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The Renegade Akseli Cyborg by Dianne Duvall
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsDive 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... -
Tyrant by Richard F. Weyand
Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsThe Council Revolt has started. The Council has struck at the Throne.As the Council plots to place their own candidate on the Throne, a single survivor is dragged out of the fires burning in the Imperial Residence.Hoping to take advantage of the capital’s chaos, enemies internal and external move against the Empire... -
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... -
Jingle Stars by Jenny Schwartz
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen a starship decides to play Santa Claus… Ahab is a mLa’an artificial intelligence embedded in the starship, Orion. The campaign for AIs to be recognized as full citizens of Galaxy Proper is within reach of its extraordinary goal. The only thing that could stop it now is if an AI did something foolish…like take a space station hostage to save seven orphaned children... -
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Protector by Tana Stone
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe 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...Categorized as:
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Cajole by Jenny Schwartz
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIf life on the border was complicated, life on Capitoline is insane. Nora and Liam struggle to reconcile her abilities and his duty, while caught up in the dangerous games of the powerful.Political intrigue, family drama, and ancient alien technology combine in the fourth novel of the Human Sector...Categorized as:
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Dawn of Chaos by Benjamin Medrano
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThere will be hell to pay.Evelyn’s parents have been missing for more than thirty years, and at last Evelyn has a clue as to their fate. Investigating won’t be easy, even for someone as powerful as she is, yet she won’t be deterred... -
No Shelter But the Stars by Virginia Black
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsVirginia Black's No Shelter But The Stars is the space opera you've been waiting for―packed with warring worlds, romantic adventure, and larger-than-life characters. Kyran Loyal is the last heir to the lost throne of a forgotten planet, the figurehead of a nomadic people fleeing the galactic tyranny of a brutal regime. Davia Sifane is the unrecognized daughter of an imperial despot... -
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... -
Chosen of Chaos by Benjamin Medrano
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsEvelyn enjoyed living a nice, quiet life in an anarchic pirate port, far from the world she’d once conquered.Then came an attack by mercenaries that made her angry... -
Prince by Tana Stone
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe 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...Categorized as:
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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... -
Roklyn by Alana Khan
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTo 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... -
Peace Maker by Michelle Diener
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFliss 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...Categorized as:
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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 ..Categorized as:
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The Fractured Dark by Megan E. O'Keefe
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsDying 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... -
Blackmailing the Alien Bride Lottery by Margo Bond Collins
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI 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... -
Shattered Earth by Jenny Schwartz
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe 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
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWelcome 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... -
The Bound Worlds by Megan E. O'Keefe
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWorlds 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... -
Seed of Chaos by Benjamin Medrano
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFame is overrated.Having rescued thousands of people from being sacrificed, Evelyn could use some peace and quiet. Life has other plans. She quickly finds herself drawn into assisting a deity with a small problem, only to return and find that her great grandmother has learned of her existence... -
The Stars Too Fondly by Emily Hamilton
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsIn 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... -
Sold to the Alien Mobsters by Corin Cain
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCaptured. Sold. Three brutal alien mobsters on the brink of war. A curvy heroine who won't give in. We're brought kicking and screaming to the alien auction house. I was supposed to be an artist. I was supposed to be a sculptor, creating beauty. Instead, I am reduced to nothing more than my body. The men who come to a slave auction care about one thing, and one thing only.. -
The Commander's Challenge by Bella Blair
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNo matter where she runs to, I will always find her. Always!Violet: Just my luck not only to be captured and held prisoner by my archenemies, the Zylonians. No, my captor is also the most insufferable male I have ever met. That he is gorgeous is utterly beside the point...Categorized as:
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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... -
Imperial Stardust by Jina S. Bazzar
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCaptain Lee thought she had faced the most challenging trials the galaxy had to offer. She was wrong.Now she’s on the stunning planet of Krozalia, a world on the brink of chaos following the failed assassination attempt on the princess and the rising of a lethal rebellion.Alliances are crumbling, loyalties are shifting, and Leann has no intention of waiting for the results... -
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... -
Splendor's Orbit by Jina S. Bazzar
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTen 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... -
Only Cold Depths by Jennifer Estep
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA WOMAN WHO CAN’T CONTROL HER POWER . . .Everyone knows the name Vesper Quill. I used to be a lowly lab rat working in a Regal-owned corporation, but thanks to my truebond with Kyrion Caldaren, I’m now one of the most wanted fugitives in the Archipelago Galaxy... -
The Accidental Husband by Cassandra Moore
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsSebastian 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)... -
Experimental Voyage by R.J. Blain
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen 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... -
Last Command by Lindsay Buroker
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsIn the final days of the empire, Cyborg Corps Colonel Leonidas Adler plans to die in a manner befitting of an imperial officer: he will fight until his last breath, giving his life to defend Emperor Markus. As it was meant to be... -
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...Categorized as:
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Where Peace Is Lost by Valerie Valdes
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA 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... -
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Neron Skies: A Space Fantasy Romance by Keary Taylor
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDominion 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... -
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
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
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... -
War Begins Book One by Odette C. Bell
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDiana had a troubled past. The kind where her family were brutally murdered right in front of her eyes. It’s changed the course of her future – but it will change more. An ancient race left a gift inside her mind, and it is time for it to rise. … Sampson is a psychic soldier – one of the Coalition’s best... -
A Song of Salvation by Alechia Dow
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom 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
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAmi 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... -
Saranth Three by Lindsay Buroker
Rated: 3.91 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsA 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
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA 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... -
Honor and Shadows by Jessie Mihalik
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsCaptain Octavia Zarola needs an infusion of credits—fast—if she’s going to keep her close-knit bounty hunting crew paid and fed. Tracking down an escaped embezzler on a backwater planet should be a piece of cake, but bounties are rarely as easy as they seem... -
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Only Hard Problems by Jennifer Estep
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNew 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... -
The Alien’s Bond by Kira Quinn
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAs if alien abduction wasn't bad enough, it seemed Darla's captors didn't want her for something as simple as breeding or even experimentation. The Raxxians were nasty pieces of work, and they had other plans in mind. Namely, they wanted to eat her, and not in the fun way. But the universe, it seemed, had other plans... -
Forgotten Stars by Odette C. Bell
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA new realm has awoken. A new threat has emerged. So new warriors must take the helm.Amber is an ordinary ensign whose only claim to fame is throwing toast on the most important soldier on the station. Then everything changes. When she’s lost on an alien world and her true powers awaken, she must keep them secret from the Coalition or pay the price...Categorized as:
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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...
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