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  • Age of Deception by T.A. White

    Age of Deception by T.A. White

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    War hero and daughter to two Houses, Kira is just beginning to learn how deep the rabbit hole goes. Agreeing to accompany her father’s people back to their homeworld, Kira Forrest prepares for the fight of her life. She’s agreed to undertake the Trial of the Broken, a rite of passage every member of her father’s House must pass...
  • 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...
  • Light by Michael Grant

    Light by Michael Grant

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 43 ratings
    It's been over a year since all the adults disappeared. Gone.In the time since every person over the age of fourteen disappeared from the town of Perdido Beach, California, countless battles have been fought: battles against hunger and lies and plague, and epic battles of good against evil...
  • Born of Fire by Sherrilyn Kenyon

    Born of Fire by Sherrilyn Kenyon

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    In a universe where assassins make the law, everyone lives in fear--except for Syn. Born of an illicit scandal that once rocked a dynasty, he always knew how to survive on the bloodthirsty streets. But that was then, and the future is now…Syn was raised as a tech-thief until his livelihood uncovered a truth that could end his life...
  • Immortal in Death by J.D. Robb

    Immortal in Death by J.D. Robb

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 52 ratings
    She was one of the most sought after women in the world. A top model who would stop at nothing to get what she wanted—even another woman's man. And now she was dead, the victim of a brutal murder. Police Lieutenant Eve Dallas put her life on the line to take the case when suspicion fell on her best friend, the other woman in the fatal love triangle...
  • Dervishes Don't Dance by Kim McDougall

    Dervishes Don't Dance by Kim McDougall

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A Guardian is dead. Fae are missing. And someone has let a golem loose in town. Ride along with Kyra Greene, the only pest controller qualified to deal with the strange and wonderful creatures that come out the shadows when magic flares.Dervishes Don’t Dance is the second book in the Valkyrie Bestiary series...
  • Lab Rat One by Andrea K. Höst

    Lab Rat One by Andrea K. Höst

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Part 2 of the Touchstone trilogy:In the months since Cassandra Devlin walked off Earth onto another planet, she has grappled with everything from making blankets to helping psychics battle the memories of monsters. Not able to find a way home, she has instead gained friends and a purpose...
  • Monsters of Men by Patrick Ness

    Monsters of Men by Patrick Ness

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 59 ratings
    As a world-ending war surges to life around them, Todd and Viola face monstrous decisions. The indigenous Spackle, thinking and acting as one, have mobilized to avenge their murdered people. Ruthless human leaders prepare to defend their factions at all costs, even as a convoy of new settlers approaches...
  • Possession in Death by J.D. Robb

    Possession in Death by J.D. Robb

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    “The devil killed my body. I cannot fight, I cannot find. I cannot free her. You must. You are the one. We speak to the dead...
  • Dark in Death by J.D. Robb

    Dark in Death by J.D. Robb

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    It was a stab in the dark.On a chilly February night, during a screening of Psycho in midtown, someone sunk an ice pick into the back of Chanel Rylan’s neck, then disappeared quietly into the crowds of drunks and tourists in Times Square...
  • Ceremony in Death by J.D. Robb

    Ceremony in Death by J.D. Robb

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 49 ratings
    Even in an age of cutting-edge technology, old beliefs die hard...Conducting a top secret investigation into the death of a fellow police officer has Lieutenant Eve Dallas treading on dangerous ground. She must put professional ethics before personal loyalties. But when a dead body is placed outside her home, Eve takes the warning personally...
  • Bone Rider by J. Fally

    Bone Rider by J. Fally

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Riley Cooper is on the run. Misha Tokarev, the love of his life, turned out to be an assassin for the Russian mob, and when it comes to character flaws, Riley draws the line at premeditated murder. Alien armor system McClane is also on the run, for reasons that include accidentally crashing a space ship into Earth and evading U.S. military custody...
  • Aurora Burning by Amie Kaufman, Jay Kristoff

    Aurora Burning by Amie Kaufman, Jay Kristoff

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 42 ratings
    Our heroes are back… kind of. From the bestselling co-authors of the Illuminae Files comes the second book in the epic series about a squad of misfits, losers, and discipline cases who just might be the galaxy’s best hope for survival.First, the bad news: an ancient evil—you know, your standard consume-all-life-in-the-galaxy deal—is about to be unleashed...
  • 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...
  • Lady Luck by K.C. Cross, J.A. Huss

    Lady Luck by K.C. Cross, J.A. Huss

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Luck knew two things when he left Harem Station months ago. One. The silver-haired Cygnian Princess Nyleena was still safely frozen away in her cryopod. And two. There was a good chance she was his soul mate. He left anyway. Nyleena is what you might call feisty. Or sassy. Or maybe just… feral. She is wild. Much too wild for Luck’s taste. But now that he’s home there’s no way to deny it...
  • Tempest by Miranda Bridges, Kyra Snow

    Tempest by Miranda Bridges, Kyra Snow

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I’m in my birthday suit, but I’m not ready to party.When I wake up on a strange planet, my first thought is not to go streaking. Actually, it’s to find some clothes and avoid the local natives.Too bad they find me first.Instead of probing me like a normal alien, they make me their prized possession. Yay, right? Nope...
  • 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...
  • Fear by Michael Grant

    Fear by Michael Grant

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 47 ratings
    It's been one year since all the adults disappeared. Gone.Despite the hunger and the lies, even despite the plague, the kids of Perdido Beach are determined to survive. Creeping into the tenuous new world they've built, though, is perhaps the worst incarnation yet of the enemy known as the Darkness: fear...
  • Chasing the Shadows by Maria V. Snyder

    Chasing the Shadows by Maria V. Snyder

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Year 2522. Lyra Daniels is dead.Okay, so I only died for sixty-six seconds. But when I came back to life, I got a brand new name and a snazzy new uniform. Go me! Seriously, though, it's very important that Lyra Daniels stays dead, at least as far as my ex-friend Jarren, the murdering looter, knows.While dying is the scariest thing that's happened to me, it morphed my worming skills...
  • 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...
  • Plague by Michael Grant

    Plague by Michael Grant

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 50 ratings
    It's been eight months since all the adults disappeared. GONE.They've survived hunger. They've survived lies. But the stakes keep rising, and the dystopian horror keeps building. Yet despite the simmering unrest left behind by so many battles, power struggles, and angry divides, there is a momentary calm in Perdido Beach...
  • Hunt the Stars by Jessie Mihalik

    Hunt the Stars by Jessie Mihalik

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    The critically acclaimed author of Polaris Rising takes readers on an exciting journey with the start of her brand-new series about a female bounty hunter and the man who is her sworn enemy.Octavia Zarola would do anything to keep her tiny, close-knit bounty hunting crew together—even if it means accepting a job from Torran Fletcher, a ruthless former general and her sworn enemy...
  • In the Ruins by Hailey Turner

    In the Ruins by Hailey Turner

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Truth and lies. Captain Jamie Callahan knows the Metahuman Defense Force frowns on fraternization. For once in his life, he’s breaking all the rules. Having Staff Sergeant Kyle Brannigan on his team and in his bed is worth the risk of being found out. When a mission comes down requiring Alpha Team to go undercover in order to infiltrate a criminal alliance, Jamie knows it won’t be easy...
  • Like Father Like Slaughter by Tylor Paige

    Like Father Like Slaughter by Tylor Paige

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    D. Is for Dedicated. A. Is for Attentive. D. Is for Devoted. D. Is for Defender of. Y. Is for Young Ladies. Every young girl gets a D.A.D.D.Y assigned to her on her 8th birthday. Your D.A.D.D.Y is your protector of all things bad. He will work with you, helping you learn how to explore the above world safely. We love our D.A.D.D...
  • 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...
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    aliens  steamy  action-adventure  adult  angst  billionaire  book  dark
  • Ascension Saga: 2 - Trinity, Part 2 by Grace Goodwin

    Ascension Saga: 2 - Trinity, Part 2 by Grace Goodwin

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Leoron of Alera has learned the truth about his new mate's identity, but landed in the hands of her enemies. The time for secrets is over... Welcome to the Interstellar Brides® all new Ascension Saga and the planet Alera, where women from Earth not only find their mates, but fight to rule the world...
  • 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...
  • Vexing Voss by Gail Koger

    Vexing Voss by Gail Koger

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    For Voss, a Coletti Warlord, conquering the universe is a piece of cake. After all, he's a master of psychic seduction; no one can resist him when he sets his mind to it.Zoey Jones is determined to find her mother's killer. Surrendering to a fierce Coletti warrior is the last thing on her mind...
  • The Pirate Prince by Michelle M. Pillow

    The Pirate Prince by Michelle M. Pillow

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Shapeshifter RomanceCat-shifter Prince Jarek sails the high sky doing what he pleases…that is until drug dealers kidnap one of his men. But the rescue mission goes wrong and instead of a crewman, he liberates a woman who he believes is desperately trying to escape her captors. He soon discovers he unwittingly kidnaped a princess...
  • Navigating the Stars by Maria V. Snyder

    Navigating the Stars by Maria V. Snyder

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    “The answer is no, Lyra,” my mother utters her favorite—I swear—phrase. No means I have to travel with them to another planet—again. No means leaving all my friends fifty years in the past. Thanks, Einstein. Seventeen-year-old Lyra Daniels can’t truly blame Einstein or her parents for their impending move across the Milky Way Galaxy...
  • Their Fractured Light by Amie Kaufman, Meagan Spooner

    Their Fractured Light by Amie Kaufman, Meagan Spooner

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    A year ago, Flynn Cormac and Jubilee Chase made the now infamous Avon Broadcast, calling on the galaxy to witness for their planet, and protect them from destruction. Some say Flynn’s a madman, others whisper about conspiracies. Nobody knows the truth...
  • The Lasaran by Dianne Duvall

    The Lasaran by Dianne Duvall

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    New York Times bestselling author Dianne Duvall brings readers the first novel in a thrilling new sci-fi series full of action, intrigue, humor, and romance.Taelon searches the galaxy for his younger sister, who mysteriously disappeared while on a diplomatic mission...
  • Core’s Attack by S.E. Smith

    Core’s Attack by S.E. Smith

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Thrust into a deadly game…. Avery Lennox has been called many names, but bond mate was never one of them...
  • Dark Horse by Michelle Diener

    Dark Horse by Michelle Diener

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    Some secrets carry the weight of the world.Rose McKenzie may be far from Earth with no way back, but she's made a powerful ally--a fellow prisoner with whom she's formed a strong bond. Sazo's an artificial intelligence. He's saved her from captivity and torture, but he's also put her in the middle of a conflict, leaving Rose with her loyalties divided...
  • The Darkest Legacy by Alexandra Bracken

    The Darkest Legacy by Alexandra Bracken

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    Five years after the destruction of the so-called rehabilitation camps that imprisoned her and countless other Psi kids, seventeen-year-old Suzume "Zu" Kimura has assumed the role of spokesperson for the interim government, fighting for the rights of Psi kids against a growing tide of misinformation and prejudice...
  • Caged by Elin Wyn

    Caged by Elin Wyn

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    No Past. No Trust. No Way Out.Zayda Caiden relies on no one. An Imperial spy, her mission was betrayed - but she doesn't know the identity of the traitor.And there's certainly no reason to trust the giant of a man dumped at the prison clinic, even if he makes her burn with feelings she thought long buried.Mack has no memory, no real name...
  • Rozar by Sue Mercury, Sue Lyndon

    Rozar by Sue Mercury, Sue Lyndon

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    The otherworldly stranger is the biggest, fiercest looking alien warrior she's ever seen... and she's already agreed to become his mate.Nadia knows if she stays on Earth, her mob boss ex-husband's goons will eventually find her. When the opportunity to become a Vaxxlian Mail Order Bride arises, she can't sign up fast enough...
  • Reckless by Cari Z.

    Reckless by Cari Z.

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Refugees have been streaming into the city of Forge from around the country. Monsters are coming down from the mountains and staking out new hunting grounds. Even as the dragons of Forge grow stronger and more numerous, the challenges they and their riders are facing are only increasing, and there's only one place to look for answers...
  • I Will Find You by Daniela Sacerdoti

    I Will Find You by Daniela Sacerdoti

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A woman on the run. An island of secrets. A love to defy all odds... Two different women, divided by time, bound by fate... Two different women, divided by time, bound by fate. After her mother dies, grief-stricken Cora discovers she has been left a cottage, a crumbling shelter on a mysterious Scottish island...
  • His Virgin Princess by Grace Goodwin

    His Virgin Princess by Grace Goodwin

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Danielle arrives on Everis excited to meet her new mate. She watches as her friends find happiness while haunted by dreams of an Everian Hunter who will not come for her—a mate who refuses to claim her. But something isn't right. The dreams turn dark. Tortured...
  • Consider by Kristy Acevedo

    Consider by Kristy Acevedo

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    As if Alexandra Lucas’ anxiety disorder isn’t enough, mysterious holograms suddenly appear from the sky, heralding the end of the world. They bring an ultimatum: heed the warning and step through a portal-like vertex to safety, or stay and be destroyed by a comet they say is on a collision course with earth...
  • 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...
  • Relentless by Lauren Dane

    Relentless by Lauren Dane

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    In the erotic universe created by hot new talent Lauren Dane, passion knows no rank... Fifteen Families rule the Federated Universes-and Abbie Haws has spent her life battling the system. She's always been too driven to pay much attention to love. But when she meets Roman Lyons, Head of House Lyons, who stands for everything she hates, Abbie's attraction catches her off-guard..
  • Alien in the House by Gini Koch

    Alien in the House by Gini Koch

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Jeff and Kitty Katt-Martini have learned the ins and outs of Washington politics, not to mention how to prevail in intergalactic war and foil dangerous plots. But, in the aftermath of Operation Destruction, the Gower girls’ powers are burned out, the entire A-C population has been “outed” as the aliens living on Earth that they are, and, worst of all, ACE is nowhere to be found...
  • Darker Space by Lisa Henry

    Darker Space by Lisa Henry

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Brady Garrett is back on Earth. He’s living with his partner Cam and they’re raising his sister Lucy together. Life is better than some feral reffo from Kopa has any right to hope, and Brady knows it. He’s even grateful for it, most of the time. He loves Cam, even though he’s afraid that he’s not good enough for him, and he’s still having nightmares about the alien Faceless...
  • The Playful Prince by Michelle M. Pillow

    The Playful Prince by Michelle M. Pillow

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    To play. Prince Quinn, royal Ambassador, isn't looking for a serious relationship. In fact, he's never even considered it. Hopping from lover to lover, he's content to enjoy himself, never taking anything but his work seriously. However, when Dr. Tori Elliot is sent to the palace to test for biological weapons, he can't seem to stay away from her. Or not to play...
  • Push by Eve Silver

    Push by Eve Silver

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    It’s either break the rules or die.Miki Jones lives her life by her own strict set of rules, to keep control, to keep the gray fog of grief at bay. Then she’s pulled into the Game, where she - and her team - will die unless she follows a new set of rules: those set by the mysterious Committee.But rules don’t mean answers, and without answers, it’s hard to trust. People are dying...
  • Alien in the Family by Gini Koch, Daniel Dos Santos

    Alien in the Family by Gini Koch, Daniel Dos Santos

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Planning any wedding is hard enough, but Katherine "Kitty" Katt and Jeff Martini have a lot more to worry about than seating arrangements, because multiple inter-stellar invasions, Alpha Team in mortal peril, and inter-alien conspiracies are all on the guest list—and the gifts they've brought contain some explosive surprises...
  • 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...
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    aliens  paranormal  action-adventure  adult  ai  alpha-mc  book  crime
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