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Skruj by Honey Phillips
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsHe’s wealthy, he’s mean… and he’s about to meet his match! Life on the alien planet of Londria is difficult for humans, but Bobbi is determined to make the holiday season a special time for her fragile little brother, Tim. Desperate for funds, she’s even willing to take a job working for the coldest, meanest, most hard-hearted alien in the entire city... -
![Steph's Outcast by Ruby Dixon]()
Steph's Outcast by Ruby Dixon
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsEver since we found the two Outcasts, it’s been my goal to get them to join our beach tribe. Handsome, impossible Juth has resisted all my efforts to recruit him and his small son. He’s made it very clear that he doesn’t belong with us.But when I’m trapped at Juth’s side as the beach is invaded by monsters, everything changes. He talks to me instead of pointedly ignoring me. We become friends... -
![Spared By The Monster by Merry Ravenell]()
Spared By The Monster by Merry Ravenell
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWelcome to the Gestalt, where Humans are forbidden and mates are sacred. Hauling scrap to feed his family and pay for his sick brother's plague treatments, The Twilight Scion of a Lost House finds himself in possession of a Human that somehow managed to escape the Grays... -
![Corsairs: Mathiras by Ruby Dixon]()
Corsairs: Mathiras by Ruby Dixon
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsSomeone 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... -
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![Conqueror by Anna Hackett]()
Conqueror by Anna Hackett
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAfter two years of alien captivity, Evie is free, but her captors have changed her. Now struggling to control a terrifying new power, her only hope is one formidable, dangerous alien king.Logistics manager Evie Mason is no longer a prisoner on an alien space station, but she’s far from Earth, suffering nightmares, and fighting to ignore the growing power inside her... -
![Sam's Secret by Ruby Dixon]()
Sam's Secret by Ruby Dixon
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsLife has taught me that I can't trust anyone. Not friends, not family. In the worst, darkest moments, no one can be counted on to have your back. Even a billion miles away from Earth, on a remote icy planet, I still feel alone. The only consolation? I haven't resonated. It's not that I don't want love or children. I just can't trust anyone, even myself... -
![Alien Hunter's Fate by Ava Ross]()
Alien Hunter's Fate by Ava Ross
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAn alien insists I’m his fated mate. After we escape a deadly alien game called the labyrinth, he says he’s keeping me. This deal was supposed to be simple. Take a shuttle to the space station. Connect with an alien in need of Slaking—their term, not mine. One week between the furs with no hearts involved, something I’m determined to avoid after being burned... -
![Savage (Society of Savages #4) by Hope Hart]()
Savage (Society of Savages #4) by Hope Hart
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHe’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... -
![Craved by an Alien Warlord by Ava Ross]()
Craved by an Alien Warlord by Ava Ross
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHe’s hot and he has huge assets, but he irritates the heck out of me.Savvy: A deadly vine is unleashed on our world, scorching everything in its path. The only solution is to pair up with Skydar—a warrior bad boy in major need of a kick in the… You know what. He thinks he can settle our rivalry by staking his claim on me...as his fated mate... -
![Wrath: A Sci-Fi Alien Romance by Hattie Jacks]()
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![Conquering the Alien Commander by Bella Blair]()
Conquering the Alien Commander by Bella Blair
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhatever it takes, I will never leave HER!ASHLEY: Taken by the Cryons during a rescue mission gone wrong, I thought my life was over. I prepared myself to die on an alien planet, swearing I would take some of the hateful Cryons with me.But a chance to escape leads me right into the arms of the Pandraxian’s superior commander, who claims I’m his mekarry—soulmate... -
![A Prize for Ckzarr by Lynnea Lee]()
A Prize for Ckzarr by Lynnea Lee
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhat’s worse than falling in love with my sexy, musclebound alien boss? Falling in love with my alien boss when I know I’m not his mate. That’s why I keep my emotional distance, even though we work side by side every day.Ckzarr has the body of a god and is a beast in the bedroom. How do I know? Because we’ve already failed compatibility testing. Multiple times. I’m not his mate. End of story...Categorized as:
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Grit by Julie K. Cohen
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWho 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...Categorized as:
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Tempted by the Traitor Prince by Elin Wyn, Starr Huntress
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRogue. Drug addict. Betrayer.Mate?Vokal has done terrible things, playing the game of Empire.But when the tiny broken human woman pulls him away from his attempts to start a new life, he is powerless against her smile.Dragged back into the deadly struggle between Empire and Alliance, only one thing is for certain.He'll keep his mate safe, even if the galaxy burns around them... -
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![Stolen by Tana Stone]()
Stolen by Tana Stone
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen they told her she’d been abducted from Earth as a tribute bride for a badass alien warrior, Hope thought it was the craziest thing she’d ever heard. That was before she was kidnapped by space pirates.Hope didn’t buy the idea of being a tribute bride. After all, she’d never been into commitment... -
![Ensnared by the Alien Lord by Ella Blake]()
Ensnared by the Alien Lord by Ella Blake
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsScaronI go out on a hunting expedition and what do I return with? An alien female. I’d toss her out, but…she’s absurdly appealing to me. The longer I allow her to live on my ship, the less I want to kill her. With a looming showdown against our enemy to prepare for, the last thing I need is a female distracting me, but I cannot stay away and I would kill to protect her...Categorized as:
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Secret by Tana Stone
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFiercely independent . . . A loyal friend . . . And a liar . . .Maya has a secret she can’t tell anyone - even if it means losing everything she loves.Maya planned to come to the sand planet, find her missing friend Cat, and go back to her life as a stew on a star cruiser. But when she arrives, Cat is gone. That wouldn’t be so bad, but then her own chances of leaving the planet are destroyed... -
![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... -
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Vengeful Heart by Tiffany Roberts
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsWhen 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... -
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Rescued by the Alien Warrior by Hope Hart
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsI may have almost died on this planet, but it hasn't broken me yet.At least, I'm working real hard to toughen up and become the kind of woman who'll be ready to board that spaceship and kick some Grivath a**.But, thanks to the way the overprotective warrior at my side insists on hovering, you'd be forgiven for thinking I'm fragile... -
![Vixin by Tana Stone]()
Vixin by Tana Stone
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIt's the most wonderful time of the year...to be stranded with an alien on an ice planet.Noelle is finally leaving her job on the Drexian space station and going home to Scotland for the holidays. Two things she didn't expect: to be sharing the trip with a hot Neebix named Vixin and for their ship to crash land on a frozen planet... -
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The Buff Beast by Honey Phillips
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsCan Mina survive the icy cold of an alien winter? And melt the heart of the hardened alien warrior who rescues her?Her home. Her job. In a few short months, Mina has lost everything, including hope. Freezing and alone on a winter night, she isn't sure if she will make it to the next day. Or even if it matters.She wakes up to find herself naked and freezing, but no longer alone... -
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Alien Mercenary's Prize by Mina Carter
Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsNatalia Heath is a survivor. She’ll survive an alien fight pit. No problem.On the run from her crime lord father most of her life, Nat knows how to survive in the worst places in the universe. Being kidnapped by aliens and thrown into a gladiatorial arena to fight for her life is just another turn of bad luck in a lifetime of them. She just needs to figure out a plan to escape... -
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Alien Sentinel's Mate by Mina Carter
Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsBeing 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... -
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![Dark Cure by Cynthia Sax]()
Dark Cure by Cynthia Sax
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA warrior seeking forever faces a medic living in the moment. Gisella, the Refuge’s medic, is dedicated to her role. She doesn’t have the space in her lifespan for love, a mate, or children. Healing is her entire focus. But she’s also a female in her prime. She has needs, wants, cravings…especially for a scarred, long-haired barbarian warrior temporarily residing in the settlement... -
![Brutal Capture by Lee Savino, Tabitha Black]()
Brutal Capture by Lee Savino, Tabitha Black
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Hunter King captures his Omega…They call him the Hunter King. No one knows his real name.He’s big and handsome, powerful and brutal.And he’s just captured me.Let me back up. I’m on an alien planet. I don’t know how I got here or who I am. I don’t remember anything but my name. Haley.I’m the only human among many females who are part of the annual Moonlight Hunt. The warriors are the hunters... -
![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 ratingsI’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... -
![Ravenous Alien Mate by Sue Mercury, Sue Lyndon]()
Ravenous Alien Mate by Sue Mercury, Sue Lyndon
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHer freedom comes with a price—her hand in marriage.After spending ten years behind bars, Leah is offered early release if she agrees to become an alien mail order bride. Though she’s nervous about the prospect of marrying a complete stranger—a huge Martian, no less—she’s also desperate for freedom...Categorized as:
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![Kruze: Companion Novellas, includes Allor by Ava Ross]()
Kruze: Companion Novellas, includes Allor by Ava Ross
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings2 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... -
![Not Compatible by Viola Grace]()
Not Compatible by Viola Grace
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe works at a space station catering to everyone else’s virtual fantasies. When a man gets stuck in the scenario she must wake the sleeping prince.Styra works at the Blue Station and has been programming since she was able to reach a keyboard. When she became and adult she went from writing the simple scenarios and backgrounds to guiding tangled clients through the environments they had selected... -
![Grai's Game by Mikayla Lane]()
Grai's Game by Mikayla Lane
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsGrai T’Alq has spent hundreds of years on Earth, learning how to manipulate the humans and thriving on their jealousy and greed. Unknown to the Valendrans and their hybrid females, he’d been able to build an empire on Earth and more importantly; he even had their own working for him... -
![Mrax by Layla Nash, Juno Wells]()
Mrax by Layla Nash, Juno Wells
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEarther and alien. Love and logic. Fire and... thermite. Rowan MacLeod is tough as nails. Life was hard on Earth, but she's determined to let nothing hold her back... even after ending up on a rusty bucket of a spaceship surrounded by barbarian aliens. A special mission to resurrect old fighter craft for the rebels is her best chance to prove herself... until disaster finds her again... -
![Stranded by Heather Fox]()
Stranded by Heather Fox
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLiv: Being in a spaceship crash wasn’t on my agenda. I’m meant to be on Alpha Colony, hunting for clues to my sister’s disappearance. Instead, me and twelve other women are stranded on the outskirts of a jungle on a planet we know nothing about, where the flora and fauna are both out to get us... -
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Unexpected Hero by Viola Grace
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsKidnapped, ransomed, and rejected, she didn’t think things could get any worse until she realized that the rescue approaching was going to have conditions.Misty survived a horrible life and terrible parents and siblings to make it across the stars when her world ended. Those that hurt her were on the same ship... -
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![Dealers' Choice by Susan Hayes]()
Dealers' Choice by Susan Hayes
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNew game. New rules. One choice.One bad decision plunged cyborg batch-brothers Victor and Ward into a nightmare they barely survived. Now, they're reclaiming their lives and trying to move forward, but it's a battle they can't win alone. Helping them let go of the past is a beautiful doctor with a soft heart and hard rules about never getting involved with her patients.Dr... -
![Virgo's Prize by Ella Blake]()
Virgo's Prize by Ella Blake
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe fate of my species rests with one lone female...Lila: I'm working in a deep-space way station to pay for my sister’s tuition, when the station is attacked. I escape thanks to a blue-haired Heveian prince who says my blood can cure his people of the disease ravaging them. He's terrifying, but with more frightening aliens intent on killing me... I take my chance on the Heveian... -
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Silenced by Heather Fox
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCarrie: The new arrivals at our tribe may have their minds only on one thing, but I can't even think about finding my mate. Not when my voice has been stolen away by a broken promise. Unable to communicate with the others, I'm relegated to the edges of the tribe. But I'm not the only one. Endzoh, the quiet warrior I've always thought didn't much like us girls, is right here with me... -
![Barbarian Alien Part 6: Forever by Ruby Dixon]()
Barbarian Alien Part 6: Forever by Ruby Dixon
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEverything 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... -
![Barbarian Alien Part 5: Claimed by Ruby Dixon]()
Barbarian Alien Part 5: Claimed by Ruby Dixon
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI've claimed my alien for my mate, just in time for both of us to be dragged back to the tribal caves. I'm reunited with my human friends but it's not a happy occasion.Raahosh has broken the laws of his people...and now they want to take him from me.BARBARIAN ALIEN is a sequel to ICE PLANET BARBARIANS... -
![Barbarian Alien Part 3: Asunder by Ruby Dixon]()
Barbarian Alien Part 3: Asunder by Ruby Dixon
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMy alien and I have reached a truce, sort of. He treats me like an equal, and I lick him everywhere I can. Well, okay, so that's not the exact terms of the truce, but it's what I'm going with. I'm not falling for the big guy.I'm not.Really.But when he saves my life, I regret not giving in to my body's demands. And now it might be too late...BARBARIAN ALIEN is a sequel to ICE PLANET BARBARIANS... -
![His Little Topaz by Paige Michaels]()
His Little Topaz by Paige Michaels
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt’s Kendra’s turn to find out what it means to have a Papi of her own.Engaged to a man she can’t stand, Kendra visits Club Zoom several times in hopes an Eleadian hunk will claim her and whisk her away from her looming arranged marriage. It’s a longshot, but it’s her only hope.Bialar watches the blond from the control room for several nights. He knows better than to approach her... -
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His Little Sapphire by Paige Michaels
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt’s Chrissy’s turn to find out what it means to have a Papi of her own.Faced with tremendous medical bills following her mother’s death, Christine needs a second job. She knows Club Zoom only hires men, but she’s desperate, so she applies under the misleading name of Chris... -
![His Enemy Wife: Dread Lord's Fated Mate by Emma Alisyn, Celeste King]()
His Enemy Wife: Dread Lord's Fated Mate by Emma Alisyn, Celeste King
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDread Lord Delgen thinks I'm his space order bride, a rich Earthen socialite whose credits will save his people. Only I'm not—I'm the imposter sent to kill him.Which should be easy, since he's a scary bloodsucking warrior hiding the truth about my sister's death. It's not easy to keep my distance—the matebond has taken us both... -
![Rescued by the Zandian by Renee Rose, Rebel West]()
Rescued by the Zandian by Renee Rose, Rebel West
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHumans lie. I learned that lesson once before.I thought I found a mate, but she betrayed us all.I won't let that happen again.Not even when I find Sia and four other females nearly dead on a defunct planet.Not when the lovely female is remanded to my custody.She's not being honest about what she knows.But with a little pressure, a little punishment, I might get her to talk.Teach her to obey... -
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![Schooling the Alien by Ava Ross]()
Schooling the Alien by Ava Ross
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDo I dare give my broken heart to an alien as wounded as me?When I took a nanny job in a distant colony caring for two young boys who recently lost their mother, I expected I’d grow to love them. Having experienced loss myself, I knew how hard it was to heal. What I didn’t expect was to fall for their father, a big, burly alien with scars on his body that mirrors those in my soul... -
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Help Wanted: Wife by Cara Bristol
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThey have nothing to lose except their hearts. The only thing keeping widower Larth from succumbing to grief is running the fledgling bakery founded by his late wife. He intends to make the business the biggest, best bakery in all of Caradonia. But he can’t do it alone. Unable to find affordable help, he turns to Cosmic Mates and advertises for a wife in-name-only...Categorized as:
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![Allie's Match by Miranda Martin]()
Allie's Match by Miranda Martin
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAllieI know Balan is 'the one' the instant we meet. It's hard to miss my breath catching in my throat, my heart galloping out of my chest, and my stomach deciding it's a gymnast. It's either love at first sight, or maybe I'm just dying.That's what it feels like when the new chisel featured Zmaj with a panty melting physique shows up and proceeds to completely ignore me... -
![Fated to the Alien Hunter by Erin Hale]()
Fated to the Alien Hunter by Erin Hale
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRemiIt wasn’t easy escaping from the ivory-tower prison I’d been locked in my entire life. And an escape plan that includes a one-way ticket to an alien planet might not have been one of my smartest ideas. But coming to Tavikh has been the best thing to ever happen to me.If I don’t count the vicious aliens who keep trying to kill me, along with the rest of the humans, that is... -
![Belle's Knight in Shining Armor by Miranda Martin]()
Belle's Knight in Shining Armor by Miranda Martin
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBahr is my happily ever after.The seven feet tall, Adonis built alien Zmaj men know the moment they set eyes on someone that they're their one true pairing. Or that’s the way it’s supposed to work. And I’m all in.The human survivors have a simple plan to escape from the evil of the Order to a new home. Lucky for me, I get to travel with Bahr... -
![Reaver's Return by Elin Wyn, Starr Huntress]()
Reaver's Return by Elin Wyn, Starr Huntress
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTrapped together in the darkness, a spark threatens to consume us both.LAICERFrom the moment Raelyn crashes into my life, she confuses me. Her soft, round body is unlike anything I've known, and her sharp tongue cuts deeper than any blade. But despite her prickly demeanor, I find myself drawn to her courage and spirit.As we search for escape, danger closes in from every side...
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