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Ruling Sikthand by Victoria Aveline
Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsSophia never thought she was unlucky until she was kidnapped by aliens. Twice...Sophia had simple expectations for her planetary tour. She assumed she’d see the sights, meet new people, and fend off her boredom. She never thought she’d end the trip as an alien captive... -
A Soul to Protect by Opal Reyne
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAll Linh wanted was to feel safe.After escaping vile bandits, Linh is faced with a conundrum. She can either run through the Demon-filled wilds, or seek safety from a serpent monster.The longer she forces her presence in the monster’s territory, the more she learns a Duskwalker’s heart can be nurturing... -
A Soul to Embrace: Duskwalker Brides: Book Eight by Opal Reyne
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAll Zylah wanted was to heal.Lost, alone, and nameless, she seeks out a companion. Someone to cherish amidst the chaos and the Demon attacks. When she stumbles across a broken and injured Jabez, she uses her healing hands to save him, never questioning his motives for staying.As the emotions growing between them become tangled, her infatuation turns into dangerous passion... -
A Soul to Steal by Opal Reyne
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAll Gideon wanted was a friend.After waking up in the afterlife to discover he died, Gideon has nowhere to go. The world around him feels strange, utterly false, and he struggles to let go of the past he was ripped away from.Gideon never expects his new, monstrous friend to nibble his way into his heart, or give him purpose in death... -
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When She's Common by Ruby Dixon
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsIt's lonely for an extrovert on Risda III, the human refuge on the edge of the universe. Maeve craves company and friends, but she knows she can't keep harassing the locals for attention. What she needs is a pet to love on.What she gets is...a stowaway. Sorta. Zhur is actually a praxiian prince on the run, and the cat alien needs a place to hide out... -
Space for More by Emily Antoinette
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsAll Dr. Eden Mori wanted was to expand her horizons on the galaxy's largest space station, but when the only way to stop a black market sale of dangerous medical schematics is to get close to the data dealer, she's tasked with stopping him. Her partner on this mission? The dealer's estranged, hot-tempered mate... -
Mated to the Swamp Monster: Mated to the Monster by Honey Phillips
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 9 ratings“Stay out of the swamp!”Every child in Cypress Landing has been warned about the terrifying monster lurking in the inky tangle of cypress and willow on the edge of town. But sometimes desperation leaves no other choice…When Rorie sees her vicious stepfather commit a horrifying crime, her only hope of escape lies through the forbidden swamp... -
Fireworks for My Dragon Boss by Honey Phillips
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsHer dragon is turning up the heat! After a series of corporate mergers, Charlotte’s job is hanging by a thread. When her boss orders her to drag an overdue manuscript out of their bestselling author, she’s determined to succeed - even if it means leaving the city for the small Southern town of Fairhaven Falls. She just didn’t expect the elusive author to be so big. And handsome. And winged... -
Mistletoe for My Minotaur by Honey Phillips
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsHer minotaur is ready for a holiday treat!The day before Ginger’s family left Fairhaven Falls in disgrace, she made the mistake of kissing her older brother’s best friend. It was the best - and most embarrassing - moment of her life, but she never thought she’d see the big minotaur again.Now she desperately needs his help, but she has secrets she can’t put on those brawny shoulders... -
You Got Alien Trouble! by Honey Phillips
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA failing farm, a menacing neighbor, and an alien warrior in her barn…The farm Rosie inherited might not be much but it’s hers, and she’s determined to hang on to it. Unfortunately, her land-grabbing neighbor wants not only her farm - he wants her as well.The last thing she needs is a huge, wounded alien in her barn, no matter how attractive he might be... -
Trouble for My Troll by Honey Phillips
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsHer troll mechanic is determined to get her engine revving! Alison is looking forward to finally settling down in Fairhaven Falls. Surely a town full of monsters will make it easier to guard her vulnerable heart. When she runs into a truck driven by a massive troll with a charming smile, she realizes it might not be so easy after all... -
Alien Triton's Prize by Lynnea Lee
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsReeled into a fake marriage with a merman...How was I supposed to know my new boss was the owner’s nephew? Now, I’ve been fired for speaking up about his roaming hands. And if that isn’t bad enough, I get home early to find my boyfriend bumping the girl next door!With nowhere to go, I decide to join the Starlight Lottery... -
Dad Bod Ogre: A Monster Romance by Lynnea Lee
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI just won the bride lottery! Except I don’t want to go to Earth, marry some spoiled rich kid, and live in the lap of luxury. That’s someone else’s dream, not mine. My life is here on Stars’ End, farming cheeka silk and breathing fresh mountain air.There’s only one thing to I pack my gear, say a temporary goodbye to my beloved cheekas, and set out into the great unknown... -
The Naga Warlord's Virgin Mate by Robin O'Connor
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCaptured by a warlord, seduction is my only chance. Can I capture the heart of the beast?NaomiStranded on an alien planet sucks, but it’s worse when you can’t even walk. I’m a sitting duck, and when scary Naga capture me, there’s only so much I can do. That doesn’t mean I won’t go down without a fight.When their Warlord personally comes to interrogate me, I’m ready for him... -
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The Naga Maverick's Determined Mate by Robin O'Connor
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBetrayed, I end up on a Naga-infested planet, and the golden one? He thinks he can be my knight. CosimaAfter a horrible hostage situation, I thought I was rescued, only to find myself betrayed and trapped on the next awful planet. There’s snake people here! They terrify me, and then one shows up with a freaking dragon.When Zsekhet, the dragon rider, casts me intense looks... -
Rescued by the Rebel Orc by Celeste King
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHe’s lewd, crude, and a complete jackass.And he’s the love of my life.Before joining the Burning Sun clan, Naar used to be a rebel orc.It shows.Beasts have more manners than this orc.Watching him eat is all you need to go on a diet.Bathing is a foreign concept to this giant beast.But wait, it gets better.He's bedded most of the human women in the camp... -
Silver Silence by Iona Strom, L.S. Anders
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsVallonWar with the gray invaders was imminent, and an even bigger threat loomed beyond the stars. We had obtained more powerful weapons and had a spacecraft at our disposal. For the first time in Valosian history, all three clans had reached a temporary accord to fight as one for the good of our world. Even with all that, it still might not be enough... -
Wed to the Basilisk by Layla Fae
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNo one touches my bride. No one but me.I am the last basilisk on Alia Terra. As I roam my lands, loneliness muddles my mind and pumps violence into my veins until I don’t recognize myself. Soon I’ll become a feral beast – unless I mate.The matchmaking temple is the only way a creature like me, scaly, fanged, and with lethal eyes, can marry. Soon, I have a match... -
Guarded by the Vodnik by Layla Fae
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsShe poured fire into my cold, emotionless heart. Now all I see and feel is her.I’m a cold-blooded killer from the deep, always getting MSA’s most hazardous underwater tasks. Fear and emotion are foreign to me, which makes me efficient but too callous to work with clients... -
Her Orc Husband by Zoe Ashwood
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThis arranged marriage is my last hope for a better future. The city’s best matchmaker has all but despaired over me and my brother is threatening to throw me on the street if I don’t find a husband soon. But the revulsion I feel every time anyone touches me has made it impossible for me to find a good match... -
Cottonmouth by Naomi Lucas
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsEver since humans arrived, my world has changed. Tensions are high as we quarrel over territory, reforming our fractured clans.I will have none of it. I did not capture a bride.But then my world goes dark—and she appears.A female so lovely she possesses my mind, a bride who blushes every time she catches my eye.She is sweet.She is young.She is everything I am not.Except nothing is as it seems... -
Alien Orc's Prize by Ursa Dax
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMy human Starlight Lottery bride was supposed to be a pawn, not become my most precious prize…As the eldest prince of an ancient and regal orc bloodline, I should be focused on my lands and people.Instead, I’m constantly thwarting my family’s attempts to ensure that I produce an heir... -
Howl for the Gargoyle by Kathryn Moon
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsHannah never wanted to be a werewolf. After over thirty years as a human, she finds her new life on the other side of the species line too full of sudden changes. Especially when those changes risk her band's chance at a world tour... -
Barbarian's Treat by Ruby Dixon
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe brutal season is underway and the sa-khui tribe needs a break. What better way to shake things up than to celebrate another one of those strange human holidays?Claire suggests that Croatoan’s people enjoy Halloween, and the fun begins as everyone joins in. There are costumes! Vegetable carvings! An ice maze! And a surprise for a beloved couple.This novella features fluff, fluff and more fluff... -
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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... -
Surviving Skarr by Ruby Dixon
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsOvernight, my life has changed to one of sheer survival.I wake up on a strange alien world covered in ice. I have no memories of myself, not even my name.And I've resonated to the biggest braggart on the planet. Skarr is a chest-beating alpha male gladiator with lizard genetics and an intense case of self-love. He tells everyone within hearing distance how amazing he is. Bleh... -
Saving Jacob by Tessa Stone
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA witch destined to save her fated mate and their supernatural community from an ancient evil must embrace her hidden powers before it's too late. JacobAfter suffering alone in wolf form for a thousand years, unable to shift back to human, I thought my existence was over. But then the mysterious Hazel showed me that my true mate was out there and gave me hope again... -
Undercover Orc by Ava Ross
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsShe’s doesn’t do anything spontaneous or wild . . . until a hot orc dares her to try something new.Bailey: As head librarian in my small town, I take my job seriously. So when I hear a sound in the library’s attic while I’m working late and alone, and then a big, green, muscular orc creeps up behind me, I smack him in the head with a stapler... -
Torgar the Molten by Cara Wylde
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen the orcs invaded the human dimension, no one could stop them. War raged for years, and now the monstrous beasts have agreed to peace on two conditions: one, the human scientists must rebuild the machine that brought them into this world; and two, they must be provided with fertile brides to bear them orc babies.Wendy Bennet is stuck... -
Taken by the Orc by Mina Carter
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe’s always loved fairy tales. Starring in one isn’t on her bucket list…Not that Hope has much of a bucket list, except in her head. Forced to work for a pittance by her cruel stepfather, she has no way out of the drudgery of her life. Being mugged in the park at night is just par for the course… until a big, green monster rescues her... -
Ravaged by L.V. Lane
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFierce, untamed, and brutal, Quin, the alien ravager, is all these things and more.The kind of alien that wants to claim me and make me into his pet.One small problem, he's not real. He's a character in a book.None of this matters anymore, for the lines have gotten blurred. I need to be protected, and my fierce alien ravager is going to protect me... -
Sacrificed to the Monster by Ava Mona
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen Grace sees her name flashing on the TV screen, she knows this is the last day of her life. She’s being drafted as this year’s sacrifice to the monster that lurks beneath her world. It will keep her people safe, prevent her sisters from being the one chosen instead, even if it means she’ll be eaten whole once she’s lowered into the ground... -
Savage Giant: A Fantasy Monster Romance by Sue Mercury, Sue Lyndon
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe huge sasquatch says I belong to him.When I need a place to lie low for a while, my late grandfather’s mountain cabin seems like the perfect solution. That is, until I discover there are actual Sasquatches living in the forest. And my solar truck just broke down. Awesome.My plans to hike back to civilization are thwarted by a huge man-beast named Gorran... -
Grouch by Roxy Collins
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHe’s big and green, but he’s not the goblin I’m looking for…A year ago, my world was turned upside down when my missing twin returned - especially because he came with crazy stories of a magical world right under our feet.We’re part of the human bloodline chosen as goblin mates. But I’ve had my fill of big, pushy men for a lifetime... -
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Stealing His Mate by Ivy Knox
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsKate’s best friends have been claimed as mates, but she’s never felt more alone.Kate has had enough. She’s sick of getting dirty looks from the clan, sick of being seen as the village weirdo, and sick of existing on this strange planet... -
The Ruin's Revenge by Sara Ivy Hill
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSkarr giant Alrek was one of the lucky ones. He had a mate—the very last female of their kind. Now the widowed chief of a dying clan, he has only two hopes for the saving as many other species as possible from the same extinction…and exacting revenge on the invasive humans who caused it.But then she walks into his territory. Tiny. Sweet-smelling. Infuriatingly human... -
Kwarq by Nikki Clarke
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsKwarq I only came to this planet for a scavenger hunt, a ridiculous child's game, arranged by my twin brother to celebrate our birthday. From the moment we step from our pod, I'm not impressed. Humans are kind of miserable, which is hard for a species like mine that thrives on giving and receiving pleasure. This makes it even more shocking when I catch the sweet scent of the woman on the bus... -
Without a Stitch: Monster Between the Sheets: Season 2 by Honey Phillips
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCan a bookish scientist find the man inside the monster? Uncomfortable with people, Victoria spends her days - and her nights - working in her lab. When her funding is terminated, her only option is a dilapidated building in the tiny town of Screaming Woods... -
Slippery When Yeti: Monster Between the Sheets: Season 2 by Tana Stone
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsElena has never fit in. She grew up in Miami, but she hates hot weather. Everyone in her family is spontaneous, but she’s always been a planner. Luckily, her organizational skills make her ideal for the wedding planning job in Screaming Woods. Sure, the name of the town is a bit quirky, but as a wedding planner who specializes in theme weddings, Elena isn’t shocked by much... -
Alien God: A SciFi Fantasy Romance by Ursa Dax
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWYLFRAELI’ve been cursed with a prophecy. I will murder my own fated mate. Though it nearly destroys me, I vow never to find her.What I do find are humans invading my world and stealing from my land. Those I do not kill flee from my rage, leaving behind one terrified yet defiant woman.I take Torrance back to my castle to interrogate her, though I have neither time nor patience for a prisoner... -
Sheltered by the Orc: Monster Brides by Sandra R. Neeley
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFall through an ancient Fae portal to a time when Orcs ruled the Irish countryside. Stumble into an arranged marriage with an Orc who wants you less than you want him. And when it’s all said and done?Frantically search for a way to travel through time back to his side... -
Silver Spice by Iona Strom
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWynnterMy spirit mate had eyes for another, yet her spirit called to mine. While my ancillary heart pumped andrenalyne through my veins, I warred with my instincts to pummel the male she favored, but her preference can't be forced. She must choose me.Another battle takes precedence to mine when an unimagined conflict wages in the sky above us... -
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Bossed by the Boggart by Wendi Guff
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsBOSSED BY A MONSTER—sounds overbearing, right?It is, and this guy’s not just any monster. He’s a Boggart—the literal being of nightmares—and I swear his sole mission in life is to make mine a bad dream come true.Every time I turn around, he’s there.Bedazzling me.Bewitching me.Befriending me..... -
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I Married Kayog by Regine Abel
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsShe was his peace and his salvation.His whole life, Kayog has made it his mission to project the image of the male who has it all. But deep down, he’s broken by the endless torment that plagues him. Until Linsea. His impossible dream. His peaceful dove. The mesmerizing song of her soul enthralls him and makes him covet a future he knows he can’t have... -
Guarded by the Spider by Cassie Alexander
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFor my kind, to be without a mate is to be doomed. I know it is too late–all that awaits me is retirement and death, and I’ve embraced it.But when a suicide mission lands on my old boss’s desk, I’m the one he calls... -
The Orc's Bidding by Alana Khan
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsLarke risks her life when she flees into the Expanse. The orcs who roam there might be cannibals, but the alternative is worse.Her parents planned to auction Larke on her Bidding Day, but the warrior Orric rescues her, then shelters her in his mountain home.She soon discovers the huge, green orc is not only the most honorable male she’s ever met, but his touch makes her pulse race with desire... -
Inked By The Ithaqua by Wendi Guff
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsINKED BY A MONSTER—sounds cool, right?Until the guy accidentally imprinted on me. What was supposed to be a birthday gift to myself backfired in my face.How was I to know when I told him ‘surprise me’ that the fine-ass monster man would somehow embed his essence into my tattoo.Or that I’d come from his skilled fingers tapping a needle full of ink into my back... -
Pheromone by C.M. Stunich
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsHumans … pets, meat, or mates. That’s the first thing I see when I open my eyes, that damn sign. Don’t fancy myself being sold for any of the above reasons, so I’m relieved when my buyer is killed by an … Um. Hot venom and horns and a violent grin. What the actual f*ck is that?! Or should I say who the actual f*ck is he ? Because he’s definitely male. Definitely big... -
Space Daddy's Guide to the Galaxy by C. Rochelle
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsZiggyI should have known my scientifically-minded, superpowered Earthling would find a way to permanently attach himself to my borrowed heart. Since Micah Salah is the most impressive creature in all the galaxies. He's my stellar collision, my babygirl, my equal in all things, and the only one who truly knows me and all my secrets.Well… most of them...
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