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Savage (Society of Savages #4)
Hope Hart - 2022
Alluvial
Amanda Milo - 2018
I was your average citizen, innocent of any crime worth going to prison for, and yet here I am. But this isn’t a regular prison ship. *Torture.* Experiments. They alter me. And when the ship crashes on an alien planet, some of my new abilities come in quite handy—it’s the side effects that aren’t entirely welcome. Not by me, anyway. The tribe of aliens that have taken me captive? They don’t seem to mind. ~The Valos of Sonhadra series is the shared vision of nine scifi and fantasy romance authors. Each book is a standalone with a guaranteed Happy Ever After and can be read in any order.~**Note: Explicit content, sexual situations, and language warning.
Dangerously Mine
A.M. Griffin - 2012
Freedom and escape are her only priorities, but none of her martial arts training could have prepared her for enslavement to the warrior King Taio. Eva finds herself drawn to this sexy alien male who ignites her heart and body.Taio is disgusted with the idea of owning a slave—until now. From the moment he sees her, he knows Eva is his for the taking. Torn between lust and duty, Taio discovers nothing will stop him from protecting his little warrior.
Winter Solstice in Draga
Emma Dean - 2018
It's been three months since the end of the war and Adelina's coronation. Ruling as queen of four systems isn't all work and no play. The Winter Solstice ball is proof of that. Her and her husbands are starting new traditions and laying the foundation for their future. They exchange gifts on the longest night of the cycle and Adelina has something special planned. *This is a happily ever after holiday novella featuring Adelina, Varan, Kaiden, and Nash. Happy Winter Solstice!
Alpha Alien: Complete Series
Flora Dare - 2015
Out of step with everyone else. All I wanted was to find my place in life. That's how I found myself in the middle of the desert, guns blazing. And that's when he found me. Now I'm billions of miles from home with a scary space-lizard who doesn't take no for an answer. What's worse is, I don't want to say no.
The Selection
Jayne Faith - 2015
Maya must get through just one more selection and then she can marry the man of her dreams. She should have been safe, but when a young woman who was supposed to compete dies the day of the selection, Maya is forced into the competition. Thrown into the fight of her life with no preparation, Maya must shed her innocence and win Lord Toric’s favor. And there is only one winner in the competition. The losers will be sacrificed. Will she survive the first round, or will she pay the ultimate price for her inexperience? Heat Level: Sweet to Mild
Claimed by the Rogue Wolf
Kristen Strassel - 2020
Now they expect me to fight for them and help them take a she-wolf captive for the same treatment. Like hell I’ll do that. This battle is my chance to pledge allegiance to a more humane pack. The plan is dangerous, but when the she-wolf my pack wants to capture turns out to be my mate, it turns into a suicide mission. Jasmine is worth the risk. She convinces her pack to give me a chance, and I’ve got one shot to gain my freedom and claim my mate. But my old alpha doesn’t take no for an answer. He wants revenge and so do I. And I’ll stop at nothing to keep my mate safe.
Michael
Lisa Renee Jones - 2011
One of an army of human soldiers injected with alien DNA, Michael is a legend within this new race, split between good and evil. Untamable, he has walked on the dark side and returned to the light. Feared and misunderstood, he leaves everything behind, including the one woman destined to be his mate. HE IS HER ENEMY...AND HER DESTINY... Cassandra holds the key to Michael's power, and his pain. With loyalties divided and against insurmountable odds, Cassandra's heart propels her to Michael's side-but can her love do anything but destroy him... No ordinary woman can control a creature such as Michael, and only one thing is clear-the world will never be the same...Originally published as The Legend of Michael by SourceBooks.
Owned by the Alien
Tammy Walsh - 2020
Callous. Cruel.That’s how the crew describe their captain.After their attempted mutiny, he comes to me for aid.Help him recover from their poison and he’ll return me to Earth.There’s just one catch.Healing requires the use of my body for one whole night.If I give him what he needs, will he keep his word?And will sleeping with him make me his fated mate for all time?
Entered in the Alien Bride Lottery
Margo Bond Collins - 2020
But it takes only one.Every unmarried female human over the age of 21 gets entered once a year. You can also accept extra entries for legal infractions—instead of paying a parking fine, for example, you can request an extra entry. Lots of women do that. I mean, why not? The chances are astronomical that your name will get chosen to be one of the hundred or so women who get shipped off to space every year.And even if your name is drawn, the odds are slim that you’ll match up with an alien who’s looking for a mate.Most of the lottery-drawn women come back to Earth every year and resume their lives as if nothing changed.But some don’t.And no matter what, getting drawn in the Lottery means you have to compete in the Bride Games.Guess that's where I'm heading now.I only hope I can avoid catching the eye of one of the giant, rainbow-hued brutes whose mission is to protect Earth—and who can claim me as a mate.All because I was Entered in the Alien Bride Lottery…Fans of Grace Goodwin, Laurann Dohner, and Ruby Dixon will love this steamy new series featuring gorgeous, bright alien heroes and the sassy human women they choose as mates!Every book in the Khanavai Warrior Bride Games series is a standalone romance. Join these brides as they find a whole new world of happily ever afters.
Sarazen's Claim
Isabel Wroth - 2016
This book is PART OF A SERIES. Not a HEA and not a Cliffhanger...somewhere in between. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------One hundred and fifty years ago the most powerful countries of Earth built and launched five ships. Ships meant to carry what remained of humanity out into the space beyond their known galaxy to find a new home. As a third generation botanist, it never occurred to Clary Starborn that she might some day be in charge of anything other than her little lab. That changed the day their ship was attacked by an alien species straight out of myth. ----------As commander of the Sarazen armada, Tarek had seen some poor excuses for spacefaring vessels. The one currently being attacked by the Na'ah was to date, the worst. So primitive in its design, Commander Tarek was fascinated it had even survived the harsh vacuum of space. Or the time it had taken to launch it. The species was unfamiliar to him, but initial scans suggested the beings within here somewhat intelligent. Though the ship was outside Sarazen territory, it was his duty to eradicate the Na'ah wherever he encountered them. He had not anticipated that by his actions, the course of his life would be forever changed. By a soft, delicate being who studied flowers and trees. One scent, one touch, was all it took to be Claimed.
Taken by the Alien Pirate
Kyla Quinn - 2020
Or maybe the car hit me and I'm in a coma—one where I'm dreaming about big, blue alien men.No. The massive muscles on the alien holding me are rock-hard and real.I can't figure out if these men want to hurt or sell me, but one looks at me as if I'm more than a thing; his strange eyes filled with something bordering on reverence. Call me crazy, but I think I've looked into his eyes before, and his touch scorches heat through my body until I ache to kiss him. There's definitely something growing between us—if you get what I mean...Big Blue takes me away from the others, and as we can't communicate, I don't know if I can trust him. Not that I have much choice, but at least he's as protective as he is possessive. If only this surly, bossy alien could tell me what the strange mark is on my chest—and why I find him so damn attractive.Hopefully, he'll use his impressive muscles, horns, and claws to protect me from the aliens we left on the ship. Because if they don't find me, we'll need to outrun others who want to take me from him.My alien protector has his work cut out because I'm the most valuable commodity on his planet.Taken by the Alien Pirate is a standalone, complete book with a happy ending. This novella is a prequel introduction to the Fated Star Mates steamy scifi alien romance series. If you love sexy aliens, strong heroines, and fated mates romance, you’ll love meeting the possessive and devoted men from the world of planet Vraxen. No cliffhangers or cheating, and a happy ending—always!
Hunted
Eva Priest - 2020
But being the only woman in a good ole boy’s club is more stressful than I anticipated. So, when I dream of the sexiest lover ever, I figure I earned it.But the morning brings its own set of complications when I discover my team is missing, and I’m being smuggled off planet. CADEMy latest op from Legion command has me traveling to the trash pile of the galaxy to run down a petty thief. Reaper units usually find the unfindable—no matter who or what we need to look for. On this mission? I end up finding the impossible: my fate-mate. Worse, I find her being stolen by the smuggler I’ve been hunting.The universe only reveals our fate-mates once in a Rodinian’s lifetime, if that, and I’m not about to let a lowlife smuggler take what’s mine.Hunted is a stand-alone sci-fi romance and the first book set in The Legion: Savage Lands Sector universe. This series is full of fated mates, instalove, happily-ever-afters, overprotective males, and the headstrong females that love them.
The Light Within Me
Carly Fall - 2011
She longs to feel a real connection with someone, and she finally does when she meets Noah.Unbeknownst to Abby, Noah is from another world and his sole purpose is to hunt down the evil of his people that was unleashed on Earth hundreds of years ago. He's certain he isn't going to be able to return to his home, and anger and the need for revenge are his constant companions. His focus has been eradicating the evil and making them pay for taking his life on his world away from him.Noah tries desperately to fight his attraction to Abby so he can keep his focus on his mission. But when Abby gets dragged into the evil and mayhem from Noah's world, he realizes that maybe with Abby he can find a home here on Earth...if he can save her in time.
Kiss of a Dragon
Alisa Woods - 2016
Five hundred years is truly enough for a man like me. A monster. Yet a ten-thousand-year treaty will die with me, if I don’t spawn a dragonling to take my place. My two brothers are no use in this task. It falls to me, the eldest by a hair’s breadth, and yet, I cannot face the horror of another sealing. Another death. Another woman’s blood on my hands. ARABELLA I was saved from death in a dark Seattle alley by an impossibly beautiful man who swooped in on golden wings. Now he’s taken me to his lair, opened my eyes to a world of immortals I didn’t know existed, and given me an impossible task—find him a mate. Then, and only then, will he set me free. He needs her more than he wants; she wants him more than she should; and the fate of both the mortal and immortal worlds depends on not just repairing their hearts, but finding a Love that’s True…