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R'jaal's Resonance by Ruby Dixon
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsR'jaal has waited many turns of the seasons for his khui to resonate, only to be disappointed time and time again. But when he is taken captive by strange beings hiding in the very tunnels of the fruit caves, he wakes up to find himself in a strange underground cage. Also in the cage? A very pretty unfamiliar human female. She says her name is Rosalind. She makes his khui sing... -
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Checkmate by Jaye Pratt
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsTeam Zeus were designed to protect Jolie and they swore that they would do whatever it takes to keep her safe, even if that meant she would never forgive them. They have been trying for years to take down the owner of Olympia Corp–Mr. Z. Which has proven easier said than done... -
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180 Proof Vega by Santino Hassell
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEmilio Vega is a shit-talking, eighteen-year-old gunrunner who is dragged out of the world of crime he grew up in, and forced to work for a covert organization that deals in assassination and political intrigue.The full version of Volume 1 is expected to be published in 2015.Note: The first three parts of Volume 1 are available for free on the author's GR profile... -
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His Little Turquoise by Paige Michaels
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt’s Mia’s turn to find out what it means to have a Papi of her own. After a bad relationship with a fake Daddy Dom, Mia has been nurturing her Little in the privacy of her own apartment. She hasn’t gone to a club in two years. It’s too scary. It’s easier to pretend she has the perfect man in her life than put herself out there and take a risk... -
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![Lover from the Waves by Tiffany Roberts]()
Lover from the Waves by Tiffany Roberts
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA lonely widow. A determined kraken. An attraction they can’t resist.Long ago, the sea took Kathryn’s husband. She never thought it would give anything back. But now that her children are grown with little ones of their own, she finds her eyes drawn more and more to those restless waters—and she sees part of herself reflected in them. Something out there calls to her... -
![Beyond Doubt by Kit Rocha]()
Beyond Doubt by Kit Rocha
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThis BREN & SIX novella contains massive spoilers for the Beyond series. It is meant for existing fans of the series who want to get a glimpse of what life looks like for their favorite characters after The End. It may be confusing and unsatisfying for readers not familiar with the world and characters... -
![Rogue Enforcer by Grace Goodwin]()
Rogue Enforcer by Grace Goodwin
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCormac of Styx Legion knows his value to his people. He is an enforcer, a weapon to be wielded, an executioner. Nothing more. He is accepted but not loved. Feared but not welcomed. He is part of his legion, brutal, efficient and utterly alone.When he receives a coded message claiming he has been matched with an Interstellar Bride, he knows the match must be a terrible miscalculation... -
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Games & Players by Manna Francis
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsIt's all fun and games until somebody loses...Socioanalysts can read minds and motives at a glance, predict the future, manipulate the smallest actions of their unwitting puppets, and crush careers with a single word...or so the popular rumors say. Their arrival is dreaded everywhere in the European Administration, even the Investigation and Interrogation Division... -
![For Certain Values of Family by Manna Francis]()
For Certain Values of Family by Manna Francis
Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsEvery silver lining has a cloud. After the revolution, stability returns for most of the citizens of the European Administration. Revolution has delivered a little more freedom, if not as much as its architects hoped. Some, however, are finding that change also brings more complications and fresh dangers... -
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Beyond Forever by Kit Rocha
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsBefore they were the King and Queen… Six years before the Beyond series started, an ambitious bootlegger named Dallas O’Kane caught a very pretty thief named Lex with her hand in his safe. The rest is very sexy history... -
![The Forgotten by K.A. Knight]()
The Forgotten by K.A. Knight
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsThe rules of Paradise are simple: Everyone must work. Everyone must contribute. If you leave, you may never come back. Paradise is the new world, to question that is to question the law. They have been drilled into us since the world ended and those bunker doors shut... -
![The Alien's Revenge by Ella Maven]()
The Alien's Revenge by Ella Maven
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 16 ratings"All I lived for was revenge. Until her."Miranda: I'm on a strange planet surrounded by blue aliens and women who clearly have Stockholm Syndrome. I'm not content to pump out alien babies and have dinner cooking for my guy after he returns from a long day of hunting and gathering... -
![Miscreants: Next Generation by Natalie Bennett]()
Miscreants: Next Generation by Natalie Bennett
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLove is madness.Love is anguish.Ours was ill-fated from the beginning. From best friends, to almost lovers, to this.We were poetry. The kind that bled and wept.We’d become a mess of euphoric bliss and mind-numbing pain.I promised to follow him until the bitter end, but after far too long I needed to go home.The odds would be stacked against me in every way.He’d come after me, of that I was sure... -
![Tracked by Heather Sunseri, Paul Heitsch]()
Tracked by Heather Sunseri, Paul Heitsch
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTracked, fourth in the Mindspeak series, can be listened to as a stand-alone novel.A year-old murder in the rainforest of Costa Rica haunts Raven MacMillan. Details of the tragedy she witnessed remain suppressed deep inside her subconscious. When circumstances force her to return to the scene of the crime, someone makes it abundantly clear: Raven isn't welcome... -
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![Renegades: Badlands Next Generation by Natalie Bennett]()
Renegades: Badlands Next Generation by Natalie Bennett
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOf the devil’s flesh and bone, the prince is ready to claim his throne.I want power.Cam wants penance.I've got a black cult religion backing my decisions.He's got demons hungry for carnage.Everything was going smoothly.Until her.She's the forbidden fruit we're supposed to beware of, but something carnal is growing between us... -
![Playing with Fire by Manna Francis]()
Playing with Fire by Manna Francis
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAnother short story in The Administration series.Toreth gets angry after Warrick tells him about his one night stand. He realizes he is a jealous hypocrite but doesn't really know what to do. Sara steps in to help... -
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Game, Set by Manna Francis
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAnother not-so-short story in The Administration series. Toreth gets saddled with a Socioanalyst, who just so happenes to know Warrick from long back... -
![Wait For It by Manna Francis]()
Wait For It by Manna Francis
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAnother short story in The Administration series.Warrick asks Toreth to wait for it as long as he can stand it. It being sex... -
![Boy's Toys by Manna Francis]()
Boy's Toys by Manna Francis
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAnother short story in The Administration series.Warrick finds a new kink: guns... -
![Veraza's Choice by Susan Trombley]()
Veraza's Choice by Susan Trombley
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNew Omni is currently safe, protected within the sanctuary of the ancilla forest, but the leaders of the settlement know that the murderous artificial intelligence that controls the Nexus won’t give up on its mission to destroy them. Gray has foreseen a future where he can negotiate a lasting truce with NEX, but the price of that peace is Evie...Categorized as:
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![Zaku by Iona Strom]()
Zaku by Iona Strom
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI would have to break every Moktian law to claim my female.ZakuWar was imminent on the small, blue planet the humans call Earth. I was only meant to guide the human geneticists toward the answers she sought to avoid the brewing global conflict... -
![Summoned by Eve Vaughn]()
Summoned by Eve Vaughn
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI thought we were untouchable, safe from The Registry and the invaders who essentially turned my people into their slaves. But my idyllic life was brought to an abrupt end when the Enforcers ripped us from our homes, tearing families apart. I was certain my defiance of the new laws would surely result in my death until I heard that fateful Breeder... -
![Shadow Assassin by Erin Raegan]()
Shadow Assassin by Erin Raegan
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLondon Taken from my home. Imprisoned on an alien planet. Toyed with. Moved around like a pawn. Terrified. Angry. These are all things that sum up the last few days of my life. Confused. Curious. Anxious. Captivated. All the things that sum up the days that follow. I don’t know what’s going to happen from today to tomorrow. All I know for sure is that I hate him. He infuriates me... -
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![Chaos by Laurie Roma]()
Chaos by Laurie Roma
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsKatra Tesera is a female Dragon Warrior on a mission. Unsatisfied with the life her family wishes for her back on her home world, she seeks something more for her own future. When the opportunity to visit Earth arises, Katra is eager for the excitement and adventure of traveling the stars... -
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Thrive by E.M. Raegan
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe days are blurring together. I can’t seem to keep my eyes open at night. Terror follows us everywhere we go. Nowhere is safe. It’s spreading. Thriving. We can’t outrun it. All we can do is bunker down and pray it passes us by. But that’s wishful thinking. The ravaged will find us and there’s not a thing we can do to stop them. They are everywhere. I haven’t seen him. I haven’t spoken to him... -
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![Silver Solace by Iona Strom]()
Silver Solace by Iona Strom
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAggarHer face has haunted me ever since she wriggled out of my hold. I had returned, and my mission was to honor the human females who perished in the crash, scavenge what I could from the ship, and find the one who got away. Before I could catch her again, I was recalled. The settlement had fallen under attack, and my clan of exiles was on the move... -
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![Jackal by Tarryn Fisher, Willow Aster]()
Jackal by Tarryn Fisher, Willow Aster
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsJackal Emerson has never taken himself seriously. Dubbed the “orgy king,” he’s renowned for his reputation as the wild End Man. But with the uprising on the horizon and his best friend missing, Jackal is having a hard time living the same carefree existence. And then he meets a thief and everything changes.Phoenix Moyo, principal dancer of a notorious ballet company, lives a life of rigidity... -
![The Arcav King's Obsession by Hope Hart]()
The Arcav King's Obsession by Hope Hart
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsHe Stole Her Life... ...Can he Win Her Heart? Just a few weeks ago, Harlow was living her life on Earth- locking up bad guys and drinking beers with her fellow cops after shift.She never wanted to be the Arcav King's mate. Unfortunately, she was outplayed. Now, Harlow must learn how to rule over an alien species, while making room for her mate's giant... ego... -
![Dying to Love by Reese Rivers]()
Dying to Love by Reese Rivers
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 21 ratings662 - Days since the dead rose up413 - Days since I've spoken to another living human4 - Men who have climbed my fence looking for safety1 - Last chance for LoveKelsey survived the start of the apocalypse and thrived in the new world with help from her friends but now they're gone... -
![Dying for Rain by B.B. Easton]()
Dying for Rain by B.B. Easton
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsWhat could be worse than knowing the exact day the world is going to end?Waking up to find out that it didn’t. The post-April 23 world is a lawless, senseless, ruthless place, but it’s not loveless. At least, not for Rain and Wes... -
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Fighting for Rain by B.B. Easton
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsThe world was supposed to end on April 23, but Rainbow Williams’s world ended days before that. The mass hysteria caused by the impending apocalypse claimed everything she’d ever loved. Her family. Her city. Her will to live. Until she met him. Wes Parker didn’t have anything left for the apocalypse to take…he’d already lost it all by the time he was nine-years-old. His family. His home... -
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![Beneath Blood and Bone by Madeline Sheehan, Claire C. Riley]()
Beneath Blood and Bone by Madeline Sheehan, Claire C. Riley
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIt is the end of the world…They call him Eagle. Like the grand and beautiful animal that symbolizes freedom. And during these dark times, when humanity is full of nothing but suffering, a man with such a powerful name should be a beacon of hope.He is anything but. Her name is Autumn. Though she hasn’t said this name, or much of anything else, in the four years since the fall of civilization... -
![Ruby City by Astrid Cole]()
Ruby City by Astrid Cole
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNineteen-year-old Ruby Kilstrong gets to attend Diamond City’s most prestigious college, study history, eat pizza, and play fastball in her free time—which she is not so great at. On top of that, she gets to live at the palace with Allseer Louis Kilstrong like royalty. The only downside is she can’t remember her life past the last year... -
![Stray Omega by Lizzy Bequin]()
Stray Omega by Lizzy Bequin
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn a world where only the strong survivelove is a weakness I can’t afford.The Quarantine Zone is a dangerous place for a stray omega. As a child of the wilderness, I do what I must to survive.Foraging. Scavenging. Stealing if I have to.And most important of all, hiding.Whenever my heat comes, I must hide myself away, deep underground where the alphas cannot smell me... -
![Traitor by Emmy Chandler]()
Traitor by Emmy Chandler
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“I have no business even thinking about using her as bait.” Sold into slavery as a teenager, Mallory Landrum was held captive by Varian Roys until she was coerced into testifying against him, and despite their promise to protect her, the corrupt government of Kallisto sends her to Rhodon... -
![Chained by Susanne Valenti]()
Chained by Susanne Valenti
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTerrified of the contamination and the creatures it has created, humanity hides behind The Wall. No one knows what lies beyond the wasteland. Maya has never thought much about what might still be out there, lurking in the forgotten places. But when she's thrust into the unknown, she is forced to question everything she has ever been told. Not everyone outside died, some of them became something.. -
![Amaya's Old Fashioned Daddy: Hebe by Dark Angel, Sinistre Ange]()
Amaya's Old Fashioned Daddy: Hebe by Dark Angel, Sinistre Ange
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAmaya has always felt deprived of a real childhood. Her parents were more interested in social status and their business than anything else, and she and her siblings were expected to fall in line. From watching her friends, Amaya knows her childhood wasn't normal and so when she reads about the prison planet Hebe where nonviolent criminals can choose to be sent, she's immediately interested... -
![Cursed Opal by Kathryn Ann Kingsley]()
Cursed Opal by Kathryn Ann Kingsley
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHugo Finch saved Opal’s life…but now his dark secret might kill them both.Opal had received a lot of propositions in her career, but none were as tempting as when the commander of the West Wind Dominion offered to save her life. But like all things, it would come at a price. What he would have to do to save her would leave her...not human.But Hugo Finch was not entirely what he seemed... -
![Velvet Glove: Volume V by Sean Michael]()
Velvet Glove: Volume V by Sean Michael
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe fifth installment of the Velvet Glove series about an exclusive men's BDSM club, features three works: Three to Heal, Rock Stars and Size Queens and Fits Like a Glove... -
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Ajax by Olivia Hutchinson
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt's not easy being a girl, especially when there are only a few thousand of you left in the galaxy.Ajax fell from the sky on the same day my entire world shifted on its axis. The little safety I had was ripped away in a single morning, leaving me alone and destitute on an alien moon... -
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![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... -
![All Work And No Play by Manna Francis]()
All Work And No Play by Manna Francis
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAnother short story in The Administration series.New juniors are coming in at I&I and Warrick is severely distracted by work... -
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Sunday by Manna Francis
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAnother short story in The Administration series... -
![His Rebellious Mate by Maddie Taylor]()
His Rebellious Mate by Maddie Taylor
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsStaunchly loyal Eryn Lockwood heads up security on the USIF Odyssey, an all-female research ship charged with finding a new world to call home. Her team is guarding a group of scientists exploring an uninhabited planet when they are set upon by a band of powerful alien warriors...
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