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The Privateer


William Zellmann - 2012
    The slaves stole an ore carrier and escaped, and after failing at trade, desperation and hatred drove them to piracy. John was a hugely successful pirate, until forced to confront the horrors committed by his men. He grabs a ship and a bag of gems, and runs away, determined to regain his self-respect. Pursued by his former colleagues, he flees across man-settled space. Along the way, he learns that his ship is much more than a simple yacht, deals with a stowaway girl, almost accidentally buys an orbital scrap yard, finds himself responsible for a beautiful young woman, fights off a pirate attack, falls in love, makes a friend, and learns that his refuge has been invaded by another planet. John, now Cale, and his friends plan to use derelicts from his scrap yard to free his sanctuary planet. But can a bunch of resurrected hulks really defeat a planetary fleet? And just what IS a Privateer, anyway?

Alien Boyfriend for Christmas


Luna Kingsley - 2020
    Her dream job as the lead botanist on Niri was worth traveling across the galaxy, but she’s not going to miss out on the trappings of her favorite holiday. Not to mention she misses everyone back home. Everyone except her ex, of course. She’ll do everything she can to avoid seeing him again but running into him around town is inevitable.Verrik is tired of the monotony of his day-to-day life on Niri. He works long days as an electrician to try to get ahead and save what money he can. One day he hopes to be able to support a family of his own but as an orphan, his opportunities are limited. The one good thing that comes from his current job is meeting the unique, curvy little botanist from Earth.She’s headed back to Earth for the holidays. He’s ready for his own adventure. Her suggestion to be her fake alien boyfriend is unconventional, but the payment is too good to pass up. When the lines between fantasy and reality begin to blur, they find themselves navigating unexplored territory.Can a Niri Alien and Earth female find a way to make a relationship work for real?Alien Boyfriend for Christmas is a standalone sci-fi romance full of steam with no cheating, no cliffhanger and a happily ever after guaranteed!

Starwalker


P. Jameson - 2015
    Cold and icy, Brilliette and her inhabitants exist in secret, hidden under the blazing fires of other celestials. However, stars aren’t meant to keep secrets… Cannalise is the daughter of the Fallen King. Orphaned as a child maiden, she’s survived the hard way. By being the cruellest of all the females of the star. She lives by one rule: show nothing, feel nothing. When she discovers the Fates have given her a mate, she struggles to hold on to the rule that has kept her heart safe. But it’s hard to ignore the fierce warrior that has set his sights on her. Breccken has watched his mate for a thousand years, unable to reveal himself to her. The Fates have played an ugly trick on him, giving him a female who has no room for love in her heart. But as a warrior of the Nova Guard, he has never backed down from a challenge, and plans to strip Cannalise’s soul bare if that’s what it takes to win her. When vicious threats are levelled on the citizens of Brilliette, Cannalise and Breckken must work together to keep their people safe. But as for their hearts… there’s no guarantee.

Date Night on Union Station


E.M. Foner - 2014
    After swallowing her pride and purchasing a subscription to the dating service that’s rumored to be powered by the same benevolent artificial intelligence that runs the huge station, Kelly decides to give love a shot. But as her dates go from bad to worse, she can only hope that the supposedly omniscient AI is planning a happy ending.

Ryonna's Trials: Novella 1


Christian Kallias - 2016
     While acquiring vital information to infiltrate Hellstar, the maximum security prison her son is being held in, she makes an unlikely alliance that raises shadows from her past. It quickly becomes clear that the reasons behind the bounty on her head run deeper than she could ever have imagined. The shocking implications will turn Ryonna's entire life upside down. While attempting to break Ronan out of Hellstar remains her top priority, she embarks on a series of highly dangerous trials in order to uncover the truth behind it all, putting her life, mission and even her sanity on the line at every turn. --- The events of this Novella take place between book one (Earth – Last Sanctuary) and book two (Fury to the Stars) of the Universe in Flames saga. They focus around Ryonna's character. While it is not necessary to have read these books to enjoy this Novella, you’ll understand each reference to other characters and mention of races as well as some other world building details better if you did. If this is the first book you read from me, worry not, you can still go ahead and read it.

Alien Savior


Ashley West - 2015
    As one of the one percent of immune humans left to watch the earth languish and die, she's resigned herself to a life of solitude. All of that changes, however, with the arrival of a mysterious alien prince offering salvation for the human race. When Danielle realizes she's to become his queen, she will discover that it will take much more than simple chemistry with the gorgeous prince to make their marriage work. It will take fortitude, courage, and strength. Prince Kael Al'Hazzar has always been strong. As one of his Empire's foremost warriors and the future king, he has never questioned his willingness to do the right thing. When he takes a human bride to show his support for their assimilation, however, he learns that it will take much more than simple physical strength to understand his human bride. It will take the softening of his heart, and a leap of faith he never before considered. This Sci-Fi Alien Invasion Paranormal Romance has action, adventure and romance around every turn. Get your copy today by clicking “Buy Now!”... CAUTION: Includes hot sex scenes and intense action! 18 or older.

The Breaking Light


Heather Hansen - 2017
    Arden—beautiful, street-smart, and cynical—is one of the citizens of the lowest Level, known as Undercity, of an off-world colony. A blackout band traps Arden in her district, but as sister to the leader of the most powerful gang in Undercity, she has access to Above.There she meets Dade, one of the few lucky enough to be born into the sun-kissed families who reside in the Towers soaring above the rest of the city. But life isn’t perfect in the sky. Dade, desperate to escape his upcoming arranged marriage, has a secret of his own, and he’s willing to risk everything for it.An unlikely romance develops between the two teens—but their love faces opposition from above and below. When her gang pressures Arden to help break the grip of the elite and end Dade’s interference with their drug trade, she is forced to make a deadly choice between love and family loyalty. But will the brewing class war destroy the world around them first?

The Sarran Plague


A.C. Katt - 2009
    Sarrans mates in Triad, two males with one female, and without fems, their civilization stared extinction in the face.But the Sarrans are tough and smart. They searched the galaxy for a genetically compatible species and found Earth. They were told the Earthen fems were an inferior species, with many unable to establish the psychic link essential to the triad bond, but they had to try.En route, from as far out as the asteroid belt, they heard fem voices calling to the mates. Success! But their joy is short-lived, because the human fems are in pain -- they are dying. The Zyptz found Earth before the Sarrans and unleashed their toxin.Admirals Jonal and Tonas are determined to obtain a fem at almost any cost, and rush to save Anya, because they've already mated with her in their minds.

War of the Spheres


B.V. Larson - 2019
    They crash into an incredibly advanced piece of technology: a massive force-field. Unknown beings have placed a barrier around our star and planets, enclosing us within. We’re locked inside a Great Sphere. Was this invisible obstacle built to imprison us—or to protect us? No one knows the truth, but it soon becomes clear the barrier has leaks. Aliens infiltrate and try to sabotage our efforts to escape our cage. A warship crewed by military people and scientists beta-test an engine designed to pass through the barrier. Chief Gray, a security officer from Control, is assigned to help. His mission is critical: Earth must escape her bonds at all costs, even if it means war with our hostile neighbors. War of the Spheres is a new novel by James Millington and B. V. Larson, a bestselling SF author with over three million copies sold.

Alien Prince's Bride


Vi Voxley - 2016
     Violet is a calaya, one of the most beautiful and most sought after prizes of the Atreens. And that is exactly what she has been raised to be - a bauble to be claimed. But Violet doesn't want to just be a mantelpiece for a great warrior who wins her hand in a galactic gladiator tournament - she wants to make her own choices. Or so she discovers when her heart and destiny clash and she can only choose one to follow. With the charming and feared Raider Prince on one hand and a roguish guard on the other, her choices are going to be hard to make. Areon is a man of many secrets and many faces. Driven by revenge, he seeks to win the hand of the only woman who has ever held his heart and broken it, by winning hers in the grand tournament for him to do as he pleases. But old wounds only cover burning emotions and even a man who can't be stopped by anything, not even by blind luck, must admit defeat in front of his own heart. When it becomes painfully evident that he is not the only one seeking to claim his princess, the gloves have got to come off. So which will it be? Will heart or destiny conquer? Is victory more important than love? And who is this mysterious Raider Prince? Find out in this standalone scifi alien romance novel with a guaranteed HEA!

Bride for the Alien Warrior


Linda Mathers - 2016
    She thought it would be impossible for the day to actually become worse than it already was.And then…Captured by the Darri, a race of alien warriors, she soon finds herself the prize of their strong, big and drop dead sexy ruler Eliahu. The draw of her supple curves only increase his savage lustful desires.What can a confident, beautiful and strong-willed woman expect when their alpha male ruler’s mating urges need to be satisfied?And more importantly…Can a relationship based on pure lust last enough to grow into true love?Content Warning: This sci-fi romance short story contains mature language and content. Please be aware that this is a romance short, not a full-length novel.

Far From Home: The Complete Third Series


Tony Healey - 2015
    The Third Series of the smash-hit scifi adventure that has thrilled readers the world over!

Star-Crossed Alien Mail Order Brides Collection - Vol. 1


Susan Hayes - 2018
    Join these three alien males as they go in search of love on the far side of the galaxy, on a primitive planet the resident lifeforms call Earth. What do you do when your planet runs out of women? Send for takeout, of course. Joran Joran, Crown Prince of Pyros, needs to claim his mate in order to ascend to the throne one day. The problem? His destined mate isn’t on Pyros. This book contains a redheaded barista who doesn’t believe in aliens, and a prince who is used to getting anything he wants without having to work for it ... until now. VadirVadir has a business empire to run and no time to spare on frivolous endeavours. So how did he wind up on the far side of the galaxy to claim a mate he never signed up for? A matchmaking queen and a royal decree, that’s how. This book contains a bohemian blonde with a hell of a right hook, and an interstellar tycoon who is about to learn that the best things in life can’t be bought or sold, they have to be won. KashKash knows he’ll never be allowed to claim a mate. A lifetime of military service has left him too battle-scarred and broken to be considered for the off-world mating project his rulers have created to save their people. This book contains a hopeful romantic who is giving up hope, and a soldier who is about to discover that love doesn’t obey orders, and it can’t be bound by rules.

The Alien's Captured Mate


Bertina Mars - 2016
     When her boss sends her on a trip to a foreign planet named Zethrad to help with their research team’s pursuit of the “Fountain of Youth,” Mira ends up being stuck on a planet full of people who hate and distrust her, alone. The planet of Zethrad is barbaric, hostile, and they all bow down to Lord Commander Arzak. He’s cocky, arrogant, temperamental, and he wears a smirk on his lips as though he’s always got something clever to say. Stuck with him as her “chaperone” when accusations of espionage and sabotage begin to run rampant, though… The Lord Commander is all that she has. Meanwhile, he is insistent in that Mira wants him, leading to a game of cat and mouse. She tries to resist, but the more she does, the more she becomes unraveled, and the more she has to question… Is she really a biologist anymore? A diplomat of Earth? Or is she the Lord Commander’s Earth girl, his to play with? Could she really ever give in to a man like him, to someone who seeks control in everything he does? And who really is the man behind the ego and the armor? One thing is for sure, Mira Hawthorne doesn’t know what she wants anymore. Adults Only!

Beyond Armageddon IV: Schism


Anthony DeCosmo - 2011
    For Trevor Stone, however, what began as a straightforward battle for survival has grown into a complex campaign against both external and internal adversaries. While his forces confront a human/alien alliance, Trevor finds that his most dangerous enemy is much closer to home. Schism is the fourth installment in the five-part Beyond Armageddon series and features massive battles over the skies of California, a conspiracy that will shake the foundation of humanity's empire, and a conversation with the gods. Get Ready. Hold on. Choose your side.