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  • Ignite Me by Tahereh Mafi

    Ignite Me by Tahereh Mafi

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 84 ratings
    With Omega Point destroyed, Juliette doesn’t know if the rebels, her friends, or even Adam are alive. But that won’t keep her from trying to take down The Reestablishment once and for all. Now she must rely on Warner, the handsome commander of Sector 45. The one person she never thought she could trust. The same person who saved her life...
  • The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

    The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 116 ratings
    Could you survive on your own in the wild, with every one out to make sure you don't live to see the morning?In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded by twelve outlying districts...
  • Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins

    Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 106 ratings
    Sparks are igniting.Flames are spreading.And the Capitol wants revenge. Against all odds, Katniss Everdeen has won the Hunger Games. She and fellow District 12 tribute Peeta Mellark are miraculously still alive. Katniss should be relieved, happy even. After all, she has returned to her family and her longtime friend, Gale. Yet nothing is the way Katniss wishes it to be...
  • Fall of Hades by Richard Paul Evans

    Fall of Hades by Richard Paul Evans

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 33 ratings
    Michael and his friends try to recruit Hatch’s Electric Youth to their side as the thrilling action continues in this electrifying sixth installment of the New York Times bestselling series!Michael and the Electroclan are about to embark on their deadliest mission yet. Some of them may not make it back...
  • 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...
  • In the Afterlight by Alexandra Bracken

    In the Afterlight by Alexandra Bracken

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 54 ratings
    Ruby can't look back. Fractured by an unbearable loss, she and the kids who survived the government's attack on Los Angeles travel north to regroup. With them is a prisoner: Clancy Gray, son of the president, and one of the few people Ruby has encountered with abilities like hers. Only Ruby has any power over him, and just one slip could lead to Clancy wreaking havoc on their minds...
  • In the Requiem by Hailey Turner

    In the Requiem by Hailey Turner

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Never let go. Weighed down by scandal, Captain Jamie Callahan must choose between saving his family’s reputation and his father’s political aspirations, or taking down the enemy once and for all. Choosing one over the other will have lasting repercussions he can’t escape. Whatever path Jamie ultimately picks, Staff Sergeant Kyle Brannigan will be right by his side to face the consequences...
  • 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...
  • In the Blood by Hailey Turner

    In the Blood by Hailey Turner

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Running out of time. Captain Jamie Callahan is frustrated with his team constantly being at the mercy of the enemy in order to further the MDF’s goals. To make matters worse, his father’s political campaign is ramping up and Jamie’s every move is being watched by the media. He is acutely aware of all the eyes trained on him, his team, and Staff Sergeant Kyle Brannigan in particular...
  • Bone Rider by J. Fally

    Bone Rider by J. Fally

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Riley Cooper is on the run. Misha Tokarev, the love of his life, turned out to be an assassin for the Russian mob, and when it comes to character flaws, Riley draws the line at premeditated murder. Alien armor system McClane is also on the run, for reasons that include accidentally crashing a space ship into Earth and evading U.S. military custody...
  • 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...
  • In the Shadows by Hailey Turner

    In the Shadows by Hailey Turner

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Take a chance. Staff Sergeant Alexei Dvorkin doesn’t trust easily, and he most certainly doesn’t trust spies. He’ll work with them if ordered to, but that doesn’t mean he has to like it. Except Agent Sean Delaney is proving to be the exception to the rule. There’s something about Sean that gets under Alexei’s skin and won’t let go...
  • Alien Collective by Gini Koch

    Alien Collective by Gini Koch

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Despite not having run for office, nor wanting to remain in office, Representative Jeff Martini is being wooed as the vice presidential running mate for a charismatic senator who seems likely to win the campaign...
  • Justice Ascending by Rebecca Zanetti

    Justice Ascending by Rebecca Zanetti

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Before surviving the Scorpius bacterium, Tace Justice was a good ole Texas cowboy who served his country and loved his mama. After Scorpius, the world became dark, dangerous, and deadly... and so did he. The Vanguard medic is stronger, faster, and smarter than before, but he's lost the line between right and wrong...
  • Shadow Falling by Rebecca Zanetti

    Shadow Falling by Rebecca Zanetti

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Before the Scorpius Syndrome tore through North America and nearly wiped out the population, Vivienne Wellington was the FBI’s best profiler. The bacteria got her anyway. But she survived. She recovered. And when she woke up from a drug-nightmare of captivity, her skills as a hunter of men had gone from merely brilliant to full-on uncanny. Her mysterious rescuer wants her to put them to the test...
  • Restore Me by Tahereh Mafi

    Restore Me by Tahereh Mafi

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 59 ratings
    Juliette Ferrars thought she'd won. She took over Sector 45, was named the new Supreme Commander, and now has Warner by her side. But she's still the girl with the ability to kill with a single touch—and now she's got the whole world in the palm of her hand...
  • Out of the Ashes by Hailey Turner

    Out of the Ashes by Hailey Turner

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    War never leaves a soldier behind. Staff Sergeant Alexei Dvorkin is still healing from his brief stint as a prisoner of war. While his physical wounds have mended, the emotional scars left behind are slow to disappear...
  • Evenfall by Ais, Santino Hassell

    Evenfall by Ais, Santino Hassell

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    NOTE FROM THE AUTHORS:This is the OLD version of Evenfall. An updated, heavily revised, and partially re-written edition of Evenfall can be found under Evenfall Volume 1: Director's Cut and Evenfall Volume 2: Director's CutThe authors strongly suggest new readers download the new edition.After September 21, 2014, the old edition will no longer be available for download...
  • Destroy Me by Tahereh Mafi

    Destroy Me by Tahereh Mafi

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 73 ratings
    Juliette escaped from The Reestablishment by seducing Warner—and then putting a bullet in his shoulder. But as she’ll learn in Destroy Me, Warner is not that easy to get rid of...Back at the base and recovering from his near-fatal wound, Warner must do everything in his power to keep his soldiers in check and suppress any mention of a rebellion in the sector...
  • In the Ruins by Hailey Turner

    In the Ruins by Hailey Turner

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Truth and lies. Captain Jamie Callahan knows the Metahuman Defense Force frowns on fraternization. For once in his life, he’s breaking all the rules. Having Staff Sergeant Kyle Brannigan on his team and in his bed is worth the risk of being found out. When a mission comes down requiring Alpha Team to go undercover in order to infiltrate a criminal alliance, Jamie knows it won’t be easy...
  • 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...
  • Eric 754 by Donna McDonald

    Eric 754 by Donna McDonald

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    He often forgets he's a cyborg. All she sees in the mirror is a killing machine.Marine Lance Corporal Eric Anderson tended to forget he was cyborg. Hell--most of the time he didn't give being mostly a military machine any thought. He'd always lived by his human gut, not his logic chip, so thinking out of the cybernetic box was just how he worked...
  • Beginnings by Sandra R. Neeley

    Beginnings by Sandra R. Neeley

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    About This BookWarning: This book is not suitable for sensitive readers. Please do not buy this book if you have triggers to sensitive situations.Black Ops Lieutenant Maddox Larsen is missing. Not only is he missing, his entire team is missing...
  • Unravel Me by Tahereh Mafi

    Unravel Me by Tahereh Mafi

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · 83 ratings
    The thrilling second installment in New York Times bestselling author Tahereh Mafi’s Shatter Me series.It should have taken Juliette a single touch to kill Warner. But his mysterious immunity to her deadly power has left her shaken, wondering why her ultimate defense mechanism failed against the person she most needs protection from...
  • Alien Research by Gini Koch

    Alien Research by Gini Koch

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When rumors of a new super-drug surface, the FBI comes to Jeff and Kitty Katt-Martini for help. It becomes quickly apparent that the drug is merely the tip of a deadly iceberg and a much more insidious plan is underway involving Titan Security, Gaultier Enterprises, and YatesCorp...
  • Alien vs. Alien by Gini Koch

    Alien vs. Alien by Gini Koch

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Jeff and Kitty Katt-Martini and the rest of the American Centaurion Diplomatic Corps are still recovering from their introduction to Washington D.C. politics, parties, and conspiracies. So when compromising pictures arrive, no one’s too surprised. They’re also the least of anyone’s worries...
  • Universal Alien by Gini Koch

    Universal Alien by Gini Koch

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Being the wife of the Vice President isn’t easy. Especially when your talents lie in kicking butt and rocking out . . .Jeff and Kitty Katt-Martini find out just how easy it is for the wife of the Vice President of the United States to unintentionally insult an ally...
  • Unknown by Wendy Higgins

    Unknown by Wendy Higgins

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    In this first installment of NY Times bestselling author, Wendy Higgins's debut New Adult series, a frighteningly realistic apocalyptic America is brought to life, entwined with searing romantic tension that will leave you eager for more. *** Amber Tate believes the worst thing she'll suffer in life is dealing with the unrequited love she feels for her brother's best friend, Rylen Fite...
  • Alien Diplomacy by Gini Koch

    Alien Diplomacy by Gini Koch

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Being newlyweds and new parents is challenging enough. But Jeff and Kitty Martini are also giving up their roles as super-being exterminators and Commanders in Centaurion Division while mastering the political landscape as the new heads of Centaurion's Diplomatic Corps. Enter a shadowy assassination plot and a new set of anti-alien conspirators, and nothing will ever be the same..
  • Divergent by Veronica Roth

    Divergent by Veronica Roth

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 101 ratings
    In Beatrice Prior's dystopian Chicago world, society is divided into five factions, each dedicated to the cultivation of a particular virtue—Candor (the honest), Abnegation (the selfless), Dauntless (the brave), Amity (the peaceful), and Erudite (the intelligent). On an appointed day of every year, all sixteen-year-olds must select the faction to which they will devote the rest of their lives...
  • In the Solace by Hailey Turner

    In the Solace by Hailey Turner

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Built to carry you. Jamie Callahan is looking forward to spending the rest of his life with Kyle Brannigan. They’ve overcome impossible odds, and the only thing left to do is walk down the aisle together. Despite the happiness they’ve earned, their enemies haven’t all disappeared. Make it to the other side...
  • Alien Separation by Gini Koch

    Alien Separation by Gini Koch

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Life's never easy . . .The Mastermind has finally been identified, but before Jeff and Kitty Katt-Martini can take him down, they, their daughter Jamie, Charles Reynolds, Paul Gower, Christopher White, and several others are zapped out of their solar system and into another...
  • Alien Proliferation by Gini Koch

    Alien Proliferation by Gini Koch

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Alien Super-Being Exterminator Kitty Katt is expecting her first baby. But the alien attacks are getting more dangerous, and now Kitty and her Alpha Centaurion husband, Jeff, have to find out who's behind the conspiracy to kill Kitty's secret agent mom and what caused Kitty's transformation into a superhuman-and they've got to do it all before the baby shower..
  • Alien Education by Gini Koch

    Alien Education by Gini Koch

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    As if learning as much as possible about every alien race in the galaxy, fending off the advances both business and personal from a variety of Hollywood types, dealing with the assimilation of various alien races, and navigating the Embassy Daycare kids' first day of "real" school wasn't bad enough, President and First Lady Jeff and Kitty Katt-Martini must now deal with new robotic attacks that...
  • The Book of War by Melissa McShane

    The Book of War by Melissa McShane

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Helena and the oracular bookstore Abernathy’s stopped an attack by the alien invaders’ human allies and destroyed their attempt at a second oracle, giving the Wardens much-needed victories. Now, after months of fighting a defensive war, the Wardens plan a direct assault on the enemy stronghold.But as the battle approaches, Abernathy’s has other plans...
  • Alien in the House by Gini Koch

    Alien in the House by Gini Koch

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Jeff and Kitty Katt-Martini have learned the ins and outs of Washington politics, not to mention how to prevail in intergalactic war and foil dangerous plots. But, in the aftermath of Operation Destruction, the Gower girls’ powers are burned out, the entire A-C population has been “outed” as the aliens living on Earth that they are, and, worst of all, ACE is nowhere to be found...
  • Alien in the Family by Gini Koch, Daniel Dos Santos

    Alien in the Family by Gini Koch, Daniel Dos Santos

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Planning any wedding is hard enough, but Katherine "Kitty" Katt and Jeff Martini have a lot more to worry about than seating arrangements, because multiple inter-stellar invasions, Alpha Team in mortal peril, and inter-alien conspiracies are all on the guest list—and the gifts they've brought contain some explosive surprises...
  • Ruins by Dan Wells

    Ruins by Dan Wells

    Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Kira, Samm, and Marcus fight to prevent a final war between Partials and humans in the gripping final installment in the Partials Sequence, a series that combines the thrilling action of The Hunger Games with the provocative themes of Blade Runner and The Stand.There is no avoiding it—the war to decide the fate of both humans and Partials is at hand...
  • Camp Alien by Gini Koch

    Camp Alien by Gini Koch

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The President and First Lady, aka Jeff and Kitty Katt-Martini, don't get any downtime once the Mastermind has been revealed to the world. Not only do they have myriad high-level government positions to fill, but the scrutiny and pressure on this Administration has gone into overdrive.The sudden reappearance of a long-forgotten adversary turns out to be the tip of the iceberg...
  • Ashwin by Kit Rocha

    Ashwin by Kit Rocha

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    The first book in the follow-up to Kit Rocha's bestselling BEYOND series...Gideon's Riders, Book OneLieutenant Ashwin Malhotra is a Makhai soldier--genetically engineered to be cold, ruthless. Unfeeling. His commanding officers consider him the perfect operative, and they're right...
  • 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...
  • New Horizons by Hailey Turner

    New Horizons by Hailey Turner

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    First do no harm. Trevor Sanchez left behind a life of war with Alpha Team for a future in medicine. Pursuing his dream of becoming a doctor, Trevor doesn’t have much time for anything other than studying for the next exam in his accelerated medical school...
  • 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...
  • Born by Tara Brown, A.E. Watson

    Born by Tara Brown, A.E. Watson

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    "It's us and them, Em. There are no regular people anymore."Ten years ago when the world ended she ran for her life.Five weeks ago the world she'd hidden from came knocking on the door of her secluded cabin.Ten days ago she found salvation hiding amongst the dead.Yesterday she went back for the living.Today she wonders if she will live to see tomorrow...
  • In the Wreckage by Hailey Turner

    In the Wreckage by Hailey Turner

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    A Marine with honor.After surviving a horrific chemical attack that turned him into a metahuman, Captain Jamie Callahan got a second lease on life. For three years he’s been working for the Metahuman Defense Force and leading Alpha Team—all against the wishes of his family. The job requires his full dedication, so it’s no surprise Jamie doesn’t have time for a relationship...
  • Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins

    Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins

    Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars
    · 104 ratings
    My name is Katniss Everdeen.Why am I not dead?I should be dead.Katniss Everdeen, girl on fire, has survived, even though her home has been destroyed. Gale has escaped. Katniss's family is safe. Peeta has been captured by the Capitol. District 13 really does exist. There are rebels. There are new leaders. A revolution is unfolding...
  • Tap-Dancing the Minefields by Lyn Gala

    Tap-Dancing the Minefields by Lyn Gala

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Sometimes the fiercest battle a man faces is against himself.In the hidden alleyways of New York City, George “Tank” Tankersley defeated what he believed were demons. But the victory cost too much...
  • 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..
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  • Marcus by Anna Hackett

    Marcus by Anna Hackett

    Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    In the aftermath of a deadly alien invasion, a band of survivors fights on… In a world gone to hell, Elle Milton—once the darling of the Sydney social scene—has carved a role for herself as the communications officer for the toughest commando team fighting for humanity’s survival—Hell Squad...
  • Hidden Flames by Kennedy Layne

    Hidden Flames by Kennedy Layne

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    There were a few things that got Owen Quade through his multiple combat tours. One was the dream of riding a custom motorcycle on a winding mountain road. The former Marine had finally managed to complete that goal, and along the way he'd gained his own bike shop and the mechanic to go with it. She was a rare beauty, and he wasn't talking about his bike either...
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