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  • Bound by Tiffany Roberts

    Bound by Tiffany Roberts

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Ketahn will protect his mate at any cost.Queen Zurvashi will not rest until everything Ketahn cares about is gone and he belongs to her.His sweet, compassionate Ivy, his sister, his friends, his new tribe of humans—all are in danger. He fears nowhere is far enough away to escape the queen’s wrath.But Ketahn will see the whole jungle burn before he lets any harm befall his mate...
  • Sublime Target by Anna Carven

    Sublime Target by Anna Carven

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Jerik Garul wants a mate.As a former High Commander in the Kordolian Imperial Military, he's used to getting his way. Blunt-spoken and gruff, he has a tendency to shoot first and ask questions later.He doesn't know anything about humans and their mating customs. And he's mystified at how several of his battle-brothers—hard, ruthless, and lethal—have succeeded in securing their own females...
  • Enthralled by Tiffany Roberts

    Enthralled by Tiffany Roberts

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    He conquered her, but he is the one enthralled.Ketahn hadn’t wanted a mate. Fate gave him Ivy Foster. Now, he wants nothing more than to enjoy his little human.But fate is not content to make things so simple.With an enraged queen searching for him, Ketahn knows the Tangle is not safe for his mate. They need to leave. Yet Ivy will not forsake her people, and he cannot condemn her compassion...
  • Slag by Alana Khan

    Slag by Alana Khan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Slag is a gentle giant so damaged from his years toiling in the irradiated green salt mines of Rhoid he can barely function except to do his job, eat, and sleep. Something awakens within him, though, causing him to run to KJ’s rescue when she’s thrown into the mine as punishment. Fate has a plan for these two...
  • His Metal Maiden by Michelle M. Pillow

    His Metal Maiden by Michelle M. Pillow

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A Space Lords Novel Dragon-shifter Lochlann left home to avoid a war he didn’t believe in. Now as Captain of The Conqueror, in charge of a misfit crew, all he wants is to return without the label of coward. He’s been offered one chance at redemption: Find Margot, a noblewoman’s missing sister...
  • Conquering the Alien Emperor by Bella Blair

    Conquering the Alien Emperor by Bella Blair

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I’ll give up my empire to make her MINE!HEATHER: After being rescued from Earth, I am sent to Pandrax, where a sentinel guardian is appointed to find my mekarry match for me. Unfortunately, my guardian, Lady Natoi, turns out to be a spiteful creature, whose hate for me grows when Emperor Daryus shows an interest in me...
  • Roklyn by Alana Khan

    Roklyn by Alana Khan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    To stay alive, Roklyn buried his emotions. Can he risk everything to trust the ailing Earth girl he’s sworn to protect?PaigeI’ve come to this medical center to save my life. My grumpy but intriguing bodyguard can receive services also, but only if he’s my “mate...
  • To Valor's Bid by M. Tress

    To Valor's Bid by M. Tress

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Desmond McLaughlin was just getting through his life and trying to survive. A 9-5 job and a hobby that cost more than it earned left him just enough money to afford a crappy apartment and time to dream of something better. He was expecting to spend most of his life like this.He hadn’t expected to be greeted by a CIA agent waiting inside his house one evening...
  • Tamed for Their Use by Ivy Barrett

    Tamed for Their Use by Ivy Barrett

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Though she is grateful to the Ventori who rescued her from a notorious drug cartel, Nichole Romano is none too pleased at being held in their custody and tested for her compatibility as a mate. Her patience runs out when two huge, handsome warriors carry her off against her will, but despite her fury she is quickly stripped bare and her defiance merely earns her a sound spanking...
  • Saven Defiance by Siobhan Davis

    Saven Defiance by Siobhan Davis

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    With war looming in outer space and the Earthen government forced into hiding, the battle for ultimate world domination is only just beginning.Having accepted her identity, Sadie sets out on a daring quest with her friends, which takes them deep into alien territory...
  • Wings and Teeth by Naomi Lucas

    Wings and Teeth by Naomi Lucas

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Once a wartime hero, Keir was famous for a cyborg, his face plastered on military banners on every side of the galaxy.But he wasn’t a hero, not really.He was a hunter, Nightheart’s free agent for the most classified missions. No one knew Keir worked for the EPED. He was beholden to no one. Stalking the most dangerous monsters across the universe...
  • Saved by the Alien Warrior by Hope Hart

    Saved by the Alien Warrior by Hope Hart

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    I was abducted, sold, then crash-landed on a strange planet... only to be abducted again.  And you know the funny thing? I barely even care.I’m numb. You see, I’ve already lost everything. When you’re doing something you love, you never think that it could be the last time. That someone might take your life from you and leave you stranded on a planet where most of the locals are out to get you...
  • Vengeful Heart by Tiffany Roberts

    Vengeful Heart by Tiffany Roberts

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    When his mate is threatened, nothing burns hotter than his wrath.Against all odds, Arcanthus found Samantha, his beautiful, sweet terran mate. His fated one. Her love shattered the barriers around his heart.After defeating a ghost from his past, Arc thinks he and Samantha are safe to move on with their lives. But she has a past of her own, and it refuses to let her go.He nearly lost her once...
  • Torment by Tana Stone

    Torment by Tana Stone

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Tori wants nothing to do with the gorgeous, sand planet barbarians. Too bad she’s stuck with the cockiest Dothvek alive. Stowing away on the enemy ship to sabotage it may not have been Tori’s best idea, but she meant for it to be a solo mission. She never planned for a huge Dothvek warrior to come along for the less-than-pleasant ride...
  • Deb and the Demon by Honey Phillips

    Deb and the Demon by Honey Phillips

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    An alien prince. A pregnant slave. Deb is ripped away from her comfortable life on Earth and sold as a slave to a vicious alien. Six months later, all she has to live for is the child now growing inside her. Her child’s safety is worth any price, even submitting to the disturbingly attractive alien who has just purchased her. Rastrath hides a sharp mind behind a careless facade...
  • 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...
  • Protected by the Alien Warrior by Hope Hart

    Protected by the Alien Warrior by Hope Hart

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    What’s scarier than being abducted from Earth and almost eaten by cannibals? The idea of falling in love with a huge alien warrior.Just a few days ago, I was living my best life. Now? I’m on the run on a strange alien planet. Thanks to my short temper and a severe lack of self-control, I’m being hunted, and it’s only a matter of time before I end up captured or dead...
  • Star's Storm by S.E. Smith

    Star's Storm by S.E. Smith

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Star 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...
  • 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...
  • Warrior's Pain by Stephanie West

    Warrior's Pain by Stephanie West

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Riley was sick of constantly getting the short end of the stick. If it wasn’t enough that she’d been sent to prison for her brother’s crimes, then got abducted by aliens; being hauled onto the auction block certainly took the cake.“You know what, fine, bring it on!”Unwittingly, Riley goaded Fate into throwing everything it could at her, and it did...
  • 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...
  • Seized and Savaged by Jude Gray

    Seized and Savaged by Jude Gray

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Bran There are worse ways to make a living than traveling the worlds killing men. Especially if you’re a woman with a grudge and a gift. Like me. I am part of the Zyrnx, but apart from them, as well. They believe in rescuing slaves. I believe in killing slave masters. I am not a savior of helpless victims—I am a killer of monsters. But as Taal says, sometimes I see a monster where a man stands...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • Cyborg Boss by Cara Bristol

    Cyborg Boss by Cara Bristol

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    His cyborg intuition says hire the liar…Ex-Cyber Operations field agent Dale Homme has kissed danger and betrayal more times than he cares to count and has developed a sixth sense for smelling trouble. Now he runs a clandestine factory beneath the surface of the moon Deceptio, where confidentiality and security matter more than anything...
  • Pilot In Command by Viola Grace

    Pilot In Command by Viola Grace

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Helen 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...
  • Jarmen's Jane Doe by S.E. Smith

    Jarmen's Jane Doe by S.E. Smith

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    He is a monster who discovers he had a heart; she is a woman who wants to remain unknown…Jarmen D’ju has no memories of his previous life. They were stolen in the lab that changed him into a monster. Though he was rescued, he knows he will never truly have the life he wants. As a being of half organic material and half cybernetic engineering, Jarmen will always need to hide...
  • 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...
  • Mylomon by Nancey Cummings

    Mylomon by Nancey Cummings

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    This book is the followup to Kalen and should be read in order for maximum enjoyment. Don't be naughty now. He’s an abomination. The lone survivor of a horrific experiment, warrior Mylomon was left with unique and dangerous abilities. He takes care of the necessary dirty work for his clan but he’s yet to earn their trust...
  • An Alien To Die For by Sadie Carter

    An Alien To Die For by Sadie Carter

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Desperately wanting to escape her life on Earth, Alice boards a transporter set for Zerconia. The idea of a hunky Zerconian warrior of her very own is both tempting and scary. Clumsy, sweet and slightly naïve, Alice wasn’t prepared for hunky, sexy, commanding Jaxan..Jaxan had almost lost hope of finding his mate when he rescues Alice. Almost straight away, he realizes that she is his mate...
  • Warlord's Baby by Nancey Cummings

    Warlord's Baby by Nancey Cummings

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    What to expect when you’re expecting an alien’s baby... Mercy has been pregnant for-freaking-ever. She’s tired and grumpy and ready to get this kid out of her. Of course, being adored by her alien warlord husband is awesome but she hasn’t seen her feet in a month. And she can’t get over this sneaking suspicion that there’s something Paax isn’t telling her..
  • 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...
  • Arckon by Ava Ross, Alana Khan

    Arckon by Ava Ross, Alana Khan

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    My destination wedding on an interstellar cruise ship just took a turn for the worse. Or was it actually a turn for the better?There’s nothing more embarrassing than having my fiancée’s girlfriend shriek “no, stop!” in the middle of my wedding. Except nearly passing out at my now ex’s feet...
  • Claim by Tana Stone

    Claim by Tana Stone

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    The only reason sexy shapeshifter Bexli would not be able to shift is unthinkable. No way is she pregnant after one stupid night with him.What Bexli knows about the silver fox alien: he’s moody, he rarely talks, and he seems to think she’s some fragile female who needs protecting...
  • Claimed by the Alien Shifter by Mina Carter

    Claimed by the Alien Shifter by Mina Carter

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    She doesn’t need love. She’s getting cats. Lots of them.She absolutely doesn’t need a sexy alien making her think of happily ever afters...Elise doesn’t need a man, she has enough with her job and ensuring her brother, the President, stays out of trouble. Or, at the very least, doesn’t get humanity into an intergalactic war it can’t win...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • Planet Zero by Lydia Hope

    Planet Zero by Lydia Hope

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A spaceship crash survivor, Addie Rye is lucky to be alive. But being stuck on a primitive planet isn’t exactly the epitome of luck. With no way home, Addie has no choice but learn how to use stone tools and catch her dinner before cooking it while attempting to befriend a tribe of wild nomads who inhabit this planet...
  • Forged in Shadow by Anna Carven

    Forged in Shadow by Anna Carven

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Sergeant Arin Varga has a problem on her hands. She's supposed to be in charge of a squad of peacekeepers. That's something she would normally handle with ease, except that now her people are stuck in Earth's orbit on a doomed superfreighter...
  • Saved by Venom by Lolita Lopez

    Saved by Venom by Lolita Lopez

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    To escape her father's debt to a loan shark, Dizzy seeks refuge in the upcoming Grab. She’d rather belong to one of those terrifying sky warriors from the battleship Valiant than to the sleazy criminal who wants her as his plaything.The years of constant war haven’t been kind to highly decorated sniper Venom. Only the promise of earning a wife kept him going through deadly battles...
  • Bonded To The Alien Centurion by Mina Carter

    Bonded To The Alien Centurion by Mina Carter

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Behind ‘enemy lines’ the last thing she expects is a sexy alien warrior determined to make her his… When things screw up in diplomatic talks with the Lathar Dani Black finds herself lined up for the one thing every dyed in the wool soldier dreads… a diplomatic function...
  • Shadowed by Evangeline Anderson

    Shadowed by Evangeline Anderson

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Reddix is a Kindred warrior with RTS—a debilitating disease that forces him to endure the emotions of others like a physical invasion every time he is around anyone. Nina is the girl he dreams of but can never have...
  • Destin's Hold by S.E. Smith

    Destin's Hold by S.E. Smith

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    New York Times and USA TODAY Bestselling author of Science Fiction, Urban Fantasy, and Paranormal Romance brings another action, adventure, and suspense-filled story to transport readers out of this world. Destin Parks will do whatever it takes to rebuild the city he calls home, even if it means working with the new alien ambassador sent to oversee the project...
  • The Edge of Dawn by Anna Carven

    The Edge of Dawn by Anna Carven

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Since the accident, Jade's world has become so loud.Something's wrong. The voices of hundreds of souls echo loudly inside her head.The doctors, the administrators, and even those closest to her are convinced she has a condition. They say she needs to be under the care of the authorities.Nobody listens to her. Nobody believes her.She has no choice but to run.Her once-predictable life is in tatters...
  • Borgaz by Honey Phillips

    Borgaz by Honey Phillips

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A grumpy alien, a stubborn human, and a chance at a new future…Nothing has gone right for Mary since her parents were forced to sell their farm. Alone and desperate, she seizes a chance to return.Although the home she once loved is now a rundown shack and the once prosperous farm is little more than weeds and dirt, she knows she can make it work...
  • Devoured by Evangeline Anderson

    Devoured by Evangeline Anderson

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Tess 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...
  • Descended by Evangeline Anderson

    Descended by Evangeline Anderson

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Charlotte Walker is just an intern trying to get through her surgical rotation in one piece when her life takes an abrupt turn for the weird. A seven-foot tall patient with multicolored eyes and golden skin shows up in the ER asking for her. When he tells Charlotte she's supposed to be the Empress of the entire galaxy, she naturally thinks he's high or crazy or both.He's not...
  • 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...
  • 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...
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