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  • A Time to Speak by Nadine Brandes

    A Time to Speak by Nadine Brandes

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    What happens when you live longer than you wanted to?Parvin Blackwater wanted to die, but now she’s being called to be a leader. The only problem is, no one wants to follow. The Council is using Jude’s Clock-matching invention to force “new-and-improved” Clocks on the public. Those who can’t afford one are packed into boxcars like cattle and used for the Council’s purposes...
  • A Time to Rise by Nadine Brandes

    A Time to Rise by Nadine Brandes

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    What more can you sacrifice than your life?Parvin Blackwater is dead.At least…that’s what the Council—and the world—thinks. But her sacrifice tore down part of the Wall long enough to stir up hope and rebellion in the people. Now she will rise again. Strong, free, and fearless...
  • An Army of One by Lexa Luthor

    An Army of One by Lexa Luthor

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    With the pending arrival of the Sworne's armada, what can they expect to face? Do they have enough time to prepare and find alliances? Join Charlie and Kal on their next adventure full of danger, action, and love...
  • 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...
  • Raiden by Scarlett Grove

    Raiden by Scarlett Grove

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    To find his mate, he'll have to believe the impossible A Driven Scientist For Flora Baptiste, nothing is more important than finding a vaccine against the vampires who kidnapped and changed her. She will stop at nothing until the problem is solved. While working at the House of Storms, she can't be distracted by her attraction to her best friend, Raiden. She isn't even his mate. He's said so...
  • Hanish by Scarlett Grove

    Hanish by Scarlett Grove

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    To come together, they'll have to let go An English Nanny Prim and proper JoJo Morris needs a new position. As one of the world greatest nannies, she has plenty of options. But the sexy, American captain makes her an offer she can't refuse. A Dad in Need Captain Hanish needs a nanny, but only the best will do. When the austere little woman arrives, he gets much more than he bargained for...
  • Alien Mercenary's Consorts by Mina Carter

    Alien Mercenary's Consorts by Mina Carter

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    He was done with royal life years ago. One problem… it’s not done with him.Exiled prince turned mercenary, Fin, wants nothing more than to spend his days drinking, fighting and trying to persuade his beautiful crewmate, Red, into his bed.When a summons arrives from his home planet of Navarr, his secret is out. He’s not just any prince, he’s the heir to the throne...
  • Nevrik by Regine Abel

    Nevrik by Regine Abel

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She is all he’s ever wanted.With the threat of the rebels’ looming war, romance is the last thing on Tyonna’s mind. But as she prepares to set off on a mission, the new member to join her crew leaves her breathless. Nevrik is the most imposing and intimidating Scelk she has ever seen...
  • Rexx by Tasha Black

    Rexx by Tasha Black

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Their sights are trained on love. But will they survive a ride on the Iron Peregrine?Abigail Shaw can’t believe her good luck. The Alien Adoption Agency has selected her to adopt adorable baby Rio. And baby Rio comes with Rexx, a handsome Invicta warrior guard, whose dark eyes seduce Abigail before he even opens his mouth. When he offers her his mate bond, she thinks things can’t get any better...
  • Alien Knight Teddy Bear Troubles by Becca Brayden

    Alien Knight Teddy Bear Troubles by Becca Brayden

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    On a dangerous mission to rescue a young royal from a prison cell on an alien warship, Lumerian Knight Taeger Norasair never expects to find a beautiful human woman among the prisoners. Even more puzzling is her refusal to leave. Unwilling to leave Cassie behind, he throws her over his shoulder and makes a dash for freedom. He is an ancient. Nearly immortal. Sparks fly and passions rage...
  • Grit by Julie K. Cohen

    Grit by Julie K. Cohen

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Who wants a thief with a target on her back? An alien warrior with nothing to lose. GabriellaThere’s no safe place to hide when you’re supposed to testify against a top leader in the Brotherhood. When the marshals of GI7 offer Gabriella the chance to leave Earth, she grabs it. Sinnad is a closed world, which means the Brotherhood can’t touch her there...
  • A Dragonlings' Haunted Halloween by S.E. Smith

    A Dragonlings' Haunted Halloween by S.E. Smith

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    During one of her many excursions exploring the palace, Cara Truman discovers a vast underground chamber that turns out to be the perfect place for her next invention. Soon, her dream of building the ultimate playground for the Dragonlings is a reality...
  • Hitched to the Alien General by Mina Carter

    Hitched to the Alien General by Mina Carter

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Her perfect man is a big, scarred alien war hero. Pity he only see’s her as a warrior, not a woman... Kenna Reynolds loves life in the Imperial Court. The latharian culture fascinates her, and she values the friendships she’s made amongst the sentinel women, most bonded to Latharian males, and a few with babies on the way...
  • Claimed By The Zandian by Renee Rose, Rebel West

    Claimed By The Zandian by Renee Rose, Rebel West

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I CAN’T CLAIM HER...BUT SHE WILL CALL ME MASTER. I was born blind. My genes are defective. Unsuitable for breeding. That’s the only reason I don’t claim the alluring human we rescued from a slave auction. I have no intention of mating her, especially since she’s meant for another. But when she calls me Master, I can’t help but take command. And command I will...
  • Reaper by Regine Abel

    Reaper by Regine Abel

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    She survived against the odds…Janelle’s life is defined by a crumbling, underground research base. Imprisoned for twenty years after the base was bombed, she and the few Creckel survivors are running out of time as the last of their resources are depleted. With no hope for rescue, Janelle and her companions wait for the dreaded Reaper to finish what the bombs missed...
  • Aiden by Scarlett Grove

    Aiden by Scarlett Grove

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    To claim his mate, he’ll have to come out of the shadows… A Stranded Artist Winnifred Parker is a survivor. She’s been on her own since she was sixteen. But when stranded on an island with nothing but her paint set, she has new obstacles to overcome. Not the least of which is the sexy, tattooed musician she’s marooned with...
  • 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...
  • Tyce by Susan A. Bliler

    Tyce by Susan A. Bliler

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    It’s time for Dominant Skin Walker, Tyce Steele, to be brought to his knees! Briel Solomon hates Skin Walkers. Because of Skin Walkers, her father is dead and she and her sister are now parentless and on the run. She’ll have to rely on Monroe StoneCrow one last time for financial assistance, but once she gets what he owes her, she’ll be gone...
  • Silver Silence by Iona Strom, L.S. Anders

    Silver Silence by Iona Strom, L.S. Anders

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    VallonWar with the gray invaders was imminent, and an even bigger threat loomed beyond the stars. We had obtained more powerful weapons and had a spacecraft at our disposal. For the first time in Valosian history, all three clans had reached a temporary accord to fight as one for the good of our world. Even with all that, it still might not be enough...
  • Alien Surgeon’s Seduction by Mina Carter

    Alien Surgeon’s Seduction by Mina Carter

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    She was his the moment she stepped aboard. He'll fight everyone, even the emperor himself, to keep her... Like most Lathar, First Healer Isan K'Vass didn't expect to ever find his mate. The genetic plague that had ravaged their race meant they had no females, and his tainted bloodline meant he would be last in line for one of the rare human females. Or it should...
  • Argan by Erin Tate, Celia Kyle

    Argan by Erin Tate, Celia Kyle

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Celia Kyle writing as Erin Tate.Argan’s honor as a Preor warrior made him defend her. Liquid Knot’s heart demanded she save him.  Liquid Knot—hacker extraordinaire—has made mistakes in her life, but none so big as getting an alien warrior sentenced to death.  His head is on the chopping block and the Preor leader is determined to follow the letter of the law...
  • Fallen by K.A. Riley

    Fallen by K.A. Riley

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    When Ashen heads east to New York City to find Finn's brother, she finds herself confronted by an entirely new set of problems.The city is a war zone overshadowed by the Behemoth, the largest Arcology in existence. Few are allowed entry, and those who go in never leave. At first, Ashen assumes the power structure is one she knows well: Directorate vs. Dregs, Wealthy vs. Poor...
  • Centurion by Anna Hackett

    Centurion by Anna Hackett

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Rescued from her alien captors, the only person who makes her feel safe is a cold, emotionless cyborg. Abducted from her exploration ship, paramedic Sage McAlister has spent months locked in cells and labs belonging to the Edull. Rescued by the cool, powerful cyborgs of the House of Rone, she finds herself among fellow human survivors on the desert world of Carthago...
  • The Arcav Captain's Queen by Hope Hart

    The Arcav Captain's Queen by Hope Hart

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    She wants her planet back... ...But all he wants is her. Forced to become a monster to survive her father’s cruelties, Saria wants only one thing: To convince the Arcav King to help her lead her people out of the darkness and into the light.She has no intention of mating anyone. Least of all Roax- the bossy bodyguard who the Arcav King ordered to be her shadow...
  • Rescued by her Alien Protector by Mina Carter

    Rescued by her Alien Protector by Mina Carter

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Prepared to put her life on the line, she didn’t expect to lose her heart. Vice President Madison Cole is used to having a target on her back. Being captured by aliens? An acceptable risk to get what she needs. What she didn’t count on was falling for the ‘enemy’, a handsome alien warrior with a hero’s heart...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • Rashe by Ava Ross

    Rashe by Ava Ross

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She's looking for happily-ever-after. He can’t touch her. But with her life at stake, he'll sacrifice everything to protect her.Kristy: Chosen for the Driegon bride selection, I’m confident I’ll meet the alien of my dreams. I don’t expect to find true love, but it would be nice to find someone special...
  • Operation Cobalt by Susan Hayes

    Operation Cobalt by Susan Hayes

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Protecting the doctor was part of his mission…falling in love with her wasn’t. Dante’s assignment should have been simple. Sneak onto a corporate controlled planet and find a missing medical team. Simple goes out the airlock when a beautiful woman charges headlong into his life. She’s one of the missing doctors, and the sexiest woman he’s ever seen. Keeping her alive won’t be easy...
  • Red Zone by Janet Elizabeth Henderson

    Red Zone by Janet Elizabeth Henderson

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Welcome to the new world. Things have changed just a bit. Big Brother's not only monitoring important things like what toilet paper you buy--it now has direct access to everything you see thanks to the mandatory implant you get at birth. And Friday Jones has seen something she wishes she hadn't...
  • Trapped in Your Storm by Darien Cox

    Trapped in Your Storm by Darien Cox

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Autumn has local DJ and disinformation agent Elliot Nicholson feeling renewed. He’s moved past the depression and anxiety that plagued him over the summer, and lately his job has been blessedly free of crisis. But for Elliot and his colleagues, nothing remains peaceful for long in Singing Bear Village. Baz, their outlandish ambassador, may be missing...
  • Samun by Kiki Burrelli, Crista Crown

    Samun by Kiki Burrelli, Crista Crown

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Long ago, Samun accepted that the Fires intended for him to be single. He’s too direct, too literal, too focused. That doesn’t mean he hasn’t felt a pang of longing as each member of his kif met their mates and started building families of their own. He’s thankful for his kif. Otherwise, he’d always feel on the outside how he feels on the inside—alone...
  • His Feverish Embrace by Celia Kyle, Marina Maddix

    His Feverish Embrace by Celia Kyle, Marina Maddix

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    One night of passion. Two secrets revealed. Three lives changed forever.Dragons do it better. At least, that’s Thrett Lacerta’s motto—at work and at play...
  • Drakan by Luna Hunter

    Drakan by Luna Hunter

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Can an alpha alien warrior and a curvy human pilot save the universe? Hannah Kingsley has more than enough on her plate. The full-figured blonde delivers intergalactic packages for a living on her trusty spaceship with her best friend Evelyn, trying to save up enough money to send her little brother to a school for the gifted...
  • Desired By Dragons by Scarlett Grove

    Desired By Dragons by Scarlett Grove

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The ultimate dragon mega-bundle from Scarlett Grove For the first time, all the dragon shifter stories that have enthralled Scarlett's readers have been gathered into one huge collection. Here's what you'll find inside: Alien Commander's Bride: Lexi Garcia will do anything to protect her family … even mate with one of the Draconians she hates...
  • Rogue by Regine Abel

    Rogue by Regine Abel

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She was lost, until he found her.For years, Shuria was a monster, the ultimate assassin created as a result of countless painful experiments. At the end of the war, she finds refuge on the Kryptid homeworld as an advisor to the Queen. But even here, she doesn’t belong...
  • Alien Paladin's Redemption by Mina Carter

    Alien Paladin's Redemption by Mina Carter

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    She knew aliens existed. She didn’t expect them to be so damn HOT!Indra has survived the worse human society can throw at her. Being rescued by aliens was the last thing she expected.Now a guest of the latharian empire, she’s looking forward to eating her bodyweight in chocolate cake and creating her very own army out of the ship’s cleaning bots...
  • Entwined Fates by Tiffany Roberts

    Entwined Fates by Tiffany Roberts

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    He met his destined mate too soon.Bold, kind, and adventurous, Kiara was everything Volcair needed in his stiff, formal life. Along with his pet inux, Cypher, the three were inseparable during Volcair’s years on Earth. But the same winds of fate that brought them together as children tore them apart again. With half a universe separating them, years sped by, and Kiara seemed lost to him forever...
  • Zandian Lights by Renee Rose, Rebel West

    Zandian Lights by Renee Rose, Rebel West

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    THE ZANDIANS STILL NEED BRIDES. It's the Zandian Lights festival, and the king declared a free-for-all. All human females may mate without petition. Without multiple partners. Without promises. Two warriors have pledged themselves to me, but I can't get excited about becoming their bride. There's only one purple-skinned male who excites me- Mykl, my master and supervisor...
  • 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...
  • Mastered By The Zandians by Renee Rose, Rebel West

    Mastered By The Zandians by Renee Rose, Rebel West

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    TWO ZANDIAN WARRIORS. THEIR FEISTY HUMAN CAPTIVE. I can fly a fighter jet in my sleep and kill with the fingers of one hand. I work alone. No being in the galaxy can challenge me-- until I tangle with two Zandian warriors. They say I stole their cargo, and they plan to take me to their planet. Make me theirs. Nobody owns me...
  • Fire Planet Warrior's Baby by Calista Skye

    Fire Planet Warrior's Baby by Calista Skye

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Pilot Charlotte Taylor is falling from her own shuttle. Below her is the surface of an alien moon and a million of the terrible Prec alien monsters, just waiting for an Earthling to tear apart and feast on. Falling along with her is Cori'ax, the famously reckless and breathtakingly huge and confident warrior who flung himself out of the same shuttle when he saw Charlotte fall out...
  • Turn Left for Stars by V.K. Ludwig

    Turn Left for Stars by V.K. Ludwig

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A SciFi Alien RomCom. It’s hard to find the right alien concubine… Finding three of them? Impossible! Watching the future saikhs practice their penetration angles at the saikhmenti alone doesn’t cut it to make a decision. What about other things like… I don’t know. Personality? What I need is insider information. That saikh-in-training who keeps failing his assessments? He’s offering it up freely...
  • Crashed on an Ice World by Anna Hackett

    Crashed on an Ice World by Anna Hackett

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    He’s her boss. She’s his best friend. These two deep-space convoy security specialists are fighting their simmering attraction…until a starship crash on a deadly ice world changes everything.Elana Korra loves her security job as a medic on the convoy ship, the Sky Nomad…except for the fact that she’s in love with her boss...
  • Dax by Scarlett Grove

    Dax by Scarlett Grove

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    To make her his, he must earn her trustA Powerful Secret Aria Sparks has always known she is different... her singing can heal the sick and wounded. She'd kept her magic hidden all her life, but when a coven of vampires snatches her for her potent blood, it only confirms she must keep her secret to herself...
  • Caught Beast Mate by Milana Jacks

    Caught Beast Mate by Milana Jacks

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Her protector, her nemesis. His once-in-a-lifetime second chance. Kidnapped and taken from her home, Sienna is stuck in a beast community without the resources to find her way back. But she’s a survivor. Just like the wounded, bone-thin beast she finds in the desert. Torrent was warned never to steal a human woman—especially if she’s his pair. He didn’t listen...
  • Salvation by Laurie Roma

    Salvation by Laurie Roma

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Officer 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...
  • A Darkside Interlude by Anna Carven

    A Darkside Interlude by Anna Carven

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Commander Iskar Gar-Kurai isn't impressed by humans or their backwater planet. If he had his way, he'd be working closer to home, on a planet where it wasn't so infernally hot... But orders are orders, especially when they come from the very top. If he's going to be on Earth for the long term, Iskar needs to learn more about its strange inhabitants...
  • His Human Rebel by Renee Rose

    His Human Rebel by Renee Rose

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    CONSCRIPTED BY AN ALIEN ARMY, SHE PLOTS HER ESCAPE… Cambry doesn’t believe the aliens’ propaganda for one minute. The Zandians may have saved her from one death, but they planned to send her to another. She bides her time, waiting for her chance to get away and find her brother, enslaved by a different species...
  • When She's Bold by Ruby Dixon

    When She's Bold by Ruby Dixon

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    On Risda III, it’s custom for women to marry for convenience. It provides safety and security in a universe that offers none for humans.Me, I don’t really *need* a husband. I just want one. And I want one man in particular. There’s a new guy in town, a by-the-books military man named Rektar. Every day I show up to his office and flirt with him. I bring pies. I twirl my hair...
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