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  • Across Eternity by Elizabeth O'Roark, Elle O'Roark

    Across Eternity by Elizabeth O'Roark, Elle O'Roark

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The exciting conclusion to Across Time! Everything changed for Henri and Amelie when she left, and now—with war on the horizon and a challenge she never could have foreseen—Amelie will learn what the prophecy really means for them, herself most of all...
  • 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...
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    fated-mates  steamy  suspense  adult  aliens  alpha-mc  book  children
  • No Broken Beast by Nicole Snow

    No Broken Beast by Nicole Snow

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Fierce. Scarred. Ginormous grump.And I get to tell him he's a father...Brilliant life decisions--falling for the bad guy.Leo damn Regis. Hated scourge of Heart's Edge.A wall with arms and legs. Hercules dipped in ink. Incandescent eyes.The legend, the outcast, the boy I loved.But the man they call "Nine" isn't the villain they think.He saved my life and seared my heart once upon a messed up time...
  • King of Eon by Anna Hackett

    King of Eon by Anna Hackett

    Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    The King of the Eon Warriors has decided to take a Terran as his bride…but finds himself shockingly attracted to the tough, beautiful Space Corps officer in charge of his potential brides’ security.King Gayel Solann-Eon is dedicated to his people and empire. His father was a hard man and a rigid king, but Gayel is doing things his own way...
  • Mage-Queen's Thief by Glynn Stewart

    Mage-Queen's Thief by Glynn Stewart

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    She’s supposed to find a husband.He’s supposed to steal a shuttle.They’re each other’s only hope.Kiera Alexander is the Mage-Queen of Mars, ruler of a hundred worlds and the protector of humanity. She is also unmarried and in desperate need of an heir—a duty that has left her traveling the Core Worlds of the Martian Protectorate aboard the luxury liner Extravagant Voyage...
  • Guardian by Anna Hackett

    Guardian by Anna Hackett

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Rescued from alien slavers, former cop Dayna wakes to discover she’s host to a powerful alien symbiont, and the only man who can help her is the mysterious and dangerous casino owner, Rillian...
  • Rogue Cyborg by Grace Goodwin

    Rogue Cyborg by Grace Goodwin

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    He conquers her, body and soul. Makarios of Kronos is a rebel, a smuggler who reports to no one, not even those on Rogue 5. But one betrayal sends him to a Coalition brig, and to a fate worse than death—capture by the Hive. He escapes but exchanges one prison for another. He now lives on the Colony, contaminated and deemed a risk...
  • Craved by the Alien Lord by Ella Blake

    Craved by the Alien Lord by Ella Blake

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    RaynaIf one male remained alive in the universe, and that male was Lord Ledos, I’d let both of our species die out. He looks like a rock star, swaggers like the galaxy’s greatest gift swings between his leather-clad legs. He’s a force of nature. I’m a wallflower. We couldn’t be more opposite...
  • Lost: A Christmas Novella by Jenny Schwartz

    Lost: A Christmas Novella by Jenny Schwartz

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Merry Christmas, son. Don’t come home. Stuck on Central Transit Station, Sergeant Ryan Dabrowski receives a Dear John letter from his family. The home he fought to protect doesn’t want him. He’s left too much of his body out among the stars. The aug-doctors patched him up better than new, but cyborg freaks aren’t welcome on Earth.“Don’t ruin your sister’s life...
  • Sublime Target by Anna Carven

    Sublime Target by Anna Carven

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Jerik Garul wants a mate.As a former High Commander in the Kordolian Imperial Military, he's used to getting his way. Blunt-spoken and gruff, he has a tendency to shoot first and ask questions later.He doesn't know anything about humans and their mating customs. And he's mystified at how several of his battle-brothers—hard, ruthless, and lethal—have succeeded in securing their own females...
  • Her Cyborg Beast by Grace Goodwin

    Her Cyborg Beast by Grace Goodwin

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Caroline Jane (CJ) Ellison has a gift for analysis. When a Wall Street deal goes bad, the choice between prison or the Interstellar Brides Program is a no-brainer. She'll go. She'll leave Earth, her past, and her mistakes behind. The decision is logical, not emotional. Until she wakes up on another world with a huge Atlan Warlord, her matched mate, refusing to claim her...
  • Kiss of Eon by Anna Hackett

    Kiss of Eon by Anna Hackett

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    When the vital alliance between Earth and the Eon Empire depends on her playing war games with an arrogant, infuriating Eon warrior, what could go wrong? Terran Captain Allie Borden has her orders. Take her ship, the Divergent, and strengthen the alliance with the Eon by carrying out training exercises with the Eon warship, the Desteron...
  • Cyborg by Anna Hackett

    Cyborg by Anna Hackett

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Scientist Ever Haynes was shocked when she was abducted by alien slavers...but the last thing she expected was to find herself pregnant with a cyborg's baby.Ever has been fighting for her life since her abduction, and the only good thing to happen to her was one heated night with a mysterious prisoner--a connection, a flash of light in the darkness. But then he was rescued and she was left behind...
  • Heart of Eon by Anna Hackett

    Heart of Eon by Anna Hackett

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Okay, maybe hijacking an alien commander’s warship wasn’t her best idea… Genius computer geek Wren Traynor prefers her high-tech comp lab to socializing with people, and she definitely prefers it over crawling through the bowels of the huge Eon warship she’s hijacked...
  • 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...
  • Cassandra's Challenge by M.K. Eidem

    Cassandra's Challenge by M.K. Eidem

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Alternative cover edition ASIN B00CKXWOM2Cassandra Chamberlain has always stood out. It's hard not to at 6’1” and 165 pounds with jet black hair and sapphire blue eyes. And if that wasn’t enough she is also brilliant, graduating from Harvard at fifteen, teaching at MIT at nineteen and up for the prestigious Magellan Award at twenty five. But she’s never really fit in...
  • Weapons Master by Anna Hackett

    Weapons Master by Anna Hackett

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A grumpy cyborg weapons master collides with a feisty mechanic from Earth who turns his ordered existence upside down.Abducted from her exploration ship and enslaved on a desert world, mechanic Bellamy Walsh has fought for her survival. She’s had to fight for everything in her life, and she doesn’t ever expect things to be easy...
  • Big Bad Beast by Grace Goodwin

    Big Bad Beast by Grace Goodwin

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    An Atlan Warlord in hiding. In pain. In danger of succumbing to a horrible fever.Only one woman can save him.One.All he has to do is find her before he becomes a Big Bad Beast..
  • 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...
  • Apocalypse Cultivator 3 by Jack Bryce

    Apocalypse Cultivator 3 by Jack Bryce

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I fought to find my family. Now, I'll fight to keep them.In a post-apocalyptic world plagued by mutants and raiders, safety is only an illusion. The question isn’t if trouble will find us, but when.The other survivors reckon themselves safe and comfy. They consider me the troublemaker. But they’re blind. The clouds are gathering, and something terrible is breaching the veil to our dimension...
  • Conquering the Alien Commander by Bella Blair

    Conquering the Alien Commander by Bella Blair

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Whatever it takes, I will never leave HER!ASHLEY: Taken by the Cryons during a rescue mission gone wrong, I thought my life was over. I prepared myself to die on an alien planet, swearing I would take some of the hateful Cryons with me.But a chance to escape leads me right into the arms of the Pandraxian’s superior commander, who claims I’m his mekarry—soulmate...
  • Keran's Dawn by Regine Abel

    Keran's Dawn by Regine Abel

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    For the people and the crown.When Dawn took over the management of the Braxian hybrid shelter on the sanctuary planet Haven, she never thought its last days would be marked by a series of gruesome murders against its patrons. With local law enforcement failing to capture the murderer, she makes a desperate plea for help to the Braxian Crown Prince, Keran Xeldar...
  • Beast by Anna Hackett

    Beast by Anna Hackett

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Abducted by alien slavers and taken to a lawless desert world, the last thing starship pilot Mia expects is to find herself in the protective, brawny arms of a wild, blue-skinned alien! Rescued by gladiators on the alien world of Carthago, Mia is working to find other abducted humans who are still lost. But someone else also needs her help--the untamed alien who's saved her twice...
  • Claimed By The Zandian by Renee Rose, Rebel West

    Claimed By The Zandian by Renee Rose, Rebel West

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I CAN’T CLAIM HER...BUT SHE WILL CALL ME MASTER. I was born blind. My genes are defective. Unsuitable for breeding. That’s the only reason I don’t claim the alluring human we rescued from a slave auction. I have no intention of mating her, especially since she’s meant for another. But when she calls me Master, I can’t help but take command. And command I will...
  • Claimed for the Alien Bride Lottery by Margo Bond Collins

    Claimed for the Alien Bride Lottery by Margo Bond Collins

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I thought I’d escaped being given to an alien warrior. I was wrong.I was one hour away from washing out of the Alien Bride Games.None of the Khanavai warriors had chosen me, and I was scheduled on the next shuttle off the filming station.But then a bright red alien passed me in a hallway—and the next thing I knew, we were all over each other...
  • Inversion Point by Jenn Burke, Kelly Jensen

    Inversion Point by Jenn Burke, Kelly Jensen

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Zander and Felix's relationship has been to the brink and back: the Human-Stin War, imprisonment and an actual death/resurrection. Zander's death, to be specific, and the experience has left him…changed. The mysterious race known as the Guardians chose to revive him and appointed him as their emissary...
  • Ensnared by the Alien Lord by Ella Blake

    Ensnared by the Alien Lord by Ella Blake

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    ScaronI go out on a hunting expedition and what do I return with? An alien female. I’d toss her out, but…she’s absurdly appealing to me. The longer I allow her to live on my ship, the less I want to kill her. With a looming showdown against our enemy to prepare for, the last thing I need is a female distracting me, but I cannot stay away and I would kill to protect her...
  • Surprise Mates by Grace Goodwin

    Surprise Mates by Grace Goodwin

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I'm on Prillon Prime for a surprise party. Me, the unmated Earth girl, a guest of the queen! I want to dress up and have fun. Not trip over my own two feet and fall into the arms of two of the hottest alien warriors I've ever seen. Ever.What happens on Prillon Prime stays on Prillon Prime. Before they touch me I make it clear that I'm not looking for a mate. Or two...
  • 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...
  • Saved by the Stryxian by Ella Blake

    Saved by the Stryxian by Ella Blake

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When Brandy Trentler’s wealthy family insists she marry the jerk who cheated on her, she signs up for the Stryxian mate lottery. Who knew her number would be drawn in the first round? Nothing goes right after that—the transport ship is attacked, she is captured by the enemy Morr-ta aliens and thrown in prison...
  • Taji from Beyond the Rings by R. Cooper

    Taji from Beyond the Rings by R. Cooper

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The Interplanetary Trade Coalition has not been welcomed with open arms by the Sha Empire. Isolated at the far edge of a distant system, the Sha are distrustful of outsiders, and previous I.P.T.C. diplomatic missions have ended with members imprisoned or dead. But, if pushed enough, the I.P.T.C. will overrun the planet to take what it wants...
  • Seduce by Tana Stone

    Seduce by Tana Stone

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I thought being kidnapped by vile, alien slavers was bad enough. Then I woke up on a lust moon.I know all about the Xulonian recreation moons, but I’d hoped to end up on the hunting one. As a security officer for the empire, I know how to fight. I am not prepared to wake up practically naked on a strange island...
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    suspense  military  steamy  romance  aliens  sci-fi  female-mc  revenge
  • Cyborg's Secret Baby by Grace Goodwin

    Cyborg's Secret Baby by Grace Goodwin

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Atlan Warlord Jorik guards the Coalition Fleet's Processing Center on Earth, protecting warriors and brides without mercy or distraction...until he sees Gabriela. She is everything the beast within him craves. Soft. Curved. Unafraid. He dreams of courting her properly, wooing her into accepting his beast's claim, and making her his—body and soul...
  • Cyborg Seduction by Grace Goodwin

    Cyborg Seduction by Grace Goodwin

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    There is nowhere to hide from a Hunter determined to find his mate. Single mother Lindsey Walters is a blogger and the love of her life is her four-year-old son, Wyatt...
  • Brilliant Starlight by Anna Carven

    Brilliant Starlight by Anna Carven

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Abbey We're back on Silence, orbiting the Dark Planet while my husband handles unfinished business on Kythia. For some reason, he seems a little bit tense. According to Tarak, Kythian politics can be complicated, especially when the entire Kordolian Empire has just been destroyed. I hope things don't get too complicated, because I don't want to be stuck here for too long...
  • The Arcav Prince's Captive by Hope Hart

    The Arcav Prince's Captive by Hope Hart

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Can you ever truly escape the past? Everly, tough, fierce ex-federal agent has broken with her past, moving to Arcavia and training as the Queen's guard.Along with the challenges of adjusting to a new planet, she's dealing with a disasterous complication: The fallout from an incredible, stolen night with Korva, a broken male known as a traitor amonst both Arcav and humans...
  • Imperator by Anna Hackett

    Imperator by Anna Hackett

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Space station security specialist Sam has done one thing since her abduction by alien slavers… fight to survive. But now one strong alien gladiator stands at her side and Sam knows she is no longer alone. Thrust into a lawless desert arena, Sam Santos has done terrible things in order to stay alive. As the Champion of Zaabha, she’s been fighting to find a way out...
  • Protector by Anna Hackett

    Protector by Anna Hackett

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Fighting for love, honor, and freedom on the galaxy’s lawless outer rim… Cool and driven Madeline Cochran made a successful career for herself as civilian commander of a space station orbiting Jupiter…until the day it was attacked and she was abducted by alien slavers...
  • Paladin by Anna Hackett

    Paladin by Anna Hackett

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    A cyborg drowning in emotions and an abducted Earth woman trying not to feel.Abducted, enslaved, and constantly worried for her daughter, scientist Dr. Simone Li has had a rough few months. Now that she and her daughter, Grace, have been rescued by the fierce cyborgs of the House of Rone, she’s trying to make a life for them on the desert world of Carthago...
  • Centurion by Anna Hackett

    Centurion by Anna Hackett

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Rescued from her alien captors, the only person who makes her feel safe is a cold, emotionless cyborg. Abducted from her exploration ship, paramedic Sage McAlister has spent months locked in cells and labs belonging to the Edull. Rescued by the cool, powerful cyborgs of the House of Rone, she finds herself among fellow human survivors on the desert world of Carthago...
  • Tansy's Titan by S.E. Smith

    Tansy's Titan by S.E. Smith

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Tansy Bell, is the middle daughter of the three Bell sisters. She has always been a little different, even for a Bell. A chameleon, she can change her appearance and personality to blend in almost anywhere. She uses this talent to bring some of the worse criminals in the world to justice.Mak ‘Tag Krell Manok is the wild one of his four brothers...
  • Rogue: Information Rogue / Desert Rogue by Anna Hackett

    Rogue: Information Rogue / Desert Rogue by Anna Hackett

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Abducted by alien slavers and taken to a lawless desert world, the last thing she expects is to be claimed by a handsome alien rogue... Rogue contains two action-packed novellas in the Galactic Gladiators series. Novella #1: Information Rogue Arrogant information merchant Zhim doesn't know what hits him when he collides with feisty human hacker Ryan..
  • Sentinel by Anna Hackett

    Sentinel by Anna Hackett

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Fighting for love, loyalty, and freedom on the galaxy’s lawless outer rim… When Quinn Bennett’s exploration ship is attacked, the security chief finds herself abducted by alien slavers. Unable to save her crew, she is taken across the galaxy and sold to a desert scavenger on the lawless planet of Carthago...
  • Scorch by Tana Stone

    Scorch by Tana Stone

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    I volunteered to sneak onto an enemy battleship. Now I’m stranded on a prison moon with a hot Drexian pilot who can’t stand me.I had no choice. It was either volunteer for a rescue mission for the Drexians or go to prison on Earth.I know, I know. The irony isn’t lost on me...
  • Alien AI's Marine by Mina Carter

    Alien AI's Marine by Mina Carter

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    He's the lone human male in a sea of lethal alien warriors. He's either gifted or suicidal...Kidnapped by aliens, rescued, and now on a secret base in a system he can't even pronounce, Major Jay Stephens has given up on a wing and a prayer... he's now on kicking butt and taking names. Especially when it comes to the alien AI who's risked everything, even her 'life' to protect him.The only problem...
  • First Awakenings by S.E. Smith

    First Awakenings by S.E. Smith

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Internationally acclaimed, New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author of Science Fiction, Urban Fantasy, and Paranormal Romance, S.E...
  • Derrix by Ava York

    Derrix by Ava York

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Derrix figured a mate would be nothing but asking for trouble.For heartache.Heartbreak. When the teleporter delivers another luscious human female, he can only hope she's not for him.But she is. And unlike the other women, she's happy and excited about her new adventure. They're about to move into a new, dangerous phase of the mission...
  • Lost to the Alien Lord  (Lords of Destra, #1) by Ella Blake

    Lost to the Alien Lord (Lords of Destra, #1) by Ella Blake

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A Sci-Fi Alien Romance I signed up for a research mission with five other women. Instead, we crashed on an alien planet with too many dangers to count. Separated from the other women, I'm on my own until a huge alien with color-changing skin and a massive sword gets me out of a bad spot. I don't understand Savair's language, but I think he's under the impression that I'm his.I am NOT his...
  • Hunting Their Mate by Piper Stone

    Hunting Their Mate by Piper Stone

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    They hunted me. They caught me. Now they're going to breed me.As far as I'm concerned, the Cenzans will always be the enemy, and there can be no peace while they remain on our planet. I planned to make them pay for invading our world, but I was hunted down and captured by two of their warriors with the help of a battle-hardened former Marine...
  • Special Forces 01 by Honor Raconteur

    Special Forces 01 by Honor Raconteur

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    This is an alternate cover edition of ASIN B00AO8CO02Captain Arystair Savar has seen more of war in his seventeen years than most retired officers. He has been defending his home colony from the Nova Federation ever since he graduated from the Army Academy at 14 years old...
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