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  • The Ceph Sector by Jenny Schwartz

    The Ceph Sector by Jenny Schwartz

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The legendary Ceph have been in stasis for forty two millennia. In a century, they’ll wake. History remembers them as an unstoppable force, employing a mysterious power to decimate sentient life on the planets they attacked. Jaya’s first mission as a new Shaman Justice is to lead an expedition into the perilous Ceph Sector...
  • 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...
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  • 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...
  • 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...
  • Clyde and Hay by C.W. Gray

    Clyde and Hay by C.W. Gray

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Welcome to Charybdis Station!Clyde Dailyn is a Grell that knows his own mind, thank you very much! He wants absolutely nothing to do with a life mate, despite the restless loneliness that's keeping him awake. A mate means trusting another person and that is one thing he refuses to do...
  • A Dragonlings' Magical Christmas: Dragonlings of Valider Book 1.3 by S.E. Smith

    A Dragonlings' Magical Christmas: Dragonlings of Valider Book 1.3 by S.E. Smith

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 12 ratings
    When Ariel mentions another human holiday, the women get excited. They aren’t the only ones, though. The Dragon Lords, Vox, and Ha’ven decide they want to be part of the planning this time. Things get a little out of hand when the men begin competing with each other to create the best Christmas ever for the Dragonlings, Roam, and Alice. Fuelled with tales of St...
  • 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...
  • Alien AI's Marine by Mina Carter

    Alien AI's Marine by Mina Carter

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 8 ratings
    He's the lone human male in a sea of lethal alien warriors. He's either gifted or suicidal...Kidnapped by aliens, rescued, and now on a secret base in a system he can't even pronounce, Major Jay Stephens has given up on a wing and a prayer... he's now on kicking butt and taking names. Especially when it comes to the alien AI who's risked everything, even her 'life' to protect him.The only problem...
  • The Arcav Captain's Queen by Hope Hart

    The Arcav Captain's Queen by Hope Hart

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 14 ratings
    She wants her planet back... ... But all he wants is her. Forced to become a monster to survive her father’s cruelties, Saria wants only one thing: To convince the Arcav King to help her lead her people out of the darkness and into the light.  She has no intention of mating anyone. Least of all Roax- the bossy bodyguard who the Arcav King ordered to be her shadow...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • Hatched by Erin Tate, Celia Kyle

    Hatched by Erin Tate, Celia Kyle

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Taulan joi Lana Coburn, War Master of the Preor third fleet, is finally having his wishes granted. He has a mate and will soon have two dragonlets to protect and love. But only if he can live to see them born. Or, as his Lana says, hatched . This short story is set in the DRAGONS OF PREOR world and does not stand alone...
  • Destiny, Part 2 by Grace Goodwin

    Destiny, Part 2 by Grace Goodwin

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 6 ratings
    Destiny has a problem—a six-foot-three, stubborn, gorgeous, deadly, sex-on-a-stick—kind of problem. While her brain might want to kick his ass across the galaxy, the rest of her wants to jump him like a bouncy house. Ardor or not, she’s hunting a killer. Nix is going all protective, alpha male, claiming she’s his mate just because she had a few mind-blowing moments in his bed...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • A Dragonlings' Haunted Halloween by S.E. Smith

    A Dragonlings' Haunted Halloween by S.E. Smith

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 11 ratings
    During one of her many excursions exploring the palace, Cara Truman discovers a vast underground chamber that turns out to be the perfect place for her next invention. Soon, her dream of building the ultimate playground for the Dragonlings is a reality...
  • 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...
  • Hierax by Ruby Lionsdrake

    Hierax by Ruby Lionsdrake

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    As a database programmer from Arizona and a fan of sedate, indoor activities, Indi Smith doesn’t belong in outer space. Certainly not in a star system with a broken wormhole gate and no way home. But through no fault of her own, that’s where she’s landed, and nobody on the ship, not even the genius chief engineer Hierax, knows how to repair the gate...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • Red Shift by Elsa Jade

    Red Shift by Elsa Jade

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Banishing his own needs, he followed his prince into battle and—more terrifying yet—into courtship but got lost in the backwater wilds of Earth. Now this space-faring drakling dragon-shifter has forgotten everything, including his name, his beast, and the freedom of space...
  • 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...
  • Shifter Planet: The Return by D.B. Reynolds

    Shifter Planet: The Return by D.B. Reynolds

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Rachel Fortier is a much sought-after expert when it comes to exotic planets—especially the deadly kind. So when she’s hired by Earth Fleet’s most respected scientist to join a mission to the tightly closed planet Harp, it’s a dream come true. Until she discovers their mission is to capture shifters and sell them to theMilitary...
  • The Edge of it All by Jessica Grayson

    The Edge of it All by Jessica Grayson

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    As a Commander in the Terran space program, I never expected to wake up from cryosleep in a cage. When I’m rescued by a fierce Mosauran warrior, I am both grateful and wary. Soran is a Prince of the Empire, and his species is one of the most feared in the galaxy. But the more time we spend together, the more I find myself drawn to him in ways I don’t understand...
  • Inversion Point by Jenn Burke, Kelly Jensen

    Inversion Point by Jenn Burke, Kelly Jensen

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Zander and Felix's relationship has been to the brink and back: the Human-Stin War, imprisonment and an actual death/resurrection. Zander's death, to be specific, and the experience has left him…changed. The mysterious race known as the Guardians chose to revive him and appointed him as their emissary...
  • 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...
  • Phase Shift by Jenn Burke, Kelly Jensen

    Phase Shift by Jenn Burke, Kelly Jensen

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Zander and Felix’s relationship has always pushed boundaries—personal and professional alike—but their love and commitment is stronger than ever. So strong that Zander’s ready to ask commitment-shy Felix the question of a lifetime when he’s interrupted...
  • 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
  • The Vulfan's Dark Desires by Georgette St. Clair

    The Vulfan's Dark Desires by Georgette St. Clair

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Alien wolf shifter Treffon Thorolf has given up on finding his True Mate – after all, he’s only been searching for a century. Before the Darkness can consume him, he’ll go out his own way – in glorious battle against the cyborgs. That is the plan right up to the moment when curvy, clumsy Violet Dufresne literally stumbles into his life and spills a drink down his pants...
  • 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..
  • Embrace the Passion by S.E. Smith, Anna Hackett

    Embrace the Passion by S.E. Smith, Anna Hackett

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Pets in Space is back! Join us as we unveil eleven original, never-before-published action-filled romances that will heat your blood and warm your heart! New York Times, USA Today and Award-winning authors S.E...
  • 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...
  • Rescued by the Zandian by Renee Rose, Rebel West

    Rescued by the Zandian by Renee Rose, Rebel West

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Humans lie.I learned that lesson once before.I thought I found a mate, but she betrayed us all.I won't let that happen again.Not even when I find Sia and four other females nearly dead on a defunct planet.Not when the lovely female is remanded to my custody.She's not being honest about what she knows.But with a little pressure, a little punishment, I might get her to talk.Teach her to obey...
  • 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...
  • Hitting the Target: A Kindred Tales Novel  (Brides of the Kindred) by Evangeline Anderson, Reese Dante

    Hitting the Target: A Kindred Tales Novel (Brides of the Kindred) by Evangeline Anderson, Reese Dante

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    A girl sent to kill the one she is dreaming of Her target? A Kindred warrior with a beast inside Can Mia complete her mission? Or is Trey Hitting the Target when he aims for her heart? Ormyu Five is the world divided in two To the north, a police state ruled by the heavy hand of The EYE, which spies on its people constantly and keeps iron control over their lives...
  • 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...
  • 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
  • Ransomed by Tana Stone

    Ransomed by Tana Stone

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Trista expects her alien warrior mate to be big and gorgeous. She doesn't expect him to take her hostage. She's already been abducted from Earth to be a tribute bride for the Drexian warriors, and Trista has finally gotten used to the idea of marrying a brawny alien warrior. Sort of. He has to be better than the awful guys from home she’s been trying so hard to forget...
  • Forbidden by Tana Stone

    Forbidden by Tana Stone

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Be a tribute bride for some brawny alien warrior? Not on your life. Ella is one of the few human females who rejected her Drexian warrior match. Sent to live with the other “rejects” in a special part of the high-tech space station, she has no desire to have her life dictated by a bunch of alphas on steroids. And no way would she ever be charmed by an alien playboy...
  • Bound By Heat: A Dragon Shifter Anthology by M.K. Eidem, J.A. Hornbuckle

    Bound By Heat: A Dragon Shifter Anthology by M.K. Eidem, J.A. Hornbuckle

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Burn up the pages with three brand new stories of dragon shifter romance. **Available for a limited time only.** Kirall’s Kiss-M.K. Eidem, USA Bestselling Author Kirall was desperate. He was a Black Prime Dragoon, the strongest and fiercest of his kind. He was returning home after defeating the Varana when a small planet's moon triggered his Joining Heat. It shouldn't have been possible...
  • Niko: Scifi Alien Invasion Romance by Anna Hackett

    Niko: Scifi Alien Invasion Romance by Anna Hackett

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    In the aftermath of a deadly alien invasion, a band of survivors fights on… Mackenna Carides is tough, strong, and excellent at her job as second-in-command of Squad Nine. She often works side by side with Hell Squad on some of the toughest missions to fight back against the alien raptors. Now she’s helping the survivors of Blue Mountain Base settle into their new home at the Enclave...
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