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  • The Renegade Akseli Cyborg by Dianne Duvall

    The Renegade Akseli Cyborg by Dianne Duvall

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Dive into the next thrilling novel in New York Times bestselling author Dianne Duvall’s fast-paced, humorous, and adventure-filled Aldebarian Alliance series.Too many years of hunting psychotic vampires night after night have left Rachel with a desperate need for change...
  • The Single Mom and the Orc by Honey Phillips

    The Single Mom and the Orc by Honey Phillips

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Her grumpy orc is going to hammer his way into her heart!When Pippa finds herself in Fairhaven Falls with empty pockets and a brand new baby, she’s thrilled when a sweet - and slightly scary - old lady offers her a job and a place to live. Their new home isn’t much, but it offers a desperately needed shelter.Then her grumpy orc neighbor comes charging into their lives...
  • Born With a Silver Moon by Milly Taiden

    Born With a Silver Moon by Milly Taiden

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Discover a brand new race of Alpha males ready to find their mates in a dangerous warrior planet. Sassy women traveling with Gerri Wilder are in for the journey of a lifetime and a mate that will love them through the galaxy. Are you ready? Grab the next Galaxan romance between a sexy warrior and his fiery mate...
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    alpha-mc  humor  steamy  adult  aliens  book  fiction  futuristic
  • A Home for the Alien Warrior by Honey Phillips, Bex McLynn

    A Home for the Alien Warrior by Honey Phillips, Bex McLynn

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    Can a lonely alien warrior find the family he’s always wanted?When tragedy shatters Claire’s world, she abandons her corporate job and retreats to a remote mountain town. Just when she finally begins to rebuild her life, she is abducted by alien slavers.Unable to escape the scientist who purchases her, she devotes herself to the young alien twins who are also trapped by his twisted experiments...
  • H'zim by Honey Phillips

    H'zim by Honey Phillips

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    An angry alien, an innocent woman, and a treacherous bargainAccused of a crime she didn’t commit, Kara runs. The abandoned farmhouse she stumbles across seems like the perfect refuge - until a very large and very angry green alien appears. When he reluctantly agrees to let her remain, she finds herself unexpectedly drawn to the lonely male behind the grumpy exterior...
  • Taunting Krell by Laurann Dohner

    Taunting Krell by Laurann Dohner

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Book 7 in the Cyborg Seduction series. Krell hates humans. They left him scarred and undesirable to females. He’s lived a lonely existence in his home world because of their brutality. So he’s angry when he’s ordered to interrogate the captured human. She’s the enemy, a soldier from Earth. He’ll show her the same mercy they showed him. None...
  • Coveted by the Hunter by Lynnea Lee

    Coveted by the Hunter by Lynnea Lee

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    HEATHERWhen I offered to help the scary alien hunter rescue his friend, I had no idea the seven feet tall brute planned on abducting me. Now I’m stuck in a shuttle with my growly, purple captor, speeding away from everything I ever knew.Nov’k is sinfully handsome, covered in muscles, and claims he wants to wake up every day with me in his arms. He makes me feel beautiful for once in my life...
  • Perilous Hunt by Lindsay Buroker

    Perilous Hunt by Lindsay Buroker

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    After failing to catch up with her daughter Jelena so many times, Alisa's optimism is battered, but her determination has never waned. She, Leonidas, and their eclectic crew are hunting down a Starseer research station in the heart of the Kir Asteroid belt—Jelena's supposed location. Alisa vows that she will find her daughter if she has to search a million asteroids to do so...
  • Exodus by Elle Casey

    Exodus by Elle Casey

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    This is an alternate Cover Edition for ASIN: B0091XN0JK.NEW YORK TIMES and USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR, ELLE CASEY, brings readers Book 3 of 4 in the YA Dystopian APOCALYPSIS Series, suitable for older teens and adults. EXODUS. My name’s Bryn Mathis. I'm seventeen years old, and my world has been turned upside down and inside out. I'm racing toward a future I cannot control...
  • Mated to the Swamp Monster: Mated to the Monster by Honey Phillips

    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...
  • Caveman Alien’s Enemy by Calista Skye

    Caveman Alien’s Enemy by Calista Skye

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Mia I’ve caught a dragon. He’s huge, silvery and so beautiful it physically hurts. Or maybe that’s just my urge to run away from such a deadly creature. But a sudden, icy blizzard is raging outside on this dinosaur-infested planet, and I’m stuck with this, our worst enemy. I’ve bound him with steel wire, but if he snaps them I think I might be in for a world of hurt...
  • S'kal by Honey Phillips

    S'kal by Honey Phillips

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    A troubled alien, a runaway human, and a haunted past…Evie is in trouble. She’s out of money, out of luck, and out of time. Desperate to get out of Port Cantor, she stows away on a trading caravan heading for the remote settlements in the hinterlands of Cresca. When she’s found by the biggest and most intimidating alien she’s ever seen, she’s terrified...
  • The Culling by Tricia Wentworth

    The Culling by Tricia Wentworth

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    150 years after a virus wipes out most of the world’s population, Reagan Scott finds herself chosen for the State of the Union's fifth Culling. She will compete against 49 of the country's brightest girls. And then, of course, there are the 50 boys. She’ll have to pair up with one for her shot at becoming the next Presidential Couple...
  • You Got Alien Trouble! by Honey Phillips

    You Got Alien Trouble! by Honey Phillips

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A 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...
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    female-mc  alpha-mc  humor  steamy  romance  sci-fi  aliens  fantasy
  • Loved by the Lion by Evangeline Anderson

    Loved by the Lion by Evangeline Anderson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A 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...
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    alpha-mc  female-mc  humor  steamy  adult  aliens  book  fiction
  • Alien Beast's Warrior Bride by Juno Wells

    Alien Beast's Warrior Bride by Juno Wells

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The higher you reach the more humiliating the defeat.Being the most primitive of the old bloods, Borak is no pleasure to look upon but he's got his sights set on a high status human queen. Nothing will keep him from pursuing the queen of his heart. Not war, not vicious enemies nor his chain of command.JulietOn a dystopian Earth dominated by women, men are rarity...
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    alpha-mc  female-mc  humor  adult  aliens  book  fiction  first-contact
  • 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...
  • Alien Soldier's Slave Bride: A SciFi Alien Romance by Juno Wells

    Alien Soldier's Slave Bride: A SciFi Alien Romance by Juno Wells

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    VanessaI’ve been owned by aliens for longer than most humans have been alive but haven’t given up on the one thing I want. Freedom.Spirited away from Earth at fourteen, sold from one species to another and pumped full of antiaging hormones to ensure I stayed in prime condition, my mind ages but my body never does. When whatever ship I’m on gets raided, I get new owners...
  • The Iriduan's Mate by Susan Trombley

    The Iriduan's Mate by Susan Trombley

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A former elite Iriduan soldier, Shulgi lives with many regrets...He’s determined to redeem himself by curing the mate imprinting affliction that affects Iriduan males. Unfortunately, the necessity for secrecy makes it difficult to spread the cure to those males in need of it most...
  • My Ant Monster Mate by Susan Trombley

    My Ant Monster Mate by Susan Trombley

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    YeseniaHunting giant ant aliens is never an easy job, but the opportunity to capture a male Menops before he imprints on a queen is too good to pass up. Even if it means putting up with a mouthy Artificial Intelligence and traveling to a planet restricted by the Cosmic Syndicate. Vengeance for humanity—for my family—is too important to let any obstacle stand in my way...
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    female-mc  alpha-mc  humor  steamy  romance  sci-fi  aliens  monsters
  • Burnt Road by Toby Neal, Emily Kimelman

    Burnt Road by Toby Neal, Emily Kimelman

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    ***The Scorch Series: romantic action adventure for fans of romance thriller suspense and family romance sagas!***  Dante Luciano is a genius gamer with autism who's made millions in computers and lives in a carefully constructed world in the Hollywood Hills, when the chaos of the pandemic Scorch Flu breaks out...
  • 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...
  • Roklyn by Alana Khan

    Roklyn by Alana Khan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    To stay alive, Roklyn buried his emotions. Can he risk everything to trust the ailing Earth girl he’s sworn to protect?PaigeI’ve come to this medical center to save my life. My grumpy but intriguing bodyguard can receive services also, but only if he’s my “mate...
  • A Gift for Nicholas by Honey Phillips

    A Gift for Nicholas by Honey Phillips

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Can a single mother show an arrogant alien warrior the true meaning of the holidays?Jenna is a hard-working single mom with no time for fairy tales. She dismisses her daughter’s stories of a mysterious horned Santa living in the woods as no more than the imagination of a precocious child – until the day her daughter doesn’t return home...
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    alpha-mc  female-mc  humor  steamy  adult  aliens  book  children
  • The Alien and I by Honey Phillips

    The Alien and I by Honey Phillips

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Can an alien king lose his heart to a human woman?Adjusting to life on noisy, crowded Samar Prime is difficult for former professor Anna Lennox, particularly when she’s forced to spend too much time away from her young daughter. A teaching job on a peaceful tropical planet seems like an ideal alternative...
  • Taking Vengeance by Cynthia Sax

    Taking Vengeance by Cynthia Sax

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The only force stronger than their hate is their love. Vengeance hates all humans. They killed every being he ever cared about. When the huge C Model cyborg is told he’s genetically compatible with the enemy, he makes it his mission to capture the female and use her to expel all humans from his home planet. That should be disappointingly easy. She’s a weak, fragile human...
  • Ka'Cit's Haven by A.G. Wilde

    Ka'Cit's Haven by A.G. Wilde

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    “Not the best of ways to introduce myself to you…A gentleman would have at least greeted you first…… but I’m no gentleman.”He’s the Bone Crusher. A man in a mask.His face is hidden alongside his intentions.He doesn’t do things for free…or to be nice.So just how did Nia end up stuck on a ship with him by her side?She’d wanted adventure, but Ka’Cit Urgmental was SO. MUCH. MORE...
  • Heart of the Agraak by S.J. Sanders

    Heart of the Agraak by S.J. Sanders

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Agraadax was shaken by recent events and the breeding facility closed, but it has done little to ease the simmer of unrest rippling through Agraak society. In Aminae, one of the dome cities scattered on the few arid patches of land of the swampy planet, factions are rising against the cruelties of the upper raniks that rule their society. Kaede is a male devoted to the cause...
  • Kinn by Mina Carter, Susan Hayes

    Kinn by Mina Carter, Susan Hayes

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    She hates the alien warriors that conquered her world. All of them but one...Serena lived by three rules - Survive. Fight back. Stay hidden. But that was before. Before she was caught and brought to T’Kinn, the most arrogant, annoying alien she’s ever met…and the sexiest. This alien isn’t just a warrior - he’s a healer, and a threat to every secret she has...
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    alpha-mc  female-mc  humor  steamy  adult  aliens  book  dystopia
  • Forbidden Letters by Elin Peer

    Forbidden Letters by Elin Peer

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Curiosity has the ability to turn the smartest person into a reckless fool. "Few dared live as close to the border as us. Not even the long-standing peace treaty between our two nations could make people forget how the savage Men of the North used to hunt down and kidnap women here...
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    female-mc  humor  steamy  adult  audiobook  book  dystopia  fiction
  • Hunter's Wish by Lynnea Lee

    Hunter's Wish by Lynnea Lee

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    SARAHIt’s not you. It’s me.Fen’k is a total cinnamon roll of a Xarc’n hunter who makes me want what I’ll never have: to live happily ever after. He deserves someone who isn’t afraid to love him back.After the last person I trusted stomped on my heart and stole all that I cared about , I stopped believing in love. I’m sure it still exists; just not for me...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  female-mc  humor  adult  aliens  book  fiction  futuristic
  • The Cyborg with No Name by Honey Phillips

    The Cyborg with No Name by Honey Phillips

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Can a wounded cyborg help an isolated scientist remember her own humanity?Dr. Rose Abbott is the cybernetic engineer who created the robot horses used in the efforts to terraform Mars. Disgusted by the way her creations are treated by the GenCon Corporation, she chooses to leave her work behind and live in isolation...
  • 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...
    Categorized as:
    female-mc  alpha-mc  humor  cyborgs  steamy  captivity  sci-fi  aliens
  • Protected by the Orc by Honey Phillips

    Protected by the Orc by Honey Phillips

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Her orc bodyguard is determined to keep her close!Holdar doesn’t do commitment. Even his latest security job as bodyguard to a pretty, spoiled - and annoyingly adorable - heiress won’t last, which is just as well. The sooner he gets away from her innocent smiles and tempting curves the better...
  • Unity and the Usurper by Honey Phillips

    Unity and the Usurper by Honey Phillips

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    A barbaric alien king. A fierce human female. A galactic conspiracy...After leading a rebellion to overthrow a tyrannical king, Cronan discovers a beautiful, defiant human female. She’s a responsibility he doesn’t need in the chaotic aftermath of the rebellion, but one he can't abandon...
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    female-mc  alpha-mc  humor  steamy  sci-fi  aliens  monsters  space
  • Claimed by the Alien Warrior by Hope Hart

    Claimed by the Alien Warrior by Hope Hart

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    What’s worse than being stuck on an alien planet? Being stuck on an alien planet when you’ve made an enemy of the local tribe King. Okay, so I may have stolen his favorite misua and snuck away to find my friends. But he should’ve known better than to forbid me to go. I’m a marine, and we leave no man-- or woman, behind...
  • The Athlete by Elin Peer

    The Athlete by Elin Peer

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    How do you win a soccer game when you’re not just playing against the other team, but your captain too? When Hunter Hercules, the biggest soccer star in the Northlands, is transferred to play in the Motherlands, he’s mad as hell...
  • Ruthless by Sybil Bartel

    Ruthless by Sybil Bartel

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Bodyguard. Protector. Security Detail. I wasn’t supposed to join the Marines and serve three tours. I’d been groomed to be another kind of warrior. Since I could walk, I’d been primed to take over the family business. Build the real estate empire bigger, ruthlessly fight my way to the top—make everyone richer. Instead, I’d enlisted...
  • The Scarecrow's Queen by Naomi Lucas, Mel Braxton

    The Scarecrow's Queen by Naomi Lucas, Mel Braxton

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Once, I was feared by all who gazed upon me. For centuries, I served, defending my crops in solitude and stillness, baring my scythe as an omen.But when the crops die around me, I find myself standing over a field of shriveled stalks.It is her fault.The female who has taken over my fields. She might be the new queen of these lands, but in her wake, she brings only death.So, I will scare her away...
  • Rita and the Raider by Honey Phillips

    Rita and the Raider by Honey Phillips

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Every good mating begins with a kidnapping… Worvak was taught to value honor above all else. When his honor demanded he sacrifice everything to save a friend, he didn't hesitate. But then a dangerous mission leads him to a fragile, dirty female with enough courage for ten warriors - a female he would do anything to call his own. For the first time in his life, his honor and his heart are at war...
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    female-mc  alpha-mc  humor  steamy  romance  sci-fi  aliens  paranormal
  • Guarded by the Snake: Monster Security Agency by Layla Fae

    Guarded by the Snake: Monster Security Agency by Layla Fae

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    She stole her way into my cold, serpent heart like a thief in the night.The tiny human hires me to shield her from the vengeance of a powerful organization. There’s nothing wrong with that, except she stole from them, got caught, and now I have to clean up her mess. Add to that her incessant chatter, and I’m in for the most unpleasant job in my career...
  • Cyborg Rider by Honey Phillips

    Cyborg Rider by Honey Phillips

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Can a lonely cyborg protect a determined scientist from the dangers of Mars?Dr. Sadie Tucker has spent her entire life in the pursuit of knowledge. That quest takes her to the wild Martian frontier, where her latest bioengineering project could revolutionize homesteading on the planet...
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    cyborgs  steamy  female-mc  alpha-mc  humor  romance  sci-fi  fiction
  • The Warrior by Elin Peer

    The Warrior by Elin Peer

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Even the strongest man in the world has a weak spot! Magni knows what he wants and he’s used to getting it. As the second in command in the Northlands, he doesn’t care that he comes across as rude or domineering. Asking for permission or apologizing for his actions is for weaker men. Six months ago, Laura was Magni’s sweet and submissive young wife...
  • Ascend by Sandra R. Neeley

    Ascend by Sandra R. Neeley

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Command Warship 1 is home to one of the most feared males in the multi-verse. Zha Quin Tha is Sire to his people, next in line to the throne. He rules his military with an iron hand. His people, the Cruestaci, are a warrior race who bow to no one and nothing...
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    alpha-mc  captivity  female-mc  steamy  abuse  adult  aliens  book
  • Krac's Firebrand by S.E. Smith

    Krac's Firebrand by S.E. Smith

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Section K Replication Alluthan Clone, or Krac as he was now called, had one focus in his life; protecting the descendants of the Freedom Five who ruled Earth’s council. Rescued by members of the family from a secret facility, he pledged to do what he could to always keep them safe. Things become personal when insurgents target a special member of the Freedom Five, Gracie Jones-Jefe and her family...
  • Hunter Raze by Laurann Dohner

    Hunter Raze by Laurann Dohner

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    When her parents died in her youth, Anabel Brick—along with her sister, Jessa—was raised as an orphan of United Earth. While her sister became an Alien Research Specialist, Anabel’s skills were put to a different use. She’s a tool for U.E. and its military fleet…a spy…a killer. Her current mission also turns out to be her last...
  • Healing Her Patient by Evangeline Anderson

    Healing Her Patient by Evangeline Anderson

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A woman who struggles with infertility has given up on finding loveA warrior who thinks he will never be able to bond a brideThrown together on a mission where they must pretend to be Joined MatesWill their lie become a reality? Dr. Danielle Adams isn't looking for love. Health issues have rendered her unable to have kids and she has given up on finding a relationship...
  • Playing Their Parts by Evangeline Anderson

    Playing Their Parts by Evangeline Anderson

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Two detectives, hot on the heels of a killer...Undercover as adult actors on the wild planet of BachanaliusWill Steel and Cassie find passion while...PLAYING THEIR PARTS? Cassandra Steel and Commander Stone are a unique pair. Together, they comprise the first human/Kindred detective team on the Tampa PD...
  • Waging War by Faith Gibson

    Waging War by Faith Gibson

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    He’s a lone Hound at a crossroad. She’s a woman on the run. Both are trying to find their way home. After the loss of his wife, Gryphon shifter Warryck Lazlo has spent the last twenty-four years alone. War has come to a turning point in his life and must decide whether to return to his family and their motorcycle club, The Hounds of Zeus, or find another path as a solitary Gryphon...
  • Acer by Kelsey Nicole Price

    Acer by Kelsey Nicole Price

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When the Global Allegiance terminated all Cyborgs, rumors were rampant that they still existed, either hidden away with wealthy collectors or—even more scandalous—part of the Cyborg Rebellion.MarleyCyborgs were my life but there was only one that had captured my heart. No one saw his worth. No one but me. A cruel twist of fate ripped him away and stole years of my life...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  cyborgs  female-mc  adult  aliens  book  children  fiction
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