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Beautiful Thing : Specimen-One, Book #1 (Specimen-One Series) by Ever Nightly
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Rescued by Qaiyaan
Tamsin Ley - 2018
And now she’s been captured by one…Wanted by the black market cartel, Lisa has come out of hiding to find her missing twin brother. She's carrying top-secret biotechnology that has both the cartel and the law hot on her tail. An alien pirate captain with smoldering eyes and a rock-hard body is the last distraction she needs—but he's also her only hope of escape.An evil galactic corporation destroyed Captain Qaiyaan’s home world, and with no females left, his fleet has turned to piracy and revenge. The last thing he thought he’d find on a derelict passenger ship is an alluring human female carrying a solution to his race's salvation. And he definitely never expected the feisty ex-con to worm her way into his heart.Together, they must fend off alien bounty hunters and keep their bucket-of-bolts ship from falling apart. Yet the greatest danger of all might come in the form of a single, passionate kiss. Will the very technology that allows them to be together end up ripping them apart?Reader Promise: Steamy love scenes, superhero aliens, and heart-pounding action. This thrilling Sci-Fi is intended for mature audiences.
Beyond
Maureen A. Miller - 2012
College beckons, as does her dream of becoming an engineer. On an early evening walk, her cocker spaniel charges into the woods on the other side of the pond. Aimee trails after him, and in the stillness of that forest the unthinkable happens. She becomes paralyzed and watches in horror as her hands vanish before her eyes. Waking to the sound of voices, Aimee realizes that she has been kidnapped. Little does she know how far away from home she is, though. In an attempt to flee her captors, she launches from their confines only to freeze at the view outside the window. The sky is black and filled with stars, and in the distance is a familiar blue globe. The planet Earth. A group of humans forced to flee their planet after an epidemic destroyed their civilization now travel the galaxies in search of an antidote. Retrieving samples of plant life from every solar system, on this occasion Aimee was accidentally seized instead. Aimee must learn to avoid the advances of an awkward young scientist who seems intent on dissecting her, as her own fascination turns to the exotic young warrior, Zak. Having fallen in love with Zak, she is now torn with the decision to return to Earth or live beyond the stars.
The Abduction
Erin Durante - 2013
After inheriting her father's farm and being cheated on by her long-time boyfriend, she decided she needed a change to make her own destiny. She expected sooner or later Prince Charming would come along and sweep her off her feet.She did not expect to be swept off to the stars... literally.Abducted by a young alien who's inexperience with anything female proves to be more than an inconvenience, Samantha's days of house-arrest on a war torn planet are boring and dull.Until her mate's older brother comes home wounded from the war needing to recover from both physical and emotional wounds. An immediate attraction sparks between Samantha and this mysterious beast, and she struggles to balance her growing desires and her plans for escaping their alien world.Then things start to heat up.
Loving Sydnee Jones
A.C. Taylor - 2020
He’s been hooked on her since he caught her singing in her garage. She felt their souls intertwine the moment they touched. But their love goes deeper than a chance encounter. Just how far will one of them have to go to prove it?
Releasing Rage
Cynthia Sax - 2015
Half Machine. All Hers. Rage, the Humanoid Alliance’s most primitive cyborg, has two goals — kill all of the humans on his battle station and escape to the Homeland. The warrior has seen the darkness in others and in himself. He believes that’s all he’s been programmed to experience. Until he meets Joan. Joan, the battle station’s first female engineer, has one goal — survive long enough to help the big sexy cyborg plotting to kill her. Rage might not trust her but he wants her. She sees the passion in his eyes, the caring in his battle-worn hands, the gruff emotion in his voice. When Joan survives the unthinkable, Rage’s priorities are tested. Is there enough room in this cyborg’s heart for both love and revenge?
Megan's Alien
Pixie Moon - 2015
I’ve just been given to a new alien. He’s the third one in two days. This purple skinned alien isn’t as dangerous and scary looking as the others and he smells delicious. My heart lurches as hope and passion flare within me. I have to fight my strange attraction to him because I know looks can be deceiving.Hilam Braknee ~ I’m not looking for a female. Not even a cute one. My work comes first. That’s why I’m surprised when I’m inexplicably drawn to the little human my brother brings me. Something in her pretty eyes intrigues me. She needs a bath, some healing, and a good meal. After all of her needs have been met, I’ll decide what to do with my distracting gift.5005 is a scary year to be alive. Change is brewing in the stars.Warning: Adult content. This story could be offensive to some. Buyer beware: Dagrinians are a group of VOYEURS and EXHIBITIONISTS! They don’t share but they do look!
Million Miles Away
Alice Bane - 2019
All I’ll tell you is that they turned my life upside down.But I’m a rational person.Naturally, I assumed that my mind was playing tricks on me when I saw the strange figures standing over me.But it felt so freakishly real;especially one face in particular that always stayed with me long after I woke up.Something about him always drew me in and I knew he was different. He made me feel different.All my life, romance has felt like something that was reserved for everyone but me. I’d accepted that the only love in my life would be experienced through my artwork.Now I’m questioning everything I know about myself, about reality, and especially about love.
For the past year, sleep paralysis has been little more than a thorn in Natalia's side. That is, until she meets Korin, a strange but beautiful alien being who makes her question everything she knows about the universe.
Soulless
Kate Rudolph - 2018
Raze NaFeen has sacrificed everything in service of his people. Otherwise cursed to die at thirty without a mate, Raze has taken drastic action, destroying his soul and killing his emotions to prolong his life. He feels nothing. No love, no hate, no fear. Until he meets Sierra. A spy on a mission... Sierra Alvarez has a lot to live up to. As the daughter of a celebrated general, she's expected to follow in his militaristic footsteps, except Sierra is no soldier. Her talents are best used for sneaking and subterfuge. When an off planet mission gets out of hand, she'll need to use every skill she has and work with a mysterious, sexy warrior who awakens an unquenchable desire within her. Two worlds collide... Raze and Sierra shouldn't fit, but every minute spent together singes them with a chemistry too hot to ignore. They'll need to fight pirates, their people, and the vast distances of space to find a way for two lost souls to become one whole. Can a man without a soul find his mate? And is that bond enough to heal wounds that run deep? Each Detyen Warriors novel can be read as a standalone. Enjoy feisty women, alpha aliens, fated mates, and relationships hot enough to steam up your screen.
Species Traitor
Kate L. Mary - 2020
They came hoping to find a new home after their own planet was destroyed, but Earth was dying as well, and most humans saw their arrival as an invasion. Now, two decades later, the Veilorians have been banished to the District, a fenced-in area on the outskirts of the last known livable land on Earth. Most people do their best to pretend they don’t exist, but not everyone. There are humans, like my cousin, who see them for what they are. Despite the threat of disownment, she married a Veilorian, and now she, too, lives in the District. Even before I met Finn, I was determined to stand up for what was right, but from the moment I laid eyes on him, we had a connection I’ve never experienced before. But with the election of a new and radical mayor on the horizon, tensions are high, and people are calling for change. They want to make my cousin’s marriage illegal and punish any human who goes into the District, but I refuse to back down from this fight. No matter the cost.
Her Alien Warrior
Viki Storm - 2020
An easy smuggling run, one crate off-planet and then I can leave all my dark secrets behind.Crash landing was not part of the plan. Neither was being rescued by a monster.Did I say rescued? Because I think I mean kidnapped. This muscle-bound alien is keeping me captive on his ship. And if he finds out what cargo I'm really carrying? I don't want to know what he'll do to me.He's super intense, super scary… And super hot. Once you get past the fangs and claws. He says we're mates and he's going to claim me as his own. I'm totally at his mercy—I just hope he has some underneath his scaled exterior…Humans and aliens are not supposed to mix. If he takes me, I'll be ruined. Tainted. Despoiled. But the more he looks at me with those yellow eyes, the more I think I want to be ruined…AUVOKMine. The female is mine. She fell out of the sky in a fiery wreck of twisted metal and now she belongs to me. A gift from the Universe itself: my fated mate.Even though I've been exiled, I'm still a Virixian warrior—and warriors don't ask. They take. I can't wait to defile her delicate, innocent body.But first, I have to complete this mission. I can't screw it up. All I have to do is keep my hands off this sassy female so I can focus on the job. Not likely. The desires of a Virixian warrior are voracious. She's not just going to be the death of me, but the death of us all…This is a standalone book, no cliffhanger, HEA guaranteed!
Departing
Joynell Schultz - 2019
I can either board an alien spaceship with my fellow criminals or rot in prison on a dying Earth. The spacecraft's captain, a handsome alien who looks remarkably human, has been visiting me in my dreams for over a year. He has given me the companionship I need during my time locked up in solitary confinement and the way he holds me in the dark makes me forget the Earth is on the brink of extinction. In the midst of another ice age, humanity will be wiped out soon, but the alien spacecraft gives hundreds of us another option. If I get on that ship, I have a chance at surviving. And I’m a survivor. Only a deadly disease is spreading among the aliens and has already wiped out three-quarters of their population. It appears to be a virus, but as the aliens continue dying despite all precautions, I begin to wonder if the disease is something else. How do I keep the man I’ve fallen in love with safe? And if he dies, along with the rest of his alien race, how will us humans manage a ship filled with unknown technology? But if the disease also wipes out the humans on board, none of this will even matter. Read this romantic apocalyptic alien adventure today!
Books in the Earth’s Only Hope Series:
Connecting (Prequel) Departing (Book 1) Surviving (Book 2): Pre-order today! Returning (Book 3): Coming Feb/Mar 2020
Shifters of Brigantia 12 Book Box Set
Lisa Daniels - 2019
Encountering him and being bound for life changed everything. I am my father’s daughter – a merchant and negotiator. I never really knew my mother, she died when I was young. My looks came from her, as well as my ability to do magic. But my skills are so feeble that I was ready to give up. Then I went into the market and met him. A simple touch is all it takes to create a connection between a mystic and guardian. Given how week my powers had been, I never expected to have a bond. And he did not look like a guardian. His beautiful black hair made his startling eyes stand out. When he offered a hand to help, our lives changed. Being bound to this gorgeous man would be any woman’s dream, But my father’s disappeared. No one seems willing to figure out what happened. Bound or not, I have my path. If he is willing to follow, I don’t think I can turn him down. This Box Set from White Tigers of Brigantia, Jaguars of Brigantia, and Panthers of Brigantia Includes: Callie’s Guardian Iris’s Guardian Alexis’s Guardian Freya’s Guardian Dulce’s Champion Precious’s Champion Harmony’s Champion Miracle’s Champion Itzel’s Assassin Rosaline’s Assassin Phoenix’s Assassin Heaven’s Assassin Author's Note: These are stand alone series books intended for 18+
The Perfect Creation
Marie Harte - 2008
He's sent to baby-sit his troublesome older brother, and in the process finds himself kidnapped by a woman too perfect to be real, with the strength of an inhumanly powerful being. To make matters worse, he's mistaken for his old alter-ego, Cheltam a criminal mastermind who actually serves as a cover for Rafe's real work as a lawman.But Erin, his kidnapper, needs his help, and Rafe is unable to deny the protective instincts, as well as the lust, he feels in her presence. He agrees to help her, posing as Cheltam. And they seal the deal with more than a kiss, in an act that changes Rafe's world forever. When he learns that this special woman is a Creation, an 'abomination' in the eyes of the System and one that is to be terminated on sight, Rafe doesn't just bend the rules, he breaks them. Together, he and Erin will take on the laboratory that created her.The odds are against them, but if they're successful, Rafe plans on a future with the woman he considers his mate...if only he can convince her that his love is real."
Twinned Shadow
Candice Bundy - 2020
All my awful family cares about is what I wear. Funerals suck.A Foothold In Two Different Worlds, And No Safety In Either…I, Becka Rowan, live in a time of uneasy peace. A fragile truce stands between humans, shifters, and the fae-touched—those who turn inward to their Houses for loyalty and protection and live in isolation from the outside world.For an ungifted like me, that’s impossible to do.Born of the fae but not blessed with their powers, I’ve grown up as an outcast within the human world. Humans don’t trust people like me with fae heritage, and the fae don’t bother with the ungifted. I said screw it and embraced college, determined to make my own fate.Just when I thought I could start a prestigious internship and continue my quest to address interspecies conflict, someone murdered my twin sister, an adept illusionist and heir to our family lineage.So, I’m going back home to say goodbye. Back to House Rowan. I take a deep breath, knowing after a short few days I’ll return to the city, free again from the melodrama of the House I was raised in.There’s just one hitch in my plan—Quinn, a fae-touched member of the Enforcer’s Guild assigned to investigate the killing. Quinn doesn’t let the typical fae prejudices against the ungifted prevent him from staying close to me. Uncomfortably close. Besides, he needs my help to figure out what happened to my sister. How can I refuse?---If you like urban fantasy romance filled with fae, shifters, and humans with mysteries, complex world building, and unique twists, you’ll love The Shadow Series.Perfect for fans of BR Kingsolver, Lily Archer, Michael Anderle, Ilona Andrews, C.N. Crawford, Kelly St. Clare, Leia Stone, Jaymin Eve, K. M. Shea, Martha Carr, Willow Winters, Annette Marie, Deborah Wilde, and KF Breene.
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?