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  • Miles Errant (Vorkosigan Saga (Publication Order) #5, 5.3 & 8) by Lois McMaster Bujold

    Miles Errant (Vorkosigan Saga (Publication Order) #5, 5.3 & 8) by Lois McMaster Bujold

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Contains: The Borders of InfinityBrothers in Arms Mirror DanceMiles Naismith--in the person of his two alter-egos Admiral Naismith and Lieutenant Lord Vorkosigan--embarks on a perilous series of adventures, from the liberation of Barrayaran allies from a Cetagandan POW camp to the rescue of clone children scheduled to be murdered for their bodies...
  • Miles, Mutants, and Microbes (Vorkosigan Saga (Publication Order) #4, 5.2 & 13) by Lois McMaster Bujold

    Miles, Mutants, and Microbes (Vorkosigan Saga (Publication Order) #4, 5.2 & 13) by Lois McMaster Bujold

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Content: Falling free Labyrinth Diplomatic immunity Miles Vorkosigan/Naismith : his life and times.Two complete novels and a short novel in one large volume:Falling Free—The Nebula Award-winning novel. Leo Graf was just your typical efficient engineer: mind your own business and do the job...
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  • Dark Strength by Cynthia Sax, Amanda Kelsey

    Dark Strength by Cynthia Sax, Amanda Kelsey

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    The Bigger They Are, The Harder They Fall. Balvan, the Refuge’s Gatekeeper, is huge, green, and has a reputation for crushing skulls. He’s a modified humanoid, genetically designed to be the ultimate warrior. One of a kind and considered monstrous by many, he never expects to find his mate, the one female meant for him...
  • Destin's Hold by S.E. Smith

    Destin's Hold by S.E. Smith

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 14 ratings
    Internationally acclaimed, New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author of Science Fiction, Urban Fantasy, and Paranormal Romance, S.E. Smith, brings another action, adventure, and suspense-filled story to transport readers out of this world! Destin Parks will do whatever it takes to rebuild the city he calls home, even if it means working with another alien ambassador...
  • Guardian by Anna Hackett

    Guardian by Anna Hackett

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Rescued 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...
  • Brilliant Starlight by Anna Carven

    Brilliant Starlight by Anna Carven

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Abbey We're back on Silence , orbiting the Dark Planet while my husband handles unfinished business on Kythia. For some reason, he seems a little bit tense. According to Tarak, Kythian politics can be complicated, especially when the entire Kordolian Empire has just been destroyed. I hope things don't get too complicated, because I don't want to be stuck here for too long...
  • Going Ballistic by Dorothy Grant

    Going Ballistic by Dorothy Grant

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When her plane tries to come apart at apogee during a hijack, ballistic airline pilot Michelle Lauden handles the worst day she could imagine. After getting down without losing any passengers or crew, though, she finds her troubles have just begun!The country she's landed in has just declared independence from the Federation...
  • Imperator by Anna Hackett

    Imperator by Anna Hackett

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Space 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...
  • Sagitta by Ruby Lionsdrake

    Sagitta by Ruby Lionsdrake

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Dr. Tala Matapang thought the most challenging part about getting kidnapped by slavers from another planet would be escaping, not butting heads with the obstinate Star Guardian captain who rescued her. She’s been working in his sickbay, and it's refreshing not having to deal with the politics and bureaucracy she faced as a surgeon back home, but Captain Sagitta is as infuriating as he is handsome...
  • Cajole by Jenny Schwartz

    Cajole by Jenny Schwartz

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    If 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...
  • The Borders of Infinity by Lois McMaster Bujold

    The Borders of Infinity by Lois McMaster Bujold

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    [A Miles Vorkosigan Story] Miles infiltrates a prison camp at Dagoola IV, where he plots from within to free the prisoners. [Publisher's Note: The Borders of Infinity was originally published as a stand-alone novella in the anthology Free Lancers in September 1987. It was then included in the novel Borders of Infinity (October 1989). For the novel, Ms...
  • Ritual in Death / Missing in Death by J.D. Robb

    Ritual in Death / Missing in Death by J.D. Robb

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Dark, mystifying and powerful forces are at work in these two superb J.D. Robb short stories.Ritual in DeathWhen a naked, knife-wielding man who thinks he has killed someone crashes a glamorous ball she's attending, Lieutenant Eve Dallas is almost relieved. The clues point towards ritual murder, but Eve knows there is nothing supernatural about a deadly lust for power..
  • Winterfair Gifts by Lois McMaster Bujold

    Winterfair Gifts by Lois McMaster Bujold

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    Miles Vorkosigan and his fiancée Ekaterin are enjoying the Winterfair festivities and wedding gifts on their home planet Barrayar, but Miles’ enemies are at work. Sergeant Taura, a genetically engineered young woman Miles befriended, helps uncover the sinister plot. A double dose of romance enlivens this delightful novella in the New York Times bestselling Vorkosigan saga...
  • Faith, Part 3 by Grace Goodwin

    Faith, Part 3 by Grace Goodwin

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    The traitor within the Jax household has been found, and the repercussions are staggering, with Faith barely surviving and their mating destroyed. But Faith has always been unpredictable—just ask her sisters— and nothing will stop her from getting what she wants…and she wants Thor. Even if it kills her...
  • Diplomatic Immunity by Lois McMaster Bujold

    Diplomatic Immunity by Lois McMaster Bujold

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    Returning from their honeymoon on Earth, Miles and Ekaterin stop at one of the asteroid-based habitats informally known as Quaddiespace (see FALLING FREE), where Miles is sent to defuse an incident between a Barryaran military command and the local police...
  • Doubt by Jenny Schwartz

    Doubt by Jenny Schwartz

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Alien mysteries. Parental responsibilities. The scout ship Kangaroo has jumped into trouble.Nora Devi intended to leave her old life behind. But when a quick detour to acquire the funds for a new identity goes awry, she finds herself plunged ever deeper into the troubles she hoped to avoid.The Human Sector is a stash of fuel cells just waiting for a spark to explode...
  • Holmes by Anna Hackett

    Holmes by Anna Hackett

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The battle of survival against the invading aliens heats up…but Hell Squad never quits. General Adam Holmes’ life is dedicated to keeping his small band of survivors alive. On the run, with only Hell Squad and the other soldiers for protection, they are making their last dangerous drive to the secret stronghold of the Enclave...
  • Cetaganda by Lois McMaster Bujold

    Cetaganda by Lois McMaster Bujold

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 33 ratings
    The fifth installment of the Hugo-award winning adventures of Miles Vorkosigan.In this novel Miles Vorkosigan and his cousin Ivan travel to Cetaganda, the long-standing enemy of Barrayar, to represent their Barrayar at the funeral of the mother of the Cetagandan emperor...
  • Starfighter Command: Game 2 by Grace Goodwin

    Starfighter Command: Game 2 by Grace Goodwin

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    I'm obsessed with the game.I spend so many hours playing that I dream about dangerous missions on other worlds...and my gorgeous, in-game training partner, Kassius. That is, until I win. I beat the Starfighter Training Academy...
  • Zakota by Ruby Lionsdrake

    Zakota by Ruby Lionsdrake

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Katie Saunders isn’t used to sitting on her butt, but she’s been stuck doing exactly that as the Star Guardians fly all over the galaxy, trying to get her and the other kidnapped women back home. Now it looks like they have to engage in a battle against evil aliens before making the final flight to Earth. Since they’ve captured an extra ship and are short on pilots, Katie wants to help...
  • Redemption by Sandra R. Neeley

    Redemption by Sandra R. Neeley

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Cast aside and forced to live apart from his family as a child, Rokai ahl has become insolent, resentful, angry, borderline criminal, and a general outcast as an adult. He has managed to build a life for himself in which he answers to no one and nothing. His loyalty lies with only himself...
  • Bound: A Sci-Fi Alien Warrior Romance by Tana Stone

    Bound: A Sci-Fi Alien Warrior Romance by Tana Stone

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    She’s been given a choice. Mate with the part-cyborg alien who abducted her. Or die. For Shreya, taking an alien for a mate was never in the cards. As one of the human women who rejected the idea of being a tribute bride to the Drexian warriors, she was just fine without a big, hulking alien. Even if they are gorgeous...
  • Astray by Jenny Schwartz

    Astray by Jenny Schwartz

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Nora Devi is a xeno-archaeologist with a complicated past. She has buried more secrets than she’s dug up. Widowed in the recently ended twelve year war between Capitoline and Palantine, she now makes a living as an independent tagger in border space.Captain Liam Kimani could be credited with ending the latest royal war. Instead, he’s blamed for it...
  • The Arcav Guard's Female by Hope Hart

    The Arcav Guard's Female by Hope Hart

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    She’s on a quest for revenge… ...But he’s on a mission to make her his... After being abducted by aliens and rescued by the Arcav, all Peyton wants is revenge. Well, that, and a trip straight back home to Earth where she belongs.  She’s not interested in the handsome Arcav Guard who stares at her so intently. Even if he does make her wish she’d met him before her captivity...
  • A Darkside Interlude (Darkstar Mercenaries .5) by Anna Carven

    A Darkside Interlude (Darkstar Mercenaries .5) by Anna Carven

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Commander Iskar Gar-Kurai isn't impressed by humans or their backwater planet. If he had his way, he'd be working closer to home, on a planet where it wasn't so infernally hot ... But orders are orders, especially when they come from the very top. If he's going to be on Earth for the long term, Iskar needs to learn more about its strange inhabitants...
  • Agent of Change by Sharon Lee, Steve Miller

    Agent of Change by Sharon Lee, Steve Miller

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 21 ratings
    IT STARTS WITH A MAN WHO WAS NOT WHAT HE SEEMED... “The man who was not Terrence O’Grady had come quietly.” Introducing Val Con yos’Phelium – interstellar spy, starship pilot, musician, and incidentally, a brother to Clutch Turtles...
  • Bonded To The Alien Centurion by Mina Carter

    Bonded To The Alien Centurion by Mina Carter

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 14 ratings
    Behind ‘enemy lines’ the last thing she expects is a sexy alien warrior determined to make her his… When things screw up in diplomatic talks with the Lathar Dani Black finds herself lined up for the one thing every dyed in the wool soldier dreads… a diplomatic function...
  • Blood Echo by Christopher Rice

    Blood Echo by Christopher Rice

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    A conspiracy that promises bloodshed and the only woman who can stop it collide in the page-turning thriller by Christopher Rice, Amazon Charts bestselling author of Bone Music. Kidnapped and raised by serial killers, Charlotte Rowe suffered an ordeal that made her infamous. Everyone in the world knew who she was...
  • Tempt Me Eternally by Gena Showalter

    Tempt Me Eternally by Gena Showalter

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    New York Times bestselling author Gena Showalter's Tempt Me Eternally is now available from S&S Audio for the first time! Gena Showalter puts a daring spin on a tale of huntress and hunted…and concocts a sensual chemistry that is positively explosive. Aleaha Love can be anyone—literally. With only skin-to-skin contact, she can change her appearance and assume any identity...
  • Damnation by Jean Johnson

    Damnation by Jean Johnson

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    It began with a terrible vision of the future. Compelled by her precognitive abilities, Ia must somehow save her home galaxy long after she’s gone...
  • Roth by Anna Hackett

    Roth by Anna Hackett

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    In the aftermath of a deadly alien invasion, a band of survivors fights on… Roth Masters is a protector to the bone. Driven by the losses of his past, he fights side-by-side with Hell Squad to protect the human survivors of the alien invasion. As leader of Squad Nine, he and his team are known for their perfect timing in a firefight...
  • Buried Flames by Kennedy Layne

    Buried Flames by Kennedy Layne

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Mason Sykes had served many years in the Marine Corps for his country. His loyalty and sacrifice had left him disfigured—inside and out. He didn’t harbor regrets, especially since he’d finally found the peace and quiet he’d always desired on a Nebraska farm. Brenna Helm was a country girl through and through, right down to her cowgirl boots...
  • Space Deputy by Jenny Schwartz

    Space Deputy by Jenny Schwartz

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    A millennia into the future, the Saloon Sector is a mix of the 1950s and the Wild West, with robots. It’s where careers go to die. Thelma Bach graduated top of her class after four years at the Galactic Justice Academy. But she’s a Rock Sector citizen. The core worlders were never going to let her transcend her background...
  • Trailblazer by Michelle Diener

    Trailblazer by Michelle Diener

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    He's on a mission . . . She's running for her life . . . And if they get off-planet alive, she'll have to trust he won't reveal her darkest secret. Tally Riva is not what she seems, and even she's not happy about it. Infected, invaded, she's not quite sure how to describe it, but on a disastrous mission to a ghost ship, something burrowed its way into her body. Into her mind...
  • His Choice by Sheila Kell

    His Choice by Sheila Kell

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    AJ Hamilton never expected his life to spiral so low. Tangled up with Baltimore's largest crime boss, The Magician, he is ordered to threaten a bothersome reporter. His attraction to Megan Rogers was as unexpected as was their heated encounter. AJ tries to warn her off. When she doesn't heed his advice, he's forced to protect her from herself...
  • Girl From Above: Trust by Pippa DaCosta

    Girl From Above: Trust by Pippa DaCosta

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    “I didn’t sign up to die a hero.” ~ Caleb. Chen Hung closes in. The nine systems hang perilously close to a second fatal Blackout. Billions of lives are at stake. Does Captain Caleb Shepperd have what it takes to save the nine systems, or just himself? Caleb never wanted to be a hero. That was his brother’s dream. Keep it simple, get away clean...
  • Lost in Barbarian Space: A Phoenix Adventures Sci-fi Romance by Anna Hackett

    Lost in Barbarian Space: A Phoenix Adventures Sci-fi Romance by Anna Hackett

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A clash of cultures. Security agent versus barbarian warrior. On an expedition to a newly discovered barbarian world, an experienced security agent doesn’t expect to be working with a big, bossy barbarian warrior. Agent Honor Brandall enjoys her job as security agent for the Institute of Historical Preservation’s expedition ships. Adventures to distant planets – awesome...
  • Daegon by Vi Voxley

    Daegon by Vi Voxley

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A warlord's choice is not to be questioned... Zoey Swann deals with the impossible. Impossible assignments, impossible expectations, impossible warlords... But no one's as difficult, infuriating and enthralling as Daegon, the Corgan warlord the curvy diplomat has to convince to not wreak havoc on his own people and the rest of the alliance along with it...
  • Soros by Vi Voxley

    Soros by Vi Voxley

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The worst is yet to come... Kat Edwards is a woman who doesn't consider failure as an option. As a bounty hunter, she's seen the worst that the galaxy has to offer and she's not afraid of it. Or, at least she thought she'd seen the worst. But a certain Corgan warlord might just change her mind on that. Soros is more myth than man...
    Categorized as:
    aliens  military  science fiction  futuristic
  • Kol: Alien Abduction Romance by Vi Voxley

    Kol: Alien Abduction Romance by Vi Voxley

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Forever is no time at all, sometimes. Jackie Hooper is all out of time. An incurable illness at her side, she's trying to make the best of the opportunities she has left. Getting abducted by a Nayanor warlord was not on that list of things to do. But then again, spending your last moments with the hottest man in the universe can't be all bad..
  • Alien Retribution by Sadie Carter

    Alien Retribution by Sadie Carter

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Since the day his family was murdered, Boris has been obsessed with vengeance. The last thing he needs in his life is a mate. Besides, what sort of female would want a scarred, crippled male who has taken a vow of silence? Nope, there is no room in his life for a female. Then he meets Nassir. Beautiful. Fragile. Distant...
  • Bane's Heart by Michelle Howard

    Bane's Heart by Michelle Howard

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Bane Hardusho is one of the famed Jutak Warriors from Team Three fighting for justice. When a potential career ending injury sidelines him, his position within the elite group is jeopardized. A military rehab center holds the only hope of helping him to get back on his feet. He should be concentrating on regaining his ability to walk, not the beautiful medic assistant assigned to help him...
  • Elite Starfighter: Game 3 by Grace Goodwin

    Elite Starfighter: Game 3 by Grace Goodwin

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Two friends have disappeared playing Starfighter Training Academy. No one cares because it's just a game. Right?I know something is wrong. Messed up. Completely off. And no one is paying attention.My BFFs went missing after beating the hottest new multi-player game on the planet, Starfighter Training Academy. They won. They celebrated. They vanished...
  • Taming Jax by Mikayla Lane

    Taming Jax by Mikayla Lane

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Jaxson Adronatof had vowed as a child that she would spend her life hunting the evil that had slaughtered her parents and help those like her, who were different. For 15 years, she’d been the leader of a resistance force and one stubborn, arrogant and frustratingly gorgeous alien claiming she’s his mate isn’t going to deter her from that vow...
  • Allies by Harmony Raines

    Allies by Harmony Raines

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Petra never wanted to go to Karal, but when her mother becomes the new President of Earth, thanks to the Karal, she is part of the deal. Never having entered the lottery, she feels used, but soon begins to appreciate the huge Karalian who is her mate. Sent into deep space with him, their bond grows, as they race to find a new planet suitable for a human colony...
  • Hemi by Anna Hackett

    Hemi by Anna Hackett

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    In the middle of an alien invasion, a big, tough, tattooed former mercenary is finally going to chase down his woman. Camryn McNab knows love is a lie. Okay, maybe not for everybody--her fellow soldiers on Squad Nine have managed to fall in love in the middle of a vicious alien attack. But it's not for her. She comes from two people incapable of love...
  • Levi by Anna Hackett

    Levi by Anna Hackett

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    In the middle of an alien invasion, a bad boy berserker collides with a spunky mechanic on a dangerous sabotage mission. Levi King has always lived rough. Raised by a biker dad, he fought for everything he had—including being president of the Iron Kings motorcycle club. But when the aliens invaded, he lost it all...
  • A Very Arcav Christmas by Hope Hart

    A Very Arcav Christmas by Hope Hart

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Babies, weddings, and Christmas... oh my! For the human women on Arcavia, there's plenty to celebrate during the holidays. Sure, the Grivath are a constant threat, but with a surprise wedding to plan, a baby on the way, and even a visit from Santa, the first Arcav Christmas is sure to be incredible...
  • CryoBurn by Lois McMaster Bujold

    CryoBurn by Lois McMaster Bujold

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Kibou-daini is a planet obsessed with cheating death. Barrayaran Imperial Auditor Miles Vorkosigan can hardly disapprove—he’s been cheating death his whole life, on the theory that turnabout is fair play...
  • Manu by Anna Hackett

    Manu by Anna Hackett

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    As the battle against the invading aliens intensifies, a group of bad boy bikers and mercenaries will stand and fight for humanity’s survival… When former berserker Manu Rahia lost his leg on a mission, he was forced to leave his squad...
    Categorized as:
    aliens  military  futuristic  science fiction
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