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Loving Zorn (Zorn Warriors, #1-2) by Laurann Dohner
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsRal's WomanAriel never knew aliens existed until she finds herself kidnapped and taken from Earth. When the Anzon declare humans useless, she learns her fate-prize for the winner of a brutal fight between large, muscled alien men. Ral is a Zorn warrior. He has also been kidnapped by the Anzon, along with his crew. Forced into slavery, he's got one thing on his mind-freeing his people... -
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The Rebel's Mate by C.W. Gray
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWelcome back to Charybdis Station and the crew of the Blue Solace: (Seventh Book in the series) Finn Sterling is still adjusting to becoming the lieutenant of the blue fleet of Charybdis Station. As an orphan on Cardinal Hold, he never imagined he would have a position of authority as an adult and the trust his friends put in him makes failure impossible... -
![Protected by the Orc by Honey Phillips]()
Protected by the Orc by Honey Phillips
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsHer 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... -
![Cyborg Seduction by Grace Goodwin]()
Cyborg Seduction by Grace Goodwin
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThere is nowhere to hide from a Hunter determined to find his mate. Single mother Lindsey Walters is a blogger and the love of her life is her four-year-old son, Wyatt... -
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Rhal by Erin Tate
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsNew Edition found hereSometimes a lie is the only way to get to the truth. Rhal fa Adar—Ujal assassin—is a liar and Cara is more than ready to beat the truth out of him.To Cara Marte, the Ujal are everyday average people—er, aliens—who occasionally grow fins and scales... -
![Erun by Erin Tate, Celia Kyle]()
Erun by Erin Tate, Celia Kyle
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsNew Edition found hereHe’s an Ujal who knows he’ll never have a mate. She’s a human who doesn’t want to take another chance on love. One small child doesn’t give them a choice. With her toddler in tow, Vanessa Walker travels to Tampa, Florida to begin her new job at Ujal Station Tau... -
![Mission: Planet Biter by Laurann Dohner]()
Mission: Planet Biter by Laurann Dohner
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhen his Veslor grouping answers a distress call on planet Biter, Roth discovers a sole survivor. The little female isn't rational and latches onto him like a lifeline. That surprises Roth, since most humans fear him. This one won't let him go, but he must resist his desire for her. It's the only honorable thing to do... -
![Star's Storm by S.E. Smith]()
Star's Storm by S.E. Smith
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsStar Strauss has always been a fighter. From the time she was born prematurely to her life on the road as a circus performer. She has never let her small stature keep her from achieving her dreams. She is one of the best aerial performers in the world. Her love of being up high and flying free has helped her overcome the challenges she faces when she is on the ground... -
![Hunter Raze by Laurann Dohner]()
Hunter Raze by Laurann Dohner
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhen her parents died in her youth, Anabel Brick—along with her sister, Jessa—was raised as an orphan of United Earth. While her sister became an Alien Research Specialist, Anabel’s skills were put to a different use. She’s a tool for U.E. and its military fleet…a spy…a killer. Her current mission also turns out to be her last... -
![Fire and Ice by Sherrilyn Kenyon]()
Fire and Ice by Sherrilyn Kenyon
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsFIRE & 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... -
![Jo's Journey by S.E. Smith]()
Jo's Journey by S.E. Smith
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsJo Strauss was committed to two things in her life – her family and her life as an acrobat/high-wire performer. She takes both very serious. Her life was orderly, in control, and she was finally settling down in one place so she could spend more time with her parents instead of moving all over the world every few weeks... -
![Recruiting Measures by Viola Grace]()
Recruiting Measures by Viola Grace
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA life of pain is swapped for a rabid urge to collect experiences. Being a recruiter with an elusive species is just as much fun as it sounds.Kyna was shocked when she got an invitation to the Reset Project. She was even more shocked when she found out that her nephew had found her application from decades earlier and forward it to the Volunteer Project... -
![Blood Proxy by Viola Grace]()
Blood Proxy by Viola Grace
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTrained as a Companion for the Alliance, Eleanor Palmer has had a recurring assignment on the Vimpyr homeworld. When death and treachery takes the king and his heir, she takes action and runs with the only surviving member of the bloodline in tow. As Commander Matias joins both herself and her charge, she learns what it is to become Vimpyr. To be the Vimpyr heir's Blood Proxy... -
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Logic by Viola Grace
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA criminal analyst with no social life fascinates a superhero during a hostage taking where she was the hostage, until she wasn’t.Beryl lives a quiet life taking online classes and working on solving cases for her brother when he needs a second pair of eyes. Her skills gain her the notice of the Volunteer Project, and she is encouraged to go and get a life of her own... -
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![Walking Haunt by Viola Grace]()
Walking Haunt by Viola Grace
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsYohwen enjoys her life, but when the Citadel comes knocking she has to face change, danger and a man whose touch can set her on fire.Yohwen has finally reached the pinnacle of her art. She is the Master Haunt and during the festival week, she wakes the dead for their friends and families for one night only... -
![Lost and Sound by Viola Grace]()
Lost and Sound by Viola Grace
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSonic senses and determination take her to the Citadel, but only a sense of purpose can keep her there.Yllin has been raised in privilege and has never felt like it was the right life for her. She honed her skills for sonar as a waitress at a busy restaurant and jumped at the chance to apply for a position in Citadel Ohkhan.Her acceptance is a delightful surprise that isn’t enjoyed by her family... -
![Pilot In Command by Viola Grace]()
Pilot In Command by Viola Grace
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHelen needed more from life as a pilot than the Alliance could offer. When a handsome Azon offers her a new position, she can’t say no, to anything.Helen has enjoyed her tenure as an Alliance pilot, but working with unpredictable crews is wearing on her nerves. When an incident of defense of the innocent via mutiny ends her career, controlling warships is over... -
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Class Zero by Viola Grace
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsPadana has negotiator training and an imperial bloodline. It makes her valuable to one man in particular…if he can find her.Growing up in the shadow of one of Terra’s champions was a comfortable place to be. Padana was the third child of the Empress Amanda Tyrell of the Haldis Imperium, and she was a very requested bride... -
![Hidden Instinct by Viola Grace]()
Hidden Instinct by Viola Grace
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsYadeel finds herself fired, kidnapped and threatened with dissection on the same day. Being rescued is needed but it doesn’t turn out the way she expects.Yadeel has been teaching for the last six years as far away from home as she can get without coming back. She gets fired and abducted two weeks from the end of her contract and wakes in a cell... -
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Balfor's Salvation by Susan Trombley
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDangerously unstable and exceptionally violent are definitely not qualities Stacia Dornan looks for in a mate, especially after the harrowing experience of having half of her jaw torn off by an adurian warrior. Yet, when she meets Prince Balfor to discuss a trade alliance between her father’s company and the umbrose, sparks immediately fly between them... -
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Warrior by Anna Hackett
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsFighting for love, honor, and freedom on the galaxy’s lawless outer rim… It was supposed to be an exciting job on a space station, but instead, scientist Dr. Regan Forrest finds herself fighting for her life when she’s kidnapped by alien slavers... -
![Salvation by Laurie Roma]()
Salvation by Laurie Roma
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsOfficer Skylar Aris is a woman with a troubled past. As a Class-A Conduit, she is beautiful and deadly, making her stand out among the rest of the elite soldiers. She has worked hard to succeed as one of the only female interrogators in the Security and Interrogation Division, but everything she has dreamed of is put in jeopardy when she’s given an ultimatum that will change her fate... -
![Her Mate and Master by Renee Rose]()
Her Mate and Master by Renee Rose
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratings“I’m your master. When I give you an order, you obey.” Talia didn’t escape her slave master only to be shackled again. Not even by a sexy male built of solid muscle who does wicked things with his fingers and tongue. Not even one of her own species who says he knows her father--the father she doesn’t remember... -
![His Curvy Mate by Georgette St. Clair]()
His Curvy Mate by Georgette St. Clair
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMost shifters give near-feral Alpha Prime Creel a wide berth – and he likes it that way. At least, that’s what happens until he wakes up with a crazy woman in his bed who insists that they’re mated, and seems to know everything about him – right down to the scar on his inner thigh... -
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![Rowan by Nalini Singh]()
Rowan by Nalini Singh
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA short story featuring Sahara, Kaleb, Zach, Annie & Rowan. Timeline: Takes place some time after Allegiance of Honor.This story can be found on Nalini Singh's official website...Categorized as:
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![The Pirate Prince by Michelle M. Pillow]()
The Pirate Prince by Michelle M. Pillow
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsShapeshifter RomanceCat-shifter Prince Jarek sails the high sky doing what he pleases…that is until drug dealers kidnap one of his men. But the rescue mission goes wrong and instead of a crewman, he liberates a woman who he believes is desperately trying to escape her captors. He soon discovers he unwittingly kidnaped a princess... -
![Mated to the Cyborgs by Grace Goodwin]()
Mated to the Cyborgs by Grace Goodwin
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFBI Agent Kristin Webster has spent the last eight years tracking and taking down the worst of humanity. She's seen to much to believe she could ever trust a human man, but the promise of a perfect match through the Coalition's Interstellar Brides Program has her settling into the testing chair to be matched to her alien mate... -
![Draekon Abduction by Lee Savino, Lili Zander]()
Draekon Abduction by Lee Savino, Lili Zander
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsHow to Fail as an Intergalactic Spy: 1. Crash spaceship on wrong planet.2. Break leg.3. Get abducted by rogue prisoners.4. End up with two pairs of dragon-shifters claiming I’m their mate. Here’s a report for the CIA: The aliens are freaking good kissers. The mission was simple: Go to the Zorahn planet. Spy on the aliens... -
![Claimed by the Cyborgs by Grace Goodwin]()
Claimed by the Cyborgs by Grace Goodwin
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsPrillon warrior Thomar Arcas is the royal heir to his ancestor’s legacy of dishonor, betrayal and death. When he was captured by the Hive, some on his home world cheered. Some sighed with relief. None shed a tear.Thomar, along with his second, Varin, break free and destroy an enemy base, barely escaping with their lives. They transport to The Colony, the last refuge for contaminated males... -
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Tracking Trisha by S.E. Smith
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsTrisha Grove enjoyed her job as a pilot for Boswell International but realizes something is still missing from her life – her family. She is ready to call it quits and head back home to Wyoming where her father lives. She never expected her last flight for Boswell would end with an unplanned trip out of this world... -
![Berrr's Vow by Laurann Dohner]()
Berrr's Vow by Laurann Dohner
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 18 ratings*** THIS IS A RERELEASE OF A PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED BOOK *** Kidnapped from Earth and transported to planet Zorn to be sold as a sex slave, Shanna is one angry, frightened woman ready to fight anyone who tries to touch her. Raised in foster care, she’s not going to take any crap off some alien men no matter how big, terrifying or muscular they are... -
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Ynyr by M.K. Eidem
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsYnyr was a third male and while he was a fit and worthy Warrior, he had always known that no female would ever Join with him. His mother’s refusal to leave his manno had most looking down on his family. He knew Ull would be able to overcome this because he was a first male and would one day be a Lord... -
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Revealed by Evangeline Anderson
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsBook 5 in the Brides of the Kindred seriesThis book is a plus length novel--around 130,000 words longNadiah has the Sight—the ability to see into the future. But the one thing she can’t see is how she’s ever going to be free of the blood bond her parents forced her into when she was only six... -
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Vanished by Evangeline Anderson
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsHarper Wilde is sitting on the beach, minding her own business when a huge, muscular Kindred warrior with black hair and blazing white eyes demands that she accompany him into the future. Harper has no choice--she is dragged against her will into a dystopian nightmare--the world as it might become if something isn't changed.And that something that needs changing is Harper herself... -
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![The Breeding Experiment by Laurann Dohner]()
The Breeding Experiment by Laurann Dohner
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsDarla Mitts has been secretly protecting her younger sister, Becky, for years. She’ll do anything to continue, even if it means leaving their family to work on a United Earth fleet ship. She thinks they’ll be safe. She’s quickly proven wrong when the sisters’ transport shuttle is seized by aliens instead... -
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Mission: Guardian Angel by Laurann Dohner
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsEver since her friend Vivian mated a Veslor, Abby Thomas has been curious about the mysterious aliens. She also has a vested interest in making sure their newfound relationship with United Earth is a success, prompting her to take a job on a military vessel to ensure the Veslor grouping stationed there are treated fairly. It doesn't hurt that they're easy to look at... -
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Devoured by Evangeline Anderson
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsTess Hughes is on the run from her abusive ex-husband. The problem is, he’s a detective and there’s no place on Earth he can’t find her. Solution? Hide somewhere that’s not on Earth—the Kindred Mother Ship. That’s how she winds up posing as Pairing Puppet—one of the robotic mistresses that service the Unmated Males of the Kindred who need a little sexual stress release from time to time... -
![Grim by M.K. Eidem]()
Grim by M.K. Eidem
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsKing Grim Vasteri is the most feared warrior in the Tornian Empire. He has been sent by his Emperor to find and retrieve compatible females for their dying civilization... -
![Capturing Cara by S.E. Smith]()
Capturing Cara by S.E. Smith
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsCara Truman is a pint-size pistol whose inquisitive nature has gotten her into trouble on more than one occasion. Her next adventure takes her further than she even expected when she ends up on a journey out of this world.Trelon Reykill thought he had his hands full... -
![Quest For the Moon Orb by Laura Jo Phillips]()
Quest For the Moon Orb by Laura Jo Phillips
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsQuest for the Moon Orb is a full-length, 130,000 word novel... -
![Haldis Imperium by Viola Grace]()
Haldis Imperium by Viola Grace
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAmy Tyrell has worked for the most arrogant, obnoxious, and handsome guy she has ever seen for the last few years. His Imperial Highness Palden VII was attached to his Negotiator Tyrell, and considered him his best friend. The armor that was worn by the Negotiators both protected her and kept her from contact, until it came off... -
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Encode by Viola Grace
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHoney Barrow serves the Alliance as an Encoded Courier, putting biologicals into her own body to keep them viable during transport. This job has kept her flying for years, but that is about to come to a screeching halt when she accepts an assignment to transport the semen of an Alpha multi-shifter to the High Prefect of Shoshan... -
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Scarred by Susan Hayes
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLaesa Fen left her home planet, Tartarus, in search of a new life. A recently freed harem slave, she is finally traveling the galaxy and visiting the places she could only dream of while she was the property of a Tarin warlord. On her own for the first time, she is finally free to pursue her art and to discover who she is and what she wants out of life... -
![Star Breaker by Viola Grace]()
Star Breaker by Viola Grace
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWith an asteroid heading to Morganti, Kale volunteers to retrieve the Star Breaker, a weapon that has the ability to shatter anything in it's way. When he takes possession he feels a familiar presence, a star's Avatar is trapped within the sphere. Carella has been waiting for her freedom, and when her sphere collides with the asteroid, she is naked, free, and in the mood to blow something up... -
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![A Hunter's Dream by Viola Grace]()
A Hunter's Dream by Viola Grace
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIris has used her ability to dream her target’s location to gain recognition and to be the most efficient hunter she could be. The psychic knives that appear at the ends of her hands help her to stun rather than kill prey when a death is not necessary. Nothing escapes her, not livestock, not lost people. Anything that runs, she can hunt... -
![Astonish by Viola Grace]()
Astonish by Viola Grace
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCeelie was nothing exceptional until the moment she became the most important woman to an entire world…and its avatar.Trapped in a job working as an assistant for an ambassador, Ceelie is hoping for something better for her life, but she knows that it isn’t likely. While on an assignment to obtain some atmosphere scrubbing trees Ceelie finds herself courted and seduced before she can blink... -
![Asteroid by Viola Grace]()
Asteroid by Viola Grace
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSebena has spent her time in the Alliance using her accuracy to blow large rocks into tiny rocks suitable for refinement. When she picks up a heat signature she has to pursue it, even if it means doing it on her own time. Finding a life pod is not really a surprise, but having it functioning and its occupant alive is quite the shock... -
![A Healing Caress by Viola Grace]()
A Healing Caress by Viola Grace
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBrenawyn has lived life with one goal, survival. When Tracker of the Sector Guard lands on her planet she tries to buy herself some time at his expense and ends up with him and travelling to the Citadel.Training and teaching for four years, no one is more surprised than Bren when Tracker comes in, his body desperately needing her attention... -
![Bound by Law by Viola Grace]()
Bound by Law by Viola Grace
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsPhysical talents are illegal on Resicor, they fear an uprising and so lock their active talents away.Col knows her talent for flight can get her arrested and if she dares to show it in public, her life will end in the dome.A robbery at a museum ends up with her being thrown off a roof and it is fly for her life or die a free woman... -
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Govern by Viola Grace
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA woman, with a foul temper and her own spaceship, ends up an escort for a stunned ambassador. Her perfect mate.Leo runs her ship with precision and an attitude shaped by pain. Gathering an ambassador in stasis, she is surprised to find his ability to match her innermost desires, and he is surprised to find that she wants him in his own form and not the one she craves...
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