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Age of Deception by T.A. White
Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsWar hero and daughter to two Houses, Kira is just beginning to learn how deep the rabbit hole goes. Agreeing to accompany her father’s people back to their homeworld, Kira Forrest prepares for the fight of her life. She’s agreed to undertake the Trial of the Broken, a rite of passage every member of her father’s House must pass...Categorized as:
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![The Darkness Outside Us by Eliot Schrefer]()
The Darkness Outside Us by Eliot Schrefer
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsTwo boys, alone in space.After the first settler on Titan trips her distress signal, neither remaining country on Earth can afford to scramble a rescue of its own, and so two sworn enemies are installed in the same spaceship.Ambrose wakes up on the Coordinated Endeavor, with no memory of a launch... -
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Light by Michael Grant
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 43 ratingsIt's been over a year since all the adults disappeared. Gone.In the time since every person over the age of fourteen disappeared from the town of Perdido Beach, California, countless battles have been fought: battles against hunger and lies and plague, and epic battles of good against evil... -
![Born of Fire by Sherrilyn Kenyon]()
Born of Fire by Sherrilyn Kenyon
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsIn a universe where assassins make the law, everyone lives in fear--except for Syn. Born of an illicit scandal that once rocked a dynasty, he always knew how to survive on the bloodthirsty streets. But that was then, and the future is now…Syn was raised as a tech-thief until his livelihood uncovered a truth that could end his life... -
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![Lab Rat One by Andrea K. Höst]()
Lab Rat One by Andrea K. Höst
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsPart 2 of the Touchstone trilogy:In the months since Cassandra Devlin walked off Earth onto another planet, she has grappled with everything from making blankets to helping psychics battle the memories of monsters. Not able to find a way home, she has instead gained friends and a purpose... -
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Possession in Death by J.D. Robb
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 20 ratings“The devil killed my body. I cannot fight, I cannot find. I cannot free her. You must. You are the one. We speak to the dead... -
![Bone Rider by J. Fally]()
Bone Rider by J. Fally
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsRiley Cooper is on the run. Misha Tokarev, the love of his life, turned out to be an assassin for the Russian mob, and when it comes to character flaws, Riley draws the line at premeditated murder. Alien armor system McClane is also on the run, for reasons that include accidentally crashing a space ship into Earth and evading U.S. military custody... -
![Aurora Burning by Amie Kaufman, Jay Kristoff]()
Aurora Burning by Amie Kaufman, Jay Kristoff
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 42 ratingsOur heroes are back… kind of. From the bestselling co-authors of the Illuminae Files comes the second book in the epic series about a squad of misfits, losers, and discipline cases who just might be the galaxy’s best hope for survival.First, the bad news: an ancient evil—you know, your standard consume-all-life-in-the-galaxy deal—is about to be unleashed... -
![Lady Luck by K.C. Cross, J.A. Huss]()
Lady Luck by K.C. Cross, J.A. Huss
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLuck knew two things when he left Harem Station months ago. One. The silver-haired Cygnian Princess Nyleena was still safely frozen away in her cryopod. And two. There was a good chance she was his soul mate. He left anyway. Nyleena is what you might call feisty. Or sassy. Or maybe just… feral. She is wild. Much too wild for Luck’s taste. But now that he’s home there’s no way to deny it... -
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Tempest by Miranda Bridges, Kyra Snow
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsI’m in my birthday suit, but I’m not ready to party.When I wake up on a strange planet, my first thought is not to go streaking. Actually, it’s to find some clothes and avoid the local natives.Too bad they find me first.Instead of probing me like a normal alien, they make me their prized possession. Yay, right? Nope... -
![Defending the Galaxy by Maria V. Snyder]()
Defending the Galaxy by Maria V. Snyder
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsYear 2522. Oh. My. Stars.Junior Officer Ara Lawrence here, reporting for duty. Again. It's situation critical for the security team and everyone in the base - including my parents - with a new attack from the looters imminent, a possible galaxy-wide crime conspiracy and an unstoppable alien threat. But this all pales in the face of my mind-blowing discovery about the Q-net... -
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Fear by Michael Grant
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 47 ratingsIt's been one year since all the adults disappeared. Gone.Despite the hunger and the lies, even despite the plague, the kids of Perdido Beach are determined to survive. Creeping into the tenuous new world they've built, though, is perhaps the worst incarnation yet of the enemy known as the Darkness: fear... -
![The 5th Gender by G.L. Carriger, Gail Carriger]()
The 5th Gender by G.L. Carriger, Gail Carriger
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA species that has no word for murder, has a murderer aboard their spaceship. ALIEN Tristol lives in exile. But he’s built a life for himself aboard a human space station. He’s even begun to understand the complex nuances of human courting rituals... -
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Raksha by Frankie Rose
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratings** Please note: The title of Raksha has been changed to Halo **She has no name. She has her knives; her training; her halo. The first and second give her the tools and the skill to defeat the opponents she is pitched against each month. The third frees her from pain and fear. From any kind of emotion at all. Everything is as it should be... -
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![Chasing the Shadows by Maria V. Snyder]()
Chasing the Shadows by Maria V. Snyder
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsYear 2522. Lyra Daniels is dead.Okay, so I only died for sixty-six seconds. But when I came back to life, I got a brand new name and a snazzy new uniform. Go me! Seriously, though, it's very important that Lyra Daniels stays dead, at least as far as my ex-friend Jarren, the murdering looter, knows.While dying is the scariest thing that's happened to me, it morphed my worming skills... -
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Plague by Michael Grant
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 50 ratingsIt's been eight months since all the adults disappeared. GONE.They've survived hunger. They've survived lies. But the stakes keep rising, and the dystopian horror keeps building. Yet despite the simmering unrest left behind by so many battles, power struggles, and angry divides, there is a momentary calm in Perdido Beach... -
![Hunt the Stars by Jessie Mihalik]()
Hunt the Stars by Jessie Mihalik
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsThe critically acclaimed author of Polaris Rising takes readers on an exciting journey with the start of her brand-new series about a female bounty hunter and the man who is her sworn enemy.Octavia Zarola would do anything to keep her tiny, close-knit bounty hunting crew together—even if it means accepting a job from Torran Fletcher, a ruthless former general and her sworn enemy...Categorized as:
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![Nyxia Unleashed by Scott Reintgen]()
Nyxia Unleashed by Scott Reintgen
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsGetting to Eden brought Emmett and his crewmates one step closer to their promised fortune. But surviving Eden may be the biggest reward of all.Emmett Atwater thought Babel’s game sounded easy. Get points. Get paid. Go home. But it didn’t take long for him to learn that Babel’s competition was full of broken promises, none darker or more damaging than the last one... -
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Defy The Ravaged by E.M. Raegan
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMy name is Willow.His name is Jason.He hated me. I hated him— while silently hiding how much all that hate hurt deep down inside me. But all that was before. Before everything changed. Before I woke up to gunshots and screaming and death.Now he still hates me, along with his Uncle Paulie and their club brothers. But I don’t hate him. I can’t, not after he came for me. Not after he saved me...Categorized as:
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Rise of the Demon by Diana Rowland
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe long-awaited ninth book in the Demon series returns to the adventures of Kara Gillian and the supernatural threats that surround her Kara’s drastic ceasefire deal with the formidable demon Imperator Dekkak slowed the attacks on Earth to a trickle, but her troubles are far from over... -
![Clan and Conviction by Tracy St. John]()
Clan and Conviction by Tracy St. John
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe drug Delir is sweeping the Kalquorian Empire, leaving madness and death in its wake. Investigator Dramok Gelan has already lost his enforcer partner in a deadly shootout because of the case. With no clues or suspects, he despairs of putting an end to the epidemic. Then a familiar face enters the picture: new partner and former lover Nobek Wynhod... -
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Ascension Saga: 2 - Trinity, Part 2 by Grace Goodwin
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLeoron of Alera has learned the truth about his new mate's identity, but landed in the hands of her enemies. The time for secrets is over... Welcome to the Interstellar Brides® all new Ascension Saga and the planet Alera, where women from Earth not only find their mates, but fight to rule the world... -
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Crashed on an Ice World by Anna Hackett
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHe’s her boss. She’s his best friend. These two deep-space convoy security specialists are fighting their simmering attraction…until a starship crash on a deadly ice world changes everything.Elana Korra loves her security job as a medic on the convoy ship, the Sky Nomad…except for the fact that she’s in love with her boss... -
![Vexing Voss by Gail Koger]()
Vexing Voss by Gail Koger
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFor Voss, a Coletti Warlord, conquering the universe is a piece of cake. After all, he's a master of psychic seduction; no one can resist him when he sets his mind to it.Zoey Jones is determined to find her mother's killer. Surrendering to a fierce Coletti warrior is the last thing on her mind... -
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![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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![Alight by Scott Sigler]()
Alight by Scott Sigler
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratings“If it’s war they want, they messed with the wrong girl.”M. Savage—or Em, as she is called—has made a bewildering and ominous discovery. She and the other young people she was chosen to lead awoke in strange coffins with no memory of their names or their pasts. They faced an empty, unknown place of twisting tunnels and human bones... -
![Their Fractured Light by Amie Kaufman, Meagan Spooner]()
Their Fractured Light by Amie Kaufman, Meagan Spooner
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsA year ago, Flynn Cormac and Jubilee Chase made the now infamous Avon Broadcast, calling on the galaxy to witness for their planet, and protect them from destruction. Some say Flynn’s a madman, others whisper about conspiracies. Nobody knows the truth...Categorized as:
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![A Million Worlds with You by Claudia Gray]()
A Million Worlds with You by Claudia Gray
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsA million universes. A million dangers. One destiny.The fate of the multiverse rests in Marguerite Caine’s hands. Marguerite has been at the center of a cross-dimensional feud since she first traveled to another universe using her parents’ invention, the Firebird... -
![The Lasaran by Dianne Duvall]()
The Lasaran by Dianne Duvall
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsNew York Times bestselling author Dianne Duvall brings readers the first novel in a thrilling new sci-fi series full of action, intrigue, humor, and romance.Taelon searches the galaxy for his younger sister, who mysteriously disappeared while on a diplomatic mission... -
![Shattered by Teri Terry]()
Shattered by Teri Terry
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 37 ratingsThe riveting finale ofthe Slated trilogy—a thought-provoking psychological thriller set in a disturbingly plausible future where the government and its enemies compete to control the minds of the young Kyla is in danger from both the government Lorders who erased her memory and the terrorists who tried to use her. So now she’s on the run... -
![Core’s Attack by S.E. Smith]()
Core’s Attack by S.E. Smith
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThrust into a deadly game…. Avery Lennox has been called many names, but bond mate was never one of them...Categorized as:
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![Dark Horse by Michelle Diener]()
Dark Horse by Michelle Diener
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsSome secrets carry the weight of the world.Rose McKenzie may be far from Earth with no way back, but she's made a powerful ally--a fellow prisoner with whom she's formed a strong bond. Sazo's an artificial intelligence. He's saved her from captivity and torture, but he's also put her in the middle of a conflict, leaving Rose with her loyalties divided... -
![Caged by Elin Wyn]()
Caged by Elin Wyn
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNo Past. No Trust. No Way Out.Zayda Caiden relies on no one. An Imperial spy, her mission was betrayed - but she doesn't know the identity of the traitor.And there's certainly no reason to trust the giant of a man dumped at the prison clinic, even if he makes her burn with feelings she thought long buried.Mack has no memory, no real name... -
![The Hunchback (Cosmic Fairy Tales) by Regine Abel]()
The Hunchback (Cosmic Fairy Tales) by Regine Abel
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHer heart’s desire would be her downfall.After spending her life in training, Esmerelda still can’t believe she’s been appointed to serve as the Vestal of Our Lady of Paris—the greatest temple on any planet in the Nine Circles... -
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![The Space Merchants of Arachne by Wendie Nordgren]()
The Space Merchants of Arachne by Wendie Nordgren
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTeagan Alaric Montgomery Lee has travelled through Galaxic space, married the man of her dreams, and gained the loving family she always has needed. However, news of her father’s capture and execution by the Parvac Empire throws Teagan’s life into turmoil. Fearing her Parvac grandfather, General Valen, plans to abduct her, Teagan is desperate to avoid her grandmother’s fate... -
![Rhavos by Alana Serra, Juno Wells]()
Rhavos by Alana Serra, Juno Wells
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAs his enemy, he’s honor-bound to destroy her. But as his mate, she might just destroy him first. Ren Alvarez doesn’t remember the last five years of her life. Taken hostage by an anti-alien terrorist organization and forced to write malicious code to target the Karuvar, she hasn’t been in control of her own destiny--or even her own mind--for a long time... -
![Rozar by Sue Mercury, Sue Lyndon]()
Rozar by Sue Mercury, Sue Lyndon
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsThe otherworldly stranger is the biggest, fiercest looking alien warrior she's ever seen... and she's already agreed to become his mate.Nadia knows if she stays on Earth, her mob boss ex-husband's goons will eventually find her. When the opportunity to become a Vaxxlian Mail Order Bride arises, she can't sign up fast enough... -
![Reckless by Cari Z.]()
Reckless by Cari Z.
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsRefugees have been streaming into the city of Forge from around the country. Monsters are coming down from the mountains and staking out new hunting grounds. Even as the dragons of Forge grow stronger and more numerous, the challenges they and their riders are facing are only increasing, and there's only one place to look for answers... -
![Dead Things Are Closer Than They Appear by Robin Wasley]()
Dead Things Are Closer Than They Appear by Robin Wasley
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA painfully average teen’s life is upended by a magical apocalypse in this darkly atmospheric and sweepingly romantic novel perfect for fans of The Raven Boys , Buffy the Vampire Slayer , and The Rest of Us Just Live Here .High school is hard enough to survive without an apocalypse to navigate... -
![His Virgin Princess by Grace Goodwin]()
His Virgin Princess by Grace Goodwin
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDanielle arrives on Everis excited to meet her new mate. She watches as her friends find happiness while haunted by dreams of an Everian Hunter who will not come for her—a mate who refuses to claim her. But something isn't right. The dreams turn dark. Tortured... -
![Consider by Kristy Acevedo]()
Consider by Kristy Acevedo
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAs if Alexandra Lucas’ anxiety disorder isn’t enough, mysterious holograms suddenly appear from the sky, heralding the end of the world. They bring an ultimatum: heed the warning and step through a portal-like vertex to safety, or stay and be destroyed by a comet they say is on a collision course with earth... -
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Starlight by Lisa Henry
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBrady Garrett is back in space, this time as an unwilling member of a team of humans seeking to study the alien Faceless and their technology. It’s not the first time Brady’s life has been in the hands of the Faceless leader Kai-Ren, and if there’s one thing Brady hates it’s being reminded exactly how powerless he is... -
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Relentless by Lauren Dane
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIn the erotic universe created by hot new talent Lauren Dane, passion knows no rank... Fifteen Families rule the Federated Universes-and Abbie Haws has spent her life battling the system. She's always been too driven to pay much attention to love. But when she meets Roman Lyons, Head of House Lyons, who stands for everything she hates, Abbie's attraction catches her off-guard.. -
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Push by Eve Silver
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIt’s either break the rules or die.Miki Jones lives her life by her own strict set of rules, to keep control, to keep the gray fog of grief at bay. Then she’s pulled into the Game, where she - and her team - will die unless she follows a new set of rules: those set by the mysterious Committee.But rules don’t mean answers, and without answers, it’s hard to trust. People are dying... -
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![Alien in the Family by Gini Koch, Daniel Dos Santos]()
Alien in the Family by Gini Koch, Daniel Dos Santos
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsPlanning any wedding is hard enough, but Katherine "Kitty" Katt and Jeff Martini have a lot more to worry about than seating arrangements, because multiple inter-stellar invasions, Alpha Team in mortal peril, and inter-alien conspiracies are all on the guest list—and the gifts they've brought contain some explosive surprises... -
![Trailblazer by Michelle Diener]()
Trailblazer by Michelle Diener
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsHe's on a mission . . . She's running for her life . . . And if they get off-planet alive, she'll have to trust he won't reveal her darkest secret. Tally Riva is not what she seems, and even she's not happy about it. Infected, invaded, she's not quite sure how to describe it, but on a disastrous mission to a ghost ship, something burrowed its way into her body. Into her mind... -
![Time's Edge by Rysa Walker]()
Time's Edge by Rysa Walker
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsTo stop her sadistic grandfather, Saul, and his band of time travelers from rewriting history, Kate must race to retrieve the CHRONOS keys before they fall into the Cyrists' hands. If she jumps back in time and pulls the wrong key--one that might tip off the Cyrists to her strategy--her whole plan could come crashing down, jeopardizing the future of millions of innocent people... -
![Fractured by Teri Terry]()
Fractured by Teri Terry
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsPerfect for fans of the dystopian settings of The Hunger Games and Divergent, the gripping second installment of the Slated trilogy is a riveting psychological thriller set in a future where violent teens have their memory erased as an alternative to jail. Kyla has been Slated—her personality wiped blank, her memories lost to her forever. Or so she thought... -
![Ten Thousand Skies Above You by Claudia Gray]()
Ten Thousand Skies Above You by Claudia Gray
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsEver since she used the Firebird, her parents' invention, to cross into alternate dimensions, Marguerite has caught the attention of enemies who will do anything to force her into helping them dominate the multiverse—even hurting the people she loves. She resists until her boyfriend, Paul, is attacked and his consciousness scattered across multiple dimensions... -
![Shades of Earth by Beth Revis]()
Shades of Earth by Beth Revis
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsAmy and Elder have finally left the oppressive walls of the spaceship Godspeed behind. They're ready to start life afresh--to build a home--on Centauri-Earth, the planet that Amy has traveled 25 trillion miles across the universe to experience. But this new Earth isn't the paradise that Amy had been hoping for...Categorized as:
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