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  • The Strip Down by Honey Phillips

    The Strip Down by Honey Phillips

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Can Amanda discover the secrets behind an alien ruin? And the mysterious alien with the haunted eyes?Amanda is happy with her life as an elementary school teacher - and making plans to expand her family. Waking up naked and alone on an alien planet is not on her schedule.Desperate to return to Earth, she reluctantly accepts the help of the massive alien who appears out of the sands...
  • Scarred by Tana Stone

    Scarred by Tana Stone

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    What happens when a tough, Drexian captain gets trapped on an alien planet with the human tribute bride he’s supposed to rescue? Without his clothes.Brok has vowed to track down the pretty human who was snatched by space pirates and return her to be matched with a Drexian warrior. One who isn’t battle-scarred and damaged, like him...
  • Flame by Tana Stone

    Flame by Tana Stone

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The only thing worse than always being upstaged by your perfect sister? Falling for her alien fiancé.I wasn’t supposed to end up on the Drexian space station or be matched to one of their gorgeous warriors as a tribute bride. My perfect twin sister is the one they wanted. Instead, I stole her spot...
  • Combust by Tana Stone

    Combust by Tana Stone

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The Drexian warrior is brooding and mysterious--and he's claimed me as his tribute.When I don't marry his nephew, I have no idea I'm still promised to Zoran's clan. Imagine my shock when the dark and imposing alien informs me that he will be taking me as his tribute bride--and taking me back to the Drexian home world with him...
  • A Redemption for Ulrek by Lynnea Lee

    A Redemption for Ulrek by Lynnea Lee

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Refuge in the Arms of a Monster This job on board the New Horizon is supposed to be my fresh start, a fail proof plan to escape my poor excuse for a husband and his dangerous friends. But my white horse quickly turns into a nightmare when I discover that my new boss is none other than Ulrek the Horrible, my sworn enemy...
  • Forbidden by Tana Stone

    Forbidden by Tana Stone

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Be a tribute bride for some brawny alien warrior? Not on your life. Ella is one of the few human females who rejected her Drexian warrior match. Sent to live with the other “rejects” in a special part of the high-tech space station, she has no desire to have her life dictated by a bunch of alphas on steroids. And no way would she ever be charmed by an alien playboy...
  • Alien in Chief by Gini Koch

    Alien in Chief by Gini Koch

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The Mastermind has upped his game . . .As Kitty can tell you, it's not easy being the wife of the vice president - especially not when he's an alien from the Alpha Centauri system. And being a parent of preternaturally talented children, don't even go there. But she and her A-C husband, Jeff, have learned how to roll with whatever life and the bad guys throw at them - they think...
  • 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...
  • Confederation by Michael R. Hicks

    Confederation by Michael R. Hicks

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    In the second book of the In Her Name science fiction & fantasy series, Reza Gard has been banished from the Kreelan Empire and is once again a stranger in a strange land as he returns to the human Confederation. Befriended by a marooned Confederation naval officer leading a desperate fight against the Kreelans on a distant colony world, she reunites Reza with Nicole Carré...
  • Volunteer for the Alien Bride Lottery by Margo Bond Collins

    Volunteer for the Alien Bride Lottery by Margo Bond Collins

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I didn’t want to compete in the Alien Bride Games. But I would do anything to save my sister.Hannah’s just a kid. Yeah, sure, she’s 21, old enough for her name to be drawn in The Alien Bride Lottery. But she’s got her whole life in front of her.I, on the other hand, have nothing left to live for...
  • Space Mercenary's Prize by Lynnea Lee

    Space Mercenary's Prize by Lynnea Lee

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When a tiny form crashes into me in the alley behind my old haunt, I don’t expect to find a half-dressed human female in my arms. Jenny brings out my instinct to guard and protect. Drunk and eager for a fight, I knock out her attacker and vow to take her home to Reka 5.There’s only one problem: Jenny’s owner wants her back.We wake the next morning with an enormous bounty on our heads...
  • Dragon's Destiny by Miranda Martin

    Dragon's Destiny by Miranda Martin

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I’ve been searching for my mate. For my destiny. For the female who is somewhere on Tajss…KhabriThe Zmaj race was dying when humans crashed landed on our planet. Since the moment their coming was revealed to the Order, I've known that one of the females is my mate. My treasure. All I want is her and the beautiful, perfect babies we will have together...
  • Alien Outcast's Exiled Bride by Juno Wells

    Alien Outcast's Exiled Bride by Juno Wells

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    PernI’ve killed a queen. She was a vicious Draconian queen bent on death and destructionbut she was my queen none the less. And I gunned her down in cold blood. No male hasever killed a queen and lived to tell the tale. Queen Cassandra granted me a pardon andtook me into her favor for siding when her when the war was all but lost...
  • Bane: Alien Warrior's Redemption by Hattie Jacks

    Bane: Alien Warrior's Redemption by Hattie Jacks

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    An alien warrior with nothing to live for... A human with everything to lose...EVE - I didn’t claw my way up the corporate ladder by being kind, generous or caring. I made a million before lunch and lunch is for wimps.My rivals? They can kiss my designer heels.What I thought was a practical joke is rapidly becoming a nightmare. The plane I don’t remember getting on? It crash-landed...
  • Traitor: Alien Hunter's Mate by Hattie Jacks

    Traitor: Alien Hunter's Mate by Hattie Jacks

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A fallen warrior...A forgotten human...A love discovered.STELLA - One minute I’m in my bed, the next…I’m not on Earth anymore. Twin suns beat down and the sounds that creep from the forest tell me all I need to know.I’m on an alien planet, and I’m not alone…I’m being stalked by something terrifying and protected by someone who won’t show himself...
  • Havoc: Alien Captain's Alliance by Hattie Jacks

    Havoc: Alien Captain's Alliance by Hattie Jacks

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Wanted by the Empire...desired by two massive aliens...resistance is never futile...Hi, I’m Lexi, soon to be ex-mercenary, thief and assassin. I’ve got one last job and I’m free of this life forever - all I have to do is relieve the galaxy's most evil warlord of one of his prized possessions.Piece of cake, right?My first mistake was stealing Captain Bron’s stealth drive...
  • Prisoner by Tana Stone

    Prisoner by Tana Stone

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    What’s more dangerous than joining the Vandar to crush the Zagrath? Being taken captive by the deadly creatures who rule the sector—and consider prisoners to be expendable.Cassie is eager to join her fellow resistance fighters when they team up with the Vandar hordes, but she isn't expecting to be taken prisoner during the battle...
  • The Alien Tyrant's Conquest by Bella Blair

    The Alien Tyrant's Conquest by Bella Blair

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I can offer her a queenship, but not my heart, still, I need her to be MINE.AUDRA: I knew pissing my boss off was a bad idea. But I didn't know how bad until I am sent to The Tribulations to become fodder for the contestants. Resigned to my fate, I can hardly believe it when this golden god appears from out of nowhere to save me...
  • Defender by Anna Hackett

    Defender by Anna Hackett

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Rescued from alien slavers, the only place she feels safe is in the brawny arms of a big, gruff cyborg... Astrophysicist Dr. Jayna Lennox's life imploded the day her ship was attacked by aliens. Through months of captivity, she's survived by shutting down and not feeling. Then she's freed by the House of Rone cyborgs and finds herself in the arms of huge, tough Mace...
  • Hunter: Desert Hunter / Alien Hunter / Galactic Gladiator Christmas by Anna Hackett

    Hunter: Desert Hunter / Alien Hunter / Galactic Gladiator Christmas by Anna Hackett

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    From the dangerous desert sands to the deadly glitz of the city, the lawless desert planet of Carthago is filled with lethal hunters risking it all for the women who capture their hearts. HUNTER contains two novellas and one short story all set in the Galactic Gladiators series...
  • 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...
  • A Nude Attitude by Honey Phillips

    A Nude Attitude by Honey Phillips

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Can Erica survive the hidden dangers of an alien ocean? And the charms of the alien convict stranded with her?Erica desperately needs a break from her domineering father - especially his latest scheme to marry her off so she can produce an heir...
  • 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...
  • Final Battle by Michael R. Hicks

    Final Battle by Michael R. Hicks

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Following Confederation, Final Battle is the last book in the saga of Reza Gard. Reza is caught up in a daring plot to assassinate the Confederation President, even as something goes terribly wrong in the Empire and its warriors lose their will to fight. Reunited with Tesh-Dar, Reza and his friends fight to save the woman he loves, with the fate of the Empire and Humanity hanging in the balance...
  • Ransomed by Tana Stone

    Ransomed by Tana Stone

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Trista expects her alien warrior mate to be big and gorgeous. She doesn't expect him to take her hostage. She's already been abducted from Earth to be a tribute bride for the Drexian warriors, and Trista has finally gotten used to the idea of marrying a brawny alien warrior. Sort of. He has to be better than the awful guys from home she’s been trying so hard to forget...
  • 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...
  • Stolen by the Zandian by Renee Rose, Rebel West

    Stolen by the Zandian by Renee Rose, Rebel West

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    STOLEN FROM AUCTION Khrys My career is on the line here. King Zander demoted me.The planet is in crisis over a viral epidemic affecting the human half-breeds.If I could get my hands on the genetically modified humanshe could be the answer to both problems.But I didn’t expect to fall for the feisty little femalewho stole my heart while I stole her body. Kailani I’m an upgraded human...
  • 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...
  • Enemy of the Alien Bride Lottery by Margo Bond Collins

    Enemy of the Alien Bride Lottery by Margo Bond Collins

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I’ll do whatever it takes to destroy the Bride Games.A year ago, I did the unthinkable.I helped a woman running from the Alien Bride Lottery.I spent three months in a federal prison for it, too.As soon as I got out, a secret organization recruited me. Our goal is to end the Bride Lottery program forever.So when my name is drawn in the Lottery this year, I know it’s a setup...
  • 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...
  • Her Fearless Warrior by Roxie Ray

    Her Fearless Warrior by Roxie Ray

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Love ruins everything.I saw it with my parents.I swore it would never happen to me.But Gallix makes me feel things I never imagined.He awakens desires I didn’t know were possible.I want him from the first moment I see him.The bad boy warrior is all wrong for me, but my heart knows he’s my mate.How am I going to resist that?They want a perfect, untouched human.I can’t stop myself from wanting Eve...
  • Alien Lover by Luna Kingsley

    Alien Lover by Luna Kingsley

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Drevath is a warrior to his core. His first priority is his warrior brothers and the safety of his kingdom. The last thing he expects is for a human bride to be delivered to their camp on the southern border while they’re under attack from the Thren. She’s nothing but a distraction as her safety falls to him. Hannah enrolled as a mail-order bride to give her younger siblings a better life...
  • Dragon's Protection by Miranda Martin

    Dragon's Protection by Miranda Martin

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Sometimes your greatest fears bring you where you need to be, no matter how hard the road is... Victoria... I was stupid. Scared and stupid when I followed the racist leader of the anti-Zmaj into the desert. We were exiled from the rest of the human survivors but hey, at least I was getting away from the huge and intimidating, dragon-like Zmaj warriors...
  • Her Fated King by Roxie Ray

    Her Fated King by Roxie Ray

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Could she be my queen?I was tasked with retrieving the would-be queen from Earth. King Brixta is no friend to me, but I will do my duty.Except Alora haunts my dreams.She isn’t mine and can never be.One taste of her will never be enough.When I dream, I am the one placing a crown on her head.I’m the one sitting on the throne.It is my duty to surrender her...
  • Trapped with the Alien by Luna Kingsley

    Trapped with the Alien by Luna Kingsley

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The Yinean may be gone but their human victims are left to deal with the aftermath.Two months after the destruction of the Yinean and MIla still can’t move on. Going home isn’t an option and even if it were, she’s no longer the woman she was before she was taken. Every day she wakes from a fitful sleep and searches for something that will make everything better again...
  • Alien Betrothed by Luna Kingsley

    Alien Betrothed by Luna Kingsley

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    On a rescue mission to save a stolen female, this warrior risks losing everything…especially his heart.Celia is putting her farming skills to use on abandoned acreage in Endol when a pack of ferocious beasts send her running. She ends up lost on the unfamiliar planet with darkness fast approaching...
  • Crashed by Kiki Burrelli

    Crashed by Kiki Burrelli

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Forced together, they are castaways on an unknown planet. The last thing Tannish knew, he was in a nightclub, dancing the night away and pretending his life was fine. But, the moment Tannish feels the warmth of Enzo's arms, he finally feels like he's home. An unbreakable bond that comes with a powerful new ability Until now, Enzo's first passion has always been medicine...
  • Shadow by Cara Bristol

    Shadow by Cara Bristol

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Their love demands the ultimate sacrifice.Tragedy sends clairvoyant Mandy Ellison to seek refuge in the small town of Argent, Idaho. Her ESP failed her, and now she’s closing her eyes to the second sight forever. Until Shadow, an alien from planet ‘Topia, comes into her healing and wellness center with a request. Will she help him find a mate? Time is running out for Shadow...
  • Cultivating the Alien by Ava Ross

    Cultivating the Alien by Ava Ross

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    My new job gives me the chance to put my past behind me. Only one problem: I’m falling for my bad boy boss…After my ex dumps my possessions on the sidewalk, cleans out our bank account, and steals my landscaping business, I'm once again submitting job applications. It’s that or no roof over my head...
  • Domesticating the Alien by Ava Ross

    Domesticating the Alien by Ava Ross

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I’ve been hired to teach an alien warrior social skills to woo a mate. But now he’s trying to woo me.When the elderly duchess I cared for dies, her slimy son—my ex—tells me he wants me back. Um, no. I flee and at the Intergalactic Employment Agency, I’m offered a job teaching an alien warlord sophistication so he can woo a mate at the upcoming Match-Mating Soiree...
  • Lorran by Nancey Cummings

    Lorran by Nancey Cummings

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Checklist for a top secret mission:Pack your favorite knifeBefriend your fellow badassEnsure that you have plenty of explosivesWhat’s this about a stowaway?Lorran has wanted nothing more than to find his mate for years. Now fate unexpectedly delivers a luscious human female in the midst of a dangerous mission.His warlord says he lacks focus and discipline...
  • Hugo by Jennifer Julie Miller

    Hugo by Jennifer Julie Miller

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    MiyaI awaken to the touch of cold metal hands and talking holograms. Paralyzed and dependent on the Others. They tell me a story… at first; I refuse to believe. A story of no return and extreme loss, but one of the voices is different. He projects anger and distrust…but his hands… even though cold and hard, are always gentle...
  • AvX by Jennifer Julie Miller

    AvX by Jennifer Julie Miller

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    IvyWhy are the last words ever spoken to our loved ones is in anger? I knew the moment I left it was a mistake, but my stubborn pride urged me forward. I’ve awakened to unimaginable horrors, pain unlike anything the human mind could conceive, until him. Now, I’m too scared to trust my own feelings, as they have only led me astray...
  • Stranded by the Alien Bride Lottery by Margo Bond Collins

    Stranded by the Alien Bride Lottery by Margo Bond Collins

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    He's not the warrior I wanted. But now we're stranded together, and I can't quit thinking about him.I made it all the way through the Alien Bride Games without being chosen by a Khanavai male, even though I'm certain it's the only way I'll ever find anything resembling love...
  • Blackmailing the Alien Bride Lottery by Margo Bond Collins

    Blackmailing the Alien Bride Lottery by Margo Bond Collins

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I will do whatever it takes to get what I want . . . and what I want is to avoid going to jail on Earth.So when I learn that Vos Klavoii, the Alien Bride Games Administrator, has a secret he'll do anything to keep, I decide I will use the information to blackmail my way into the Bride Lottery.Now I just have to find a Khanavai warrior who won't ask too many questions before agreeing to marry me...
  • Ren by Nancey Cummings, Starr Huntress

    Ren by Nancey Cummings, Starr Huntress

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The red guy. Again.Emry thought she was done with alien Romeos who made promises and then ditched you, but their paths continued to cross. What’s a girl to do when the same guy keeps turning up like a bad penny?Steal his shipThe wrong thing for the right reason.Four years ago, Ren made the mistake of choosing duty above his mate, a fragile human female unsuited for his toxic planet...
  • The Pirate's Tribulation by Bella Blair

    The Pirate's Tribulation by Bella Blair

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I will fight and die for her, but I will never let her go! She is MINE!Raven: There are no female pirates in the universe and that is just that. Or so I was told, before I changed things a bit. Keeping Rognar from knowing my true identity is a bit trickier though, I would love to throw the truth into the arrogant male's face, who challenges me in more ways than one...
  • The Consul's Taming by Bella Blair

    The Consul's Taming by Bella Blair

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    So many females to choose from… but I only want HER!Selena: The Lord Consul Garrath Ryx is the greatest lecher in the universe, and I despise him with all my heart. Unfortunately, he is also the one person I need to persuade to champion Earth if we humans want to survive. When I finally meet him face to face, I am entirely unprepared for his all-consuming persona, his charm, and good looks...
  • The Barbarian's Fate by Bella Blair

    The Barbarian's Fate by Bella Blair

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I swore I would follow my fated mate to hell and back. . . and now I will follow through on that oath.Calli: My entire world is turned upside down when I'm suddenly accosted by Intergalactic Space Force soldiers and placed into a space capsule destined for Yistercallen. The mysterious planet where all outlaws are sent to.My fate seems sealed. With death as the only outcome...
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