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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... -
![Flor's Fiasco by Ruby Dixon]()
Flor's Fiasco by Ruby Dixon
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsI'm not supposed to resonate to him.It's been a few years since I've landed here on Icehome Beach, and as resonance after resonance dwindled the list of bachelors, I knew who I'd end up with. As soon as we got past our differences, I'd end up as R'jaal's mate.On an everyday excursion, however, my khui decides otherwise. It sings all right...but not to R'jaal... -
![The Segonian by Dianne Duvall]()
The Segonian by Dianne Duvall
Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsNew York Times bestselling author Dianne Duvall brings readers the second stand-alone novel in a thrilling new sci-fi romance series full of action, humor, and happily-ever-afters.Eliana's life has never been what one might term ordinary. At least, it hasn't been for a very long time... -
![Protector by Tana Stone]()
Protector by Tana Stone
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe Vandar raiders who roam the sky are deadly and fierce. The mercenary hunting me is terrifying -- and will stop at nothing to claim me.I thought the cocky Vandar raiders I had to work alongside were my biggest problem. That was before the deranged leader of a ruthless band of mercenaries decided I belonged to him.As a member of the underground Valox resistance, there are few things I fear... -
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![Bray's Balance by Hannah Walker]()
Bray's Balance by Hannah Walker
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBray is happy with life on Landran, surrounded by friends and those he considers family. But, just when he thinks they can settle down and enjoy the lives they’ve created there, another kidnapping forces them all back into action. With enemies coming from unexpected places, the hunt is on to find out who is targeting their clans and tearing apart families... -
![Dawn of Chaos by Benjamin Medrano]()
Dawn of Chaos by Benjamin Medrano
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThere will be hell to pay.Evelyn’s parents have been missing for more than thirty years, and at last Evelyn has a clue as to their fate. Investigating won’t be easy, even for someone as powerful as she is, yet she won’t be deterred... -
![Adept of Chaos by Benjamin Medrano]()
Adept of Chaos by Benjamin Medrano
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsEvelyn's deeds are coming back to haunt her.Free to travel among the stars, the former warlord is enjoying her freedom, even if she’s occasionally exasperated by the women who’ve attached themselves to her. They accompany her as she encounters wonders, from dryad terraforming ships to the orcish arenas of Skaloth.Yet Evelyn has enemies, and they have not forgotten her... -
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Taunting Krell by Laurann Dohner
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsBook 7 in the Cyborg Seduction series. Krell hates humans. They left him scarred and undesirable to females. He’s lived a lonely existence in his home world because of their brutality. So he’s angry when he’s ordered to interrogate the captured human. She’s the enemy, a soldier from Earth. He’ll show her the same mercy they showed him. None... -
![Demons Don't Date by Hannah Walker]()
Demons Don't Date by Hannah Walker
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCommander Bo’saverin Hevalis, head of the Cobalts, is trying to recover from the injuries he sustained in battle. The enforced downtime is giving him too much time to think, torture for a man of action. The trouble in their sector is weighing heavily on his mind as it seems to be getting ever closer to the demon homeworld... -
![Chosen of Chaos by Benjamin Medrano]()
Chosen of Chaos by Benjamin Medrano
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsEvelyn enjoyed living a nice, quiet life in an anarchic pirate port, far from the world she’d once conquered.Then came an attack by mercenaries that made her angry... -
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Prince by Tana Stone
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe alien prince is on the hunt for revenge. And buying me is part of his master plan.I was safe hiding on the outskirts of the galaxy and singing in a dingy nightclub. Until the menacing alien prince with the platinum hair and claiming gaze bought my debt. Now I’m traveling on his ship as his guide while he searches for vengeance... -
![Victoria's Challenge by M.K. Eidem]()
Victoria's Challenge by M.K. Eidem
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsVictoria Lynn Chamberlain… at two, she was abducted by an alien race, the Regulians… at nine, her world literally explodes when the Regulians returned, destroying Earth. She and her Aunt are the only survivors thanks to another alien race, the Carinians. Now she’s eighteen, a new graduate from their top medical school, and is ready to claim her life mate... -
![Redeeming Zorus by Laurann Dohner]()
Redeeming Zorus by Laurann Dohner
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratings*** THIS IS A RERELEASE OF A PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED BOOK *** Charlie’s brother has put her in the no-win situation of having to rescue a cyborg from Earth Government. It’s dangerous, she’ll become an outlaw on Earth, but it’s the only way to save her brother’s life. The imprisoned cyborg is rude, conceited and probably the biggest jerk she’s ever had the misfortune to meet... -
![Fire's Mate by C.W. Gray]()
Fire's Mate by C.W. Gray
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWelcome back to Charybdis Station!Fire may be a deadly Crellic Element, but he much prefers napping and snacking to murdering armies. After centuries of being used as a weapon, he's finally able to live peacefully on Charybdis Station. While he's content to spend his days visiting his friends and raiding their homes for food, he longs for one more thing. A mate to call his own... -
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![Demons Don't Duel by Hannah Walker]()
Demons Don't Duel by Hannah Walker
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDea's life is all about his role as a commander of a battlecruiser. At the height of his career, he can take command of any ship he wants, he's well respected, and surrounded by friends and family. Yet, something has been missing for a long time. Part of his soul was left behind at the academy, with someone he walked away from all those years ago. Uri loves control... -
![Fate of Draga by Emma Dean]()
Fate of Draga by Emma Dean
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe queen is the deadliest piece.The finale to this epic space fantasy series is here. Adelina, Varan, Kaiden, and Nash have to find a way to survive what comes. Adelina will give her life for her people, but her mates will give their life for her.Find out who survives, who doesn't, and how all your favorite characters make it through the battle of a lifetime... -
![Cloud Invasion by Connie Suttle]()
Cloud Invasion by Connie Suttle
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIlya 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... -
![Big Dicker by K.C. Cross, J.A. Huss]()
Big Dicker by K.C. Cross, J.A. Huss
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWelcome to Mighty Minions Resort. Jimmy’s personal hell. All Jimmy wants is a booster shot of DNA scrambler so he never has to find his one-true soul mate. But life rarely goes the way you plan it. After dropping Xyla off on Blue Sand Beach for a little vacay with her sexbot girlfriends the Big Dicker has to make an emergency landing on the demon-themed Mighty Minions Resort... -
![Death's Mate by C.W. Gray]()
Death's Mate by C.W. Gray
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWelcome to Charybdis Station!Dr. Verion Morrick is complicated. No, really. Not too long ago, Verion was simply a divorced research scientist on Frost Veil who wanted to reconnect with his estranged son. Now, a few years, one death and resurrection later, Verion is a new person -- both Death, the Crellic Element, and Verion Morrick. One being that helped protect the galaxy from an insidious evil... -
![A Monster's Fate by Lynnea Lee]()
A Monster's Fate by Lynnea Lee
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsKAT My prestigious new job as the assistant to a colony leader starts as an honor. Then I stumble across the colony’s dirty little secrets. Hell-bent on exposing the atrocities, I reach out to a rebel group to feed them information. Too quickly, the jig is up. I manage one last message to my rebel contact, Zach, before I’m locked in the mad councilman’s basement... -
![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... -
![Rita and the Raider by Honey Phillips]()
Rita and the Raider by Honey Phillips
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsEvery good mating begins with a kidnapping… Worvak was taught to value honor above all else. When his honor demanded he sacrifice everything to save a friend, he didn't hesitate. But then a dangerous mission leads him to a fragile, dirty female with enough courage for ten warriors - a female he would do anything to call his own. For the first time in his life, his honor and his heart are at war... -
![Demigod 12 by Gail Carriger]()
Demigod 12 by Gail Carriger
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsPuts the opera back into space opera.New York Times bestselling author Gail Carriger continues her cozy and engaging scifi about the power of art, celebrity, and found family.Phex and his pantheon have become demigods and are taking their show on a galaxy-wide tour... -
![Once Upon a Time by Alessandra Hazard]()
Once Upon a Time by Alessandra Hazard
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsA very proper prince and a rude, dangerous man who may or may not be a stableman: a fairy-tale love story...Ice Prince.Prince Jamil of Calluvia has always disliked that moniker, but he is responsible and proper, and it's probably accurate to say that he isn't good at emotions. After being widowed, Jamil’s life has revolved around his duties as a crown prince and little else... -
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![Caszandra by Andrea K. Höst]()
Caszandra by Andrea K. Höst
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsPart 3 of the Touchstone Trilogy.Cassandra Devlin doesn’t know what she's for. But she knows she's running out of time.Since Cass was rescued from the abandoned world of Muina, the Aussie teen has proven more than useful to the people of Tare. Expeditions to their home world no longer end in slaughter. The teaching city of Kalasa has been unlocked... -
![Stealing Coal by Laurann Dohner]()
Stealing Coal by Laurann Dohner
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratings*** THIS IS A RERELEASE OF A PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED BOOK *** Jill has learned the hard way that men can’t be trusted and sex only causes pain. In the lawlessness of space, women are a sexual commodity—to be used and abused. She’s doing a man’s job, with only her father’s brutal reputation and three androids to help keep her alive when she sees a massive, handsome cyborg chained to a freight table... -
![Fire and Ice by Sherrilyn Kenyon]()
Fire and Ice by Sherrilyn Kenyon
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsFIRE & ICE - Originally published in a stand alone ebook in 1998. Currently available in the OUT OF THIS WORLD anthology that features all the short stories Sherri wrote for Penguin. Livia is a Vistan princess who is to be married to an ambassador from a neighboring galaxy--a brutal man, many years her senior... -
![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... -
![Guarding the Goddess by Evangeline Anderson]()
Guarding the Goddess by Evangeline Anderson
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAn alien Queen in need of a Bodyguard A Warrior who is sworn never to Love But what happens when she needs him To Quell the Heat inside her? Can Ty keep himself from loving Ellina while... Guarding the Goddess? Y’res the Fourth--otherwise known as Ellina--the newly crowned ruler of Helios Beta, has a problem: someone is trying to kill her... -
![Unbondable by Evangeline Anderson]()
Unbondable by Evangeline Anderson
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA female Blood Kindred who hates her fangs…A fierce warrior who loves her…Can Kara and Raak stay together?Or will their love be shattered because he is…Unbondable?Kara is a rare Blood Kindred female…unfortunately for her, she has the fangs to prove it. To Kara’s dismay, it’s hard to find a warrior who wants to get bitten when things get hot and heavy... -
![Defying the Relic Hunter by Gail Koger]()
Defying the Relic Hunter by Gail Koger
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsKizzy sees dead people, but she’s a thief and talking to dead folks is about as useful as a three-legged horse. The Dragos clan booted her out when her year’s take was a lousy five hundred and sixty credits. The only way back in is to pull off a million-credit heist. Alone... -
![Dissolution by Michele Notaro]()
Dissolution by Michele Notaro
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOh god, no! Oh god help me… how am I going to save them? There’s just so much… blood… everywhere… I was supposed to protect them. I was supposed to keep them safe, but wherever I go more and more people are losing their lives, and nothing I do can save them. After so much loss, my family is breaking apart at the seams. The Taoree Legion is winning this war... -
![Demons Don't Dare by Hannah Walker]()
Demons Don't Dare by Hannah Walker
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAs the ruler of an empire, King Vict’arin is accustomed to living a life that is anything but normal. Unable to enjoy the simple things in life the way his demons do, he chooses to live and work for the good of his citizens. Lonely and tired, he finds solace with his family, enjoying watching his new grand-demonesses grow... -
![Head Over Tentacles by K.L. Hiers]()
Head Over Tentacles by K.L. Hiers
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsPrivate investigator Sloane Beaumont should be enjoying his recent engagement to eldritch god Azaethoth the Lesser, AKA Loch. Unfortunately, he doesn’t have time for a pre-honeymoon period.The trouble starts with a deceptively simple missing persons case... -
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![Bonded to the Alien Rogue by Krista Luna]()
Bonded to the Alien Rogue by Krista Luna
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe blue alien who rescues me from pirates says we’re married. As if! But he’s so damned tempting… as is his wicked tail.ELLAAll the bigwigs on Earth said I’d have a bright future in space. Yeah, right! They obviously knew nothing, ’cause I’m sweating in the bows of an alien pirate ship. The lizards who captured me figured out right quick I’ve got a way with machines... -
![Married to the Alien Rogue by Krista Luna]()
Married to the Alien Rogue by Krista Luna
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe grumpy blue alien who rescues me is my husband. But how can I trust him… or his wicked tail?SOFIEI left Earth excited to create a new world for humans among the stars. Instead, gray aliens wake me from cryo to sell me to the highest bidder. Goodbye engineering degree! My days are reduced to playing in an alien jungle with lizard kids who think I’m nothing more than a pet... -
![Sūnder by Lexi Ander]()
Sūnder by Lexi Ander
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIf Sūnder Alārd had been born female he would have been cherished for being faeborn—born with magick—and his birth celebrated. Instead, his L'fÿn mother insisted on his death. Only his Panthrÿn father's desperate escape through the forest saved him... -
![Warrior by Anna Hackett]()
Warrior by Anna Hackett
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsFighting for love, honor, and freedom on the galaxy’s lawless outer rim… It was supposed to be an exciting job on a space station, but instead, scientist Dr. Regan Forrest finds herself fighting for her life when she’s kidnapped by alien slavers... -
![Salvation by Laurie Roma]()
Salvation by Laurie Roma
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsOfficer Skylar Aris is a woman with a troubled past. As a Class-A Conduit, she is beautiful and deadly, making her stand out among the rest of the elite soldiers. She has worked hard to succeed as one of the only female interrogators in the Security and Interrogation Division, but everything she has dreamed of is put in jeopardy when she’s given an ultimatum that will change her fate... -
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Ozias by Alana Khan
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDesperate human Selene agrees to be the Demon Prince's "wingwoman" on his urgent quest to find a suitable mate. Neither expected sparks to ignite or love to blossom in this sizzling cosmic adventure.SeleneJobless and desperate, I take a demon alien's offer to play matchmaker... -
![His Human Rebel by Michele Mills]()
His Human Rebel by Michele Mills
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAfter a teeny incident with red paint, my hometown votes that it’s done with my activist ways . . .Now I’m on an entirely different planet, holding a single suitcase, standing on a platform, waiting for my new alien husband to arrive . . . I bite my lip as I wait because there’s one serious problem with this whole situation . . . after a best forgotten, one-night stand gone wrong . . -
![Claimed by the Cyborgs by Grace Goodwin]()
Claimed by the Cyborgs by Grace Goodwin
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsPrillon warrior Thomar Arcas is the royal heir to his ancestor’s legacy of dishonor, betrayal and death. When he was captured by the Hive, some on his home world cheered. Some sighed with relief. None shed a tear.Thomar, along with his second, Varin, break free and destroy an enemy base, barely escaping with their lives. They transport to The Colony, the last refuge for contaminated males... -
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Pursued by Evangeline Anderson
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsElise is fractured inside, stained by a past she refuses to remember.Merrick is scarred both inside and out, a half-breed with a brutal background, at home nowhere in the universe.Now they are tied together by an unstable bond which could kill them both.Their journey will take them to the lawless planet of Rageron—the wildest of all the Kindred worlds... -
![Navigating the Stars by Maria V. Snyder]()
Navigating the Stars by Maria V. Snyder
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratings“The answer is no, Lyra,” my mother utters her favorite—I swear—phrase. No means I have to travel with them to another planet—again. No means leaving all my friends fifty years in the past. Thanks, Einstein. Seventeen-year-old Lyra Daniels can’t truly blame Einstein or her parents for their impending move across the Milky Way Galaxy...Categorized as:
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![That Irresistible Poison by Alessandra Hazard]()
That Irresistible Poison by Alessandra Hazard
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 19 ratings"I hate you." Please touch me. "You sicken me." Hold me closer. "I want to be free of you." I can't live without you.The messed-up part is, he means everything he says.The youngest prince of his clan, Seyn has been betrothed to the crown prince of another clan since birth. Everyone says he's so lucky to marry one of the most respected, powerful men on the planet, but Seyn knows better... -
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Revealed by Evangeline Anderson
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsBook 5 in the Brides of the Kindred seriesThis book is a plus length novel--around 130,000 words longNadiah has the Sight—the ability to see into the future. But the one thing she can’t see is how she’s ever going to be free of the blood bond her parents forced her into when she was only six... -
![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... -
![Seed of Chaos by Benjamin Medrano]()
Seed of Chaos by Benjamin Medrano
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFame is overrated.Having rescued thousands of people from being sacrificed, Evelyn could use some peace and quiet. Life has other plans. She quickly finds herself drawn into assisting a deity with a small problem, only to return and find that her great grandmother has learned of her existence... -
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Chained by Evangeline Anderson
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsMaggie Jordan is not supposed to be having adventures. Her mission is to go to Gaia, a new, unpopulated world, and study the native life forms there... -
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Devoured by Evangeline Anderson
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsTess 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...
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