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Song of the Space Siren by Barry J. Hutchison
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 15 ratings"On par with Douglas Adams" - ReadcommendationsCal Carver and his Space Team may have lost their ship, but they haven't lost their knack for attracting trouble. Just hours after setting foot on a new planet, Cal and the crew find themselves caught up in an interplanetary kidnapping plot... -
![Well Fed by Keith C. Blackmore]()
Well Fed by Keith C. Blackmore
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWar pigs. Road savages. And the crumbling asphalt of the open highway. After nearly four years, the zombie epidemic has almost burnt itself out. Gus’s new life on a communal farm is peaceful. The daily routine of policing the fields is rarely disrupted by straying undead. His drinking binges are over. Long days have thrown time over the memories of Annapolis. But this will all change... -
![Are You Scared, Darth Vader? by Adam Rex]()
Are You Scared, Darth Vader? by Adam Rex
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIt's midnight and the moon is full, but Darth Vader isn't scared. OF COURSE I AM NOT SCARED. Nothing can scare Lord Vader! CORRECT. Not monsters or witches or ghosts, and especially not the dark. So what is Darth Vader scared of? Read on in Adam Rex's hilarious and spooky Star Wars tale to find out! YOU WILL LEARN NOTHING... -
![Fireworks for My Dragon Boss by Honey Phillips]()
Fireworks for My Dragon Boss by Honey Phillips
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsHer dragon is turning up the heat! After a series of corporate mergers, Charlotte’s job is hanging by a thread. When her boss orders her to drag an overdue manuscript out of their bestselling author, she’s determined to succeed - even if it means leaving the city for the small Southern town of Fairhaven Falls. She just didn’t expect the elusive author to be so big. And handsome. And winged... -
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![Mistletoe for My Minotaur by Honey Phillips]()
Mistletoe for My Minotaur by Honey Phillips
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsHer minotaur is ready for a holiday treat!The day before Ginger’s family left Fairhaven Falls in disgrace, she made the mistake of kissing her older brother’s best friend. It was the best - and most embarrassing - moment of her life, but she never thought she’d see the big minotaur again.Now she desperately needs his help, but she has secrets she can’t put on those brawny shoulders... -
![Naffon by Honey Phillips]()
Naffon by Honey Phillips
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsA charming alien, a single mom, and an adventurous journey…Dora was fooled once by a charming smile and pretty words; she’s not about to let it happen again, especially now that she has a baby. And especially when those charming smiles come from a reckless, golden-furred alien who irritates her as much as he arouses her.Naffon joined the military looking for adventure... -
![Olivia and the Orc by Honey Phillips]()
Olivia and the Orc by Honey Phillips
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAn orc guard. A kidnapped human. A treacherous journey…The last thing Olivia remembers is celebrating a friend’s birthday. The next thing she knows, she and her friends are being marched across an alien desert by a gang of small lizardmen - and one very large and forbidding green alien... -
![The Search for Splurt by Barry J. Hutchison]()
The Search for Splurt by Barry J. Hutchison
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsThe third part of the laugh-out-loud sci-fi adventure series from the author critics are calling 'the new Douglas Adams.' Cal Carver, petty-criminal turned space adventurer, is on a suicide mission - and he really hates suicide missions. But this time it's to save his best buddy, Splurt, who has been taken prisoner by the the elderly assassin, Lady Vajazzle, and the evil Zertex corporation... -
![Deadbreak by Jorge Sánchez]()
Deadbreak by Jorge Sánchez
Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIt's been three long years since Deadbreak. That's what everyone's calling it – the day the dead rose. Every day since then Jeremiah Reid has had one goal: to make his way to his daughter. It's a new world out there and no one is safe. People are meaner, cities are in ruin, supplies are scarce. If he’s going to have a chance he’ll need his wits, a little bit of luck, and lots of ammo... -
![Alien in Charge by Lili Zander]()
Alien in Charge by Lili Zander
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI have better things to do than babysit a human. And her cat.Someone has attacked the Human Federation Ambassador in Gehar territory, and out of an abundance of caution, the Empress has assigned me to protect the human until the culprit has been caught.The new Ambassador, and her kitten, Luna. (Short for Lunatic.)Yes, seriously... -
![Alien Beast by Lili Zander]()
Alien Beast by Lili Zander
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThis human I’m saddled with is… happy.Cheerful, even.She likes to sing to the cat.Kill me now.A year ago, an explosion – the same explosion that killed my best friend – destroyed me.Ruined me.Made me look like a monster.I’m a shadow of the man I once was.I want to be left alone.Instead… there’s Bella.Bella, who sings when she’s happy.Who likes to talk... -
![Silver Scout by Iona Strom, L.S. Anders]()
Silver Scout by Iona Strom, L.S. Anders
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTikkotMy clan had harbored the enemy from the stars. We had something they wanted, so we struck a deal that had turned sour. Now that our end of the bargain was due, we were scrambling for an alternative payment when one, literally, dropped out of the sky.So, I was sent on a mission to deliver our end of the deal. But the more of the truth I learned, the more wrong my mission felt... -
![Claimed by the Alien Bodyguard by Tiffany Roberts]()
Claimed by the Alien Bodyguard by Tiffany Roberts
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsA retired alien bodyguard. A luscious human female he craves. He’ll do whatever it takes to make her his by Christmas.Gabriela Romero is a single mother struggling to make ends meet. With Christmas fast approaching, she’s lost work, she’s late on rent, and the zeroes in her bank account are on the wrong side of the decimal point... -
![Alpha Collects by Milana Jacks]()
Alpha Collects by Milana Jacks
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIt takes a special kind of Omega to bring an Alpha to his knees. Kind. Sweet. Beautiful. With legs that go on forever, colored eyes, perky protruding nose, funny ears, and… Were was I? Ah yes, I collected one such Omega, and I’m bringing her before my king. I am Tayseer, the Collector, the Legend. And I will deliver my people the queen... -
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![Barbarian's Treat by Ruby Dixon]()
Barbarian's Treat by Ruby Dixon
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe brutal season is underway and the sa-khui tribe needs a break. What better way to shake things up than to celebrate another one of those strange human holidays?Claire suggests that Croatoan’s people enjoy Halloween, and the fun begins as everyone joins in. There are costumes! Vegetable carvings! An ice maze! And a surprise for a beloved couple.This novella features fluff, fluff and more fluff... -
![His Human Assistant by Michele Mills]()
His Human Assistant by Michele Mills
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsI’m a corporate whistleblower running for my life, so I take the first job I can find off planet. Now I’m a lowly assistant for some rich devil named Hannibal Hellstone? And when I say “devil,” I mean DEVIL. As in this guy’s skin is dark red, he has shiny black horns, sharp fangs, silver-tipped claws and a barbed tail. This Hyrrokin is scary AF and his eight-year-old son looks just like him... -
![Atlantis by Mark Tufo, John O'Brien]()
Atlantis by Mark Tufo, John O'Brien
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsJack, Mike and Trip were ripped from their loved ones and thrown into a dangerous world they know nothing about, relentlessly pursued by Night Runners, Zombies and a terrifying new creature known only as Whistlers. Like their own worlds, civilization has collapsed and danger lurks around every corner... -
![Undercover Orc by Ava Ross]()
Undercover Orc by Ava Ross
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsShe’s doesn’t do anything spontaneous or wild . . . until a hot orc dares her to try something new.Bailey: As head librarian in my small town, I take my job seriously. So when I hear a sound in the library’s attic while I’m working late and alone, and then a big, green, muscular orc creeps up behind me, I smack him in the head with a stapler... -
![Sludgment Day by John Kloepfer, Steve Wolfhard]()
Sludgment Day by John Kloepfer, Steve Wolfhard
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe maul of America!It’s been two days since a zombie virus turned Zack Clarke’s parents, neighbors, and most of the country into brain-munching fiends... -
![The Bleeding Heartland by Jake Bible]()
The Bleeding Heartland by Jake Bible
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe American Midwest- a bucolic ideal that hasn’t quite translated to the zombie apocalypse. Instead of open arms and welcoming faces, there are now open mouths and ravenous Zs. The blue collar drive to work hard is now a red-mouthed hunger for flesh... -
![Rocky Mountain Die by Jake Bible]()
Rocky Mountain Die by Jake Bible
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom Asheville to Knoxville, Cannibal Road to the Tomb, Jace Stanford and the Whispering Pines survivors have been on the run and fighting for their lives non-stop. Now, with the plains to their backs, the crew are just steps from their destination: The Stronghold of Boulder, CO. All they have to do is make it through the nightmare that is Denver, CO... -
![My Foxy Mate by Susan Trombley]()
My Foxy Mate by Susan Trombley
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDaviniaSell over a million dollars of programmable hover vacs in a month, get a hefty commission check, and win an all-expenses paid trip to Ubaid Space Station.That’s the promise, and I deliver on my end of the bargain. What I get for my trouble is a “supervised” guided tour of the station, surrounded by other humans... -
![Snake Believe by Karla Doyle]()
Snake Believe by Karla Doyle
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCORASent to Screaming Woods to write a fluff piece on its resident monsters, I'm ready to meet hairy beasts, ogres, vampires… Heck, I even have an interview scheduled with an actual invisible man. What I'm not prepared for? A snake man. I'm terrified of snakes... -
![Committed by Evangeline Anderson]()
Committed by Evangeline Anderson
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings★This is the story of the very first Kindred Bride★A woman locked in a mental asylum for her visions of the future...A cybernetic warrior who can enter her dreams...Together, they must escape to save the Earth from certain ruin.But will they be in time?What if the Kindred had never come to Earth?The Eye of Ten'gu, trapped beneath the Hell's Gate station, wants to ensure they don't... -
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![Oops, I Elf'd it Again by Ava Ross]()
Oops, I Elf'd it Again by Ava Ross
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI’m teaching a gorgeous elf how to fit in with humans and now I’m falling in love.With thirty-six looming on my horizon, I’m determined to have a child. I don’t need romance. I don’t need love. And definitely don’t need a happily ever after... -
![Christmas with an Alien by Tana Stone]()
Christmas with an Alien by Tana Stone
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen an alien comes to Earth during the holidays with a list, personal shopper Caroline is tasked to help him find everything he wants… but what he wants is a bride. Caroline isn’t a Scrooge, but the weeks leading to Christmas are not her favorite. The personal shopping department where she works is insanely busy and the clients have crazy requests... -
![From Vangar, With Love: Sci Fi Alien Romance Love Letters by Julie K. Cohen]()
From Vangar, With Love: Sci Fi Alien Romance Love Letters by Julie K. Cohen
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHer letters are filled with love… but they’re for the male I’m pretending to be.For two years I’ve been writing to a human female… and falling for her.She’s sweet and strong, but she doesn’t know the real me.Or what I’ve done.And she just arrived on my planet.To marry the man I’ve been pretending to be... -
![Bigfoot's Bride: Arranged Marriage Monster Romance by Candace Ayers]()
Bigfoot's Bride: Arranged Marriage Monster Romance by Candace Ayers
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe mate-matching algorithm worked for dragon shifters, so why not try it with the sasquatch population?Yes, there is a sasquatch population.They live secluded from humans, known only through myths and legends—and that's how they like it!So....Now they want human females to join their society and become mates to the hairy beasts?How do they plan to make that work, exactly?Gruffydd doesn't know... -
![While You Were Creeping by Poppy Rhys]()
While You Were Creeping by Poppy Rhys
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI had zero plans to spend Christmas with an alien convict, yet here I am. In possession of a misplaced interdimensional prison with no idea how to return to sender.Worse yet, this convict has no respect for personal space. It only goes downhill from there when, in a moment of desperation, I strike a bargain with him—be my Krampus for the annual Kringle Parade... -
![Estate Of The Dead by Jake Bible]()
Estate Of The Dead by Jake Bible
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsJace Stanford has lost family, friends, and his arm to the zombie apocalypse that hit his formerly quiet, American subdivision of Whispering Pines. But he has also gained new allies, a new sense of purpose, and something he never in a million years would have thought would be a plus: the cannibal savant known as Elsbeth... -
![Cannibal Road by Jake Bible]()
Cannibal Road by Jake Bible
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsForced from their home of Asheville, North Carolina, Jace Stanford's family, along with a convoy of suburbanites, misfits, criminals, and soldiers, must battle their way through the I-40 corridor of Eastern Tennessee... -
![Uptown Ogre by Ava Ross]()
Uptown Ogre by Ava Ross
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA suit-wearing ogre is pretending to be my boyfriend, and I think I’m falling in love.After being ousted from my small town by an underhanded wedding planner who is also now my ex, I moved to Monsterville for a fresh start. There, I find myself in direct competition with the hottest ogre in town, Raze. He’s too cocky and snobby for his own good, and he wears designer suits and ties all the time... -
![Arckon by Ava Ross, Alana Khan]()
Arckon by Ava Ross, Alana Khan
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMy destination wedding on an interstellar cruise ship just took a turn for the worse. Or was it actually a turn for the better?There’s nothing more embarrassing than having my fiancée’s girlfriend shriek “no, stop!” in the middle of my wedding. Except nearly passing out at my now ex’s feet... -
![Mated on Hades by Golden Angel]()
Mated on Hades by Golden Angel
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe Celestial Mates agency always knows what - or who - you need. Tarrik would do anything to avoid breaking his mother's heart, so he begrudgingly signs up for Celestial Mates and agrees to come home and settle down once the agency finds his match. There's just one catch: he's not ready to give up his free and easy life traveling the galaxy... -
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![Her Alien Ghost by Michele Mills]()
Her Alien Ghost by Michele Mills
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFirebrook Castle is haunted. What utter nonsense! I never believe silly ghost stories… until I suddenly inherit the crumbling Firebrook estate. And now I’m a human bravely staying the night in an old ruin to prove that tales of ghostly Hyrrokin soldiers are just that…tall tales... -
![Married to Krampus by Marina Simcoe]()
Married to Krampus by Marina Simcoe
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMy husband has horns, hooves, fur, and a tail.His Krampus-like appearance didn’t scare me away from marrying him. Forever an optimist, I eagerly agreed to be the first bride shipped under the new liaison program to Voran, a country on the newly discovered planet Neron. The Colonel also has two little boys—a huge plus for me since I adore children... -
![The Seaquel by Mo O'Hara]()
The Seaquel by Mo O'Hara
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen Tom's big brother decides to become an Evil Scientist, his first experiment involves dunking Frankie the goldfish into toxic green gunk. Tom knows that there is only one thing to do: Zap the fish with a battery and bring him back to life! But there's something weird about the new Frankie. He's now a BIG FAT ZOMBIE GOLDFISH with hypnotic powers . . -
![Alive for Now by Bob Howard]()
Alive for Now by Bob Howard
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThis is an alternate cover edition for B01A4YRRTI Set on the coast of South Carolina, an unknown infection has caused people to die and come back to life as reanimated corpses, attacking any living person. This is the story of the survival of one man who was the benefactor of a shelter that helped him to live through the onslaught of the infected dead... -
![Her Alien Ex-Con by Michele Mills]()
Her Alien Ex-Con by Michele Mills
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsI’m on the Omega 9 space station in the midst of a bungled prison transfer. Handcuffed to a scary, impossibly tall, satanic-looking convict. Holy hell. And I’m on the run with him because it turns out he’s breaking out of prison?He’s rough, bossy and throws flash-flames from his distended jaw... -
![My Chameleon Mate by Susan Trombley]()
My Chameleon Mate by Susan Trombley
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsVeraI accidentally launched an escape pod on my miserable honeymoon—with me on it—and crash-landed in the middle of an alien jungle on a forbidden “emerging civilization” planet, breaking about a hundred Cosmic Syndicate laws.Oh, and I robbed a hot lizard guy with sexy black eyes, the most colorful scales I’ve ever seen, and a powerful prehensile tail that curls up like a cinnamon roll... -
![Inked By The Ithaqua by Wendi Guff]()
Inked By The Ithaqua by Wendi Guff
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsINKED BY A MONSTER—sounds cool, right?Until the guy accidentally imprinted on me. What was supposed to be a birthday gift to myself backfired in my face.How was I to know when I told him ‘surprise me’ that the fine-ass monster man would somehow embed his essence into my tattoo.Or that I’d come from his skilled fingers tapping a needle full of ink into my back... -
![Oh No, I Crashed A Spaceship And Kissed An Assassin by Kate Sinner]()
Oh No, I Crashed A Spaceship And Kissed An Assassin by Kate Sinner
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsRelationships aren’t built on secrets, and I’ve got a big one.I’ve got to be the unluckiest person alive. I mean, abducted by aliens? What are the chances? Only these aliens, they’ve got another thing coming if they think I’m just going to lie here and take it. Just wait till I find myself a weapon.When my spaceship crashes--because, of course--just outside the Alien Hotel, I decide to check in... -
![Alien's Feral Seed by Aya Morningstar]()
Alien's Feral Seed by Aya Morningstar
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAbducted. Taken to a hellish alien world. And it only gets worse.Horrifying creatures called the Vereni are out for my blood,But my abductor is an alien warrior who claims he's my protector.He says there's only one thing that will truly keep me safe.His seed.To protect me, he fights through the Vereni with a ferocity and possessiveness that no human man has ever shown me... -
![The Lost by Michael John Grist]()
The Lost by Michael John Grist
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratings7 billion zombies. 1 little girl.When the zombie apocalypse claims America, only 1 in 10 million survive.Anna is one of them. She's 5 years old. She likes banana milkshakes and Alice in Wonderland. She's alone in a world full of danger that she cannot understand... -
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![Metal and Ash by Jake Bible]()
Metal and Ash by Jake Bible
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhat began in the wasteland of DEAD MECH, continued alongside in Europe and Asia in The Americans, now has its epic conclusion in Metal and Ash!Commander James Capreze and his team of mech pilots no longer must battle just zombies, cannibals, religious cults and the ever dreaded dead mechs... -
![American Werewolf in Space by Alisha Sunderland]()
American Werewolf in Space by Alisha Sunderland
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOn board this spaceship I’m only certain of two things:1. The movies lied to me.2. I’m about to mark an alien and take him like the beast I am. Look, I didn’t believe in aliens either — until I was abducted by them.Waking up on board a spacecraft among several other naked, terrified women prisoners mostly ruled out my government lab fears. Thank God... -
![Zerberu by Athena Storm]()
Zerberu by Athena Storm
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLibrarian's Note: An alternate cover for this ASIN can be found here.Probably not a good sign when you start reading the refund policy on your mail order bride… Vera Kronus has only one choice after a long criminal career. Stay shackled and wait for her transport to a brutal prison planet or switch her ID and be sent to who knows where in the galaxy. She chooses the second option... -
![My Orc-y Breaky Heart by Ava Ross]()
My Orc-y Breaky Heart by Ava Ross
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIs my hot orc neighbor my crush or is he actually my soulmate?My hunky orc neighbor, Vrok, who I'd love to get to know better, keeps ignoring me. But when he overhears me reading the draft of my steamy romance novel out loud, he tells me he has ideas to make the male point of view better.Yeah, sure... -
![Alien Pleasures by Sinistre Ange]()
Alien Pleasures by Sinistre Ange
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDesperate to escape Earth and the overbearing chieftan who wants to make her one of his miserable wives, Shansa's only option is to flee with the Torians who visit her village regularly. The alien traders are willing to do just about anything for the right price, and Shansa's in no position to bargain over their terms... -
![Tinsel & Tusks by Ava Ross]()
Tinsel & Tusks by Ava Ross
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI’m snowed in during the holiday season with a gorgeous but grumpy orc businessman. Can I make his heart jingle all the way?When the blizzard of the century hits my small New England town, I'm stuck spending Christmas in my tiny home with only Milo, my mischievous pup...
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