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Hero by Anna Hackett
Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsFighting for love, honor, and freedom on the galaxy’s lawless outer rim… Raised from birth to be a soldier, Kace Tameron is a disciplined, military-trained gladiator. He is on contract to the Kor Magna Arena to hone his fighting skills on the blood-soaked arena sand and then return to the military. He lives for one thing: to protect his planet, and on his world, love is forbidden... -
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Forever Defend by Michael Anderle, Emily Beresford
Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsSome forget why she was called the Queen Bitch. Not Anymore. Bethany Anne is going stir crazy after more than a decade of having to be 'The Empress.' Now, her advisors have to deal with an Empress who is determined to be on the front line.The Ixtali's come to the Etheric Empire, hat in hand.Nathan decides that the best way to handle soft intelligence, is to create a new company...Categorized as:
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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...Categorized as:
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![I Married a Mothman by Regine Abel]()
I Married a Mothman by Regine Abel
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHe’s everything she never knew she wanted.When Venus embarked on a luxury cruise, she never expected to rescue a young Promethean demi-god—or that he’d bind her as his guardian... -
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SoL by Jennifer Julie Miller
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAlanaThe question is, do I allow this dark moment in time to rob me of the life I could possibly have here? I have never known such horror or fear. If I hadn’t experienced it myself, I would have never believed any other living thing could possibly do this to another. The scars may be gone on the outside now, but they will remain forever in my soul... -
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Affiliations, Aliens, and Other Profitable Pursuits by Lyn Gala
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA desire for status has brought Ondry and Liam to a human world to trade, but dealing with humans has brought up all the old pain in Liam’s heart. Even though Ondry would do anything to protect his beloved palteia, he doesn’t know how to protect Liam from himself...Categorized as:
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Confederation by Michael R. Hicks
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIn the second book of the In Her Name science fiction & fantasy series, Reza Gard has been banished from the Kreelan Empire and is once again a stranger in a strange land as he returns to the human Confederation. Befriended by a marooned Confederation naval officer leading a desperate fight against the Kreelans on a distant colony world, she reunites Reza with Nicole Carré...Categorized as:
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Slag by Alana Khan
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSlag is a gentle giant so damaged from his years toiling in the irradiated green salt mines of Rhoid he can barely function except to do his job, eat, and sleep. Something awakens within him, though, causing him to run to KJ’s rescue when she’s thrown into the mine as punishment. Fate has a plan for these two... -
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Alien Outcast's Exiled Bride by Juno Wells
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsPernI’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... -
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Of A Darker Void by G.S. Jennsen
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen man and machine are one and the same, death is no longer an inevitability. But in the darkest reaches of space, neither is life.Diplomat. Rebel. Fugitive. Nika Tescarav has lived many lives, though she no longer remembers most of them...Categorized as:
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Conquering the Alien Emperor by Bella Blair
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI’ll give up my empire to make her MINE!HEATHER: After being rescued from Earth, I am sent to Pandrax, where a sentinel guardian is appointed to find my mekarry match for me. Unfortunately, my guardian, Lady Natoi, turns out to be a spiteful creature, whose hate for me grows when Emperor Daryus shows an interest in me...Categorized as:
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Roklyn by Alana Khan
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTo 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...Categorized as:
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Lyel by Ava Ross
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAn alien warrior seeking redemption meets a captured Earth woman being treated as a pet. Will their love survive in a hostile world?Kidnapped by four-armed, blue skinned aliens, Isabelle "Isi" is sold to the head of the Al'kieern kidnapping operation. Isi has accepted she'll live and die as a songbird pet to the queen. If nothing else, performing for the Al'kieern beats being sold as a breeder...Categorized as:
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Claimed by the Warlord by V.K. Ludwig
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsShe’s the female I can’t have. If I take her, she’ll die.As Warlord of the largest tribe on Solgad, my obligations are many. With a new strain of ice fever running rampant among the freeraiders, the team of healers supplied by the Empire is a welcome relief.Until one of them arrives at Noja with her body begging to be bred, the scent of her heat a dangerous temptation...Categorized as:
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![Lady Luck by K.C. Cross, J.A. Huss]()
Lady Luck by K.C. Cross, J.A. Huss
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLuck knew two things when he left Harem Station months ago. One. The silver-haired Cygnian Princess Nyleena was still safely frozen away in her cryopod. And two. There was a good chance she was his soul mate. He left anyway. Nyleena is what you might call feisty. Or sassy. Or maybe just… feral. She is wild. Much too wild for Luck’s taste. But now that he’s home there’s no way to deny it... -
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Tribute by Tana Stone
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsShe 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... -
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Mary and the Minotaur by Honey Phillips
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA grumpy, secretive alien. A sweet, not-as-naive-as-she-seems human. A nefarious plot.Although Mary has never had an easy life, she has always tried her best to maintain an optimistic outlook. But when she is abducted by aliens, it is difficult to find anything positive in the experience.When she is temporarily abandoned by her kidnappers, she hopes to escape their clutches forever... -
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Saving Runt by S.E. Smith
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAmelia ‘Runt’ Thomas’ life revolves around a dangerous game of cat and mouse with the most ruthless criminals in the world. She follows two codes: the code of hackers and her personal code of honor to bring down anyone who thinks they’re untouchable. She is on target until one fateful night when the touch of a strange man sends an unexpected shock wave through her... -
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Bryk by Ava Ross
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWill a hot-blooded, seven-foot-tall, scaly green alien meet his match in a feisty woman from Earth?After losing her husband, Sadie is afraid of getting her heart broken again. On a dare, she signs up for the Extraterrestrial Matchmaking Service, and she's paired with Bryk, a seven foot tall, scaled alien from a distant world. At their first touch, a gleaming symbol appears on her palm...Categorized as:
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Arrival by A.G. Wilde
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsYou think Earth is a safe haven?You think the world couldn’t end tomorrow?Think again.Our world is no longer our own.It’s been taken by beings we could never have imagined.And we are weak.Helpless.…hopeless.Hunted.They have divided us into groups: Harvesters, Gatherers, and Breeders.I am but one of the dispensable.My name is Adira Mosely...and I am a Breeder...Categorized as:
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Alien Commander's Mate by Mina Carter
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAlone. Ill. She’ll do anything to find her kids. Both her children taken by the Lathar and her home destroyed in the process, Amanda Kallson is at her wits end and desperate. With nothing left to tie her to Earth, she’ll do anything to track down her daughters… even take an alien warriors crazy deal. It doesn’t hurt that said alien warrior is tall, ripped and as handsome as hell...Categorized as:
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Rhal by Erin Tate
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsNew Edition found hereSometimes a lie is the only way to get to the truth. Rhal fa Adar—Ujal assassin—is a liar and Cara is more than ready to beat the truth out of him.To Cara Marte, the Ujal are everyday average people—er, aliens—who occasionally grow fins and scales...Categorized as:
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Escaping Fate by Regine Abel
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsEnslaved. Exploited. Hunted.Born and raised on a slavers ship, Amalia is one of the rare survivors of the Veredian race. Like all Veredian females, Amalia possesses a unique psi ability which makes her the prized pet of her master Gruuk. She escapes to Xelix Prime, a warrior planet where slavery is prohibited...Categorized as:
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I Married a Naga by Regine Abel
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsShe got more than she bargained for.When Serena comes to Trangor to participate in the First Hunt, the last thing she expects is to find herself forced to marry an Ordosian… or be executed. She knows nothing of his people, nothing of him, except that he’s got fangs, scales, and a crazy long tail. Serena only has to play the part of being a wife for six months, and then she’ll be free to leave...Categorized as:
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![The Arcav Prince's Captive by Hope Hart]()
The Arcav Prince's Captive by Hope Hart
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsCan 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...Categorized as:
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Fate of Devotion by K.F. Breene
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAfter rescuing their daughter, Marie, from corporate-controlled Earth, Millicent and Ryker thought they were safe on their off-world paradise. They were wrong.Toton, once thought the weakest conglomerate, is now dominating ruined Earth with a sinister new technology. By harvesting minds for use in their supercomputers, they’re enslaving the best and brightest humans to further their agenda... -
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Chasing the Shadows by Maria V. Snyder
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsYear 2522. Lyra Daniels is dead.Okay, so I only died for sixty-six seconds. But when I came back to life, I got a brand new name and a snazzy new uniform. Go me! Seriously, though, it's very important that Lyra Daniels stays dead, at least as far as my ex-friend Jarren, the murdering looter, knows.While dying is the scariest thing that's happened to me, it morphed my worming skills...Categorized as:
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Imperator by Anna Hackett
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsSpace station security specialist Sam has done one thing since her abduction by alien slavers… fight to survive. But now one strong alien gladiator stands at her side and Sam knows she is no longer alone. Thrust into a lawless desert arena, Sam Santos has done terrible things in order to stay alive. As the Champion of Zaabha, she’s been fighting to find a way out... -
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Tansy's Titan by S.E. Smith
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsTansy Bell, is the middle daughter of the three Bell sisters. She has always been a little different, even for a Bell. A chameleon, she can change her appearance and personality to blend in almost anywhere. She uses this talent to bring some of the worse criminals in the world to justice.Mak ‘Tag Krell Manok is the wild one of his four brothers...Categorized as:
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Final Battle by Michael R. Hicks
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsFollowing Confederation, Final Battle is the last book in the saga of Reza Gard. Reza is caught up in a daring plot to assassinate the Confederation President, even as something goes terribly wrong in the Empire and its warriors lose their will to fight. Reunited with Tesh-Dar, Reza and his friends fight to save the woman he loves, with the fate of the Empire and Humanity hanging in the balance...Categorized as:
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Pregnant by the Alien Healer by Mina Carter
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsShe’s pregnant without nookie. Someone slap her ass and call her Mary… A ‘guest’ of the Lathar, Jess has become used to being at court, especially as it allows her to be close to a certain tall, handsome healer. But Laarn might as well not know she exists, far more interested in his tests and her genetic code than her as a woman… maybe...Categorized as:
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Cosmos' Promise by S.E. Smith
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsCosmos Raines is considered to be one of the most brilliant inventors in the world. A prodigy, he is a self-made billionaire who would rather be in his lab than jet-setting around the world. Things change when his latest experiment literally opens a Gateway into a whole new world...Categorized as:
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Plundered by Tana Stone
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsMy sister gave herself to the raider warlord to save me. Now I’m hunting him down and getting her back.I’ve never forgiven myself for letting that brute drag her off my ship, and I’ve done nothing but search for his horde of warships since he let my ship go free...Categorized as:
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Pillaged by Tana Stone
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsI was promised against my will to an imperial general. . .so I escaped. Right into the arms of an even more ruthless Vandar warlord.I’d thought things had been bad when I’d been ordered to marry the repulsive Zagrath general. But then I’d been captured by the empire’s most deadly enemy--the Vandar raiders...Categorized as:
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![Jo's Journey by S.E. Smith]()
Jo's Journey by S.E. Smith
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsJo Strauss was committed to two things in her life – her family and her life as an acrobat/high-wire performer. She takes both very serious. Her life was orderly, in control, and she was finally settling down in one place so she could spend more time with her parents instead of moving all over the world every few weeks... -
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Alien AI's Marine by Mina Carter
Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsHe's the lone human male in a sea of lethal alien warriors. He's either gifted or suicidal...Kidnapped by aliens, rescued, and now on a secret base in a system he can't even pronounce, Major Jay Stephens has given up on a wing and a prayer... he's now on kicking butt and taking names. Especially when it comes to the alien AI who's risked everything, even her 'life' to protect him.The only problem...Categorized as:
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First Awakenings by S.E. Smith
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsInternationally acclaimed, New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author of Science Fiction, Urban Fantasy, and Paranormal Romance, S.E... -
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Warrior's Pain by Stephanie West
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRiley was sick of constantly getting the short end of the stick. If it wasn’t enough that she’d been sent to prison for her brother’s crimes, then got abducted by aliens; being hauled onto the auction block certainly took the cake.“You know what, fine, bring it on!”Unwittingly, Riley goaded Fate into throwing everything it could at her, and it did... -
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Seized and Savaged by Jude Gray
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBran There are worse ways to make a living than traveling the worlds killing men. Especially if you’re a woman with a grudge and a gift. Like me. I am part of the Zyrnx, but apart from them, as well. They believe in rescuing slaves. I believe in killing slave masters. I am not a savior of helpless victims—I am a killer of monsters. But as Taal says, sometimes I see a monster where a man stands... -
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Claimed by Noatak by Tamsin Ley
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe last thing he expects is a captivating human who makes him vulnerable to wicked temptations. Will one searing kiss unleash his raging desires? A grumpy alien pirate Noatak is paying the price for his past—his ionic powers are failing, and the ship’s doctor says he'll be dead within a standard cycle...Categorized as:
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Alien Paladin's Woman by Vi Voxley
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSometimes, what the galaxy needs is a hero no one's ever heard of. Tieran, the Commander of the Palian paladins, has never been allowed to have anything of his own, other than the blade in his hands and the honor he serves with. But a feisty, curvy, and utterly impossible human woman is about to change all that... -
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Taken by Harmony Raines
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsChrissi always dreamed of being an astronaut, just like her dad, devoting her whole life to Operation Saviour, the human race’s last ditch attempt to find a new home. But days before her first launch, the project was cancelled, leaving her to pick up the pieces of her life. All thanks to the arrival of the Karal...Categorized as:
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Hugo by Jennifer Julie Miller
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMiyaI awaken to the touch of cold metal hands and talking holograms. Paralyzed and dependent on the Others. They tell me a story… at first; I refuse to believe. A story of no return and extreme loss, but one of the voices is different. He projects anger and distrust…but his hands… even though cold and hard, are always gentle... -
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AvX by Jennifer Julie Miller
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIvyWhy are the last words ever spoken to our loved ones is in anger? I knew the moment I left it was a mistake, but my stubborn pride urged me forward. I’ve awakened to unimaginable horrors, pain unlike anything the human mind could conceive, until him. Now, I’m too scared to trust my own feelings, as they have only led me astray... -
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![Slate by Sue Mercury, Sue Lyndon]()
Slate by Sue Mercury, Sue Lyndon
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsThey weren't supposed to fall in love...Still grieving the loss of his former mate, alien warrior Slate arrives on Earth with no intention of falling in love with the human female he's agreed to marry... -
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Dragon's Taming by Miranda Martin
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThey see me as broken, but it's up to me to save them all. They keep me locked away, too dangerous to be free, because they don't see what I do. They don't know the truth like I do. I was stopped from accomplishing my mission before but I can't fail. The fate of our entire planet, of every human and Zmaj both, rests in my hands. It was easier before she came...Categorized as:
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Mylomon by Nancey Cummings
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThis book is the followup to Kalen and should be read in order for maximum enjoyment. Don't be naughty now. He’s an abomination. The lone survivor of a horrific experiment, warrior Mylomon was left with unique and dangerous abilities. He takes care of the necessary dirty work for his clan but he’s yet to earn their trust... -
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Wulf by Ava Ross
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHe’s a rough Vikir warrior. She’s a mostly proper librarian. Can an Earthling woman and a green-scaled alien find love together in the stars?After she’s kidnapped by blue-skinned aliens, Taylor escapes and bails from an alien space station in a shuttle she has no clue how to drive. She crash lands on a nearby planet made up mostly of jungle...Categorized as:
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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...Categorized as:
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Claim by Tana Stone
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsThe only reason sexy shapeshifter Bexli would not be able to shift is unthinkable. No way is she pregnant after one stupid night with him.What Bexli knows about the silver fox alien: he’s moody, he rarely talks, and he seems to think she’s some fragile female who needs protecting...
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