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The Rings of Hesaurun by Peter Harrett
8 ratingsFleeing an alien menace of galactic proportions, a starship named The Dreamer crash-lands on Earth in the year 2436 BCE. Responding to the crash, the primitive earthlings discover the ship's commander Valerie Dunne is a 5,000-year-old woman from the future, forced to escape her nemesis, the Boecki, by hiding in the past... -
![Duchess of Terra by Glynn Stewart]()
Duchess of Terra by Glynn Stewart
16 ratingsWhen Terra knelt to an alien Imperium They guaranteed our safety and our future But now their enemies are coming for us To preserve humanity’s survival and freedom in a hostile galaxy, Annette Bond tied her world to the A!Tol Imperium, taking on the mantle of Duchess of Terra to rule humanity in the Imperium’s name... -
![Terra and Imperium by Glynn Stewart]()
Terra and Imperium by Glynn Stewart
14 ratingsSecrets both ancient and new. Powers great and greater— With Terra caught in the middle Humanity’s first colony is a project neither the Duchy of Terra nor the A!Tol Imperium can allow to fail. The planet Hope in the Alpha Centauri system has been lavished with resources and attention—but when an unknown alien force attacks the system, all of that is in danger... -
![His Name was Wren by Rob Winters]()
His Name was Wren by Rob Winters
8 ratingsDuring the blackout of 1944, in the small English town of Hurstwick, something mysterious obliterates the church spire and slices through the nearby woods. Was it a secret Nazi weapon, as some locals suggest? Or just a downed plane? Evacuee George Moss finds an otherworldly explanation, then tries to keep it hidden.Years later, Max Cannon moves to town... -
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![When Words Fail by J.N. Chaney, Jonathan P. Brazee]()
When Words Fail by J.N. Chaney, Jonathan P. Brazee
9 ratingsThe Galaxy is growing...and it's more dangerous than ever before.An all-out war within humanity has been narrowly avoided, and peace is finally at hand.Yeah, right.Human ships are being taken, their crews disappearing... -
![Warrior King by Evan Currie]()
Warrior King by Evan Currie
18 ratingsBattle-weary after a desperate fight to save Earth from the Drasin alien onslaught, Confederation Captain Eric Weston is tasked with a perilous new mission. He and the crew of the Odysseus must hunt down those who unleashed the hellish attack on his homeworld and that of Earth’s Priminae allies... -
![The Caphenon by Fletcher DeLancey]()
The Caphenon by Fletcher DeLancey
10 ratingsOn a summer night like any other, an emergency call sounds in the quarters of Andira Tal, Lancer of Alsea. The news is shocking: not only is there other intelligent life in the universe, but it’s landing on the planet right now.Tal leads the first responding team and ends up rescuing aliens who have a frightening story to tell... -
![The Strip Down by Honey Phillips]()
The Strip Down by Honey Phillips
10 ratingsCan Amanda discover the secrets behind an alien ruin? And the mysterious alien with the haunted eyes?Amanda is happy with her life as an elementary school teacher - and making plans to expand her family. Waking up naked and alone on an alien planet is not on her schedule.Desperate to return to Earth, she reluctantly accepts the help of the massive alien who appears out of the sands... -
![Captured by the Alien Warrior by Hope Hart]()
Captured by the Alien Warrior by Hope Hart
12 ratingsI've been kidnapped by a dragon.Just when I thought my life couldn't get worse, I was abducted by aliens. Now, I'm pretty sure I must be dying. Because only a vicious head injury could make me believe I'm actually flying through the air, trapped between a dragon's claws. Oh, and the dragon?He can talk.And he has all kinds of arrogant, ludicrous, and deranged things to say... -
![The Terran Privateer by Glynn Stewart]()
The Terran Privateer by Glynn Stewart
16 ratingsEarth is conquered. Sol is lost. One ship is tasked to free them. One Captain to save them all. When an alien armada destroys the United Earth Space Force and takes control of the human homeworld, newly reinstated Captain Annette Bond must take her experimental hyperspace cruiser Tornado into exile as Terra’s only interstellar privateer... -
![Burn: by Tana Stone]()
Burn: by Tana Stone
8 ratingsMy 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... -
![Scarred by Tana Stone]()
Scarred by Tana Stone
8 ratingsWhat happens when a tough, Drexian captain gets trapped on an alien planet with the human tribute bride he’s supposed to rescue? Without his clothes.Brok has vowed to track down the pretty human who was snatched by space pirates and return her to be matched with a Drexian warrior. One who isn’t battle-scarred and damaged, like him... -
![Return by Nathan Hystad, Flynn Earl Jones]()
Return by Nathan Hystad, Flynn Earl Jones
8 ratingsThe Rift opens once again. The battle for Earth continues. Only the Eureka and her crew can turn the tides. The Eureka returns to Sol through the Rift as an extreme time dilation creates complications. With a familiar face now the Earth Fleet's Grand Admiral, Ace and the others struggle to acclimate to their new reality... -
![Flame by Tana Stone]()
Flame by Tana Stone
8 ratingsThe 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... -
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![Claim by Tana Stone]()
Claim by Tana Stone
10 ratingsThe only reason sexy shapeshifter Bexli would not be able to shift is unthinkable. No way is she pregnant after one stupid night with him.What Bexli knows about the silver fox alien: he’s moody, he rarely talks, and he seems to think she’s some fragile female who needs protecting... -
![Ransomed by Tana Stone]()
Ransomed by Tana Stone
10 ratingsTrista 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... -
![De Oppresso Liber by Evan Currie]()
De Oppresso Liber by Evan Currie
14 ratingsThe war may be over, but the fighting continues as SOLCOM learns of an excursion by the Ross'El against an unaffiliated pre-space civilization in the no man's land between Earth and the Alien Alliance. With always more questions than answers, SOLCOM dispatches a ship to quietly survey the situation and determine what, if any, course of action is best... -
![Open Arms by Evan Currie]()
Open Arms by Evan Currie
14 ratingsWith the war officially over, and years of fighting weighing on her, Sorilla has officially put in her papers and called in every chit she's owed. It's time to hang up her power armor, lay down her rifle, and try to build something for herself rather than for other people. The War, however, is only over when the powers that be say it is... -
![Slag by Alana Khan]()
Slag by Alana Khan
6 ratingsSlag is a gentle giant so damaged from his years toiling in the irradiated green salt mines of Rhoid he can barely function except to do his job, eat, and sleep. Something awakens within him, though, causing him to run to KJ’s rescue when she’s thrown into the mine as punishment. Fate has a plan for these two... -
![Dragon's Redemption by Miranda Martin]()
Dragon's Redemption by Miranda Martin
6 ratingsJormund 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... -
![Commander by Mel Todd]()
Commander by Mel Todd
6 ratingsDiscovering an Artificial Intelligence lives in your head, strike one. Having the Artificial Intelligence explain aliens are the origin of shifters on Earth, strike two. Having it announce you are the commanding officer of the earth shifters, strike three... -
![Servant for an Alien Leader by Roxie Ray]()
Servant for an Alien Leader by Roxie Ray
6 ratingsI'm ready for a new start on a new planet… Failed farm. Failed relationship. Failed family. I'm done with Earth and excited for a life with whatever alien will hire me. When I arrive on Macros and meet Urul, my attraction to him knocks the air out of my lungs. He's everything I could possibly want, and the heat burns hot between us, but he's keeping his distance...Categorized as:
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![Revikk by Alana Khan]()
Revikk by Alana Khan
6 ratingsCan their love survive his deepest secrets? Dawn is immediately attracted to bad boy Revikk and surrenders to her fiery impulses. Confident and skilled, Revikk satisfies. But with every layer Revikk reveals about his past, Dawn must decide whether it spikes her attraction or her fear. Dawn A year ago, I never would have dreamed I’d approach a male like Revikk for a fling...Categorized as:
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![The Rebel and the Rogue by Grace Goodwin]()
The Rebel and the Rogue by Grace Goodwin
8 ratingsZenos, from the Astra Legion of Rogue 5, is on a mission to find an antidote to the deadly venom flowing through his body. Without the antidote, one bite during mating will kill a hybrid Forsian's chosen female. Zenos must acquire the serum at any cost, for like his Atlan cousins, his mating instinct will eventually consume him... -
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![Dragon's Gift by Miranda Martin]()
Dragon's Gift by Miranda Martin
8 ratingsCelebrate 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... -
![Dragon's Wish by Miranda Martin]()
Dragon's Wish by Miranda Martin
8 ratingsI am a Zmaj hunter and so have only one purpose in life. The feeding and protection of The Tribe is my duty and my honor. Except I have been spending more and more time in The City, entranced by the spirit of the human female Addison. The primal dragon at the core of all Zmaj males fights for dominance over my iron will. It would claim the shy and intelligent beauty at any cost... -
![Hunted by Grace Goodwin]()
Hunted by Grace Goodwin
10 ratingsTrapped... Tortured... Only she can save him from the Hive! Vice Admiral Niobe has resisted the temptation of the Interstellar Brides Program for years, certain there is no male in the universe willing to sacrifice his vision of a perfect life to be with her. Shocked to be matched to her father's home world of Everis, she transports, expecting to find an eager mate waiting for her... -
![Manxome Foe by John Ringo, Travis S. Taylor]()
Manxome Foe by John Ringo, Travis S. Taylor
16 ratingsIn the midst of recovering from their successful if casualty prone first mission, the crew of the Alliance Space Ship "Vorpal Blade" are suddenly scrambled back into action. All other priorities take second place as word arrives on earth of a gate colony which has fallen to an unidentified alien assault... -
![Valkyrie Rising by Evan Currie]()
Valkyrie Rising by Evan Currie
16 ratingsTwo years after the initial invasion of Hayden's World, the newly reinforced Hayden Militia is in a state of stalemate with the remaining enemy forces but neither side is content to leave things at that.The alien alliance has dispatched their varsity to clean up the resistance on Hayden while the USF has officially activated Task Force V, the latest and most advanced combat ships built by humans... -
![When the Guns Roar by Eric Thomson]()
When the Guns Roar by Eric Thomson
6 ratingsCaptain Siobhan Dunmoore no longer enjoys the freedom to fight the Shrehari Empire on her own terms aboard the Q-ship Iolanthe. Special Operations Command has assigned her to Task Force Luckner, whose mission is replicating Iolanthe’s success on a larger scale... -
![Derrix by Ava York]()
Derrix by Ava York
6 ratingsDerrix figured a mate would be nothing but asking for trouble.For heartache.Heartbreak. When the teleporter delivers another luscious human female, he can only hope she's not for him.But she is. And unlike the other women, she's happy and excited about her new adventure. They're about to move into a new, dangerous phase of the mission... -
![No Choice by Mel Todd]()
No Choice by Mel Todd
6 ratingsDoing your duty isn't a choice, even if you become a cougar. Officer McKenna Largo's life is thrown into turmoil when she is catapulted onto the worldwide stage as the focal point for a bizarre event occurring across the planet.She finds herself famous and infamous when, in the middle of a bank robbery call, she turns into a cougar... -
![A Chance for Arus by Lynnea Lee]()
A Chance for Arus by Lynnea Lee
8 ratingsPlaying with fire.Recently rescued from a Dominion slave ship, the last thing Mia needs is to be bogged down by a relationship. But she can’t get the sexy mercenary and the things he did to her body out of her head. The guy is built like a god, and even better with his mouth.Mia knows it’s dangerous to keep seeing him... -
![They Shall Not Pass by Christopher G. Nuttall]()
They Shall Not Pass by Christopher G. Nuttall
10 ratingsDespite the escape from Meridian - and a strike at the heart of Wolfbane - enemy forces are still advancing on all fronts. The Commonwealth, worn down by a year of hard fighting, is reaching the end of its tether, while Admiral Singh - having secured control of Wolfbane - is searching for the breaking point that will shatter the Commonwealth once and for all... -
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![Come and Take Them by Tom Kratman]()
Come and Take Them by Tom Kratman
10 ratingsNumber five in the Carerra military science fiction series that started with A Desert Called Peace. Miltary leader Carrera faces down a threat from progressive totalitarians and wins the freedom of his country on a frontier planet.The Carrera saga continues with entry number five, and the sequel to Amazon Legion. Carrera. Relentless. Machiavellian. Without compunction. Victorious... -
![Caveman Alien's Pride by Calista Skye]()
Caveman Alien's Pride by Calista Skye
10 ratingsAurora... I'm being carried caveman-style through an alien jungle. By an actual caveman, seven feet tall and all bulging muscle. And he's tied me up so I can't move. In fairness, I did shoot him with my bow and arrow first... Twice! I don't know where he's carrying me. But I do know that these guys like to abduct Earth girls and then make them pregnant... -
![Bolo Rising by William H. Keith Jr., Keith Laumer]()
Bolo Rising by William H. Keith Jr., Keith Laumer
10 ratingsWhen the human colony of Cloud is mercilessly attacked and its people imprisoned in a slave camp, Major Jaime Graham struggles to bring Bolo protector Hector, who has been reprogrammed by their enemies, back to the good side. Original... -
![Rescued by the Warrior Lord by Roxie Ray]()
Rescued by the Warrior Lord by Roxie Ray
10 ratingsFirst my heart got ripped out of my chest...then I woke up on a slaver’s ship…I had the perfect life: wedding on the horizon, a job I love, and a great family, but when I find my fiancé in bed with another woman everything falls apart. And before I know it I’m waking up on a slaver’s ship in the depths of space.When another group of aliens comes to my rescue, I don’t know what to think... -
![Halo: Die Gesandte by Tobias S. Buckell]()
Halo: Die Gesandte by Tobias S. Buckell
10 ratingsA Gallery Book. Gallery Books has a great book for every reader... -
![The Ellimist Chronicles by K.A. Applegate, Katherine Applegate]()
The Ellimist Chronicles by K.A. Applegate, Katherine Applegate
14 ratingsLibrarian's note: There is an Alternate Cover Edition for this edition of this book here.He is called the Ellimist. A being with the ability to alter space and time. A being with a power that will never be fully understood. He is the reason Elfangor came to Earth. He is the reason the Earth now has a fighting chance... -
![The Hork-Bajir Chronicles by K.A. Applegate, Katherine Applegate]()
The Hork-Bajir Chronicles by K.A. Applegate, Katherine Applegate
16 ratingsDak Hamee, born into the Hork-Bajir tribe, is something special from the start. "Strange," says his mother. "A seer," says the Old One, Tila Fashat. "A seer is one who is born to show a new way. Many, many seasons pass, then our father, the Deep, and our mother, the Sky, say, 'Send a seer to the people. The people have need.' And so one is born who is different... -
![Oblivion by Steve White, Charles E. Gannon]()
Oblivion by Steve White, Charles E. Gannon
6 ratingsWHITE AND GANNON RETURN WITH A NEW ENTRY IN THE STARFIRE SERIES, co-created by New York Times best-selling authors Steve White and David Weber. STAND AGAINST THE ALIEN INVADER APOCALYPSE! The war with the profoundly alien Arduans has ended, and the Arduans have come to call humanity their allies. Most of them—the Arduan warrior caste refuses to accept defeat... -
![Javik by Ava York]()
Javik by Ava York
6 ratingsHe's ready for his mate. Wants her. Needs her.But will she ever want him back?Brilliant scientist. Dedicated doctor.But beneath that cold, blue, analytical exterior beats a hungry heart.He's watched the other warriors meet their mates. And he can't wait to meet his own. Taste her. Claim her.But when she arrives, she's not like anything he ever imagined... -
![Star Mate Matched by Margo Bond Collins]()
Star Mate Matched by Margo Bond Collins
6 ratingsThis alien warrior has finally met his match. But she's not who he thinks she is...Nora MarlinFired from my job. Kicked out of my apartment. And dumped at the altar. All in the same week. So of course, that’s when an alien swoops down in his spaceship and steals me away.FML... -
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![Invasion Day by Scott Moon]()
Invasion Day by Scott Moon
6 ratingsDavid Osage is a dangerous man with a dangerous past, but these days he’s just trying to keep his head down, driving big rigs. One night he saddles himself with a hitchhiker, a nuisance who’s more than she seems. And that’s when everything changes.No one was ready for an alien invasion. Death is raining from the sky and the only question left is do you run, fight, or submit... -
![Invasion: Book I: Resistance by J.F. Holmes]()
Invasion: Book I: Resistance by J.F. Holmes
6 ratingsIn space, when you lose the high ground, you lose the war. Eleven years before, General David Warren was the best and brightest, in charge of defending the Earth from an attacking fleet. Overmatched in battle, the Earth forces were devastated, and the enemy moved into the high ground and proceeded with orbital bombardment... -
![Without Mercy by Eric Thomson]()
Without Mercy by Eric Thomson
6 ratingsWhat is the value of one life in an interstellar war that has already claimed millions? And if that single life doesn't matter, are any others worth saving?A distress signal draws Siobhan Dunmoore's Q-ship Iolanthe, a battlecruiser disguised as a bulk freighter, away from her devastatingly successful hunt through Shrehari occupied space and plunges Dunmoore into a dark, merciless universe of... -
![Alien Mate by Jude Gray]()
Alien Mate by Jude Gray
6 ratingsFate decided long ago that Iscer and Zyva belong together.Good thing Fate loves a challenge, because the cold mercenary and the woman who hates him may be her biggest challenge yet...After she attacks her tentacled Aktovi owner, kills his wife, and escapes the city of Agroeos, Zyva Tanza knows her time on Xaensskar is coming to an end when she's quickly and violently captured... -
![Doctor Who: Dalek by Robert Shearman]()
Doctor Who: Dalek by Robert Shearman
6 ratings‘The entire Dalek race, wiped out in one second. I watched it happen. I made it happen!’ The Doctor and Rose arrive in an underground vault in Utah in the near future. The vault is filled with alien artefacts. Its billionaire owner, Henry van Statten, even has possession of a living alien creature, a mechanical monster in chains that he has named a Metaltron... -
![Retribution by Andrew Beery]()
Retribution by Andrew Beery
6 ratingsThis is the fourth book in the best-selling Catherine Kimbridge series. This book picks up the story immediately following book 3. The GCP is facing an adversary called the Syndicate that has no respect for freedom or life. Even worse... the Syndicate may not be the ultimate power behind their empire...
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