the enemy ship to sabotage it may not have been Tori’s best idea, but she meant for it to be a solo mission. She never planned for a huge Dothvek warrior to come along for the less-than-pleasant ride...
  • 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...
  • Zero's Heart by Mina Carter

    Zero's Heart by Mina Carter

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Librarian's Note: This is an alternate title and cover edition of ASIN B087YNJK3JReturn to the worlds of the Lathar, as you've never seen them before...She wanted a coffee and an easy shift. Instead, she got a smart-alec mercenary and commandos trying to kill her…Medically discharged from the military over a decade ago, Station Chief Eris Archer just wants a quiet life...
  • Rescued by the Alien Warrior by Hope Hart

    Rescued by the Alien Warrior by Hope Hart

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I may have almost died on this planet, but it hasn't broken me yet.At least, I'm working real hard to toughen up and become the kind of woman who'll be ready to board that spaceship and kick some Grivath a**.But, thanks to the way the overprotective warrior at my side insists on hovering, you'd be forgiven for thinking I'm fragile...
  • A Very Arcav Christmas by Hope Hart

    A Very Arcav Christmas by Hope Hart

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Babies, weddings, and Christmas... oh my! For the human women on Arcavia, there's plenty to celebrate during the holidays. Sure, the Grivath are a constant threat, but with a surprise wedding to plan, a baby on the way, and even a visit from Santa, the first Arcav Christmas is sure to be incredible...
  • Argan by Erin Tate, Celia Kyle

    Argan by Erin Tate, Celia Kyle

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Celia Kyle writing as Erin Tate.Argan’s honor as a Preor warrior made him defend her. Liquid Knot’s heart demanded she save him.  Liquid Knot—hacker extraordinaire—has made mistakes in her life, but none so big as getting an alien warrior sentenced to death.  His head is on the chopping block and the Preor leader is determined to follow the letter of the law...
  • Protected by the Alien Warrior by Hope Hart

    Protected by the Alien Warrior by Hope Hart

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    What’s scarier than being abducted from Earth and almost eaten by cannibals? The idea of falling in love with a huge alien warrior.Just a few days ago, I was living my best life. Now? I’m on the run on a strange alien planet. Thanks to my short temper and a severe lack of self-control, I’m being hunted, and it’s only a matter of time before I end up captured or dead...
  • The Arcav Prince's Captive by Hope Hart

    The Arcav Prince's Captive by Hope Hart

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Can you ever truly escape the past? Everly, tough, fierce ex-federal agent has broken with her past, moving to Arcavia and training as the Queen's guard.Along with the challenges of adjusting to a new planet, she's dealing with a disasterous complication: The fallout from an incredible, stolen night with Korva, a broken male known as a traitor amonst both Arcav and humans...
  • 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...
  • Centurion by Anna Hackett

    Centurion by Anna Hackett

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Rescued from her alien captors, the only person who makes her feel safe is a cold, emotionless cyborg. Abducted from her exploration ship, paramedic Sage McAlister has spent months locked in cells and labs belonging to the Edull. Rescued by the cool, powerful cyborgs of the House of Rone, she finds herself among fellow human survivors on the desert world of Carthago...
  • Conquered by the Alien Warrior by Hope Hart

    Conquered by the Alien Warrior by Hope Hart

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    I've loathed him since the moment we met.His silver eyes watch me relentlessly, making it clear he doesn't trust me. But it's not his mistrust that makes me hate him. It's not even his spies, who report my every move back to him. It's the little voice in the back of my head that asks me if he could be the one I've been searching for all my life...
  • Faith and the Fighter by Honey Phillips

    Faith and the Fighter by Honey Phillips

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    For readers 18 years and older. A rogue spaceship captain. A human scientist. Faith has spent the past eight years as a scientist locked in an alien research lab. When she finally manages to escape and finds out what the aliens are doing with her work, she is appalled and determined to stop their plans...
  • Hunter Raze by Laurann Dohner

    Hunter Raze by Laurann Dohner

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    When her parents died in her youth, Anabel Brick—along with her sister, Jessa—was raised as an orphan of United Earth. While her sister became an Alien Research Specialist, Anabel’s skills were put to a different use. She’s a tool for U.E. and its military fleet…a spy…a killer. Her current mission also turns out to be her last...
  • Punished by Tana Stone

    Punished by Tana Stone

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The dark and deadly Vandar raider who was exiled to our planet refuses to help me. Not without a price.Corvak is nothing like the men on my planet. He's violent and brooding and wants nothing to do with a human female like me. But he's the only one who knows how to fight. And I refuse to be helpless when the empire comes after our planet--and it's only a matter of time until they do...
  • Alien Sentinel's Mate by Mina Carter

    Alien Sentinel's Mate by Mina Carter

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Being rescued by aliens doesn’t mean she’s going to marry one… not unless he’s hot. Asking would help too.The problem is the only alien warrior Gracie is interested in hasn’t asked. Seren K’Vass is the epitome of the strong, silent type. Emotionally avoidant with a bad boy vibe, if he was human, she’d climb him like a tree. Hell, she’d climb him like a tree anyway...
  • Seduced by the Alien Warrior by Hope Hart

    Seduced by the Alien Warrior by Hope Hart

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Okay, so he’s not really the devil, but he may as well be. The Tribe King is gorgeous, arrogant, and devious. He refused to hand over crucial information to help us find our friends until I agreed to stay with him. For a year.As far as I’m concerned, deals made under duress don’t count. Anyone who would demand such a thing in exchange for our friends’ freedom simply can’t be trusted...
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