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Without a Front: The Producer's Challenge by Fletcher DeLancey
Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAlsea is fractured in the aftermath of war. So is its leader.Though devastated by a personal loss, Lancer Andira Tal must somehow stitch her world together and move it forward when all the rules have changed. Every decision is fraught with risk, and her enemies wait for her to stumble... -
![Without a Front: The Warrior’s Challenge by Fletcher DeLancey]()
Without a Front: The Warrior’s Challenge by Fletcher DeLancey
An assassin’s shot has shattered the Opah family and endangered Lancer Andira Tal. Now criminal forces are racing law enforcement to find the man who could topple Tal’s government.With the net closing around them, Tal and Salomen Opah discover the power of their tyree bond, a power Alsea has not seen in a millennium... -
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![A Desolation Called Peace by Arkady Martine]()
A Desolation Called Peace by Arkady Martine
An alien armada lurks on the edges of Teixcalaanli space. No one can communicate with it, no one can destroy it, and Fleet Captain Nine Hibiscus is running out of options. In a desperate attempt at diplomacy with the mysterious invaders, the fleet captain has sent for a diplomatic envoy... -
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Uprising by Fletcher DeLancey
Rated: 4.86 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsA caste Prime with a personal grudge that may bring down the government. A captured soldier seeking peace with his former enemies. A rural landowner thrust into the highest levels of political power.As Alsea looks to the future, its foundations are cracked by the past... -
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![Hearing Red by Nicole Maser]()
Hearing Red by Nicole Maser
New Adult: Recommended for ages 18+ In a world overrun by an unprecedented outbreak, two young women find themselves on opposite sides of the struggle for survival. Saff, a determined new doctor in the first year of her internship, had clawed her way out of a tumultuous past, only to be dragged back into it when the zombie outbreak hits...Categorized as:
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![Catalyst by Fletcher DeLancey]()
Catalyst by Fletcher DeLancey
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsAfter disobeying orders and saving the planet of Alsea from invasion, Captain Ekatya Serrado returns home a hero and renegade, alongside Dr. Lhyn Rivers, now the foremost authority on a culture that fascinates and terrifies. They share a secret: they are tyrees, linked by an Alsean empathic bond that should be biologically impossible for two Gaians... -
![The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers]()
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers
A rollicking space adventure with a lot of heart. When Rosemary Harper joins the crew of the Wayfarer, she isn't expecting much. The patched-up ship has seen better days, but it offers her everything she could possibly want: a spot to call home, a chance to explore the far-off corners of the galaxy, and some distance from her past... -
![Outcaste by Fletcher DeLancey]()
Outcaste by Fletcher DeLancey
Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsRahel Sayana is desperate to escape the life her parents have planned for her. She runs away to the dangerous port city of Whitesun and becomes an outcaste: a person of no caste and few rights.From backbreaking labor on the docks to fighting off bullies, Rahel learns the lessons that propel her to the life of her dreams. Happiness does not last... -
![Alsea Rising: The Seventh Star by Fletcher DeLancey]()
Alsea Rising: The Seventh Star by Fletcher DeLancey
Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsThe Voloth have arrived.Their opening gambit upends months of planning. Their second assault leaves Alsea’s defenses scrambling. The third may end it all.While Captain Serrado and her forces desperately fight to prevent a catastrophe, Lancer Tal activates her secret weapon: the divine tyrees, led by Salomen Opah. But Salomen is no warrior, and a changing battle can unravel even the best of plans... -
![Alsea Rising: Gathering Storm by Fletcher DeLancey]()
Alsea Rising: Gathering Storm by Fletcher DeLancey
Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsAN OLD ENEMY. A NEW THREAT.As Alsea’s space elevator nears completion, an unsettling rumor arrives: the Voloth are stirring once more.Lancer Andira Tal has been preparing for this since the Battle of Alsea, determined that her people will never again pay such a price. She will use every weapon at her disposal—including her own bondmate... -
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Resilience by Fletcher DeLancey
Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsAs the first Alsean to serve aboard a Protectorate warship, Rahel Sayana thought her empathic sense would be an advantage. She never imagined it could be a weakness.Captain Ekatya Serrado has her hands full with a new empathic officer, an attempted murder, and a missing cargo ship. Finding the lost ship only adds to her problems: its crew lies dead amid signs of alien predators... -
![A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine]()
A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine
Ambassador Mahit Dzmare arrives in the center of the multi-system Teixcalaanli Empire only to discover that her predecessor, the previous ambassador from their small but fiercely independent mining Station, has died. But no one will admit that his death wasn't an accident—or that Mahit might be next to die, during a time of political instability in the highest echelons of the imperial court... -
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Without A Front – The Producer’s Challenge by Fletcher DeLancey
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen the Voloth invaded Alsea, Lancer Andira Tal thought the hard part would be fighting off a technologically advanced army. It wasn’t. In the aftermath of war, Alsean society is deeply divided and Tal is facing issues no Lancer has ever dealt with before... -
![Vellmar the Blade by Fletcher DeLancey]()
Vellmar the Blade by Fletcher DeLancey
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsAn elite warrior. A split-second decision that launches a legend.Lead Guard Fianna Vellmar is the daughter of a champion, raised from childhood to work hard and be the very best. When she is given the opportunity to compete at the highest level and earn her place among Alsea’s elite warriors, a stunning turn of events forces her to choose between life and glory, mercy and pride... -
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![Academy Days by J.J. Pavlov]()
Academy Days by J.J. Pavlov
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBack to school. Kuroe Makoto, now known as Chaos to demons and Chloe Marcott to humans, never thought that in a fantasy world filled with sword and sorcery, she would attend school once more. But her fake human heart beats faster at the fact that this is a magic school - the kind she has read about in many stories... -
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The Significant by Kyra Anderson
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe beloved leader of a planet... A non-citizen fugitive... And a secret love that could kill them both. Kailynn Evada was born on the most powerful planet in the Altereye System, but was raised in the non-citizen district of Trid. She always dreamed of revolution and changing the injustices of the planet Tiao. But when her brother’s plot to destroy the A.I... -
![Partners - Book One by Melissa Good]()
Partners - Book One by Melissa Good
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAfter a massive volcanic eruption puts earth into nuclear winter, the planet is cloaked in clouds and no sun penetrates. Seas cover most of the land areas except high elevations which exist as islands where the remaining humans have learned to make do with much less. People survive on what they can take from the sea and with foodstuffs supplemented from an orbiting set of space stations...Categorized as:
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![Mail Order Bride by Molly J. Bragg]()
Mail Order Bride by Molly J. Bragg
Ten years ago, aliens from a Galaxy spanning government called the Hegemony arrived in the Solar system and ever since Earth has been on a long, slow journey to becoming a banana republic. Samantha ‘Sam’ Murray has spent her entire high school career doing everything her mom could think of to earn a chance at an off-world education that would keep her from living a life of poverty...Categorized as:
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![Lucky 7 by Rae D. Magdon]()
Lucky 7 by Rae D. Magdon
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsElena Nevares is on the run. She’s a jacker, someone who connects to virtual reality with their brain, and everyone else on her crew was murdered during a mission gone wrong. Sasha Young is planning a rescue. She’s a handler, a team leader whose crew has been scattered by an evil corporation: Axys Generations... -
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Love and Gravity: A Graphic Novel by Ari North
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsBook 2 of the mega-popular webcomic series, Always Human. Love and Gravity is the finale of Ari North's heartwarming coming-of-age story about love, the future, and charting your own path."Healthy relationships and healthy conversations unfold in a sweet slice-of-life story...Categorized as:
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![The Caphenon by Fletcher DeLancey]()
The Caphenon by Fletcher DeLancey
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA split-second decision to save a civilization. Another decision to give it away. Captain Ekatya Serrado has spent her career fighting the Voloth, who view less advanced civilizations as fuel for their empire. The choice between saving her ship or a world under attack is easy. The choices that come after are harder... -
![Lady Eve's Last Con by Rebecca Fraimow]()
Lady Eve's Last Con by Rebecca Fraimow
Hearts will race and anti-grav boots will fly in this scifi rom-com perfect for fans of WINTER'S ORBIT and THE RED SCHOLAR'S WAKE.Ruth Johnson and her sister Jules have been small-time hustlers on the interstellar cruise lines for years. But then Jules fell in love with one of their targets, Esteban Mendez-Yuki, sole heir to the family insurance fortune...Categorized as:
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![The Walls of Westernfort by Jane Fletcher]()
The Walls of Westernfort by Jane Fletcher
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAll Natasha Ionadis wants is to serve the Goddess as a Temple Guard, and she volunteers eagerly for a dangerous mission to infiltrate a band of renegade warriors and imprinters. But, once away from the temple, the issues are no longer so simple and she must revaluate her beliefs, especially in light of her growing attraction for one of the outlaws... -
![Come to My Door by Lexa Luthor]()
Come to My Door by Lexa Luthor
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCharlie always swore she'd go out with a bang! But it isn't her time, at least not in Kal's eyes. Questioning her survival, Charlie learns that the godly ruler brought her back from death. Charlie refuses to believe it, until she witnesses it for herself. Although Charlie isn't ready to face the truth behind Kal's actions, they continue their dangerous and secretive affair... -
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![Remember Me, Synthetica by K. Aten]()
Remember Me, Synthetica by K. Aten
What happens when a woman loses her memory but gains a conscience?Dr. Alexandra Turing is a roboticist whose intellect is unrivaled in the field of artificial intelligence. While science has always come easy, Alexandra struggles to understand emotional cues and responses...Categorized as:
queer science fiction f-f length-short open-door futuristic childfree-couple gifted heroine -
![T-Minus Two by K.G. MacGregor]()
T-Minus Two by K.G. MacGregor
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt's the boldest conquest of our time—the colonization of Mars. Of the thousands who clamored for a one-way ticket to the Red Planet, only a fraction remain in the running. Now they're converging on Hawaii’s Big Island for a nail-biting competition to be the first to launch. Mila Todorov has prepared for this moment throughout her young life... -
![Those Beyond the Wall by Micaiah Johnson]()
Those Beyond the Wall by Micaiah Johnson
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFaced with a coming apocalypse, a woman must reckon with her past to solve a series of sudden and inexplicable deaths in a searing sci-fi thriller from the Compton Crook Award–winning author of The Space Between Worlds.Scales is the best at what she She is an enforcer who keeps the peace in Ashtown, a rough, climate-ravaged desert town... -
![The Imposition of Unnecessary Obstacles by Malka Ann Older]()
The Imposition of Unnecessary Obstacles by Malka Ann Older
Investigator Mossa and Scholar Pleiti reunite to solve a brand-new mystery in the follow-up to the fan-favorite cozy space opera detective mystery The Mimicking of Known Successes that Hugo Award-winning author Charlie Jane Anders called “an utter triumph.”Mossa has returned to Valdegeld on a missing person’s case, for which she’ll once again need Pleiti’s insight... -
![Protector of the Realm by Gun Brooke]()
Protector of the Realm by Gun Brooke
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBook One: Supreme ConstellationsWith the fate of entire civilizations at risk, the galactic battleground makes for unusual alliances and unexpected passions as two women from very different worlds join forces... -
![First Don by J.S. Fields]()
First Don by J.S. Fields
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsArdulum. The planet that vanishes. The planet that sleeps.Neek makes a living piloting the dilapidated tramp transport, Mercy’s Pledge, and smuggling questionable goods across systems blessed with peace and prosperity. She gets by—but only just. In her dreams, she is still haunted by thoughts of Ardulum, the traveling planet that, long ago, visited her homeworld... -
![Deus Ex Mechanic by Ryann Fletcher]()
Deus Ex Mechanic by Ryann Fletcher
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsAlice is the best mechanic the corrupt Coalition regime has ever seen. When she’s kidnapped by an infamous vigilante space pirate named Violet, she has to make the hardest decision she’s ever made: escape back to the comfort of the Coalition, or risk everything to fight injustice?When Violet decided to ransack Coalition vessels, she never though she’d have to fight her feelings for Alice, too...Categorized as:
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![Depths of Blue by Lise MacTague]()
Depths of Blue by Lise MacTague
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFor Torrin Ivanov, life is a bargaining table. Every planet is a new business opportunity. Legality is optional and supplying one side in a local civil war always adds up to profit.Jak Stowell is at war within a war. A woman hidden in the heart of a male-only army, her brother’s murder has left her desperate for vengeance... -
![Rulebreaker by Cathy Pegau]()
Rulebreaker by Cathy Pegau
Liv Braxton's Felon Rule #1: Don't get emotionally involved. Smash-and-grab thieving doesn't lend itself to getting chummy with the victims, and Liv hasn't met anyone on the mining colony of Nevarro worth knowing, anyway. So it's easy to follow her Rules. Until her ex, Tonio, shows up with an invitation to join him on the job of a lifetime...Categorized as:
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![Hesam by Ami Wright]()
Hesam by Ami Wright
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsDark shame, undone by the scent of her heat.No tail, no pride, no honor. Finally Hesam is about to prove to himself and everyone else that he deserves a place of prestige in the royal guard.But the dark, hungry part of him wants something more.Beautiful vivacious singer Rosa is too tempting to resist.He longs to taste her.Mark her.Stake his claim... -
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![The Romance Bet by Jae]()
The Romance Bet by Jae
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsReporter Abby James prides herself on never having read a romance novel. She thinks they’re formulaic, shallow, easy-to-write drivel—until romance author Tamara Brennan challenges her to write one... -
![The Stars Too Fondly by Emily Hamilton]()
The Stars Too Fondly by Emily Hamilton
In her breathtaking debut—part space odyssey, part sapphic rom-com—Emily Hamilton tells a tale of galaxy-spanning friendship, improbable love, and found family. So, here’s the thing: Cleo and her friends really, truly didn’t mean to steal this spaceship... -
![When She's Shy by Ruby Dixon]()
When She's Shy by Ruby Dixon
I am a bashful, dorky human woman -- your average refugee on Risda III.Haina is tall, blue, and magnificent. She is effortlessly confident, and her laugh is contagious. I might hide behind the candle section at the store in Risda's port just to get a weekly glimpse at her when she makes her vendor runs.I might be in love with her from afar. Someday I'll get the courage to talk to her. Someday... -
![Ammonite by Nicola Griffith]()
Ammonite by Nicola Griffith
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsChange or die: the only options available on the Durallium Company-owned planet GP. The planet's deadly virus had killed most of the original colonists -- and changed the rest irrevocably. Centuries after the colony had lost touch with the rest of humanity, the Company returned to exploit GP, and its forces found themselves fighting for their lives... -
![Yours for the Taking by Gabrielle Korn]()
Yours for the Taking by Gabrielle Korn
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe year is 2050. Ava and her girlfriend live in what's left of Brooklyn, and though they love each other, it's hard to find happiness while the effects of climate change rapidly eclipse their world. Soon, it won't be safe outside at all... -
![Slow River by Nicola Griffith]()
Slow River by Nicola Griffith
Rated: 3.84 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsShe awoke in an alley to the splash of rain. She was naked, a foot-long gash in her back was still bleeding, and her identity implant was gone. Lore Van Oesterling had been the daughter of one of the world's most powerful families...and now she was nobody, and she had to hide... -
![Car Pool by Karin Kallmaker]()
Car Pool by Karin Kallmaker
Rated: 3.71 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsNinety minutes, twice a day. Five days a week. Car pool heaven turns into car pool hell when Anthea Rossignole realizes her lover is having an affair with the other woman sharing their daily commute. It seems that Anthea’s succesfanul career as a cost analyst at an oil refinery is the only thing she can really count on these days. Now she’s looking for someone to share the long drive... -
![Hard Reboot by Django Wexler]()
Hard Reboot by Django Wexler
Rated: 3.74 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDjango Wexler's Hard Reboot features giant mech arena battles and intergalactic diplomacy. When did academia get to be so complicated?Kas is a junior researcher on a fact-finding mission to old Earth... -
![Bluebird by Ciel Pierlot]()
Bluebird by Ciel Pierlot
Lesbian gunslinger fights spies in space!Three factions vie for control of the galaxy. Rig, a gunslinging, thieving, rebel with a cause, doesn’t give a damn about them and she hasn’t looked back since abandoning her faction three years ago. That is, until her former faction sends her a message: return what she stole from them, or they’ll kill her twin sister... -
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Valencia by Michelle Tea
Rated: 3.77 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsValencia is the fast-paced account of one girl's search for love and high times in the drama-filled dyke world of San Francisco's Mission District... -
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![Dead Space by Kali Wallace]()
Dead Space by Kali Wallace
Rated: 3.74 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAn investigator must solve a brutal murder on a claustrophobic space station in this tense science fiction thriller from the author of Salvation Day.Hester Marley used to have a plan for her life. But when a catastrophic attack left her injured, indebted, and stranded far from home, she was forced to take a dead-end security job with a powerful mining company in the asteroid belt... -
![The Girls From Alcyone by Cary Caffrey]()
The Girls From Alcyone by Cary Caffrey
Rated: 3.66 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsSigrid and Suko are two girls from the impoverished and crime-infested streets of 24th century Earth. Sold into slavery to save their families from financial ruin, the girls are forced to live out their lives in service to the Kimura Corporation, a prestigious mercenary clan with a lineage stretching back long before the formation of the Federated Corporations... -
![The Verifiers by Jane Pek]()
The Verifiers by Jane Pek
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsIntroducing a sharp-witted heroine for the 21st century: a new amateur sleuth exploring the landscape—both physical and virtual—of New York in a debut novel about love, technology, and murder.Claudia Lin is used to disregarding her fractious family’s model-minority expectations: she has no interest in finding either a conventional career or a nice Chinese boy... -
![Barbary Station by R.E. Stearns]()
Barbary Station by R.E. Stearns
Rated: 3.14 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAdda and Iridian are newly-minted engineers, but in a solar system wracked by economic collapse after an interplanetary war, an engineering degree isn’t worth the paper it’s printed on. Desperate for gainful employment, they hijack a colony ship, planning to join a pirate crew at Barbary Station, an abandoned shipbreaking station in deep space...
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