Happy Friday!
I started reading Captured by the Monsters last night, and ooooh boy. Have any of you read it? I started reading it while waiting for the kiddo to fall asleep, and I was not anticipating the need for a massive amount of tissues while I tried to sob silently. I don’t think I have ever felt so emotionally connected to a character in the first chapter, but dang, it hit me in the feels! So I need to pivot to a different genre for a moment. Hence, the Science Fiction theme!
Science Fiction has been on my mind, and I am looking forward to a science fiction-themed weekend. The mini-gremlin has decreed Saturday a lazy day, so I’m looking forward to lots of hot cocoa and reading.
I am cheating a bit on this post, and I mean almost 100% by a bit. Although these are technically series, in that Amazon lists them as a series, most of these are standalone books that occur in the same universe with some cross-over characters. So I am still counting it!
So sit back, relax, and enjoy the wild ride.
Be well, and happy reading!
Paige
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***Box set now available, featuring the Mars Diaries trilogy and an exclusive short story!***
***Winner of Reality Bites Magazine's Best Sci-Fi Book Award***
It all started with a headache.
Next came the cramps.
Then, the pain. Cries and wails filled the station.
The bloody cough killed most of them.
The others succumbed to the fever.
And then, silence.
I’m the only one left.
My name is Louise and I’m the only human on Mars.
A sci-fi reverse harem serial based on the Six Swans fairy tale. First published in the Once Upon A Twist anthology.
This story is set in the same world as The Drowning series.
~Reading order~
The Mars Diaries
Alone
Hidden
Found
The Drowning
Polar Destiny
Polar Fates
Polar Miracle (coming soon)
Thoughts from Paige
These are not available on Kindle Unlimted. So if you are planning on reading all the books, it is cheaper to buy the box set. The link to the box set is here.
This is a short story, and super super clean. They are all LITERALLY trapped alone on mars. Not sure you can get more forced together than this!
This is on hoopla!
I am one of the Forsaken.
A hundred years ago Earth was invaded by the Yarek, aliens with weapons of mass destruction. Humans were on the brink of annihilation when the Totiv, another alien race who wanted Earth to survive for their own sinister purposes, fought alongside us.
A decade later, the Totiv and Human collective defeated the Yarek. A treaty was forged as a way of giving thanks to the Totiv...but it wasn't any of Earth's natural resources they were after.
It was our women.
As their own females began to die out, the Totiv sought human women as mates. And so, we were Forsaken by our world. Every year, special girls from around the world are taken to special training houses, in preparation to become a mate to one of the Totiv’s many unmated Klans. They are known as Harvest Girls.
My name is Carmen and I am one of those girls.
*Capturing Carmen is book one in The Forsaken series, this book can be read as a stand-alone as can any of the others. This book has mature content intended for 18+ with explicit and violent scenes. Capturing Carmen is a reverse harem, dark alien sci-fi romance*
Thoughts from Paige
This is a series of standalone, and I'm not quite sure how I feel about it. In the sample we have our MC having some FF action, and then sexy times with some humans. I'm ALL FOR the sexy times...I just don't know. I liked the human men she found but I know this is science fiction so off she'll probably go with the aliens. Who am I kidding, I'm totally going to read this.
Charming, seductive, and gorgeous…
The aliens only want one thing—human women to be used as breeders.
After Earth is invaded by an alien race, planetary scientist, Camille Harran, together with her team of three men—head of security, Aleandro, studious meteorologist, Casey, and tattooed, dark haired Mike, who is head of communications—fight to save loved ones.
But will Camille stand up against the aliens, or will she succumb to their advances?
Get the complete series of this reverse harem, sci-fi romance today!
Planet Athion is a shared world contributed to by multiple authors. Discover more about this exciting new Reverse Harem, Sci Fi Romance series today! Travel over to planetathion.blogspot.com for more information now.
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These books are not on kindle unlimited. If you plan to read the entire series, it is cheaper to buy the box set. Otherwise, the link to book one is here.
Adult Divergent fans will love this smart, near-future speculative, thrill-packed romance!
My name is Thessaly, and at 22, I still don't know what I want to be when I grow up. Living with my parents, going to college, and hanging out with friends is pretty much the extent of my mediocre life. The biggest drama I have going on with me is fighting a growing attraction toward my best friend Bram. Oh and avoiding needles--specifically ones that draw my blood.
See, on January 27, 2044, the DNA Networking Act was set into action. This new law provides those in authority to gather genetic information from citizens in an effort to achieve nationwide resistance to diseases and other weaknesses. Sounds promising, right?
Maybe. But to me, it infringes on a person's freedom. The act prohibits citizens from declining to undergo genetic testing when summoned, and the deadline for everyone to voluntarily submit a DNA sample is fast approaching. I'm avoiding the process as long as possible.
Until one night the unthinkable happens: I'm ruthlessly abducted. Bleeding is no longer voluntary... it's a requirement. And as it turns out, the four guys who captured me aren't anything like I expected.
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Her Reverse Genus is a soft Sci-Fi Reverse Harem Romance with a speculative spin on fated mates and a corrupt government hellbent on keeping them separated. This set contains all five books in the series—Perfect, Broken, Resistant, Expendable, and Preserved. Note: In 2044, while the world isn’t terribly different, human rights are. Our heroines and heroes in Her Reverse Genus find themselves thrust into one unfortunate event after another where they’re forced to explore varying degrees of highly triggering topics that some readers may find difficult to read. These incidents are not added to the story for shock value or to cause contention; rather, they’ve been included to progress the story in a way that is realistic and congruent with the concept of the overall story arc.
Thoughts from Paige
I thought this was called "Her Reverse Genius" for a fair bit...oops. I am really intrigued and had to force myself to stop reading. Super excited for my science fiction weekend!!
The books are available in paperback separately, but if you want to read the series on kindle unlimited you'll want to download the collection, the button link will take you to the proper page. If you want a paperback you can click here to get to the first book.
They’ll change her life. She’ll change their world.
Note: This book includes the entire Seduced by the Gladiators serial reverse-harem romance trilogy collection: Mikolaus, Luken, and Domiku.
The days of pitched battles to win the hand of one of Lurra’s very few women may be over, but as the top fighters in the ceremonial, gladiator-style games, Mikolaus always assumed that he and his triad—including his triad-brothers Domiku and Luken—would settle down with a traditional Lurran girl.
Until the day he meets Hannah.
She’s eager enough to learn about Lurra, but despite her attraction to the culture and Mikolaus, he’s not sure he can get her to reconcile her Earth-2 upbringing with Lurra’s strict ideas about marriage.
Not alone, anyway.
Maybe together, his triad can convince her that marriage should be between one woman … and three men.
Get all three books of Seduced by the Gladiators in one volume!
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I was not ready for the sample to be over! I was immediately sucked in, and cannot wait to see where this trilogy takes me.
From Book 1: Arrested. Thrown through a wormhole in a janky pod. Crashed on an alien planet.
Not my best day.
Rescued by three smouldering hot men with broad chests and a strange, almost feline grace?
Looking better.
And they all look like they want to eat me up, in the very best way?
Yes, please.
No shared language?
That's a bit of a problem.
But as they defend me from the horrors of this strange new world, I wonder about the ruins I see around me.
What happened here? Where are they taking me?
And when they pull me into their arms at night, why can't I resist their heated touches?
Shared by the Alien Hybrids is the first in the Lost Arena series of steaming hot science fiction romances. Each book features one sassy heroine, her dedicated alien warriors, and another piece of the overall mystery. And in this world, a happy ending means why choose? This is a hot, fast burn full novel with over-the-top heroes and situations, and instalove.
This is a substantially revised and expanded edition.
Thoughts from Paige
Our MC is a badass hacker. Super excited to read this one. I made myself stop at only 23% of the sample, just as she crashlanded on a planet. If I kept reading there's no way I'd stop in time to finish the post today.
A superhero fantasy series with a healthy dose of kick-ass action, an unstoppable heroine, and a sexy reverse harem love story...
Nature gave her a gift.
Evil turned it into a curse.
Astrid doesn't remember much about her childhood, at least not before her parents death. After that her memories of the group home and the other eleven boys and girls that lived there are vague and scary. But not as scary as the doctors she had to visit each week or the shots that they gave her.
But she isn't a child anymore. She's an adult and with her mentor's help, has carved a life for herself and the powers she wields. She's safe. She's capable. She's super.
Until it all comes crashing down and the past races back into her life.
She's not alone in her abilities and one-by-one she'll find the others like her. She'll form a team, and find heartache and love.
Ultimately she'll have to take down one of her own.
That's what it means to be one of the Elite.
Don't miss out on this epic sci-fi romance by USA Today Best Selling Author, Angel Lawson.
Thoughts from Paige
Although this one doesn't sound like my cuppa, it does have good reviews! The science-fiction bit of this comes from the characters being superheroes. I'll admit to superhero exhausted from all the marvel movies, but I am adding this one to my TBR pile for when I'm ready for that theme again!
The Artemis is a classic vessel that has not only crossed two different galaxies but also served as home to generations of rebellious women and the men who loved them. From firebrand Melissa Alexander to devout Sienna MacKinnon, the Artemis carried these women into battle and to new homes as they reshaped the galaxy. Discover love, adventure, and the future with the Wings of Artemis.
Thoughts from Paige
In my opinion, this series is comprised of a few smaller series. For example, the first four books follow the same MC. I have not read all the books in this 12 book series, but I did finish the first four. I have the others on my TBR pile.
She's no avenging angel; she's a Vengeance.
Fighting, sex, comradery, food, and drink; these are the things that the warrior women known as Vengeances enjoy. While locked away for a minor crime, Jenecca’s kin are attacked and slaughtered before she can break free to rescue them. The only Vengeance who remains is herself. The only thing on her mind – and DNA – is revenge on the man who murdered her sisters, but to enact her plan, she must travel to an entirely different dimension. Turns out, she’s not so great at landings and finds herself right in the middle of a dragon shifter den. An elf, two dragon shifters, and a minotaur, all know of what she is, having been with one of her sisters. When the fate of her sister in this new dimension is revealed, Jenecca’s desire to avenge her joins her need for justice. Now, Jenecca must battle not only against the slayer of her kin, but against her heart and the ticking clock on her revenge. Can she maintain her sanity? Or will it be too late for the last Vengeance?
Book One in the complete Wings of Vengeance reverse harem fantasy romance duet. This is a why choose romance.
Thoughts from Paige
I couldn't finish the sample. I'm too heartsore after my reading last night. Sounds like an interesting book though!