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A Miracle for the Alien Warrior by Honey Phillips
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsCan 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... -
![A House By Any Other Name by Jenny Schwartz]()
A House By Any Other Name by Jenny Schwartz
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsReality is a complicated multiverse of many species and rare magic. Diplomats are the official envoys and investigators who hold the Union of Worlds together.Raisa never intended to be a diplomat. Like so many things in her life, it was her stepmother's idea.Hector is an elf in disgrace. He chose his cyborged brother over his lying, abusive family. Elves revile augmented people... -
![Space for More by Emily Antoinette]()
Space for More by Emily Antoinette
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsAll Dr. Eden Mori wanted was to expand her horizons on the galaxy's largest space station, but when the only way to stop a black market sale of dangerous medical schematics is to get close to the data dealer, she's tasked with stopping him. Her partner on this mission? The dealer's estranged, hot-tempered mate... -
![Performer by Lexie Winston]()
Performer by Lexie Winston
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHi, my name is Lila, and I’m an alien. I have two husbands and two fiancés. I also won two more mates in a kickass battle for supremacy, and I may have been seduced and had a crazy, sexy swim with a merman when he sang to me. Oh, and did I mention I have just hatched three beautiful but slippery kraken babies?And that was just in the first month with the Galaxy Circus... -
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![Ringmaster by Lexie Winston]()
Ringmaster by Lexie Winston
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI keep waiting for things to settle down, but my to-do list just keeps getting longer and longer.I’ve got a grandma to rescue from a planet infested with carnivorous flora and fauna, a Warlock whom I desperately want to bond with, and a tribunal with the Vilaxian clan to deal with. And that’s just to start with... -
![I Married a Mothman by Regine Abel]()
I Married a Mothman by Regine Abel
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHe’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... -
![A Monster's Fate by Lynnea Lee]()
A Monster's Fate by Lynnea Lee
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsKAT 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 ratingsIf 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 .. -
![Surviving Skarr by Ruby Dixon]()
Surviving Skarr by Ruby Dixon
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsOvernight, my life has changed to one of sheer survival.I wake up on a strange alien world covered in ice. I have no memories of myself, not even my name.And I've resonated to the biggest braggart on the planet. Skarr is a chest-beating alpha male gladiator with lizard genetics and an intense case of self-love. He tells everyone within hearing distance how amazing he is. Bleh... -
![Ravaged by L.V. Lane]()
Ravaged by L.V. Lane
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFierce, untamed, and brutal, Quin, the alien ravager, is all these things and more.The kind of alien that wants to claim me and make me into his pet.One small problem, he's not real. He's a character in a book.None of this matters anymore, for the lines have gotten blurred. I need to be protected, and my fierce alien ravager is going to protect me... -
![Head Over Tentacles by K.L. Hiers]()
Head Over Tentacles by K.L. Hiers
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsPrivate investigator Sloane Beaumont should be enjoying his recent engagement to eldritch god Azaethoth the Lesser, AKA Loch. Unfortunately, he doesn’t have time for a pre-honeymoon period.The trouble starts with a deceptively simple missing persons case... -
![My Fair Alien by Honey Phillips]()
My Fair Alien by Honey Phillips
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCan an alien professor decode the language of love?Professor Harak H’gin leads a peaceful life studying linguistics on his native planet of Plumeria. Until the day he stumbles across a bedraggled, beautiful human female. Dared by a colleague to transform the pitiful creature into a true member of their society, Harak takes on the challenge... -
![His Human Rebel by Michele Mills]()
His Human Rebel by Michele Mills
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAfter a teeny incident with red paint, my hometown votes that it’s done with my activist ways . . .Now I’m on an entirely different planet, holding a single suitcase, standing on a platform, waiting for my new alien husband to arrive . . . I bite my lip as I wait because there’s one serious problem with this whole situation . . . after a best forgotten, one-night stand gone wrong . . -
![Pheromone by C.M. Stunich]()
Pheromone by C.M. Stunich
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsHumans … pets, meat, or mates. That’s the first thing I see when I open my eyes, that damn sign. Don’t fancy myself being sold for any of the above reasons, so I’m relieved when my buyer is killed by an … Um. Hot venom and horns and a violent grin. What the actual f*ck is that?! Or should I say who the actual f*ck is he ? Because he’s definitely male. Definitely big... -
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![I Married a Catman by Regine Abel]()
I Married a Catman by Regine Abel
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsHe was the dream mate she never expected.When Ophelia seeks the services of the Prime Mating Agency to find her soulmate, she’s floored to learn that her perfect match is Gaelec, an intimidating, feline-looking ex-convict... -
![Healer of the Domini by Talia Rhea]()
Healer of the Domini by Talia Rhea
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSCARLET DIDN'T NEED ANYONEBeing abducted and living on an alien world was no reason to give up on her dreams. She was used to fighting for herself, even if she had to do it alone. But fighting for the future of humanity on the universal stage was a bit further than she was comfortable going. Luckily, she has an ally in her corner to help her out. And best of all, he is only trying to be friends... -
![Mated to the Grumpy Alien by Kat Baxter, Emma Lee Jayne]()
Mated to the Grumpy Alien by Kat Baxter, Emma Lee Jayne
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCressidaI never imagined that a trip to the art museums of Amsterdam would result in me being sent back in time. I am not a woman built to survive in a stone age Viking village. Almost as soon as I arrive, they’re threatening to burn me at the stake.Things go from bad to worse when an actual Norse God descends from the heavens to rescue me. Because he’s not actually a god, he just looks like one... -
![Bound by the Alien Pirate by Alana Khan]()
Bound by the Alien Pirate by Alana Khan
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhat happens when a cynical pirate plucks Izzy out of the jaws of danger, flies her to his cave, and vows to keep her prisoner?IzzyOne moment I was touring the Supercollider, the top thing on my bucket list, the next I’m falling into a marsh on a prehistoric planet. The most handsome male I’ve ever seen, complete with lush, luminescent wings, flies in... -
![Crath by Laurann Dohner]()
Crath by Laurann Dohner
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSince 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 ratingsCece 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... -
![Bull Headed by Ella Maven]()
Bull Headed by Ella Maven
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAre 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... -
![Adored by the Alien Warlord: A Fated Mate Alien Romance by Ava Ross]()
Adored by the Alien Warlord: A Fated Mate Alien Romance by Ava Ross
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAn alien trying to overcome the shame of his past. A woman lost on a distant planet. Will true love bring them together or drive them apart?Maggie: After my twin sister and I are kidnapped from Earth, we’re separated. When the ship transporting me crashes on a distant planet, I’m captured and sold to a lizard alien. Now I’m trapped, forced to dance in a bar under the watchful gaze of a tyrant... -
![When She's Handy: A Risdaverse Short Story by Ruby Dixon]()
When She's Handy: A Risdaverse Short Story by Ruby Dixon
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsFive years ago, an alien saved me from a cruel master. He rescued me and I fell in love instantly, only for him to turn around and dump me on Risda III. I both love and hate him for that choice.I've moved on and created a life for myself on this strange alien planet amongst the other refugee humans... -
![Wed to the Alien Rogue by January Bell]()
Wed to the Alien Rogue by January Bell
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsSure, 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... -
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![Rescued by the Luxirian by Zoey Draven]()
Rescued by the Luxirian by Zoey Draven
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAll Lyra Kye wants is a relaxing vacation on a galaxy cruise before her life changes forever. What she doesn't expect is for her cheap cruise ship to literally explode, nor does she expect to crash-land on an alien jungle planet wedged inside a tiny life pod and wearing an even tinier red bikini.And she certainly doesn't expect a hot Luxirian to come to her rescue... -
![Claimed by the Alien Barbarian by Ava Ross]()
Claimed by the Alien Barbarian by Ava Ross
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCan a lonely woman build a new future with a fierce alien male on a world far from Earth?Kerry: After I’m taken from Earth and dropped in an alien forest on a distant planet, I resign myself to never going home. There went my dream of finding someone to love. Then a gorgeous, blue-skinned and severely wounded alien stumbles into my campsite and collapses on the ground beside me... -
![Resilience by Etta Pierce]()
Resilience by Etta Pierce
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOlivia Atarian is on her way to the ISU's capital, Helion, and knows that a whirlwind awaits her. Not only will she be meeting her new clan for the first time, but she'll be thrust into the galaxy's brightest spotlight. She's the first awoken human not to mention already mated with one of the galaxy's hottest up-and-comers, and they can't seem to keep their hands to themselves... -
![Shade's Embrace by Olivia Riley]()
Shade's Embrace by Olivia Riley
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe 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... -
![The Sheriff of Shard Hills by Jenn Burke]()
The Sheriff of Shard Hills by Jenn Burke
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSpace station cop Varuna Das is different. He’s half-human, half-dimeti, and the mix of DNA has had some interesting consequences…like a tail he does his best to keep hidden. Well into middle age, he’s used to being treated badly because of his looks, and as much as he hates it, he understands it. Humans and dimeti just finished a twenty-year war, after all... -
![Alien Zoo: A Neurospicy Posessive Monster Romance by Deiri Di]()
Alien Zoo: A Neurospicy Posessive Monster Romance by Deiri Di
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen you’re not seen as a person, you have nothing to lose. Arnina: Being kidnapped by aliens sucks when they don’t know how to take care of you. All I wanted was to reconnect with an old friend, and instead I ended up stripped and alone in a cell on another planet. I’ve been taken. The biggest problem is that the aliens won’t talk to me... -
![Beauty and the Alien Beast by Sedona Venez]()
Beauty and the Alien Beast by Sedona Venez
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAre you into ALPHA hot alien warriors, sci-fi alien romance, strong women, intense action and A LOT of steam? Well, hold onto your seat and welcome to the world of Galaxy Alien Warriors, where the aliens are hot, alpha, protective and shifters… After being abducted from Earth by alien slavers, Ella is rescued by a hot alien warrior who flees with her into the hostile wilderness of his home... -
![Cosmic Heat by Clio Evans]()
Cosmic Heat by Clio Evans
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“An aerialist, a performer, an eclectic rising star—please welcome the Maximalist!"Max has finally made it to the stage. As he shoots for the stars, the last thing he expected was to fall into the arms of the most striking aliens he’s ever seen.Moss has never been so charmed by a human before. A simple touch pulls them both into a passionate heat that can only be relieved in bed... -
![Rock Hard Alien by January Bell]()
Rock Hard Alien by January Bell
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsNo 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... -
![Treasured by the Alien Rogue by Ava Ross]()
Treasured by the Alien Rogue by Ava Ross
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsStolen from Earth, I was sent to a distant planet to become the bride of a big blue alien. Do I dare let this gruff guy inside my heart? With my boss out to kill me, I run, only to be abducted by robocops. They knock me out and the next thing I know, a tiny pod I’m riding in crashes into a purple lake and a loincloth-wearing alien with lots of muscles, tusks, and a sardonic smile rescues me... -
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![Two Heads Are Behdder by Jeanette Lynn]()
Two Heads Are Behdder by Jeanette Lynn
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI'm going on a blind date with an alien. It's not as strange as it sounds. Some might even say I was the alien in this situation, seeing as this human was the interloper on this planet, one of many a species that comes through The Port. Blue Planeter habits die hard, I suppose.The real surprise of the evening was the third wheel I began to feel like as I met my date. Dates.. -
![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 ratingsI 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... -
![His Human Widow by Michele Mills]()
His Human Widow by Michele Mills
Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsI married a dead war hero.His name was Fire Lieutenant Byric Sandstone—an extremely wealthy Hyrrokin landowner, with a complicated estate.Obviously, I’m not really his widow. It’s a technicality, on paper so I could bypass immigration and perform my duties... -
![Craving The Alien Vampire by Ro Singh]()
Craving The Alien Vampire by Ro Singh
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI thought being abducted by aliens and auctioned to the highest bidder was the worst things could get. But I was wrong. Because the man who bought me is unimaginably dangerous and sinfully sexy– a big, brooding vampire alien.When he sees a bruise on my cheek, he kills the man who hurt and sold me, nullifying his purchase. To keep me from returning to the auction, we have to get married... -
![Cyborg Quarantine Bodyguard by Robin Lovett]()
Cyborg Quarantine Bodyguard by Robin Lovett
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHe was sent to protect me. But what does he want in return?A fierce, enormous, cyborg alien lands in my yard and creates a force field, trapping us inside. He’s bigger and scarier than the Terminator, but I need him to fight off my enemies. Without him, I’ll be a goner for sure. Except he looks at me like I belong to him. And he guards my house like I’m his to protect... -
![Alien Kraken's Prize by January Bell]()
Alien Kraken's Prize by January Bell
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen I find out I’ve been selected for the Starlight Lottery, I’m sure my luck is finally changing for the better. Until I’m sent to an ocean planet… as an alien Kraken king’s freaking pet. Sure, he’s nice to look at, all muscley human on top and squiggly tentacles on bottom, but I’ve never been more bored in my entire life. Or as lonely... -
![Sold to the Enemy by Sara Fields]()
Sold to the Enemy by Sara Fields
Rated: 3.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCaptured by the enemy, Aubrie Kent is stripped bare and put on shameful display to be sold at auction, but worst of all, the alien who buys her is the ruler of the planet she failed to conquer.Commander Edagon has plans for the little human girl who dared to attack his world...
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