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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...
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    humor  romance  sci-fi  paranormal  fantasy  aliens  vampires  space
  • Protector by Tana Stone

    Protector by Tana Stone

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The Vandar raiders who roam the sky are deadly and fierce. The mercenary hunting me is terrifying -- and will stop at nothing to claim me.I thought the cocky Vandar raiders I had to work alongside were my biggest problem. That was before the deranged leader of a ruthless band of mercenaries decided I belonged to him.As a member of the underground Valox resistance, there are few things I fear...
  • Prince by Tana Stone

    Prince by Tana Stone

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The alien prince is on the hunt for revenge. And buying me is part of his master plan.I was safe hiding on the outskirts of the galaxy and singing in a dingy nightclub. Until the menacing alien prince with the platinum hair and claiming gaze bought my debt. Now I’m traveling on his ship as his guide while he searches for vengeance...
  • 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...
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    humor  poc-mc  romance  sci-fi  aliens  monsters  fantasy  fiction
  • Sweep in Peace by Ilona Andrews

    Sweep in Peace by Ilona Andrews

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 47 ratings
    Dina DeMille isn't your typical Bed and Breakfast owner. Her inn defies laws of physics, her dog is secretly a monster, and the only permanent guest of the inn is a former Galactic tyrant with a price on her head...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • Defying the General by Maddie Taylor

    Defying the General by Maddie Taylor

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    One look and he stirs something deep within her. A single touch is all it takes for her to awaken his soul. She has a mission. He has a duty. He is her captor. She is his destiny. Fate draws them together, but danger and deceit will wrench them apart...
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    humor  poc-mc  romance  sci-fi  aliens  steamy  kidnapping  paranormal
  • Guardian of Madness by Michelle Manus

    Guardian of Madness by Michelle Manus

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    This time, leaving Earth was not Nyx’s choice...After her latest trip off-planet, Nyx Fortuna has every intention of keeping both feet firmly on Earth Between...
  • Bonded to the Alien Rogue by Krista Luna

    Bonded to the Alien Rogue by Krista Luna

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The blue alien who rescues me from pirates says we’re married. As if! But he’s so damned tempting… as is his wicked tail.ELLAAll the bigwigs on Earth said I’d have a bright future in space. Yeah, right! They obviously knew nothing, ’cause I’m sweating in the bows of an alien pirate ship. The lizards who captured me figured out right quick I’ve got a way with machines...
  • Married to the Alien Rogue by Krista Luna

    Married to the Alien Rogue by Krista Luna

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The grumpy blue alien who rescues me is my husband. But how can I trust him… or his wicked tail?SOFIEI left Earth excited to create a new world for humans among the stars. Instead, gray aliens wake me from cryo to sell me to the highest bidder. Goodbye engineering degree! My days are reduced to playing in an alien jungle with lizard kids who think I’m nothing more than a pet...
  • Shattered Earth by Jenny Schwartz

    Shattered Earth by Jenny Schwartz

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The scum of the galaxy are using Earth as a nuclear winter death camp. It outrages pirate captain Kohia Jekyll’s sense of justice. No one deserves to die agonizingly of radiation poisoning, especially not on the planet humanity had to evacuate seven generations ago. So Kohia intends to close the prison camp down...
  • The General's Mate by C.W. Gray

    The General's Mate by C.W. Gray

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Welcome back to the Blue Solace: (Sequel to "The Mercenary's Mate") Leti Ando and Will Hackett are certain about one thing in all the galaxy. They love one another. Now that they are mated, it's time to meet Hack's parents and settle into their new home. In a normal courtship, the two would spend time getting to know one another and reveling in their love. Normal isn't what they get...
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    humor  romance  mlm  sci-fi  aliens  lgbtq  fantasy  omegaverse
  • The Bound Worlds by Megan E. O'Keefe

    The Bound Worlds by Megan E. O'Keefe

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Worlds will collide and fates will be rewritten in the thrilling conclusion to the Devoured Worlds space opera trilogy by award-winning author Megan E. O’Keefe. Naira and Tarquin have found a new home on Seventh Cradle. But the peace they’ve built is short-lived as mysterious assailants ambush the settlement and Naira is haunted by visions of a monstrous future...
  • Married to the Alien Cowboy by Ursa Dax

    Married to the Alien Cowboy by Ursa Dax

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A quiet alien cowboy, a human woman on the run, and one very messy marriage of convenience. What could possibly go wrong?In debt and on the run from a crime lord whose nose I may or may not have broken, I take the first ticket off-world that comes my way. It's an all-expenses-paid, one-way trip to an isolated ranching outpost.The only catch?I have to marry an alien cowboy.My plan is simple enough...
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    humor  romance  aliens  sci-fi  western  space  paranormal  fantasy
  • The Stars Too Fondly by Emily Hamilton

    The Stars Too Fondly by Emily Hamilton

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    In her breathtaking debut—part space odyssey, part sapphic rom-com—Emily Hamilton tells a tale of galaxy-spanning friendship, improbable love, and found family. So, here’s the thing: Cleo and her friends really, truly didn’t mean to steal this spaceship...
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    humor  romance  sci-fi  lgbtq  fantasy  wlw  fiction  space
  • Crath by Laurann Dohner

    Crath by Laurann Dohner

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Since being betrayed by her home planet, Kelsey Bowen has been sold at auction as a human incubator. Until she’s rescued by a feline alien who claims to want to marry her. He’s got to be crazy, right?Since joining the crew of The Vorge , Tryleskian male Crath Vellar wants what his family has—a human life-lock...
  • Susurex by Amelia Rademaker

    Susurex by Amelia Rademaker

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Cece Levine is stranded with a crew of snake aliens. Luckily, these ones like her. The last ones she met tried to kill her.The crew and I have a few things to work through now that we can communicate. Like why was I pretending to be a pet? What are we going to do now? And why are all of these aliens trying to kill us? Before we do anything, we need to get our ship fixed...
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    humor  romance  aliens  sci-fi  reverse-harem  fantasy  mlm  space
  • Splendor's Orbit by Jina S. Bazzar

    Splendor's Orbit by Jina S. Bazzar

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Ten years ago, Captain Colderaro was the star of the Confederacy Task Force. And then she went missing.Now, presumed dead, she prefers to keep a low profile. Working as a pilot on a freighter ship, she occasionally accepts the odd refugee passenger to appease her humanitarian conscience...
  • Bull Headed by Ella Maven

    Bull Headed by Ella Maven

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Are you afraid of the dark?KiniWhen I open my eyes, I’m certainly not in my apartment with its pink walls and fluffy pillows. I’m in a cage surrounded by things that are not human. And I’m definitely not on Earth. I’m wearing some sort of weird suit, and the only way I can breathe is through a complicated helmet...
  • The Accidental Husband by Cassandra Moore

    The Accidental Husband by Cassandra Moore

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Sebastian Hendrick is a fibber who owns prime real estate in the closet. He has told the unvarnished (partially fudged) truth on his matchmaking intake form for Mail Call Mates. He has clicked the “heterosexual” box (a wild fabrication). And he has requested a wife, please, as he has no interest in the masculine gender (liar, liar, pants on fire)...
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    humor  romance  mlm  military  sci-fi  fantasy  contemporary  medical
  • Experimental Voyage by R.J. Blain

    Experimental Voyage by R.J. Blain

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When a spaceship accident costs Camellia her chance to explore the universe as a botanist, she jumps at the chance to be a test subject on an experimental voyage. If the gamble restores her hearing, her dreams for the future will no longer be out of reach...
  • Baited by Hattie Jacks

    Baited by Hattie Jacks

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Feral and damaged. This alien gladiator has never been kissed.Blayn is a vicious, dirty fighter in the arena. Picked for his ability to maim and destroy, he's the one gladiator you never bet against.However, his feral nature has got him into trouble too often, and someone has to get him over his fear of being touched by anything other than a sword, claw or tooth.That someone is me...
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    humor  romance  aliens  sci-fi  fantasy  steamy  space  audiobook
  • Wed to the Alien Rogue by January Bell

    Wed to the Alien Rogue by January Bell

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Sure, he's my husband— but we're only friends. The minute our commanding officers assign us to track down the Roth and missing human women, I know it's a setup. Just my huge husband, Aeroz, and me, together, in a small space ship for however long it takes? Yeah. It's definitely a set up...
  • Bound by Hattie Jacks

    Bound by Hattie Jacks

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Feral and deadly, this alien gladiator is here to protect...not claim me for himself.The alien virus I caught after I was taken from Earth has left me a shadow of my former self. The only saving grace, my voice is unaffected, but it means I’m the songstress to a wealthy alien who keeps me like a canary in a gilded cage...
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    humor  poc-mc  romance  sci-fi  fantasy  audiobook  aliens  monsters
  • Where Peace Is Lost by Valerie Valdes

    Where Peace Is Lost by Valerie Valdes

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A brand-new space fantasy novel from master world-builder Valerie Valdes! A refugee with a secret, a dangerous foe, and a road trip that could either save a planet or start a war.  Where peace is lost, may we find it. Five years ago, Kelana Gardavros lost everything in the war against the Pale empire. Now Kel Garda is just another refugee living on the edge of an isolated star system...
  • Neron Skies: A Space Fantasy Romance by Keary Taylor

    Neron Skies: A Space Fantasy Romance by Keary Taylor

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Dominion has Nova’s face and Reena’s name—Cyrillius will use and kill them if they’re caught. But being on the run in space isn’t so bad, Nova’s always wanted a different life, and she’s got it now. It started with a rumor, that the Bahiri still exist—peaceful worshipers of the Nero and Neron. After what happened on Korpillion, Valen told Nova to find them, and to stay away from him...
  • Aberration by Cathy McCrumb

    Aberration by Cathy McCrumb

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Freedom Awaits, but the Consortium is WatchingWhen rogue drones threaten citizens and the ship’s crew falls ill, the Recorder answers their call for help, once again drawing scrutiny from the Consortium...
  • Hooded: A Sci-Fi Alien Romance by Hattie Jacks

    Hooded: A Sci-Fi Alien Romance by Hattie Jacks

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Feral and violent, I've just accidentally abducted this growly alien gladiator!I'm probably the galaxy's worst bounty hunter, but I swear on my life, my tech told me the unconscious male I found was my mark. Now I have a very, very angry Gryn gladiator in my hold who shouldn't be there and I don't know what to do with him...
  • Chained: A Sci-Fi Alien Romance by Hattie Jacks

    Chained: A Sci-Fi Alien Romance by Hattie Jacks

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Feral and lethal, this alien gladiator wants me…and my baby.The two blue lines weren't the last things I saw on Earth, but they may as well have been. Knocked up and abducted, I know how lucky I am to have landed a job with a horned alien arms-dealer where my accountancy skills come in surprisingly useful.However, I can't imagine my new employer is going to want to keep me on with a baby in tow...
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    humor  romance  sci-fi  fantasy  aliens  monsters  steamy  fighter
  • Shade's Embrace by Olivia Riley

    Shade's Embrace by Olivia Riley

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She fears the monsters of Seriph.He rules over them.Axaria Shade, a deadly sidonion commander turned underworld kingpin, rules on the moon city, Seriph, with merciless control. Humans don't enter the city without fear of death, especially if found in his territory.So it's shocking to Madelyn when he spares her life after her ship crashes on (and burns away) a part of his property...
  • Leashed: An Alien Pet Romance by Loki Renard

    Leashed: An Alien Pet Romance by Loki Renard

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    THIS GIRL BITES. I've been abducted by a filthy rich alien who thinks I'll make a good pet.He catches me, cages me, and flies me light years away to a whole new world.He fastens his collar around my neck and marks me as his.But he's abducted the wrong woman.My alien master thinks he can tame me.He's wrong.He can punish me.He can use advanced alien submission technology on me.He can even seduce me...
  • A Song of Salvation by Alechia Dow

    A Song of Salvation by Alechia Dow

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    From the author of The Sound of Stars and The Kindred comes a YA space opera about a reincarnated god and a grumpy pilot on a mission to save a beloved space DJ and stop an intergalactic war. Zaira Citlali is supposed to die. After all, she’s the god Indigo reborn. Indigo, whose song created the universe and unified people across galaxies to banish Ozvios, the god of destruction...
  • Thrum by Meg Smitherman

    Thrum by Meg Smitherman

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Ami awakes from years in stasis to find she’s at the edges of deep space, and the only surviving member of her crew. Utterly alone and unable to contact Earth, she sends out a distress beacon, not expecting a response. When she gets one from a being who calls himself Dorian, she’s welcomed onto his ship as he offers his assistance in any way he can. But nothing on Dorian’s ship is as it seems...
    Categorized as:
    dystopia  romance  horror  sci-fi  fantasy  gothic  aliens  space
  • Wed to the Alien Hunter by January Bell

    Wed to the Alien Hunter by January Bell

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    He’s as cold as ice, but I’m ready to make him melt. I’m sick of being alone, sick of being ignored by my alien “husband,” Xade, and exhausted from always being as nice as possible. When the local alien wildlife starts rampaging, all I see is a golden opportunity to finally get some alone time with him on a mission, convince Xade to be my friend… and maybe more...
  • Rock Hard Alien by January Bell

    Rock Hard Alien by January Bell

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    No one expects to be abducted by aliens. I didn't expect to fall for the huge alien warrior who rescues me, either. I just wanted to check on my grandma’s chickens. Next thing I know, I’m being abducted by aliens and thrown in a cell with a huge, muscled alien who’s twice my size. Apparently, he wouldn’t let me go, and he doesn’t intend to any time soon...
  • Saranth Three by Lindsay Buroker

    Saranth Three by Lindsay Buroker

    Rated: 3.91 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    A quick stop to drop off some refugees before heading to Perun turns into far more of an adventure than Alisa and her crew planned... If you sign up for the author's Fallen Empire newsletter, you will receive “Saranth Three” for free...
  • Full Speed to a Crash Landing by Beth Revis

    Full Speed to a Crash Landing by Beth Revis

    Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A high octane sexy space heist from New York Times-bestselling author Beth Revis, the first in a novella trilogy.Ada Lamarr may have gotten to the spaceship wreck first, but looter’s rights won’t get her far when she’s got a hole in the side of her ship and her spacesuit is almost out of air...
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    humor  romance  sci-fi  audiobook  space  fiction  space-opera  fantasy
  • Only Hard Problems by Jennifer Estep

    Only Hard Problems by Jennifer Estep

    Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    New York Times best-selling author Jennifer Estep continues her Galactic Bonds series with a new, action-packed novella that blends science-fiction technology and magical fantasy elements with a touch of historical romance. This rollicking space opera focuses on a fan-favorite secondary character who’s part hero, part villain, and all arrogance...
    Categorized as:
    humor  friendship  romance  sci-fi  fantasy  space-opera  magic  space
  • Craved by the Alien Beast: A Fated Mate Alien Romance by Ava Ross

    Craved by the Alien Beast: A Fated Mate Alien Romance by Ava Ross

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I was stolen from Earth and gifted to an alien warrior. Will I find a new home with Aizor?Vanessa: One minute, I’m working as a cook, the next, I’ve been abducted by robocops and sent to a distant planet where I’m attacked by a ferocious beast. Then a seven-foot-tall, blue-skinned alien rescues me with crystal spears slashing...
    Categorized as:
    humor  romance  fantasy  sci-fi  paranormal  space  aliens  fiction
  • Teo's Durumi by Elaine U. Cho

    Teo's Durumi by Elaine U. Cho

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The dazzling sequel to Ocean’s Godori dives back into Elaine U. Cho’s cinematic space opera series, taking Ocean and her crew deep into the cloisters of the Moon and the conflicts of the heart. Teo Anand, former ne’er-do-well second son of the Anand Tech empire and current solar fugitive, has just crash-landed on the Moon after escaping the latest attempt on his life...
  • The Mating Games by Tammy Walsh

    The Mating Games by Tammy Walsh

    Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Mate. Die. Repeat.“Five…”I wake up in a glass pod. I’ve been abducted.“Four…”I’m surrounded by alien beasts, all roaring and desperate to mate me.“Three...”I fight to escape but the glass is unbreakable.“Two…”One of the alien beasts is calm, thoughtful, nothing like the others…“One...”I whimper a prayer and hope someone somewhere will protect me.“Launch...
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    poc-mc  romance  aliens  sci-fi  steamy  space  insta-love  fantasy
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