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  • Barrayar by Lois McMaster Bujold

    Barrayar by Lois McMaster Bujold

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    Cordelia and Arol Vorkosigan's plans for a peaceful married life (after all the bloodshed and trials recounted in SHARDS OF HONOR) are soon shattered by the polital tumult on Barrayar. Resisting enormous pressure, they struggle to keep their family alive while while protecting the child Emperor from enemies who would murder him and assume absolute power over all of Barrayar...
  • End Game by Lindsay Buroker

    End Game by Lindsay Buroker

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Alisa Marchenko has reunited with her daughter, and even though she hasn’t figured out how to get Jelena to accept Leonidas yet, she dreams of the three of them starting a new life together. They can return the Star Nomad to its original purpose of running freight and staying out of trouble (mostly)...
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  • Oliver by Nyssa Kathryn

    Oliver by Nyssa Kathryn

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    She may have forgotten her past, but her past hasn’t forgotten her…Tori Blake arrives in Marble Falls with nothing. Nothing but a note in her hand and cash in her pocket. She doesn’t know if those two things will be enough to get her the help she needs. She doesn’t know if they’ll lead her to the past she can’t remember.What she does know is that someone is trying to kill her...
  • Tyler by Nyssa Kathryn

    Tyler by Nyssa Kathryn

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Sometimes, the biggest secrets can bring both salvation and destruction.Emerson Charles grew up luckier than most, going from a difficult life to finding safety and a true home with her stepmother and stepbrother. Years later, when Levi’s in trouble, Emerson will do anything for the brother of her heart, her greatest protector...
  • Wyatt by Nyssa Kathryn

    Wyatt by Nyssa Kathryn

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A story that could cost her everything…Investigative journalist Quinn Ross isn’t a woman who can just let major news pass her by. So, when she stumbles across a story like no other, she makes it her mission to report it to the masses.She doesn’t count on the lengths to which some may go to keep her story from seeing the light of day...
  • Perilous Hunt by Lindsay Buroker

    Perilous Hunt by Lindsay Buroker

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    After failing to catch up with her daughter Jelena so many times, Alisa's optimism is battered, but her determination has never waned. She, Leonidas, and their eclectic crew are hunting down a Starseer research station in the heart of the Kir Asteroid belt—Jelena's supposed location. Alisa vows that she will find her daughter if she has to search a million asteroids to do so...
  • Jason by Nyssa Kathryn

    Jason by Nyssa Kathryn

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Danger throws them together. Attraction keeps them from parting.Having lost her best friend, Courtney Warren lives every day like it’s her last. Because if life has taught her anything, it’s that some are cut far too short without warning. So when sexy former soldier Jason moves to Cradle Mountain, she shouldn't hesitate to express her immediate interest...
  • Bell's Beloved by Hannah Walker

    Bell's Beloved by Hannah Walker

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Bellan ‘Bell’ Nimeri loved Niko Dastria with all his heart. Knowing Niko was his lifemate from the moment he set eyes on him was bittersweet. Surrounded by unknown threats, becoming more than friends wasn't an option. Besides, he didn't think Niko had the same feelings as he did. What’s more, Niko would need to accept both sides of Bell’s shifter personality, as he and his darintha are a team...
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    military  m-m  science fiction  futuristic  fantasy  queer
  • Smolder Road by Toby Neal, Emily Kimelman

    Smolder Road by Toby Neal, Emily Kimelman

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    One thing is clear to Lucy Luciano: she and enigmatic survivalist Roan Winters are meant to be together.He disagrees.Life at the Haven survival compound is frustrating for the youngest and only girl of the Luciano clan. In a world torn apart by pandemic and fraught with danger, Lucy struggles to find her role...
  • B Free by Cynthia Sax

    B Free by Cynthia Sax

    Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    B is the last remaining B Model cyborg. All of his brethren, the beings he trained with, fought with, cared deeply for, have perished.Or so he believes.When he intercepts a communication mentioning the existence of one of his kind, he has to investigate the source. The message could be a trap set by his enemies...
  • Book of the Damned: A-E5L1-01-00 (A reverse harem, post-pandemic, slow-burn romance) (The JAK2 Cycle, Book) by V.E.S. Pullen

    Book of the Damned: A-E5L1-01-00 (A reverse harem, post-pandemic, slow-burn romance) (The JAK2 Cycle, Book) by V.E.S. Pullen

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    We know who Azzie is now.We think we know what’s going on: the base, the study, why she pushes us away…Turns out we don’t know anything.~o~My doctors, my foster family, my friends, even Mouse has been lying to me. Sasha, Luka, and Sev aren't even teenagers let alone high school students...
  • Logan by Nyssa Kathryn

    Logan by Nyssa Kathryn

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Her scars are invisible, to everyone but him.Grace Castle lived through hell, and she’s never fully recovered. Nor may she ever. But she’s better than she was, and now devotes her time and energy to helping other women…until someone connects her old life to her new one. Suddenly, she’s forced to do something that goes against her conscience, her moral compass…her heart...
  • Arkadian Skies by Lindsay Buroker

    Arkadian Skies by Lindsay Buroker

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    With the man who kidnapped her daughter imprisoned aboard her ship, Captain Alisa Marchenko is closer than ever to reuniting her family. But her new guest has been in a coma for weeks, with the secret to her daughter's location locked away in his mind. She must find a way to sneak him into a state-of-the-art hospital on Arkadius, a planet in the heart of Alliance territory...
  • Before The Dawn by Lindsey Fairleigh, Lindsey Pogue

    Before The Dawn by Lindsey Fairleigh, Lindsey Pogue

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    THE FOURTH AND FINAL BOOK IN THE ENDING SERIES. A year ago, the Virus killed off most people in the world. A year ago, strange things started happening to those who survived. Some of them transformed into something dark and sinister, while others evolved, becoming something more, something beyond human. A year ago, Dani and Zoe were lost...
  • The Short Victorious War by David Weber

    The Short Victorious War by David Weber

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    The proles are revolting. The families who rule the People's Republic of Haven are in trouble. The treasury's empty, the Proles are restless, and civil war is imminent. But the ruling class knows what they need to keep in power; another short, victorious war to unite the people and fill the treasury once more...
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    military  science fiction  futuristic  fantasy  war
  • Jingled by Tana Stone

    Jingled by Tana Stone

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Naughty or nice? For the women abducted from Earth and claimed as tribute brides for the Drexian warriors, being on the naughty list isn’t so bad. Not when being naughty is so tempting. It’s Christmas on the Drexian space station, and the abducted Earth women are in the mood for some holiday fun...
  • Return to Dark Earth by Anna Hackett

    Return to Dark Earth by Anna Hackett

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Book Seven of the award-winning series, THE PHOENIX ADVENTURES. His career plan never included becoming one of the galaxy's most infamous treasure hunters. And it certainly never included his one weakness: Nera Darc. Astro-archeologist Niklas Phoenix loved his job studying and safeguarding artifacts at the Institute of Historical Preservation...until he learned that it was all a lie...
  • Rebel Mate by Grace Goodwin

    Rebel Mate by Grace Goodwin

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    A rebel alien roaming the far reaches of the galaxy. An Interstellar Bride on the run for her life. When her life crash lands into his on a remote planet, they'll need each other to survive.The Interstellar Brides Program guarantees it can match any female on Earth, even a cynical, street-wise, and very jaded Zara, who just wants to start over. But when she arrives on her new home planet..
  • Girl From Above: Trapped by Pippa DaCosta

    Girl From Above: Trapped by Pippa DaCosta

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    "When are you going to stop running, Caleb?" Taking the synth to the casino capital of the nine systems seemed like a great idea at the time, but as Caleb Shepperd's many enemies close in, he only has one way out. He must betray #1001. Caleb can't make the same mistake twice. Can he? #1001 has a price on her head. The Fenrir Nine and Chitec will stop at nothing to secure her secrets...
    Categorized as:
    military  futuristic  science fiction  fantasy  m-f
  • Fixit by Erik Schubach

    Fixit by Erik Schubach

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Fixit, she's out of this world... This short novella follows Fixit, a worker on the surface of Tau Ceti Prime. She is an ace mechanic who keeps the automated harvesting machines in good running order. She has never missed a quota in her efforts help to feed all the people “topside” in the giant floating cities in the sky...
  • Demons Don't Date by Hannah Walker

    Demons Don't Date by Hannah Walker

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Commander Bo’saverin Hevalis, head of the Cobalts, is trying to recover from the injuries he sustained in battle. The enforced downtime is giving him too much time to think, torture for a man of action. The trouble in their sector is weighing heavily on his mind as it seems to be getting ever closer to the demon homeworld...
    Categorized as:
    military  m-m  science fiction  futuristic  fantasy  queer
  • Dax's Desire by Hannah Walker

    Dax's Desire by Hannah Walker

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The Avanti have made their way to Berinias, the capital and heart of Landran society. Not only is it King Kastain’s home ground, but it’s the seat of the Conclave's power. Dax finally gets to see Kastain in all his glory— regal, confident, powerful and downright sexy. As events unfold, Dax and Kastain realize everything happening with the Derin, with Martellon, Nestor and Teriva, is linked...
    Categorized as:
    military  m-m  science fiction  futuristic  fantasy  queer
  • Cleon Moon by Lindsay Buroker

    Cleon Moon by Lindsay Buroker

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Now that she’s retrieved the Staff of Lore, Captain Alisa Marchenko can finally dedicate herself and her ship to finding her kidnapped daughter. Her scant clues lead her to Cleon Moon. Unfortunately, since the fall of the empire, mafia clans have taken over the domed cities on the harsh moon, and exploring there isn’t easy...
  • Starseers by Lindsay Buroker

    Starseers by Lindsay Buroker

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    The mysterious and powerful Starseers have Captain Alisa Marchenko's daughter, and she will do whatever she must to get her back, even if it means traveling to their stronghold and confronting them personally. Unfortunately, her strongest ally, the cyborg Leonidas, may become a liability since the cyborgs and the Starseers have a long history of hating each other...
  • Dragoon by A.R. Ivanovich

    Dragoon by A.R. Ivanovich

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Surviving a narrow brush with death convinced Katelyn Kestrel that she must never return to the war-torn Outside World. Safe again within the sanctuary of Haven Valley, she has forced herself to forget Rune Thayer, the young Dragoon soldier who had sacrificed everything to save her...
  • Under Strain: A SciFi Cyborg Romance by Cynthia Sax, Amanda Kelsey

    Under Strain: A SciFi Cyborg Romance by Cynthia Sax, Amanda Kelsey

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    A damaged cyborg warrior is hunted by a peace-loving human female.***Strain is severely malfunctioning. The D Model cyborg was the sole survivor of a horrific decision made by his cruel manufacturers. He hates all humans and when he attacks one placed under his cyborg leader’s protection, he is reprimanded, stripped of his weapons, told to watch and not actively participate in the next mission...
  • Chosen by the Vikens by Grace Goodwin

    Chosen by the Vikens by Grace Goodwin

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Kayson, Geros and Mal are not hers. She is not theirs. So why does their every touch set her on fire? Why is it so easy to give in to the pleasure they provide? She must play along. Nothing is real. Every magical touch, every gasp, is just part of the mission. When she begs for more, it's all part of the plan..
  • Hatshepsut's Collar by A.W. Exley

    Hatshepsut's Collar by A.W. Exley

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    "Loving you is easy, it's living with you that's killing me." An ancient Egyptian artifact is driving Queen Victoria insane, and that's not top of Cara Devon's growing list of problems. Viscount Nathaniel Lyons is a man of numerous secrets, but there is one in particular that threatens his fledgling relationship with Cara...
  • Honor's Flight by Lindsay Buroker

    Honor's Flight by Lindsay Buroker

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    After spending four years fighting for the Alliance, fighter pilot Alisa Marchenko only wants one thing: to reunite with her young daughter. But this involves a journey to her former home world, which has become the last imperial stronghold...
  • Agent E2: Aidan by Joni Hahn

    Agent E2: Aidan by Joni Hahn

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Credentials: • Second generation Former Navy SEAL • DIRE’s latest SEAL acquisition Enhancements: • Electrical Conductor Former Navy SEAL, Aidan Monroe, embraces risk. Show him a hint of danger – or a beautiful woman - and he’s all over it. The only commitments in his life: his new D.I.R.E. enhancements and finding his father’s killers. Cassandra Naylor, daughter of D.I.R.E...
  • Agent T3: d'Artagnan by Joni Hahn

    Agent T3: d'Artagnan by Joni Hahn

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Credentials: • Rebel son of Former Navy SEAL • Trained under his father Enhancements: • Time Travel d’Artagnan (Dar) Naylor: trained by the best, disciplined by the toughest, and raised by the vilest - his father. He bought into Robert Naylor’s life of crime, until he learned the reasons behind it. Now, he possesses enhancements installed by The D.I.R.E...
  • UNIT 78: Rescued by Mina Carter, Evangeline Anderson

    UNIT 78: Rescued by Mina Carter, Evangeline Anderson

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A cyborg soldier with one mission: To rescue an innocent girl from a vicious cult But in order to fulfill his duty, he must do the unthinkable. Can Rich and Kyrin find each other when they are lost in the Breeding Compound? Unit 78, formerly Corporal Richard Hardgraves, is a Cyborg with a mission: to rescue the Admiral's daughter from the dreaded Tr'Low Cult on Beacon 5...
  • The Morcai Battalion: The Recruit by Susan Kyle, Diana Palmer

    The Morcai Battalion: The Recruit by Susan Kyle, Diana Palmer

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Diana Palmer's second installment in her thrilling space epic is a vast panorama of far-flung civilizations, interplanetary conflict and galaxy-spanning passion… THE MORCAI BATTALION: THE RECRUIT A prophecy foretold: Three years after the unprovoked attack on a peaceful colony, the war between the Rojok dynasty and the Tri-Galaxy Fleet rages on...
  • Claimed by Lindsay Buroker

    Claimed by Lindsay Buroker

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    After years on the hunt, Cedar Kartes is finally within striking distance of Cudgel Conrad, the criminal who slew his brother and framed him for murder. With the help of Kali McAlister, his business partner and the woman he’s mustering the courage to court, he believes he can finally rid the world of a bloodthirsty felon. But nothing is ever easy in the Yukon...
  • A Lady of Spirit by Shelley Adina

    A Lady of Spirit by Shelley Adina

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    You can choose your friends, but you cannot choose your family … or can you? Under normal circumstances, Maggie and Lizzie would be delighted to meet their long-lost relatives and be reunited with those who had believed them dead, but when are the Mopsies’ circumstances ever to be considered normal? With her half-brother Claude Seacombe, Lizzie travels to Cornwall to meet her mother’s parents...
  • Starfighter Chapter 5 by Hamlet Machine

    Starfighter Chapter 5 by Hamlet Machine

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    During the climactic battle at the Colteron shipyard, Cain's explosive secret is finally revealed. Now that Abel knows the truth, the corrupt commanders aboard the Sleipnir are determined to silence him...
  • The Radiant Seas by Catherine Asaro

    The Radiant Seas by Catherine Asaro

    Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Living in exile on a deserted planet, Sauscony and Jaibriol, each the heir to an interstellar empire, become entangled in the machinations of the Skolian Empire. Interstellar war erupts and Jaibriol is snatched away to be the unwilling ruler of the Highton Aristos. Sauscony must lead an invading space fleet to rescue him from his own Empire-without revealing that they are married...
  • Tinker's War by Jamie Sedgwick

    Tinker's War by Jamie Sedgwick

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Steam technology and spring-powered engines have evolved since Tinker's discovery of Blackrock Steel, which can store vast amounts of energy, but word of this incredible resource has spread far and wide...
  • The Gilded Scarab by Anna Butler

    The Gilded Scarab by Anna Butler

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When Captain Rafe Lancaster is invalided out of the Britannic Imperium’s Aero Corps after crashing his aerofighter during the Second Boer War, his eyesight is damaged permanently, and his career as a fighter pilot is over...
  • Rebel's Honor by Gwynn White

    Rebel's Honor by Gwynn White

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    AN OPPRESSIVE FAMILY OF TYRANTS… AND A WARRIOR PRINCESS TO DESTROY THEM ALL. Hidden deep in their Dragon’s lair, the Avanovs sole fear is the curse on their bloodline, one promising a warrior will destroy them and the Dragon deity that defends them...
  • Alien Captain's Bride by Scarlett Grove

    Alien Captain's Bride by Scarlett Grove

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    DorisI just broke up with my boyfriend for cheating with some girl on the internet. I thought I was doomed to spend the rest of my life shushing people at the library. When giant bugs crash into the college where I work, and a group of us are captured and taken into space, I'm convinced they'll eat us all like they did my cranky boss Mrs. Henderson...
  • Tin Swift by Devon Monk

    Tin Swift by Devon Monk

    Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    In steam age America, men, monsters, machines and magic battle to claim the same scrap of earth and sky. In this chaos, one man fights to hold on to his humanity--and his honor. . .  Life on the frontier is full of deceit and danger, but bounty hunter Cedar Hunt is a man whose word is his bond. Cursed with becoming a beast every full moon, Cedar once believed his destiny was to be alone...
  • A Lady of Resources by Shelley Adina

    A Lady of Resources by Shelley Adina

    Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Book 5 in the Magnificent Devices series! You can choose your friends, but you cannot choose your family … or can you? Now sixteen, the twins Lizzie and Maggie are educated young ladies who have not been called “the Mopsies” in years … except by their guardian, Lady Claire Trevelyan...
  • The Immorality Engine by George Mann

    The Immorality Engine by George Mann

    Rated: 3.91 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    On the surface, life is going well for Victorian special agent Sir Maurice Newbury, who has brilliantly solved several nigh-impossible cases for Queen Victoria with his indomitable assistant, Miss Veronica Hobbes, by his side. But these facts haven’t stopped Newbury from succumbing increasingly frequently to his dire flirtation with the lure of opium...
  • Girl From Above: Betrayal by Pippa DaCosta

    Girl From Above: Betrayal by Pippa DaCosta

    Rated: 3.79 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    "My name is #1001, and I am not ready to die." I’d only just begun to live. When Captain Caleb Shepperd is released from prison, all he wants to do is keep his head down and earn a living smuggling illegal cargo through the nine systems...
  • Gideon Smith and the Mechanical Girl by David Barnett

    Gideon Smith and the Mechanical Girl by David Barnett

    Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Nineteenth century London is the center of a vast British Empire. Airships ply the skies and Queen Victoria presides over three-quarters of the known world—including the East Coast of America, following the failed revolution of 1775. London might as well be a world away from Sandsend, a tiny village on the Yorkshire coast...
  • Fate War: Alliance by E.M. Havens

    Fate War: Alliance by E.M. Havens

    Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    “No!” Sam screamed. A Fate boot slammed into her stomach. It pinned her, leaving her breathless. She tried desperately to push his foot off as the soldier unsheathed his sword. He raised it two handed, the razor sharp point above her throat. He would kill her. She could see it in his black, soulless eyes. “Sam!” Cole’s voice was distant...
  • The Impossible Cube by Steven Harper

    The Impossible Cube by Steven Harper

    Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    In an age where fantastic inventions of steam and brass have elevated Britain and China into mighty empires, Alice Michaels faces a future of technological terrors… Once, Gavin Ennock sailed the skies on airships and enchanted listeners with his fiddle music. Now, the clockwork plague consumes his intellect, enabling him to conceive and construct scientific wonders—while driving him quite mad...
  • The Grand Ellipse by Paula Volsky

    The Grand Ellipse by Paula Volsky

    Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    In the civilized republic of Vonahr, magic is the only hope in the battle against an imperialistic race of fanatics. But salvation lies in a neutral kingdom where the ultimate weapon has been created. Sentient Fire is a flame that obeys its creator. Adventurer Luzelle Devaire is sent to the kingdom to convince the king to release the fire, but to gain an audience, she must win the Grand Ellipse...
  • Lumière by Jacqueline Garlick

    Lumière by Jacqueline Garlick

    Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    One determined girl. One resourceful boy. One miracle machine that could destroy everything. After an unexplained flash shatters her world, seventeen-year-old Eyelet Elsworth sets out to find the Illuminator, her father’s prized invention...
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