Books like 'Zai'
Readers who enjoyed Zai by Starla Night, Rose Dioro, Connor Crais & J.F. Harding also liked the following books featuring the same tropes, story themes, relationship dynamics and character types.
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The Torid Affair by Laurann Dohner
12 ratingsWhen riots erupt on planet Torid, the crew of Defcon Red is tasked with quelling the violence and tending the injured. Even Alien Research Specialist Jessa Brick is pressed into service. Arguably more comfortable in her lab, the doctor is shocked at the obvious inequality on Torid... -
![Draekon Warrior by Lee Savino, Lili Zander]()
Draekon Warrior by Lee Savino, Lili Zander
14 ratingsCaptured in space. Imprisoned. Sold to the highest bidder. But my biggest problem is this bossy, aggravating, impossible, alien who’s supposed to rescue me. The bossy alien I kissed. That might have been a mistake.Kadir is dangerous. I’ve seen him fight, and his body is littered with scars. He’s a soldier. A warrior. And when he loses control, he turns into a big scary dragon and breathes fire... -
![Broken Dreamer by Viola Grace]()
Broken Dreamer by Viola Grace
6 ratingsLed by her dreams, she finds her way into the stars where fate conspires to put her exactly where she needs to be, in a hero’s path.When her parents died, Lyra was untethered. She left school, followed her dreams, and focused on keeping herself alive. She is not a fan of people and enjoys being alone... -
![My Ant Monster Mate by Susan Trombley]()
My Ant Monster Mate by Susan Trombley
6 ratingsYeseniaHunting giant ant aliens is never an easy job, but the opportunity to capture a male Menops before he imprints on a queen is too good to pass up. Even if it means putting up with a mouthy Artificial Intelligence and traveling to a planet restricted by the Cosmic Syndicate. Vengeance for humanity—for my family—is too important to let any obstacle stand in my way... -
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![The Tigrens' Glory by Laura Jo Phillips]()
The Tigrens' Glory by Laura Jo Phillips
8 ratingsPlanet Jasan is mobilizing for war against the evil Xanti, enemies of all. As the warriors of Jasan prepare to strike across the immense void that separates the galaxies to end thousands of years of bloody conflict, into the gathering storm comes Warrior Princess, Gloriani of Ramouri, known as “Glory... -
![Alien Beast by Lili Zander]()
Alien Beast by Lili Zander
8 ratingsThis human I’m saddled with is… happy.Cheerful, even.She likes to sing to the cat.Kill me now.A year ago, an explosion – the same explosion that killed my best friend – destroyed me.Ruined me.Made me look like a monster.I’m a shadow of the man I once was.I want to be left alone.Instead… there’s Bella.Bella, who sings when she’s happy.Who likes to talk... -
![Her Alien Rogue by Presley Hall]()
Her Alien Rogue by Presley Hall
10 ratingsHe claims we’re fated mates. But does that mean it’s true love?When Kaide declares—in front of the whole village, no less—that we’re fated mates, he acts like that’s the end of it. Like it’s all been decided, and we’ll just live happily ever after.Uhhh… not so fast, buddy.I barely know the guy... -
![The Melier: Prodigal Son by Poppy Rhys]()
The Melier: Prodigal Son by Poppy Rhys
10 ratingsAn ordinary night at Revolution 5, right? Wrong. So wrong.Dania just wanted a normal life on Dor Nye after years of living a nomadic existence among the stars. But when a rude and dangerous alien playboy sits down at the bar where she works, everything changes.No questions. No strings. No names.Suddenly her future flies into a tailspin that lands her back in the lawless wild west of space... -
![Eliza's Miracle by S.J. Sanders]()
Eliza's Miracle by S.J. Sanders
10 ratingsEliza is the new ambassador from Earth. It fulfills all her career ambitions, but her life is a lie. Her husband, who ruled her career with an iron fist, is not her Prince Charming in a storybook marriage that everyone assumes. He is cruel and manipulative. Living at the space station gives her some reprieve, but not entirely... -
![The Buff Beast by Honey Phillips]()
The Buff Beast by Honey Phillips
12 ratingsCan Mina survive the icy cold of an alien winter? And melt the heart of the hardened alien warrior who rescues her?Her home. Her job. In a few short months, Mina has lost everything, including hope. Freezing and alone on a winter night, she isn't sure if she will make it to the next day. Or even if it matters.She wakes up to find herself naked and freezing, but no longer alone... -
![Home World by Erin Raegan]()
Home World by Erin Raegan
14 ratingsPeytonI 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. I tell myself I hate him but I don't... -
![Mission: Planet Biter by Laurann Dohner]()
Mission: Planet Biter by Laurann Dohner
14 ratingsWhen his Veslor grouping answers a distress call on planet Biter, Roth discovers a sole survivor. The little female isn't rational and latches onto him like a lifeline. That surprises Roth, since most humans fear him. This one won't let him go, but he must resist his desire for her. It's the only honorable thing to do... -
![Rayne's Return by Laura Jo Phillips]()
Rayne's Return by Laura Jo Phillips
6 ratingsFor a woman with a deeply romantic heart, there is nothing like going to a wedding. It’s a symphony of love and tender emotion—the beautiful dress, the flowers, the bride’s maids, the heartfelt vows, and the wonderful food and drink... -
![Designed Collision by Viola Grace]()
Designed Collision by Viola Grace
6 ratingsA stranger walks through the woods and offers to take her from her broken world. Hell yes. With conditions.With the asteroid looming, she makes a run for a family farm and the animals therein. After the crash with communications cut off, she lives a routine of subsistence and survival with no other soul to speak to... -
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![Taming Jax by Mikayla Lane]()
Taming Jax by Mikayla Lane
6 ratingsJaxson 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... -
![Beyond Galaxy's Edge by Anna Hackett]()
Beyond Galaxy's Edge by Anna Hackett
6 ratingsAmbitious Patrol Captain Nissa Sander has spent three years at the galaxy’s edge keeping the law and order, and chasing scoundrel smuggler, Justyn Phoenix. But the charming rogue has always outwitted her and she’s had a hard time ignoring his hard body and handsome face... -
![Trial By Flame by M.K. Eidem, Michelle Howard]()
Trial By Flame by M.K. Eidem, Michelle Howard
6 ratingsAutumn's Kiss by M.K. Eidem Autumn thought she knew who she was then she discovered she was a rare type of dragon shifter called a Supreme Dragoon. Now she is heading to her new mate’s home world to meet more of their kind. Nerves were to be expected, but Autumn is about to get more than she bargained for. Kirall always knew who he was, a Prime Dragoon, one of the strongest of his kind... -
![The Admiral and the Wildcat by Mina Carter]()
The Admiral and the Wildcat by Mina Carter
6 ratingsGabriel Buchanan is a fighter. Once a marine, now he's an Admiral and lawyer for Alliance Fleet. He spends his time taking on the tough cases no one else dares to touch. His life changed course after a messy divorce, making him vow never to love again. Until a hot blonde who matches his drive to fight shows up on his watch. She's a real wildcat--one Gabe wants to get up close and personal with... -
![My Matched Monster by Rena Marks]()
My Matched Monster by Rena Marks
6 ratingsMy punishment starts today.Refusing marriage isn’t acceptable, not in my world—separated from the rest of Earth by the large stone walls of our own community. To refuse the most legendary prophet of our time in front of the entire congregation was a sentence of twenty lashes. Halfway in, I entered a hallucinogenic state.A hero came to save me, but he was purple with tentacles... -
![The Falcorans' Faith by Laura Jo Phillips]()
The Falcorans' Faith by Laura Jo Phillips
8 ratingsYou could say that Faith Myers was one of the unluckiest women in The Thousand Worlds, but that would make her sound a lot luckier than she actually was. Her twin sister, Grace, died in an attack by the reptilian Brethren. Her parents were murdered... -
![Clan, Honor, and Empire by Tracy St. John]()
Clan, Honor, and Empire by Tracy St. John
8 ratingsDramok Rajhir has never had to go without. He’s been blessed with the best schooling, a prestigious pedigree, a fine home, plus all the intimate companionship a young Kalquorian male could ask for. But with status comes responsibility. His father insists Rajhir assume his place in Kalquorian society as soon as possible... -
![Clan and Conviction by Tracy St. John]()
Clan and Conviction by Tracy St. John
8 ratingsThe drug Delir is sweeping the Kalquorian Empire, leaving madness and death in its wake. Investigator Dramok Gelan has already lost his enforcer partner in a deadly shootout because of the case. With no clues or suspects, he despairs of putting an end to the epidemic. Then a familiar face enters the picture: new partner and former lover Nobek Wynhod... -
![Pythen Blessing by Erin Raegan]()
Pythen Blessing by Erin Raegan
8 ratingsLydiaMy life is unrecognizable. I live on an alien planet. I talk to aliens. They’re my friends, my protectors. There is no familiarity to home. The landscape is alien. The sky is alien. Everywhere I look reminds me that I am an impossible distance away from everything I’ve ever known. But I’m safe here. Safer here than I would be anywhere else... -
![On a Rogue Planet by Anna Hackett]()
On a Rogue Planet by Anna Hackett
8 ratingsUnlucky-in-love salvage mechanic, Malin Phoenix, didn’t intend to get caught up in a coup and kidnapped by a sexy cyborg. But she finds herself swept into an adventure to help the deadly, emotionless CenSec, Xander Saros, retrieve an ancient Terran artifact and save his planet... -
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![On a Cyborg Planet by Anna Hackett]()
On a Cyborg Planet by Anna Hackett
8 ratingsAfter a vicious coup, cyborg Axton Saros, Prime of the planet of Centax, is trying to rebuild his world. Still recovering from his captivity and dark guilt, he won’t let anything get in his way. But a priceless artifact, stolen during the attack, is still missing and Axton wants it back... -
![Chaos by Laurie Roma]()
Chaos by Laurie Roma
8 ratingsKatra Tesera is a female Dragon Warrior on a mission. Unsatisfied with the life her family wishes for her back on her home world, she seeks something more for her own future. When the opportunity to visit Earth arises, Katra is eager for the excitement and adventure of traveling the stars... -
![The New King by Erin Raegan]()
The New King by Erin Raegan
10 ratingsMona It’s been a long time since I felt safe. Too long. You would think after all I’ve been through at the hands of an alien monster it would be difficult for me to live near them. That it would be difficult to live under their roof. To sleep near them. To eat their food. To talk to them. The Dahk may not be the Juldo, but they are still alien to me. They are frightening and different from me... -
![Caveman Alien’s Trick by Calista Skye]()
Caveman Alien’s Trick by Calista Skye
10 ratingsPhoebe... A caveman tricked me! It was the oldest trick in the book. And I fell for it! I’m inside a pitch black leather sack, being carried away from my village and the other Earth girls. I scream and kick, but nobody can hear me! I know what this means. The giant caveman carrying me is taking me to his tribe... I’m the only woman he’s been this close to... -
![My Chameleon Mate by Susan Trombley]()
My Chameleon Mate by Susan Trombley
10 ratingsVeraI accidentally launched an escape pod on my miserable honeymoon—with me on it—and crash-landed in the middle of an alien jungle on a forbidden “emerging civilization” planet, breaking about a hundred Cosmic Syndicate laws.Oh, and I robbed a hot lizard guy with sexy black eyes, the most colorful scales I’ve ever seen, and a powerful prehensile tail that curls up like a cinnamon roll... -
![Stolen by Presley Hall]()
Stolen by Presley Hall
12 ratingsHow can we be fated mates? We drive each other crazy.Kidnapped by aliens? Yeah, I don’t think so.These Kalixian warriors may have rescued me from depraved Orkun warlords who abducted me, but that doesn’t mean I’m going to obey their every command. I was a CEO back on Earth, and I don’t take orders from any man.Not even from Malav. Especially not from Malav... -
![Switched by Evangeline Anderson]()
Switched by Evangeline Anderson
12 ratingsA warrior with a talent that could get him killedA girl transported to a new existence with no warningWhen the two of them trade lives, it places them in mortal peril... -
![Kyele's Passion by Michelle Howard]()
Kyele's Passion by Michelle Howard
12 ratingsBeing a Jutak warrior is all Kyele Bastien cares about until one mission changes everything. The Earth female has carved a place in his heart without even trying and now he’ll do anything to make sure nothing ever hurts her again... -
![Bachelor Beast by Grace Goodwin]()
Bachelor Beast by Grace Goodwin
14 ratingsWarlord Wulf thought nothing could be worse than being tortured and contaminated by the Hive. That was before he’s ordered to transport to Earth and represent The Colony in an unfamiliar horror… a human reality show. The Bachelor Beast is the hottest new program on Earth, but being set up with two dozen clingy females is not his idea of a good time... -
![Ravished by Jalek by Mychal Daniels]()
Ravished by Jalek by Mychal Daniels
6 ratingsBook #3 in the Olodian Alien Warrior Romance Series A lost breathing mask is the least of Jalek’s problems… No nonsense Simona Crowley is great at what she does—even if she has to prove it at every turn. As a lead investigator for the Global Space Federation of Earth, she will stop at nothing to find the truth... -
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![Venomous Hunger by Mary Auclair]()
Venomous Hunger by Mary Auclair
6 ratingsHis lust could devour them. Her love will free them both. After being left for dead by her people, Aliena wakes up under the care of alien pirates. She escapes, only to be captured by a creature straight from her darkest nightmares, bent on the destruction of everything she holds dear. An Eok warrior turned outlaw, Kamal is one to be reckoned with... -
![Stealing Jax by Kelly Lucille]()
Stealing Jax by Kelly Lucille
6 ratingsTolan Lark is a Shakien Cat, mercenary, space pirate and occasional spy for the Alliance, but his hunt to end Cor Warrung and the death games has become all consuming, until there is nothing and no one he will not risk to finish the job. At least there is no one he would not risk until he claims a mate. Jax is a royal Dainaree who has left her planet and people behind to follow her own path... -
![The Kindred Warrior's Captive Bride by Evangeline Anderson]()
The Kindred Warrior's Captive Bride by Evangeline Anderson
6 ratingsNeedrix is a Kindred warrior with a tragic past. After losing his pregnant mate during childbirth, he has sworn never to even look at another female again. So he tells himself to ignore the auction going on where a lovely young woman is being sold. But when Need's disgusting crewmate, a three-headed Trollox called Drung, starts bidding on her, he knows he can't abandon her to such a cruel fate... -
![Wyt and Wild by Viola Grace]()
Wyt and Wild by Viola Grace
6 ratingsBook 7 of the Sector Guard series.Alessandra Wyt has been hooked to computers for the majority of her tenure in the Alliance for her talented intuition, but when an opportunity for reassignment to the Sector Guard came up, she jumped at the chance, so to speak. With her mind unable to handle space travel, she is shipped unconscious across the galaxy... -
![Hael's Fury by Viola Grace]()
Hael's Fury by Viola Grace
6 ratingsMinimizing natural disasters was all that Liv Hael lived for. Her matriarchal family tree had a long history of doing their duty to Drai and she was following in their footsteps. When she meets the dragon that she dreamed about, and he offers her a position in the Sector Guard, she can't believe her ears. Only one thing stands in the way of Liv and Vasu joining... -
![Dragon Summons by Viola Grace]()
Dragon Summons by Viola Grace
6 ratingsBook 8, in the bestselling Sector Guard series.Assigned as Inventory Master to the newest Sector Guard base on Teklan, Roxanne is sure only of one thing, if the seductive singing in her mind doesn’t stop, she is going to go nuts. With a little investigation, she finds the source of the nocturnal music and tells it to shut up... -
![Running Wyld by Viola Grace]()
Running Wyld by Viola Grace
6 ratingsBook 2 of the bestselling series, Sector Guard.Agreha Wyld had a good life, friends, family and a place she was accepted. When the Sector Guard call for exceptional beings goes out, her planet nominates her and it is over a year later before they get a response. The response's name is Haaro Denler, telepathic Dhemon and Aggie's destined mate... -
![Entropy by Viola Grace]()
Entropy by Viola Grace
6 ratingsAlia Morgan is a geothermal specialist assigned to the ice planet Yana, but she experiences a disruption to her routine when her best friend's brother arrives to invite her to participate in Ember's wedding, in two days. They are halfway to the main city when Symon drops the bomb... -
![Playing Cards With Aliens by Erin Raegan]()
Playing Cards With Aliens by Erin Raegan
6 ratingsSmall town. Small life. Smaller dreams.I’m content. Happy. It might not make sense to most people but this is the life I chose for myself.If there’s a small part of me that wants to travel and see the world, I’m okay with appeasing that desire with travel magazines and planning future vacations. I want this life and a life full of adventure. I don’t see why I can’t have both... -
![Rescued by the Alien Prince by Miranda Martin]()
Rescued by the Alien Prince by Miranda Martin
6 ratingsOut of the frying pan and into the fire. Senator Ling Richards is passionate about saving the Earth. So when she refuses to allow the latest mega-corporation the right to destroy one of the last nature reserves, it puts her very life in danger. To get their way, they'll kill Ling and all her allies... -
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![Waking Christmas by Viola Grace]()
Waking Christmas by Viola Grace
6 ratingsAfter taking her courses and mastering the talents she was born with, Minya just wants to go home and hold her family close. When her drop pod spins out of control and lands her in the dead zone, she doesn’t know how she is going to survive in the ice and snow. She can’t communicate with family and she doesn’t know where she is, so following her instincts and hiking for the distant hills... -
![Submitting to the Shadow by Evangeline Anderson]()
Submitting to the Shadow by Evangeline Anderson
6 ratingsA human girl, desperate for a job...A Warrior who demands her complete submission...Can Sammi give herself over to Roark?And can Roark save her from a deadly fate?Read Submitting to the Shadow to find out…Samantha Grey is in deep trouble—someone is stalking her and he’s getting closer every day. Desperate to escape, she goes to the one place she knows she can’t be followed—the Kindred Mother Ship... -
![Star Breaker by Viola Grace]()
Star Breaker by Viola Grace
6 ratingsWith an asteroid heading to Morganti, Kale volunteers to retrieve the Star Breaker, a weapon that has the ability to shatter anything in it's way. When he takes possession he feels a familiar presence, a star's Avatar is trapped within the sphere. Carella has been waiting for her freedom, and when her sphere collides with the asteroid, she is naked, free, and in the mood to blow something up... -
![Astonish by Viola Grace]()
Astonish by Viola Grace
6 ratingsCeelie was nothing exceptional until the moment she became the most important woman to an entire world…and its avatar.Trapped in a job working as an assistant for an ambassador, Ceelie is hoping for something better for her life, but she knows that it isn’t likely. While on an assignment to obtain some atmosphere scrubbing trees Ceelie finds herself courted and seduced before she can blink... -
![Asteroid by Viola Grace]()
Asteroid by Viola Grace
6 ratingsSebena has spent her time in the Alliance using her accuracy to blow large rocks into tiny rocks suitable for refinement. When she picks up a heat signature she has to pursue it, even if it means doing it on her own time. Finding a life pod is not really a surprise, but having it functioning and its occupant alive is quite the shock... -
![Harness by Viola Grace]()
Harness by Viola Grace
6 ratingsUsing tech to hold her shape becomes a problem when she meets a man who drives her senses into overdrive.Alfreda has become used to the constant pressure of her harness, keeping her in a basic bipedal form and helping her back into her Terran shape. When she learns that her mixed blood makes the shapeshifter in her far stronger than the human, she has a choice...
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