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Light Unfolding by Rebecca Royce
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA Reverse Harem Science Fiction Romance Time may be cruel, and space unforgiving, but their love is forever. Hurled across time and space, Waverly Sandler lives in unexpected exile on a planet doomed to be destroyed... -
![Enthralled by Tiffany Roberts]()
Enthralled by Tiffany Roberts
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsHe 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... -
![Going Cold by Viola Grace]()
Going Cold by Viola Grace
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsGoing from supporting family to being an imperial courier across the stars doesn’t take as long as she thought. She can deal with the assassins.Once the details of her life are sorted out and all impediments removed, Hesker takes on a new name for a new life in a new position. She heads to the stars, is reset, and all traces of her previous life are removed from her body... -
![Stolen Destiny by Viola Grace]()
Stolen Destiny by Viola Grace
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsKidnapped from the education station, Sil is set loose on a huge warship, only to find herself bound in a contract no one expected.Silhouette watches the alien abductors trying to unload the entire shipment of stolen Terrans. She wished that she could sleep standing up, but it wasn’t a skill she had acquired.When a medical team comes in, a grey alien comes by and tests the humans... -
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![Enticed by the Satyr: Kindred Tales #38: A novel of the Monstrum Kindred, by Evangeline Anderson]()
Enticed by the Satyr: Kindred Tales #38: A novel of the Monstrum Kindred, by Evangeline Anderson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA warrior from another universe...A woman running from an abusive relationshipA rip in the fabric of space-time and a malevolent alien race bent on destructionHow does it all tie together? Read Enticed by the Satyr...the first book of the Monstrum Kindred to find outMia could have had a beautiful life. She had a scholarship to Julliard and a future as a concert pianist ahead of her... -
![Dark Demise by Rebecca Royce]()
Dark Demise by Rebecca Royce
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA Reverse Harem (MFMMM) RomanceTime isn’t kind… Waverly Sandler is nothing like her mad father. She’s a nurse. She takes care of people. She is fighting to live down her name. She’s also a sister, a friend, and someday, if the universe is kind, she hopes to be a lover and a wife. Life at The Farm is one of constant activity, because freedom exacts a high price... -
![Loved by the Lion by Evangeline Anderson]()
Loved by the Lion by Evangeline Anderson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA Monstrum Warrior who has vowed never to Claim a bride…An older woman, who thinks she’s done with Love…Can they come together to save the Earth…and each other?What’s the worst Christmas present imaginable? A cheating husband? An angry mob outside your front door? What about Menopause? Minister Emilia Oxley has gotten all three this Yuletide season and she could do without them all, thank you... -
![Tamed for Their Use by Ivy Barrett]()
Tamed for Their Use by Ivy Barrett
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThough 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... -
![Saved by the Alien Warrior by Hope Hart]()
Saved by the Alien Warrior by Hope Hart
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsI 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 ratingsWhen 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... -
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Crashing Into Destiny by Rebecca Royce
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen one man can't steal her heart, She gives it to five of them. Restless and uncertain, Diana Mallory has no idea what path in life she wants to take. Unable to choose between marriage, pursuing a career, or spending her life praying with the Sisters of the Universe, Diana struggles with the course of her future. But when she's thrown through a black hole, her choices all vanish... -
![Dark Cure by Cynthia Sax]()
Dark Cure by Cynthia Sax
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA warrior seeking forever faces a medic living in the moment. Gisella, the Refuge’s medic, is dedicated to her role. She doesn’t have the space in her lifespan for love, a mate, or children. Healing is her entire focus. But she’s also a female in her prime. She has needs, wants, cravings…especially for a scarred, long-haired barbarian warrior temporarily residing in the settlement... -
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Command Control by Viola Grace
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMaya worked hard jobs all her life, and a devastating explosion at sea turned her from a hard worker into a crispy critter. Bedridden and blind, she accepts the order from the Volunteer Project and gets herself reset into a body that can move and skin that isn’t black... -
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Blood Proxy by Viola Grace
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTrained as a Companion for the Alliance, Eleanor Palmer has had a recurring assignment on the Vimpyr homeworld. When death and treachery takes the king and his heir, she takes action and runs with the only surviving member of the bloodline in tow. As Commander Matias joins both herself and her charge, she learns what it is to become Vimpyr. To be the Vimpyr heir's Blood Proxy... -
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![Stealing Her Heart by Evangeline Anderson]()
Stealing Her Heart by Evangeline Anderson
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA Kindred thief who longs for a female to love... An abandoned woman, trying to start again... When the two of them are thrown together, sparks fly. But what happens when Vicky has to pretend she's a professor Who teaches sexual techniques to younger men? You'll have to read Stealing Her Heart to find out. Vicky Erickson is having a lousy Valentine’s Day... -
![Fractured Chances by Viola Grace]()
Fractured Chances by Viola Grace
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLife as a caretaker was her fate. Crashing on an alien world and being given an ultimatum gave her something she didn’t expect, a lover who had her back. She takes a chance and is swept away. Nan has spent her life making a place for herself by taking care of those around her... -
![Designed Collision by Viola Grace]()
Designed Collision by Viola Grace
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA stranger walks through the woods and offers to take her from her broken world. Hell yes. With conditions.With the asteroid looming, she makes a run for a family farm and the animals therein. After the crash with communications cut off, she lives a routine of subsistence and survival with no other soul to speak to... -
![Loving Them by Rebecca Royce]()
Loving Them by Rebecca Royce
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsContent warning: Reverse Harem (MFMMM). IntenseSaved from a life of suffering, Paloma Delacroix is determined to make the best life possible for herself, and for the four men she loves. Loving them is a challenge she never dreamed she’d be up for and one she refuses to fail... -
![Cyborg Boss by Cara Bristol]()
Cyborg Boss by Cara Bristol
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHis 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... -
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Saving Them by Rebecca Royce
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsPaloma McQueen is a woman on a mission. Loving the Sandler brothers in the midst of a war tearing their galaxy apart never promised to be easy but Paloma swore an oath to her husbands. Their challenges are hers, their war hers, their happiness… Everything she is and will be, she plans to be with them no matter what changes the conflicts wrought on the map... -
![Pilot In Command by Viola Grace]()
Pilot In Command by Viola Grace
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHelen 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... -
![Bringing Heat by Viola Grace]()
Bringing Heat by Viola Grace
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHer life on Earth had died decades earlier; helping to bring heat to a frozen world seems like a good use of her time.The love of her life died when they were teens, and Idalia had no plans for any kind of future. When a woman named Minerva arrived near the lighthouse where she spent her days escorting tourists and made Idalia an offer, it was a no-brainer. Nothing or something... -
![Fated Consort by Viola Grace]()
Fated Consort by Viola Grace
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTwo hellish years after the asteroid hit Earth, Mercy and Mender stagger to a pickup point and get taken to the education station. They get medical care, education, and languages. Mender goes through a few queries while Mercy is in medical, and when she is out, he comes to her with the offer. After discussion, they decide that he should take the offer, and he does, but she has to remain with him... -
![Tyr: Warriors of Firosa Book 2 (Warrior of Firosa) by Thanika Hearth, Star Huntress]()
Tyr: Warriors of Firosa Book 2 (Warrior of Firosa) by Thanika Hearth, Star Huntress
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis is no life for a young, sweet, laughably frail human … one that happens to have the kind of feminine curves I want to press against me to see if she fits; with a scent like soft flowers and sweet spices. No. No life at all. Change always leads to trouble.. -
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![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 ratingsHUMAN 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... -
![The Sands of Argurumal by S.J. Sanders]()
The Sands of Argurumal by S.J. Sanders
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWith the expectation of a three-year pregnancy, Terri assumed that she had all the time in the world before she had to face the realities of upcoming motherhood. Time for adventures, travel, and working side by side with her mate... -
![Dark Flight by Cynthia Sax]()
Dark Flight by Cynthia Sax
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHis mission. His challenge. His forever. Orol, the Refuge's second-in-command, has been given what he believes is a simple mission — escort two human females to the settlement. The winged warrior arrives at the meeting site to find one of the females missing and the other aiming a gun at his head. To rescue the first, he must capture the second... -
![Dark Strength by Cynthia Sax]()
Dark Strength by Cynthia Sax
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe Bigger They Are, The Harder They Fall. Balvan, the Refuge’s Gatekeeper, is huge, green, and has a reputation for crushing skulls. He’s a modified humanoid, genetically designed to be the ultimate warrior. One of a kind and considered monstrous by many, he never expects to find his mate, the one female meant for him... -
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Dark Fire by Cynthia Sax
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhat the Beast wants, the Beast gets. Dare’s savage nature has made him an outcast among his kind. The silver-scaled Dracheon warrior can’t control his inner beast. It’s too strong. When his primitive instincts told him his destined mate was on Carinae E, he had no choice. He had to travel to the outlaw planet. There, he hoped to meet a female powerful enough to survive his Drache... -
![Mated on Hades by Golden Angel]()
Mated on Hades by Golden Angel
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe Celestial Mates agency always knows what - or who - you need. Tarrik would do anything to avoid breaking his mother's heart, so he begrudgingly signs up for Celestial Mates and agrees to come home and settle down once the agency finds his match. There's just one catch: he's not ready to give up his free and easy life traveling the galaxy... -
![Surrendered by Evangeline Anderson]()
Surrendered by Evangeline Anderson
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsCommander Thornex is a Hybrid--half Kindred and half Pyro--a much feared people who have the ability to unleash horrific maelstroms of flame whenever they are angered. All his life Thorn has struggled to control the destructive power within him. A horrible accident in his past made him swear to never unleash the fire again and for many years, he has kept himself under tight control... -
![Serpents of the Abyss by S.J. Sanders]()
Serpents of the Abyss by S.J. Sanders
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBeing a citizen on United Earth doesn’t guarantee a life one wants. For Lori Straford, born into the lowest caste of citizens—the pleasure arts strata of their society—it is an inescapable fate which she can only hope to better by enlisting as a spa attendant and masseuse on one of the luxury world colonies under the purview of Darvel Exploration Corporation... -
![Ice Planet Barbarians Part 5: Truth by Ruby Dixon]()
Ice Planet Barbarians Part 5: Truth by Ruby Dixon
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsNow that I've learned the alien barbarian's language, all the holes are filling in. Ahem. Not like that. Okay, like that, too.The problems are mounting. The alien abductors are coming back. My fellow human captives are dying as we speak. And the alien hunks? When they claim, it's forever. We've got to decide how to proceed, and soon, because whatever path we choose?There's no turning back... -
![Zandian Pet by Renee Rose]()
Zandian Pet by Renee Rose
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratings“On your knees, pet!” Taramina could survive slavery, even as a pet in Prium’s Intergalactic Emporium. She always knew she’d escape! She just didn’t know escape would come in the form of a powerful handsome male of her own species. Especially one whose rough handling incites a fever in her she hasn’t felt before.. -
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![Out of Bight, Out of Mind by Tymber Dalton]()
Out of Bight, Out of Mind by Tymber Dalton
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratings[Siren Ménage Everlasting: Erotic Futuristic Sci-Fi Ménage a Quatre Romance, M/M/M/F, reverse harem, HEA]Emi Hypatia loves her job exploring the galaxy with her three husbands, Aaron Lucio, Caph Bates, and Ford Caliban. When a nonhuman crewman is temporarily assigned to the Tamora Bight for a mission, Emi hates and mistrusts him at first sight due to what her empath training tells her... -
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Sithe by Starla Night
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt’s a routine mission. Hunt down the ones who dared – dared – steal our sacred procreation metal from us, the rulers of the empire.The Arrisans conquered Earth in a day. They smashed into our helpless planet like a wrecking ball, and overnight, everything changed.That’s what our history books say.The truth is, I’ve never seen an Arrisan face-to-face... -
![Harry's Sacrifice by Bianca D'Arc]()
Harry's Sacrifice by Bianca D'Arc
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEmbracing the unexpected can lead to all sorts of adventures.Resonance Mates, Book 5 The prophesied time has arrived ... and Harry, born of an alien Alvian mother - Mara 12 - and a human father - Justin O'Hara - and forever caught between two very separate worlds .... must journey to the top of the world to unlock a mysterious ship found trapped in an icy crevasse... -
![Playing Cards With Aliens by Erin Raegan]()
Playing Cards With Aliens by Erin Raegan
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSmall town. Small life. Smaller dreams.I’m content. Happy. It might not make sense to most people but this is the life I chose for myself.If there’s a small part of me that wants to travel and see the world, I’m okay with appeasing that desire with travel magazines and planning future vacations. I want this life and a life full of adventure. I don’t see why I can’t have both... -
![Fated to Fall by Stephanie West]()
Fated to Fall by Stephanie West
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBlaidd went slightly insane witnessing the small human being abused by her mate. He didn’t care that he was on a foreign planet, as he swiftly ended the vile male. All that mattered was soothing the heart rending pain that radiated from the trembling female. But despite Blaidd’s best intentions, nothing he did for Vivian went right... -
![Frrar by Layla Nash, Juno Wells]()
Frrar by Layla Nash, Juno Wells
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHe's lost in the past.She's lost in the mission.When they're lost in space, will love find them?Maisy Cunningham was the youngest doctor to graduate from the Fleet Academy, but that doesn't stop the rest of the crew from treating her like a helpless little sister... -
![Shalia's Diary: Book 2 by Tracy St. John]()
Shalia's Diary: Book 2 by Tracy St. John
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis is a compilation from the free serial story blog ‘Shalia’s Diary – A Clans of Kalquor Story’ by Tracy St. John. It is highly recommended you read Shalia’s Diary Book 1 before reading this story, which picks up immediately where that book left off. Told in the passages of her ongoing diary, Shalia Monroe’s adventures continue while she prepares to leave the dying Earth... -
![Astonish by Viola Grace]()
Astonish by Viola Grace
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCeelie was nothing exceptional until the moment she became the most important woman to an entire world…and its avatar.Trapped in a job working as an assistant for an ambassador, Ceelie is hoping for something better for her life, but she knows that it isn’t likely. While on an assignment to obtain some atmosphere scrubbing trees Ceelie finds herself courted and seduced before she can blink... -
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Govern by Viola Grace
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA woman, with a foul temper and her own spaceship, ends up an escort for a stunned ambassador. Her perfect mate.Leo runs her ship with precision and an attitude shaped by pain. Gathering an ambassador in stasis, she is surprised to find his ability to match her innermost desires, and he is surprised to find that she wants him in his own form and not the one she craves... -
![Ice Runner by Viola Grace]()
Ice Runner by Viola Grace
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsUsing heat to skim along ice delivers her into the arms of a botanist who has more than a casual interest in her and her talent.Kescu has been raised under ice. Under the surface of Wanlio 6, the locals live and thrive with the Ice Runner moving emergency and experimental supplies from one city and base to the other... -
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Harness by Viola Grace
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsUsing tech to hold her shape becomes a problem when she meets a man who drives her senses into overdrive.Alfreda has become used to the constant pressure of her harness, keeping her in a basic bipedal form and helping her back into her Terran shape. When she learns that her mixed blood makes the shapeshifter in her far stronger than the human, she has a choice... -
![Pact by Viola Grace]()
Pact by Viola Grace
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMila was living a quiet life. Too old to join the Volunteer program, she was resigned to her position in the middle of nowhere. When a recruiter comes to her and orders her to join she says no. When he explains that due to her genetic heritage she has no choice, she reluctantly enters a pact to gain an education in return for her genes... -
![Taken as His Pet by Sassa Daniels]()
Taken as His Pet by Sassa Daniels
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDesperate to escape the stifling confines of Earth's repressive society, Lucy Bainbridge has only one hope. She proposes a deal to a warrior of Taar-Breck, promising to serve as his pet in return for passage to his home planet, but when the huge, fiercely handsome alien immediately orders her to strip and kneel at his feet, Lucy wonders if she has gotten herself in way over her head... -
![Grady's Awakening by Bianca D'Arc]()
Grady's Awakening by Bianca D'Arc
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAn alien warrior discovers what it is to love ... and to share.Resonance Mates, Book 4Alien super-soldier Grady Prime’s missions routinely lead him in unexpected directions, but his latest assignment ... to kill a rogue warrior ... is far beyond routine. This time he meets a woman who embroils him in an adventure of the highest order. Love... -
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Defender by C.L. Scholey
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsEndless destruction defines human life in a world run amok. There are those who will pick the uncertainty of the alien sky, are the Tonans life or are they death? Macey learns first hand a Tonan warrior doesn't apologize for who or what he is or will do. In an unforgiving new world there is one who battles his heritage... -
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Morax by Kelly Lucille
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMorax is a Tellox, built for the sole purpose of battle and the hunt. An assassin during the great wars, he has lived most of his life in the shadows. Even among his own kind he is feared.Creeg made a place for him among his chosen men and, along with a handful of others, they have formed the only family Morax has known...
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