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  • Threshold of Annihilation by T.A. White

    Threshold of Annihilation by T.A. White

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    When her most closely guarded secrets are laid bare, how will Kira survive the inevitable fall out—and will anybody be standing beside her in the end?Traveling to the planet of Jettie in the hopes of finding safe harbor for her niece, Kira arrives only to find their destination host to the quorum—a series of dangerous contests that hold the power to decide the fate of empires...
  • Born of Legend by Sherrilyn Kenyon

    Born of Legend by Sherrilyn Kenyon

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    It is in the darkest hours of a universe’s past that their legends are born and their heroes rise…No one knows exactly how much heart they have until their mettle is put to the hazard and they reach the lowest point of hell. There, they have only two choices. Lie down and die. Or find the strength to push themselves to their feet and fight back with everything they have...
  • Age of Deception by T.A. White

    Age of Deception by T.A. White

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    War 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...
  • A Collection of Monstrous Short Stories by Lily Mayne

    A Collection of Monstrous Short Stories by Lily Mayne

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Revisit the Monstrous couples from the first seven novels of the series in this collection of sixteen short stories. Plus, meet a new Monstrous couple in a brand new 20k-word novella, Ruke...
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    mlm  paranormal  steamy  romance  fantasy  monsters  dystopia  lgbtq
  • Fated Blades by Ilona Andrews

    Fated Blades by Ilona Andrews

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    An uneasy alliance between warring families gets heated in this otherworldly novella from bestselling author Ilona Andrews.At first glance, the planet Rada seems like a lush paradise. But the ruling families, all boasting genetically enhanced abilities, are in constant competition for power―and none more so than the Adlers and the Baenas...
  • Light by Michael Grant

    Light by Michael Grant

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 43 ratings
    It'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...
  • Rules of Redemption by T.A. White

    Rules of Redemption by T.A. White

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 33 ratings
    The war everyone thought was over is just beginning. Kira Forrest is a survivor. She’s risen above the pain of her beginnings to become a war hero only to leave it all behind in the pursuit of a simple life. Now a salvager, she makes a living sifting through the wreckage of dead alien ships from a war that nearly brought humanity to its knees...
  • Lor by Lily Mayne

    Lor by Lily Mayne

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    My role as Moric—ruler of a small and prosperous fiefdom in a quiet corner of the world—has always been painfully dull and stifling.Until a beautiful, otherworldly creature with pink skin and a mane of golden hair falls through a strange void that has appeared in my guestroom.And I am instantly captivated by him.I have never seen anything like him...
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    mlm  paranormal  steamy  humor  aliens  romance  fantasy  monsters
  • Born of Fire by Sherrilyn Kenyon

    Born of Fire by Sherrilyn Kenyon

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    In 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...
  • Lab Rat One by Andrea K. Höst

    Lab Rat One by Andrea K. Höst

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Part 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...
  • Life-Debt by R.J. Blain

    Life-Debt by R.J. Blain

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When 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...
  • Never Fade by Alexandra Bracken

    Never Fade by Alexandra Bracken

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 68 ratings
    Ruby never asked for the abilities that almost cost her her life. Now she must call upon them on a daily basis, leading dangerous missions to bring down a corrupt government and breaking into the minds of her enemies. Other kids in the Children’s League call Ruby “Leader”, but she knows what she really is: a monster...
  • Mated to the Swamp Monster: Mated to the Monster by Honey Phillips

    Mated to the Swamp Monster: Mated to the Monster by Honey Phillips

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    “Stay out of the swamp!”Every child in Cypress Landing has been warned about the terrifying monster lurking in the inky tangle of cypress and willow on the edge of town. But sometimes desperation leaves no other choice…When Rorie sees her vicious stepfather commit a horrifying crime, her only hope of escape lies through the forbidden swamp...
  • Dark in Death by J.D. Robb

    Dark in Death by J.D. Robb

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    It was a stab in the dark.On a chilly February night, during a screening of Psycho in midtown, someone sunk an ice pick into the back of Chanel Rylan’s neck, then disappeared quietly into the crowds of drunks and tourists in Times Square...
  • Ceremony in Death by J.D. Robb

    Ceremony in Death by J.D. Robb

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 49 ratings
    Even in an age of cutting-edge technology, old beliefs die hard...Conducting a top secret investigation into the death of a fellow police officer has Lieutenant Eve Dallas treading on dangerous ground. She must put professional ethics before personal loyalties. But when a dead body is placed outside her home, Eve takes the warning personally...
  • Bone Rider by J. Fally

    Bone Rider by J. Fally

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Riley 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...
  • In the Shadows by Hailey Turner

    In the Shadows by Hailey Turner

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Take a chance. Staff Sergeant Alexei Dvorkin doesn’t trust easily, and he most certainly doesn’t trust spies. He’ll work with them if ordered to, but that doesn’t mean he has to like it. Except Agent Sean Delaney is proving to be the exception to the rule. There’s something about Sean that gets under Alexei’s skin and won’t let go...
  • His Metal Maiden by Michelle M. Pillow

    His Metal Maiden by Michelle M. Pillow

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A Space Lords Novel Dragon-shifter Lochlann left home to avoid a war he didn’t believe in. Now as Captain of The Conqueror, in charge of a misfit crew, all he wants is to return without the label of coward. He’s been offered one chance at redemption: Find Margot, a noblewoman’s missing sister...
  • The Alien and I by Honey Phillips

    The Alien and I by Honey Phillips

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Can an alien king lose his heart to a human woman?Adjusting to life on noisy, crowded Samar Prime is difficult for former professor Anna Lennox, particularly when she’s forced to spend too much time away from her young daughter. A teaching job on a peaceful tropical planet seems like an ideal alternative...
  • Into the Still Blue by Veronica Rossi

    Into the Still Blue by Veronica Rossi

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    The race to the Still Blue has reached a stalemate. Aria and Perry are determined to find this last safe haven from the Aether storms before Sable and Hess do—and they are just as determined to stay together...
  • Heart of the Agraak by S.J. Sanders

    Heart of the Agraak by S.J. Sanders

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Agraadax was shaken by recent events and the breeding facility closed, but it has done little to ease the simmer of unrest rippling through Agraak society. In Aminae, one of the dome cities scattered on the few arid patches of land of the swampy planet, factions are rising against the cruelties of the upper raniks that rule their society. Kaede is a male devoted to the cause...
  • Saven Denial by Siobhan Davis

    Saven Denial by Siobhan Davis

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Sadie has been kidnapped by the Tor, the vindictive alien race who destroyed Thalassic City. As her past, present, and future collides, her worst nightmare looks set to become her shocking new reality.A deliberate pawn in leader Griselda’s vengeful game, Sadie is horrified to learn the truth about her heritage and the destiny that’s already been mapped out for her...
  • Beyond Addiction by Kit Rocha

    Beyond Addiction by Kit Rocha

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    She’s fought like hell to leave the past behind.Trix changed her name and her life when she got clean four years ago. Now, she has a new family and a job she loves—tending bar and dancing at the Broken Circle. As an O’Kane, she’s happy, untouchable. Until a nightmare from her old life tears her away from her home and drags her back to Hell—also known as Sector Five...
  • Protected by the Orc by Honey Phillips

    Protected by the Orc by Honey Phillips

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Her orc bodyguard is determined to keep her close!Holdar doesn’t do commitment. Even his latest security job as bodyguard to a pretty, spoiled - and annoyingly adorable - heiress won’t last, which is just as well. The sooner he gets away from her innocent smiles and tempting curves the better...
  • Games & Players by Manna Francis

    Games & Players by Manna Francis

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    It'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...
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    mlm  steamy  suspense  adult  angst  bisexuality  book  crime
  • Forget Me Not by Jordan Castillo Price

    Forget Me Not by Jordan Castillo Price

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    No two people are exactly alike, but Elijah Crowe is very, very different. Elijah is on the autism spectrum, so the tasks of day-to-day life most people breeze through are a challenge for him. His career suffered because he never got the hang of schmoozing, and now his talents are being wasted teaching classes at the mall...
  • Beyond Jealousy by Kit Rocha

    Beyond Jealousy by Kit Rocha

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Alternate Cover Edition for ASIN: B00J1ROOZUShe’s been looking for the perfect man. She found two. When Rachel Riley sacrificed a life in Eden to protect the O’Kanes, she earned her place in the powerful Sector Four gang. But the former crime princess is tired of being everyone’s sweet little sister...
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    mlm  paranormal  steamy  suspense  adult  alpha-mc  angst  apocalyptic
  • Beyond Ecstasy by Kit Rocha

    Beyond Ecstasy by Kit Rocha

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The next-to-last book in the bestselling BEYOND series... The O’Kanes have a reputation for working hard and playing harder—except for Hawk. He joined the gang with one goal: to ensure his family’s survival through the impending war with Eden. It’s been years since he had the luxury of wanting anything for himself. Now, he wants Jeni...
  • Tearing Down the Wall by Tracey Ward

    Tearing Down the Wall by Tracey Ward

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    #1 Bestseller on Amazon!The Colonists have attacked. Their ships blaze in the dark on the inky black waters of the Sound. They'll burn through the night, remnants of a battle lost. A battle won by the Vashons. This time.What will come with the morning light is still a mystery, especially to Joss and her Lost Boys...
  • Fear by Michael Grant

    Fear by Michael Grant

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 47 ratings
    It'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...
  • Imperator by Anna Hackett

    Imperator by Anna Hackett

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Space station security specialist Sam has done one thing since her abduction by alien slavers… fight to survive. But now one strong alien gladiator stands at her side and Sam knows she is no longer alone. Thrust into a lawless desert arena, Sam Santos has done terrible things in order to stay alive. As the Champion of Zaabha, she’s been fighting to find a way out...
  • Plague by Michael Grant

    Plague by Michael Grant

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 50 ratings
    It'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...
  • Fire and Ice by Sherrilyn Kenyon

    Fire and Ice by Sherrilyn Kenyon

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    FIRE & 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...
  • In the Ruins by Hailey Turner

    In the Ruins by Hailey Turner

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Truth and lies. Captain Jamie Callahan knows the Metahuman Defense Force frowns on fraternization. For once in his life, he’s breaking all the rules. Having Staff Sergeant Kyle Brannigan on his team and in his bed is worth the risk of being found out. When a mission comes down requiring Alpha Team to go undercover in order to infiltrate a criminal alliance, Jamie knows it won’t be easy...
  • Born of Vengeance by Sherrilyn Kenyon

    Born of Vengeance by Sherrilyn Kenyon

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    A fate worse than death . . .Bastien Cabarro survived the brutal slaughter of his entire family only to have his wife pin their murders on him. Made Ravin by The League, he is now a target for their assassins-in-training to hunt and kill. The average life expectancy for such beings is six weeks...
  • Beyond Ruin by Kit Rocha

    Beyond Ruin by Kit Rocha

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Adrian Maddox fled his royal life—and tragic past—in Sector One, choosing instead to join up with the O’Kanes. For years, he’s lived by one rule: love fast, love hard, and always be willing to walk away. He’s managed to guard his heart, keep it whole and untouched—until now...
  • Quis Custodiet by Manna Francis

    Quis Custodiet by Manna Francis

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Where are all the good guys?No protests, no bombings, no subversion. Is it possible that in one part of the European Administration at least, almost all the citizens are happy with their lot in life? It seems unlikely...
    Categorized as:
    mlm  steamy  suspense  abuse  action-adventure  adult  alpha-mc  angst
  • Levi by Anna Hackett

    Levi by Anna Hackett

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    In the middle of an alien invasion, a bad boy berserker collides with a spunky mechanic on a dangerous sabotage mission. Levi King has always lived rough. Raised by a biker dad, he fought for everything he had—including being president of the Iron Kings motorcycle club. But when the aliens invaded, he lost it all...
  • Teril's Fire: A Mate Index Alien Romance by S.J. Sanders

    Teril's Fire: A Mate Index Alien Romance by S.J. Sanders

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A Calysii prince wants Crystal Inola Rivers dead and it’s all her ex-boyfriend’s fault. Ex-boyfriend because the louse ran off, leaving her to deal with the fallout. She told him that stealing from the royal Calysii ship docked was suicidal. Now they are looking for what he’s stolen, and she’s being held responsible...
  • Eric 754 by Donna McDonald

    Eric 754 by Donna McDonald

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    He often forgets he's a cyborg. All she sees in the mirror is a killing machine.Marine Lance Corporal Eric Anderson tended to forget he was cyborg. Hell--most of the time he didn't give being mostly a military machine any thought. He'd always lived by his human gut, not his logic chip, so thinking out of the cybernetic box was just how he worked...
  • Rise of the Demon by Diana Rowland

    Rise of the Demon by Diana Rowland

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The 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...
  • My Fair Alien by Honey Phillips

    My Fair Alien by Honey Phillips

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Can an alien professor decode the language of love?Professor Harak H’gin leads a peaceful life studying linguistics on his native planet of Plumeria. Until the day he stumbles across a bedraggled, beautiful human female. Dared by a colleague to transform the pitiful creature into a true member of their society, Harak takes on the challenge...
  • Unawakened by R.J. Blain, Trillian Anderson

    Unawakened by R.J. Blain, Trillian Anderson

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Upon discovering the unawakened are a primary source of sustenance for dae without a bonded human, Alexa must come to terms with her status as Rob’s lover and provider. To complicate matters, Kenneth and his dae are convinced she belongs only to them. Unless she can rise up from her station and become a player in the games the dae play, she will remain a pawn and a victim...
  • Holmes by Anna Hackett

    Holmes by Anna Hackett

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    The battle of survival against the invading aliens heats up... but Hell Squad never quits. General Adam Holmes’ life is dedicated to keeping his small band of survivors alive. On the run, with only Hell Squad and the other soldiers for protection, they are making their last dangerous drive to the secret stronghold of the Enclave...
  • The Sands of Argurumal by S.J. Sanders

    The Sands of Argurumal by S.J. Sanders

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    With the expectation of a three-year pregnancy, Terri assumed that she had all the time in the world before she had to face the realities of upcoming motherhood. Time for adventures, travel, and working side by side with her mate...
  • A Mate for Oigr by S.J. Sanders

    A Mate for Oigr by S.J. Sanders

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Join the crew of The Lady's Fortune once again for another Mate Index holiday novella.Oigr spent the last twenty-five years as the caretaker of an Indivi orphan. He gave up his future on Vrol, the chance for a mate and family, and everything he knew. Now that Nazzek is mated with a youngling on the way, Oigr must adjust to a new future that he’s not prepared for...
    Categorized as:
    aliens  paranormal  steamy  adult  alpha-mc  book  contemporary  dark
  • A Gift for Medif by S.J. Sanders

    A Gift for Medif by S.J. Sanders

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    With everyone away celebrating the holidays with their families, Medif is the lone male out. Refusing the invitations of his friends to join them, he instead contents himself with the idea of a quiet week alone while he enjoys the happy bluster of the season going on around him...
  • Pirate's Gold by S.J. Sanders

    Pirate's Gold by S.J. Sanders

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    With Earth far behind her, Terri is certain that space is the answer to every desire she’s ever had for an adventure...until she realized just what being mated to an overprotective, territorial male meant. One small incident and Veral has kept her hidden away in the safety of their ship...
  • Serpents of the Abyss by S.J. Sanders

    Serpents of the Abyss by S.J. Sanders

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Being a citizen on United Earth doesn’t guarantee a life one wants. For Lori Straford, born into the lowest caste of citizens—the pleasure arts strata of their society—it is an inescapable fate which she can only hope to better by enlisting as a spa attendant and masseuse on one of the luxury world colonies under the purview of Darvel Exploration Corporation...
    Categorized as:
    aliens  paranormal  steamy  adult  book  fiction  futuristic  monsters
  • Ignite by Nora Phoenix

    Ignite by Nora Phoenix

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The United States has split into three countries, and in the Conservative United States, being gay will get you sent to a reintegration camp. Tan has survived three years in camp, but he’s at the limit of what he can endure, even with the help of his best friend, Austin. When a massive meteor shower creates complete chaos at the camp, Austin and Tan see a chance to escape and they take it...
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