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  • 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...
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    aliens  angst  military  space-opera  steamy  war  warriors  abuse
  • Born of Defiance by Sherrilyn Kenyon

    Born of Defiance by Sherrilyn Kenyon

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Born an Outcast, Talyn Batur has spent the whole of his life fighting against the prejudice of his people. An Andarion without a father is not something anyone wants to be...
  • Miles, Mutants, and Microbes by Lois McMaster Bujold

    Miles, Mutants, and Microbes by Lois McMaster Bujold

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Content: Falling free Labyrinth Diplomatic immunity Miles Vorkosigan/Naismith : his life and times.Two complete novels and a short novel in one large volume:Falling Free—The Nebula Award-winning novel. Leo Graf was just your typical efficient engineer: mind your own business and do the job...
  • King of Eon by Anna Hackett

    King of Eon by Anna Hackett

    Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    The King of the Eon Warriors has decided to take a Terran as his bride…but finds himself shockingly attracted to the tough, beautiful Space Corps officer in charge of his potential brides’ security.King Gayel Solann-Eon is dedicated to his people and empire. His father was a hard man and a rigid king, but Gayel is doing things his own way...
  • Lost Stars by Claudia Gray

    Lost Stars by Claudia Gray

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 40 ratings
    This thrilling Young Adult novel gives readers a macro view of some of the most important events in the Star Wars universe, from the rise of the Rebellion to the fall of the Empire. Readers will experience these major moments through the eyes of two childhood friends--Ciena Ree and Thane Kyrell--who have grown up to become an Imperial officer and a Rebel pilot...
  • Treyvon by M.K. Eidem

    Treyvon by M.K. Eidem

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    General Treyvon Rayner is the Supreme Commander of the Kaliszian Defenses. He is the cousin and trusted friend of the Kaliszian Emperor, Emperor Liron Kalinin, in spite of Treyvon’s ancestor being one of the causes of the Great Infection so many centuries ago. It is never far from Treyvon's mind, and he vowed he'd spend his entire life trying to make things right...
  • Guardian by Anna Hackett

    Guardian by Anna Hackett

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Rescued from alien slavers, former cop Dayna wakes to discover she’s host to a powerful alien symbiont, and the only man who can help her is the mysterious and dangerous casino owner, Rillian...
  • Between Worlds by J.L. Williams

    Between Worlds by J.L. Williams

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Inspired by the likes of James Galloway's Subjugation and John Scalzi's Old Man's War, Between Worlds is a thrilling military sci-fi set in a strange new universe...Jason had thought about punching a Shil’vati...
  • Affiliations, Aliens, and Other Profitable Pursuits by Lyn Gala

    Affiliations, Aliens, and Other Profitable Pursuits by Lyn Gala

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A desire for status has brought Ondry and Liam to a human world to trade, but dealing with humans has brought up all the old pain in Liam’s heart. Even though Ondry would do anything to protect his beloved palteia, he doesn’t know how to protect Liam from himself...
  • Kiss of Eon by Anna Hackett

    Kiss of Eon by Anna Hackett

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    When the vital alliance between Earth and the Eon Empire depends on her playing war games with an arrogant, infuriating Eon warrior, what could go wrong? Terran Captain Allie Borden has her orders. Take her ship, the Divergent, and strengthen the alliance with the Eon by carrying out training exercises with the Eon warship, the Desteron...
  • Victoria's Challenge by M.K. Eidem

    Victoria's Challenge by M.K. Eidem

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Victoria Lynn Chamberlain… at two, she was abducted by an alien race, the Regulians… at nine, her world literally explodes when the Regulians returned, destroying Earth. She and her Aunt are the only survivors thanks to another alien race, the Carinians. Now she’s eighteen, a new graduate from their top medical school, and is ready to claim her life mate...
  • Heart of Eon by Anna Hackett

    Heart of Eon by Anna Hackett

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Okay, maybe hijacking an alien commander’s warship wasn’t her best idea… Genius computer geek Wren Traynor prefers her high-tech comp lab to socializing with people, and she definitely prefers it over crawling through the bowels of the huge Eon warship she’s hijacked...
  • Shattered Silence by Anna Carven

    Shattered Silence by Anna Carven

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Enki Zakanin just wants peace and quiet. He's completed his mission, and on the journey back to the Kordolian Fleet Station, he'd prefer to be left alone so he can manage the literal demon inside his head. Alone. So when a strange distress call breaks the silence, his first instinct is to ignore the signal...
  • Cassandra's Challenge by M.K. Eidem

    Cassandra's Challenge by M.K. Eidem

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Alternative cover edition ASIN B00CKXWOM2Cassandra Chamberlain has always stood out. It's hard not to at 6’1” and 165 pounds with jet black hair and sapphire blue eyes. And if that wasn’t enough she is also brilliant, graduating from Harvard at fifteen, teaching at MIT at nineteen and up for the prestigious Magellan Award at twenty five. But she’s never really fit in...
  • Confederation by Michael R. Hicks

    Confederation by Michael R. Hicks

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    In the second book of the In Her Name science fiction & fantasy series, Reza Gard has been banished from the Kreelan Empire and is once again a stranger in a strange land as he returns to the human Confederation. Befriended by a marooned Confederation naval officer leading a desperate fight against the Kreelans on a distant colony world, she reunites Reza with Nicole Carré...
  • Weapons Master by Anna Hackett

    Weapons Master by Anna Hackett

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A grumpy cyborg weapons master collides with a feisty mechanic from Earth who turns his ordered existence upside down.Abducted from her exploration ship and enslaved on a desert world, mechanic Bellamy Walsh has fought for her survival. She’s had to fight for everything in her life, and she doesn’t ever expect things to be easy...
  • Bell's Beloved by Hannah Walker

    Bell's Beloved by Hannah Walker

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Bellan ‘Bell’ Nimeri loved Niko Dastria with all his heart. Knowing Niko was his lifemate from the moment he set eyes on him was bittersweet. Surrounded by unknown threats, becoming more than friends wasn't an option. Besides, he didn't think Niko had the same feelings as he did. What’s more, Niko would need to accept both sides of Bell’s shifter personality, as he and his darintha are a team...
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    aliens  lgbtq  military  mlm  war  action-adventure  adult  book
  • Demons Don't Duel by Hannah Walker

    Demons Don't Duel by Hannah Walker

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Dea's life is all about his role as a commander of a battlecruiser. At the height of his career, he can take command of any ship he wants, he's well respected, and surrounded by friends and family. Yet, something has been missing for a long time. Part of his soul was left behind at the academy, with someone he walked away from all those years ago. Uri loves control...
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    aliens  lgbtq  military  mlm  war  action-adventure  adult  book
  • B Free by Cynthia Sax

    B Free by Cynthia Sax

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    B is the last remaining B Model cyborg. All of his brethren, the beings he trained with, fought with, cared deeply for, have perished.Or so he believes.When he intercepts a communication mentioning the existence of one of his kind, he has to investigate the source. The message could be a trap set by his enemies...
    Categorized as:
    aliens  military  steamy  war  action-adventure  adult  alpha-mc  book
  • Beast by Anna Hackett

    Beast by Anna Hackett

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Abducted by alien slavers and taken to a lawless desert world, the last thing starship pilot Mia expects is to find herself in the protective, brawny arms of a wild, blue-skinned alien! Rescued by gladiators on the alien world of Carthago, Mia is working to find other abducted humans who are still lost. But someone else also needs her help--the untamed alien who's saved her twice...
  • Inversion Point by Jenn Burke, Kelly Jensen

    Inversion Point by Jenn Burke, Kelly Jensen

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Zander and Felix's relationship has been to the brink and back: the Human-Stin War, imprisonment and an actual death/resurrection. Zander's death, to be specific, and the experience has left him…changed. The mysterious race known as the Guardians chose to revive him and appointed him as their emissary...
  • Dissonance by G.S. Jennsen

    Dissonance by G.S. Jennsen

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Know this: you need not be afraid. They own the fear. They fear us because they believe we are powerful, and they are correct to do so. The technology behind Project Noetica is on the loose. Prevos—individuals and AIs sharing a single body—are spreading across the galaxy...
  • Earth Husbands are Odd by Lyn Gala

    Earth Husbands are Odd by Lyn Gala

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Max, the stranded Earth pilot, and Rick, his tentacled partner in love, are forced to return to a universe that dismisses Rick as an asymmetrical, loud outcast. But Rick hasn't told Max the whole story. Max wants to live in a universe where his children and his lover are respected and given a chance to shine. He doesn’t know the odds are stacked against them...
  • The Caphenon by Fletcher DeLancey

    The Caphenon by Fletcher DeLancey

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    On a summer night like any other, an emergency call sounds in the quarters of Andira Tal, Lancer of Alsea. The news is shocking: not only is there other intelligent life in the universe, but it’s landing on the planet right now.Tal leads the first responding team and ends up rescuing aliens who have a frightening story to tell...
  • Cyborg's Secret Baby by Grace Goodwin

    Cyborg's Secret Baby by Grace Goodwin

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Atlan Warlord Jorik guards the Coalition Fleet's Processing Center on Earth, protecting warriors and brides without mercy or distraction...until he sees Gabriela. She is everything the beast within him craves. Soft. Curved. Unafraid. He dreams of courting her properly, wooing her into accepting his beast's claim, and making her his—body and soul...
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    aliens  military  steamy  war  action-adventure  adult  audiobook  book
  • 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...
  • Assimilation, Love, and Other Human Oddities by Lyn Gala

    Assimilation, Love, and Other Human Oddities by Lyn Gala

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Ondry and Liam have settled into a good life, but their trading is still tied up with humans, and humans are always messy. When political changes at the human base lead Ondry to attempt a difficult trade, the pair find themselves entangled in human affairs. Liam wants to help the people he left and the worlds being torn apart...
  • 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...
  • Protector by Anna Hackett

    Protector by Anna Hackett

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Fighting for love, honor, and freedom on the galaxy’s lawless outer rim… Cool and driven Madeline Cochran made a successful career for herself as civilian commander of a space station orbiting Jupiter…until the day it was attacked and she was abducted by alien slavers...
  • Tansy's Titan by S.E. Smith

    Tansy's Titan by S.E. Smith

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Tansy Bell, is the middle daughter of the three Bell sisters. She has always been a little different, even for a Bell. A chameleon, she can change her appearance and personality to blend in almost anywhere. She uses this talent to bring some of the worse criminals in the world to justice.Mak ‘Tag Krell Manok is the wild one of his four brothers...
  • Final Battle by Michael R. Hicks

    Final Battle by Michael R. Hicks

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Following Confederation, Final Battle is the last book in the saga of Reza Gard. Reza is caught up in a daring plot to assassinate the Confederation President, even as something goes terribly wrong in the Empire and its warriors lose their will to fight. Reunited with Tesh-Dar, Reza and his friends fight to save the woman he loves, with the fate of the Empire and Humanity hanging in the balance...
  • Claim of Eon by Anna Hackett

    Claim of Eon by Anna Hackett

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    She’s an alien warrior dedicated to her job, but a tough, handsome Terran captain is a temptation she never expected.As a female Eon warrior, Second Commander Airen Kann-Felis has fought for her career and is proud of her work aboard the warship, the Rengard. She has no time for men or frivolous pleasures, especially with the deadly insectoid Kantos causing the Eon trouble at every turn...
  • Rogue: Information Rogue / Desert Rogue by Anna Hackett

    Rogue: Information Rogue / Desert Rogue by Anna Hackett

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Abducted by alien slavers and taken to a lawless desert world, the last thing she expects is to be claimed by a handsome alien rogue... Rogue contains two action-packed novellas in the Galactic Gladiators series. Novella #1: Information Rogue Arrogant information merchant Zhim doesn't know what hits him when he collides with feisty human hacker Ryan..
  • Edge of Eon by Anna Hackett

    Edge of Eon by Anna Hackett

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Framed for a crime she didn't commit, a wrongly-imprisoned space captain's only chance at freedom is to abduct a fearsome alien war commander. Sub-Captain Eve Traynor knows a suicide mission when she sees one. With deadly insectoid aliens threatening to invade Earth, the planet’s only chance of survival is to get the attention of the fierce Eon Warriors...
  • Stolen by the Zandian by Renee Rose, Rebel West

    Stolen by the Zandian by Renee Rose, Rebel West

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    STOLEN FROM AUCTION Khrys My career is on the line here. King Zander demoted me.The planet is in crisis over a viral epidemic affecting the human half-breeds.If I could get my hands on the genetically modified humanshe could be the answer to both problems.But I didn’t expect to fall for the feisty little femalewho stole my heart while I stole her body. Kailani I’m an upgraded human...
  • Special Forces 01 by Honor Raconteur

    Special Forces 01 by Honor Raconteur

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    This is an alternate cover edition of ASIN B00AO8CO02Captain Arystair Savar has seen more of war in his seventeen years than most retired officers. He has been defending his home colony from the Nova Federation ever since he graduated from the Army Academy at 14 years old...
  • Striking Mars by Cidney Swanson

    Striking Mars by Cidney Swanson

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Fleeing for their lives, Jess and Pavel make it to the Moon, narrowly avoiding the attack on Space Station 92-AE. They should be safe and happy, but they discover they are not alone on Tranquility Base. The stranger they encounter seems uniquely qualified to leak their presence to Chancellor Lucca Brezhnaya, especially when the Marsians contemplate airing Lucca's political dirty laundry...
  • Ascension Saga: 6 - Faith, Part 3 by Grace Goodwin

    Ascension Saga: 6 - Faith, Part 3 by Grace Goodwin

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The traitor within the Jax household has been found, and the repercussions are staggering, with Faith barely surviving and their mating destroyed. But Faith has always been unpredictable—just ask her sisters— and nothing will stop her from getting what she wants…and she wants Thor. Even if it kills her...
  • Alien Paladin's Woman by Vi Voxley

    Alien Paladin's Woman by Vi Voxley

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Sometimes, what the galaxy needs is a hero no one's ever heard of. Tieran, the Commander of the Palian paladins, has never been allowed to have anything of his own, other than the blade in his hands and the honor he serves with. But a feisty, curvy, and utterly impossible human woman is about to change all that...
  • Clan and Command by Tracy St. John

    Clan and Command by Tracy St. John

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Losing the one man he loved convinced Piras he would never have a chance at happiness. He is too different from the other members of the Dramok breed to attract a Nobek warrior and Imdiko nurturer to his clan. Unwilling to pretend to be someone he is not, he faces a lonely future. Nobek destroyer captain Kila’s one night with Piras was a shocking revelation...
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    aliens  lgbtq  military  mlm  steamy  war  action-adventure  adult
  • Independents by Michele Notaro

    Independents by Michele Notaro

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    All I’ve wanted to do is keep my family safe. All I’ve wanted was to protect them from the evils of the world… but I’ve failed. I’ve failed so badly, and now all of them are suffering… I’m suffering… We’ve lost so many, and now that we’ve lost one of our own, I don’t know how to keep going. I don’t know how to protect them anymore...
  • Ascension Saga: 7 - Destiny, Part 1 by Grace Goodwin

    Ascension Saga: 7 - Destiny, Part 1 by Grace Goodwin

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Destiny Jones is a princess with a bad attitude. She doesn’t play nice with others, she doesn’t dress up in pretty clothes, and she has absolutely zero interest in behaving like a lady. Especially when she’s so close to catching the people who tried to have her killed. Oh, and kidnapped her mother, queen of the planet Alera...
  • Crashed by Kiki Burrelli

    Crashed by Kiki Burrelli

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Forced together, they are castaways on an unknown planet. The last thing Tannish knew, he was in a nightclub, dancing the night away and pretending his life was fine. But, the moment Tannish feels the warmth of Enzo's arms, he finally feels like he's home. An unbreakable bond that comes with a powerful new ability Until now, Enzo's first passion has always been medicine...
  • Baring Grudge by Cynthia Sax

    Baring Grudge by Cynthia Sax

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    No one in the universe is more determined than a cyborg warrior tracking his female.***Grudge, a C Model cyborg, has been assigned a mission – safeguard a Humanoid Alliance space station for his kind. Honor was once all he had, and he is determined to fulfill his duty...
  • Stranded by the Alien Bride Lottery by Margo Bond Collins

    Stranded by the Alien Bride Lottery by Margo Bond Collins

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    He's not the warrior I wanted. But now we're stranded together, and I can't quit thinking about him.I made it all the way through the Alien Bride Games without being chosen by a Khanavai male, even though I'm certain it's the only way I'll ever find anything resembling love...
  • Lonely Shore by Jenn Burke, Kelly Jensen

    Lonely Shore by Jenn Burke, Kelly Jensen

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Book two of Chaos StationAll they can do is live day to day...Felix Ingesson has returned to his duties as the Chaos's engineer with Zander Anatolius, his ex-boyfriend-turned-broken-super-soldier, at his side. Hope means something again. But there's nothing Felix can do to battle the alien poison flowing through Zander's veins, or his imminent mental decline...
  • Between Worlds Two  (The Occupation Saga Book 2) by J.L. Williams

    Between Worlds Two (The Occupation Saga Book 2) by J.L. Williams

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Inspired by the likes of James Galloway's Subjugation and John Scalzi's Old Man's War, Between Worlds is a thrilling military sci-fi set in a strange new universe..
  • The Commanders' Mate by Grace Goodwin

    The Commanders' Mate by Grace Goodwin

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Commander Karter is a Prillon Warrior. His first duty is to protect his people, to defend the Coalition worlds from a fate too terrible to comprehend. Battle is his life. His heart. He fights. He has never once been selfish enough to believe he deserved an Interstellar Bride. Until he's matched at the worst possible time!Astronomer Erica Roberts has always dreamed of seeing the stars...
  • Expeditions, Estimation, and Other Dangerous Pastimes by Lyn Gala

    Expeditions, Estimation, and Other Dangerous Pastimes by Lyn Gala

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Tuk-Palteia Liam has survived the front lines of a civil war and a return visit to his home planet, but now he has to face the ultimate obstacle. Stubborn lovers.As long as Liam and Ondry have the same goals—the pursuit of profits and status—they are the perfect partnership. But now Ondry wants to protect his palteia at any cost, even if it costs him his newly won rank...
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    aliens  angst  lgbtq  military  mlm  steamy  action-adventure  adult
  • Starship Mine by Peter Cawdron

    Starship Mine by Peter Cawdron

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    James Patterson is a gay accountant living in Keyes, Oklahoma—deep in the Bible Belt—the religious heartland of America. He’s also the first person to make contact with an extraterrestrial intelligence seeking to understand our world, and that makes him the most important person on the planet...
    Categorized as:
    aliens  lgbtq  mlm  action-adventure  adult  book  family  fiction
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