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  • Planet Killer by Lindsay Buroker

    Planet Killer by Lindsay Buroker

    Rated: 4.65 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Casmir has survived against impossible odds, and now he longs to return home. But an invasion force is blockading the Kingdom’s wormhole gate, and it would be suicidal to fly through it now. Worse, his family and friends are stuck on the other side, with hostile forces attacking their home world. The only way Casmir can help is to find out who’s behind the invasion… and convince him to stop...
  • 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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  • 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...
  • Binary Pair by Michael-Scott Earle

    Binary Pair by Michael-Scott Earle

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    What do you get when you mix Firefly, Mass Effect, and Shadowrun together? You get Star Justice. The latest action packed series from New York Times and USA Today bestseller Michael-Scott Earle. ***Following the hint given by Persephone, the crew arrives at planet Y-114-a...
  • 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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  • 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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  • 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...
  • The Rebel's Mate by C.W. Gray

    The Rebel's Mate by C.W. Gray

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Welcome 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...
  • The Captain's Mate by C.W. Gray

    The Captain's Mate by C.W. Gray

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Welcome back to Charybdis Station and the crew of the Blue Solace: (Sixth Book in the series) Draif Ando started life as a slave on Vextonar. When he was fifteen, he met his best friend, Leti Ando, and life got a lot better. Now he's a Charybdis Station captain and works closely with the Lord Admiral of the Station...
  • The Lieutenant's Mate by C.W. Gray

    The Lieutenant's Mate by C.W. Gray

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Welcome back to Charybdis Station and the crew of the Blue Solace: (Fourth Book in the series) Sebastian Dolarnio has a past. His parents sold him into indentured servitude when he was seventeen which led him to enforced prostitution...
  • Arkadian Skies by Lindsay Buroker

    Arkadian Skies by Lindsay Buroker

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    With the man who kidnapped her daughter imprisoned aboard her ship, Captain Alisa Marchenko is closer than ever to reuniting her family. But her new guest has been in a coma for weeks, with the secret to her daughter's location locked away in his mind. She must find a way to sneak him into a state-of-the-art hospital on Arkadius, a planet in the heart of Alliance territory...
  • Defending the Galaxy by Maria V. Snyder

    Defending the Galaxy by Maria V. Snyder

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Year 2522. Oh. My. Stars.Junior Officer Ara Lawrence here, reporting for duty. Again. It's situation critical for the security team and everyone in the base - including my parents - with a new attack from the looters imminent, a possible galaxy-wide crime conspiracy and an unstoppable alien threat. But this all pales in the face of my mind-blowing discovery about the Q-net...
  • Earth Star by Janet Edwards

    Earth Star by Janet Edwards

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Sequel to Earth Girl.18-year-old Jarra has a lot to prove. After being awarded one of the military’s highest honours for her role in a daring rescue attempt, Jarra finds herself – and her Ape status – in the spotlight. Jarra is one of the unlucky few born with an immune system that cannot survive on other planets...
  • Recruiting Measures by Viola Grace

    Recruiting Measures by Viola Grace

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A 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...
  • Ancient Thought by Viola Grace

    Ancient Thought by Viola Grace

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Is the end of one life the start of the next? It is if you have been reset.Elizabeth has spent her life exploring the world, visiting strangers, and learning all the customs she could. When the first Volunteer Project began, she had been in her fifties and out of the running. Now, at eighty-two, they offer to tune her up and send her to the stars...
  • Break the Mold by Viola Grace

    Break the Mold by Viola Grace

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Programming nanites isn’t a hobby; it is in her blood. Time to break the mold and see what she can do. Lucky was holding the bomb that blew the staff of Adaptation Base to pieces. Instead of suffering from the blast, the acid in the device consumed her soft tissues...
  • Twisting Sanity by Viola Grace

    Twisting Sanity by Viola Grace

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When her body isn’t hers to command, Windy has to find ways to defend herself. Windy broke her spine in the attack, and she was taken from Adaptation Station and sold to the Splice. Her destiny was to act as their communication conduit. She hated the idea of destiny. When Alphy sent a hunter to come get her, he is shocked by her condition...
  • Dax's Desire by Hannah Walker

    Dax's Desire by Hannah Walker

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The Avanti have made their way to Berinias, the capital and heart of Landran society. Not only is it King Kastain’s home ground, but it’s the seat of the Conclave's power. Dax finally gets to see Kastain in all his glory— regal, confident, powerful and downright sexy. As events unfold, Dax and Kastain realize everything happening with the Derin, with Martellon, Nestor and Teriva, is linked...
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  • 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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  • Clan and Conviction by Tracy St. John

    Clan and Conviction by Tracy St. John

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The drug Delir is sweeping the Kalquorian Empire, leaving madness and death in its wake. Investigator Dramok Gelan has already lost his enforcer partner in a deadly shootout because of the case. With no clues or suspects, he despairs of putting an end to the epidemic. Then a familiar face enters the picture: new partner and former lover Nobek Wynhod...
  • 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...
  • Tate's Torment by Hannah Walker

    Tate's Torment by Hannah Walker

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When a rare day out goes disastrously wrong, the men have to fight for the survival of one of their own. Their actions spark an appearance by the Conclave, leaving the Avanti's future in the hands of those who choose to destroy them. Tate will give up everything to save his friends, even if it means losing Dariux and a love he never imagined he would find...
  • Hers To Command by Cynthia Sax

    Hers To Command by Cynthia Sax

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Three Battered Hearts. One Perfect Love Ace and Thrasher share a special bond. They’ve never acknowledged that connection and have never fully acted on it. The Humanoid Alliance kill cyborg males like them, deeming the warriors to be defective. Now that Ace and Thrasher have escaped, they don’t trust the cyborg council and their brethren to react any differently...
  • Earth Files: Book 1 by Anna Carven

    Earth Files: Book 1 by Anna Carven

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    As much as Rykal thought she was sheer perfection in that outfit, he wanted to flick out a claw and gently slice the garment from top to bottom so he could pay homage to her naked form. Later. She wouldn’t escape his tender clutches. But he would behave himself for now, because this particular outing was apparently an important event in Human culture. He was about to meet the mother of his mate...
  • The General's Mate by C.W. Gray

    The General's Mate by C.W. Gray

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Welcome back to the Blue Solace: (Sequel to "The Mercenary's Mate") Leti Ando and Will Hackett are certain about one thing in all the galaxy. They love one another. Now that they are mated, it's time to meet Hack's parents and settle into their new home. In a normal courtship, the two would spend time getting to know one another and reveling in their love. Normal isn't what they get...
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    mlm  lgbtq  military  paranormal  space-opera  romance  sci-fi  aliens
  • Raven's Children by Sabrina Chase

    Raven's Children by Sabrina Chase

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Moire Cameron, former NASA explorer and web pilot, now has a working ship, a loyal crew, an unexpected son, and a valuable Earthlike planet to protect from the clutches of Toren. Then Ennis, the only one to discover her secret, is captured by Toren--and Moire discovers crucial information that could help end the crab-human war...
  • Fear of Frogs by Angel Martinez

    Fear of Frogs by Angel Martinez

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    While Shax recovers from a near fatality, his shipmates have been busy. He's rather proud of them for taking the initiative and finding them a lucrative cargo run. His pride turns to outright horror, though, when he finds out what sort of cargo. Frogs. The one thing in the universe that incites mindless panic in Shax...
  • Refuge by H.L. Day

    Refuge by H.L. Day

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    If you no longer recognize someone, how can you possibly be expected to trust them with your life? Some might describe Blake Brannigan’s life in the small Yorkshire village of Thwaite as bordering on mundane. His job in a café doesn’t exactly set the world alight. But, he’s got his own house, a boyfriend, and a close-knit group of good friends...
  • Krayter by Kate Rudolph

    Krayter by Kate Rudolph

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Welcome to Earth. Try not to die. When his brethren begin to discover human mates, Krayter knows his best chance at surviving the Denya Price is to journey to Earth and find the woman he’s been waiting for. Otherwise, he’ll waste away and die by the age of thirty like most other Detyens. But when his speeder crashes in a hostile human settlement, a mate is the last thing on his mind...
  • Altered Design by Viola Grace

    Altered Design by Viola Grace

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Alphy needs a guide, a pilot, and a companion. Who knew that Lexo could fit all requirements? Alone on a station with only the voices in her head, Alphy needs to get in touch with the humans who are left out in space, and that means moving her ship. The trouble that she has is that the station was never designed to be flown by someone who didn’t even have a driving license...
  • Doc's Orders by Cynthia Sax

    Doc's Orders by Cynthia Sax

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She wants both sides of her cyborg—the medic AND the beast. *** A fully functional cyborg is balanced. His machine half and his organic half work together to produce the perfect warrior. Doc isn’t fully functional. The G Model operates at the two extremes. When his machine is in complete control, he’s the logic-driven medic, saving lifespans...
  • Shalia's Diary: Book 4 by Tracy St. John

    Shalia's Diary: Book 4 by Tracy St. John

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    This is a compilation from the free serial story blog ‘Shalia’s Diary – A Clans of Kalquor Story’ by Tracy St. John. It is highly recommended you read Shalia’s Diary, Books 1, 2, and 3 before reading this story. Shalia’s Diary Book 4 picks up immediately where Book 3 left off. Shalia feels ready for a little fun when the Kalquorian transport docks for shore leave at the Xniktix Space Station...
  • Girl Gone Nova by Pauline Baird Jones

    Girl Gone Nova by Pauline Baird Jones

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    NOTE: Alternate cover edition for ASIN B00EFB8IIG.Doc-Delilah Oliver Clementyne's-orders are simple: do the impossible and do it yesterday. A genius/bad ass, she does the impossible on a regular basis...
  • Warrior's Mate by Emma Alisyn

    Warrior's Mate by Emma Alisyn

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    3rd book in the Yadeshi Brides series.A Dark Alien Prince + his unquenchable desire x his insatiable thirst = a warrior willing to defy a galaxy to claim his mate.Born with a platinum spoon in her mouth, warrior bride-in-training Gayle throws it away in order to sneak aboard a Yadeshi military vessel to escape imprisonment by her family...
  • Cracked Control by Viola Grace

    Cracked Control by Viola Grace

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Addy was a lost Terran. Her ship was captured on the way to the Alliance training center, and she and the other occupants were held for experimentation. Months of agony with her fellow humans dying under the test-to-destruction methods of the researchers ended the day that Addy was taken to the edge of her limits...
  • Velvet Glove: Volume V by Sean Michael

    Velvet Glove: Volume V by Sean Michael

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The fifth installment of the Velvet Glove series about an exclusive men's BDSM club, features three works: Three to Heal, Rock Stars and Size Queens and Fits Like a Glove...
  • Monsters within Men by T.J. Rose

    Monsters within Men by T.J. Rose

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    London, 2053. One of the last remaining civilisations in the world. A decade on from the first wave of human-flesh-craving monsters that wiped out most of society, Noah finds himself stepping up to lead Squad E, part of London’s East Regiment, fighting back against the creatures that threaten mankind...
  • Demons Don't Dream by Hannah Walker

    Demons Don't Dream by Hannah Walker

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Being the Terran ambassador assigned to Kenistal, the Demon home world, is not a particularly easy posting. Caris Dealyn wants nothing more than to get this assignment done so he can continue searching for his missing Avanti friends...
  • Starlight by Lisa Henry

    Starlight by Lisa Henry

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Brady Garrett is back in space, this time as an unwilling member of a team of humans seeking to study the alien Faceless and their technology. It’s not the first time Brady’s life has been in the hands of the Faceless leader Kai-Ren, and if there’s one thing Brady hates it’s being reminded exactly how powerless he is...
  • Forbidden Planet by Cheree Alsop

    Forbidden Planet by Cheree Alsop

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When Captain Nova Ardis acquires the services of a dangerous, tattooed gladiator, she knows she’s taking a risk—but she would do anything for family.Kove has survived most of his life in the gladiator arena and now, on the eve of winning his freedom, he is sold once again. At least being the captain’s bodyguard shouldn’t be too hard compared to the bloody life he’s lived...
  • Fallen Star by Morgan Hawke

    Fallen Star by Morgan Hawke

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Isabeau Fallon, the Fallen Star is one of the finest thieves on Dyson's Ring station--until she's caught by the Skeldhi hunter, Sobehk. Trapped and altered into a skeldhi-human hybrid sex-pet known as a "rehkyt," her past is a closed door -- until it literally comes back to haunt her in the form of E'sey Khan...
  • Earth Fathers Are Weird by Lyn Gala

    Earth Fathers Are Weird by Lyn Gala

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Captain Maxwell Davis and his entire unit scrambled to engage alien ships over Iowa. The aliens snatched him out of his destroyed jet before they continued on their interplanetary hot pursuit. Then they informed Max that Earth was too far outside regular shipping lanes to return him to his planet.So Max ends up in an alien spaceport looking for work...
  • Trailblazer by Michelle Diener

    Trailblazer by Michelle Diener

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    He's on a mission . . . She's running for her life . . . And if they get off-planet alive, she'll have to trust he won't reveal her darkest secret. Tally Riva is not what she seems, and even she's not happy about it. Infected, invaded, she's not quite sure how to describe it, but on a disastrous mission to a ghost ship, something burrowed its way into her body. Into her mind...
  • Ariston by Ruby Lionsdrake

    Ariston by Ruby Lionsdrake

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    An undercover Star Guardian agent sworn to enforce the law...A US marine turned galactic pilot, inadvertently breaking the law... Trapped on a mysterious planet full of dangerous ruins, these two enemies must work together - and deal with their growing attraction - as they struggle to survive..
  • The Hands We're Given by O.E. Tearmann

    The Hands We're Given by O.E. Tearmann

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Aidan Headly never wanted to be the man giving orders. That's fine with the Democratic State Force base he's been assigned to command: they don't like to take orders. Nicknamed the Wildcards, they used to be the most effective base against the seven Corporations owning the former United States in a war that has lasted over half a century...
  • Warrior Wench by Marie Andreas

    Warrior Wench by Marie Andreas

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Vaslisha Tor Dain is a mercenary starship captain with a few simple rules: A good ship is better than a great man, in case of confusion always err on the side of blowing someone's head off, and never fall for a telepath or a member of her crew. All of those are about to bite her in the ass...
  • The Tracker's Dilemma by Ruby Lionsdrake

    The Tracker's Dilemma by Ruby Lionsdrake

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Sergeant Heath “Tick” Hawthorn, the best tracker in Mandrake Company and the captain’s right-hand man, has been admiring microbiologist Lauren Keys from afar for months. Unfortunately, she’s dedicated to her science and doesn’t seem to have any interest in relationships. He’s not even sure she knows his name...
  • Treecat Wars by David Weber, Jane Lindskold

    Treecat Wars by David Weber, Jane Lindskold

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    New York Times and Publishers Weekly Best Selling Young Adult Series. Book Three by international writing phenomenon David Weber. Two young settlers on a pioneer planet seek to stop a war and to save the intelligent alien treecats from exploitation by unscrupulous humans...
  • AL:ICE by Charles W. Lamb

    AL:ICE by Charles W. Lamb

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Captain Jacob Thomas USMC is a divorced combat veteran just trying to get his life back on track. Returning to the Marine Corps after a failed attempt at reconciliation with his estranged wife, Jake volunteers for a DARPA experiment that catapults him into a future where humanity has been stripped of 200 years of technological advancements and more than half its population...
  • Lost Star by Morgan Hawke

    Lost Star by Morgan Hawke

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Once upon a time, before the Victorious Star, there were a prince and a prisoner… Aubrey was a tech engineer with a dirty little secret that the Moribund Company was willing to destroy everyone and everything to get their hands on. When Deshryt Seht, blood-prince of Skeldhor, saved the dying boy's life, it set off a contest of wills as strong as the call of their blood...
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