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  • 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...
  • 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...
  • Teran by Ava Ross

    Teran by Ava Ross

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The alien she's hot for seems to hate her. But when they touch, sparks fly. Will their growing love survive a dangerous quest?Emma: I’m pretty sure Teran hates me...
  • 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...
  • Mission Most Mysterious by Hannah Walker

    Mission Most Mysterious by Hannah Walker

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The Avanti are bored. On a rare and treasured break from all the chaos, Bray decides to embark on a mission most mysterious. Tate has always been known for the practical jokes he plays on his teammates and friends. It's time for some revenge. This time, the tables are turned and Tate doesn't know what’s about to hit him...
  • Alien Mercenary's Consorts by Mina Carter

    Alien Mercenary's Consorts by Mina Carter

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    He was done with royal life years ago. One problem… it’s not done with him.Exiled prince turned mercenary, Fin, wants nothing more than to spend his days drinking, fighting and trying to persuade his beautiful crewmate, Red, into his bed.When a summons arrives from his home planet of Navarr, his secret is out. He’s not just any prince, he’s the heir to the throne...
  • Marked Prince by Michelle M. Pillow

    Marked Prince by Michelle M. Pillow

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    From NY Times & USA TODAY Bestselling Author, Michelle M. Pillow, the much anticipated dragon shapeshifter romance, Qurilixen Lords!Prince Jaxx's inner dragon-shifter is at war with his human side. He knows what is right and what is prudent, and those two impulses rarely line up...
  • Rexx by Tasha Black

    Rexx by Tasha Black

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Their sights are trained on love. But will they survive a ride on the Iron Peregrine?Abigail Shaw can’t believe her good luck. The Alien Adoption Agency has selected her to adopt adorable baby Rio. And baby Rio comes with Rexx, a handsome Invicta warrior guard, whose dark eyes seduce Abigail before he even opens his mouth. When he offers her his mate bond, she thinks things can’t get any better...
  • Grit by Julie K. Cohen

    Grit by Julie K. Cohen

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Who wants a thief with a target on her back? An alien warrior with nothing to lose. GabriellaThere’s no safe place to hide when you’re supposed to testify against a top leader in the Brotherhood. When the marshals of GI7 offer Gabriella the chance to leave Earth, she grabs it. Sinnad is a closed world, which means the Brotherhood can’t touch her there...
  • The Torid Affair by Laurann Dohner

    The Torid Affair by Laurann Dohner

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    When riots erupt on planet Torid, the crew of Defcon Red is tasked with quelling the violence and tending the injured. Even Alien Research Specialist Jessa Brick is pressed into service. Arguably more comfortable in her lab, the doctor is shocked at the obvious inequality on Torid...
  • Hitched to the Alien General by Mina Carter

    Hitched to the Alien General by Mina Carter

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Her perfect man is a big, scarred alien war hero. Pity he only see’s her as a warrior, not a woman... Kenna Reynolds loves life in the Imperial Court. The latharian culture fascinates her, and she values the friendships she’s made amongst the sentinel women, most bonded to Latharian males, and a few with babies on the way...
  • Claimed By The Zandian by Renee Rose, Rebel West

    Claimed By The Zandian by Renee Rose, Rebel West

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I CAN’T CLAIM HER...BUT SHE WILL CALL ME MASTER. I was born blind. My genes are defective. Unsuitable for breeding. That’s the only reason I don’t claim the alluring human we rescued from a slave auction. I have no intention of mating her, especially since she’s meant for another. But when she calls me Master, I can’t help but take command. And command I will...
  • Alien Mercenary’s Bride by Mina Carter

    Alien Mercenary’s Bride by Mina Carter

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Stowing away on an alien ship? Idiotic. Stowing away on the Warborne's ship? Suicidal.Marika Ingrassia is desperate. To escape another wedding arranged by her father, she runs. Between a homicidal groom and a ship full of trained killers, she'll take her chances with the mercenaries, thank you very much.Only things don't go quite to plan...
  • Vengeful Heart by Tiffany Roberts

    Vengeful Heart by Tiffany Roberts

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    When his mate is threatened, nothing burns hotter than his wrath.Against all odds, Arcanthus found Samantha, his beautiful, sweet terran mate. His fated one. Her love shattered the barriers around his heart.After defeating a ghost from his past, Arc thinks he and Samantha are safe to move on with their lives. But she has a past of her own, and it refuses to let her go.He nearly lost her once...
  • Reckless by Miranda Bridges

    Reckless by Miranda Bridges

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    My instructor hates me.If I could use my hacking expertise to fly through the academy’s courses I would, but that doesn’t work in hand-to-hand combat. And this guy? He’s determined to turn me into a soldier. Except I’m more suited to being a nerd than a killer.I’m not here to learn those skills, only enhance my knowledge of alien technology, and it doesn’t include the Lokarian anatomy...
  • 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...
  • The Arcav Guard's Female by Hope Hart

    The Arcav Guard's Female by Hope Hart

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    She’s on a quest for revenge… ...But he’s on a mission to make her his... After being abducted by aliens and rescued by the Arcav, all Peyton wants is revenge. Well, that, and a trip straight back home to Earth where she belongs. She’s not interested in the handsome Arcav Guard who stares at her so intently. Even if he does make her wish she’d met him before her captivity...
  • Bargain with a Beast by Grace Goodwin

    Bargain with a Beast by Grace Goodwin

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Adrian Davis thought getting on a real-life, ‘beam me up, Scotty’, transport pad was adventure enough. Visiting her mother—and the Atlan beast her mom had chosen as a mate—on another planet? Setting foot in an Atlan prison? Completely crazy. Like totally, bat-shit, what-the-hell-was-she-doing-with-her-life crazy...
  • 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...
  • Maid for the Beast by Grace Goodwin

    Maid for the Beast by Grace Goodwin

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    An Atlan Warlord in Mating Fever with two choices: Be the latest bachelor beast on an Earth reality television show to find his perfect mate or face certain death in an Atlan prison. Braun's not sure which is worse... until a female enters his hotel suite with towels and cleaning supplies.She isn't part of the television show.She isn't available.She isn't interested in mating with an alien...
  • The Arcav Captain's Queen by Hope Hart

    The Arcav Captain's Queen by Hope Hart

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    She wants her planet back... ...But all he wants is her. Forced to become a monster to survive her father’s cruelties, Saria wants only one thing: To convince the Arcav King to help her lead her people out of the darkness and into the light.She has no intention of mating anyone. Least of all Roax- the bossy bodyguard who the Arcav King ordered to be her shadow...
  • 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...
  • Tempting Auzed by Victoria Aveline

    Tempting Auzed by Victoria Aveline

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Alejandra is a survivor. So far, she’s lived through abduction, a near drowning, and being lost in an alien forest. She thought things were finally starting to go her way when the most intense, grumpy, and insanely tempting man she’s ever seen rescues her from a monster. But sadly, that’s just when everything gets even more complicated.Auzed has his orders...
  • 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...
  • Ancient Thought by Viola Grace

    Ancient Thought by Viola Grace

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Is the end of one life the start of the next? It is if you have been reset.Elizabeth has spent her life exploring the world, visiting strangers, and learning all the customs she could. When the first Volunteer Project began, she had been in her fifties and out of the running. Now, at eighty-two, they offer to tune her up and send her to the stars...
  • Enemy of the Alien Bride Lottery by Margo Bond Collins

    Enemy of the Alien Bride Lottery by Margo Bond Collins

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I’ll do whatever it takes to destroy the Bride Games.A year ago, I did the unthinkable.I helped a woman running from the Alien Bride Lottery.I spent three months in a federal prison for it, too.As soon as I got out, a secret organization recruited me. Our goal is to end the Bride Lottery program forever.So when my name is drawn in the Lottery this year, I know it’s a setup...
  • Kruze: Companion Novellas, includes Allor by Ava Ross

    Kruze: Companion Novellas, includes Allor by Ava Ross

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    2 Companion Novellas in the Brides of Driegon Series, KRUZE & ALLORFOR KRUZE:An alien dragon warrior claims she’s his fated mate, but she plans to return to Earth. Will he convince her to stay?ClaraA hot alien dragonish dude seems to think I’m his mate. No way! Sure, I came to the Driegon Kingdom with the matched brides, but I was hired to take pictures...
  • Armed And Armoured by Viola Grace

    Armed And Armoured by Viola Grace

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Kahlia has fought a few battles for the survival of innocents on Allishan 9, but her primary concern is her life as a designer. On one of the school trips that her sister badgered her into chaperoning, she meets her destiny, and her doom. Rupture is a member of the Sector Guard and he has his eyes on the woman stepping out of the battle suit...
  • Rahim by Kiki Burrelli, Crista Crown

    Rahim by Kiki Burrelli, Crista Crown

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A frozen prince calls for a hero. The Fires send him a warrior. For Rahim, life with his warrior brothers couldn’t be better, now that they’re not fighting for their survival on a pirate ship. Free to soar through space, Rahim and his kif are on a mission to explore their way home. When they get a cryptic invitation from a mysterious source, they eagerly answer the call...
  • Prison Princess by K.C. Cross, J.A. Huss

    Prison Princess by K.C. Cross, J.A. Huss

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    THE BOYS OF HAREM STATION ARE KEEPING LOTS OF SECRETS! Valor joined up with Tray after Beauty’s sacrifice because he knew Luck was destined to be with Princess Nyleena. There was no room in that relationship for a third wheel. But when he teamed up with Tray he had no idea that he’d be the third wheel in that partnership too...
  • Veiled Vixen by K.C. Cross, J.A. Huss

    Veiled Vixen by K.C. Cross, J.A. Huss

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    All his other Harem brothers have found their one true love and they are spectacular princesses. Not Valor’s girl.Veila is the definition of evil.Not the kind of girl a guy falls for. Especially a stand-up guy like Valor. He’s not interested in her sexy glow, her pretty hair, or her glowing eyes.No. Valor only wants one thing for his fated princess.Death...
  • Pets in Space 5 by S.E. Smith, Regine Abel

    Pets in Space 5 by S.E. Smith, Regine Abel

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Are you ready? Pets in Space® 5 is back for the fifth amazing year! Twelve of today’s top Science Fiction Romance authors have written 12 original, never-before-released stories filled with action, adventure, suspense, humor, and romance that will take you out of this world. The giving doesn’t stop there...
  • Drakan by Luna Hunter

    Drakan by Luna Hunter

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Can an alpha alien warrior and a curvy human pilot save the universe? Hannah Kingsley has more than enough on her plate. The full-figured blonde delivers intergalactic packages for a living on her trusty spaceship with her best friend Evelyn, trying to save up enough money to send her little brother to a school for the gifted...
  • Baring Grudge by Cynthia Sax

    Baring Grudge by Cynthia Sax

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    No one in the universe is more determined than a cyborg warrior tracking his female.***Grudge, a C Model cyborg, has been assigned a mission – safeguard a Humanoid Alliance space station for his kind. Honor was once all he had, and he is determined to fulfill his duty...
  • Alien Betrayed by Julie K. Cohen

    Alien Betrayed by Julie K. Cohen

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Trust no one…. Not the Brotherhood… nor the enticing human female working for them.RemmikovTrust no one. It’s a motto Remmikov has lived by since before the war. Now, he’s been framed for the bombings in Zyan’s capital and he is on the run from his own people. As the son of a traitor, no one will believe he’s innocent...
  • Defying the General by Maddie Taylor

    Defying the General by Maddie Taylor

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    One look and he stirs something deep within her. A single touch is all it takes for her to awaken his soul. She has a mission. He has a duty. He is her captor. She is his destiny. Fate draws them together, but danger and deceit will wrench them apart...
  • Tchaikovsky by Tasha Black

    Tchaikovsky by Tasha Black

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Can a homesick space pirate and a broken alien heal each other’s hearts? Angel signed up with the Space Cadets to join her twin brother after he left to explore new frontiers. Instead, her stasis pod was lost in space. Now, hundreds of years later, Angel has been rescued, but all her hopes and dreams are dead. Becoming a space pirate seems as good a way to fill her time as any other...
  • Barbarian Alien Part 6: Forever by Ruby Dixon

    Barbarian Alien Part 6: Forever by Ruby Dixon

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Everything seems to be piling on at once: I'm pregnant, the aliens are revolting against my mate, and not even my human friends have my back. It's time for me to buck the system to get what I want. But can I go against everything to claim the guy as mine?Even if it means exile with him?BARBARIAN ALIEN is a sequel to ICE PLANET BARBARIANS...
  • Kept for Their Use by Ivy Barrett

    Kept for Their Use by Ivy Barrett

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Jasmine Aldrich has spent years perfecting the art of enticing and manipulating men, but now two stern, sexy aliens have decided to claim her for themselves and she is totally unprepared for what is in store for her. These huge, handsome brutes aren't just going to strip Jasmine bare and teach her what happens to a naughty little human who teases her mates...
  • Timcur: Warlord Brides by Ava York, Starr Huntress

    Timcur: Warlord Brides by Ava York, Starr Huntress

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She's everything he ever wanted in a mate. But this is the worst possible time...Timcur has devoted his life to duty, honor and the war against the Suhlik.Now that he and his crew have been framed as outlaws, his world has fallen down around him.Brilliant, beautiful Nora is more than he'd ever dreamed of...
  • Alien Paladin's Redemption by Mina Carter

    Alien Paladin's Redemption by Mina Carter

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    She knew aliens existed. She didn’t expect them to be so damn HOT!Indra has survived the worse human society can throw at her. Being rescued by aliens was the last thing she expected.Now a guest of the latharian empire, she’s looking forward to eating her bodyweight in chocolate cake and creating her very own army out of the ship’s cleaning bots...
  • Kept By The Zandian by Renee Rose, Rebel West

    Kept By The Zandian by Renee Rose, Rebel West

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    HUMAN FEMALES CANNOT BE TRUSTED.She killed to escape her former slave master.Stowed away on my ship. Injected me with poison.Now she’s been remanded to me for probation.It’s my job to watch her. Rule over her. Discipline her.It’s up to me to decide if she’s worthy of asylum on our planet.And I’m dragging my feet on the decision.Because stars know, I like her right where I have her.In my home...
  • Wicked by Hope Hart

    Wicked by Hope Hart

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When I left Agron, I wanted only one thing:To make the Grivath pay for what they did to us. When our space fuel lasts just long enough for us to reach the hub planet Brexos, it seems like everything is falling into place. But Brexos is run by the machiavellian Malakaz- an alien who now controls our fate with the swipe of one clawed finger...
  • Turn Left for Stars by V.K. Ludwig

    Turn Left for Stars by V.K. Ludwig

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A SciFi Alien RomCom. It’s hard to find the right alien concubine… Finding three of them? Impossible! Watching the future saikhs practice their penetration angles at the saikhmenti alone doesn’t cut it to make a decision. What about other things like… I don’t know. Personality? What I need is insider information. That saikh-in-training who keeps failing his assessments? He’s offering it up freely...
  • Alien Hero's Claimed Bride by Juno Wells

    Alien Hero's Claimed Bride by Juno Wells

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Abducted from Earth and now I’m being sold… Cassandra... Stranded and alone in a sector of space ruled by vicious queens, I’m losing hope of ever finding freedom. After being abducted, all I wanted was to escape from the aquatic species trying to sell me on the open market...
  • Tyr by Luna Hunter

    Tyr by Luna Hunter

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Harper Myers is having a seriously bad day. Her ship has crashed on an alien ice planet, and she’s stranded there with Commander Tyr — a brutish Dragan Warlord who can’t stand humans.They have to share body heat just to survive on the harsh world, and that’s only the start of their problems, because the primitive inhabitants of the ice world think Harper looks good enough to eat. Literally...
  • Draekon Guardian by Lee Savino, Lili Zander

    Draekon Guardian by Lee Savino, Lili Zander

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The big, bad, alien hero rescued me from the evil Zorahn.He sees to my every need.He sends me thoughtful presents.If someone threatens me, Yafet destroys them. He’s ruthless in his desire to keep me safe.And despite all of that, I can’t get him to take the next step.Kisses? Yes.Heavy petting? Again, yes.Anything more? Nope. He won’t go further even though he obviously wants to...
  • Rebel by Hope Hart

    Rebel by Hope Hart

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    It was supposed to be one night.One night with the gorgeous, broken, enigmatic explosives expert who makes me crazy.The problem? Now I can’t stop fantasizing about the way we self-combusted all over each other.But the guilt in his eyes when he looked at me after and remembered I’m not his dead lover? Let’s just say I’m not interested in getting involved with someone who’s clearly still suffering...
  • The Arcav King's Mate by Hope Hart

    The Arcav King's Mate by Hope Hart

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Give up my life as a cop to rule over aliens? No way. My life changed forever when my name was announced as mate to the Arcav King. Within just a few seconds, I was no longer a cop. Now, I'm expected to hand myself in and travel back to Arcavia with an alien I've never met.I don't think so...
  • Daughter of Draekons by Lee Savino, Lili Zander

    Daughter of Draekons by Lee Savino, Lili Zander

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Daughter of Draekons is a short story set in the Exiled To The Prison Planet (Dragons in Exile) series. It does not not stand alone, and should be read after Draekon Destiny, Book 5. Catch up with everyone on the prison planet while you’re waiting for Draekon Fever. We're still stuck on the prison planet, and I'm pregnant. I cycle between three states. Hungry. Horny. Weepy...
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