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Rescued by the Alien Cop
Liz Paffel - 2020
Seems human captives have become a hot commodity now that Earth is a breath away from extinction. Suddenly, every black market skin trader and inmate with empty pockets is after me.My owners won’t let me out of their sight. The new bodyguard I’m assigned to keep me safe is huge, with golden skin and the biggest wings I’ve ever seen. He's an alien beast and he’s up to something. He’s got a killer smile and dangerous eyes. And a secret.If I’m not careful, my alien bodyguard may become much more. If I survive.I’m undercover with the mission to rescue the small human from the prison planet and bring her to safety at the Dome of Enlaan. As a lead enforcer for Cosmic SWAT, it’s my mission to protect human life at all costs. Protect, not desire. Or touch. Or more... I don’t believe in fated mates, but I do believe in this human female's ability to distract me from my mission. If I don’t rescue her soon, everything I’ve sacrificed for will be lost. Including the one thing no one knows I’m up to.Rescued by the Alien Cop is the sexy, fast-paced extended prequel entry into the Cosmic SWAT series. Hot alien cops to the rescue? Um, how about yes?
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Skye MacKinnon - 2021
Broken inside and out, he's sure no female could ever want him. But that all changes when he sets his eyes on a sassy Earth woman with fiery red hair and a temper to match. With his mating instincts running wild, he will have to decide whether to claim her or return her to his planet to be studied by scientists.
A human businesswoman in search of love
Jenny has finally managed to leave her abusive boyfriend and is ready to start a new life. Promoting a new dating agency seems like just the project to distract herself with. While meeting an alien who looks like a hot Highlander wasn't part of her plan, when he offers to protect her from her crazy ex, she's tempted to take him up on his offer. Besides, she really needs to know what he hides beneath his kilt.But when she finds out that his people intent to study her like a lab rat, can she trust him any more than her ex?
If you want hot alien Highlanders in kilts, strong women who don't like being told what to do, fated mates and happily-ever-afters, dive into the world of the Starlight Highlanders.
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Cyle
Eron
Other series in the Starlight Universe:
The Intergalactic Guide to Humans
Starlight Reapers (coming soon)
Protected by the Alien Space Pirate
Charmaine Ross - 2020
One stolen human female.Being a space pirate doesn’t make a being rich, which was why Rhilax was dealing with the biggest crime lord in the ten quadrants against his better judgment. He doesn’t know much about the job on offer, but he knows it’ll pay for food and supplies for himself and his brothers. Maybe enough to find a nice, quiet planet somewhere, forget about a life of smuggling and finally settle down.He’s certainly not prepared when a female slave, none the likes he’d seen before, is led naked, chained and helpless to be his fated mate. He definitely wasn’t prepared when he obliterates his dream, along with the crime lord’s head, kidnaps the female and makes a target of himself and his brothers - The crime lord has a brother and the brother wants them all dead.When their ship is destroyed, Rhilax and his brothers are blown into the far reaches of the known universe. To make matters worse, the escape pod is wrecked and his fated mate has escaped. Rhilax must find her before the crime lord’s thugs, or the unknown creatures on this planet, and complete the bond before his mind is lost to the mating urge.She can’t remember her name. Or her life before the cages. Maybe it’s better not knowing. Being trapped in a cage and grieving a beautiful life would be the worst kind of torture. She’s good at zoning out, but it gets harder and harder to disregard the massive blue-skinned alien who tells her he is her fated mate, whatever that is. All she knows is if she doesn’t get away from him, she might never be free again.If you like impossible odds, wilderness planets, sexy alpha blue-skinned aliens and the tension of fated mates, you’ll love Protected by the Alien Space Pirate.
Mated To The Alien Commander
Molly Rowland - 2019
Now I’m chained up in the bowels of a spaceship, surrounded by giant muscle-bound aliens who look at me like I’m the newest item on the menu. My heart sinks at whispers of a king and his harem. I huddle in the corner of my cell and pray for rescue. The Commander could be my salvation. All the aliens stare at my naked curves, but his gaze is different. Intense. Protective. Hungry. Like it takes every ounce of self-control he has to keep from devouring me. The disapproving looks from his men tell me he’s close to crossing a line I don’t understand. Trouble stirs when his men discover the true ferocity of his attraction. Will he surrender me to the King when the time comes? Do I want him to? This sweet and steamy romance is the first in a new series. Happy-for-now ending (no cliffhanger).
Stolen
Athena Storm - 2020
Men want to be me.And women want to be with me...But I have no time for mating with human women.Netflix and chill?More like skip the Netflix and Kill...My life was conquest and battle.Until I meet her.Taylor Tennyson.Tanned. Gorgeous. Brilliant. Mine.I'd swallow suns for her. Wade through a million enemies just to claim her.She smiles, coos, runs her fingers across my chest.And suddenly I'm not so mighty.My enemies think they can take her from me.But they are wrong. I have claimed Taylor as my own.And there's no one and nothing that will wrest her from my side.
The Breeding Games
Aya Morningstar - 2020
One fertile prize...the human woman in a cage.The Breeding Games have begun, and the aliens must fight each other for the chance to breed her.Veli is the only one of them who looks at Michelle like she is more than a piece of meat. The horned, blue-skinned alien fights like an animal possessed to protect her from the others.He gets her to safety, but just for one night. The others will come for her. She can wait for them to take her, or she can submit to Veli. If she mates with him, the Games will end.His turquoise, alien eyes are piercing and deep, and she believes him when he says he won’t claim her unless she is willing.The night is cold, and she clings to the heat of his body. His blue skin is warmer and more inviting than any fireplace on Earth.He’s protected and comforted her, but she senses secrets beneath his soothing touch. To mate means to survive, but is she willing to carry his baby before she truly knows him?
Dominant
Kallista Dane - 2020
Until they came true.Doms. Dungeons. Kneeling at the feet of my Master. I’ve had naughty fantasies for as long as I can remember, but I never had the nerve to follow through on them. Besides, where would I find a sex club or a guy into D/s who wouldn’t turn out to be a serial killer? I’m a short, curvy kindergarten teacher in a small town where everybody knows your business.So when I heard about the Centauri Brides program, I poured a glass of Chardonnay for courage and filled out an application. It says they’re looking for women willing to travel to a new world and mate with the aliens who live there.There’s a footnote: Centauri warriors are strong, passionate aliens. Their culture requires females to obey their dominant mates or face the consequences, including the possibility of physical punishment. Do not apply if you are unwilling to accept these terms.Do not apply? Hah! Reading that made me want to sign up even more.I’ve been paired with a sexy seven-foot alien who changes color when he gets turned on. He’s everything I ever dreamed of – strong, smart, caring. And soo hot!I can leave the program – but only after I’ve stayed with him for 30 days. So I have a whole month to live out every wild and wicked fantasy I’ve ever had, no strings attached, then go back to my comfortable, safe life on Earth.Submitting to this dominant male is so much more thrilling than I ever imagined it would be. But I have a huge problem. He’s demanding more than my obedience.He wants my heart.And with every day that goes by, I’m getting closer to giving it to him.Centauri Brides is a brand new series, a spinoff from the popular Centauri Captives. Each book is a standalone featuring masterful alien warrior males and the strong, smart Earth women who love them. And who have the skills it takes to build a brand new world. As always, USA Today Bestselling Authors Kallista Dane and Kate Richards promise an HEA in every story.
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?
Succumb to the Storm
Riley Onyx - 2020
Now I’m stranded. My co-pilot is dead, my radio doesn’t work because of the electrical storm, and I’m being hunted.When a massive alien, who crackles with energy appears out of the night, saving me from the beasts, I’m grateful for his help, though I wonder how he got here. Did he also crash?For his protection he demands my surrender.Do I succumb to the storm?This is the first book in the Elemental Alien Mates series. For readers who like big aliens and feisty heroines.
Cindra (Kelvinian Warriors)
Siera London - 2018
Soulmates at first touch. Cindra is running hot, a trait that renders a Nepherian female untouchable and ineligible for a mate pairing. Celso, revered ice warrior and protector of the Kelvinian people, needs to take a mate before he can ascend to the throne. Problem is...no female within the realm can withstand his chilling touch.When Cindra is captured by an ice brute with a soothing touch and scorching kisses, she’s tempted. After a lifetime of longing for physical contact, how will two enemies who’ve found solace in each other’s arms protect their love without igniting a war between their worlds?
Sextus
Alana Khan - 2019
Lexa was raised to be a con artist. Can two hard-assed misfits outsmart the bad guy, let down their barriers, and fall in love?You'd think a relationship couldn't survive a foundation built on a devious scheme, but when Sextus and Lexa are forced together at the Galaxy Gambling Championship their barriers begin to crumble.Throw in the Galaxy's most vicious villain, an art swindle, and credible threats of death and dismemberment, and you have an action-packed, sexy romance full of love, lies, and straight flushes.Join big, blue alien Sextus and abducted Earth girl Lexa as they find love and redemption in the first book of the Galaxy Pirates Sci-Fi Romance series by bestselling author Alana Khan. This standalone book contains steamy sex scenes with a guaranteed happily ever after, no cheating, and no cliffhanger.Buy Sextus to travel the galaxy and fall in love again for the first time.For readers 18+.
My Alien's Obsession
Stasia Black - 2019
The human female spins and runs straight into my chest. “Oh!” she says but then she stops, frozen as she stares up at me. “Hi.” I, too, am stopped in place. This female is nothing like the others I have seen. She is petite, with long flowing black hair. Her features are as foreign to me as any humans, but for some reason I find her face pleasing. Before I can think better of it, my tongue sneaks out over my lips to scent my surroundings. But all I can smell is her. And I’ve never scented anything so delicious in my life. MINE. It’s all but a convulsion that tears through my body. What? No! No, this cannot be happening! My denials are weak, though. Far louder is the cry: Mine, mine, mine, mine, MINE, MINE.
Throne of Fire (Celestra Forever After, #5)
Addison Moore - 2018
There are moments in life that define you—more often than not, they are born of tragedy. There are moments in life that eviscerate you—more often than not, that is the blade tragedy wields in an effort to kill your spirit. There are moments in life when everything you thought you knew is turned upside down. Try as you might, you can never right it. There are moments in life when everything you thought you’d have forever disappears, disintegrates right before your very eyes. My world is rearranging itself in the most horrific way. These are my moments. This is my hell. Trouble lies ahead. Be warned. Welcome back to Paragon. ***Celestra Forever After is a Celestra Series spinoff.*** From the NEW YORK TIMES and USA TODAY bestselling author, Addison Moore—Cosmopolitan Magazine calls Addison's books, "...easy, frothy fun!" *The Celestra series has over a million copies in circulation and has been optioned for film by 20th Century Fox!*
Kismet
Laurie Roma - 2018
He is a male bred for action, but his need for a good fight is nothing compared to the hunger he feels for the woman who is able to calm the wild beast inside of him. Emma Rage is a rebel, one of the few remaining humans surviving outside the edicts of Alliance law. As an outcast, she lives in fear of those who prey on the weak, but she’s never regretted the cost of her freedom…until it puts the male who owns her heart at risk. Fate brought them together, but sacrifice could tear them apart. Is their love strong enough to withstand the secrets between them, or will their bond shatter before it truly forms?
Her Alien Alpha
Leslie Chase - 2020
He’s dangerous. He’s hunted. And now he’s got me, he won’t let go.I'm not in space to meet a man. The crew of the Ladies’ Choice left Earth to work without distractions, so we have a rule: no men on board. That rule went out of the airlock when I found Delkor.An alien cyborg, locked in stasis for decades since the Big War. Leader of the rebels who took down an Empire. A smoking-hot alien alpha with a robot arm and a voice that melts me every time he speaks.But he's as valuable as he is dangerous. The local gang bosses are powerful and will do whatever it takes to control Delkor, putting me and my crew in danger as long as he's with us.Maybe walking away would be the smart thing to do, but I don’t have that option. Delkor wants me as much as I want him, and what he wants, he takes.Her Alien Alpha is book one of the Salvaged Hearts series. Each book is a complete science fiction romance story with no cheating, no cliffhangers, and a happy ending guaranteed.