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Caged with the Alien


Luna Kingsley - 2020
    They call him beast, and he’s earned the title. Living in a cage, being forced to fight to survive has made him the worst version of himself. Most nights, he wonders if he’ll ever find his way back again.Then she appears, dropped into the middle of the combat pits.He’s given an order to impregnate her or face the consequences. But he’s Roh’ilian and they don’t hurt women or take what isn’t given freely. Even the beast within won’t allow it.Emerie, desperate for money, arrived at a research organization to participate in a medical study. With zero family to lean on, her back is against the wall. Instead of the pills she expected, she wakes up in a strange place surrounded by creatures from science fiction novels.She’s given a choice: submit to the beast or be passed from cage to cage until she gives her captors what they want – a successful mating between a human and alien species that results in a child. But Emerie just wants to go home. Even if there’s nothing for her to go home to.She’s seen the beast’s incredible power firsthand. She also sees how he looks at her. If he wanted to, he could take her without question. Instead, he surprises her. Is it possible the beast has a soft side? And how far is he willing to go to make sure she remains unharmed?Caged with the Alien is the first book in a steamy new alien breeder series. No cheating, no cliffhanger, HEA guaranteed!

Dracon


Kylie Gold - 2016
     When the ship Amelia works on is forced to land at the backwater colony planet Shaviro for repairs, her entire life changes in an instant. Shaviro is home to the Navani, an alien race of deadly and fierce warriors that want nothing more than to destroy the human colonists. In order to help pay for the ship’s repairs, Amelia is sent out on a mission to strike back against the aliens. She never thought she’d fight in a war, let alone get captured by an enormous male with a deadly battle ax. Instead of killing her, the alien decides to spare her life and claims her as his prize. Soon, Amelia realizes that the Navani are more than they seem. Her captor, the hulking prince of his tribe named Dracon, isn’t just a bloodthirsty savage. He’s handsome, intelligent, and seems hell-bent on protecting her from his own people. He believes Amelia is his true mate, and he’s going to take what he wants from her. Will Amelia choose the gorgeous, alluring alien warrior that wants to claim her as his own? Or will she return home to her people? Amelia must decide before the war tears them both to pieces. Adults only! This science fiction alien romance contains violence, swearing, and lots of steamy sex! Cliffhanger Warning: there's a minor cliffhanger that sets up the next book. You'll get your HEA, but be ready for more exciting scifi to come!

Shielder


Catherine Spangler - 1999
    In the hopes of finding a cure, the Shielders need a human host to get the deadly virus past Controller checkpoints and to a medical lab on the planet Santerra. With her people facing extinction, outcast Nessa dan Ranul volunteers to be the host and is injected with the virus. She has only four weeks to make it to Santerra before it kills her. When her ship breaks down in deep space, she’s rescued by her most dangerous enemy—a shadower, a bounty hunter who tracks down Shielders. She can’t tell him the truth about her dilemma, or he will turn her in to the Controllers. Shadower Chase McKnight has an agenda more pressing than claiming bounty rewards—vengeance. He doesn’t have time for a homeless waif who ignites emotions he buried long ago. He refuses to allow anything to deter him from his mission, which results in traveling away from Santerra—while the time bomb inside Nessa is ticking down. But she doesn’t dare trust this man who is an enemy of Shielders. Their secrets and agendas don’t prevent the growing attraction between them, even as they fight their individual demons—even as time runs out for Nessa. Only love can bring them full circle, offering Chase redemption, and the chance to save Nessa—and ultimately, her people.

Given to the Alien


Sabrina Kade - 2020
    Until one day without warning, a blue horned alien saves me, saying I’m his mate.Torryn vows to kill anyone who tries to take me away, but I was never meant to be his in the first place. Luck may have brought me to him, but when my real owner returns my luck may have run out.Warning: This book contains a blue horned alien hero, an abducted Earth female, hot alien action and a guaranteed happily ever after. No cheating. No cliffhanger.

Hunter Bound


Nola Robertson
    To Earth. Too bad the cosmic universe has other plans. It turns out fighting off the unwanted advances of a Klorthon warrior is a bad idea, especially when he is intent on selling her to a renegade band of slavers. When Synge Varlik, a Tarron hunter, intervenes and prevents her abduction, Ricka believes she is safe. She soon discovers the extremely hot and totally ripped alien’s idea of a rescue is trapping her aboard his ship and taking her to his home planet. Synge is sworn to protect the inhabitants in his quadrant, including the human female whose mere presence taunts the animalistic side of his nature. In order to protect Ricka, he invokes an ancient rite—a warrior’s challenge to the death. He will protect her with his life and do anything necessary to keep the spirited woman alive, even if he has to kidnap her and claim her as his own to do it.

Warrior Bound (Fated Mates of Halia Book 1)


Alaska Jones - 2021
    For him. For the bond.When Kira crashes on a strange planet, her worst fear is running out of food. Instead she ends up between two rival alien tribes. One wants her as a slave. The other offers her salvation.Except for the small problem of a huge blue warrior claiming she's his mate. When he touches her, she forgets her own name. But to end the tribal conflict, she must submit to him. Completely. Publicly. Will he save her from the enemies only to see her transformed into someone else? And will she ever find a place among the fierce aliens?Warrior Bound is a full-length standalone sci-fi romance featuring hot and horned alien warriors, a kickass heroine, and a possessive hero with savage fighting skills. No cheating, no cliffhanger, and a happily ever after guaranteed!

Silver Tongued Devils


Dawn Montgomery - 2014
    The main story is formerly part of the Tall, Dark and Alpha boxed set***Raesa was one step from hell until she found redemption in their arms.Ship thief and notorious escape artist, Raesa Daw was the best in the business until a routine DNA test proves that she's one of the last Earthen purebloods in existence. Desperate to escape sexual slavery and breeding for a royal house, she flees the station on the Crimson Star, landing in the arms of a deadly half-breed, Brom Raine.One kiss burns away her fear, but opens a world more dangerous than she'd ever known.Captain Anderson Na'varr of the Mercenary frigate Crimson Star shows no mercy to those who stow away on his vessel. He will take the thief and show her exactly how erotically ruthless he and his Executive Officer, Brom, can be.Seduced by the dark lust and hidden strength of both men, she vows to do everything in her power to corrupt her DNA before the slavers find her.Na'varr realizes Raesa holds the key to survival, and losing her to the Republic would destroy the fragile peace he and Brom had found in her arms. Her courage would lead them out of the depths of hell but only their love could keep her alive. WARNING: SILVER TONGUED DEVILS contains explicit sex. It is not intended for readers under the age of 18.Author's Note: Silver Tongued Devils was previously released in the Tall, Dark and Alpha Boxed Set. This edition comes with two additional stories in the continuation of their adventures.

Treasure of the Abyss


Tiffany Roberts - 2017
    Her fears come to fruition when a sudden storm capsizes their boat, rekindling her old terror. She awakens to a rescuer who is anything but human - and he refuses to let her go. Treated like a curiosity and a possession, she's desperate to go home. Yet Macy is undeniably drawn to this strange creature. Can she give up her old life, her family and friends, to embrace this adventure… and Jax? Her Saviour And Her Captor... Jax the Wanderer is a hunter, an explorer, and an oddity among his kind. While other kraken are content near their dens, Jax is driven by a deep need to journey far and wide, discovering the unknown corners of the sea. Macy challenges everything he's known; she is the most alluring creature he's ever seen on his travels. He must possess her, though he knows it can only end in disaster. How much is he willing to forsake for the female he desires?

Agent I1: Tristan


Joni Hahn - 2013
    Now that D.I.R.E. has successfully implemented his scientific enhancements, he’s a walking weapon. Unstoppable, as long as he stays focused. No relationships. When ex-BUD/S teammate, Aidan Monroe, interrupts his long-awaited sabbatical to call in a favor, Tristan reluctantly fills the simple request: take out his sister’s fiancé. One problem: Rachel Monroe - smokin’ hot, kind-hearted, and in desperate need of a protector. After the best sex of his life, Tristan’s afraid unstoppable is just a memory. Knowing Aidan’s temper, Tristan could be, too. Rachel Monroe had a plan to help her mother. Her brother ruined everything when his gorgeous, super-agent friend teleported her to some forsaken island - and his bed. She’s drawn to him despite the fact he’s a professional agent, much like the people suspected of killing her father. Now, his enemies have come to her small town, looking for vengeance. Have they found more than they bargained for? Or, does the past have its own retribution in mind?

DaR


Jennifer Julie Miller - 2021
    Headed towards my dream vacation I was snatched right out of the air. My husband, the love of my life, was destroyed right in front of my eyes. He fought bravely trying to protect me from a horror neither one of us could have ever imagined. I find myself standing in the spotlight on a stage. Mutilated and tortured, the blood from my body flowing freely down my legs along with my will to live. Piercing yellow eyes emerge from the darkness, but even the shadows can’t hide his imposing form. Gentle, but terrifying arms reach out for me, and within their embrace can I find the will to live again?DaRI am a badass, known throughout the galaxy for my brutality, as a ruthless and feared commander. With that being said, somehow I still got coerced into purchasing a slave. My eyes fall upon a small female who's very essence and eternal light is leaking out of her onto the floor below her. I watch in awe as she accepts her fate, willing her nightmare to be over. I almost turn away from her and the unnecessary cruelly in this room, but the very thought of her dying on that floor surrounded by the very monsters that have done this to her disgust me. I walk up among the beings surrounding her and pull her from the stage, daring, or should I say hoping they try to do something about it. The moment I put her in my arms, everything changes. The attachments I have avoided my whole life become unavoidable. Will this damaged slave be able to replace the shadows in my life? One thing for sure is that I will destroy the entire universe to keep her safe. No one touches what’s MINE!

Andar


Becca Colton - 2020
    It got worse from there.The good news? All those people who say they’ve seen little green men were probably telling the truth. The bad news? Those little green men are slave traders . . . and I’m one of their new slaves.Determined to not live the rest of my live in slavery, my cellmates and I decided to try and escape. It was going fairly well until the ship crash-landed on an alien planet that was mostly jungle. And the alien slavers aren’t thrilled with us wrecking their ship.They have laser pistols and I have . . . well, I have a strong desire to not go back into a cage. And then, suddenly, I have so much more.He looks like an angel but fights like a demon.Andar. Leader of the sky warriors, protectors of the world I now find myself on.He’s handsome, covered in feathers, and he has wings. A warrior who rules the skies. And he’s set his intense golden eyes on me.But the slavers won’t give up. They’re determined to recapture me and the others. They think they can take me from the winged warrior who has claimed me as his.They’re wrong.

Eros


K. Cantrell - 2017
    But when the Intergalactic Dating Agency matches her with a sexy alien willing to play pretend in exchange for her help assimilating to Earth culture, she gets way more than she bargained for: Eros is seductive, pushy and has no intention of faking anything, least of all their relationship…**********If you enjoyed this story, read the other books in the Olympia Alien Mail Order Brides series, and check out the multi-author Intergalactic Dating Agency collection (see the official series website).

Wanted by the Werewolf Prince


Kara Lockharte - 2017
    Wait, what do you mean I’m that arrogant oversexed egotist’s MATE?Prince Ral of the House of Nightclaw, Duke of Some Random Planet, Lord Master Stud may be the handsomest prince in the universe.But that doesn’t mean he can tell me what to do.I’m a military pilot with higher orders; get Prince Arrogance out of enemy territory and back to where he belongs.His Royal Cockiness wants to go back to save his people left behind.I won’t disobey my chain of command, of which he has no part.Now the savage beast that lurks under the prince’s chiseled god-like body is toying with me, thinking I’ll succumb to his demands, his prevarications and flirtations.The werewolf prince may be used to getting what he wants.But I can’t let him; my honor, my career and the fate of three intergalactic empires is at stake.I have to hold out against the wolf before he truly takes command…of more than my ship.He is not my prince, not my alpha, and sure as he—Wait, what do you mean I’m that arrogant oversexed egotist’s MATE?

Trading Teon


Reagan Hawk - 2012
    When a cargo ship transporting women charged with crimes by the Galactic Star Union arrives on their planet, the men make the traders an offer they can’t refuse. Planet Ralen is sorely lacking in women, and the males have an inborn desire to dominate, to tame females and to reproduce. When their inner beasts’ clocks start ticking and the burning need to spread their seed consumes them, they go on the hunt for the perfect female. Too bad both men want the same woman.Teon, a lady with a place in high society, thought life as she knew it was over when she was wrongfully charged with a crime by her stepmother. A prisoner en route to a barren planet to serve her sentence, she’s presented with an opportunity to start over again on the planet Ralen. The catch is she has to be willing to be claimed by two males. Not just any males mind you, two burning hunks who are ready to fight to the death if need be to share her bed.Warning: Novella contains graphic language, light BDSM play/themes, extreme alpha male shifters who cannot wait to get a collar on their female to brand her as theirs for life, women willing to submit and scorching hot sex scenes. If you don’t like strong men who take control in the bedroom and sometimes out, or if you’re in the market for long, drawn-out plots, this isn’t the series for you. This novella is hot and dirty and won’t apologize for that fact.

The Forgotten Commander


K. Webster - 2019
    Our future is bleak.Longevity is a luxury we can’t afford.The most we can hope for is survival.We’ve all but given up when an opportunity presents itself.Five females—a chance at a future.Procuring these women went against everything I’d been taught, but desperate times call for desperate measures.They’re ours now.Asleep and made ready for breeding.We won’t die out—lost and forgotten.It’s our destiny to grow and once again inhabit our lonely planet.I am Breccan Aloisius, the forgotten commander.My people will have the future they deserve.I’ll make sure of it.My mind is made up…until she wakes and nothing goes as planned.