Books like 'I Married a Minotaur'
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Three Babies and the Alien Warrior by Honey Phillips
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsCan a jaded alien warrior redeem himself in order to protect the woman and children who need him? After a painful divorce, Linda takes a job as the chief administrator of a rural hospital. Her hard won peace is shattered when strange black-suited men raid the maternity ward and she finds herself on board an alien spaceship... -
![I Married a Beast by Regine Abel]()
I Married a Beast by Regine Abel
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsHe is the Beast of her dreams.Belle prayed for the day she would meet her Beast. As a proud monster lover, she signs up with the Prime Mating Agency for a chance to be paired with an exotic alien. The one she’s matched with exceeds her wildest fantasies...Categorized as:
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Drakkar by Honey Phillips
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsCan a vulnerable human become a dragon warrior’s greatest treasure?For generations, Drakkar’s people have chosen to live alone, only coming together for brief periods, but when he joins the battle raging across his home planet, he finds an unexpected family in a set of misfit warriors. After the war ends, he chooses to cut all ties to his past and accompany his new brothers to a backwater planet...Categorized as:
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![I Married a Mothman by Regine Abel]()
I Married a Mothman by Regine Abel
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHe’s everything she never knew she wanted.When Venus embarked on a luxury cruise, she never expected to rescue a young Promethean demi-god—or that he’d bind her as his guardian... -
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![SoL by Jennifer Julie Miller]()
SoL by Jennifer Julie Miller
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAlanaThe question is, do I allow this dark moment in time to rob me of the life I could possibly have here? I have never known such horror or fear. If I hadn’t experienced it myself, I would have never believed any other living thing could possibly do this to another. The scars may be gone on the outside now, but they will remain forever in my soul... -
![Releasing Maladek by Victoria Aveline]()
Releasing Maladek by Victoria Aveline
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsTurns 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... -
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Horde by Ann Aguirre
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 38 ratingsThe epic conclusion to the USA Today bestselling trilogy.The horde is coming.Salvation is surrounded, monsters at the gates, and this time, they're not going away. When Deuce, Fade, Stalker and Tegan set out, the odds are against them. But the odds have been stacked against Deuce from the moment she was born. She might not be a Huntress anymore, but she doesn't run... -
![Conquering the Alien Emperor by Bella Blair]()
Conquering the Alien Emperor by Bella Blair
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI’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... -
![Claimed by the Warlord by V.K. Ludwig]()
Claimed by the Warlord by V.K. Ludwig
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsShe’s the female I can’t have. If I take her, she’ll die.As Warlord of the largest tribe on Solgad, my obligations are many. With a new strain of ice fever running rampant among the freeraiders, the team of healers supplied by the Empire is a welcome relief.Until one of them arrives at Noja with her body begging to be bred, the scent of her heat a dangerous temptation...Categorized as:
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![I Married Wonjin by Regine Abel]()
I Married Wonjin by Regine Abel
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsShe once feared him but now cannot resist him…After decades of violence, the war pitting the human colony on Cibbos against the Yurus tribe has finally ended. Lara never expected that peace between their species would lead to a romantic entanglement with one of their former enemies. Resembling a cross between an orc and a minotaur, Wonjin looks nothing like how Lara had imagined a potential mate... -
![Brilliant Starlight by Anna Carven]()
Brilliant Starlight by Anna Carven
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsAbbey We're back on Silence, orbiting the Dark Planet while my husband handles unfinished business on Kythia. For some reason, he seems a little bit tense. According to Tarak, Kythian politics can be complicated, especially when the entire Kordolian Empire has just been destroyed. I hope things don't get too complicated, because I don't want to be stuck here for too long... -
![I Married a Naga by Regine Abel]()
I Married a Naga by Regine Abel
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsShe got more than she bargained for.When Serena comes to Trangor to participate in the First Hunt, the last thing she expects is to find herself forced to marry an Ordosian… or be executed. She knows nothing of his people, nothing of him, except that he’s got fangs, scales, and a crazy long tail. Serena only has to play the part of being a wife for six months, and then she’ll be free to leave...Categorized as:
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Artek by Honey Phillips
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsWorn down by war and conflict, Commander Artek and his brothers - the soldiers under his command - have chosen to start a new life on a backwater planet. As hard work and peaceful surroundings start to heal old wounds, he realizes that something - or rather someone - is missing from his new life... -
![Mama and the Alien Warrior by Honey Phillips, Bex McLynn]()
Mama and the Alien Warrior by Honey Phillips, Bex McLynn
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsCan a weary warrior and an abducted mother save each other? Abby Wentworth never regretted abandoning her corporate career to adopt her orphaned niece and run a maternity home. But she certainly never expected to find herself and her girls abducted by aliens who intend to sell them as breeders... -
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![Cottonwood by R. Lee Smith]()
Cottonwood by R. Lee Smith
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsThey never meant to come to Earth. They were never allowed to leave...Welcome to Cottonwood... -
![Outpost by Ann Aguirre]()
Outpost by Ann Aguirre
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsDeuce’s whole world has changed.Down below, she was considered an adult. Now, topside in a town called Salvation, she’s a brat in need of training in the eyes of the townsfolk. She doesn't fit in with the other girls: Deuce only knows how to fight.To make matters worse, her Hunter partner, Fade, keeps Deuce at a distance... -
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Ragoru by S.J. Sanders
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHundreds of years before RedCivilization is failing in a steady decline. In a last-ditch effort to save themselves, humanity has turned to trying to understand their world even as they seek to protect themselves from the monsters within it... -
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AvX by Jennifer Julie Miller
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIvyWhy are the last words ever spoken to our loved ones is in anger? I knew the moment I left it was a mistake, but my stubborn pride urged me forward. I’ve awakened to unimaginable horrors, pain unlike anything the human mind could conceive, until him. Now, I’m too scared to trust my own feelings, as they have only led me astray... -
![Alien in Flames by January Bell]()
Alien in Flames by January Bell
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI'll do anything to keep Earth safe— even marrying the alien king.When I joined the Earth Federation after the Roth alien invasion, I was put through the most intense spy training on the planet. I took a vow to do whatever necessary to protect humanity, and I meant every word.So when the opportunity presents itself to make myself the queen of the Roth and steer intergalactic history? I'm all in...Categorized as:
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![Alien Monster by Calista Skye]()
Alien Monster by Calista Skye
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI’ve abducted an alien.It’s usually the other way around; aliens abduct Earth girls like me and sell them at auctions for the buyer to impregnate. But I’ve been there, done that, got the PTSD to show for it.It’s not that I wanted to abduct this bright green, eight feet tall guy with eyes as red as stoplights. It was an accident. But I’m afraid he doesn’t believe that... -
![Dragon's Taming by Miranda Martin]()
Dragon's Taming by Miranda Martin
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThey see me as broken, but it's up to me to save them all. They keep me locked away, too dangerous to be free, because they don't see what I do. They don't know the truth like I do. I was stopped from accomplishing my mission before but I can't fail. The fate of our entire planet, of every human and Zmaj both, rests in my hands. It was easier before she came...Categorized as:
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![Reaver's Quest by Elin Wyn, Starr Huntress]()
Reaver's Quest by Elin Wyn, Starr Huntress
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHe was unexpected.No.Our ship getting blown up was unexpected.Crashing on a planet filled with murder-goats was unexpected.Being rescued by a copper skinned, winged hunk with golden eyes and not wearing much more than a leather kilt and a weapon harness was so freaking miraculous that I wondered if I’d actually fallen off that cliff... -
![I Married a Catman by Regine Abel]()
I Married a Catman by Regine Abel
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsHe was the dream mate she never expected.When Ophelia seeks the services of the Prime Mating Agency to find her soulmate, she’s floored to learn that her perfect match is Gaelec, an intimidating, feline-looking ex-convict...Categorized as:
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![Kept From the Deep by Octavia Kore]()
Kept From the Deep by Octavia Kore
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA forgotten past, a tormented present, and a future in jeopardy. She’s been abducted from Earth, experimented on in the Grutex labs, and thrown into the path of not just one massive alien mate, but two. As a Filipina nurse living in America, she isn’t a stranger to adapting to unusual situations, but nothing could have prepared her for what’s to come...Categorized as:
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![Taken: Alien Commander's Captive by Hattie Jacks]()
Taken: Alien Commander's Captive by Hattie Jacks
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAll enemies of the Empire must die. But not her, she is mine to claim...JAYNE: I've dedicated my life to defending clients against injustice, but the imposing alien male that's captured me doesn’t believe in innocent until proven guilty. All Commander Rexitor cares about is his precious Empire and I'm its biggest threat.This alien is going to make sure I pay for my crime... -
![Earth Fathers Are Weird by Lyn Gala]()
Earth Fathers Are Weird by Lyn Gala
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsCaptain Maxwell Davis and his entire unit scrambled to engage alien ships over Iowa. The aliens snatched him out of his destroyed jet before they continued on their interplanetary hot pursuit. Then they informed Max that Earth was too far outside regular shipping lanes to return him to his planet.So Max ends up in an alien spaceport looking for work... -
![Dragon's Desire by Miranda Martin]()
Dragon's Desire by Miranda Martin
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsI'm a warrior with the soul of a dragon. To protect my female, I’ll kidnap her… The devastation killed most of our population. Since then, Zmaj men have lived isolated and without females. That changed when a ship with human passengers crashed on our planet. For the first time in many years, we have females in our midst. But some of the new humans fear our species... -
![Stung by Bethany Wiggins]()
Stung by Bethany Wiggins
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThere is no cure for being stung.Fiona doesn’t remember going to sleep. But when she awakens, her world no longer exists. Her house is abandoned and broken. Her neighborhood is barren and dead. And there is a tattoo on her right hand. A tattoo Fiona doesn’t remember getting…but somehow she must conceal at any cost. Because humanity has been divided... -
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Barbarian's Taming by Ruby Dixon
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 42 ratingsAs a newcomer to the alien tribe, I've struggled to find my place. It might be because I'm a tad headstrong at times. And yes, I might have thrown a few things at people's heads. But I had a good reason to pitch a fit - my shy sister was stolen away right under my nose. Of course, now she's back and mated. Everyone's happy... except me. I need... affection. Attention. Okay, I'm lonely... -
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Wed To The Alien Warlord by January Bell
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe alien who hand-picked me to wed and bed is the most domineering warlord of the bunch. Lucky me.As the first humans allowed in Suevan space, there’s a lot riding on my all-woman team. Earth desperately needs their tech, and I’m determined to prove we can negotiate the price. Without their planetary defense systems, Earth is a sitting duck, ripe for invasion...Categorized as:
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![Contagion by Amanda Milo]()
Contagion by Amanda Milo
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsOne OCD neat freak alien. One human woman. Both are abducted and held captive in a very unsterile environment. What more could go wrong? ~ Simmi: I’ve broken free and I’ve also freed the human who was held captive with me. But I don’t know where we are, and I don’t know where my home is...Categorized as:
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![The Sheriff of Shard Hills by Jenn Burke]()
The Sheriff of Shard Hills by Jenn Burke
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSpace station cop Varuna Das is different. He’s half-human, half-dimeti, and the mix of DNA has had some interesting consequences…like a tail he does his best to keep hidden. Well into middle age, he’s used to being treated badly because of his looks, and as much as he hates it, he understands it. Humans and dimeti just finished a twenty-year war, after all... -
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Heart's Prisoner by Olivia Riley
Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsHe's not like anything Lana has ever encountered.Asset X: Massive, deadly, a little terrifying to say the least. A devilish warrior. And a killer. Captured on a hellish world after attacking a military campsite and now imprisoned in a state-of-the-art cell inside one of the military’s top bases--Lazris.And Lana has been assigned to "study" him... -
![I Married a Dragon by Regine Abel]()
I Married a Dragon by Regine Abel
Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsHe’s a beast only she can tameWhen a dark portal spewing shadow beasts opens into a research facility, Kaida’s unit is dispatched to destroy them. The last thing she expects is for the massive dragon amidst the creatures to claim her. To avoid an intergalactic conflict, and to perform an important mission, she consents to a temporary marriage of convenience with the Shadow Lord Cedros...Categorized as:
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![Noxx by Tasha Black]()
Noxx by Tasha Black
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsThe Alien Adoption Agency is going to make all of Luna’s dreams come true.At least, that’s what Luna believes when she boards a rickety space craft headed for a frontier moon to meet the child she will raise in exchange for 100 acres of land and a modest stipend...Categorized as:
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![Classified Planet: Turongal by S.J. Sanders]()
Classified Planet: Turongal by S.J. Sanders
Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsIn the future a united Earth, to deal with the problem of population control, divides its population into classes of citizen and non-gratis. To be born a non-gratis means a life of little freedoms and the constant possibility of being assigned to work on a colony. Lacking citizenship, every aspect of their life is controlled from where they live, down to marriage and childbearing regulations... -
![Engineering Fate by Alexis B. Osborne]()
Engineering Fate by Alexis B. Osborne
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsShe’s been captured, stuck in a poacher’s cage, and slated for sale, but these aliens don't know who they're messing with. Sasha Robinson is a low-level engineer in Earth’s Starfleet, sent to repair satellites alone in deep space... -
![I Married a Lizardman by Regine Abel]()
I Married a Lizardman by Regine Abel
Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars · 40 ratingsScaly, grumpy, but oh so cuddly...As a third daughter on the farming colony of Meterion, Susan’s future prospects aren’t too promising. A pretty face, top-notch skills, and hard work mean nothing if your dowry doesn’t include fertile lands... -
![Turning Point by Lisanne Norman]()
Turning Point by Lisanne Norman
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsCut off from Earth by alien conquerors, the human colony on Keiss was slowly building an underground resistance movement to stand against the Valtegan invaders. But for many of the colonists, it was already too late.Her twin sister Elise captured by Valtegan soldiers, Carrie telepathically and empathically linked with Elise, experienced all the pain and terror that her sister was suffering...Categorized as:
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![The E.T. Guy by V.C. Lancaster]()
The E.T. Guy by V.C. Lancaster
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIt's 2266, and Lois Kennedy is an Intake Officer for DETI, the Department of Extra-Terrestrial Immigration. Zir is a refugee from the planet Teiss, working in DETI's I.T. department. Lois and Zir just can't get along. As far as she's concerned, he's rude, abrasive, and condescending. She wants nothing to do with him... -
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Honor's Knight by Rachel Bach
Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsThe rollicking sequel to Fortune's Pawn -- an action packed science fiction novel. Devi Morris has a lot of problems. And not the fun, easy-to-shoot kind either. After a mysterious attack left her short several memories and one partner, she's determined to keep her head down, do her job, and get on with her life. But even though Devi's not actually looking for it -- trouble keeps finding her... -
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Host by Octavia Hyde
Rated: 3.91 of 5 stars · 11 ratings“We need hosts for our eggs. Live hosts.”A delicate new alliance between Ea Nir’s people and the humans hinges on one thing: survival.The Nepenthe will shelter and provide for these bipeds while both races seek a new home world. The humans, in return, will host Nepenthe eggs for their incubation period.In theory.The surviving humans huddle aboard the Nepenthe starvessel... -
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Warm Bodies by Isaac Marion
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 70 ratingsR is a young man with an existential crisis--he is a zombie. He shuffles through an America destroyed by war, social collapse, and the mindless hunger of his undead comrades, but he craves something more than blood and brains. He can speak just a few grunted syllables, but his inner life is deep, full of wonder and longing. He has no memories, noidentity, and no pulse, but he has dreams... -
![Endurance by Ann Aguirre]()
Endurance by Ann Aguirre
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsWhen rebellion destroys the underground world in which Thimble and Stone have grown up, they take Stone's son and try to escape the chaos. Along the way, they must evade the Freaks, beings who feed on human flesh... -
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![Sanctuary by Caryn Lix]()
Sanctuary by Caryn Lix
Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsKenzie holds one truth above all: the company is everything.As a citizen of Omnistellar Concepts, the most powerful corporation in the solar system, Kenzie has trained her entire life for one goal: to become an elite guard on Sanctuary, Omnistellar’s space prison for superpowered teens too dangerous for Earth... -
![Cyborg Quarantine Bodyguard by Robin Lovett]()
Cyborg Quarantine Bodyguard by Robin Lovett
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHe was sent to protect me. But what does he want in return?A fierce, enormous, cyborg alien lands in my yard and creates a force field, trapping us inside. He’s bigger and scarier than the Terminator, but I need him to fight off my enemies. Without him, I’ll be a goner for sure. Except he looks at me like I belong to him. And he guards my house like I’m his to protect... -
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Ruth's Bonded by V.C. Lancaster
Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsWhen Ruth finds herself abducted and thrown into a cell with a big scary alien, naturally she's terrified. At first. But when she's forced to get along with her furry, tailed cellmate (and her clothes get stolen) things slowly start to change between them...Categorized as:
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Luna Touched by Belle Harper
Rated: 3.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMy name is Luna. I applied to a job ad that sounded too good to be true. It was! I'm being sent to an Alien Planet to marry an Alien guy with four-arms. But now I'm here, I just found out I'm getting FIVE Alien husbands not one. This was not what I applied for. But one of the Alien guys broke my Translator and things are about to get messy...Categorized as:
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![The New Guy by V.C. Lancaster]()
The New Guy by V.C. Lancaster
Rated: 3.74 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsMaggie works in Enquiries at DETI (The Department of Extra-Terrestrial Immigration) and they're a little under-staffed. She's confused but grateful when a handful of Teissian refugees fresh off the spaceship are allocated to her department. She is put in charge of training Ro, a charming, scaled alien with a sexy voice, cute dimples, and a lot of secrets... -
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Mercy by Catherine Miller
Rated: 3.71 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsDishonourable. Unwanted. Outsider. Such are the slurs cast upon Rykkon, however undeserved. As the only village healer, his people cannot cast him out entirely, but there is little comfort in such a life when he has long known that no mate from his clan would willingly join with him. It is a lonely fate, but one Rykkon has learned to accept...
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