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My Merman Prince by I.T. Lucas
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe beautiful architect working late on the twelfth floor of my building thinks that I’m just the maintenance guy. She’s also under the impression that I’m not interested.Nothing could be further from the truth.I want her like I’ve never wanted a woman before, but I don’t play where I work.I don’t need the complications... -
Ah'dan by Nikki Clarke
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLeft by his soulmate and forced to watch his brothers build lives with their true loves, Ah'dan finds new promise in the beautiful eyes of a human woman, Niya. Still bound to his lehti for life, Ah'dan hopes he isn't too broken for another kind of happiness... -
Corsairs: Mathiras by Ruby Dixon
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsSomeone is illegally stealing humans from their home world and cloning them.For months, we’ve been hunting this ring of criminals and the end is in sight. I’m separating from my brothers and taking my ship to track down the bad guys.One small problem — Helen insists upon joining me on this dangerous mission.Helen herself is a clone, created to be an object of beauty... -
Out of the Ashes: Pisces by Julia Mills
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsZodiac Shifters Paranormal Romance, #3: Out of the Ashes: PiscesThe mission is simple – get into the enemy camp, free the Guardians, return the demons to Hell and go home the victor. For a Daughter of Poseidon, that’s called a good day at work.Everything is going as planned... -
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Midnight Breed Bundle: by Lara Adrian
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTempted by MidnightOnce, they lived in secret alongside mankind. Now, emerged from the shadows, the Breed faces enemies on both sides—human and vampire alike. No one knows that better than Lazaro Archer, one of the eldest, most powerful of his kind. His beloved Breedmate and family massacred by a madman twenty years ago, Lazaro refuses to open his heart again... -
His Little Turquoise by Paige Michaels
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt’s Mia’s turn to find out what it means to have a Papi of her own. After a bad relationship with a fake Daddy Dom, Mia has been nurturing her Little in the privacy of her own apartment. She hasn’t gone to a club in two years. It’s too scary. It’s easier to pretend she has the perfect man in her life than put herself out there and take a risk... -
Off-Limits Dragon by Miranda Martin
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA scarred warrior, a sweet virgin, and new dangers.Zat'an was the esteemed Second to the Al'fa, but he forfeited both his position and his stature after losing in arena combat to another Zmaj. Abigail still sees in him a sexy, veteran warrior and wants him, scars and all. She's saved herself for her "One" and knows it's Zat'an.Yet, each time she reaches out, he pushes her away... -
Lover from the Waves by Tiffany Roberts
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA lonely widow. A determined kraken. An attraction they can’t resist.Long ago, the sea took Kathryn’s husband. She never thought it would give anything back. But now that her children are grown with little ones of their own, she finds her eyes drawn more and more to those restless waters—and she sees part of herself reflected in them. Something out there calls to her... -
Dragon VIP: Kyanite by Starla Night
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSmokin’ hot dragon shifters have no idea what to do with these sassy Earth females — but claiming them as mates will change the universe! Scarred dragon shifter Kyanite “Kyan” Onyx is the Security officer of the Onyx Corporation. Used to working in the shadows, this deadly former mercenary is the only one who can safeguard his family’s company from growing dangers... -
Secret by Tana Stone
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFiercely independent . . . A loyal friend . . . And a liar . . .Maya has a secret she can’t tell anyone - even if it means losing everything she loves.Maya planned to come to the sand planet, find her missing friend Cat, and go back to her life as a stew on a star cruiser. But when she arrives, Cat is gone. That wouldn’t be so bad, but then her own chances of leaving the planet are destroyed... -
Draekon Rogue by Lee Savino, Lili Zander
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsI'm caught between two alien warriors, sworn enemies intent on destroying each other. The one thing they agree on: I'm their mate! The prison planet is a dumpster fire. War is coming! The Draekons are on high-alert. I'm freaking out... -
Rescued by the Alien Warrior by Hope Hart
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsI may have almost died on this planet, but it hasn't broken me yet.At least, I'm working real hard to toughen up and become the kind of woman who'll be ready to board that spaceship and kick some Grivath a**.But, thanks to the way the overprotective warrior at my side insists on hovering, you'd be forgiven for thinking I'm fragile... -
Vixin by Tana Stone
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIt's the most wonderful time of the year...to be stranded with an alien on an ice planet.Noelle is finally leaving her job on the Drexian space station and going home to Scotland for the holidays. Two things she didn't expect: to be sharing the trip with a hot Neebix named Vixin and for their ship to crash land on a frozen planet... -
Argan by Erin Tate, Celia Kyle
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsCelia Kyle writing as Erin Tate.Argan’s honor as a Preor warrior made him defend her. Liquid Knot’s heart demanded she save him. Liquid Knot—hacker extraordinaire—has made mistakes in her life, but none so big as getting an alien warrior sentenced to death. His head is on the chopping block and the Preor leader is determined to follow the letter of the law... -
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Alien Mercenary's Prize by Mina Carter
Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsNatalia Heath is a survivor. She’ll survive an alien fight pit. No problem.On the run from her crime lord father most of her life, Nat knows how to survive in the worst places in the universe. Being kidnapped by aliens and thrown into a gladiatorial arena to fight for her life is just another turn of bad luck in a lifetime of them. She just needs to figure out a plan to escape... -
Consumed by Fire by Charlene Hartnady
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe dragons on Draig Island are not your run-of-the-mill kind. They’re something else entirely…Things are hotting up on the island. It's Octane's turn.For the best enjoyment, please read these books in order.This story contains mature themes/language.Also, be prepared for a ton of growls, dirty talk, and a hard-won HEA. Hulking, skulking, foul-mouthed, brooding dragons ahead... -
Heart of the Fire by Charlene Hartnady
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe dragons on Draig Island are not your run-of-the-mill kind. They’re something else entirely… Although you will see characters from previous books, this story will follow Kim and Blaze. To avoid spoilers, there will not be a blurb. It is very much an enemies to lovers romance.For the best enjoyment, please read books 1 and 2 first.This story contains mature themes/language... -
Draekon Conquerer by Lee Savino, Lili Zander
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsI’ve lived an eternity. I’ve killed thousands. Destroyed worlds. I thought I’d seen everything. I didn’t think there was anything left in the galaxy that could surprise me. Then I met her. Lani Dennison. A human woman. My mate. My mission was simple. Find Lani Dennison. Zorahan scientists tortured her. I killed them, of course. Okaki pirates abducted her... -
Alien Sentinel's Mate by Mina Carter
Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsBeing rescued by aliens doesn’t mean she’s going to marry one… not unless he’s hot. Asking would help too.The problem is the only alien warrior Gracie is interested in hasn’t asked. Seren K’Vass is the epitome of the strong, silent type. Emotionally avoidant with a bad boy vibe, if he was human, she’d climb him like a tree. Hell, she’d climb him like a tree anyway... -
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... -
Not Compatible by Viola Grace
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe works at a space station catering to everyone else’s virtual fantasies. When a man gets stuck in the scenario she must wake the sleeping prince.Styra works at the Blue Station and has been programming since she was able to reach a keyboard. When she became and adult she went from writing the simple scenarios and backgrounds to guiding tangled clients through the environments they had selected... -
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... -
Mrax by Layla Nash, Juno Wells
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEarther and alien. Love and logic. Fire and... thermite. Rowan MacLeod is tough as nails. Life was hard on Earth, but she's determined to let nothing hold her back... even after ending up on a rusty bucket of a spaceship surrounded by barbarian aliens. A special mission to resurrect old fighter craft for the rebels is her best chance to prove herself... until disaster finds her again... -
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... -
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Unexpected Hero by Viola Grace
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsKidnapped, ransomed, and rejected, she didn’t think things could get any worse until she realized that the rescue approaching was going to have conditions.Misty survived a horrible life and terrible parents and siblings to make it across the stars when her world ended. Those that hurt her were on the same ship... -
Dealers' Choice by Susan Hayes
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNew game. New rules. One choice.One bad decision plunged cyborg batch-brothers Victor and Ward into a nightmare they barely survived. Now, they're reclaiming their lives and trying to move forward, but it's a battle they can't win alone. Helping them let go of the past is a beautiful doctor with a soft heart and hard rules about never getting involved with her patients.Dr... -
My Matched Monster by Rena Marks
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMy punishment starts today.Refusing marriage isn’t acceptable, not in my world—separated from the rest of Earth by the large stone walls of our own community. To refuse the most legendary prophet of our time in front of the entire congregation was a sentence of twenty lashes. Halfway in, I entered a hallucinogenic state.A hero came to save me, but he was purple with tentacles... -
Barbarian Alien Part 6: Forever by Ruby Dixon
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEverything seems to be piling on at once: I'm pregnant, the aliens are revolting against my mate, and not even my human friends have my back. It's time for me to buck the system to get what I want. But can I go against everything to claim the guy as mine?Even if it means exile with him?BARBARIAN ALIEN is a sequel to ICE PLANET BARBARIANS... -
Barbarian Alien Part 5: Claimed by Ruby Dixon
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI've claimed my alien for my mate, just in time for both of us to be dragged back to the tribal caves. I'm reunited with my human friends but it's not a happy occasion.Raahosh has broken the laws of his people...and now they want to take him from me.BARBARIAN ALIEN is a sequel to ICE PLANET BARBARIANS... -
Barbarian Alien Part 3: Asunder by Ruby Dixon
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMy alien and I have reached a truce, sort of. He treats me like an equal, and I lick him everywhere I can. Well, okay, so that's not the exact terms of the truce, but it's what I'm going with. I'm not falling for the big guy.I'm not.Really.But when he saves my life, I regret not giving in to my body's demands. And now it might be too late...BARBARIAN ALIEN is a sequel to ICE PLANET BARBARIANS... -
Kyan's Housewarming Party: A Happily Ever After Epilogue by Starla Night
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCan the security-obsessed warrior Kyan really open his house to strangers — or even family and friends? Will Laura’s good intentions increase their happiness or drive a wedge between them and end in disaster? This is a happily ever after bonus story for Dragon VIP: Kyanite... -
Pyro's Wedding Day by Starla Night
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis is a super sweet “happily ever after” bonus short story for the full length science fiction romance novel Dragon VIP: Pyrochlore... -
Dragon VIP: Peridot by Starla Night
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDisgraced. Damaged. Dull. Dragon-shifter Peridot has been called all that and more. Exiled to Earth, he will prove himself and answer his boss's question: What is the mysterious "spirit" of Christmas? One enticing woman can give him that answer. The more time he spends with her, the more he wants to forget his past and taste her forbidden sweetness... Curvy. Klutzy. Cinnamon-scented... -
His Little Topaz by Paige Michaels
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt’s Kendra’s turn to find out what it means to have a Papi of her own.Engaged to a man she can’t stand, Kendra visits Club Zoom several times in hopes an Eleadian hunk will claim her and whisk her away from her looming arranged marriage. It’s a longshot, but it’s her only hope.Bialar watches the blond from the control room for several nights. He knows better than to approach her... -
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Secrets in Her Heart by Miranda Martin
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMy secret leaves no room for love.The generation ship crashed a year ago onto this hell planet with its two red suns and endlessly shifting sands. Those of us who survived are now trying to deal with the elements and monsters that are intent on finishing us off.The new arrivals, native aliens called Zmaj, are helping, but one of them has taken an interest in me. Me... -
Belle's Knight in Shining Armor by Miranda Martin
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBahr is my happily ever after.The seven feet tall, Adonis built alien Zmaj men know the moment they set eyes on someone that they're their one true pairing. Or that’s the way it’s supposed to work. And I’m all in.The human survivors have a simple plan to escape from the evil of the Order to a new home. Lucky for me, I get to travel with Bahr... -
Nanny for the Alien Warrior by Athena Storm, Tara Starr
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI’ve tried my hardest to take care of the kids. I will not let Ryker take them away!My brother died in a protest when Kiphian soldiers shot at the human crowd.He left me his kids and now years later, Ryker wants to take them to live in his palace.See, his sister is their mother. But she died too.He tracked us down to the slum that I live in and offered them a good home with food and education... -
Maid for the Alien King by Athena Storm, Tara Starr
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHe rescued me. And brought me into a whole new world of danger.Talan rescued me from the mountains on one of his hunts.Right off the bat I could tell that I was attracted to this alien warrior. His muscles rippled when he lifted me in the air.Feeling his torso only inflamed my desire.His legs were powerful. His scent was strong... -
Storgin: Warlord Brides by Ava York, Starr Huntress
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI've found her. Touched her silken skin. And then she ran from me.I will do anything to find her.My mate.Storgin is the fourth book of the Warriors of the Golden Meridian, a stand alone series in the Warlord Brides universe... -
Twisted by Evangeline Anderson
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNikki Davis is having a terrible time. Her three sons are in trouble in school and her husband is divorcing her while a nasty coworker steals her best commissions at work. Is it any wonder she's thinking of offing herself? But when she steps into the foaming surf of Clearwater Beach, she feels something hard under her foot... -
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... -
Barbarian Alien Part 1: Divided by Ruby Dixon
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTwelve humans are left stranded on a wintry alien planet. I’m one of them. Yay, me. In order to survive, we have to take on a symbiont that wants to rewire our bodies to live in this brutal place. I like to call it a cootie. And my cootie’s a jerk, because it also thinks I’m the mate to the biggest, surliest alien of the group. BARBARIAN ALIEN is a sequel to ICE PLANET BARBARIANS... -
Draekon Guardian by Lee Savino, Lili Zander
Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe big, bad, alien hero rescued me from the evil Zorahn.He sees to my every need.He sends me thoughtful presents.If someone threatens me, Yafet destroys them. He’s ruthless in his desire to keep me safe.And despite all of that, I can’t get him to take the next step.Kisses? Yes.Heavy petting? Again, yes.Anything more? Nope. He won’t go further even though he obviously wants to... -
Captive by Tana Stone
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSnatched by bounty hunters. Captured by aliens. Guarded by a warrior with a dangerous secret. It wasn’t bad enough that scientist Max Dryden was taken as a bounty by an all-female space bounty hunter crew. Nope, that was only the beginning. When the bounty hunters were marooned on a sand planet, she was captured by aliens and taken to their city... -
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War for Earth by Erin Raegan
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThree weeks ago, an alien species called the Vitat, invaded the earth. They broke through the earth’s atmosphere and decimated the human population in moments. Their goal? Nothing but destruction and to feed their endless appetites. Their hive queen orbits earth in their warship, waiting until her hive have taken over the planet and she can consume earth’s sun to grow her massive hive... -
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... -
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... -
Ice Planet Barbarians Part 2: Captive by Ruby Dixon
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMy new alien friend has claimed me for his own. Which is good, because he's feeding me and making sure I don't turn into a human-shaped popsicle......and bad, because I need to rescue my friends and he seems happy to carry me off to his love nest. So now I have to pick: survival or rescue? Problem is, this big, sexy, and possessive alien male has ideas of his own.. -
Red Captive by Charlene Hartnady
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe dragons on Mistveil Island are not your run-of-the-mill kind. They’re something else entirely…I am stolen away in the middle of the night by a bunch of thugs. It’s clear to me that they are shifters. Their tattoos have the telltale red which makes my blood run cold.Reds!One thing is for sure, I’m in a world of trouble... -
The Arcav King's Obsession by Hope Hart
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsHe Stole Her Life... ...Can he Win Her Heart? Just a few weeks ago, Harlow was living her life on Earth- locking up bad guys and drinking beers with her fellow cops after shift.She never wanted to be the Arcav King's mate. Unfortunately, she was outplayed. Now, Harlow must learn how to rule over an alien species, while making room for her mate's giant... ego...
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