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  • Obsidio by Amie Kaufman, Jay Kristoff

    Obsidio by Amie Kaufman, Jay Kristoff

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 52 ratings
    Kady, Ezra, Hanna, and Nik narrowly escaped with their lives from the attacks on Heimdall station and now find themselves crammed with 2,000 refugees on the container ship, Mao...
  • Gemina by Amie Kaufman, Jay Kristoff

    Gemina by Amie Kaufman, Jay Kristoff

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 60 ratings
    Moving to a space station at the edge of the galaxy was always going to be the death of Hanna’s social life. Nobody said it might actually get her killed.The sci-fi saga that began with the breakout bestseller Illuminae continues on board the Jump Station Heimdall, where two new characters will confront the next wave of the BeiTech assault...
  • Hero by Anna Hackett

    Hero by Anna Hackett

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Fighting for love, honor, and freedom on the galaxy’s lawless outer rim… Raised from birth to be a soldier, Kace Tameron is a disciplined, military-trained gladiator. He is on contract to the Kor Magna Arena to hone his fighting skills on the blood-soaked arena sand and then return to the military. He lives for one thing: to protect his planet, and on his world, love is forbidden...
  • Born of Defiance by Sherrilyn Kenyon

    Born of Defiance by Sherrilyn Kenyon

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Born an Outcast, Talyn Batur has spent the whole of his life fighting against the prejudice of his people. An Andarion without a father is not something anyone wants to be...
  • Tane by Anna Hackett

    Tane by Anna Hackett

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    As the battle against the invading aliens reaches its endgame, a group of bad boy bikers and mercenaries will stand and fight for humanity’s survival…Tane Rahia is good at one thing—fighting. Before the alien invasion, he fought as a mercenary in the worst jungle hellholes...
  • Unity by Adrienne Lecter

    Unity by Adrienne Lecter

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    United we stand, divided we fall Once again reunited, the Lucky Thirteen set out to hunt down their adversaries—only to be met with an entirely new set of unexpected obstacles. As much as Bree is burning to finally get her revenge, it soon becomes obvious that on their own they are no match for the forces opposing them...
  • The Girl Who Dared to Rise by Bella Forrest

    The Girl Who Dared to Rise by Bella Forrest

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    The stakes grow ever higher for Liana Castell... and she must rise to meet them. Return to the Tower in the gripping fourth book of The Girl Who Dared series, where Liana will face her greatest challenge yet: Become Ambrose's replacement, or die trying...
  • 1/27: An ICoS Anthology by Ais, Santino Hassell

    1/27: An ICoS Anthology by Ais, Santino Hassell

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    January 27, 2027 - One day around the world.Weeks after the last page of the In the Company of Shadows series, seven stories show glimpses of the lives of fifteen characters, scattered across the globe. In Ireland, an unexpected reunion takes a terrible turn. In Australia, the tides are changing while those involved never stop watching...
  • Refuge Found by S.M. Olivier

    Refuge Found by S.M. Olivier

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    If you had told me that the world would turn to crap a year ago, I would have never believed you. If you had told me I'd be living with my cheating ex and my manipulative twin sister, I would have laughed. Had you informed me I'd be in a relationship with five men, I would have asked what meds you had forgotten to take.Yet here I am at Sanctuary...
  • Shattered Silence by Anna Carven

    Shattered Silence by Anna Carven

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Enki Zakanin just wants peace and quiet. He's completed his mission, and on the journey back to the Kordolian Fleet Station, he'd prefer to be left alone so he can manage the literal demon inside his head. Alone. So when a strange distress call breaks the silence, his first instinct is to ignore the signal...
  • B Free by Cynthia Sax

    B Free by Cynthia Sax

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    B is the last remaining B Model cyborg. All of his brethren, the beings he trained with, fought with, cared deeply for, have perished.Or so he believes.When he intercepts a communication mentioning the existence of one of his kind, he has to investigate the source. The message could be a trap set by his enemies...
  • Caveman Alien’s Cage by Calista Skye

    Caveman Alien’s Cage by Calista Skye

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    He tied me up and put me in a cage. I should hate him.So why can’t I look away from his twitching pants?Morfan’ox is the most striking warrior in his caveman tribe.Supremely confident, eight feet tall, with bright green stripes and muscles from here to Earth, he moves like he owns this deadly alien jungle.I’ve barely talked to him, but he’s always on my mind.But his tribe and mine are enemies...
  • Lyel by Ava Ross

    Lyel by Ava Ross

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    An alien warrior seeking redemption meets a captured Earth woman being treated as a pet. Will their love survive in a hostile world?Kidnapped by four-armed, blue skinned aliens, Isabelle "Isi" is sold to the head of the Al'kieern kidnapping operation. Isi has accepted she'll live and die as a songbird pet to the queen. If nothing else, performing for the Al'kieern beats being sold as a breeder...
  • Triple Threat by M.R. Forbes

    Triple Threat by M.R. Forbes

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Hayley Cage never expected to find herself on the other side of the galaxy, as a healer on a team of rough and tough mercenaries hunting Satan's secret army. But then, life doesn't always go as planned...
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    dystopia  female-mc  military  adult  aliens  audiobook  book  fiction
  • State of Vengeance by Summer Lane

    State of Vengeance by Summer Lane

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Vengeance is coming. Monterey Bay, California, has barely survived a brutal attack from the evil invasion forces of Omega, and Cassidy Hart is exhausted. She has lost a friend and gained a new enemy. The militias seem to be weakening, and Omega seems to be getting stronger...
  • Tordan by Jennifer Julie Miller

    Tordan by Jennifer Julie Miller

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    LunaThey stole my dreams, my hopes, my very identity, and I had no idea. Years went by and I did everything I was told, I was always the perfect specimen, and the perfect lab rat. I was dissected, even maimed all in the name of science. Then one day a strange smoky voice entered my head, and I knew things were not as they seemed...
  • Saving Runt by S.E. Smith

    Saving Runt by S.E. Smith

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Amelia ‘Runt’ Thomas’ life revolves around a dangerous game of cat and mouse with the most ruthless criminals in the world. She follows two codes: the code of hackers and her personal code of honor to bring down anyone who thinks they’re untouchable. She is on target until one fateful night when the touch of a strange man sends an unexpected shock wave through her...
  • Arrival by A.G. Wilde

    Arrival by A.G. Wilde

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    You think Earth is a safe haven?You think the world couldn’t end tomorrow?Think again.Our world is no longer our own.It’s been taken by beings we could never have imagined.And we are weak.Helpless.…hopeless.Hunted.They have divided us into groups: Harvesters, Gatherers, and Breeders.I am but one of the dispensable.My name is Adira Mosely...and I am a Breeder...
  • Undone by Wendy Higgins

    Undone by Wendy Higgins

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    USA Today and New York Times bestselling author, Wendy Higgins, brings you the gripping, sensual conclusion to her apocalyptic trilogy.Amber Tate never dreamed their heart-wrenching escape from the enemy’s attack would lead them to the most beautiful place she’s ever seen, marred by one ugly fact; it’s under enemy control...
  • Manu by Anna Hackett

    Manu by Anna Hackett

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    As the battle against the invading aliens intensifies, a group of bad boy bikers and mercenaries will stand and fight for humanity’s survival… When former berserker Manu Rahia lost his leg on a mission, he was forced to leave his squad...
  • Justice Ascending by Rebecca Zanetti

    Justice Ascending by Rebecca Zanetti

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Before surviving the Scorpius bacterium, Tace Justice was a good ole Texas cowboy who served his country and loved his mama. After Scorpius, the world became dark, dangerous, and deadly... and so did he. The Vanguard medic is stronger, faster, and smarter than before, but he's lost the line between right and wrong...
  • Shadow Falling by Rebecca Zanetti

    Shadow Falling by Rebecca Zanetti

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Before the Scorpius Syndrome tore through North America and nearly wiped out the population, Vivienne Wellington was the FBI’s best profiler. The bacteria got her anyway. But she survived. She recovered. And when she woke up from a drug-nightmare of captivity, her skills as a hunter of men had gone from merely brilliant to full-on uncanny. Her mysterious rescuer wants her to put them to the test...
  • Survivors by Anna Hackett

    Survivors by Anna Hackett

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    In the aftermath of a deadly alien invasion, a band of survivors fights on…Survivors contains three action-packed novellas in the Hell Squad series.Includes:Nate – Long before the aliens invaded, former Marine Nate Caldwell came home a broken man. Going off-grid in a cabin he inherited in Australia’s Blue Mountains, he survived the invasion with only his dog Blue for company...
  • Hemi by Anna Hackett

    Hemi by Anna Hackett

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    In the middle of an alien invasion, a big, tough, tattooed former mercenary is finally going to chase down his woman.Camryn McNab knows love is a lie. Okay, maybe not for everybody--her fellow soldiers on Squad Nine have managed to fall in love in the middle of a vicious alien attack. But it's not for her. She comes from two people incapable of love...
  • Cottonwood by R. Lee Smith

    Cottonwood by R. Lee Smith

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    They never meant to come to Earth. They were never allowed to leave...Welcome to Cottonwood...
  • Dom by Anna Hackett

    Dom by Anna Hackett

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    As the battle against the invading aliens intensifies, a group of bad boy bikers and mercenaries will stand and fight for humanity’s survival… Squad Three berserker Dom Santora has an ugly past he can’t forget. Born and raised in the darkness, he spent his life before the alien invasion as a Mafia enforcer...
  • Edge of Eon by Anna Hackett

    Edge of Eon by Anna Hackett

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Framed for a crime she didn't commit, a wrongly-imprisoned space captain's only chance at freedom is to abduct a fearsome alien war commander. Sub-Captain Eve Traynor knows a suicide mission when she sees one. With deadly insectoid aliens threatening to invade Earth, the planet’s only chance of survival is to get the attention of the fierce Eon Warriors...
  • Levi by Anna Hackett

    Levi by Anna Hackett

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    In the middle of an alien invasion, a bad boy berserker collides with a spunky mechanic on a dangerous sabotage mission. Levi King has always lived rough. Raised by a biker dad, he fought for everything he had—including being president of the Iron Kings motorcycle club. But when the aliens invaded, he lost it all...
  • Travek's Treasure by Pearl Tate

    Travek's Treasure by Pearl Tate

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Travek... As a Councilor’s son, I was raised by my uncle to join the Merchant Line on Quasar. I’ve been trained to look for and recognize the profit potential in every situation... When Bren found a Human mate from Earth, I saw the possibilities the females there present for the future of Quasar and for my own financial gain..
  • Actress for an Alien Prince by Roxie Ray

    Actress for an Alien Prince by Roxie Ray

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The paparazzi is hounding me, my fiancé cheated on me, and I’m sick of living up to everyone else’s expectations. Former child star syndrome much? Yeah, I’ve got a chronic diagnosis.Is running away to another planet drastic? Maybe. But I’m ready and couldn’t be happier to sign my name on IEP’s dotted line. Luckily, I land a sweet job as an assistant on Tracarox...
    Categorized as:
    dystopia  female-mc  poc-mc  adult  aliens  audiobook  book  fiction
  • Dax's Desire by Hannah Walker

    Dax's Desire by Hannah Walker

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The Avanti have made their way to Berinias, the capital and heart of Landran society. Not only is it King Kastain’s home ground, but it’s the seat of the Conclave's power. Dax finally gets to see Kastain in all his glory— regal, confident, powerful and downright sexy. As events unfold, Dax and Kastain realize everything happening with the Derin, with Martellon, Nestor and Teriva, is linked...
  • Eric 754 by Donna McDonald

    Eric 754 by Donna McDonald

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    He often forgets he's a cyborg. All she sees in the mirror is a killing machine.Marine Lance Corporal Eric Anderson tended to forget he was cyborg. Hell--most of the time he didn't give being mostly a military machine any thought. He'd always lived by his human gut, not his logic chip, so thinking out of the cybernetic box was just how he worked...
  • State of Destruction by Summer Lane

    State of Destruction by Summer Lane

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    "Lane is surely worth picking up and reading, whoever you may be." - Daniel M. Harrison, #1 Bestselling Author of Butterflies and Editor of MarxRand The destruction of California is at hand. Cassidy Hart and Chris Young have survived a dangerous mission into the heart of Sky City, a secret Omega base hidden deep in the mountains, but their vengeance has come with a price...
  • Endless Flames by Kennedy Layne

    Endless Flames by Kennedy Layne

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Betrayal and desperation are a dangerous combination in this thrilling continuation of the Surviving Ashes series by USA Today Bestselling Author Kennedy Layne... Berke Daniels has learned to live as if there is no tomorrow, because he knows firsthand it can all be taken away in a moment...
  • Caveman Alien’s Wood by Calista Skye

    Caveman Alien’s Wood by Calista Skye

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    One night of passion doesn’t mean that he owns me.But this caveman strongly disagrees. It shouldn’t be this easy to kidnap an Earth girl. But here I am, tied down on a boat with my caveman abductor, going down rapids and away from my friends. I guess I should be more alert for strange underwater shadows on a prehistoric planet where dinosaurs roam around. I don’t need to ask what he’s planning...
    Categorized as:
    female-mc  poc-mc  dark  romance  aliens  sci-fi  alpha-mc  futuristic
  • Alien in Flames by January Bell

    Alien in Flames by January Bell

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I'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...
  • Holmes by Anna Hackett

    Holmes by Anna Hackett

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    The battle of survival against the invading aliens heats up... but Hell Squad never quits. General Adam Holmes’ life is dedicated to keeping his small band of survivors alive. On the run, with only Hell Squad and the other soldiers for protection, they are making their last dangerous drive to the secret stronghold of the Enclave...
  • Alien Monster by Calista Skye

    Alien Monster by Calista Skye

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I’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...
    Categorized as:
    dystopia  female-mc  poc-mc  adult  aliens  alpha-mc  book  exploration
  • Wulf by Ava Ross

    Wulf by Ava Ross

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    He’s a rough Vikir warrior. She’s a mostly proper librarian. Can an Earthling woman and a green-scaled alien find love together in the stars?After she’s kidnapped by blue-skinned aliens, Taylor escapes and bails from an alien space station in a shuttle she has no clue how to drive. She crash lands on a nearby planet made up mostly of jungle...
  • Traitor's Mandate by Kelly St. Clare

    Traitor's Mandate by Kelly St. Clare

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The dreams I once had as a soldier fade to nothing, insignificant as the last battle for Earth looms darker each day.Whatever makes my mind unique could provide our rebellion with an army large enough to crush the Mandate and the other group circling in for the kill.If I can hold on.Because I’m dangerous—a bomb that could detonate and kill my friends and the man I love at any moment...
  • Roth by Anna Hackett

    Roth by Anna Hackett

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    In the aftermath of a deadly alien invasion, a band of survivors fights on…Roth Masters is a protector to the bone. Driven by the losses of his past, he fights side-by-side with Hell Squad to protect the human survivors of the alien invasion. As leader of Squad Nine, he and his team are known for their perfect timing in a firefight...
  • Misconstrued by Pixie Unger

    Misconstrued by Pixie Unger

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    “You cannot live on the food we have for you. That leaves me three choices. Let you continue to starve, slowly dying. Or put you out of your misery, and save the resources of feeding you for someone who has a chance to live.” The orc gave me a long, calculating look before he continued, “Or I can find you someone who is willing to spend his personal resources to care for a defective human...
  • Nurse for an Alien Warrior by Roxie Ray

    Nurse for an Alien Warrior by Roxie Ray

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I’m supposed to care for a kid, not create one! Space needs nurses. That’s what they told me, and that’s why I agreed to go.They say Raider is the last place I want to end up, but I’m up to the challenge. I’ll care for the warlord’s child.One problem.He wants me to make said child. With him.No. Not happening. Never.I’m not selling my body to some brute! But Kain isn’t the brute I imagined...
  • Rebel's Crusade by Kelly St. Clare

    Rebel's Crusade by Kelly St. Clare

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    An organisation called the Mandate took my memory.That’s what the staring people—including a grey-eyed man called Atlas—are saying. But if they’re right, why was I targeted?Freed from my chains, I long to start living at last, but the Mandate stands firmly in the way—enslaving my fellow soldiers in space to control Earth’s inhabitants.The answer to everything rests inside my mind...
  • Griff by Anna Hackett

    Griff by Anna Hackett

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    As the battle against the invading aliens intensifies, a group of bad boy bikers and mercenaries will stand and fight for humanity’s survival…Squad Three berserker Griff lived through hell long before the alien invasion. Once, he’d been a dedicated cop, but then in a gut-wrenching betrayal, he ended up behind bars in a supermax prison...
  • His to Steal by Taylor Vaughn, Eve Vaughn

    His to Steal by Taylor Vaughn, Eve Vaughn

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The Xals do things to the girls who try to run. Bad things they don’t necessarily recover from…I’ve grown up my whole life knowing that after a woman turns twenty-one in my settlement, she must submit to being mated by our alien overlords, the Xalthurians. Running from the mating ceremony means punishment…or worse. But I’m the freak...
  • Finn by Anna Hackett

    Finn by Anna Hackett

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    In the aftermath of a deadly alien invasion, a band of survivors fights on... For Hawk pilot Finn Erickson, flying is in the blood. Since the aliens decimated the planet, he spends most of his time flying Hell Squad into combat. With communication to other survivor bases cut off, he has no idea if his family is still alive and feels their loss keenly...
  • Shaw by Anna Hackett

    Shaw by Anna Hackett

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    In the aftermath of a deadly alien invasion, a band of survivors fights on... Hell Squad sniper Shaw Baird is a man on a mission. His squad is his family and now the invading aliens have done the unforgivable... taken one of his team. Claudia Frost - soldier, friend, and all-round badass - is running on borrowed time. Shaw has vowed to bring her home, whatever it takes..
  • Devlin by Anna Hackett

    Devlin by Anna Hackett

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    In the aftermath of a deadly alien invasion, a spy and a soldier find themselves locked in an alien cage and told…mate or die. A covert mission gone horribly wrong. Cool, composed spy, Devlin Gray is used to bad situations, but locked in the bowels of an alien facility with tough, sexy soldier Taylor and told to mate is bad. Very bad...
  • Theron by Anna Hackett

    Theron by Anna Hackett

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Squad mates, best friends, and fighting to survive in the middle of an alien invasion. Can she make one stubborn alpha male soldier see her as something else?Sienna Rossi has always been a mix of contradictions. She loves ice cream, likes cooking, and is skilled at taking down aliens with her squad. Sweet and tough, soldier and woman, most people can't seem to make sense of her..
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