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  • Bellatrix by Natalie Grey, Michael Anderle

    Bellatrix by Natalie Grey, Michael Anderle

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    A young woman, a bad boyfriend, a small black female german shepherd puppy.One of these has got to go...The story of Yelena, her relationship with Bellatrix and how they met the Bethany Anne while the two were trying to save her brother from a Wechselbalg.And beer...Let's not forget the beer.For fans of The Kurtherian Gambit series and world...
  • Bray's Balance by Hannah Walker

    Bray's Balance by Hannah Walker

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Bray is happy with life on Landran, surrounded by friends and those he considers family. But, just when he thinks they can settle down and enjoy the lives they’ve created there, another kidnapping forces them all back into action. With enemies coming from unexpected places, the hunt is on to find out who is targeting their clans and tearing apart families...
  • Shadow Eagle by Michael-Scott Earle

    Shadow Eagle by Michael-Scott Earle

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Reeling for the news of his fate, Adam decides to chase the one clue that might lead him toward answers: his sister. But the other Nordar clans have heard of the change in power, and they come to challenge his rule. The tiger will have to assert control over his new empire and kill all that stand in his way. Before he goes insane...
  • Fire's Mate by C.W. Gray

    Fire's Mate by C.W. Gray

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Welcome back to Charybdis Station!Fire may be a deadly Crellic Element, but he much prefers napping and snacking to murdering armies. After centuries of being used as a weapon, he's finally able to live peacefully on Charybdis Station. While he's content to spend his days visiting his friends and raiding their homes for food, he longs for one more thing. A mate to call his own...
  • Bell's Beloved by Hannah Walker

    Bell's Beloved by Hannah Walker

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Bellan ‘Bell’ Nimeri loved Niko Dastria with all his heart. Knowing Niko was his lifemate from the moment he set eyes on him was bittersweet. Surrounded by unknown threats, becoming more than friends wasn't an option. Besides, he didn't think Niko had the same feelings as he did. What’s more, Niko would need to accept both sides of Bell’s shifter personality, as he and his darintha are a team...
  • My Ant Monster Mate by Susan Trombley

    My Ant Monster Mate by Susan Trombley

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    YeseniaHunting giant ant aliens is never an easy job, but the opportunity to capture a male Menops before he imprints on a queen is too good to pass up. Even if it means putting up with a mouthy Artificial Intelligence and traveling to a planet restricted by the Cosmic Syndicate. Vengeance for humanity—for my family—is too important to let any obstacle stand in my way...
  • The Torid Affair by Laurann Dohner

    The Torid Affair by Laurann Dohner

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    When riots erupt on planet Torid, the crew of Defcon Red is tasked with quelling the violence and tending the injured. Even Alien Research Specialist Jessa Brick is pressed into service. Arguably more comfortable in her lab, the doctor is shocked at the obvious inequality on Torid...
  • Death's Mate by C.W. Gray

    Death's Mate by C.W. Gray

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Welcome to Charybdis Station!Dr. Verion Morrick is complicated. No, really. Not too long ago, Verion was simply a divorced research scientist on Frost Veil who wanted to reconnect with his estranged son. Now, a few years, one death and resurrection later, Verion is a new person -- both Death, the Crellic Element, and Verion Morrick. One being that helped protect the galaxy from an insidious evil...
  • Captured by the Alien Warrior by Hope Hart

    Captured by the Alien Warrior by Hope Hart

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    I've been kidnapped by a dragon.Just when I thought my life couldn't get worse, I was abducted by aliens. Now, I'm pretty sure I must be dying. Because only a vicious head injury could make me believe I'm actually flying through the air, trapped between a dragon's claws. Oh, and the dragon?He can talk.And he has all kinds of arrogant, ludicrous, and deranged things to say...
  • The Melier: Prodigal Son by Poppy Rhys

    The Melier: Prodigal Son by Poppy Rhys

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    An ordinary night at Revolution 5, right? Wrong. So wrong.Dania just wanted a normal life on Dor Nye after years of living a nomadic existence among the stars. But when a rude and dangerous alien playboy sits down at the bar where she works, everything changes.No questions. No strings. No names.Suddenly her future flies into a tailspin that lands her back in the lawless wild west of space...
  • Heart of the Cat by S.E. Smith

    Heart of the Cat by S.E. Smith

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Originally published in the anthology, Embrace the Passion (Pets in Space, #3) published October 2018.Prince Walkyr d’Rojah’s mission is to find an ancient artifact known as the Heart of the Cat—a powerful gem that connects his people, its magic woven through the Sarafin like his predatory cat is woven into himself...
  • 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...
  • Mission: Planet Biter by Laurann Dohner

    Mission: Planet Biter by Laurann Dohner

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    When his Veslor grouping answers a distress call on planet Biter, Roth discovers a sole survivor. The little female isn't rational and latches onto him like a lifeline. That surprises Roth, since most humans fear him. This one won't let him go, but he must resist his desire for her. It's the only honorable thing to do...
  • Draekon Warrior by Lee Savino, Lili Zander

    Draekon Warrior by Lee Savino, Lili Zander

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Captured in space. Imprisoned. Sold to the highest bidder. But my biggest problem is this bossy, aggravating, impossible, alien who’s supposed to rescue me. The bossy alien I kissed. That might have been a mistake.Kadir is dangerous. I’ve seen him fight, and his body is littered with scars. He’s a soldier. A warrior. And when he loses control, he turns into a big scary dragon and breathes fire...
  • Hothar's Folly by Gail Koger

    Hothar's Folly by Gail Koger

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Undercover psychic investigator Casey Jones’ hunt for a traitor in Central Command gets blown all to hell when the crew of the military C130 cargo plane she's riding on tries to kill her. Drawing on her telekinesis, Casey stops their assassination attempt and bails out as the aircraft goes down in flames...
  • Quest for the Sun Orb by Laura Jo Phillips

    Quest for the Sun Orb by Laura Jo Phillips

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Tiari Zora, whose name means light of dawn, has lived a dark, lonely, and isolated life. Until the mysterious and powerful Lady Techu comes to her tiny hut in the forest and tells her that she is the fabled Maiden of the Sun, and invites her to join the Orb Quest. From that moment, Tiari’s closed, dark world is exchanged for a life of light, and also one of adventure and danger...
  • Trial By Flame by M.K. Eidem, Michelle Howard

    Trial By Flame by M.K. Eidem, Michelle Howard

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Autumn's Kiss by M.K. Eidem Autumn thought she knew who she was then she discovered she was a rare type of dragon shifter called a Supreme Dragoon. Now she is heading to her new mate’s home world to meet more of their kind. Nerves were to be expected, but Autumn is about to get more than she bargained for. Kirall always knew who he was, a Prime Dragoon, one of the strongest of his kind...
  • The Admiral and the Wildcat by Mina Carter

    The Admiral and the Wildcat by Mina Carter

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Gabriel Buchanan is a fighter. Once a marine, now he's an Admiral and lawyer for Alliance Fleet. He spends his time taking on the tough cases no one else dares to touch. His life changed course after a messy divorce, making him vow never to love again. Until a hot blonde who matches his drive to fight shows up on his watch. She's a real wildcat--one Gabe wants to get up close and personal with...
  • My Matched Monster by Rena Marks

    My Matched Monster by Rena Marks

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    My punishment starts today.Refusing marriage isn’t acceptable, not in my world—separated from the rest of Earth by the large stone walls of our own community. To refuse the most legendary prophet of our time in front of the entire congregation was a sentence of twenty lashes. Halfway in, I entered a hallucinogenic state.A hero came to save me, but he was purple with tentacles...
  • Whisked Away by the Alien by Julie K. Cohen

    Whisked Away by the Alien by Julie K. Cohen

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    There’s an alien in my kitchen wearing an apron… and nothing else.There’s something delicious cooking in my kitchen and it isn’t the donuts or latkes. The tall blue alien with horns that hit the ceiling arrived in time to save Hannukah for my family, but he knows nothing about cooking...
  • Clan and Conviction by Tracy St. John

    Clan and Conviction by Tracy St. John

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The drug Delir is sweeping the Kalquorian Empire, leaving madness and death in its wake. Investigator Dramok Gelan has already lost his enforcer partner in a deadly shootout because of the case. With no clues or suspects, he despairs of putting an end to the epidemic. Then a familiar face enters the picture: new partner and former lover Nobek Wynhod...
  • Pythen Blessing by Erin Raegan

    Pythen Blessing by Erin Raegan

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    LydiaMy life is unrecognizable. I live on an alien planet. I talk to aliens. They’re my friends, my protectors. There is no familiarity to home. The landscape is alien. The sky is alien. Everywhere I look reminds me that I am an impossible distance away from everything I’ve ever known. But I’m safe here. Safer here than I would be anywhere else...
  • Embrace the Romance by S.E. Smith, M.K. Eidem

    Embrace the Romance by S.E. Smith, M.K. Eidem

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The pets are back! Embrace the Romance: Pets in Space 2, featuring twelve of today’s leading Science Fiction Romance authors brings you a dozen original stories written just for you! Join in the fun, from the Dragon Lords of Valdier to a trip aboard award-winning author, Veronica Scott’s Nebula Zephyr to journeying back to Luda where Grim is King, for stories that will take you out of this...
  • Chaos by Laurie Roma

    Chaos by Laurie Roma

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Katra Tesera is a female Dragon Warrior on a mission. Unsatisfied with the life her family wishes for her back on her home world, she seeks something more for her own future. When the opportunity to visit Earth arises, Katra is eager for the excitement and adventure of traveling the stars...
  • Dragon's Claim by Miranda Martin

    Dragon's Claim by Miranda Martin

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Among the Zmaj, the alien dragon-like race of men who survived the devastation of Tajss, Bashir is different. He's connected to the spiritual nature of the planet itself. However, the scaled and powerful hunter craves a different connection. One with Penelope...
  • The New King by Erin Raegan

    The New King by Erin Raegan

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Mona It’s been a long time since I felt safe. Too long. You would think after all I’ve been through at the hands of an alien monster it would be difficult for me to live near them. That it would be difficult to live under their roof. To sleep near them. To eat their food. To talk to them. The Dahk may not be the Juldo, but they are still alien to me. They are frightening and different from me...
  • Unfrozen by Regine Abel

    Unfrozen by Regine Abel

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When the penitentiary ship she's incarcerated in gets sucked into an anomaly, Lydia barely survives the crash onto an alien planet. Only the sadistic experiments performed on her by the prison's scientist allow her to survive this harsh and dangerous world. The future looks grim until she stumbles upon a magnificent city of ice and its most unusual inhabitant...
  • Caveman Alien’s Trick by Calista Skye

    Caveman Alien’s Trick by Calista Skye

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Phoebe... A caveman tricked me! It was the oldest trick in the book. And I fell for it! I’m inside a pitch black leather sack, being carried away from my village and the other Earth girls. I scream and kick, but nobody can hear me! I know what this means. The giant caveman carrying me is taking me to his tribe... I’m the only woman he’s been this close to...
  • Lured by Milana Jacks

    Lured by Milana Jacks

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    She's so beautiful when she's unaware that anyone is watching. Most prey are, but none provide admirable entertainment like this one. Hart said womankind don’t leap. He said they’re awkwardly uncoordinated. That's because he's never seen Eme dance. But he will as soon as I bring her in. All there’s left for me to do is find her nesting place, open a portal into Kalia, and let her walk through...
  • My Chameleon Mate by Susan Trombley

    My Chameleon Mate by Susan Trombley

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    VeraI accidentally launched an escape pod on my miserable honeymoon—with me on it—and crash-landed in the middle of an alien jungle on a forbidden “emerging civilization” planet, breaking about a hundred Cosmic Syndicate laws.Oh, and I robbed a hot lizard guy with sexy black eyes, the most colorful scales I’ve ever seen, and a powerful prehensile tail that curls up like a cinnamon roll...
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    paranormal  shapeshifters  adult  ai  aliens  alpha-mc  book  fiction
  • Draekon Heart by Lee Savino, Lili Zander

    Draekon Heart by Lee Savino, Lili Zander

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    There might be a way out of the prison planet... The only problem? I don't want to go! Back on Earth is a man who wants to kill me. Back on Earth, I slept with a knife under my pillow to be safe! There's no coffee on the prison planet! No pizza! No chocolate! I should be thrilled that there might be a way back home. Except I don't want to return. Here, I feel safe...
  • Tribe Protector by Stacy Jones

    Tribe Protector by Stacy Jones

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Lily thought she had her hands full with her conflicted feelings over her quickly progressing relationship with Arruk’s wild twin, Drrak, the uneasy truce with the tribe leader, and trying to prove she’s trustworthy to a people who want nothing to do with her. But all that pales in comparison to what’s coming...
  • Draekon Abduction by Lee Savino, Lili Zander

    Draekon Abduction by Lee Savino, Lili Zander

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    How to Fail as an Intergalactic Spy: 1. Crash spaceship on wrong planet.2. Break leg.3. Get abducted by rogue prisoners.4. End up with two pairs of dragon-shifters claiming I’m their mate. Here’s a report for the CIA: The aliens are freaking good kissers. The mission was simple: Go to the Zorahn planet. Spy on the aliens...
  • Kyele's Passion by Michelle Howard

    Kyele's Passion by Michelle Howard

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Being a Jutak warrior is all Kyele Bastien cares about until one mission changes everything. The Earth female has carved a place in his heart without even trying and now he’ll do anything to make sure nothing ever hurts her again...
  • The Tigrens' Glory by Laura Jo Phillips

    The Tigrens' Glory by Laura Jo Phillips

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Planet Jasan is mobilizing for war against the evil Xanti, enemies of all. As the warriors of Jasan prepare to strike across the immense void that separates the galaxies to end thousands of years of bloody conflict, into the gathering storm comes Warrior Princess, Gloriani of Ramouri, known as “Glory...
  • The Falcorans' Faith by Laura Jo Phillips

    The Falcorans' Faith by Laura Jo Phillips

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    You could say that Faith Myers was one of the unluckiest women in The Thousand Worlds, but that would make her sound a lot luckier than she actually was. Her twin sister, Grace, died in an attack by the reptilian Brethren. Her parents were murdered...
  • Wyt and Wild by Viola Grace

    Wyt and Wild by Viola Grace

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Book 7 of the Sector Guard series.Alessandra Wyt has been hooked to computers for the majority of her tenure in the Alliance for her talented intuition, but when an opportunity for reassignment to the Sector Guard came up, she jumped at the chance, so to speak. With her mind unable to handle space travel, she is shipped unconscious across the galaxy...
  • Hael's Fury by Viola Grace

    Hael's Fury by Viola Grace

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Minimizing natural disasters was all that Liv Hael lived for. Her matriarchal family tree had a long history of doing their duty to Drai and she was following in their footsteps. When she meets the dragon that she dreamed about, and he offers her a position in the Sector Guard, she can't believe her ears. Only one thing stands in the way of Liv and Vasu joining...
  • Dragon Summons by Viola Grace

    Dragon Summons by Viola Grace

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Book 8, in the bestselling Sector Guard series.Assigned as Inventory Master to the newest Sector Guard base on Teklan, Roxanne is sure only of one thing, if the seductive singing in her mind doesn’t stop, she is going to go nuts. With a little investigation, she finds the source of the nocturnal music and tells it to shut up...
  • Running Wyld by Viola Grace

    Running Wyld by Viola Grace

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Book 2 of the bestselling series, Sector Guard.Agreha Wyld had a good life, friends, family and a place she was accepted. When the Sector Guard call for exceptional beings goes out, her planet nominates her and it is over a year later before they get a response. The response's name is Haaro Denler, telepathic Dhemon and Aggie's destined mate...
  • Asylum by Kali Argent

    Asylum by Kali Argent

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    In a male dominated world, Alliance Commander Olivia Jacobson has spent most of her adult life clawing her way up the ranks, but her dream of commanding her own post has always been just beyond her grasp. With the discovery of a new planet, a new race, and the relocation of Alpha Station: X21, her dream is finally within reach...
  • Rescued by the Alien Prince by Miranda Martin

    Rescued by the Alien Prince by Miranda Martin

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Out of the frying pan and into the fire. Senator Ling Richards is passionate about saving the Earth. So when she refuses to allow the latest mega-corporation the right to destroy one of the last nature reserves, it puts her very life in danger. To get their way, they'll kill Ling and all her allies...
  • Forbidden Alien Prince by Miranda Martin

    Forbidden Alien Prince by Miranda Martin

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Big, blue, ripped as sin and totally off limits. Drevakin Lo'ara, prince of a minor noble house, is desperate. He goes to the Celestial Mates dating agency in the hopes of fulfilling his dreams of finding his fated mate. The only problem is, unknown to everyone, the Celestial Mates agency has agreed that if a match is found, she goes to the prince of a major house...
  • Damaged Control by Viola Grace

    Damaged Control by Viola Grace

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She would do anything to survive, including getting herself damaged and off the companion list. A Hmrain finds her in an unlikely place for an unlikely partnership. Athena made it to a pickup point, past the physical, and up to the education station. Her training was difficult, but when she found out she was a likely candidate for companionship to a Hmrain, she took drastic action...
    Categorized as:
    paranormal  adult  aliens  book  fiction  space  space-travel  sci-fi
  • Mating Sight by Ava Ryant

    Mating Sight by Ava Ryant

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    So...Earth was invaded by Aliens. That happened. I’m not joking. Fortunately for us, Humans developed latent abilities that enabled us to defend and protect our planet. We call ourselves the Praesidio. Years later the world is not the same. We know we are not alone in the universe. There are dangerous things lingering in the darkness...
  • Outlaw by Kali Argent

    Outlaw by Kali Argent

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    After being implicated in a murder she didn’t commit, Isla Blevins seeks sanctuary on the one planet where the Alliance can’t reach her. On Earth, she’s the heiress to a fortune, but on Xenthian, she’s an outsider without a single credit to her name. Heartbroken over the loss of her mother, afraid she could be next, and not knowing who to trust, she can’t imagine how things can get much worse...
  • Waking Christmas by Viola Grace

    Waking Christmas by Viola Grace

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    After taking her courses and mastering the talents she was born with, Minya just wants to go home and hold her family close. When her drop pod spins out of control and lands her in the dead zone, she doesn’t know how she is going to survive in the ice and snow. She can’t communicate with family and she doesn’t know where she is, so following her instincts and hiking for the distant hills...
    Categorized as:
    paranormal  shapeshifters  adult  aliens  book  dragons  fiction  space
  • Star Breaker by Viola Grace

    Star Breaker by Viola Grace

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    With an asteroid heading to Morganti, Kale volunteers to retrieve the Star Breaker, a weapon that has the ability to shatter anything in it's way. When he takes possession he feels a familiar presence, a star's Avatar is trapped within the sphere. Carella has been waiting for her freedom, and when her sphere collides with the asteroid, she is naked, free, and in the mood to blow something up...
  • Imperial Guard by Viola Grace

    Imperial Guard by Viola Grace

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Dealing with the family who refused to let her bury her father is difficult, but Isabi keeps her grounded as she fights for the survival of her estranged family.� In the mean time, Isaro, Isabi's sister, is with them using her appearance altering skills to forward the work of the Sector Guard...
  • Astonish by Viola Grace

    Astonish by Viola Grace

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Ceelie was nothing exceptional until the moment she became the most important woman to an entire world…and its avatar.Trapped in a job working as an assistant for an ambassador, Ceelie is hoping for something better for her life, but she knows that it isn’t likely. While on an assignment to obtain some atmosphere scrubbing trees Ceelie finds herself courted and seduced before she can blink...
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