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  • Charon Docks at Daylight by Zoe Reed

    Charon Docks at Daylight by Zoe Reed

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    It's six years after an infection turned a majority of the population into ferocious, zombie-like creatures that hunt during the day, forcing the living into a nocturnal state of existence. Survival is a continuous struggle when it's hide or fight, and the creatures aren't the only threat in a wasted America. Sometimes fighting is the only answer.Ebook linkhttps://www.patreon.com/posts/cdad-ep..
  • 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...
  • Hoards and Harbors by S.M. Olivier

    Hoards and Harbors by S.M. Olivier

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Navigating our new reality has its ups and downs. My relationships with my men and most of my family continue to grow. Together, we've made it our duty to help those who can't help themselves. We're determined to ensure good prevails despite the evil forces against us. We make new friends, giving us hope we're not alone in our mission...
  • Hoards and Harbors Part 2 by S.M. Olivier

    Hoards and Harbors Part 2 by S.M. Olivier

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    One of my worst nightmares came to fruition, and I was separated from some of my guys. Not knowing their fate left me in a state of constant anxiety. We were determining our next move and waiting for the hordes to pass only added to the stress of the unknown. Of course, leaving the prison and embarking on our next journey was also fraught with additional dangers...
  • Haven by Elle Casey

    Haven by Elle Casey

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    My name's Bryn Mathis. I'm seventeen years old, and I'm alive at a critical time in our world's history, unlike all the adults and babies who didn't survive the virus that almost wiped out the human race. Alliances are building, enemies are gathering, and everything's about to reach the boiling point...
  • Love and Decay 3, Episode One by Rachel Higginson

    Love and Decay 3, Episode One by Rachel Higginson

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Zombies- as if that wasn’t enough to ruin any girl’s dream of a happily ever after. It’s been six months since Reagan Willow fled the Colony and Matthias Allen’s tyrannical clutches. Six months since she broke Hendrix Parker’s heart. Six months since she watched Kane Allen sacrifice his life to save hers...
  • Affliction by Adrienne Lecter

    Affliction by Adrienne Lecter

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Something is rotten in the state of California… The dawning civil war has ended in a truce. Scavengers and traders all over the country are settling down for the long, hard winter to come. With their new camp outside the maze of New Angeles at the coast growing every day, Bree, Nate, and the gang have their hands full—yet something is not quite right...
  • Beyond: Volume Two by Kit Rocha

    Beyond: Volume Two by Kit Rocha

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    This bundle contains Book #4, Book #5 and Book #6 in the bestselling, award-winning BEYOND series.Catch up before the final book comes out at the end of 2016!Beyond Jealousy - Beyond, Book FourWhen Rachel Riley sacrificed a life in Eden to protect the O'Kanes, she earned her place in the powerful Sector Four gang. But the former crime princess is tired of being everyone's sweet little sister...
  • Darkness Remains by K.C. Luck

    Darkness Remains by K.C. Luck

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    If the lights go out forever, can love survive? When a group of women from different walks of life are brought together by fate during the end of the world as they know it, each must find a way to survive against the odds as well as learn to rely on each other...
  • The McClane Apocalypse: Book 4 by Kate Morris

    The McClane Apocalypse: Book 4 by Kate Morris

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    As the years have gone by on the McClane farm, the family has suffered losses, brought forth new life and celebrated the return of old friends. They work with their community to restore unity while offering medical services at Doc's old practice in town. But some of them wonder if going to town will always be what's best for their personal safety and the security of the whole family...
  • 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...
  • Before The Dawn by Lindsey Sparks, Lindsey Pogue

    Before The Dawn by Lindsey Sparks, Lindsey Pogue

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A year ago, the Virus killed off most people in the world. A year ago, strange things started happening to those who survived. Some of them transformed into something dark and sinister, while others evolved, becoming something more, something beyond human.A year ago, Dani and Zoe were lost. They traversed the country to find one another, losing some of the people dearest to them along the way...
  • The McClane Apocalypse: Book 2 by Kate Morris

    The McClane Apocalypse: Book 2 by Kate Morris

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Having survived the first few months of the apocalypse, the McClane family forges on through turmoil and strife. John and Reagan make a fateful trip on horseback through the dense Tennessee forest to the nearest city for desperately-needed supplies...
  • Deathly Contagious by Emily Goodwin

    Deathly Contagious by Emily Goodwin

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Deathly Contagious: Book Two in the Contagium Trilogy After the discovery of a zombie-proof safe house, things are finally looking up for Orissa Penwell. But her chance at happiness is shattered when someone she cares about is shot. Hell bent on revenge, Orissa will do whatever it takes to seek vengeance and get even...
  • Beyond Surrender by Kit Rocha

    Beyond Surrender by Kit Rocha

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    The final book in the bestselling, award-winning series... She's the heart of O'Kane liquor. He's the brains of the revolution. They're facing a war that could end their world. Again. On December 13th, the Beyond series comes to its climactic conclusion with Nessa and Ryder's story--and the final battle between the sectors and Eden...
  • Defy the Future by Keira Andrews

    Defy the Future by Keira Andrews

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    To protect their pack, they must risk everything.Adam and Parker are finally safe. As safe as they can be in a world where the zombie-like infected still roam the night. With other survivors, they’ve built a community—a pack. Until that peace is shattered...
  • The Suicide King Volume 2 by Quil Carter

    The Suicide King Volume 2 by Quil Carter

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    After being broken in almost every way imaginable, it is now time for the phoenixes to emerge from the flames and take flight. The men who had become shadows of their former selves have resolved the issues that had plagued them, and now it is time to take back what they had lost...
  • Beyond: The Novella Collection by Kit Rocha

    Beyond: The Novella Collection by Kit Rocha

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    All three novellas in the BEYOND series in one convenient anthology. Contains: BEYOND TEMPTATION Hacker Noah Lennox has faced danger, betrayal and near-certain death in the darkest corner of the sectors. But no peril compares to the threat embodied by Emma Cibulski...his best friend's baby sister, and a temptation he thought long put safely out of reach...
  • A God Among Insects Volume 2 by Quil Carter

    A God Among Insects Volume 2 by Quil Carter

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    There is no denying it now, something is happening to Elish. Jade doesn’t know what is going on with his husband, he only knows Elish is hiding something from him – and that the new king’s mind is slipping.Too bad there’s nothing Jade can do about it, considering they’re both prisoners of an insane clone named Malachy...
  • 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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    lgbtq  military  mlm  paranormal  action-adventure  adult  aliens  book
  • The Suicide King  Volume 1 by Quil Carter

    The Suicide King Volume 1 by Quil Carter

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    After months of being separated, Reaver and Killian are finally together; but their happiness is short lived. Unbeknownst to Killian, Reaver is struggling with his own inner demons, demons that threaten to not only rip Reaver apart, but their entire relationship as well.Unfortunately though, it’s not only demons they have to worry about...
  • Beyond Doubt by Kit Rocha

    Beyond Doubt by Kit Rocha

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    This BREN & SIX novella contains massive spoilers for the Beyond series. It is meant for existing fans of the series who want to get a glimpse of what life looks like for their favorite characters after The End. It may be confusing and unsatisfying for readers not familiar with the world and characters...
  • 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...
  • Warpaint by Elle Casey

    Warpaint by Elle Casey

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    NEW YORK TIMES and USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR, ELLE CASEY, brings readers Book 2 of 4 in the YA Dystopian APOCALYPSIS Series, suitable for older teens and adults. WARPAINT. My name’s Bryn Mathis. I’m seventeen years old, and I live in Kahayatle, otherwise known as The Everglades...
  • Outbreak by Adrienne Lecter

    Outbreak by Adrienne Lecter

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    With nowhere left to run—where will you go? Most of the world’s population is either dead or dying from a virus that looks a lot like the one Bree and Nate tried to destroy—and not all of them remain dead. Chased by hordes of zombies, they flee the city with what remains of their merry band of miscreants...
  • Knight Awakening by Rebecca Zanetti

    Knight Awakening by Rebecca Zanetti

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    “Sexy, tough, and deftly sprinkled with dark humor.” -- New York Times bestselling author Larissa Ione The Line Between Obsession and Love has Disappeared The world has changed. Any rules that might’ve been in place before the Scorpius bacterium ripped through civilization and decreased its population are no longer in place. Obsession and survival are the new reality...
  • Storm Gathering by Rebecca Zanetti

    Storm Gathering by Rebecca Zanetti

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Even before surviving the Scorpius bacterium, Greyson Storm was a lone wolf navigating minefields. As a kid, he learned to take a hit and find safety. As an adult, he joined the military and quickly learned how to protect and defend. When the world ended, he created a mercenary camp with military precision, no entanglements, and a promise to avenge a fallen friend...
  • Beyond Ecstasy by Kit Rocha

    Beyond Ecstasy by Kit Rocha

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

    Out Of The Ashes by Lindsey Sparks, Lindsey Pogue

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Hope brought them together, but it's now fear that drives them...and threatens to tear them apart.Zoe and her companions succeeded in rescuing Dani from the Colony. But not without sacrifice. Beaten and broken, they head west, determined to leave behind the torment and horrors they experienced in Colorado...
  • Into The Fire by Lindsey Sparks, Lindsey Pogue

    Into The Fire by Lindsey Sparks, Lindsey Pogue

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The Virus changed them, but that was only the beginning……death…mutation…insanity…corruption…terror……all that remains is hope.In the wake of destruction left behind by the Virus, it took Dani and Zoe months to find each other. But their reunion was short-lived. Dani has been taken, and though little distance separates them, they might as well be worlds apart...
  • Beyond Pain by Kit Rocha

    Beyond Pain by Kit Rocha

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    A woman with no future…Live fast, die young–anything else is a fantasy for Six. She’s endured the worst the sectors had to throw at her, but falling in with Dallas O’Kane’s Sector Four gang lands her in a whole new world of danger. They’re completely open about everything, including their sexuality–but she hasn’t survived this long by making herself vulnerable...
  • Beyond Ruin by Kit Rocha

    Beyond Ruin by Kit Rocha

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

    Burn by Nora Phoenix

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    In a world where it’s every man for himself, all they can do is hold on to each other… An MMM survival romance. The last book in an exciting trilogy! With soldiers next door, the situation has become dire for Austin, Mack, and Tan...
  • A God Among Insects Volume 3 by Quil Carter

    A God Among Insects Volume 3 by Quil Carter

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Things have gone from bad to worse. Dr. Bastian Gibel is determined to right the wrong he’d made centuries before, and while the old man works on a way to eradicate immortals once and for all, the threat of the proxy worms grows stronger. Skyfall is in a dire place, but even with their world falling apart around them, the royal family is still fighting amongst themselves...
  • 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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    lgbtq  military  mlm  paranormal  action-adventure  adult  aliens  book
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • Dissolution by Michele Notaro

    Dissolution by Michele Notaro

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Oh god, no! Oh god help me… how am I going to save them? There’s just so much… blood… everywhere… I was supposed to protect them. I was supposed to keep them safe, but wherever I go more and more people are losing their lives, and nothing I do can save them. After so much loss, my family is breaking apart at the seams. The Taoree Legion is winning this war...
  • Praying for Grace by M. Lauryl Lewis

    Praying for Grace by M. Lauryl Lewis

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Trying to survive in a land ruled by the dead, Zoe finds herself more alone than ever after the death of her lover. Time goes by and life becomes even more intolerable. Never sure of who she can trust, and her ability to sense the dead drastically altered, she is forced to face some major realities as what remains of the group of survivors moves to higher ground...
  • Smoke & Cameras by Manna Francis

    Smoke & Cameras by Manna Francis

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Another short story in The Administration series...
    Categorized as:
    dystopia  lgbtq  mlm  steamy  action-adventure  adult  book  crime
  • 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  lgbtq  paranormal  apocalyptic  steamy  romance  sci-fi
  • Kept By The Zandian by Renee Rose, Rebel West

    Kept By The Zandian by Renee Rose, Rebel West

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    HUMAN FEMALES CANNOT BE TRUSTED.She killed to escape her former slave master.Stowed away on my ship. Injected me with poison.Now she’s been remanded to me for probation.It’s my job to watch her. Rule over her. Discipline her.It’s up to me to decide if she’s worthy of asylum on our planet.And I’m dragging my feet on the decision.Because stars know, I like her right where I have her.In my home...
  • Winter Igniting by Rebecca Zanetti

    Winter Igniting by Rebecca Zanetti

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    His only goal was survival until he met her...With nothing to lose, former cop Damon Winter agrees to an undercover op, infiltrating a cult in the dangerous post-Scorpius world. After one look at his new partner, he knows she belongs far away from not only the cult, but from him. She's sweet and kind and has no business being in peril, but she's determined to help...
  • 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...
  • Ivan by Kit Rocha

    Ivan by Kit Rocha

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    As the sheltered princess of Sector One, Maricela’s life is defined by duty: to her people and to her family. Her wealth and influence have allowed her to build a better world, but they come with a price---the responsibility to secure political stability with a practical marriage...
  • Ignite by Nora Phoenix

    Ignite by Nora Phoenix

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

    Dance with the Devil by Kit Rocha

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Tobias Richter, the fearsome VP of Security of TechCorp is dead. The puppetmaster is gone, and the organization is scrambling to maintain control by ruthlessly limiting access to resources to Atlanta, hoping to quell rebellion. Our band of mercenary librarians have decided that the time for revolution has come.Maya uses her wealth of secrets to weaken the TechCorps from within...
  • A God Among Insects Volume 1 by Quil Carter

    A God Among Insects Volume 1 by Quil Carter

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Two months after what is now known as ‘The Proxy Incident’ has every chimera who was present during Elish’s discipline living in fear. Elish and Jade are taking great joy in personally crafting punishments for the family members that have wronged them, and without Silas to stop the two, they’re free to do whatever they want...
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