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  • Spared By The Monster by Merry Ravenell

    Spared By The Monster by Merry Ravenell

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Welcome to the Gestalt, where Humans are forbidden and mates are sacred. Hauling scrap to feed his family and pay for his sick brother's plague treatments, The Twilight Scion of a Lost House finds himself in possession of a Human that somehow managed to escape the Grays...
  • Corsairs: Mathiras by Ruby Dixon

    Corsairs: Mathiras by Ruby Dixon

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Someone is illegally stealing humans from their home world and cloning them.For months, we’ve been hunting this ring of criminals and the end is in sight. I’m separating from my brothers and taking my ship to track down the bad guys.One small problem — Helen insists upon joining me on this dangerous mission.Helen herself is a clone, created to be an object of beauty...
  • Going Cold by Viola Grace

    Going Cold by Viola Grace

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Going from supporting family to being an imperial courier across the stars doesn’t take as long as she thought. She can deal with the assassins.Once the details of her life are sorted out and all impediments removed, Hesker takes on a new name for a new life in a new position. She heads to the stars, is reset, and all traces of her previous life are removed from her body...
  • Wrath: A Sci-Fi Alien Romance by Hattie Jacks

    Wrath: A Sci-Fi Alien Romance by Hattie Jacks

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
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  • Midnight Breed Bundle: by Lara Adrian

    Midnight Breed Bundle: by Lara Adrian

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Tempted by MidnightOnce, they lived in secret alongside mankind. Now, emerged from the shadows, the Breed faces enemies on both sides—human and vampire alike. No one knows that better than Lazaro Archer, one of the eldest, most powerful of his kind. His beloved Breedmate and family massacred by a madman twenty years ago, Lazaro refuses to open his heart again...
  • Grit by Julie K. Cohen

    Grit by Julie K. Cohen

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Who wants a thief with a target on her back? An alien warrior with nothing to lose. GabriellaThere’s no safe place to hide when you’re supposed to testify against a top leader in the Brotherhood. When the marshals of GI7 offer Gabriella the chance to leave Earth, she grabs it. Sinnad is a closed world, which means the Brotherhood can’t touch her there...
  • Tempted by the Traitor Prince by Elin Wyn, Starr Huntress

    Tempted by the Traitor Prince by Elin Wyn, Starr Huntress

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Rogue. Drug addict. Betrayer.Mate?Vokal has done terrible things, playing the game of Empire.But when the tiny broken human woman pulls him away from his attempts to start a new life, he is powerless against her smile.Dragged back into the deadly struggle between Empire and Alliance, only one thing is for certain.He'll keep his mate safe, even if the galaxy burns around them...
  • Hitched to the Alien General by Mina Carter

    Hitched to the Alien General by Mina Carter

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Her 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...
  • Alien Beast by Lili Zander

    Alien Beast by Lili Zander

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    This human I’m saddled with is… happy.Cheerful, even.She likes to sing to the cat.Kill me now.A year ago, an explosion – the same explosion that killed my best friend – destroyed me.Ruined me.Made me look like a monster.I’m a shadow of the man I once was.I want to be left alone.Instead… there’s Bella.Bella, who sings when she’s happy.Who likes to talk...
  • Vampire Enforcer by Rowan Hart

    Vampire Enforcer by Rowan Hart

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The deadliest vampire in the city saved my life. Now pretending to love him is keeping us both alive. Vampires spill blood—they don't save people. That's what I believed until Kasar rescued me.The lethal enforcer pulled me out of my worst nightmare and made sure I survived my Rupture withdrawals, but the danger isn't over...
  • Secret by Tana Stone

    Secret by Tana Stone

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Fiercely independent . . . A loyal friend . . . And a liar . . .Maya has a secret she can’t tell anyone - even if it means losing everything she loves.Maya planned to come to the sand planet, find her missing friend Cat, and go back to her life as a stew on a star cruiser. But when she arrives, Cat is gone. That wouldn’t be so bad, but then her own chances of leaving the planet are destroyed...
  • Vengeful Heart by Tiffany Roberts

    Vengeful Heart by Tiffany Roberts

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    When his mate is threatened, nothing burns hotter than his wrath.Against all odds, Arcanthus found Samantha, his beautiful, sweet terran mate. His fated one. Her love shattered the barriers around his heart.After defeating a ghost from his past, Arc thinks he and Samantha are safe to move on with their lives. But she has a past of her own, and it refuses to let her go.He nearly lost her once...
  • Draekon Fever by Lee Savino, Lili Zander

    Draekon Fever by Lee Savino, Lili Zander

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Once upon a time, two dragons saved the virgin... Being the only virgin on the prison planet isn't so bad. No, actually, it totally sucks!There are two Draekons who are interested in me. Well, I thought they were, but they keep blowing hot and cold. They won't make a move. It's infuriating! Whatever! I have no use for broody aliens. None at all. No matter how gorgeous they are...
  • Her Commanders by M.K. Eidem

    Her Commanders by M.K. Eidem

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Cali has spent her entire existence hiding everything she truly is from everyone… including her family. Love isn't something she believes in. She's seen the harm that so-called emotion can cause in her own parents' relationship and wants no part of it.Star Base Commander Jamis Dexxirs and his Sub Commander Taarig Ynn are well known for their attitudes toward females and their sexual preferences...
  • Reckless by Miranda Bridges

    Reckless by Miranda Bridges

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    My 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...
  • Vixin by Tana Stone

    Vixin by Tana Stone

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    It's the most wonderful time of the year...to be stranded with an alien on an ice planet.Noelle is finally leaving her job on the Drexian space station and going home to Scotland for the holidays. Two things she didn't expect: to be sharing the trip with a hot Neebix named Vixin and for their ship to crash land on a frozen planet...
    Categorized as:
    aliens  paranormal  steamy  adult  book  fiction  holidays  sci-fi
  • Home World by Erin Raegan

    Home World by Erin Raegan

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    PeytonI 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...
  • Alien Mercenary's Prize by Mina Carter

    Alien Mercenary's Prize by Mina Carter

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Natalia 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...
    Categorized as:
    aliens  paranormal  steamy  adult  book  fiction  warriors  sci-fi
  • Alien Sentinel's Mate by Mina Carter

    Alien Sentinel's Mate by Mina Carter

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Being rescued by aliens doesn’t mean she’s going to marry one… not unless he’s hot. Asking would help too.The problem is the only alien warrior Gracie is interested in hasn’t asked. Seren K’Vass is the epitome of the strong, silent type. Emotionally avoidant with a bad boy vibe, if he was human, she’d climb him like a tree. Hell, she’d climb him like a tree anyway...
  • Dark Cure by Cynthia Sax

    Dark Cure by Cynthia Sax

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A warrior seeking forever faces a medic living in the moment. Gisella, the Refuge’s medic, is dedicated to her role. She doesn’t have the space in her lifespan for love, a mate, or children. Healing is her entire focus. But she’s also a female in her prime. She has needs, wants, cravings…especially for a scarred, long-haired barbarian warrior temporarily residing in the settlement...
  • Command Control by Viola Grace

    Command Control by Viola Grace

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Maya worked hard jobs all her life, and a devastating explosion at sea turned her from a hard worker into a crispy critter. Bedridden and blind, she accepts the order from the Volunteer Project and gets herself reset into a body that can move and skin that isn’t black...
  • Blood Proxy by Viola Grace

    Blood Proxy by Viola Grace

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Trained as a Companion for the Alliance, Eleanor Palmer has had a recurring assignment on the Vimpyr homeworld. When death and treachery takes the king and his heir, she takes action and runs with the only surviving member of the bloodline in tow. As Commander Matias joins both herself and her charge, she learns what it is to become Vimpyr. To be the Vimpyr heir's Blood Proxy...
    Categorized as:
    aliens  paranormal  steamy  vampires  adult  book  fiction  futuristic
  • Brutal Capture by Lee Savino, Tabitha Black

    Brutal Capture by Lee Savino, Tabitha Black

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The Hunter King captures his Omega…They call him the Hunter King. No one knows his real name.He’s big and handsome, powerful and brutal.And he’s just captured me.Let me back up. I’m on an alien planet. I don’t know how I got here or who I am. I don’t remember anything but my name. Haley.I’m the only human among many females who are part of the annual Moonlight Hunt. The warriors are the hunters...
    Categorized as:
    aliens  fated-mates  paranormal  steamy  adult  book  fiction  monsters
  • 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...
  • Kruze: Companion Novellas, includes Allor by Ava Ross

    Kruze: Companion Novellas, includes Allor by Ava Ross

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    2 Companion Novellas in the Brides of Driegon Series, KRUZE & ALLORFOR KRUZE:An alien dragon warrior claims she’s his fated mate, but she plans to return to Earth. Will he convince her to stay?ClaraA hot alien dragonish dude seems to think I’m his mate. No way! Sure, I came to the Driegon Kingdom with the matched brides, but I was hired to take pictures...
  • Not Compatible by Viola Grace

    Not Compatible by Viola Grace

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She works at a space station catering to everyone else’s virtual fantasies. When a man gets stuck in the scenario she must wake the sleeping prince.Styra works at the Blue Station and has been programming since she was able to reach a keyboard. When she became and adult she went from writing the simple scenarios and backgrounds to guiding tangled clients through the environments they had selected...
  • Quit by Viola Grace

    Quit by Viola Grace

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Minerva has been acting as Recruiter Norz for years. Her mind can split into eight different directions and propel the bot bodies in areas where the alien might be in danger. When her daughter was taken from her too soon, she had to split her off time between taking care of herself and monitoring her child growing in the tank. In the battle between her and her child, she was losing herself...
    Categorized as:
    aliens  paranormal  space-opera  steamy  adult  book  fiction  grief
  • Neutral by Viola Grace

    Neutral by Viola Grace

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Ariadne loves calligraphy, the pen and ink meeting paper and the strange rituals that go with it. It gives her a focus and a reason to move forward, day by day. The rituals move her along, and it is her skill with the pen that gets her into the Volunteer Program.Training as a scribe brings her to the empire of Hredu as the means to slow the flow of requests to the emperor...
    Categorized as:
    aliens  paranormal  space-opera  steamy  adult  book  fiction  royalty
  • Mrax by Layla Nash, Juno Wells

    Mrax by Layla Nash, Juno Wells

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Earther and alien. Love and logic. Fire and... thermite. Rowan MacLeod is tough as nails. Life was hard on Earth, but she's determined to let nothing hold her back... even after ending up on a rusty bucket of a spaceship surrounded by barbarian aliens. A special mission to resurrect old fighter craft for the rebels is her best chance to prove herself... until disaster finds her again...
    Categorized as:
    aliens  paranormal  steamy  adult  audiobook  book  fiction  sci-fi
  • Geared Up by Viola Grace

    Geared Up by Viola Grace

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Born to master mechanics, she fights her way into the Guardians and finds a path to glory when she gears up.Niad has controlled herself since returning from the Citadel. She has kept out of the public eye and kept off the Guardians’ radar. Her talent is not encouraged by her people, and she is not legally allowed to participate in a rescue, a natural disaster or any law-enforcement actions...
  • Veiled Vixen by K.C. Cross, J.A. Huss

    Veiled Vixen by K.C. Cross, J.A. Huss

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    All 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...
  • Logic by Viola Grace

    Logic by Viola Grace

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A criminal analyst with no social life fascinates a superhero during a hostage taking where she was the hostage, until she wasn’t.Beryl lives a quiet life taking online classes and working on solving cases for her brother when he needs a second pair of eyes. Her skills gain her the notice of the Volunteer Project, and she is encouraged to go and get a life of her own...
    Categorized as:
    aliens  paranormal  space-opera  steamy  vampires  adult  book  fae
  • Loved in Space by Mina Carter, Eve Langlais

    Loved in Space by Mina Carter, Eve Langlais

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Six 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...
  • Pets in Space 4 by S.E. Smith, Anna Hackett

    Pets in Space 4 by S.E. Smith, Anna Hackett

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    For 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...
  • Pets in Space 5 by S.E. Smith, Regine Abel

    Pets in Space 5 by S.E. Smith, Regine Abel

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Are you ready? Pets in Space® 5 is back for the fifth amazing year! Twelve of today’s top Science Fiction Romance authors have written 12 original, never-before-released stories filled with action, adventure, suspense, humor, and romance that will take you out of this world. The giving doesn’t stop there...
  • Bringing Heat by Viola Grace

    Bringing Heat by Viola Grace

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Her life on Earth had died decades earlier; helping to bring heat to a frozen world seems like a good use of her time.The love of her life died when they were teens, and Idalia had no plans for any kind of future. When a woman named Minerva arrived near the lighthouse where she spent her days escorting tourists and made Idalia an offer, it was a no-brainer. Nothing or something...
    Categorized as:
    aliens  paranormal  space-opera  steamy  adult  book  dragons  fiction
  • ‎Unexpected Hero by Viola Grace

    ‎Unexpected Hero by Viola Grace

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Kidnapped, ransomed, and rejected, she didn’t think things could get any worse until she realized that the rescue approaching was going to have conditions.Misty survived a horrible life and terrible parents and siblings to make it across the stars when her world ended. Those that hurt her were on the same ship...
  • Dealers' Choice by Susan Hayes

    Dealers' Choice by Susan Hayes

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    New game. New rules. One choice.One bad decision plunged cyborg batch-brothers Victor and Ward into a nightmare they barely survived. Now, they're reclaiming their lives and trying to move forward, but it's a battle they can't win alone. Helping them let go of the past is a beautiful doctor with a soft heart and hard rules about never getting involved with her patients.Dr...
  • Hidden Instinct by Viola Grace

    Hidden Instinct by Viola Grace

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Yadeel finds herself fired, kidnapped and threatened with dissection on the same day. Being rescued is needed but it doesn’t turn out the way she expects.Yadeel has been teaching for the last six years as far away from home as she can get without coming back. She gets fired and abducted two weeks from the end of her contract and wakes in a cell...
  • Tchaikovsky by Tasha Black

    Tchaikovsky by Tasha Black

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Can a homesick space pirate and a broken alien heal each other’s hearts? Angel signed up with the Space Cadets to join her twin brother after he left to explore new frontiers. Instead, her stasis pod was lost in space. Now, hundreds of years later, Angel has been rescued, but all her hopes and dreams are dead. Becoming a space pirate seems as good a way to fill her time as any other...
  • Barbarian Alien Part 6: Forever by Ruby Dixon

    Barbarian Alien Part 6: Forever by Ruby Dixon

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Everything seems to be piling on at once: I'm pregnant, the aliens are revolting against my mate, and not even my human friends have my back. It's time for me to buck the system to get what I want. But can I go against everything to claim the guy as mine?Even if it means exile with him?BARBARIAN ALIEN is a sequel to ICE PLANET BARBARIANS...
  • Barbarian Alien Part 5: Claimed by Ruby Dixon

    Barbarian Alien Part 5: Claimed by Ruby Dixon

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I've claimed my alien for my mate, just in time for both of us to be dragged back to the tribal caves. I'm reunited with my human friends but it's not a happy occasion.Raahosh has broken the laws of his people...and now they want to take him from me.BARBARIAN ALIEN is a sequel to ICE PLANET BARBARIANS...
    Categorized as:
    steamy  paranormal  aliens  sci-fi  romance  fiction  book  adult
  • Barbarian Alien Part 3: Asunder by Ruby Dixon

    Barbarian Alien Part 3: Asunder by Ruby Dixon

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    My alien and I have reached a truce, sort of. He treats me like an equal, and I lick him everywhere I can. Well, okay, so that's not the exact terms of the truce, but it's what I'm going with. I'm not falling for the big guy.I'm not.Really.But when he saves my life, I regret not giving in to my body's demands. And now it might be too late...BARBARIAN ALIEN is a sequel to ICE PLANET BARBARIANS...
    Categorized as:
    paranormal  aliens  steamy  sci-fi  romance  fiction  book  adult
  • His Little Topaz by Paige Michaels

    His Little Topaz by Paige Michaels

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    It’s Kendra’s turn to find out what it means to have a Papi of her own.Engaged to a man she can’t stand, Kendra visits Club Zoom several times in hopes an Eleadian hunk will claim her and whisk her away from her looming arranged marriage. It’s a longshot, but it’s her only hope.Bialar watches the blond from the control room for several nights. He knows better than to approach her...
  • His Little Sapphire by Paige Michaels

    His Little Sapphire by Paige Michaels

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    It’s Chrissy’s turn to find out what it means to have a Papi of her own.Faced with tremendous medical bills following her mother’s death, Christine needs a second job. She knows Club Zoom only hires men, but she’s desperate, so she applies under the misleading name of Chris...
  • Timcur: Warlord Brides by Ava York, Starr Huntress

    Timcur: Warlord Brides by Ava York, Starr Huntress

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She's everything he ever wanted in a mate. But this is the worst possible time...Timcur has devoted his life to duty, honor and the war against the Suhlik.Now that he and his crew have been framed as outlaws, his world has fallen down around him.Brilliant, beautiful Nora is more than he'd ever dreamed of...
  • Ensnared by the Rabbit Genius by Delaney Rain

    Ensnared by the Rabbit Genius by Delaney Rain

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Ellis Cole is an FBI research analyst assigned to observe a giant white rabbit while he’s on Earth. Wherever he goes, Ellis must follow. Never told to be covert about it, Ellis finds the only way for him to keep up is by slowing his bouncy bunny down. Getting naked wasn’t part of the plan, but it seems to be working...
    Categorized as:
    aliens  fated-mates  steamy  paranormal  romance  mlm  fantasy  lgbtq
  • Captive by Tana Stone

    Captive by Tana Stone

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Snatched by bounty hunters. Captured by aliens. Guarded by a warrior with a dangerous secret. It wasn’t bad enough that scientist Max Dryden was taken as a bounty by an all-female space bounty hunter crew. Nope, that was only the beginning. When the bounty hunters were marooned on a sand planet, she was captured by aliens and taken to their city...
    Categorized as:
    aliens  paranormal  steamy  adult  audiobook  book  female-mc  fiction
  • One Big Bite by Michele Mills

    One Big Bite by Michele Mills

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    “Who stole my lunch?” Cannibal’s carefully packed work lunches keep disappearing day after day. Only his. Grrr. Someone obviously appreciates expert cooking, but this constant thievery is about to throw him into a berserker rage. He has to track down this atrocity.“Don’t feed it,” his brothers warn, “you’ll just encourage it to scavenge...
  • Daisy's Decision by Ruby Dixon

    Daisy's Decision by Ruby Dixon

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I fear I've made a mistake.I left a pampered life and a loveless relationship to live on an icy, primeval world, all for the promise of a soulmate and children. But three years have passed, and my hopes and dreams have become dashed. I haven't resonated. Without resonance, there will be no children for me, and no loving mate.So I keep waiting, and waiting..
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