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Kelan


Celeste Raye - 2018
    His weapons were considered evolutionary. He freely shared them with the entire world. He had been commanded to stay uninvolved with the humans by the leaders of his planet. It was difficult for one so kindhearted. He found them to be like family and he cared deeply for their welfare, especially that of his personal assistant. Michelle Langtree was shocked to be chosen as personal assistant to Kelan Rankin. Her resume wasn't up to par. She found her duties a challenge she was ready for. Kelan trusted her and that meant everything to her. Her personal life was a shambles. She was shackled to a man who abused her endlessly.When Kelan discovered Michelle being choked by her abuser, anger took over his body. He transformed into a terrifying creature. Michelle was saved, but at what cost? She now feared the only man she had ever trusted and Kelan's secret was out. Can a human fall in love with a mythical creature? Will she keep his secret? Can Kelan stand up to his superiors for the sake of a mere human? All books in this page-turning Sci-fi alien romance series can be read as standalones, there are no cliffhangers, and happily ever afters are guaranteed! Warning: Adults Only

Into Tolari Space


Christie Meierz - 2012
    Can one laborer put a stop to the Monral's scheme before Tolar's advanced technology is exposed to the Trade Alliance?

Stars, Snow and Mistletoe: A Holiday Naughty List Collection


Charity Wells - 2019
    They Come for Beyond Anthologies invites you to join eight authors for tales of holiday love that span the stars. Whether it be by hunting for the perfect Christmas tree or discovering the joy of the season in various small, meaningful ways, these eight tales celebrate the promise of hope and new beginnings with the magic of the season.

Epsilon Mate


Katie Douglas - 2021
    Mine to take. Mine to control. Mine to command. My omega. And I would make her obey....Somehow.Twenty-five years ago, a radiation storm hit my home planet, Epsilon, killing most of the omegas. The only way to protect our babies was to send them away into space. But the mission was sabotaged, the newborn omegas were lost. Alphas have searched across the galaxy for them ever since the storm passed.Now, they are adults. And I will find them. I have narrowed down their destination to a distant planet called Earth.I stop for food and find a lost omega working in a fast-food kitchen. Once I catch her scent, there is no other choice. I claim my virgin omega over and over. I will keep knotting with her until she carries my child.But attempts on her life reveal a traitor on my ship. How can I protect my mate from a dark conspiracy?This story is set in the open-source Omegaverse universe. It features alphas, betas, and omegas, both male and female. Steam, tea, space battles and badass tall alien dudes with tattoos! If that’s your thing this book is for you!

Cloak and Silence


Sherrilyn Kenyon - 2013
    And once his deadly secret was exposed, it cost him everything—his birthright, his family, and his stellar military career.Ture Xans spent his entire life hiding from everyone around him—his family, his friends, and anyone who wanted to get close to him—while trying desperately to fit in and keep his head low. Badly hurt by everyone he’s ever known, he trusts no one except his own best friend. But honestly, he can’t understand why he trusts her. Nor can he believe her when she describes a loyalty between the League allies the likes of which he’s never seen.Yet when Ture is captured by the League in a coup he wanted no part of, his life is saved by a hero he thought only existed in fables. A man who is every bit as scarred and mistrusting as he is. One who has no interest in being dragged into another war for any reason. Having spent his life as a living study of doomed relationships, Maris is well aware of the fiasco that invariably follows. Still, there is something about Ture he can’t resist. Something that won’t let him walk away when he knows he should. But when old enemies return to threaten them both, they either have to stand together or die alone.

Shades of Treason


Sandy Williams - 2015
    She’s pledged her life to protect the Coalition, an alliance of thirteen planetary systems, but when a top secret operation turns bloody, she’s charged with treason and the brutal executions of her teammates.The Coalition needs the information Ash’s team stole on their last mission, so they send in Commander Rhys “Rest in Peace” Rykus to get it. He’s the man who’s responsible for turning Ash into an elite soldier… and he’s a man who isn’t, never was, and never will be in love with the woman he trained. Or so he tells himself.Ash wants nothing more than to clear her name and be the woman her former instructor wants her to be, but the enemy who killed her teammates did more than frame her for treason and murder: they telepathically silenced her mind, preventing her from saying anything that might point to the truth about what happened.Now Ash is trapped and set to be executed, the truth dying with her. Unless she can prove her innocence. But taking that path could destroy the Coalition she’s sworn to preserve and protect…

Encrypted


Lindsay Buroker - 2011
    When enemy marines show up at her family’s plantation, she expects the worst. But they’re not there to kill her. They need her to decode mysterious runes, and they ask for help in the manner typical of a conquering empire: they kidnap her, threaten her family, and throw her in the brig of their fastest steamship. Her only ally is a fellow prisoner who charms her with a passion for academics as great as her own. Together, they must decipher mind-altering alchemical artifacts, deadly poison rockets, and malevolent technological constructs, all while dodging assassination attempts from a rival power determined the expedition should fail. As if the situation weren’t treacherous enough, this new “ally” may turn out to be the last person Tikaya should trust. Those runes cloak more than mysteries, however, and he’s the only one who can help her unravel them before their secrets destroy the world.

Brielle and the Alien Geek


Jessica Coulter Smith - 2015
     Not one to go down without a fight, Brielle will do anything to ensure her survival -- even sign up for a bride exchange on another world. Syl has lived his life in his lab, always preoccupied with his experiments. But the moment he sees Brielle, he realizes that perhaps his life has been missing something after all. Wanting and having are two different things. What would an exotic looking female like Brielle want with an alien geek like him?

Heart of a Dog


Mikhail Bulgakov - 1925
    This satirical novel tells the story of the surgical transformation of a dog into a man, and is an obvious criticism of Soviet society, especially the new rich that arose after the Bolshevik revolution.

C791


Eve Langlais - 2012
    Kidnapped during his daring escape, he shows her that despite the chip in his brain, his humanity is not completely lost.Formerly known as unit X109GI, Joe is on a quest to discover his origin. While he doesn’t find the answers he’s looking for, he does discover that affection isn't just for humans. But when it comes to a battle between logic and love, which side will the cybernetic organism—once a man—choose?Evaluating his feelings will have to wait though because the military isn’t done with Joe. But their threats against him pale in comparison before the shocking discovery of project C791, the revelation of which stuns the rebel cyborgs—and ignites a fury for vengeance.

Paoli's Bride


R.E. Butler - 2016
    When she refused, she was dumped into a government-owned brothel on the alien planet of Norlan and told that she had to work off the debt of her abduction by becoming a sex slave.When Paoli, a recently freed slave, sees Kate in the brothel, he knows that she’s the one female in the whole universe for him. He sacrifices everything to pay off her debt and set her free.Paoli is the kindest, sweetest man Kate has ever known, but she misses Earth and her family. Can she put aside her hope of going back to Earth someday and embrace Paoli, or will she always want to go home?

Resistant


Rachael Sparks - 2018
    When a stoic and scarred young military veteran enters their quiet life, Rory is drawn to him against her better judgment . . . until he exposes the secrets her mother and father kept from her, including the fact that her own blood may hold the cure the world needs, and she is the target of groups fighting to reach it first.When the government, which wants to use Rory to produce a cure and sell it to the highest bidder, comes after her, she, her father, and their new protector are forced to flee. But can she find the new path of human evolution before the government finds her?

The Trench


Paul Mannering - 2017
     Marine Biolgist Michael Armitage is recruited to investigate an emergency at a secret military research facility, deep in the Kermadec Trench, 18,000 feet below the surface of the Pacific Ocean. Now trapped with a squad of Marines and the few survivors, they must fight to survive and discover the terrifying secret that lurks in the darkness of The Trench.

The Curious Case of the Hounds of Hell


Peter Cawdron - 2018
    The world's most famous detective is back in a case that brings him to an isolated mansion outside of the small town of Hell, Maine, investigating the murder of a young boy apparently killed by wolves.

His By Right


Linda Mooney - 2014
    She was wrong. Instead, Meredith Powell was kidnapped, taken aboard an alien spacecraft, and forced to prostitute herself to paying humanoid customers. But she had hope. She would only have to serve for two years, and then she would be returned to Earth.  It was a life she had to learn and adjust to, until one paying customer took a special interest in her. A customer who had other plans for her, and none of them involved returning her to her home planet.