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  • Between Worlds Two by J.L. Williams

    Between Worlds Two by J.L. Williams

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Inspired by the likes of James Galloway's Subjugation and John Scalzi's Old Man's War, Between Worlds is a thrilling military sci-fi set in a strange new universe..
  • The Katres' Summer by Laura Jo Phillips

    The Katres' Summer by Laura Jo Phillips

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The galactic adventure begun in The Dracons’ Woman and The Lobos’ HeartSong, takes everything to a new level in the most exciting installment yet in Laura Jo Phillips’ thrill-packed “Soul-Linked Saga,” The Katres’ Summer...
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  • Wolves and Warriors by Chloe Parker, Kathryn Ann Kingsley

    Wolves and Warriors by Chloe Parker, Kathryn Ann Kingsley

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    What do shifters, monsters, and aliens have in common?They're the alpha men we crave.Prepare to tame villains and bring kings to their knees. Travel to distant worlds and uncover dark secrets in these 20 stories by your favorite paranormal and sci-fi romance authors.You can't resist falling for these heroes, whether you like them dark and brooding, sweet and sensual, monstrous or beautiful...
  • I Am the Fire by Chloe Parker, Mariah Ankenman

    I Am the Fire by Chloe Parker, Mariah Ankenman

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    We will not go back.A 1920s illusionist uses smoke and mirrors to deceive her clients into thinking they're being seduced. A princess recovers from a procedure with the help of four hot fae. A lawyer witch plans a protest, falling in love with a werewolf along the way...
  • Breaths of Desire by Octavia Kore

    Breaths of Desire by Octavia Kore

    Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A forbidden attraction, an unexpected love, and a madman willing to risk it all to keep humanity pure...
  • Mate Hunt by Amber Kell

    Mate Hunt by Amber Kell

    Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Joriah is banished to the dragonworld by his father to find his mate. But when he arrives he finds things aren't always what they seem. Kings, dukes and baby dragons all vie for attention as Jory tries to figure out who is really his mate and who is trying to kill him. Warning: There is hot man/man action...
  • Adaptation by Kaitlyn O'Connor

    Adaptation by Kaitlyn O'Connor

    Rated: 3.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Dr. Kate Drexel had just begun to suspect that the ‘beasts of Sirius’ were far more intelligent than they’d believed when the Sirians escaped containment. What no one hadn’t suspected was the reason behind their amazingly complex genome or that their rapid cell regeneration pointed to more than an extraordinary adaptability...
  • Stowaway by Talya Bosco

    Stowaway by Talya Bosco

    Rated: 3.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Stowaway Talya Bosco Aurelia is on the run. Stowing away on an interstellar cargo ship seems the perfect solution. Except for the fact it's crewed by three very large, scary and extremely sexy men. Ursine traders Dov, Tarlo and Ardal are a bonded family. That means they share everything. When the golden-haired beauty reveals herself, they fully intend to share her...
  • Lord of Shadows by Cassandra Clare

    Lord of Shadows by Cassandra Clare

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 70 ratings
    Would you trade your soul mate for your soul?A Shadowhunter’s life is bound by duty. Constrained by honor. The word of a Shadowhunter is a solemn pledge, and no vow is more sacred than the vow that binds parabatai, warrior partners—sworn to fight together, die together, but never to fall in love...
  • Venery by C.M. Stunich

    Venery by C.M. Stunich

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 20 ratings
    I’ve been abducted by an alien in a cowboy hat.He needs me to play the role of fake fiancée to appease his family of tentacle-tailed cops.I’ll keep up the charade as long as I need if it means being reunited with Abraxas and Rurik.Shouldn’t be too hard, right? To play pretend …My life force is now inextricably tied to handsome, gun totin’ Officer Hyt...
  • Beyond Happily Ever After: Closed Doors by Kit Rocha

    Beyond Happily Ever After: Closed Doors by Kit Rocha

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 13 ratings
    Caution: this story is not meant to stand alone. The Beyond Happily Ever After stories are vignettes and outtakes showing the O'Kanes in their daily lives, in between the adventures and often after their happy endings. These stories were written exclusively for readers and fans of the series, and will probably not make very much sense to anyone not familiar with the characters...
  • There's Snow Escape by Milly Taiden

    There's Snow Escape by Milly Taiden

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 25 ratings
    Curvy Charlotte Marzan just got invited to visit another planet. A shifter planet where her best friend is getting married to a lion king. If that isn’t strange enough, two panty-melting hot guys are looking at this big girl like she’s a piece of cake and they haven’t had dessert in years...
  • Ravaged by Monsters by Katie May, Ann Denton

    Ravaged by Monsters by Katie May, Ann Denton

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 45 ratings
    Monsters own the world. And now, they own me.There are two roles for a human—either you’re a monster’s pet or you’re dead.When I’m ripped from my family and the resistance at the age of eighteen, I think my life is over.One second, I’m fighting against the monsters who enslaved us for years, and the next, I’m on a stage, waiting to be bid on by the very beasts I hunted and killed...
  • Her Commanders by M.K. Eidem

    Her Commanders by M.K. Eidem

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 12 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...
  • Savage Traitor by Stella Brie

    Savage Traitor by Stella Brie

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Murder, Theft, BetrayalDisappearing into alias after alias to elude an obsessive stalker, Henley Davis has become an expert at hiding. When her mentor is murdered, she’s tempted to fall into old habits and run, but the need for justice burns white hot. Using her formidable tech skills, she follows the trail left by the killers straight into the heart of Savage Enterprises, Inc...
  • Feral by Grace McGinty

    Feral by Grace McGinty

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 26 ratings
    They say that cats and women will do what they want, and that had never been more true than in the case of Kitten. I mean, she didn’t even have a name; my best friend Beckett and I had named her Kitten when we were fifteen. She’d been dumped on the edge of Maxton, that much was obvious. We hadn’t know when, or why, but she’d been living out there for so long she was a hissing, spitting mess...
  • Clan, Honor, and Empire by Tracy St. John

    Clan, Honor, and Empire by Tracy St. John

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Dramok Rajhir has never had to go without. He’s been blessed with the best schooling, a prestigious pedigree, a fine home, plus all the intimate companionship a young Kalquorian male could ask for. But with status comes responsibility. His father insists Rajhir assume his place in Kalquorian society as soon as possible...
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    aliens  m-m  m-m-m  queer  contemporary  erotica  bdsm  science fiction
  • Progeny by Rebecca Rathe

    Progeny by Rebecca Rathe

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 24 ratings
    I don’t know who I am or what happened to me.I know that I’ve been running, but from what I don’t know. And I know that the five men surrounding my hospital bed are important, possibly even precious to me, but they all swear they haven’t met me before.They say they feel it too, this familiarity, this connection...
  • Whisperer by Lexie Winston

    Whisperer by Lexie Winston

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    Blood, sex, and magic… Isn’t there a song that goes something like that? Or maybe that's just what you get in a typical afternoon spent with a Vilaxian. Throw in a few loving mates, one that just so happens to have tentacles, a cyborg doctor with mad sex skills, along with a warlock hell-bent on protecting me. and you have a running episode of “Life with Lila...
  • Personal Demons by Elliott Kay

    Personal Demons by Elliott Kay

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 17 ratings
    Alex always knew romance would be complicated. When love came into his life with wings and horns, he knew those complications would be a little unusual. Four months after meeting Rachel and Lorelei, Alex finally has a handle on divine visitations, supernatural enemies, and the echoes of reincarnation. He might even survive bringing an angel and a demon home for Christmas with the family...
  • Stagehand by Lexie Winston

    Stagehand by Lexie Winston

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    If you had asked me two years ago where I would be, living on a space ship on the dark side of the moon, learning how to run an alien circus was not in the top one hundred. It wasn’t even in the top one million...
  • Retribution by Rebecca Rathe

    Retribution by Rebecca Rathe

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 18 ratings
    I came to warn them, but instead I put them in the line of fire.Now one piece of my heart is missing, while the other pieces are forced to leave behind everything they’ve ever known to protect me.The truth about who I am and where I came from weighs on me...
    Categorized as:
    m-m  m-m-m  queer  reverse harem  suspense  mystery  bondage  bdsm
  • Clan and Conviction by Tracy St. John

    Clan and Conviction by Tracy St. John

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 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...
  • Cosmic Kiss by Clio Evans

    Cosmic Kiss by Clio Evans

    Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 22 ratings
    "Prepare to be scandalized by the hottest shooting star in the universe…"Stella is a rising star in her intergalactic troupe. Focused on her blooming career, she never expected to be blindsided by one handsome alien, let alone two.Prince Zin and Chancellor Toras are determined to win their dazzling human over, even if they have to put their differences aside...
    Categorized as:
    aliens  m-m  queer  paranormal  fantasy  reverse harem  erotica  poly
  • Illumination by Kaitlyn O'Connor

    Illumination by Kaitlyn O'Connor

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Tormented by a past he discovered had never existed, the hunter Seth had begun to suspect the unpalatable, unbelievable truth long before he came face to face with ... himself. Simon, the rogue Cyborg, identical to him in every way but one: Simon had no soul. He hadn't been born. Simon had been created in a lab just, as his partner Cole had been...
  • Lost Star (Interstellar Service & Discipline .5) by Morgan Hawke

    Lost Star (Interstellar Service & Discipline .5) by Morgan Hawke

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Prequel to Victorious Star Series: Interstellar Service & Discipline . Series Note: Although set in the same futuristic world, all of the stories in the Interstellar Service & Discipline series may be read as standalone books. Once upon a time, before the Victorious Star, there were a prince and a prisoner..
  • Rules of Engagement by Kaitlyn O'Connor

    Rules of Engagement by Kaitlyn O'Connor

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    War is all that any of them have ever known, but the strategies the cyborgs, Kameron, Damien, Gavin, and Kyle, are familiar with don't seem to work nearly as well in their campaign to win Zoe. She's human, after all and completely unpredictable...
  • Come Back to Me by Sirena Song

    Come Back to Me by Sirena Song

    Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 29 ratings
    Lizzy Lockstead recognized her pack as a girl. Too bad they didn’t. After years of pinning for Jacob and his pack, Lizzy has given up on fated mates, scent-matches, and love. Coming into her twenty-first year after graduating from the state Omega Finishing Academy, she makes her way back home to Knotty Pines, resigned to settle for a life without her alphas by her side...
  • Omega's Choosing by Evie Burks

    Omega's Choosing by Evie Burks

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 5 ratings
    One omega for two alphas. What could possibly go wrong?Adelyn has known from a young age that she would have to follow the guidelines laid out by the government… but dreaming about alphas and seeing them in real life are two very different things. In real life they’re hard, dangerous, and only interested in one thing, her. Claiming her. Breeding her. Making her theirs...
  • Theirs to Crave by Rowan Merrick

    Theirs to Crave by Rowan Merrick

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 6 ratings
    Estrella's life wasn't exactly going to plan: divorced, childless, and halfway to forty. But she was getting by. She had her work, her brother, and several "friends" in her nightstand happy to help out if she got lonely.Then she woke up on an alien ship.Suddenly, "just getting by" took on a much greater meaning...
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