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  • Spaced Out by Stuart Gibbs

    Spaced Out by Stuart Gibbs

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    In this New York Times bestselling novel the moon base commander has gone missing and Dash Gibson is on the case. The second mind-boggling mystery of the Moon Base Alpha series from beloved author Stuart Gibbs.There’s nowhere to hide on the world’s first moon base. After all, it’s only the size of a soccer field...
  • Cloud Invasion by Connie Suttle

    Cloud Invasion by Connie Suttle

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Ilya The rest of us woke after a few days, when it became apparent we'd survived the drug. Even Corinne woke faster the first time. This time, three weeks had passed. I was grateful for the scans and other tests Dr. Farrell ran, indicating she was alive. Still, I was terrified for her. And for me. I spoke to her often and lately, I begged her to open her eyes...
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    gods  abuse  action-adventure  adult  aliens  book  conspiracies  crime
  • Ka'Cit's Haven by A.G. Wilde

    Ka'Cit's Haven by A.G. Wilde

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    “Not the best of ways to introduce myself to you…A gentleman would have at least greeted you first…… but I’m no gentleman.”He’s the Bone Crusher. A man in a mask.His face is hidden alongside his intentions.He doesn’t do things for free…or to be nice.So just how did Nia end up stuck on a ship with him by her side?She’d wanted adventure, but Ka’Cit Urgmental was SO. MUCH. MORE...
  • House of Gold by C.T. Rwizi

    House of Gold by C.T. Rwizi

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    From visionary author C. T. Rwizi comes the epic journey of four people on a distant planet who face the ultimate test of loyalty, friendship, and duty in the rising tide of war.A corporate aristocracy descended from Africa rules a colony on a distant planet.Life here is easy—for the rarified and privileged few...
  • The Worst Ship in the Fleet by Skyler Ramirez

    The Worst Ship in the Fleet by Skyler Ramirez

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A Military Science Fiction Adventure!Brad Mendoza is an idiot. He knows it, and so does everyone else. A promising naval career down the drain just because he accidentally killed 504 civilians. So, it's time for him to give up and accept a dead-end command on Persephone, the worst ship in the fleet...
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    poc-mc  sci-fi  space-opera  humor  fiction  military  crime  anti-hero
  • Revenant Gun by Yoon Ha Lee

    Revenant Gun by Yoon Ha Lee

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Machineries Of Empire, the most exciting science fiction trilogy of the decade, reaches its astonishing conclusion!When Shuos Jedao wakes up for the first time, several things go wrong. His few memories tell him that he's a seventeen-year-old cadet--but his body belongs to a man decades older...
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    poc-mc  action-adventure  adult  ai  aliens  audiobook  book  dark
  • Ascension Saga: 9 - Destiny, Part 3 by Grace Goodwin

    Ascension Saga: 9 - Destiny, Part 3 by Grace Goodwin

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Destiny is doing everything she can to find her mother and stop the evil traitors from taking over her planet. But explosions, murder plots and chaos are just the beginning. And now she has more on the line than ever before. Now, she's in love. And Nix isn't the sit-by-and-watch kind of guy. He's right there next to her, risking everything. For her...
  • Ascension Saga: 4 - Faith, Part 1 by Grace Goodwin

    Ascension Saga: 4 - Faith, Part 1 by Grace Goodwin

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Faith Jones is an Earth girl...and she's not. She's half Aleran. And not just any half - a royal half. Her mother is the queen, her sister is the heir, and her twin is determined to kill every alien on the planet if that's what it takes to find their kidnapped mother...
  • Luna of Earth by Laura Jo Phillips

    Luna of Earth by Laura Jo Phillips

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    There are lots of great ways for a beautiful, wealthy, brilliant young woman to meet a suitable romantic partner. Through the Internet, Church, volunteer groups, or even singles bars. Or, you can do it the way Luna Meadows did--by rescuing an alien from his crashed intergalactic spaceship on the side of a remote mountain in the Rockies just ahead of a three day blizzard...
  • Ascension Saga: 5 - Faith, Part 2 by Grace Goodwin

    Ascension Saga: 5 - Faith, Part 2 by Grace Goodwin

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Thordin Jax always gets what he wants. He's rich. He's gorgeous. He's the heir to one of the most powerful families on the planet. But when his body comes alive at the sight of Faith Jones, it will take every ounce of seduction and skill he possesses to get into her bed. But there is a traitor under his roof. A very dangerous adversary. And his beautiful, mysterious new mate is hunting him..
  • Ascension Saga: 7 - Destiny, Part 1 by Grace Goodwin

    Ascension Saga: 7 - Destiny, Part 1 by Grace Goodwin

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Destiny Jones is a princess with a bad attitude. She doesn’t play nice with others, she doesn’t dress up in pretty clothes, and she has absolutely zero interest in behaving like a lady. Especially when she’s so close to catching the people who tried to have her killed. Oh, and kidnapped her mother, queen of the planet Alera...
  • Ascension Saga: 8 - Destiny, Part 2 by Grace Goodwin

    Ascension Saga: 8 - Destiny, Part 2 by Grace Goodwin

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Destiny has a problem—a six-foot-three, stubborn, gorgeous, deadly, sex-on-a-stick—kind of problem. While her brain might want to kick his ass across the galaxy, the rest of her wants to jump him like a bouncy house. Ardor or not, she’s hunting a killer. Nix is going all protective, alpha male, claiming she’s his mate just because she had a few mind-blowing moments in his bed...
  • The Countdown Conspiracy by Katie Slivensky

    The Countdown Conspiracy by Katie Slivensky

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Ambassador, you are go for launch in T- minus 5…4…3…2…. Get ready to blast off with this high-action, high-stakes middle grade adventure that’s perfect for fans of Chris Grabenstein and Peter Lerangis!Miranda Regent can’t believe she was just chosen as one of six kids from around the world to train for the first ever mission to Mars...
  • Caveman Alien’s Prize by Calista Skye

    Caveman Alien’s Prize by Calista Skye

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    He's a nightmare of violence and danger.And he's about to win a prize for it: me.JinxNobody said being abducted by aliens and dumped on a dinosaur planet would be fun.But we five Earth girls are surviving so far, squeezed between two rival tribes of fierce cavemen...
  • Defying the General by Maddie Taylor

    Defying the General by Maddie Taylor

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    One look and he stirs something deep within her. A single touch is all it takes for her to awaken his soul. She has a mission. He has a duty. He is her captor. She is his destiny. Fate draws them together, but danger and deceit will wrench them apart...
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    poc-mc  romance  sci-fi  aliens  steamy  kidnapping  paranormal  space
  • Taken to Kor by Elizabeth Stephens

    Taken to Kor by Elizabeth Stephens

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    DeenaRhork. He's a space pirate. The bad kind. But he's also been my only source of company for the past rotation that I've been held captive.Halfway across the galaxy, I'm happy to have finally escaped and found more humans...well, I was.But now, I'm not so sure that people are so much better than pirates. And I'm very sure that I'll need Rhork's help to get out of this...
  • Unfrozen by Regine Abel

    Unfrozen by Regine Abel

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When the penitentiary ship she's incarcerated in gets sucked into an anomaly, Lydia barely survives the crash onto an alien planet. Only the sadistic experiments performed on her by the prison's scientist allow her to survive this harsh and dangerous world. The future looks grim until she stumbles upon a magnificent city of ice and its most unusual inhabitant...
  • Black Light Express by Philip Reeve

    Black Light Express by Philip Reeve

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Zen and Nova have ridden a train from one world to another before. They come from the Network Empire, whose stations are scattered across half the galaxy. But this time it's different. They've passed through a gate which shouldn't exist at all. They did terrible things to open it, they don't know where it leads, and now they can never go back...
  • Warriors' Claim by Michele Mills

    Warriors' Claim by Michele Mills

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Three Xylan Warriors. One female Cyborg… Wyric, Zaxon and Bex. Trish can’t stop staring at the three handsome warriors who’ve recently moved in next door. She’s supposed to be helping them upgrade their facility, but Trish can’t keep her eyes off of their perfect physiques. Loving the sound of their harsh voices and their fierce demands. Wanting them. All three of them...
  • His Human Rebel by Renee Rose

    His Human Rebel by Renee Rose

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    CONSCRIPTED BY AN ALIEN ARMY, SHE PLOTS HER ESCAPE… Cambry doesn’t believe the aliens’ propaganda for one minute. The Zandians may have saved her from one death, but they planned to send her to another. She bides her time, waiting for her chance to get away and find her brother, enslaved by a different species...
  • The Ellimist Chronicles by K.A. Applegate, Katherine Applegate

    The Ellimist Chronicles by K.A. Applegate, Katherine Applegate

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Librarian's note: There is an Alternate Cover Edition for this edition of this book here.He is called the Ellimist. A being with the ability to alter space and time. A being with a power that will never be fully understood. He is the reason Elfangor came to Earth. He is the reason the Earth now has a fighting chance...
  • Viper's Defiant Mate by S.E. Smith

    Viper's Defiant Mate by S.E. Smith

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Prince Viper d’Rojah, a warrior from the Sarafin cat shifter species, is not happy when he is sent on a special mission by his older brother Vox, King of the Sarafin. The mission is to deliver important documents to the human authorities before kidnapping the sister and grandmother of Vox’s mate, Riley...
  • Raven Stratagem by Yoon Ha Lee

    Raven Stratagem by Yoon Ha Lee

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    When the hexarchate's gifted young captain Kel Cheris summoned the ghost of the long-dead General Shuos Jedao to help her put down a rebellion, she didn't reckon on his breaking free of centuries of imprisonment - and possessing her. Even worse, the enemy Hafn are invading, and Jedao takes over General Kel Khiruev's fleet, which was tasked with stopping them...
  • When She's Bold by Ruby Dixon

    When She's Bold by Ruby Dixon

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    On Risda III, it’s custom for women to marry for convenience. It provides safety and security in a universe that offers none for humans.Me, I don’t really *need* a husband. I just want one. And I want one man in particular. There’s a new guy in town, a by-the-books military man named Rektar. Every day I show up to his office and flirt with him. I bring pies. I twirl my hair...
  • Jaguin's Love by S.E. Smith

    Jaguin's Love by S.E. Smith

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    The Dragon Lords of Valdier universe is vast but each book can stand alone! Jump in at any point in the series.USA Today Bestseller! A human woman recovering from extreme violence and an alien male finally given hope. In this steamy story of love and comfort, what will it take to break free of the past? Jaguin is one of the finest trackers on Valdier...
  • The Worst of All Possible Worlds by Alex White

    The Worst of All Possible Worlds by Alex White

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    The greatest dangers hide the brightest treasures in this bold, planet-hopping science fiction adventure series.The crew of the legendary Capricious may have gone legitimate, but they're still on the run...
  • Home: Habitat, Range, Niche, Territory by Martha Wells

    Home: Habitat, Range, Niche, Territory by Martha Wells

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    This short story is told from the point of view of Dr. Mensah and follows the events in Exit Strategy.Home: Habitat, Range, Niche, Territory was originally given free to readers who pre-ordered Martha’s Murderbot novel, Network Effect...
  • Devoured by Evangeline Anderson

    Devoured by Evangeline Anderson

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Tess Hughes is on the run from her abusive ex-husband. The problem is, he’s a detective and there’s no place on Earth he can’t find her. Solution? Hide somewhere that’s not on Earth—the Kindred Mother Ship. That’s how she winds up posing as Pairing Puppet—one of the robotic mistresses that service the Unmated Males of the Kindred who need a little sexual stress release from time to time...
  • Descended by Evangeline Anderson

    Descended by Evangeline Anderson

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Charlotte Walker is just an intern trying to get through her surgical rotation in one piece when her life takes an abrupt turn for the weird. A seven-foot tall patient with multicolored eyes and golden skin shows up in the ER asking for her. When he tells Charlotte she's supposed to be the Empress of the entire galaxy, she naturally thinks he's high or crazy or both.He's not...
  • Ascension Saga: 3 - Trinity, Part 3 by Grace Goodwin

    Ascension Saga: 3 - Trinity, Part 3 by Grace Goodwin

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Although Trinity grew up on Earth, she's Aleran. She's been chosen by the artificial intelligence that bestows special gifts upon those deemed worthy. She's been chosen to rule. To lead the planet and avoid the rising tides of war. Leo is hers. She feels the truth every time he touches her...
  • Black Sky Morning by Hanna Dare

    Black Sky Morning by Hanna Dare

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A bounty hunter in over his head.Xin knows how to look out for himself, and he knows when something sounds too good to be true. But a forgotten planet filled with riches is too tempting to pass up. Fortunately Xin also knows someone who can back him up - if he doesn't arrest Xin first. A government agent who's lost hope.Jonathan Gray used to believe in a better future. Now he's not so sure...
  • The Wayward Prince by Hanna Dare

    The Wayward Prince by Hanna Dare

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Spaceships, daring heists, and interstellar intrigue!  Since murderous AIs drove humanity from Earth more than a century before, people have been rebuilding civilization. That doesn't mean the galaxy is anywhere close to being civilized. A liar and a scoundrel - and he's the good guy...
  • Saving His Mate by Ivy Knox

    Saving His Mate by Ivy Knox

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Sold at auction on an alien planet, Chloe assumed death was around the corner. But she found love instead.Dumped by her longtime boyfriend, Chloe decides to embrace spinsterhood by adopting one (or five) dogs. Those plans are squashed when she's kidnapped from Earth and shoved into a glass cage with two other terrified human women on an alien planet...
  • In Command by Aileen Erin

    In Command by Aileen Erin

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    An Aunare Chronicles Novella*Amihanna di Aetes is used to fighting, surviving, and relying on her strength to get through the hard times. She thought the worst was over when she accepted her engagement to Lorne ni Taure, the High King of the Aunare, and claimed her place as the future High Queen.It should be easy to slide into her new role...
  • Mated to the Alien Prince by Ivy Sparks

    Mated to the Alien Prince by Ivy Sparks

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    This handsome alien is going to breed with me. And more shockingly, I’m going to like it. A lot.So I might’ve switched the test scores to get onto the Apollo shuttle. And I might be in a whole lot of trouble now because of it.Not that it matters after the shuttle malfunctions and crashes onto one of the most savage unexplored planets in the system: Delphi...
  • Love on Impact by Alana Khan

    Love on Impact by Alana Khan

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Abducted by space pirates to breed human women, Zoriss is one angry male when he hits atmosphere. After breaking his bonds and stealing an escape pod, he crash lands in remote Idaho. When Lumina rescues him, their bodies communicate beautifully, but with translator troubles, could he ever grow to trust her? Lumina It’s been ninety years since the last man was born on Earth...
  • Prime Deceptions by Valerie Valdes

    Prime Deceptions by Valerie Valdes

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The lovably flawed crew of La Sirena Negra and their psychic cats return in this fast-paced and outrageously fun science-fiction novel, in which they confront past failures and face new threats in the far reaches of space from the author of the critically acclaimed Chilling Effect...
  • Alien Knight Steals the Bride by Becca Brayden

    Alien Knight Steals the Bride by Becca Brayden

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Lumerian Knight Torrin Llahsab has spent months as a prisoner of the evil Vilitos with one goal, a single purpose…survive, escape, track an ancient artifact before it can be used to destroy more of his people. When an opportunity comes at last, he is moments from stealing an enemy ship and making his escape when he sees a beautiful human woman, bound and gagged, being tormented by the evil guards...
  • Crath by Laurann Dohner

    Crath by Laurann Dohner

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Since being betrayed by her home planet, Kelsey Bowen has been sold at auction as a human incubator. Until she’s rescued by a feline alien who claims to want to marry her. He’s got to be crazy, right?Since joining the crew of The Vorge , Tryleskian male Crath Vellar wants what his family has—a human life-lock...
  • Splendor's Orbit by Jina S. Bazzar

    Splendor's Orbit by Jina S. Bazzar

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Ten years ago, Captain Colderaro was the star of the Confederacy Task Force. And then she went missing.Now, presumed dead, she prefers to keep a low profile. Working as a pilot on a freighter ship, she occasionally accepts the odd refugee passenger to appease her humanitarian conscience...
  • Alien Seed by Ivy Sparks

    Alien Seed by Ivy Sparks

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    They won’t release me until I breed with the alien beast…After crashing onto a desert planet filled with alien savages, I find myself struggling to survive. My sister relies on me for her medicine, so I must get back to her.Problem is, a lone alien with an intense stare and brands on his chest has been stalking me from afar. When he finally approaches me, I’m surprised to learn he wants to help...
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    poc-mc  action-adventure  adult  aliens  book  dark  female-mc  fiction
  • First Strike by Christopher G. Nuttall

    First Strike by Christopher G. Nuttall

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The best defense… Starting a war with an enemy a hundred times stronger is insane. It’s desperate. And it’s Earth’s only hope. A massive alien power looms over humanity, claiming Earth as its territory and humanity as its slaves. The Hegemony has already taken over one colony, yoking hundreds of thousands under their brutal rule...
  • The Gate of Bones by Andy Clark

    The Gate of Bones by Andy Clark

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Dawn of Fire Book 2As the Indomitus Crusade spreads across the Imperium Sanctus, the cardinal world Gathalamor is caught in the grip of war – but when an ancient evil is unearthed, the entire crusade is threatened…READ IT BECAUSEWith the crusade in full flow, get your first look at the full scale of the horrors inflicted upon the Imperium and the determination of Guilliman to defeat them and...
  • Enslaved by Evangeline Anderson

    Enslaved by Evangeline Anderson

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Enslaved is book number 14 in the Brides of the Kindred series. It is a plus-length novel of around 168,000 wordsAnything for you Mistress…Thrace S’ver is an unwilling slave. Drugged and bound, he is taken to the Flesh Bazaar and put up for sale to the highest bidder. But this is not the first time Thrace has been on the auction block—he has a past full of horrors he doesn’t intend to repeat...
  • Starfighter Command: Game 2 by Grace Goodwin

    Starfighter Command: Game 2 by Grace Goodwin

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    I'm obsessed with the game.I spend so many hours playing that I dream about dangerous missions on other worlds...and my gorgeous, in-game training partner, Kassius. That is, until I win. I beat the Starfighter Training Academy...
  • Starfighter Command: Game 2 by Grace Goodwin

    Starfighter Command: Game 2 by Grace Goodwin

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    I'm obsessed with the game.I spend so many hours playing that I dream about dangerous missions on other worlds...and my gorgeous, in-game training partner, Kassius. That is, until I win. I beat the Starfighter Training Academy...
  • Enhanced by Evangeline Anderson

    Enhanced by Evangeline Anderson

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Mei-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...
  • Rose Point by M.C.A. Hogarth

    Rose Point by M.C.A. Hogarth

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Reese is only just getting used to running the Earthrise in the black—and with an Eldritch in her crew—when a trip to a colony world gives rise to a whole new problem: Hirianthial is showing powers that even the Eldritch rarely have, and that only in legend. He badly needs training, support and advice, and the only place he can find them is... at home...
  • Laisrathera by M.C.A. Hogarth

    Laisrathera by M.C.A. Hogarth

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The Queen of the Eldritch has offered Reese Eddings a life out of a fairy tale, one beyond the imagination of a poor girl from Mars who’d expected to spend her life eking out a living with a rattletrap merchant vessel...
  • A Bad Deal for the Whole Galaxy by Alex White

    A Bad Deal for the Whole Galaxy by Alex White

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    The greatest dangers hide the brightest treasures in this bold, planet-hopping science fiction adventure series. The crew of the legendary Capricious are rich enough to retire in comfort for the rest of their days, but none of it matters if the galaxy is still in danger...
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