Books like 'The Choosing'
Readers who enjoyed The Choosing by Lucy Varna also liked the following books featuring the same tropes, story themes, relationship dynamics and character types.
futuristic sc-fi romance space aliens paranormal steamy kidnapping space-opera dark
-
Shattered Silence by Anna Carven
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsEnki Zakanin just wants peace and quiet. He's completed his mission, and on the journey back to the Kordolian Fleet Station, he'd prefer to be left alone so he can manage the literal demon inside his head. Alone. So when a strange distress call breaks the silence, his first instinct is to ignore the signal... -
![Saved by the Alien Warrior by Hope Hart]()
Saved by the Alien Warrior by Hope Hart
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsI was abducted, sold, then crash-landed on a strange planet... only to be abducted again. And you know the funny thing? I barely even care.I’m numb. You see, I’ve already lost everything. When you’re doing something you love, you never think that it could be the last time. That someone might take your life from you and leave you stranded on a planet where most of the locals are out to get you... -
![The Fractured Mate by Susan Trombley]()
The Fractured Mate by Susan Trombley
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAs a captive of aliens, Paisley is forced to work as an engineering assistant on an ancient wrecker starship. She knows she has to keep her head down and her behavior humble in order to survive. When the crew responds to an automated distress call from an Akrellian warship that shouldn’t be malfunctioning, she senses a threat, but she knows no one will listen to her warnings... -
![Risteard’s Unwilling Empress by S.E. Smith]()
Risteard’s Unwilling Empress by S.E. Smith
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsRistéard Roald is the powerful and deadly ruler of Elpidios, a planet that is slowly dying without the blood stones needed to absorb the radiation gradually destroying its stratosphere. He has sworn to do whatever it takes to protect his world and his people, but time is running out.Hope comes from an unexpected source, the Kassis... -
-
![Ascend by Sandra R. Neeley]()
Ascend by Sandra R. Neeley
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsCommand Warship 1 is home to one of the most feared males in the multi-verse. Zha Quin Tha is Sire to his people, next in line to the throne. He rules his military with an iron hand. His people, the Cruestaci, are a warrior race who bow to no one and nothing... -
![Star's Storm by S.E. Smith]()
Star's Storm by S.E. Smith
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsStar Strauss has always been a fighter. From the time she was born prematurely to her life on the road as a circus performer. She has never let her small stature keep her from achieving her dreams. She is one of the best aerial performers in the world. Her love of being up high and flying free has helped her overcome the challenges she faces when she is on the ground... -
![Draekon Warrior by Lee Savino, Lili Zander]()
Draekon Warrior by Lee Savino, Lili Zander
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsCaptured in space. Imprisoned. Sold to the highest bidder. But my biggest problem is this bossy, aggravating, impossible, alien who’s supposed to rescue me. The bossy alien I kissed. That might have been a mistake.Kadir is dangerous. I’ve seen him fight, and his body is littered with scars. He’s a soldier. A warrior. And when he loses control, he turns into a big scary dragon and breathes fire... -
![Champion by Anna Hackett]()
Champion by Anna Hackett
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsFighting for love, honor, and freedom on the galaxy’s lawless outer rim…Space marine Blaine Strong enjoyed being a composed, controlled member of space station security…until he was abducted by alien slavers. Forced into underground fight rings and pumped full of drugs, he’s now seething with anger and out for revenge... -
![Corsairs: Adiron by Ruby Dixon]()
Corsairs: Adiron by Ruby Dixon
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsIt’s not easy being a space pirate…Actually, wait.Yes it is. It’s keffing awesome.The three va Sithai brothers — that’s us — cruise the universe looking for abandoned ships, treasure, and other pirate ships to rob. Right now, we’re on the hunt for the Buoyant Star, an abandoned cruiser rumored to have a massive treasure inside... -
![Stealing Her Heart by Evangeline Anderson]()
Stealing Her Heart by Evangeline Anderson
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA Kindred thief who longs for a female to love... An abandoned woman, trying to start again... When the two of them are thrown together, sparks fly. But what happens when Vicky has to pretend she's a professor Who teaches sexual techniques to younger men? You'll have to read Stealing Her Heart to find out. Vicky Erickson is having a lousy Valentine’s Day... -
![Crossing Quinn by Gail Koger]()
Crossing Quinn by Gail Koger
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsQuinn Jones is a formidable Coletti warlord. His mission is to capture Xenia and bring her back to Tanith to be mated with a warrior the Overlord has chosen. Problem is, Quinn finds himself falling for the beautiful Farin. Her unusual “psychic powers, combat training and berserker abilities” make her the perfect mate for him... -
![Designed Collision by Viola Grace]()
Designed Collision by Viola Grace
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA stranger walks through the woods and offers to take her from her broken world. Hell yes. With conditions.With the asteroid looming, she makes a run for a family farm and the animals therein. After the crash with communications cut off, she lives a routine of subsistence and survival with no other soul to speak to... -
![Axxios and Braxxus: Book Six in the Galaxy Gladiators Alien Abduction Romance Series by Alana Khan]()
Axxios and Braxxus: Book Six in the Galaxy Gladiators Alien Abduction Romance Series by Alana Khan
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTheir chemistry is off the charts. But Axx can't feel love.Minutes after being kidnapped from Earth, Brianna must breed with sexy gladiator Axxios. Their chemistry is amazing, but he can't feel love for any female.Brianna despairs for a loveless future, but when they rescue Axxios's twin, Braxxus is everything Brianna hoped for in a male. Strong, intelligent, and loving... -
![The Hunter's Mate by Susan Trombley]()
The Hunter's Mate by Susan Trombley
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsStill haunted by nightmares about Hunter’s sacrifice to save the lives of her and her friends, the last alien Tarin expects to see on Akrellia is the Menops bounty hunter himself. She’s drawn to the dangerous male, despite his insectoid appearance, but chalks it up to their experiences together, unable to accept it might mean more—even as she decides never to let him out of her sight again... -
-
![Journey's End by M.A. Church]()
Journey's End by M.A. Church
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAdapting is a word Dale Michaels has become familiar with. As he settles into his new life with the Tah’Narian starship captain Keyno, Dale has adapted to life with an alien, space travel, and having his body mutated so he can carry a young. He’s closed the chapter on his old life.Living on Tah’Nar, Dale has a loving mate and good friends. He’s helped cement peace with the Onfre... -
![Vexing Voss by Gail Koger]()
Vexing Voss by Gail Koger
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFor Voss, a Coletti Warlord, conquering the universe is a piece of cake. After all, he's a master of psychic seduction; no one can resist him when he sets his mind to it.Zoey Jones is determined to find her mother's killer. Surrendering to a fierce Coletti warrior is the last thing on her mind... -
![Saved by Venom by Lolita Lopez]()
Saved by Venom by Lolita Lopez
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsTo escape her father's debt to a loan shark, Dizzy seeks refuge in the upcoming Grab. She’d rather belong to one of those terrifying sky warriors from the battleship Valiant than to the sleazy criminal who wants her as his plaything.The years of constant war haven’t been kind to highly decorated sniper Venom. Only the promise of earning a wife kept him going through deadly battles... -
![Savage Desire by Tiffany Roberts]()
Savage Desire by Tiffany Roberts
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsHe’s violent, volatile, and loves a good fight. She’s small and sweet—and everything he craves. But can he make her his without hurting her?Thargen wanders the sprawling Undercity streets with one goal—a drink. Well, maybe a few drinks and a good old-fashioned bar fight to let off some steam. But the moment he sees Yuri working behind the bar, he’s overwhelmed by a new desire—her... -
![Raven's Return by Ruby Dixon]()
Raven's Return by Ruby Dixon
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsNo one ever comes back for me.I’ve always been on my own, and why should it be any different on an ice planet? So when I’m kidnapped by a feral outcast, I suspect I’d better learn to love raw fish and rough living.Then…U’dron comes to my rescue.He’s always understood me more than anyone else. He’s been my friend and my confidante. We’ve made music together... -
![Shadowed by Evangeline Anderson]()
Shadowed by Evangeline Anderson
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsReddix is a Kindred warrior with RTS—a debilitating disease that forces him to endure the emotions of others like a physical invasion every time he is around anyone. Nina is the girl he dreams of but can never have... -
![The Breeding Experiment by Laurann Dohner]()
The Breeding Experiment by Laurann Dohner
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsDarla Mitts has been secretly protecting her younger sister, Becky, for years. She’ll do anything to continue, even if it means leaving their family to work on a United Earth fleet ship. She thinks they’ll be safe. She’s quickly proven wrong when the sisters’ transport shuttle is seized by aliens instead... -
![The Healer by Kelly Lucille]()
The Healer by Kelly Lucille
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsAs a powerful Healer in hiding on old Earth, Serenity has managed to avoid the notice of both the Order of Intergalactic Peace and the rebel factions opposing them. That is about to change. Paying off an old debt brings her to the attention of both sides, but it is Lord Mal Ryn of the OIP who stakes his claim... -
![Out of Bight, Out of Mind by Tymber Dalton]()
Out of Bight, Out of Mind by Tymber Dalton
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratings[Siren Ménage Everlasting: Erotic Futuristic Sci-Fi Ménage a Quatre Romance, M/M/M/F, reverse harem, HEA]Emi Hypatia loves her job exploring the galaxy with her three husbands, Aaron Lucio, Caph Bates, and Ford Caliban. When a nonhuman crewman is temporarily assigned to the Tamora Bight for a mission, Emi hates and mistrusts him at first sight due to what her empath training tells her... -
![Sithe by Starla Night]()
Sithe by Starla Night
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt’s a routine mission. Hunt down the ones who dared – dared – steal our sacred procreation metal from us, the rulers of the empire.The Arrisans conquered Earth in a day. They smashed into our helpless planet like a wrecking ball, and overnight, everything changed.That’s what our history books say.The truth is, I’ve never seen an Arrisan face-to-face... -
-
![Ticees by Shae Mills]()
Ticees by Shae Mills
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRipped from her world during a chance encounter with an alien landing party, Chelan MacKay suddenly finds herself on board the galactic battleship RIBUS 7. Korba, an ebony-clad god of war, the Iceanean Commander of RIBUS 7, is irresistibly drawn to her. Defying all the laws that govern his people, he risks all to make her his... -
![Playing Cards With Aliens by Erin Raegan]()
Playing Cards With Aliens by Erin Raegan
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSmall town. Small life. Smaller dreams.I’m content. Happy. It might not make sense to most people but this is the life I chose for myself.If there’s a small part of me that wants to travel and see the world, I’m okay with appeasing that desire with travel magazines and planning future vacations. I want this life and a life full of adventure. I don’t see why I can’t have both... -
![The Space Merchants of Arachne by Wendie Nordgren]()
The Space Merchants of Arachne by Wendie Nordgren
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTeagan Alaric Montgomery Lee has travelled through Galaxic space, married the man of her dreams, and gained the loving family she always has needed. However, news of her father’s capture and execution by the Parvac Empire throws Teagan’s life into turmoil. Fearing her Parvac grandfather, General Valen, plans to abduct her, Teagan is desperate to avoid her grandmother’s fate... -
![Shalia's Diary: Book 2 by Tracy St. John]()
Shalia's Diary: Book 2 by Tracy St. John
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis is a compilation from the free serial story blog ‘Shalia’s Diary – A Clans of Kalquor Story’ by Tracy St. John. It is highly recommended you read Shalia’s Diary Book 1 before reading this story, which picks up immediately where that book left off. Told in the passages of her ongoing diary, Shalia Monroe’s adventures continue while she prepares to leave the dying Earth... -
![Astonish by Viola Grace]()
Astonish by Viola Grace
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCeelie was nothing exceptional until the moment she became the most important woman to an entire world…and its avatar.Trapped in a job working as an assistant for an ambassador, Ceelie is hoping for something better for her life, but she knows that it isn’t likely. While on an assignment to obtain some atmosphere scrubbing trees Ceelie finds herself courted and seduced before she can blink... -
![Sold to the Alien Mobsters by Corin Cain]()
Sold to the Alien Mobsters by Corin Cain
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCaptured. Sold. Three brutal alien mobsters on the brink of war. A curvy heroine who won't give in. We're brought kicking and screaming to the alien auction house. I was supposed to be an artist. I was supposed to be a sculptor, creating beauty. Instead, I am reduced to nothing more than my body. The men who come to a slave auction care about one thing, and one thing only.. -
![Defender by C.L. Scholey]()
Defender by C.L. Scholey
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsEndless destruction defines human life in a world run amok. There are those who will pick the uncertainty of the alien sky, are the Tonans life or are they death? Macey learns first hand a Tonan warrior doesn't apologize for who or what he is or will do. In an unforgiving new world there is one who battles his heritage... -
![Chaos Croc by Naomi Lucas]()
Chaos Croc by Naomi Lucas
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsJanet was a maneater. She knew what men wanted, took what she pleased and used that to her advantage. But the men who lived in the small colonies on her home planet were not the same as those who traveled and conquered the universe. They were nothing like the Cyborgs who showed up to solve all her family’s problems, especially the green-eyed god who crowded her space... -
![Matthias's Miracle by Pearl Tate]()
Matthias's Miracle by Pearl Tate
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsEight young women are abducted by aliens from college, I'm one of them! I wake from my abduction while being separated from my friends. Sore and groggy, I'm tied to a bed before I realize what's going on.As the circumstances start to sink in, I fight until I hear a roar of rage.At first, my rescuer scares me as much as my captors, but when I realize he's helping, he becomes my new best friend.. -
![Mine! by C.L. Scholey]()
Mine! by C.L. Scholey
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratings"Mine!" One of the most powerful words in the human language, possession. Desperate need to hold onto what you love with every fiber of your being. Until Huck realizes in order to hold onto what he loves most he will have to let not only Becky go but a part of who he is, what he is, perhaps the best part... -
-
![Three Of A Kind by Susan Hayes]()
Three Of A Kind by Susan Hayes
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen the chips are down and the stakes are high, winning takes three of a kind Dr. Alyson Jefferies treats everyone who comes through the doors of her medical clinic, regardless of species or social standing. The corporations who run the Drift don’t approve of her open-door policy, but Alyson is determined to fight for her patients, no matter what... -
![Reality Bites by Gail Koger]()
Reality Bites by Gail Koger
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBree never thought her dimwit act, military grade mace, cattle prod, or dumping a ton of stinky manure on Jaylan's head would encourage his pursuit... -
![Fallen Star by Morgan Hawke]()
Fallen Star by Morgan Hawke
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIsabeau Fallon, the Fallen Star is one of the finest thieves on Dyson's Ring station--until she's caught by the Skeldhi hunter, Sobehk. Trapped and altered into a skeldhi-human hybrid sex-pet known as a "rehkyt," her past is a closed door -- until it literally comes back to haunt her in the form of E'sey Khan... -
![Enhanced by Evangeline Anderson]()
Enhanced by Evangeline Anderson
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsMei-Li Hastings is in trouble. She’s Dream Sharing with a Kindred warrior. Normally that’s a regular part of being claimed by one of the tall, handsome aliens who came to Earth looking for brides. But in Mei-Li’s case, nothing is normal. The dreams she’s having show a huge, frightening male with a red laser for an eye and a metal arm... -
![Protected by Evangeline Anderson]()
Protected by Evangeline Anderson
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsGrav N’gol is many things. Murderer…ex-con…Alien half-breed… And a Protector. More than just a bodyguard, a Protector chooses a female to ward for life and swears an oath to die for her if necessary. Enter Leah Roth. The luscious little Earth female is supposed to be just a quick surveillance gig for Grav. He’ll check on her and report back that she’s okay—it should be easy. Only she’s not okay... -
![Devolose by Alana Khan]()
Devolose by Alana Khan
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsHer friends say he’s the devil. But he might be her savior.Devolose and Tawny have been rescued after three years together in the emperor’s dungeon. Every day he was forced to inflict pain on the Earth woman he only wanted to protect... -
![Seducing Stag by Laurann Dohner]()
Seducing Stag by Laurann Dohner
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsStag and the crew of the Varnish are on a mission, responding to a distress signal of a freighter that has been attacked by the Markus Models. Instead of finding the enemy, they discover one sole survivor. Nala’s a human, and having suffered at their hands during his time on Earth, there’s no species Stag despises more... -
![Claimed by Laurie Roma]()
Claimed by Laurie Roma
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAs one of Earth’s greatest leaders, Commander Jax Spartan lives his life by a strict code. Dedicated and alpha to the core, he is the epitome of what every Elite solider aspires to be. Second-in-command Sullivan Archer rules by his best friend’s side, and together they form an unstoppable force that few are foolish enough to challenge... -
![Hero by Cheryl Brooks]()
Hero by Cheryl Brooks
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsHe is the sexiest, most irksome man she's ever encountered...Micayla is the last Zetithian female left in the universe. She doesn't know what's normal for her species, but she knows when she sees Trag that all she wants to do is bite him...He has searched all over the galaxy for a woman like her...Trag has sworn he'll never marry unless he can find a Zetithian female... -
![The Incuabri: Taken Part Two by Poppy Rhys]()
The Incuabri: Taken Part Two by Poppy Rhys
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsOnly .99c for THREE DAYS! Captured. Imprisoned. Trapped. When Tosh wakes to a strange room with pieces of the previous night missing from her memory, she’s confused and disoriented. But she's not alone. Caged in an elegant prison with a creature composed of her deepest nightmares, Tosh begins to wonder if something bigger is at play... and if the creature is the only one who can free her... -
-
![Lindsey's Rescue by Michelle Howard]()
Lindsey's Rescue by Michelle Howard
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsLindsey Ferra signed up for Earth’s Singles Program wanting love, marriage and happiness. She found the first two but the third required a bit of work. Fighting aliens, running from aliens and making friends with aliens all seem to be on the agenda for the day. Her only question now is can she find her way back and will happiness be on the schedule this time... -
![Lost Star by Morgan Hawke]()
Lost Star by Morgan Hawke
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsOnce upon a time, before the Victorious Star, there were a prince and a prisoner… Aubrey was a tech engineer with a dirty little secret that the Moribund Company was willing to destroy everyone and everything to get their hands on. When Deshryt Seht, blood-prince of Skeldhor, saved the dying boy's life, it set off a contest of wills as strong as the call of their blood... -
![Deceiving the Corsair by Ruby Dixon]()
Deceiving the Corsair by Ruby Dixon
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsThe crew of the pirate ship the Lovesick Fool are worried about their navigator, Sentorr. He's obsessed with working, spending all his time on the bridge. It's not work the big blue alien is truly obsessed with, though. It's a female. Sentorr's convinced that Zoey, a female navigator on another pirate ship, is his mate. She won't show him her face, though, or agree to meet him... -
![Jumping Barrel by Cynthia Sax]()
Jumping Barrel by Cynthia Sax
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHe requires an Expert. She needs a hero. Barrel requires an Expert for the Tau Cetian orphans. He’s looking for a female who is willing to commit to a lifespan-long role, who is comfortable with moving off planet, and who, preferably, has the ability to speak the offsprings’ first language. Nola wants the role Barrel is offering so badly she bends a few truths... -
![Rules of Engagement by Kaitlyn O'Connor]()
Rules of Engagement by Kaitlyn O'Connor
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWar is all that any of them have ever known, but the strategies the cyborgs, Kameron, Damien, Gavin, and Kyle, are familiar with don't seem to work nearly as well in their campaign to win Zoe. She's human, after all and completely unpredictable... -
![The Warrior's Mate by Susan Trombley]()
The Warrior's Mate by Susan Trombley
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFive years ago, I was abducted by aliens…. After a harrowing escape from an alien research facility, I found myself in the care and protection of an alien species called the Akrellians, but I didn't trust my instantaneous attraction to the commander of the ship...
Or - use our amazing romance book finder to get recommendations based on your favorite content tropes and themes. Mix and match at will.
