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  • Memory by Lois McMaster Bujold

    Memory by Lois McMaster Bujold

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Forced to abandon his undercover role as leader of the Dendarii Mercenaries, Miles Vorkosigan persuades Emperor Gregor to appoint him Imperial Auditor so he can penetrate Barrayar’s intelligence and security operations (ImpSec)...
  • A Civil Campaign by Lois McMaster Bujold

    A Civil Campaign by Lois McMaster Bujold

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    Miles Vorkosigan has a problem: unrequited love for the beautiful widow Ekaterin Vorsoisson, violently allergic to marriage after her first exposure. If a frontal assault won't do, Miles thinks, try subterfuge. He has a cunning plan... Lord Mark Vorkosigan, Miles' brother, also has a problem: his love has just become unrequited again. But he has a cunning plan..
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  • Miles in Love by Lois McMaster Bujold

    Miles in Love by Lois McMaster Bujold

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Komarr—Miles Vorkosigan is sent to Komarr, a planet that could be a garden with a thousand more years of terraforming; or an uninhabitable wasteland, if the terraforming project fails. The solar mirror vital to the project has been shattered by a ship hurtling off course, and Miles has been sent to find out if it was an accident, or sabotage...
  • The Galaxy, and the Ground Within by Becky Chambers

    The Galaxy, and the Ground Within by Becky Chambers

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 32 ratings
    Return to the sprawling, Hugo Award-winning universe of the Galactic Commons to explore another corner of the cosmos—one often mentioned, but not yet explored—in this absorbing entry in the Wayfarers series, which blends heart-warming characters and imaginative adventure.With no water, no air, and no native life, the planet Gora is unremarkable...
  • 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...
  • Betting on the Alien Bride Lottery by Margo Bond Collins

    Betting on the Alien Bride Lottery by Margo Bond Collins

    Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    I’ve spent my whole adult life betting on all the wrong men. And I always lose.My best friend Mia ended up with a Khanavai warrior—Commander Gendovi. She’s so lucky.Of course, she went through hell before finding that luck. But now she’s blissfully happy, married—and mated, as the Khanavai said—to the man of her dreams. And pregnant with her third child.I’m happy for her, really I am...
  • Prodigal by Tana Stone

    Prodigal by Tana Stone

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Dark. Deadly. Vengeful. The terrifying Vandar raiders with their menacing warbirds, lethal battle axes, and slashing tails are back—and they’re on the hunt for revenge.Life as a female fighter pilot with the Valox resistance isn't always easy, but it gets much worse when my ship dies on a solo mission...
  • Prince by Tana Stone

    Prince by Tana Stone

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    The alien prince is on the hunt for revenge. And buying me is part of his master plan.I was safe hiding on the outskirts of the galaxy and singing in a dingy nightclub. Until the menacing alien prince with the platinum hair and claiming gaze bought my debt. Now I’m traveling on his ship as his guide while he searches for vengeance...
  • Tamed By an Alien Warlord by Ava Ross

    Tamed By an Alien Warlord by Ava Ross

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    *Blurb Coming Soon!*TAMED BY AN ALIEN WARLORD, the second full-length novel in the Fated Mates of the Ferlaern Warriors series by bestselling alien romance author Ava Ross. Each book in this series is a standalone romance with on-the-page heat, aliens who look and act alien, a guaranteed happily ever after, no cheating, and no cliffhanger...
  • The Dragonlings’ Very Special Valentine by S.E. Smith

    The Dragonlings’ Very Special Valentine by S.E. Smith

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 12 ratings
    A batch of heart-shaped cookies stirs the imagination of the dragonlings and their friends when Carmen shares a magical tale of love. It will take a very special Valentine, a few mischievous dragonlings, their best friends, some clueless warriors, and two enchanting Goddesses to help a lonely woman find the dragon who loves her...
  • Vende by Celia Kyle, Anne Hale

    Vende by Celia Kyle, Anne Hale

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    He had thought he would never experience the Knowing. All he needed was the right woman.After suffering a traumatic injury as a child, Dawn has lived a sheltered life under the shadow of tragedy. Despite her passion for botany, neither her family nor her limitations ever allowed her to pursue her dreams...until the day she encounters the Preor and they need help only she can provide...
  • Flame: A Sci-Fi Alien Warrior Romance by Tana Stone

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

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The only thing worse than always being upstaged by your perfect sister? Falling for her alien fiancé.I wasn’t supposed to end up on the Drexian space station or be matched to one of their gorgeous warriors as a tribute bride. My perfect twin sister is the one they wanted. Instead, I stole her spot...
  • The Vixen War Bride by Thomas J. Doscher

    The Vixen War Bride by Thomas J. Doscher

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    With the destruction of their home colony, Captain Ben Gibson and his Army Rangers have nowhere else to go. Six months after humanity’s victory in Earth’s first ever interstellar war, a group of soldiers are tasked with running a convoy refueling base in a rural part of the occupied enemy world...
  • Roar!: An Alien Warrior Romance by Zeta Star

    Roar!: An Alien Warrior Romance by Zeta Star

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Without Roar – you try pronouncing it, okay? -- I’d be dead in that pod. And when he purrs and does that thing with his... I think I’ll keep him.Abducted by space lizards? Check.Experimented on? Check.Rescued by seven feet of hot, alien male? Check!Roar’s a bit shy, furry with claws and a metal arm, and his best friend is a spaceship named Killer. That’s a little scary...
    Categorized as:
    aliens  science fiction  humor  length-short
  • Tamed by Presley Hall

    Tamed by Presley Hall

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    This caged Kalixian is wild. Brutal. Dangerous.So why can’t I stay away from him?With the marks tattooed on his face and horns sharpened to deadly points, he looks like a monster made for killing. He’s unlike any of the other alien warriors on this planet, and despite their efforts to help him, he only seems to be growing more feral.But every time I go to visit him, something strange happens...
  • Combust by Tana Stone

    Combust by Tana Stone

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 9 ratings
    The Drexian warrior is brooding and mysterious--and he's claimed me as his tribute.When I don't marry his nephew, I have no idea I'm still promised to Zoran's clan. Imagine my shock when the dark and imposing alien informs me that he will be taking me as his tribute bride--and taking me back to the Drexian home world with him...
  • An Alien Berserker for Christmas by Mina Carter

    An Alien Berserker for Christmas by Mina Carter

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 10 ratings
    Escape. Locate. Claim.Condemned Izaean Berserker K’laus didn’t expect to find his fated mate in a medical bay. Or for her to be human. He certainly didn’t expect to have to watch her walk away from him.Escaping the station is easy. Tracking his mate down on a planet alien to him is a little harder. Claiming her heart might just take all the magic that Christmas has to offer...
  • Seduce by Tana Stone

    Seduce by Tana Stone

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I thought being kidnapped by vile, alien slavers was bad enough. Then I woke up on a lust moon.I know all about the Xulonian recreation moons, but I’d hoped to end up on the hunting one. As a security officer for the empire, I know how to fight. I am not prepared to wake up practically naked on a strange island...
  • Alien Beast's Warrior Bride: A SciFi Alien Romance by Juno Wells

    Alien Beast's Warrior Bride: A SciFi Alien Romance by Juno Wells

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    The higher you reach the more humiliating the defeat.Being the most primitive of the old bloods, Borak is no pleasure to look upon but he’s got his sights set on a high status human queen. Nothing will keep him from pursuing the queen of his heart. Not war, not vicious enemies nor his chain of command.JulietOn a dystopian Earth dominated by women, men are rarity...
    Categorized as:
    aliens  science fiction  humor  length-short
  • 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...
  • Alien Warrior Unbeaten by Ava Ross

    Alien Warrior Unbeaten by Ava Ross

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Can a stoic alien warrior melt the heart of his Earthling fated mate?After my mother gave me to the Shiedar invaders as a child, they took me to a place where screams of pain echoed around me. The leader tortured me and other young males I soon called my brothers. In his determination to twist me into a feral warrior, the leader turned me into a beast...
  • Enemy of the Alien Bride Lottery by Margo Bond Collins

    Enemy of the Alien Bride Lottery by Margo Bond Collins

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    I’ll do whatever it takes to destroy the Bride Games.A year ago, I did the unthinkable.I helped a woman running from the Alien Bride Lottery.I spent three months in a federal prison for it, too.As soon as I got out, a secret organization recruited me. Our goal is to end the Bride Lottery program forever.So when my name is drawn in the Lottery this year, I know it’s a setup...
  • Scorch by Tana Stone

    Scorch by Tana Stone

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    I volunteered to sneak onto an enemy battleship. Now I’m stranded on a prison moon with a hot Drexian pilot who can’t stand me.I had no choice. It was either volunteer for a rescue mission for the Drexians or go to prison on Earth.I know, I know. The irony isn’t lost on me...
    Categorized as:
    aliens  science fiction  humor  length-short
  • Alien Betrayed by Julie K. Cohen

    Alien Betrayed by Julie K. Cohen

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Trust no one…. Not the Brotherhood… nor the enticing human female working for them.RemmikovTrust no one. It’s a motto Remmikov has lived by since before the war. Now, he’s been framed for the bombings in Zyan’s capital and he is on the run from his own people. As the son of a traitor, no one will believe he’s innocent...
  • Dark and Light: A Kindred Tales DUET Novel. Contains: Saved by the Drake AND Captured by the Kru'ell One by Evangeline Anderson

    Dark and Light: A Kindred Tales DUET Novel. Contains: Saved by the Drake AND Captured by the Kru'ell One by Evangeline Anderson

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Two NEW Kindred Tales novels in one book!One Light and Sweet,The other Dark and Sexy.Which Kindred of Kindred do you prefer?Read Dark and Light and decide for yourself…Light: In Saved by the Drake, Lucia Ramirez is having a terrible day when a huge, scary male confronts her on a dark street. But the scary male turns out to be a Kindred warrior—Raze...
  • Whelon by Celia Kyle, Anne Hale

    Whelon by Celia Kyle, Anne Hale

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Experiencing the Knowing is magical… until you have to deal with human in-laws…Local news celebrity Sasha Dane and her mother are fixated on one goal—leverage their media presence to make life supremely difficult for the invading Preor. They want the aliens gone from Earth and for their unnatural hold on human females to end. Permanently...
    Categorized as:
    aliens  science fiction  humor  length-short
  • Burn: A Sci-Fi Alien Warrior Romance by Tana Stone

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

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    My hot Drexian best friend was tempting--but off-limits. Then we got stuck together on an Inferno Force battleship. Now resisting him is torture.When the Inferno Force battleship I’m working on jumps away to save a colony under attack, I have no choice but to become part of the crew...
    Categorized as:
    aliens  science fiction  humor  length-medium
  • Defying Fate by Regine Abel

    Defying Fate by Regine Abel

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    No more secrets. No more lies.For the past eight years, Tevek has searched for his missing mother and sister. But as a top technological mind of Guldar, he is closely watched. And as one of the secret leaders of the rebellion, he must tread carefully...
  • LYEL by Ava Ross

    LYEL by Ava Ross

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    An alien warrior seeking redemption meets a captured Earth woman being treated as a pet. Will their love survive in a hostile world? Kidnapped by four-armed, blue skinned aliens, Isabelle “Isi” is sold to the head of the Al’kieern kidnapping operation. Isi has accepted she’ll live and die as a songbird pet to the queen. If nothing else, performing for the Al’kieern beats being sold as a breeder...
  • Enticed By an Alien Warlord by Ava Ross

    Enticed By an Alien Warlord by Ava Ross

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    He has tusks and a tail, and insists she's his fated mate. She's enticed, but determined not to get involved. Can a burly alien warrior and a single mom find love together on a planet far from Earth?Garek: With my clan threatened, I don't have time for romance with a pesky Earth female. Until I meet Piper. She and her youngling son are part of our planet's new settlement...
  • Volunteer for the Alien Bride Lottery by Margo Bond Collins

    Volunteer for the Alien Bride Lottery by Margo Bond Collins

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    I didn’t want to compete in the Alien Bride Games. But I would do anything to save my sister.Hannah’s just a kid. Yeah, sure, she’s 21, old enough for her name to be drawn in The Alien Bride Lottery. But she’s got her whole life in front of her.I, on the other hand, have nothing left to live for...
  • Alien Warrior Untamed by Ava Ross

    Alien Warrior Untamed by Ava Ross

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    She's fated to be mine, but the world is determined to steal her away.When I was twelve, I was forced to watch as an invader killed everyone I loved. He captured me and took me to the chamber, where he tortured me and the other males, desperate to twist us into a beastly army. He may have turned me into a monster, but I refused to give into his demands...
  • 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...
  • Her Alien Ex-Con by Michele Mills

    Her Alien Ex-Con by Michele Mills

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    I’m on the Omega 9 space station in the midst of a bungled prison transfer. Handcuffed to a scary, impossibly tall, satanic-looking convict. Holy hell. And I’m on the run with him because it turns out he’s breaking out of prison?He’s rough, bossy and throws flash-flames from his distended jaw...
  • 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...
  • Doctor Galaxy by Jenny Schwartz

    Doctor Galaxy by Jenny Schwartz

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    New ER doctor Alexi Sur always intended to join an aid agency. She'd just expected to work among humans. But when the Pax Galactica Corps becomes her only option (don't ask - the debts aren't hers, but the family is. Much to her regret), Alexi finds herself traveling the galaxy and learning alien physiology and culture, all while becoming a reality TV star...
  • Hss! by Zeta Star

    Hss! by Zeta Star

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Without Hss - I can't pronounce it, okay? - I'd have no hope of getting out of this arena. His sleek, pettable pecks almost make up for his bad attitude. Almost.I've just had my worst month ever. First, my fiancé jilts me. Next, I'm abducted by aliens and sold into a gladiatorial arena.Luckily, I tie a mean surgical knot, so they've put me to work stitching up the wounded...
    Categorized as:
    aliens  science fiction  humor  m-f  length-medium
  • Dusan by Luna Hunter

    Dusan by Luna Hunter

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Dusan must choose: His squad or his mate. Cindy Knox needs a break. The shapely blonde saved the galaxy with Michelle and Novak’s help, and now the intergalactic paparazzi won’t leave her alone. She never asked for this fame, and does her best to flee from the spotlight...
  • Xenon by Regine Abel

    Xenon by Regine Abel

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 5 ratings
    What is dead is never truly gone.When she embarks on a rescue mission in an abandoned lab, the last thing Kate Lewis expects is for a long dead Xian Warrior to rise from his ashes. Then he claims she’s his soulmate. Although she doesn’t doubt his sincerity, Kate cannot help but question the truth of his words...
  • Asia's Fate: A Sci-Fi Alien Romance Novella by Miranda Martin

    Asia's Fate: A Sci-Fi Alien Romance Novella by Miranda Martin

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    There's an old saying that no plan survives contact with the enemy. But what if the enemy is your fated mate?AsiaFalling in love wasn’t part of the plan.I was supposed to be "captured", gather intel from the inside, then be rescued and returned to safety. But the moment I saw the enormous, electric blue scaled alien dragon warrior, my heart leapt into my throat...
  • Matched to Reapa by C.Y. Croc

    Matched to Reapa by C.Y. Croc

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Monstrous romantic suspense, action and adventure, some dark moments...and a giggle or two.Getting abducted by a monstrous alien when you’re a kid does something to you. It changes you inside. It turns you from a victim into a survivor.It makes you stronger.I was that kid. Now I’m a woman, and I want a man.I’m not socially adept like normal women. I’ve led a very different life...
  • Vanished by Evangeline Anderson, Reese Dante

    Vanished by Evangeline Anderson, Reese Dante

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Harper Wilde is sitting on the beach, minding her own business when a huge, muscular Kindred warrior with black hair and blazing white eyes demands that she accompany him into the future. Harper has no choice--she is dragged against her will into a dystopian nightmare--the world as it might become if something isn't changed. And that something that needs changing is Harper herself...
  • 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...
  • Dragon's Gift by Miranda Martin

    Dragon's Gift by Miranda Martin

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Celebrate the holidays on Tajss Maeve doesn't believe in fate and certainly not one that involves her and Padraig, the enormous and domineering alien dragon. His overly protective and possessive nature rubs her the wrong way. Padraig is certain the fiercely independent human female is the only one for him. His inner dragon has decided and the burly smith knows fate's hand when he feels it...
  • Fury by Hattie Jacks

    Fury by Hattie Jacks

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 6 ratings
    He’s the monster in the cage. I’m the girl who never runs.I’m the alien's cleaner. The abductee who has to do their dirty work to stay alive.My latest job? I get to play nurse to an injured seven-foot alien with a wingspan the size of a small aircraft and an attitude problem. Lucky me...
  • Dragon's Protection by Miranda Martin

    Dragon's Protection by Miranda Martin

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Sometimes your greatest fears bring you where you need to be, no matter how hard the road is... Victoria... I was stupid. Scared and stupid when I followed the racist leader of the anti-Zmaj into the desert. We were exiled from the rest of the human survivors but hey, at least I was getting away from the huge and intimidating, dragon-like Zmaj warriors...
  • Ziva's Prince by Miranda Martin

    Ziva's Prince by Miranda Martin

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I was a Princess of the Stars. I had everything, or so it seemed.On the Generation Ship I was a socialite. My life was lived in the public eye. It was great, on the outside. Everyone wanted me or wanted to be me.Then we crashed.Here we humans have a dragon-alien protector. The way he looks at my former ship-mate Riley is the one thing I never had. A man who saw me...
    Categorized as:
    aliens  science fiction  humor  length-short
  • Alien Conquest by Sadie Carter

    Alien Conquest by Sadie Carter

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Georgie jumped on a transporter to Zerconia, looking for a new, safer life. And if she happened to find a great hunk of spunk to worship the ground she walks on, spend his days feeding her grapes and granting her every wish... then, you know, she wasn’t going to say no, right?Only, someone up there had it in for her...
    Categorized as:
    aliens  science fiction  humor  length-short
  • Alien Soldier's Baby by Luna Hunter

    Alien Soldier's Baby by Luna Hunter

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Can their interspecies romance achieve the impossible? Wanted: distracting assignment for third-wheel researcher Kelly Graham feels like an intruder since her bestie and fellow scientist Jillian Archer married sexy alien warrior General Vinz...
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