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A House By Any Other Name by Jenny Schwartz
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsReality is a complicated multiverse of many species and rare magic. Diplomats are the official envoys and investigators who hold the Union of Worlds together.Raisa never intended to be a diplomat. Like so many things in her life, it was her stepmother's idea.Hector is an elf in disgrace. He chose his cyborged brother over his lying, abusive family. Elves revile augmented people... -
![A Civil Campaign by Lois McMaster Bujold]()
A Civil Campaign by Lois McMaster Bujold
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 37 ratingsMiles Vorkosigan has a problem: unrequited love for the beautiful widow Ekaterin Vorsoisson, violently allergic to marriage after her first exposure. If a frontal assault won't do, Miles thinks, try subterfuge. He has a cunning plan... Lord Mark Vorkosigan, Miles' brother, also has a problem: his love has just become unrequited again. But he has a cunning plan.. -
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Earth Flight by Janet Edwards
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsIt's time to risk it all!The thrilling conclusion to Janet Edward’s sensational debut YA sci-fi trilogy.Jarra never wanted to be a celebrity. All she ever wanted was to gain some respect for the people left on Earth: the unlucky few whose immune system prevents them from portalling to other planets...Categorized as:
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![The Ceph Sector by Jenny Schwartz]()
The Ceph Sector by Jenny Schwartz
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe legendary Ceph have been in stasis for forty two millennia. In a century, they’ll wake. History remembers them as an unstoppable force, employing a mysterious power to decimate sentient life on the planets they attacked. Jaya’s first mission as a new Shaman Justice is to lead an expedition into the perilous Ceph Sector... -
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![Space Rodeo by Jenny Schwartz]()
Space Rodeo by Jenny Schwartz
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsOn the galactic frontier, the Federation’s wildest (and most scientific) citizens have gathered to ride in the Space Rodeo. The Navy’s in charge—of the arena. But beyond the naval perimeter, there is only Interstellar Sheriff Max Smith to keep the peace. Fortunately, he has some extraordinary allies. And enemies. And then, there is his girlfriend... -
![Outlaw by A.G. Wilde]()
Outlaw by A.G. Wilde
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsOur colony is dying.We’re out of time. Out of hope. Out of options—unless I risk everything on him.The outlaw.One not bound by rules or mercy.With lives at stake, I offer him a deal he can’t refuse. And one I can’t go back on.Bargaining with a demon to save my people, only time will tell if I’ve sealed their fate, or found their salvation. And mine... -
![Komarr by Lois McMaster Bujold]()
Komarr by Lois McMaster Bujold
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 37 ratingsKomarr could be a garden with a thousand more years' work, or an uninhabitable wasteland if the terraforming fails. Now, the solar mirror vital to the terraforming of the conquered planet has been shattered by a ship hurtling off course. The Emperor of Barrayar sends his newest imperial auditor, Lord Miles Vorkosigan, to find out why... -
![Cosmic Catalyst by Jenny Schwartz]()
Cosmic Catalyst by Jenny Schwartz
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsASIN B076PSPMHH moved to latest edition as per guidelinesEveryone has secrets. But some people will risk the galaxy to protect theirs. When starship shaman Jaya Romanov and her new mate partner, galactic bounty hunter and robot wolf shifter, Vulf Trent, saved the galaxy from the deadly actions of a determined geriatric terrorist, they forgot that old Earth truism: no good deed goes unpunished... -
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Space Deputy by Jenny Schwartz
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsA millennium into the future, the Saloon Sector is where the Wild West meets the 1950s, in space, with robots. It’s where careers go to die. Thelma Bach graduated top of her class after four years at the Galactic Justice academy. But she’s a Rock Sector citizen. The core worlders were never going to let her transcend her background... -
![Married to the Alien Cowboy by Ursa Dax]()
Married to the Alien Cowboy by Ursa Dax
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA quiet alien cowboy, a human woman on the run, and one very messy marriage of convenience. What could possibly go wrong?In debt and on the run from a crime lord whose nose I may or may not have broken, I take the first ticket off-world that comes my way. It's an all-expenses-paid, one-way trip to an isolated ranching outpost.The only catch?I have to marry an alien cowboy.My plan is simple enough... -
![Forbidden Planet by Cheree Alsop]()
Forbidden Planet by Cheree Alsop
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen Captain Nova Ardis acquires the services of a dangerous, tattooed gladiator, she knows she’s taking a risk—but she would do anything for family.Kove has survived most of his life in the gladiator arena and now, on the eve of winning his freedom, he is sold once again. At least being the captain’s bodyguard shouldn’t be too hard compared to the bloody life he’s lived...Categorized as:
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![Relentless by Lauren Dane]()
Relentless by Lauren Dane
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIn the erotic universe created by hot new talent Lauren Dane, passion knows no rank... Fifteen Families rule the Federated Universes-and Abbie Haws has spent her life battling the system. She's always been too driven to pay much attention to love. But when she meets Roman Lyons, Head of House Lyons, who stands for everything she hates, Abbie's attraction catches her off-guard.. -
![The Englor Affair by J.L. Langley]()
The Englor Affair by J.L. Langley
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIn hiding who he was, Payton found himselfand the man he would grow to love. After his brother is kidnapped, Prince Payton Townsend masquerades as an Admirals assistant in order to track the culprits through the tangled mysteries of the planet Englor. He finds way more than he bargained for in the form of Marine Colonel Simon Hollister. Simon is no ordinary soldier...Categorized as:
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![The Ship Who Sang by Anne McCaffrey]()
The Ship Who Sang by Anne McCaffrey
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsHelva had been born human, but only her brain had been saved—saved to be schooled, programmed, and implanted into the sleek titanium body of an intergalactic scout ship. But first she had to choose a human partner—male or female—to share her exhilarating escapades in space!Her life was to be rich and rewarding . .Categorized as:
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![LIFEL1K3 by Jay Kristoff]()
LIFEL1K3 by Jay Kristoff
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsIt's just another day on the Scrap: lose the last of your credits at the WarDome, dodge the gangs and religious fanatics, discover you can destroy electronics with your mind, stumble upon the deadliest robot ever built When Eve finds the ruins of an android boy named Ezekiel in the scrap pile she calls home, her entire world comes crashing down...Categorized as:
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![Warrior's Woman by Johanna Lindsey]()
Warrior's Woman by Johanna Lindsey
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsIn the year 2139, fearless Tedra De Arr sets out to rescue her beleaguered planet Kystran from the savage rule of the evil Crad Ce Moerr... -
![My Regelence Rake by J.L. Langley]()
My Regelence Rake by J.L. Langley
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsSebastian Hastings, Viscount Wentworth, is captain of the Royal Guard by day and scandalous rake by night. To protect the royal family of Regelence from the plots of the Intergalactic Navy, Sebastian makes it his priority to personally oversee their safety. Prince Colton Townsend is done pining after the roguish viscount and focuses his attention on his second love—horses...Categorized as:
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![Soul of Stars by Ashley Poston]()
Soul of Stars by Ashley Poston
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe highly awaited sequel to Heart of Iron, Soul of Stars is a thrilling sci-fi adventure packed with romance, shocking twists, and witty banter, perfect for fans of Six of Crows and Cinder.Once, Ana was an orphaned space outlaw. Then she was the Empress of the Iron Kingdom... -
![Return Once More by Trisha Leigh]()
Return Once More by Trisha Leigh
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIf you could learn the identity of your one true love—even though you will never meet— would you?Years have passed since refugees from a ruined earth took to space, eventually settling a new system of planets. Science has not only made the leaps necessary to allow time travel, but the process engineered a strange side effect—predicting your one true love...Categorized as:
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![The Good, the Bad, and the Cyborg by Honey Phillips]()
The Good, the Bad, and the Cyborg by Honey Phillips
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsA desperate widow in need of a helping hand… even a cybernetic one. Hattie came to Mars with high hopes. Hopes that she and her husband would be able to claim a plot of land, to create a home, perhaps even to start a family - all of the things that were now impossible on a troubled Earth... -
![Diplomatic Relations by J.L. Langley]()
Diplomatic Relations by J.L. Langley
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDalton Fairfax, Lord Ashbourne, has always flaunted the rules of Regelence high society. Despite being the heir to the Marquess of Ravensburg, and cousin to the Townsend princes, Dalton found his calling in the military, first in the Intergalactic Navy and now the Regelence Special Regiment...Categorized as:
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![Aftermath by Ann Aguirre]()
Aftermath by Ann Aguirre
Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsDEAD HEROES GET MONUMENTS. LIVE ONES GET TRIALS.Sirantha Jax has the right genes—ones that enable her to “jump” faster-than-light ships through grimspace. But it’s also in her genetic makeup to go it alone...Categorized as:
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![Across a Star-Swept Sea by Diana Peterfreund]()
Across a Star-Swept Sea by Diana Peterfreund
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsCenturies after wars nearly destroyed civilization, the two islands of New Pacifica stand alone, a terraformed paradise where even the Reduction—the devastating brain disorder that sparked the wars—is a distant memory. Yet on the isle of Galatea, an uprising against the ruling aristocrats has turned deadly...Categorized as:
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![Keeper Of The Heart by Johanna Lindsey]()
Keeper Of The Heart by Johanna Lindsey
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 18 ratings*A New York Times Bestseller A dreamspinner extraordinnaire. -- "Romantic Times" In search of true love, Shanelle Ly-San-Ter flees the lustful advance of the blue-eyed barbarian who has been chosen as her lifemate, yet she's confused by the yearning the handsome brute has awakened in her...Categorized as:
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![The Snow Queen by Joan D. Vinge]()
The Snow Queen by Joan D. Vinge
Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars · 38 ratingsThis reissue of a modern classic of science fiction, the Hugo and Locus Award-winning and Nebula-nominated The Snow Queen, marks the first time the book has been reprinted in fifteen years.The imperious Winter colonists have ruled the planet Tiamat for 150 years, deriving wealth from the slaughter of the sea mers... -
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Fall by Claire Kent
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsAs a pilot and a smuggler, Lenna has spent her life flying under the radar in Coalition space--taking care of herself, not relying on anyone. She's always liked it that way. But now she's stranded without any resources on a stone-age planet, and the only way to survive is to hook up with a bunch of cavemen... -
![The Alien's Mate by Grace Goodwin, Vanessa Vale]()
The Alien's Mate by Grace Goodwin, Vanessa Vale
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsI've come to Earth to hunt down a killer, not find a mate. But then I see her and all I can think is...MINE.Just one dangerous problem—My enemy knows she's here...and he wants her for himself.Cassie Anderson has been an orphan since the age of four... -
![Enchantress from the Stars by Sylvia Engdahl, Lois Lowry]()
Enchantress from the Stars by Sylvia Engdahl, Lois Lowry
Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsElana is a member of a supremely advanced interstellar civilization, on a mission to the medieval planet Andrecia. To her shock, she becomes the key to a dangerous plan to turn back an invasion by an aggressive, space-faring "Youngling" species...Categorized as:
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![Exist Once More by Trisha Leigh]()
Exist Once More by Trisha Leigh
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAfter everything that happened last semester and so many of the people she loves depending on her, Kaia Vespasian knows the best thing to do is keep her mouth shut, her butt in her chair, and her head down. In a few months she’ll be a certified Historian, and with the position could come some leverage... -
![My Fair Captain by J.L. Langley]()
My Fair Captain by J.L. Langley
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsWhen Intergalactic Navy Captain Nathaniel Hawkins goes undercover to investigate the theft of an IN weapons stash, the mission raises painful memories from his past. Using a title he fled nearly two decades earlier, Nate once again becomes the Earl of Deverell, heir to the Duke of Hawthorne, in order to navigate the ins and outs of a Regency world... -
![Lyon's Pride by Anne McCaffrey]()
Lyon's Pride by Anne McCaffrey
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 33 ratingsThe survival technique of the Hivers was terrifying -- and brilliant. Their huge Sphere ships, controlled by the Many Mind of ten to sixteen queens, surged out into space. When an appropriate planet was found, the Hivers destroyed any and every variety of indigenous life, the queens propagated, and when the new world was full, more ships were sent out... -
![Sky Without Stars by Jessica Brody, Joanne Rendell]()
Sky Without Stars by Jessica Brody, Joanne Rendell
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsA thief. An officer. A guardian. Three strangers. One shared destiny . . .When the Last Days came, the planet of Laterre promised hope. But five hundred years later, it’s now a place where an extravagant elite class reigns supreme; where the clouds hide the stars and the poor starve in the streets; where a rebel group, long thought dead, is resurfacing...Categorized as:
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![Doubleblind by Ann Aguirre]()
Doubleblind by Ann Aguirre
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsIt’s not easy to tread lightly wearing steel-toed boots.Sirantha Jax isn’t known for diplomatic finesse. As a “Jumper” who navigates ships through grimspace, she’s used to kicking ass first and taking names later—much later. Not exactly the obvious choice to sell the Conglomerate to the Ithtorians, a people whose opinions of humans are as hard as their exoskeletons... -
![Invictus by Ryan Graudin, Райан Гродин]()
Invictus by Ryan Graudin, Райан Гродин
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsTime flies when you're plundering history.Farway Gaius McCarthy was born outside of time. The son of a time-traveling Recorder from 2354 AD and a gladiator living in Rome in 95 AD, Far's birth defies the laws of nature... -
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![A Plain Jane by Odette C. Bell]()
A Plain Jane by Odette C. Bell
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhat if you had lived your whole life thinking you were normal? No, worse than normal – plain? What would happen if one of the most highly-trained and vicious assassins in the galaxy attacked you one warm summer's night? What would happen if you were thrust into an adventure with the galaxy's greatest heroic heart-throb? What would happen if a mysterious and ancient race appeared with one desire... -
![A Conspiracy of Stars by Olivia A. Cole]()
A Conspiracy of Stars by Olivia A. Cole
Rated: 3.79 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsOctavia has only ever had one goal: to follow in the footsteps of her parents and become a prestigious whitecoat, one of the scientists who study the natural wonders of Faloiv. The secrets of the jungle’s exotic plants and animals are protected fiercely in the labs by the Council of N’Terra, so when the rules suddenly change, allowing students inside, Octavia should be overjoyed... -
![Shades of Treason by Sandy Williams]()
Shades of Treason by Sandy Williams
Rated: 3.79 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsAsh would have given her life to save her teammates.Instead, they gave their lives to save hers.Lieutenant Ramie Ashdyn is an anomaly, a person whose genetic makeup makes her stronger and smarter than the average human... -
![Tarnished Are the Stars by Rosiee Thor]()
Tarnished Are the Stars by Rosiee Thor
Rated: 3.73 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsThe Lunar Chronicles meets Rook in this queer #OwnVoices science-fantasy novel, perfect for fans of Marissa Meyer and Sharon Cameron.A secret beats inside Anna Thatcher's chest: an illegal clockwork heart. Anna works cog by cog -- donning the moniker Technician -- to supply black market medical technology to the sick and injured, against the Commissioner's tyrannical laws...Categorized as:
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![Blind Space by Marie Sexton]()
Blind Space by Marie Sexton
Rated: 3.71 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsCaptain Tristan Kelley enjoys the luxuries of Regency service, as well as the pleasure of his Prince's bed. It's an easy life, if not a happy one. When the Prince decides to take a trip through the perilous Blind Space, Tristan must go with him, but somebody in the Prince's guard is a traitor... -
![Steampunk Cyborg by Eve Langlais]()
Steampunk Cyborg by Eve Langlais
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen a friend drags Agatha “Aggie” Bowles to a romance convention, all she wants to do is find some new authors and a quiet spot to read. Instead of relaxing with a book, she ends up kidnapped by a steampunk cyborg. Which is as exciting as it sounds. Except for the fact he’s more interested in the cog hanging around her neck than Aggie herself. He’ll do anything to get his hands on it... -
![Heart of Iron by Ashley Poston]()
Heart of Iron by Ashley Poston
Rated: 3.76 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsAn action-packed tale full of romance, royalty, and adventure, inspired by the story of Anastasia. Perfect for fans of Six of Crows, Cinder, and the cult classic television show Firefly.Seventeen-year-old Ana is a scoundrel by nurture and an outlaw by nature... -
![Winds of Marque by Bennett R. Coles]()
Winds of Marque by Bennett R. Coles
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratings"Bennett R. Coles ranks among my go-to list in SF. Entertaining and intelligent storytelling and terrific characters. In Winds of Marque, Coles may well have invented a whole new subgenre that has me scrambling for a description--Steam Space? Whatever you call it, a blast to read. Here's hoping that many more adventures are in the offing for Blackwood and company... -
![A Viking's Peace by Zoe York]()
A Viking's Peace by Zoe York
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThrown together in an intergalactic diplomatic mission, Reinn and Ashleigh know they must fight the burning attraction between them. But this Viking has finally found his mate in the beautiful Earth officer, and nothing else matters... -
![Falling Free by Lois McMaster Bujold]()
Falling Free by Lois McMaster Bujold
Rated: 3.72 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsLeo Graf was an effective engineer...Safety Regs weren't just the rule book he swore by; he'd helped write them. All that changed on his assignment to the Cay Habitat. Leo was profoundly uneasy with the corporate exploitation of his bright new students—till that exploitation turned to something much worse... -
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![Inherit the Stars by Tony Peak]()
Inherit the Stars by Tony Peak
Rated: 3.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAn epic debut set on the edges of space, where one botched job could mean death—or so much worse…Wanderlust runs in Kivita Vondir’s blood. She dreamed of salvaging like her father when she was young, and now it’s her addiction, getting her through pit stops filled with cheap alcohol and cheaper companionship and distracting her from her broken heart...Categorized as:
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![Take Back the Skies by Lucy Saxon]()
Take Back the Skies by Lucy Saxon
Rated: 3.49 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsCatherine Hunter is the daughter of a senior government official on the island of Anglya. She’s one of the privileged – she has luxurious clothes, plenty to eat, and is protected from the Collections which have ravaged families throughout the land. But Catherine longs to escape the confines of her life, before her dad can marry her off to a government brat and trap her forever...Categorized as:
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![The Creative Fire by Brenda Cooper]()
The Creative Fire by Brenda Cooper
Rated: 3.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNothing can match the power of a single voice...Ruby Martin expects to spend her days repairing robots while avoiding the dangerous peacekeeping forces that roam the corridors of the generation ship The Creative Fire. The social structure of the ship is rigidly divided, with Ruby and her friends on the bottom. Then a ship-wide accident gives Ruby a chance to fight for the freedom she craves...Categorized as:
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![Uncharted Territory by Connie Willis]()
Uncharted Territory by Connie Willis
Rated: 3.49 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsFindriddy and Carson are two explorers sent to Boohte to survey the ridges and scrub-covered hills of the planet. Back home, their adventures are followed by countless breathless fans, but the reality is far less romantic as they deal with dust, nitpicking regulations, and uncooperative aliens...Categorized as:
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