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Guardian by Anna Hackett
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsRescued 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... -
His Human Socialite by Michele Mills
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsI’ve been set up on a blind date with a Hyrrokin named Idun Grindstone?Noooo. This will never work!How can a human who is set to gain a significant inheritance have anything in common with a foul-mouthed, satanic-looking security specialist? Smoke regularly wafts out of this guy’s nostrils and his shiny barbed tail juts out in the air behind him as he prowls across the military hanger... -
Sublime Target by Anna Carven
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsJerik 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... -
Conqueror by Anna Hackett
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAfter two years of alien captivity, Evie is free, but her captors have changed her. Now struggling to control a terrifying new power, her only hope is one formidable, dangerous alien king.Logistics manager Evie Mason is no longer a prisoner on an alien space station, but she’s far from Earth, suffering nightmares, and fighting to ignore the growing power inside her... -
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Seminal by C.M. Stunich
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsI don’t play the role of the kidnapped princess very well.And I really hate the fated mates trope.Hello again, I’m Eve Wakefield, and I refuse to accept that I’m in love with an intergalactic moth prince.No.I don’t care how handsome he is, I don’t want to marry him.I don’t care if his parents have a sentient spaceship capable of eating entire planets.Love is earned, not swindled by pheromones... -
Cyborg by Anna Hackett
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsScientist 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... -
Delphini: Situation Critical by Hannah Walker
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBray and Hunter, separated from their teammates, have crash-landed onto an unknown planet. Their first encounter with the inhabitants of this strange, new world is not what they expected. The Avanti finally meet a foe they aren't sure they want to engage in battle, much to the amusement of the men who come to investigate the crash... -
Her Unsuitable Suitor by Charity Wells
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHer Unsuitable SuitorScarred from years in an arena and banned from taking a mate of his own, Reynar has resigned himself to a lonely life guarding a pompous young ambassador... -
Hitched to the Alien General by Mina Carter
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsHer perfect man is a big, scarred alien war hero. Pity he only see’s her as a warrior, not a woman... Kenna Reynolds loves life in the Imperial Court. The latharian culture fascinates her, and she values the friendships she’s made amongst the sentinel women, most bonded to Latharian males, and a few with babies on the way... -
Beast by Anna Hackett
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsAbducted 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... -
Touch of Eon by Anna Hackett
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsShe’ll do anything to free her sister and save the Earth from invasion, even if she’s blackmailed into stealing sacred alien artifacts…and becomes the prey of the dark, deadly warrior sent to hunt her down.Special Forces Space Marine Lara Traynor wants to save her sister and her planet from annihilation by the deadly insectoid Kantos... -
Reckless by Miranda Bridges
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMy instructor hates me.If I could use my hacking expertise to fly through the academy’s courses I would, but that doesn’t work in hand-to-hand combat. And this guy? He’s determined to turn me into a soldier. Except I’m more suited to being a nerd than a killer.I’m not here to learn those skills, only enhance my knowledge of alien technology, and it doesn’t include the Lokarian anatomy... -
Torment by Tana Stone
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTori wants nothing to do with the gorgeous, sand planet barbarians. Too bad she’s stuck with the cockiest Dothvek alive. Stowing away on the enemy ship to sabotage it may not have been Tori’s best idea, but she meant for it to be a solo mission. She never planned for a huge Dothvek warrior to come along for the less-than-pleasant ride... -
Zero's Heart by Mina Carter
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsLibrarian's Note: This is an alternate title and cover edition of ASIN B087YNJK3JReturn to the worlds of the Lathar, as you've never seen them before...She wanted a coffee and an easy shift. Instead, she got a smart-alec mercenary and commandos trying to kill her…Medically discharged from the military over a decade ago, Station Chief Eris Archer just wants a quiet life... -
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Heart of the Cat by S.E. Smith
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsOriginally 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... -
A Grim Pet by M.K. Eidem
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsPlease note that this story was previously release in Embrace the Romance ISBN13: 9781942583578 The Great Raptor is a fearsome and deadly creature; and while the Raptor is no one's pet, he is fiercely protective and loving of his family... Carly and Miki have never forgotten the stories that Grim has told them of the Great Raptor, the symbol of their new home world of Luda... -
Home World by Erin Raegan
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsPeytonI fell in love with an alien. Our world was invaded by carnivorous freaks and the Dahk swooped in and saved me and my friends. They want to save the Earth but we are our own worst enemy, or so I thought. The truth is we have no idea what's out there. Now I'm on my way to Home World. The Dahk's world. An alien world. I had no choice, it was taken from me. I tell myself I hate him but I don't... -
Without a Front: The Warrior’s Challenge by Fletcher DeLancey
Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAn assassin's shot has shattered the Opah family and endangered Lancer Andira Tal. Now criminal forces are racing law enforcement to find the man who could topple Tal's government.With the net closing around them, Tal and Salomen Opah discover the power of their tyree bond, a power Alsea has not seen in a millennium... -
Imperator by Anna Hackett
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsSpace 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
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsFighting 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... -
Alien Mercenary's Prize by Mina Carter
Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsNatalia Heath is a survivor. She’ll survive an alien fight pit. No problem.On the run from her crime lord father most of her life, Nat knows how to survive in the worst places in the universe. Being kidnapped by aliens and thrown into a gladiatorial arena to fight for her life is just another turn of bad luck in a lifetime of them. She just needs to figure out a plan to escape... -
Rescued by her Alien Protector by Mina Carter
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsPrepared to put her life on the line, she didn’t expect to lose her heart. Vice President Madison Cole is used to having a target on her back. Being captured by aliens? An acceptable risk to get what she needs. What she didn’t count on was falling for the ‘enemy’, a handsome alien warrior with a hero’s heart... -
Guard: Dark Guard / Cyborg Guard by Anna Hackett
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsFrom the dangerous desert sands to the deadly glitz of the city, the lawless desert planet of Carthago is filled with lethal cyborg gladiators risking it all for the women who capture their hearts. GUARD contains two novellas and one short story all set in the Galactic Gladiators: House of Rone series... -
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Rogue: Information Rogue / Desert Rogue by Anna Hackett
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsAbducted 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.. -
Champion by Anna Hackett
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsFighting for love, honor, and freedom on the galaxy’s lawless outer rim…Space marine Blaine Strong enjoyed being a composed, controlled member of space station security…until he was abducted by alien slavers. Forced into underground fight rings and pumped full of drugs, he’s now seething with anger and out for revenge... -
Defying the Relic Hunter by Gail Koger
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsKizzy sees dead people, but she’s a thief and talking to dead folks is about as useful as a three-legged horse. The Dragos clan booted her out when her year’s take was a lousy five hundred and sixty credits. The only way back in is to pull off a million-credit heist. Alone... -
Fractured Jewel by Brenda Hiatt
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsChange is never easy. Sometimes it’s downright dangerous. Over the past year, M and Rigel have averted various threats: to their relationship, to M’s people and to both Mars and Earth. M’s aunt now knows the truth about her origins and M and Rigel no longer need to hide that they’re a couple. The future looks bright…but not everyone is happy with the way things are changing... -
A Torn Dream by Lucy Rains
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHidden.Calm.Serenity.Jade is enjoying her solitude with the guys, surrounded by white beaches and lazy days. They are helping Jade cope with the emotional aftermath of what happened in Maryland, and becoming closer to her with each passing day. But something changes. Something is wrong. Jade can't explain it, the guys don't understand it... -
Demons Don't Dare by Hannah Walker
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAs the ruler of an empire, King Vict’arin is accustomed to living a life that is anything but normal. Unable to enjoy the simple things in life the way his demons do, he chooses to live and work for the good of his citizens. Lonely and tired, he finds solace with his family, enjoying watching his new grand-demonesses grow... -
Drago by Mikayla Lane
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDevon Sinclair loved her life. As one of the biggest parasites in DC, she spent every day bribing officials and ruining the American dream for the working class as she lobbied politicians on behalf of her clients. At the top of her game, she was highly sought after by every dirt bag corporation and scum with their own agenda to ruin America for financial gain and power... -
Veiled Vixen by K.C. Cross, J.A. Huss
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAll his other Harem brothers have found their one true love and they are spectacular princesses. Not Valor’s girl.Veila is the definition of evil.Not the kind of girl a guy falls for. Especially a stand-up guy like Valor. He’s not interested in her sexy glow, her pretty hair, or her glowing eyes.No. Valor only wants one thing for his fated princess.Death... -
The Admiral and the Wildcat by Mina Carter
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsGabriel 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... -
Loved in Space by Mina Carter, Eve Langlais
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSix BRAND new stories of love and romance among the stars by NYT & USA Today Bestsellers Mina Carter, Eve Langlais, Cara Bristol, Donna McDonald, Susan Hayes and J Thompson. Woken by a kiss, she didn’t expect her prince to be a handsome alien warrior. Kissed by the Alien Mercenary: Warriors of the Lathar by Mina Carter. Clarabelle isn’t about to take orders from anyone... -
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Pets in Space 4 by S.E. Smith, Anna Hackett
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFor a limited time only! Pets in Space® 4 is proud to present 13 amazing, original new stories! Join the adventures as today’s leading Science Fiction Romance authors take you on a journey to another world. Pets in Space® proudly supports Hero-Dogs[dot]org, a non-profit charity that provides service animals to veterans and first responders in need... -
Testing Truth by Cynthia Sax
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA fun-loving cyborg gets serious about love. Truth lives each moment as though it were his last. The cyborg warrior rushes into danger, teases beings he shouldn’t provoke, accepts every call of adventure he encounters.When a prissy little human princess floats into the Rebel structure Truth is occupying, seeking a mercenary to assist her and her unusual entourage, he volunteers to be her warrior... -
Savior of the Domini by Talia Rhea
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsPEONY'S ENTIRE LIFE CHANGED AFTER A LATE NIGHT WALKDrugged and abducted, she wakes up in a small, metal room being brought food by a giant lizard-dinosaur alien. She's not alone either. She's trapped with four other women she's never met and, caged in the corner, a different alien that looks like he's been beaten quite badly... -
Twisting Souls by Viola Grace
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAymin lived a normal life until she was told that her brand of talent was forbidden. A tattoo, nanites and a life as a social reject were the result. Backers were supposedly protected by law, but there were ways to torment them, and that is what wracked Aymin each and every day... -
An Alien For Christmas by Sadie Carter
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsChristmas is coming to Zerconia. There are gifts under the tree, holiday cheer, and a hunky alien warrior who just doesn’t know when to quit... Keely’s smart. She’s a survivor. She’s learned to protect herself. What she doesn’t know is how to deal with him. He’s stubborn. He’s obtuse. And he’s too damn gorgeous for her own good. Que is a warrior on a mission. To make Keely his... -
Virgo's Prize by Ella Blake
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe fate of my species rests with one lone female...Lila: I'm working in a deep-space way station to pay for my sister’s tuition, when the station is attacked. I escape thanks to a blue-haired Heveian prince who says my blood can cure his people of the disease ravaging them. He's terrifying, but with more frightening aliens intent on killing me... I take my chance on the Heveian... -
Domesticating the Alien by Ava Ross
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI’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... -
Ziva's Prince by Miranda Martin
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI was a Princess of the Stars. I had everything, or so it seemed.On the Generation Ship I was a socialite. My life was lived in the public eye. It was great, on the outside. Everyone wanted me or wanted to be me.Then we crashed.Here we humans have a dragon-alien protector. The way he looks at my former ship-mate Riley is the one thing I never had. A man who saw me... -
Nanny for the Alien Warrior by Athena Storm, Tara Starr
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI’ve tried my hardest to take care of the kids. I will not let Ryker take them away!My brother died in a protest when Kiphian soldiers shot at the human crowd.He left me his kids and now years later, Ryker wants to take them to live in his palace.See, his sister is their mother. But she died too.He tracked us down to the slum that I live in and offered them a good home with food and education... -
Maid for the Alien King by Athena Storm, Tara Starr
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHe rescued me. And brought me into a whole new world of danger.Talan rescued me from the mountains on one of his hunts.Right off the bat I could tell that I was attracted to this alien warrior. His muscles rippled when he lifted me in the air.Feeling his torso only inflamed my desire.His legs were powerful. His scent was strong... -
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Storgin: Warlord Brides by Ava York, Starr Huntress
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI've found her. Touched her silken skin. And then she ran from me.I will do anything to find her.My mate.Storgin is the fourth book of the Warriors of the Golden Meridian, a stand alone series in the Warlord Brides universe... -
Alien Defender's Chosen Bride by Juno Wells
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWillow I risked everything to escape Earth. As chance would have it I made it to a Draconian vessel. The Dragon warriors take on all comers, even women like me who are young, uneducated and unbeknownst to me, carrying a plague to their world. They say ignorance is bliss and in my case it’s the literal truth... -
An Alien To Die For by Sadie Carter
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDesperately wanting to escape her life on Earth, Alice boards a transporter set for Zerconia. The idea of a hunky Zerconian warrior of her very own is both tempting and scary. Clumsy, sweet and slightly naïve, Alice wasn’t prepared for hunky, sexy, commanding Jaxan..Jaxan had almost lost hope of finding his mate when he rescues Alice. Almost straight away, he realizes that she is his mate... -
Through Glass: The Blue by Rebecca Ethington
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSaving the world is harder than I expected it to be.Okay, so maybe I’m not saving the world, but it sure as hell feels like it. Especially after the sanctuary camp I found in the middle of the destruction turned out to be run by a crazed lunatic. You think I’m kidding? I thought they stopped stoning people in the 12th century. There is something off about them... -
Barbarian Alien Part 1: Divided by Ruby Dixon
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTwelve humans are left stranded on a wintry alien planet. I’m one of them. Yay, me. In order to survive, we have to take on a symbiont that wants to rewire our bodies to live in this brutal place. I like to call it a cootie. And my cootie’s a jerk, because it also thinks I’m the mate to the biggest, surliest alien of the group. BARBARIAN ALIEN is a sequel to ICE PLANET BARBARIANS... -
Caught Between Two Blue Aliens by Celia Kyle, Michele Mills
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIt was just supposed to be a job—a well-paying job, but just a job. And it is… until it isn’t and suddenly Jenna’s facing two blue aliens who want her to leave Earth behind… forever. Da fuq was in that wine?Jenna is working her butt off at three different jobs in order to provide for her younger siblings...
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