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Toxic Desire


Robin Lovett - 2018
    She should want to kill him. But everything on Fyrian is an aphrodisiac. So she just wants to have him. Now.Revenge. That’s all commander Oten has wanted against humans for more than a century, ever since they tried to destroy his kind. He never thought he’d end up in bed with one. But the desire the sex planet stokes for this human female is eating him alive. Keeping his hands, his mouth, and his vampiric fangs to himself proves impossible—especially when she’s begging him to touch her.Nemona has no idea what endless sex with a Ssedez will do to her. But Oten knows all too well. They need to get off this planet. Before their coupling stirs an alien mating bond that neither of their hearts can withstand.

Star Mate Matched


Margo Bond Collins - 2021
    But she's not who he thinks she is...Nora MarlinFired from my job. Kicked out of my apartment. And dumped at the altar. All in the same week. So of course, that’s when an alien swoops down in his spaceship and steals me away.FML.Worse, he’s an overbearing, possessive giant of an alien, complete with rippling muscles and a sexy smile that could melt even the most hardened heart.Okay. Maybe being abducted by an alien isn’t so bad, after all.But I still need to get home and straighten out my mess of a life. Right?Commander Lutro DaxI was supposed to go to Earth to pick up my matched mate. When I got to the rendezvous point, Nora was waiting—so of course I brought her aboard.There’s only one problem.Nora’s not the human woman I was supposed to meet. She’s not my mate at all. So why is it all I can do to keep from claiming her as my own?If I were smart, I’d turn around and take her back to her home planet immediately.But I won’t…Star Mate Matched is the first standalone book in Interstellar Shifters, a steamy new sci-fi romance series featuring alien beast warriors, kick-ass human heroines, and a happily ever after in every book!

Possessed by the Alien King: A Scifi Alien Warrior Romance


Krista Luna - 2022
    Yet nothing will stop me from claiming her.DEIRDREI made a horrible mistake. Under orders, I created a virus to drive the Varool from humanity’s new planet. It mutated, killing all of the alien women and our men.Now, the fate of both our species rests on my shoulders—and between my thighs. To ease my guilt and broker peace, I’ll marry one of the fierce alien warriors and bear his children. All while hiding who I really am.Their brute of a king claims me, his gigantic body inflaming my desire. Storr’s piercing gaze makes me shiver. If he ever finds out the part I played in all of this, crash landing on the planet will be the least of my worries.STORRHumans seized the planet I need for my people. As negotiations deteriorated, varoolian women died. I long for retribution. If I ever find the person responsible—No. I must set aside my fury to secure my people’s future. Survival demands we reproduce with the enemy.Although I have no plans to be first, a sweet, musky scent ensnares my senses. Deirdre is my fated mate. I must claim her. She is mine.Yet consummation does not equal trust. As we battle our way across the untamed planet, suspicions mount. All humans are liars, but Deirdre’s lies may end us both.Possessed by the Alien King is a steamy enemies-to-lovers romance featuring a growly alien hero, a smart heroine, and plenty of adventure with a guaranteed HEA.

Trace


Annie Nicholas - 2019
     Or that’s what the brochure says. The Intergalactic Intelligence Agency isn’t so sure since humans are being sold on the black market. They send Trace and his team undercover to the primitive world of Earth as potential customers to investigate the resort. But the universe has a sick sense of humor, because the first human Trace meets seems closer to cracking the case than his team, and also cracking the cold walls surrounding his heart. Working together, he and Lily discover they have a lot more in common than a mystery to solve. Lily Johnstone is an investigative journalist on the hot trail of a slave trafficking ring based on a remote island in the Pacific. When she arrives, she’s shocked not to find pirates or terrorists, but a luxury resort run by…wait for it…aliens. Nobody will ever believe her story except for the tabloids. Unless she brings home proof like a certain sexy alien named Trace.

Stravon


Suki Selborne - 2019
    for me It was supposed to be a fun day out. A pleasure cruise in space, to see the stars. But our ship never made it home to Earth. Five brutal alien princes invaded our ship. And they stole five Earth girls away. The Dark Star princes rule the galaxy. They're fierce, cruel, and impossibly handsome. Prince Stravon plans to take me back to his palace for the royal mating ceremony. He wants me to give him an heir. But what happens next shocks both of us. Trouble has hit the Dark Star empire. And I'm right in the middle of it. Will I ever make it home? STRAVON is the first book in the DARK STAR PRINCES alien romance series. The romance stories are complete in each novel, and there's a continuing storyline over the series that resolves in book five. Reading order: STRAVON THEMIS RADEK KODAL ZERIN

Jardun's Embrace


Rayna Tyler - 2019
    Things change when she is tasked with retrieving a package—a gorgeous male with intense jade green eyes, a body rippling with muscles, and shimmering scales begging to be touched. Jardun is an elite warrior, a protector, a guardian to the ruler. When the leader is infected with a deadly toxin, and the physician capable of developing a cure is abducted, he turns to the humans, the only allies on the planet with the knowledge to assist with a rescue. What he expects are males trained for combat, males who can help him complete his mission. What he gets is Laria, an intoxicating creature with eyes the color of the midday sky. The infuriating female can wield a blade better than any battle ready soldier, makes his tail twitch, and possesses the alluring scent of a mate.With time running out and the future of both races depending on their success, can Jardun and Laria overcome their differences long enough to find the cure…and explore the connection growing between them?

Taken: Alien Commander's Captive


Hattie Jacks - 2021
    But not her, she is mine to claim...JAYNE: I've dedicated my life to defending clients against injustice, but the imposing alien male that's captured me doesn’t believe in innocent until proven guilty. All Commander Rexitor cares about is his precious Empire and I'm its biggest threat.This alien is going to make sure I pay for my crime. Haalux justice is swift and brutal, just like him. But I believe in justice and I'm prepared to do anything to survive, even if it means defying him or the Empire.But the one thing I'm not going to do is ask for his help, because what I see in his eyes means I'm going to have to give up far more that I bargained for if I do.REXITOR: I didn't want anything to do with the criminal. She says she's innocent, but so do all the rest. She insists she understands justice, but what could a human know of justice?The evidence speaks for itself - she's the killer. Jayne faces execution, and I'll lose the soft curves and quiet voice that calls to my primal side in a way I never thought possible.Marked Haalux warriors like me don’t deserve a mate, I accepted that.But she's here and destined to be destroyed in front of me.Unless I claim her first.Taken: Alien Commander's Captive is the first in the new Haalux Empire series from Hattie Jacks. A full length steamy sci-fi romance with a feisty human lawyer plucked from Earth and her beast of an alien captor.No cliffhanger, no cheating and HEA guaranteed.

Stolen by Starlight


Sara Ivy Hill - 2021
    Crown me. Keep me.LOTHANI never thought I’d find my alara. So when I scent her, I steal her.She is made to be mine. Perfect in every way—except one.Every chance she gets, she runs back to her captors.Why does she run from me?Whatever she desires, I will give her. Whatever she needs, I’ll provide. I’ll do anything for my little queen—anything except let her go.ADAThe alien warrior who stole me from the auction block is no simple thief.He’s a king. And he swears that I’m his fated mate. He wants me beside him on the throne — and underneath him in his bed.But all I want is to find my little sister. She’s still out there somewhere, at the mercy of our abductors.So the king and I strike a bargain. If he rescues her, I’ll be his queen.And if he doesn’t keep his end of the deal? I’ll sacrifice anything keep her safe. Even the king who’s stolen my heart.★•★•★Stolen by Starlight is a full-length, fated-mates sci-fi romance with lots of steam and a guaranteed happily ever after. If you like resourceful human heroines and the arrogant alien kings who adore them, you’ll fall in love with this series.

The Alien's Ransom


Ella Maven - 2020
    But here I am on a strange planet with green soil and a gang of muscled, wicked-horned aliens on hover bikes. All I want to do is go back to Earth, but the alpha male in charge has decided I belong to him. Now I'm on the back of his bike speeding to an unknown destination and super freaked out about liking his biceps and serious scowl. Good thing I have some banked personal days, because this might take awhile...Daz: The job is supposed to be easy. All I have to do is deliver a spaceship of living cargo to the vile Uldani and they'll release my brother. If I fail, they'll take it out on him. Except the cargo is something I've never seen before--human females. The one called Frankie is beautiful and soft, and I've already spilled blood for her. Now how am I going to save my brother? Because this human female is mine.The Alien's Ransom is a full-length Sci-Fi romance novel featuring a snarky heroine who tries to find the humor in everything, even when kidnapped by aliens, and a possessive hero with lots of hidden weapons. Big ones.

Dark Thoughts


Cynthia Sax - 2017
    Kralj, its leader, reigns over the remote outpost with terrifying ease, ruthlessly squashing any rumors of rebellion, killing anyone who breaks his rules. Primitive, deadly, powerful, he’s a monster, scarred both on his face and his soul. He has never met a being he couldn’t control. Until he meets her. Dita has one mission—to kill the three targets claiming sanctuary within the Refuge. Or so she claims. For the first time in his long lifespan, Kralj isn’t certain of another being’s intentions. The tiny assassin is immune to his powers, her thoughts unreadable. He can’t predict her movements, can’t control her, can’t stop wanting her. Dita is rare, as unique as he is, and, to keep the residents of the Refuge safe, Kralj will have to kill her. But first, he’ll touch her, taste her, show her how passionate the beast inside him can be. Dark Thoughts is a STAND-ALONE SciFi Romance. The hero might be tall, dark, and scarred but don’t be fooled by his appearance. He’s truly a monster. This story is not for readers with delicate sensibilities.

Scorched


Eva Priest - 2020
    She’s a pissed-off abducted human female. Can these fated mates find love?TALUSLegion command has sent me to an outpost slum in the ass end of The Savage Lands. Cloaked operation. Purely recon. Whatever intel they need to find isn't for me to judge. I'm all for finishing my job quickly so I can find a willing female to warm my den.Should have been simple, until I see my fate-mate being traded for the very thing I'm sent to find.CALLIEI stumbled onto my bed after a night of partying, only to wake up in a human menagerie light years away. I'm about to be sold for a briefcase and a taco, when a seven-foot, tiger-striped alien claims I'm his mate, flings me over his shoulder, and runs.Now I have to figure out a way to evade two alien gangs I somehow insulted, while convincing a beast--and my traitorous body--that I'm not anyone's mate, fated or otherwise.Scorched is a full-length, stand-alone sci-fi alien romance that is set in The Legion: Savage Lands Sector universe. This series is full of fated mates, instalove, happily-ever-afters, overprotective alien males (that look like aliens!), and the headstrong females that love them.

Thelkor: Warlord Brides


Ava York - 2021
    Even though he's burning for the feel of her skin.They're about to be sent off to capture a deadly criminal, and all Thelkor wants is a new pilot.Instead, a human woman arrives on the Golden Meridian.As a pilot and a genetic match to one of the warriors on the ship, everything should be perfect ... but her records are lost in transit.She can't be his. He knows it. He won't allow it.But with every moment Rachel is in his sight, his need for her grows.Rachel was born to fly. Why does she suspect that in the surly warrior's arms she could soar higher than ever before?He doesn't want her. That's fine. She doesn't want him either. There's a whole crew of perfectly nice, reasonable alien warriors.Surely she can't be mated to that jerk.Even if he makes her heart do loop-the-loops every time he's near.When the mission puts them all in danger, will she get to see the real warrior under the surly mask?Thelkor is the first book of the Warriors of the Golden Meridian, a stand alone series in the Warlord Brides universe. There's no cheating, and a guaranteed HEA for each couple!

Alien Goddess: Sarah


Zina Wes - 2019
     Free-spirited Sarah is anything but diplomatic. But to end the war between humans and an alien race called the Makaen, she’s persuaded to accept the position of ambassador, which requires bonding to a Makaen warrior and living with him on his planet. Sarah is far from enthusiastic about marrying a dominant sex-crazed brute. Furthermore, a bonded female is supposed to be demure and obedient. Words that definitely aren't in her translator. Kealen Bakan, commander of the most powerful warship of the Makaen's military, agrees to bond to one of his former enemies out of a sense of duty. His hate for her species burns deep inside, but after touching her he knows one thing for sure: the human female belongs to him, and he's never going to let her go. He soon experiences that fighting in a war might be less dangerous than handling this stubborn female. Their first contact is electrifying- literally, and raises the question of whether they were brought together by divine intervention.

Viper


Naomi Lucas - 2021
    Without sweet mates.But we see them, from afar, brides that could be ours. Kept away from us by walls and weapons. Females we long for greatly.Obsessively.Human females.And the one with red hair? I want her. I saw her first. I will fight to the death for her.She is MINE.So, we’ll come together and make an exchange with their men that will benefit us all.After that?To the winner goes the spoils…Let the hunt begin.But the red-headed female is MINE.---Viper is the first book in a series of Bride Hunting Aliens. With the charm of a snake, and the wiles of a devil, these males will do anything, and I mean anything, for their females.

Warlord and the Waif


Chloe Parker - 2021
    Now, they've left me on the dying planet of Myste, indentured to the warden of a prison in the clouds.And my captor? That's Calder, a former Skoll Warrior and the devil himself.Calder is cold, cruel, and cranky, trapped on Myste by a curse laid on him centuries ago. He's made it clear that we aren't going to get along, but I see the hungry way his eyes roam over my curves, like he would love to devour me. And I can't say the feeling isn't mutual, as his hard muscles and broad shoulders don't go unnoticed.I ache for his touch, but I won't let him break me down. I'm going to escape from this castle, whether he likes it or not.CALDERFrom the moment I saw her, I had to have her.The headstrong, stubborn human enrages me, even as she leaves me hungry for her touch. I thought my heart had gone cold after centuries trapped on this planet, but she warms my skin until I burn.Her touch is the only thing that eases the pain of my curse, and my desire for her grows stronger every day.I know that she hates me, but I can feel the desire that tethers us to one another. I will have her, if it's the last thing I do.WARLORD AND THE WAIF is an alien abduction romance. Fans of possessive, alpha heroes and headstrong heroines will love this steamy science fiction fairy tale.