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  • A Gift for the Alien Warrior by Honey Phillips

    A Gift for the Alien Warrior by Honey Phillips

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 17 ratings
    Can a forgotten alien warrior protect his newfound family? Taranov spent years doing his duty before finally escaping his dying planet. His new life as a trader is calm, peaceful… and empty. Then he stumbles upon an abandoned ship, a helpless infant, and a beautiful female who can’t even remember her name. His instincts demand that he protect them, but his heart wants so much more...
  • Daughter of the Alien Warrior by Honey Phillips, Bex McLynn

    Daughter of the Alien Warrior by Honey Phillips, Bex McLynn

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 22 ratings
    Can a grieving alien warrior and a desperate mother overcome their painful pasts through the shared love of a child?One year ago, Jade’s husband was killed and the baby she had wanted for so long disappeared. She has been searching for her daughter ever since. Nothing - not even being abducted by aliens - is going to stop her...
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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...
  • Krac's Firebrand by S.E. Smith

    Krac's Firebrand by S.E. Smith

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 15 ratings
    Section K Replication Alluthan Clone, or Krac as he was now called, had one focus in his life; protecting the descendants of the Freedom Five who ruled Earth’s council. Rescued by members of the family from a secret facility, he pledged to do what he could to always keep them safe. Things become personal when insurgents target a special member of the Freedom Five, Gracie Jones-Jefe and her family...
  • 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...
  • Sanctuary for the Alien Warrior by Honey Phillips

    Sanctuary for the Alien Warrior by Honey Phillips

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 10 ratings
    Can an alien warrior and an orphaned infant provide a new beginning for a lonely woman? Tired of relentless hours, arrogant clients, and endless demands, Barbara is ready to abandon her career as a corporate attorney for a simpler life. She doesn’t expect that life to involve an alien abduction, an abandoned baby, and an all-too-intriguing alien warrior with a very friendly tail...
  • Legacy by Tana Stone

    Legacy by Tana Stone

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 7 ratings
    The Drexian Academy has four schools and four rules. Beware of the Assassins.Don't cross the Blades.Trust the Irons.The Wings go as one.Break them at your peril.Ariana is the first human instructor at the Drexian Academy and the first female to teach flight to cocky cadets. She’s the best Earth has to offer with a lot to prove...
  • A Family for the Alien Warrior by Honey Phillips

    A Family for the Alien Warrior by Honey Phillips

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 20 ratings
    A grumpy alien warrior. A pregnant librarian. A ready-made family?Wanda has never hankered after excitement - or romance. A quiet life as a small town librarian suits her just fine. But while she doesn’t need a man, she does want a child. Just as her hard-earned dreams come true, she is abducted by aliens...
  • Captured for the Alien Bride Lottery by Margo Bond Collins

    Captured for the Alien Bride Lottery by Margo Bond Collins

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    I refused to be in the Bride Lottery—so now I’m a runaway bride.Somehow, I knew my name was going to be drawn in the Bride Lottery—the hellish agreement that Earth’s leaders had made to sell us to the aliens who protected our planet.I’d grown up with the propaganda. It was our civic duty. Men registered for the draft, women registered for the Bride Lottery...
  • Ticees by Shae Mills

    Ticees by Shae Mills

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Ripped from her world during a chance encounter with an alien landing party, Chelan MacKay suddenly finds herself on board the galactic battleship RIBUS 7. Korba, an ebony-clad god of war, the Iceanean Commander of RIBUS 7, is irresistibly drawn to her. Defying all the laws that govern his people, he risks all to make her his...
  • The Arcav Prince's Captive by Hope Hart

    The Arcav Prince's Captive by Hope Hart

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 10 ratings
    Can you ever truly escape the past? Everly, tough, fierce ex-federal agent has broken with her past, moving to Arcavia and training as the Queen's guard.  Along with the challenges of adjusting to a new planet, she's dealing with a disasterous complication: The fallout from an incredible, stolen night with Korva, a broken male known as a traitor amonst both Arcav and humans...
  • 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...
  • Fractured Souls by Anna Carven

    Fractured Souls by Anna Carven

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 19 ratings
    Alexis Carter is a long way from home, and she doesn't quite understand how she got here. All she knows is that she died once, and now she's alive. She's woken into a nightmare, trapped on a dark ship full of terrifying aliens. With their silver skin and fire-colored eyes, they look a lot like the monsters that once attacked her on Earth. One Kordolian in particular stands 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...
  • Dragon's Redemption by Miranda Martin

    Dragon's Redemption by Miranda Martin

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Jormund I have to have her. These other males can't care for her the way I will. They'll try to get her back, of course. What else could they do? I'll have to outsmart them to keep her. And keep her I will. She-who-is-mine will see, eventually. We are fated. She is my heart and my soul. Delilah I'm resigned to my life alone. Well, not really alone...
  • Legion by Regine Abel, Juno Wells

    Legion by Regine Abel, Juno Wells

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 7 ratings
    He gave her his soul, but she couldn’t hold it. Ayana has devoted her life training to join the Vanguard, an elite intergalactic military force dedicated to fighting back the Kryptids who nearly destroyed Earth. Only the most powerful psychics are chosen...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • Infinity's Embrace by Anna Carven

    Infinity's Embrace by Anna Carven

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 25 ratings
    Rescued from captivity by a group of rather intimidating Kordolians, Noa finds herself recovering at a strange facility in the middle of the desert. SynCorp's medical experiments have left her with an impossible ability she can't control, and nobody really seems to know how to help her. She's fragile and shattered, a mere shadow of her former self, and she has nowhere else to go...
  • The Stubborn Lord by Michelle M. Pillow

    The Stubborn Lord by Michelle M. Pillow

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Futuristic Romance Repossessed... Kendall Haven's life turns upside down when she's kidnapped off her fueling dock home by thugs claiming to have the right. Her father, the gambler, used her to cover his losses at the Larceny Casino Ship. Drugged and treated like cargo, she's sold to the highest bidder--Galaxy Brides Corporation...
  • Vrix by Juno Wells, Layla Nash

    Vrix by Juno Wells, Layla Nash

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Cecily Griggs doesn't know what she'll do on the alien ship after she and her friends were sold by their old captain. When an old friend sends a distress signal from a planet of slave-traders, Griggs knows what has to happen -- she'll get Heidi back, or die trying. She's ready for a solo mission when the watchful, smoking hot Vrix insists on going with her...
  • Fugitive by Cheryl Brooks

    Fugitive by Cheryl Brooks

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    A mysterious stranger in danger... The last thing Drusilla expected to find on vacation was a gorgeous man hiding in the jungle. But what is he running from? And why does she feel so mesmerized that she'll stop at nothing to be near him? Hypnotically attracted, he will risk his life to have her..
  • The Arcav Commander's Human by Hope Hart

    The Arcav Commander's Human by Hope Hart

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 11 ratings
    A lifetime of duty to his people… …Or the woman who could be his? Jaret has been completely dedicated to the Arcav race for centuries. His only focus is the continuation of his species.  Known for being cold and remote, no one is more surprised than Jaret when he insists on leading the mission to rescue the humans kidnapped for slavery...
  • Home World by Erin Raegan

    Home World by Erin Raegan

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Peyton I 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...
  • 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...
  • Khann: Vaxxlian Alien Mail Order Brides #5 by Sue Mercury, Sue Lyndon

    Khann: Vaxxlian Alien Mail Order Brides #5 by Sue Mercury, Sue Lyndon

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    He’s the enemy—and she’s agreed to become his mate.Stranded on war-torn Earth with her young daughter, Belle is devastated to learn she has a terminal illness. Who will take care of her daughter after she’s gone? When she discovers Vaxxlians possess the technology to save her, she doesn’t hesitate to sign up for Vaxxlian Mail Order Brides—even if she does view the powerful aliens as the enemy...
  • 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..
  • Loving a Stranger: A Kindred Tales Novel  (Brides of the Kindred) by Evangeline Anderson, Reese Dante

    Loving a Stranger: A Kindred Tales Novel (Brides of the Kindred) by Evangeline Anderson, Reese Dante

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A warrior able to take over the body of another Thrust into his enemy's life. Soon he begins to love his enemy's lonely, abused wife but can she ever trust him again when she finds out she has been Loving a Stranger? Reeve J'lorn is an M-Switch Kindred...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • The Arcav King's Obsession by Hope Hart

    The Arcav King's Obsession by Hope Hart

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 7 ratings
    He Stole Her Life... ...Can he Win Her Heart?  Just a few weeks ago, Harlow was living her life on Earth- locking up bad guys and drinking beers with her fellow cops after shift. She never wanted to be the Arcav King's mate.  Unfortunately, she was outplayed.  Now, Harlow must learn how to rule over an alien species, while making room for her mate's giant... ego...
  • 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...
  • The Determined Hero by Nicole Blanchard, K. Webster

    The Determined Hero by Nicole Blanchard, K. Webster

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Our world is dangerous and destroyed by our ancestors.We’re a bunch of hulking, broody mortarekkers left on this wretched planet, and it’d be enough to frighten any alien female upon waking to see our ugly nogs.But my mate isn’t frightened.The moment she wakes, I claim her...
  • Brax by Kelly Lucille

    Brax by Kelly Lucille

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Ariel Bird has always been out of sync with the rest of the world. Turning eighteen with two doctorates has not helped matters. But it never mattered to her as long as she had her sisters. Only now those sisters have disappeared and strange spaceships have been seen in the night skies again. Everyone thought the Alien threat had come and gone. They were wrong...
  • Rescuing Mattie by S.E. Smith

    Rescuing Mattie by S.E. Smith

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 14 ratings
    Mattie Abrams has always had a knack for training animals. Touring with the Cirque de Magik, she knows that she has finally found the ‘home’ she so desperately craves. She would do anything to keep her small family of circus friends and her pets, including going where they went...
  • A Son for the Alien Warrior by Honey Phillips, Bex McLynn

    A Son for the Alien Warrior by Honey Phillips, Bex McLynn

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 24 ratings
    Can she create a new family with an alien warrior? On the anniversary of the disappearance of Mariah’s sister and nephew, Mariah returns to their last known location, expecting to find only painful memories. Instead, she encounters an alien spaceship and recklessly sneaks aboard, taking one last chance to be reunited with her family...
  • Hunting Purity by Tracy Lauren

    Hunting Purity by Tracy Lauren

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Stolen from her world, Purity can hardly fathom what’s going on around her. Released from a cage, face-to-face with apparent monsters… This has to be some kind of sick fraternity prank, because surely, she hasn’t been abducted by aliens. But when a scaled beast rescues her from certain death, regardless of appearances, she knows she’s found her hero...
  • Axall by Sue Mercury, Sue Lyndon

    Axall by Sue Mercury, Sue Lyndon

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    He won’t leave Earth without her.After awakening from cryosleep, Rachel struggles to find her place in a strange new world. Earth isn’t the way she remembers it. Not even close. For starters, humans have made contact with real live aliens. Before she can wrap her head around all the changes, a bossy Vaxxlian warrior shows up in her bedroom claiming to be her mate...
  • Rebel Pax by Elyssa Ebbott

    Rebel Pax by Elyssa Ebbott

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    He said he’d protect me. But I know he’s going to ruin me. I live as a refugee on an alien planet swarming with killers and thieves. I keep my distance, and they keep theirs. It’s the only way I can survive. But when my shuttle is shot down and an exiled alien king claims me as his, I’m not sure if he’s rescuing me - or abducting me...
  • Flame by Michelle M. Pillow

    Flame by Michelle M. Pillow

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    NYT Bestselling Author, Michelle M. PillowVin (aka Flame) can't believe he's in yet another holding cell. Stupid Earthlings wouldn't know fun if it bit them in the hindquarters. Speaking of fun, the hot little number who claims she's a guard at the jail has been making his body respond in ways he's very happy about. If only she'd get on board with the plan and help him escape back to his ship...
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    aliens  m-f  science fiction  futuristic  dual-pov
  • Sky Raiders by Michelle Diener

    Sky Raiders by Michelle Diener

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    First they flew their mysterious sky craft through the skies of Barit. Then they started attacking. Finally, they began to raid. Garek's one year of duty as a guard walking the walls of Garamundo was extended to two when the sky raiders appeared. Two long years away from home and his lover, Taya. When he finally returns, the town is empty...
  • Mylomon by Nancey Cummings, Starr Huntress

    Mylomon by Nancey Cummings, Starr Huntress

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    He’s an abomination. The lone survivor of a horrific experiment, warrior Mylomon was left with unique and dangerous abilities . He takes care of the necessary dirty work for his clan but he’s yet to earn their trust. After all, how can you trust an assassin? Now that he’s found his fated mate , his miracle, she recoils at the sight of him...
  • Gift of the Beast: Holiday Starrs by Sonia Nova

    Gift of the Beast: Holiday Starrs by Sonia Nova

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Garr is a wreck. His years of torture has left him almost unable to speak or interact normally. He tries and tries to get back into the military where life is simple and regulated, but he's denied because of his mental trauma. Shea is a single mom who has moved in next door where she is close to family...
  • Command Decision by S.E. Smith

    Command Decision by S.E. Smith

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    New York Times and USA TODAY Bestselling author of Science Fiction, Urban Fantasy, and Paranormal Romance brings another action, adventure, and suspense-filled story to transport readers out of this world. In a world gone crazy, it is often the humans who are at fault, seeking answers to questions we are not yet ready to understand... Lt...
  • Blaze by Michelle M. Pillow

    Blaze by Michelle M. Pillow

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Sev (aka Blaze) isn't looking for commitment, but there is no way in hell he's letting his brother go to Earth to search for a woman by himself. He's prepared to yank the idiot out of every jailhouse and ice cream parlor (don't ask) if he has to. It wouldn't be the first time. He can handle a good fight...
    Categorized as:
    aliens  m-f  science fiction  futuristic  dual-pov
  • Unexpected Bride by Michelle Howard

    Unexpected Bride by Michelle Howard

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Saran was a Warlord who was used to having what he wanted, when he wanted, and how he wanted. He was strong, capable and feared. Then an event changed his world forever. Now all he has left is fear and the woman that he gave little notice to before...
  • Rydak's Fall by Michelle Howard

    Rydak's Fall by Michelle Howard

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Meet the man behind the Jutak warrior. Rydak knew he’d never have a Chosen. His empathic touch blessed and cursed him with the ability to read and sense the emotions of everyone he came in contact with. Until her. Lissi Alonson, sister to the Unit Leader of the Jutak warriors he respected and a woman he’d be a fool to fall for...
  • The Arcav General's Woman by Hope Hart

    The Arcav General's Woman by Hope Hart

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 8 ratings
    How do you choose between honor and love?   Harmless, fun Methi, can always be counted on to get into trouble.  But the cocky Arcav with a heart of gold is slowly being replaced with a cold, bitter male who fights his demons at every turn.  Some Arcav can wait for their mates for centuries before risking insanity. But others can’t.  Methi knows who is mate is...
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