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I Dare by Sharon Lee, Steve Miller
Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsThe enemies of Korval have offered Pat Rin the Ring that would make all of Korval's holdings his own, and a Juntavas Judge has offered Pat Rin a world. When he appears with hired guns in tow, no one knows what he'll do. Pat Rin is a gambling man, and on his wild-card shoulders the fate of his Clan, his world, his civilization... -
Obsidian: Last Chapter in Daemon's POV by Jennifer L. Armentrout
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingshttp://www.scribd.com/doc/108904697/I.. -
Life-Debt by R.J. Blain
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen scavenger and hybrid fox Viva comes across a derelict in empty space, what she and her furry partner, Pandora, discover puts them on a collision course for adventure, fame and wealth—assuming she survives the experience. Teaming up with the derelict's living cargo isn't wise, but the handsome stranger might hold the key to the ship and its many secrets... -
Plan B by Sharon Lee, Steve Miller
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 24 ratings"A real page-turner" (ANNE MCCAFFREY) in the Liaden Universe(r) series.Fugitive Val Con yos'Phelium plans a desperate gamble by forming an alliance with Clan Erob. But his cousin, Shan yos'Galen can't wait. With enemy agents closing in, he invokes Plan B-setting in motion a series of events that will have dire consequences-for all of Liad... -
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Draekon Warlord by Lee Savino, Lili Zander
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTop 3 Reasons I should stay away from Danek:1. He’s on a super-secret, important mission for the Rebellion. He’ll be undercover on a hostile planet, surrounded by people that want to kill him.2. He’s gorgeous. Entirely unattainable. Way, way out of my league.3. I’m forty, but I’m supposed to pose as his fake fiancée.4. And he’s a really, really good actor, because when he kisses me, it feels real... -
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... -
Conflict of Honors by Sharon Lee, Steve Miller
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsSixteen-year-old Priscilla Delacroix was declared legally dead by her mother, High Priestess of the Goddess. Banished to survive on her own, Priscilla has roamed the galaxy for ten years as an outcast—to become a woman of extraordinary skill. . . .An experienced officer assigned to the Liaden vessel Daxflan, she's been abandoned yet again... -
Carpe Diem by Sharon Lee, Steve Miller
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsOn the run from assassins, Val Con yos'Phelium and Miri Robertson are stranded on a distant planet and must learn to trust each other if they're going to survive - and learn to love each other if they're going to heal the dark wounds of their past... -
Going Cold by Viola Grace
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsGoing from supporting family to being an imperial courier across the stars doesn’t take as long as she thought. She can deal with the assassins.Once the details of her life are sorted out and all impediments removed, Hesker takes on a new name for a new life in a new position. She heads to the stars, is reset, and all traces of her previous life are removed from her body... -
Alien Architect Needs a Nanny by Tasha Black
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe’s there to watch over his children, but he’ll have to watch out for his heart.Emelia Robbins works as an admin at the Alien Nanny Agency. She never goes on assignments, but when a desperate client puts out a last-minute plea for help, her boss decides to send her out in the field... -
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Legacy by Tana Stone
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Drexian Academy has four schools and four rules. Beware of the Assassins.Don't cross the Blades.Trust the Irons.The Wings go as one.Break them at your peril.Ariana is the first human instructor at the Drexian Academy and the first female to teach flight to cocky cadets. She’s the best Earth has to offer with a lot to prove... -
Virilian Mail Order Mates, #1-6 by Ella Blake
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Virilian Match ProgramIt seems like a straightforward become mistress to a gorgeous, alien Virilian male until an offspring is produced, then return home with five million dollars.Nothing turns out straightforward for the women who are chosen or the males they are matched to. Danger and adventure might be expected in far-off alien worlds, but none of them expect to fall in love.. -
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Experiment 07h1m by Miranda Martin
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFated. Meant to be. I'll trade my soul to save him.I know he's my fated mate the moment I see his frost-rimed face through the suspended animation chamber's viewport. My heart stops and it feels like the entire universe clicks into place. Like the music of the stars themselves sings our names, calling us together.But life in the bunker is hard... -
Fractured Souls by Anna Carven
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsAlexis Carter is a long way from home, and she doesn't quite understand how she got here. All she knows is that she died once, and now she's alive. She's woken into a nightmare, trapped on a dark ship full of terrifying aliens. With their silver skin and fire-colored eyes, they look a lot like the monsters that once attacked her on Earth. One Kordolian in particular stands out.. -
Draekon Rogue by Lee Savino, Lili Zander
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsI'm caught between two alien warriors, sworn enemies intent on destroying each other. The one thing they agree on: I'm their mate! The prison planet is a dumpster fire. War is coming! The Draekons are on high-alert. I'm freaking out... -
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... -
Balance of Trade by Sharon Lee, Steve Miller
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAssistant Trader Jethri Gobelyn was an honest, hardworking young man who knew a lot about living onboard his family's space-going trade ship; something about trade, finance, and risk-taking; and a little bit about Liadens. It was, oddly enough, the little bit he knew about Liadens that seemed like it might be enough to make his family's fortune, and his own, too... -
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... -
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... -
Command Control by Viola Grace
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMaya worked hard jobs all her life, and a devastating explosion at sea turned her from a hard worker into a crispy critter. Bedridden and blind, she accepts the order from the Volunteer Project and gets herself reset into a body that can move and skin that isn’t black... -
Derrix by Ava York
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDerrix figured a mate would be nothing but asking for trouble.For heartache.Heartbreak. When the teleporter delivers another luscious human female, he can only hope she's not for him.But she is. And unlike the other women, she's happy and excited about her new adventure. They're about to move into a new, dangerous phase of the mission... -
Bedside Manners For Aliens by Dane Griggs
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsan alternate cover edition can be found hereMe: I just can’t stop thinking about you. I know we can’t go further, but I have an idea. Maybe we could sext?L’Vect: What is that?Me: Sexting is when you tell the other person how you want them to touch themselves, and that person describes what it feels like. It’s a sex game.L’Vect: Yes. I want to sext. What do we do next?Me: I will go first... -
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Day's Hunt by Cheree Alsop
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsConfronted with the truth about her origin, Liora has to make a difficult choice that can change the entire fate of the Macrocosm. Battling loss, Ketulans, and the desires of her own heart, Liora confronts an evil she thought long banished from her life and the cosmos. The fight she faces turns out to be the most difficult of her life in more ways than one... -
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... -
Quit by Viola Grace
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMinerva has been acting as Recruiter Norz for years. Her mind can split into eight different directions and propel the bot bodies in areas where the alien might be in danger. When her daughter was taken from her too soon, she had to split her off time between taking care of herself and monitoring her child growing in the tank. In the battle between her and her child, she was losing herself... -
Neutral by Viola Grace
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAriadne loves calligraphy, the pen and ink meeting paper and the strange rituals that go with it. It gives her a focus and a reason to move forward, day by day. The rituals move her along, and it is her skill with the pen that gets her into the Volunteer Program.Training as a scribe brings her to the empire of Hredu as the means to slow the flow of requests to the emperor... -
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... -
Geared Up by Viola Grace
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBorn to master mechanics, she fights her way into the Guardians and finds a path to glory when she gears up.Niad has controlled herself since returning from the Citadel. She has kept out of the public eye and kept off the Guardians’ radar. Her talent is not encouraged by her people, and she is not legally allowed to participate in a rescue, a natural disaster or any law-enforcement actions... -
Tracking by Viola Grace
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIanka has spent years blocking out her sister’s mind and the obsession with finding their parents who had been swept into space by the Tokkel. Finally, Vida has located them and summoned Ianka to help her launch the search. Ianka heads to the mother ship and meets those who will help her gather a group to go out and seek the star and moon base where Vida saw their parents... -
Veiled Vixen by K.C. Cross, J.A. Huss
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAll his other Harem brothers have found their one true love and they are spectacular princesses. Not Valor’s girl.Veila is the definition of evil.Not the kind of girl a guy falls for. Especially a stand-up guy like Valor. He’s not interested in her sexy glow, her pretty hair, or her glowing eyes.No. Valor only wants one thing for his fated princess.Death... -
Broken Wings by Viola Grace
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAn Enjel who lost her wings and everything else learns that there is more to life than a past that can’t be changed.Minerva loses her wings when her home is attacked. She takes control of a mech and walks the bot into battle. When she is removed from the wreckage, it is determined that the bot ceased to work two days earlier and her latent talent has risen... -
Lost and Sound by Viola Grace
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSonic senses and determination take her to the Citadel, but only a sense of purpose can keep her there.Yllin has been raised in privilege and has never felt like it was the right life for her. She honed her skills for sonar as a waitress at a busy restaurant and jumped at the chance to apply for a position in Citadel Ohkhan.Her acceptance is a delightful surprise that isn’t enjoyed by her family... -
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Class Zero by Viola Grace
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsPadana has negotiator training and an imperial bloodline. It makes her valuable to one man in particular…if he can find her.Growing up in the shadow of one of Terra’s champions was a comfortable place to be. Padana was the third child of the Empress Amanda Tyrell of the Haldis Imperium, and she was a very requested bride... -
Bringing Heat by Viola Grace
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHer life on Earth had died decades earlier; helping to bring heat to a frozen world seems like a good use of her time.The love of her life died when they were teens, and Idalia had no plans for any kind of future. When a woman named Minerva arrived near the lighthouse where she spent her days escorting tourists and made Idalia an offer, it was a no-brainer. Nothing or something... -
Twisting Souls by Viola Grace
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAymin lived a normal life until she was told that her brand of talent was forbidden. A tattoo, nanites and a life as a social reject were the result. Backers were supposedly protected by law, but there were ways to torment them, and that is what wracked Aymin each and every day... -
Hidden Instinct by Viola Grace
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsYadeel finds herself fired, kidnapped and threatened with dissection on the same day. Being rescued is needed but it doesn’t turn out the way she expects.Yadeel has been teaching for the last six years as far away from home as she can get without coming back. She gets fired and abducted two weeks from the end of her contract and wakes in a cell... -
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
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
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... -
Kyan's Housewarming Party: A Happily Ever After Epilogue by Starla Night
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCan the security-obsessed warrior Kyan really open his house to strangers — or even family and friends? Will Laura’s good intentions increase their happiness or drive a wedge between them and end in disaster? This is a happily ever after bonus story for Dragon VIP: Kyanite... -
Bonded by Sandra R. Neeley
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsKron is an Elite Warrior of the Cruestaci military.He’s temporarily on Earth as support personnel to the Cruestaci Consul to Earth. He’s basically happy on Earth, making friends easily, performing his duties in an exemplary manner. There is only one thing he can’t do. He can’t get Ginger Buchanan out of his brain... -
Pirating the Alien by Ava Ross
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI’m falling for my space pirate boss, but rogue aliens are after him—and now me.It was a simple job. Sneak aboard a pirate spaceship and steal a precious artifact from the brooding, too-hot captain, Matis. Before I know it, I’ll be on my way back to Earth with enough credits to cure my mom’s sickness... -
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Nanny for the Alien Warrior by Athena Storm, Tara Starr
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI’ve tried my hardest to take care of the kids. I will not let Ryker take them away!My brother died in a protest when Kiphian soldiers shot at the human crowd.He left me his kids and now years later, Ryker wants to take them to live in his palace.See, his sister is their mother. But she died too.He tracked us down to the slum that I live in and offered them a good home with food and education... -
Maid for the Alien King by Athena Storm, Tara Starr
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHe rescued me. And brought me into a whole new world of danger.Talan rescued me from the mountains on one of his hunts.Right off the bat I could tell that I was attracted to this alien warrior. His muscles rippled when he lifted me in the air.Feeling his torso only inflamed my desire.His legs were powerful. His scent was strong... -
Storgin: Warlord Brides by Ava York, Starr Huntress
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI've found her. Touched her silken skin. And then she ran from me.I will do anything to find her.My mate.Storgin is the fourth book of the Warriors of the Golden Meridian, a stand alone series in the Warlord Brides universe... -
Olath: Warlord Brides by Ava York, Starr Huntress
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAll he wants is her. All she wants us to go home.Except the more time she spends with the hulking warrior, the more she has to wonder... what if home is at his side?Even Evelyn can't deny their attraction. Every time she's near him, her heart races, her skin tingles, and heat surges through her belly... -
Embrace the Passion by S.E. Smith, Anna Hackett
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsPets in Space is back! Join us as we unveil eleven original, never-before-published action-filled romances that will heat your blood and warm your heart! New York Times, USA Today and Award-winning authors S.E... -
Barbarian Alien Part 1: Divided by Ruby Dixon
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTwelve humans are left stranded on a wintry alien planet. I’m one of them. Yay, me. In order to survive, we have to take on a symbiont that wants to rewire our bodies to live in this brutal place. I like to call it a cootie. And my cootie’s a jerk, because it also thinks I’m the mate to the biggest, surliest alien of the group. BARBARIAN ALIEN is a sequel to ICE PLANET BARBARIANS...
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