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  • A Collection of Monstrous Short Stories by Lily Mayne

    A Collection of Monstrous Short Stories by Lily Mayne

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Revisit the Monstrous couples from the first seven novels of the series in this collection of sixteen short stories. Plus, meet a new Monstrous couple in a brand new 20k-word novella, Ruke...
  • 小蘑菇 by 一十四洲

    小蘑菇 by 一十四洲

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    An Zhe was a mushroom whose lifelong mission was to raise his own spore.One day, he lost his spore.He searched all over the world for a long time before finally seeing a familiar spore on the news.An Zhe desperately knocked on the door of a colonel in the human military.“Hello, Sir. Did your research turn out well? Can I have my son back after the research?”The colonel looked cold...
  • Hoards and Harbors by S.M. Olivier

    Hoards and Harbors by S.M. Olivier

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Navigating our new reality has its ups and downs. My relationships with my men and most of my family continue to grow. Together, we've made it our duty to help those who can't help themselves. We're determined to ensure good prevails despite the evil forces against us. We make new friends, giving us hope we're not alone in our mission...
  • 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...
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    paranormal  aliens  female-mc  alpha-mc  humor  steamy  romance  sci-fi
  • Sanctuary for the Alien Warrior by Honey Phillips

    Sanctuary for the Alien Warrior by Honey Phillips

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Can an alien warrior and an orphaned infant provide a new beginning for a lonely woman? Tired of relentless hours, arrogant clients, and endless demands, Barbara is ready to abandon her career as a corporate attorney for a simpler life. She doesn’t expect that life to involve an alien abduction, an abandoned baby, and an all-too-intriguing alien warrior with a very friendly tail...
  • A Miracle for the Alien Warrior by Honey Phillips

    A Miracle for the Alien Warrior by Honey Phillips

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Can an alien warrior who’s given up hope save a desperate woman and her unborn child?Lauren knew the decision to have a baby on her own wouldn’t be an easy one. She didn’t know that she would be kidnapped by aliens whose only interest in her is as a breeding vessel. A desperate attempt to escape leaves her trapped and isolated - and about to give birth...
  • Green Mage by J.S. Kennedy

    Green Mage by J.S. Kennedy

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    You’re only paranoid if nobody’s out to get you.Mackenzie’s paranoia hasn’t ebbed, if anything, it’s only gotten worse, and it’s starting to wear thin on her family. Add in a new familiar, and her sister’s sudden rebellion, and tempers ignite.As a hunter for Catch and Release, Mackenzie doesn’t choose her assignments, they are chosen for her...
  • Wyvern's Gold by A.H. Hadley

    Wyvern's Gold by A.H. Hadley

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Dragons are a myth. Heroes are a reality.Six hundred years ago, humans retreated underground. Our Elders said our sins were why. Ever since, the battle between Heaven and Hell has raged on Earth's surface. Only becoming truly righteous can save us.It was a lie.Stories of dragons willing to devour us and wild men who will torture us keep the population in line...
  • Lor by Lily Mayne

    Lor by Lily Mayne

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    My role as Moric—ruler of a small and prosperous fiefdom in a quiet corner of the world—has always been painfully dull and stifling.Until a beautiful, otherworldly creature with pink skin and a mane of golden hair falls through a strange void that has appeared in my guestroom.And I am instantly captivated by him.I have never seen anything like him...
  • Callum by Honey Phillips

    Callum by Honey Phillips

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Can a weary alien warrior and a wary human widow learn to love again?The life of a warrior is all Callum has ever known, but after a long, meaningless war he is tired of fighting. Instead, he chooses to accompany his brothers in arms to a new life on a backwater planet and finds an unexpected peace in the hard work of restoring their isolated ranch...
  • 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...
  • Tagan's Chance by Amelia Ford

    Tagan's Chance by Amelia Ford

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    If you liked Amazon bestseller Tagan's Child you're going to love Tagan's Chance; book 2 in the Tagan series. Sophie and Ahran's story continues in this fast paced, futuristic, action romance. After settling into a life that straddles two worlds, the problems Sophie thought were buried come back to haunt her...
  • Toil & Trouble by Nikki Landis

    Toil & Trouble by Nikki Landis

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A ghoul who craves zombie flesh. A sensitive vampire who cries black blood. A lying werewolf my ancestors adore. And oh yeah, the witch hunter who hates me. Four unlikely heroes sworn to protect the powerful Salem Howe lineage from evil and help prevent the next uprising...
  • Life-Debt by R.J. Blain

    Life-Debt by R.J. Blain

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When scavenger and hybrid fox Viva comes across a derelict in empty space, what she and her furry partner, Pandora, discover puts them on a collision course for adventure, fame and wealth—assuming she survives the experience. Teaming up with the derelict's living cargo isn't wise, but the handsome stranger might hold the key to the ship and its many secrets...
  • 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...
  • Banic by Mina Carter

    Banic by Mina Carter

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    She’s a doc on a mission. He’s a beast with a heart of gold.Dr. Beth Godwin arrives on Parac’Norr with one goal in curing the Blood Rage mutation that plagues the alien warriors. But she didn’t expect Banic, the most feared feral on the planet, or her reaction to him.A caged monster, she knows she should stay away from him...
  • 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...
  • I Married a Mothman by Regine Abel

    I Married a Mothman by Regine Abel

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    He’s everything she never knew she wanted.When Venus embarked on a luxury cruise, she never expected to rescue a young Promethean demi-god—or that he’d bind her as his guardian...
  • Surviving in the Shadow of Death by Donna Augustine

    Surviving in the Shadow of Death by Donna Augustine

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I thought I was a fake, a spiritual guide doling out nothing more than a placebo effect to the pack. Turns out I’m more legitimate than anyone realizes—and more deadly.It doesn’t matter whether I’m the real thing or not, whether the pack has accepted me or not, because Duncan’s mate never will and she’s in charge. As long as he still wants me in his bed, she’ll want me in a grave...
  • 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...
  • His Human Neighbor by Michele Mills

    His Human Neighbor by Michele Mills

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A month-long retreat of rest and relaxation from my high-powered career is just what I need. Until I’m the only human in a rental home community on a distant planet populated by beings who look like satanic devils. Yep.And on day three of my odd vacay, two young Hyrrokin girls enter my home and beg me to marry their dad, my neighbor...
    Categorized as:
    aliens  paranormal  steamy  female-mc  alpha-mc  humor  romance  sci-fi
  • 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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    aliens  paranormal  female-mc  alpha-mc  humor  steamy  romance  sci-fi
  • Green Shadow by J.S. Kennedy

    Green Shadow by J.S. Kennedy

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Two paths, one fate.Lucan now knows who—and what— Mackenzie truly is. She is Terra, the supernatural boogieman whose tales of carnage are used by parents to bring wayward children in line. But she’s captive, and all his plans for the future are decimated… unless he can find her and bring her home. Mackenzie—thrust back into the nightmare of her childhood—learns the awful truth...
  • Green Gryphon by J.S. Kennedy

    Green Gryphon by J.S. Kennedy

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The Dragon Protector asking Mackenzie for a favor—Maybe the sky truly has fallen.Mackenzie works for Catch and Release, a bounty-hunting guild, and she loves her job. She goes after the usual suspects: Rogue vampires, feral shifters, and crazed mages. Nightmare stuff...
  • Ancient Guardian by Katie Reus

    Ancient Guardian by Katie Reus

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    He lost everyone he ever loved before…Alpha dragon shifter Orion woke from his millennia-long hibernation into a different world—and found a band of humans struggling to survive. He’s been living among them, secretly keeping the predators away, but he’s kept his true identity hidden from everyone. Until an enemy threatens everything he’s come to love, including the human female he’s obsessed with...
  • Raw IV: A Primeval Fantasy by Misty Vixen

    Raw IV: A Primeval Fantasy by Misty Vixen

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The forest that Jak, his bond-mates, and his tribe call home is safe now that they have secured alliances with the secretive nymphs and the brutal karn clan they share the space with.Or that's what everyone thought until an army of the lethal corrupted attacked their forest...
  • Off-Limits Dragon by Miranda Martin

    Off-Limits Dragon by Miranda Martin

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A 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...
  • 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...
  • Demon Defeat: Part 2 by M.J. Haag

    Demon Defeat: Part 2 by M.J. Haag

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Listening to Molev's intuition that the west coast isn't safe, we start making plans to return to the community he and his brothers have made. However, the infected are changing. Into what, we're not sure, and we don't want to find out.Our final stand against the infected is coming, whether we want to admit it or not, and even with Molev at my side, I'm not sure I'll survive...
  • Deathless by Crystal Ash

    Deathless by Crystal Ash

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Deathless is the third and final book in the Vengeful Gods MC series! Full description coming soon...
  • To Valor's Bid by M. Tress

    To Valor's Bid by M. Tress

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Desmond McLaughlin was just getting through his life and trying to survive. A 9-5 job and a hobby that cost more than it earned left him just enough money to afford a crappy apartment and time to dream of something better. He was expecting to spend most of his life like this.He hadn’t expected to be greeted by a CIA agent waiting inside his house one evening...
  • 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...
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    paranormal  steamy  female-mc  alpha-mc  humor  aliens  romance  sci-fi
  • Peace Maker by Michelle Diener

    Peace Maker by Michelle Diener

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Fliss knows all about her ancestors, the Travelers, who were forced to land on Fjern thousands of years ago, but when it comes to the Gyr—the enhanced warriors who protect the people of Fjern from the monsters that inhabit the planet—she’s in the dark, even though she is one herself...
  • Lady Luck by K.C. Cross, J.A. Huss

    Lady Luck by K.C. Cross, J.A. Huss

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Luck knew two things when he left Harem Station months ago. One. The silver-haired Cygnian Princess Nyleena was still safely frozen away in her cryopod. And two. There was a good chance she was his soul mate. He left anyway. Nyleena is what you might call feisty. Or sassy. Or maybe just… feral. She is wild. Much too wild for Luck’s taste. But now that he’s home there’s no way to deny it...
  • A Monster's Fate by Lynnea Lee

    A Monster's Fate by Lynnea Lee

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    KAT My prestigious new job as the assistant to a colony leader starts as an honor. Then I stumble across the colony’s dirty little secrets. Hell-bent on exposing the atrocities, I reach out to a rebel group to feed them information. Too quickly, the jig is up. I manage one last message to my rebel contact, Zach, before I’m locked in the mad councilman’s basement...
  • Shield by Jenny Schwartz

    Shield by Jenny Schwartz

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    If Cherry was a selfish witch, she'd keep running. She's an oracle. She KNOWS that trouble is closing in. However, there's an instant in which she could escape, and so could those she loves.Too bad she's surrounded herself with ridiculously noble allies. The kind of self-sacrificing, kind, clever, and resolute people who force you to love them ..
  • 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...
  • Ensnared by Rebecca Quinn

    Ensnared by Rebecca Quinn

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Even if the world did end, five men is far too many to handle. Isn’t it? Since the Final War, I’ve been doing just fine. I have a lovely cave, a darling vegetable patch, forest views . . . and if loneliness sometimes squeezes my aching heart, well, my books have always kept me company...
  • Baubles and Ben by Nalini Singh

    Baubles and Ben by Nalini Singh

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A short story featuring Marlee & Ben from the SnowDancer pack. Timeline: Takes place around the same time as Allegiance of Honor.This story can be found on Nalini Singh's official website...
  • 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...
  • Trent: Rogues United 1 by Laurann Dohner

    Trent: Rogues United 1 by Laurann Dohner

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Trent had to flee his birth pack as a teenager to avoid being executed for killing someone in self-defense. It wasn’t fair and left him all alone, fighting to survive. Over the years, he found other shifters who were unjustly left on their own. Together, they built a pack, making Trent their alpha.They are Rogues United. Trent’s doing his best to make all the right decisions...
  • Cottonmouth by Naomi Lucas

    Cottonmouth by Naomi Lucas

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Ever 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...
  • The Soldier's Mate by C.W. Gray

    The Soldier's Mate by C.W. Gray

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Welcome back to the Blue Solace: (Third Book in the series) Morgan Murray is an easy, fun-loving guy. He excels at being a soldier, but never wanted more out of life. Somehow, he ends up in a position of authority on Dru's new ship, the Blue Sparrow. Now he has to deal with what he dreads most. Responsibilities...
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    aliens  insta-love  paranormal  romance  mlm  sci-fi  lgbtq  fantasy
  • Hot Wolf in the City by Honey Phillips

    Hot Wolf in the City by Honey Phillips

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Working 9-to-5 has never been this wild!Desperate for a fresh start, Julie jumps at a chance to work for the boss of TalkToMe, the country’s fastest growing social network. The job's location, the enigmatic Monster Island, only adds to its appeal - she won’t be tempted to make another foolish mistake...
  • Echo of Silence by Nalini Singh

    Echo of Silence by Nalini Singh

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    In a deep-sea station, Tazia Nerif has found her life's work as an engineer, keeping things running smoothly. But she wants nothing more than to break down the barrier of silence between her and her telekinetic Psy station commander . . . Timeline: Early on in the series, specific time unspecified.This story can be found in the short story anthology Wild Embrace...
  • I Married Wonjin by Regine Abel

    I Married Wonjin by Regine Abel

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    She 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...
  • The Fractured Dark by Megan E. O'Keefe

    The Fractured Dark by Megan E. O'Keefe

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Dying planets, dangerous conspiracies, and secret romance abound in the second installment of the Devoured Worlds trilogy by award-winning author Megan E. O'Keefe. Naira and Tarquin have escaped vicious counter-revolutionaries, misprinted monsters, and the pull of a dying planet...
  • Night's Fall by Kristen Ashley

    Night's Fall by Kristen Ashley

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The Four Realms are experiencing an unprecedented period of peacе... At thirteen years old, it became known Prince Aleksei Knightstar of Night's Fall was the True Heir. The next king, the fiercest warrior, the mightiest beast in all the realm.The Fall rejoiced at having the first True Heir in over a century...
  • Fangs by K.L. Speer

    Fangs by K.L. Speer

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    “Run, lil rabbit, 'fore Wolf tears you apart."Twelve years ago, Ember Cutler obeyed her father and ran, but the girl who disappeared into the desert was not the same girl who came out. When her oldest brother appears in her clinic at the Vault and abducts her at gunpoint, he expects to find his little sister, Ember but instead finds a grief-stricken, broken Bones...
  • Axall by Sue Mercury, Sue Lyndon

    Axall by Sue Mercury, Sue Lyndon

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    He won’t leave Earth without her.After awakening from cryosleep, Rachel struggles to find her place in a strange new world. Earth isn’t the way she remembers it. Not even close. For starters, humans have made contact with real live aliens. Before she can wrap her head around all the changes, a bossy Vaxxlian warrior shows up in her bedroom claiming to be her mate...
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