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  • 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  dystopia  paranormal  steamy  romance  fantasy  monsters  lgbtq
  • 小蘑菇 by 一十四洲

    小蘑菇 by 一十四洲

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    An Zhe was a mushroom whose lifelong mission was to raise his own spore.One day, he lost his spore.He searched all over the world for a long time before finally seeing a familiar spore on the news.An Zhe desperately knocked on the door of a colonel in the human military.“Hello, Sir. Did your research turn out well? Can I have my son back after the research?”The colonel looked cold...
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    dystopia  mlm  paranormal  romance  sci-fi  fantasy  lgbtq  fiction
  • Three Babies and the Alien Warrior by Honey Phillips

    Three Babies and the Alien Warrior by Honey Phillips

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Can a jaded alien warrior redeem himself in order to protect the woman and children who need him? After a painful divorce, Linda takes a job as the chief administrator of a rural hospital. Her hard won peace is shattered when strange black-suited men raid the maternity ward and she finds herself on board an alien spaceship...
  • 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  dystopia  steamy  aliens  romance  fantasy  monsters
  • Bound by Tiffany Roberts

    Bound by Tiffany Roberts

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Ketahn will protect his mate at any cost.Queen Zurvashi will not rest until everything Ketahn cares about is gone and he belongs to her.His sweet, compassionate Ivy, his sister, his friends, his new tribe of humans—all are in danger. He fears nowhere is far enough away to escape the queen’s wrath.But Ketahn will see the whole jungle burn before he lets any harm befall his mate...
  • Drakkar by Honey Phillips

    Drakkar by Honey Phillips

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Can a vulnerable human become a dragon warrior’s greatest treasure?For generations, Drakkar’s people have chosen to live alone, only coming together for brief periods, but when he joins the battle raging across his home planet, he finds an unexpected family in a set of misfit warriors. After the war ends, he chooses to cut all ties to his past and accompany his new brothers to a backwater planet...
  • H'zim by Honey Phillips

    H'zim by Honey Phillips

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    An angry alien, an innocent woman, and a treacherous bargainAccused of a crime she didn’t commit, Kara runs. The abandoned farmhouse she stumbles across seems like the perfect refuge - until a very large and very angry green alien appears. When he reluctantly agrees to let her remain, she finds herself unexpectedly drawn to the lonely male behind the grumpy exterior...
  • War by A.G. Wilde

    War by A.G. Wilde

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
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  • 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...
  • Celenk by Honey Phillips

    Celenk by Honey Phillips

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    A cynical alien, a weary woman, and a secret mission…Disillusioned by the war, Celenk now uses the skills he learned for profit. He takes whatever jobs are offered, no questions asked. Infiltrate a remote farming community to gather information? No problem. Finding someone to act as his mate is a little more difficult - until a quiet little waitress catches his eye...
  • SoL by Jennifer Julie Miller

    SoL by Jennifer Julie Miller

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    AlanaThe question is, do I allow this dark moment in time to rob me of the life I could possibly have here? I have never known such horror or fear. If I hadn’t experienced it myself, I would have never believed any other living thing could possibly do this to another. The scars may be gone on the outside now, but they will remain forever in my soul...
  • Releasing Maladek by Victoria Aveline

    Releasing Maladek by Victoria Aveline

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Turns out crash-landing into love is possible…Katie is content with her post-alien-abduction life. Not only has she found work as a royal attendant, but her current assignment on a galaxy cruise is enjoyable, too…until the ship is brought down by a malevolent species. Now she must rescue her friends and escape a hostile planet—all by herself...
  • Temel by Honey Phillips

    Temel by Honey Phillips

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    A proud alien, a desperate widow, and a misfit family…Temel was raised to place duty above all else. Even though the war has ended, his duty is to the warriors who need him rather than his own desires. Until he encounters a curvy, spirited female who makes him long for things he never thought to have...
  • S'kal by Honey Phillips

    S'kal by Honey Phillips

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    A troubled alien, a runaway human, and a haunted past…Evie is in trouble. She’s out of money, out of luck, and out of time. Desperate to get out of Port Cantor, she stows away on a trading caravan heading for the remote settlements in the hinterlands of Cresca. When she’s found by the biggest and most intimidating alien she’s ever seen, she’s terrified...
  • Naffon by Honey Phillips

    Naffon by Honey Phillips

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    A 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...
  • His Human Neighbor by Michele Mills

    His Human Neighbor by Michele Mills

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A month-long retreat of rest and relaxation from my high-powered career is just what I need. Until I’m the only human in a rental home community on a distant planet populated by beings who look like satanic devils. Yep.And on day three of my odd vacay, two young Hyrrokin girls enter my home and beg me to marry their dad, my neighbor...
  • You Got Alien Trouble! by Honey Phillips

    You Got Alien Trouble! by Honey Phillips

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A failing farm, a menacing neighbor, and an alien warrior in her barn…The farm Rosie inherited might not be much but it’s hers, and she’s determined to hang on to it. Unfortunately, her land-grabbing neighbor wants not only her farm - he wants her as well.The last thing she needs is a huge, wounded alien in her barn, no matter how attractive he might be...
  • Enthralled by Tiffany Roberts

    Enthralled by Tiffany Roberts

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    He conquered her, but he is the one enthralled.Ketahn hadn’t wanted a mate. Fate gave him Ivy Foster. Now, he wants nothing more than to enjoy his little human.But fate is not content to make things so simple.With an enraged queen searching for him, Ketahn knows the Tangle is not safe for his mate. They need to leave. Yet Ivy will not forsake her people, and he cannot condemn her compassion...
  • My Ant Monster Mate by Susan Trombley

    My Ant Monster Mate by Susan Trombley

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    YeseniaHunting giant ant aliens is never an easy job, but the opportunity to capture a male Menops before he imprints on a queen is too good to pass up. Even if it means putting up with a mouthy Artificial Intelligence and traveling to a planet restricted by the Cosmic Syndicate. Vengeance for humanity—for my family—is too important to let any obstacle stand in my way...
  • Conquering the Alien Emperor by Bella Blair

    Conquering the Alien Emperor by Bella Blair

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I’ll give up my empire to make her MINE!HEATHER: After being rescued from Earth, I am sent to Pandrax, where a sentinel guardian is appointed to find my mekarry match for me. Unfortunately, my guardian, Lady Natoi, turns out to be a spiteful creature, whose hate for me grows when Emperor Daryus shows an interest in me...
  • 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...
  • Claimed by the Warlord by V.K. Ludwig

    Claimed by the Warlord by V.K. Ludwig

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    She’s the female I can’t have. If I take her, she’ll die.As Warlord of the largest tribe on Solgad, my obligations are many. With a new strain of ice fever running rampant among the freeraiders, the team of healers supplied by the Empire is a welcome relief.Until one of them arrives at Noja with her body begging to be bred, the scent of her heat a dangerous temptation...
  • 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...
  • God of Monsters by Keri Lake

    God of Monsters by Keri Lake

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I've heard stories about the Alphas. Violent soldiers, bred to kill both humans and mutations, whose sole purpose was to balance our survival against the infected. Until they turned on their masters. Held as subjects of the Calico research facility, they were forced to endure the gruesome experiments that transformed them into callous savages with hearts as impenetrable as their defenses...
  • Vengeful Heart by Tiffany Roberts

    Vengeful Heart by Tiffany Roberts

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    When his mate is threatened, nothing burns hotter than his wrath.Against all odds, Arcanthus found Samantha, his beautiful, sweet terran mate. His fated one. Her love shattered the barriers around his heart.After defeating a ghost from his past, Arc thinks he and Samantha are safe to move on with their lives. But she has a past of her own, and it refuses to let her go.He nearly lost her once...
  • Unity and the Usurper by Honey Phillips

    Unity and the Usurper by Honey Phillips

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    A barbaric alien king. A fierce human female. A galactic conspiracy...After leading a rebellion to overthrow a tyrannical king, Cronan discovers a beautiful, defiant human female. She’s a responsibility he doesn’t need in the chaotic aftermath of the rebellion, but one he can't abandon...
  • Key to the Dead Fall by Susan Trombley

    Key to the Dead Fall by Susan Trombley

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The sequel to Into the Dead Fall, which was released as part of a two-book set with The Scorpion’s Mate. A fated mate she doesn’t want. An enigmatic alien she shouldn’t want. Finding your way in the Dead Fall isn’t easy, but it’s nothing compared to figuring out what your heart truly desires...
  • The Fractured Mate by Susan Trombley

    The Fractured Mate by Susan Trombley

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    As a captive of aliens, Paisley is forced to work as an engineering assistant on an ancient wrecker starship. She knows she has to keep her head down and her behavior humble in order to survive. When the crew responds to an automated distress call from an Akrellian warship that shouldn’t be malfunctioning, she senses a threat, but she knows no one will listen to her warnings...
  • Guarded by the Snake: Monster Security Agency by Layla Fae

    Guarded by the Snake: Monster Security Agency by Layla Fae

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    She stole her way into my cold, serpent heart like a thief in the night.The tiny human hires me to shield her from the vengeance of a powerful organization. There’s nothing wrong with that, except she stole from them, got caught, and now I have to clean up her mess. Add to that her incessant chatter, and I’m in for the most unpleasant job in my career...
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    paranormal  aliens  steamy  romance  monsters  fantasy  sci-fi  crime
  • Cottonmouth by Naomi Lucas

    Cottonmouth by Naomi Lucas

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Ever since humans arrived, my world has changed. Tensions are high as we quarrel over territory, reforming our fractured clans.I will have none of it. I did not capture a bride.But then my world goes dark—and she appears.A female so lovely she possesses my mind, a bride who blushes every time she catches my eye.She is sweet.She is young.She is everything I am not.Except nothing is as it seems...
  • Knot for Nest by V.K. Ludwig

    Knot for Nest by V.K. Ludwig

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    LucyAs an omega, I have certain talents—like dripping money from my ladyparts. Selling slick-soaked panties is my way to freedom, safety, and independence. Until a high-testosterone alpha more or less accidentally knocks my bodyguards out. He says I owe him money, but, the way I see it, he owes me a couple of good growls. After all, I have quotas to meet...
  • I Married Wonjin by Regine Abel

    I Married Wonjin by Regine Abel

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    She once feared him but now cannot resist him…After decades of violence, the war pitting the human colony on Cibbos against the Yurus tribe has finally ended. Lara never expected that peace between their species would lead to a romantic entanglement with one of their former enemies. Resembling a cross between an orc and a minotaur, Wonjin looks nothing like how Lara had imagined a potential mate...
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    aliens  paranormal  steamy  romance  sci-fi  fiction  fantasy  monsters
  • Brilliant Starlight by Anna Carven

    Brilliant Starlight by Anna Carven

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Abbey We're back on Silence, orbiting the Dark Planet while my husband handles unfinished business on Kythia. For some reason, he seems a little bit tense. According to Tarak, Kythian politics can be complicated, especially when the entire Kordolian Empire has just been destroyed. I hope things don't get too complicated, because I don't want to be stuck here for too long...
  • I Married a Naga by Regine Abel

    I Married a Naga by Regine Abel

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    She got more than she bargained for.When Serena comes to Trangor to participate in the First Hunt, the last thing she expects is to find herself forced to marry an Ordosian… or be executed. She knows nothing of his people, nothing of him, except that he’s got fangs, scales, and a crazy long tail. Serena only has to play the part of being a wife for six months, and then she’ll be free to leave...
  • Krampus and the Crone by Honey Phillips

    Krampus and the Crone by Honey Phillips

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Can a horned alien warrior and an isolated woman grant two children their holiday wish for a family?Jaelle is lonely. Ostracized by the village, like her mother and grandmother before her, she poses as an old witch in order to eke out a meager living selling herbal remedies to people who don't want to admit they need her help...
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    aliens  paranormal  steamy  adult  book  children  fiction  futuristic
  • His Human Assistant by Michele Mills

    His Human Assistant by Michele Mills

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    I’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...
  • Ascend by Sandra R. Neeley

    Ascend by Sandra R. Neeley

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Command Warship 1 is home to one of the most feared males in the multi-verse. Zha Quin Tha is Sire to his people, next in line to the throne. He rules his military with an iron hand. His people, the Cruestaci, are a warrior race who bow to no one and nothing...
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    aliens  paranormal  steamy  abuse  adult  alpha-mc  book  captivity
  • Artek by Honey Phillips

    Artek by Honey Phillips

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Worn down by war and conflict, Commander Artek and his brothers - the soldiers under his command - have chosen to start a new life on a backwater planet. As hard work and peaceful surroundings start to heal old wounds, he realizes that something - or rather someone - is missing from his new life...
  • Mama and the Alien Warrior by Honey Phillips, Bex McLynn

    Mama and the Alien Warrior by Honey Phillips, Bex McLynn

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Can a weary warrior and an abducted mother save each other? Abby Wentworth never regretted abandoning her corporate career to adopt her orphaned niece and run a maternity home. But she certainly never expected to find herself and her girls abducted by aliens who intend to sell them as breeders...
    Categorized as:
    aliens  paranormal  steamy  adult  alpha-mc  book  children  dark
  • Cottonwood by R. Lee Smith

    Cottonwood by R. Lee Smith

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    They never meant to come to Earth. They were never allowed to leave...Welcome to Cottonwood...
  • I Married a Minotaur by Regine Abel

    I Married a Minotaur by Regine Abel

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    Tiny, sassy, but oh so fierce​Rihanna is condemned to a twenty-year sentence on the most savage prison planet in the sector for a crime she didn’t commit. On the day of her transfer, she’s offered a deal to commute her sentence: an arranged marriage with a grumpy orc-minotaur who has muscles for days, devilish red eyes, and an insufferably smart mouth...
  • Victoria's Embrace by Stacy Jones

    Victoria's Embrace by Stacy Jones

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    With explosive trackers embedded in their arms, a psychopath in control of the gladiator arena they’ve come to call home, and slavers closing in, time is running out for Victoria and her guys…They managed to escape a slaver transport, only to find themselves trapped outside the walls of the arena and on the run in a dangerous alien city...
  • Golden Darkness by Viola Grace

    Golden Darkness by Viola Grace

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Janessa’s bond was sold to a mining consortium. If she can make it five years, she’s free. A blood-drinking Hmrain stops her plans.Janessa’s bond was sold to a mining company. She had no idea if she would be administration or grunt work. She could do either, but her learning issues meant that she was more likely to end up working to death...
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    aliens  paranormal  adult  book  dark  fiction  futuristic  kidnapping
  • Reaver's Kiss by Elin Wyn

    Reaver's Kiss by Elin Wyn

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    “What are you?” a deep voice rumbled, and I sat up in shock then froze.I was at the side of a clearing, tall, twisted trees lacing the sky with slender branches far overhead all around, deep shadows at their bases.A circle of dark sky above was filled with a giant full moon.I swallowed hard.To its side, I saw a second smaller orb.Two moons. That… that was different.I looked around again...
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    aliens  mlm  steamy  paranormal  romance  sci-fi  futuristic  monsters
  • Ragoru by S.J. Sanders

    Ragoru by S.J. Sanders

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Hundreds of years before RedCivilization is failing in a steady decline. In a last-ditch effort to save themselves, humanity has turned to trying to understand their world even as they seek to protect themselves from the monsters within it...
  • AvX by Jennifer Julie Miller

    AvX by Jennifer Julie Miller

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    IvyWhy are the last words ever spoken to our loved ones is in anger? I knew the moment I left it was a mistake, but my stubborn pride urged me forward. I’ve awakened to unimaginable horrors, pain unlike anything the human mind could conceive, until him. Now, I’m too scared to trust my own feelings, as they have only led me astray...
  • 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...
  • Alien in Flames by January Bell

    Alien in Flames by January Bell

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I'll do anything to keep Earth safe— even marrying the alien king.When I joined the Earth Federation after the Roth alien invasion, I was put through the most intense spy training on the planet. I took a vow to do whatever necessary to protect humanity, and I meant every word.So when the opportunity presents itself to make myself the queen of the Roth and steer intergalactic history? I'm all in...
  • The Whims of Gods: A Science Fantasy M/M Monster Romance by Mell R. Bright

    The Whims of Gods: A Science Fantasy M/M Monster Romance by Mell R. Bright

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    A Howl’s Moving Castle-inspired Science Fantasy M/M Monster Romance set in a post-apocalyptic world with giant monsters. Helios has a knack for survival. All he has ever known is the world after the Rise. He’s the product of a ruthless new era. Humanity has been brought down by the old gods that walk the Earth once again...
    Categorized as:
    mlm  dystopia  paranormal  aliens  steamy  romance  sci-fi  fantasy
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