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Christina Delaine
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By:
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Michelle Diener
About this listen
Some secrets carry the weight of the world.
Rose McKenzie may be far from Earth with no way back, but she's made a powerful ally - a fellow prisoner with whom she's formed a strong bond. Sazo's an artificial intelligence. He's saved her from captivity and torture, but he's also put her in the middle of a conflict, leaving Rose with her loyalties divided.
Captain Dav Jallan doesn't know why he and his crew have stumbled across an almost legendary Class 5 battleship, but he's not going to complain. The only problem is, all its crew are dead - all except for one strange, new alien being.
She calls herself Rose. She seems small and harmless, but less and less about her story is adding up, and Dav has a bad feeling his crew, and maybe even the four planets, are in jeopardy. The Class 5's owners, the Tecran, look set to start a war to get it back and Dav suspects Rose isn't the only alien being who survived what happened on the Class 5. And whatever else is out there is playing its own games.
In this race for the truth, he's going to have to go against his leaders and trust the dark horse.
Winner of a SFR Galaxy Award 2016 and the Prism Award 2016 for Best Futuristic.
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New ER doctor Alexi Sur always intended to join an aid agency. She'd just expected to work among humans. When the Pax Galactica Corps becomes her only option (don't ask—the debts aren't hers, but the family is, much to her regret), Alexi finds herself traveling the galaxy and learning alien physiology and culture, all while becoming a reality TV star. Being pursued by camera drones and starring in her very own Welcome-to-the-Universe documentary was never on Alexi's to-do list.
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Enjoyed this take on Alien Contact
- By Angela on 11-05-23
By: Jenny Schwartz
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The Last Sky
- Atrophy, Book 1
- By: Jess Anastasi
- Narrated by: Raquel Beattie
- Length: 13 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Twelve years on the prison planet Erebus makes a man long for death. The worst part for Tannin Everette is that he was framed for murder. He's innocent. When the ship Imojenna lands for emergency repairs, Tannin risks everything to escape . . . only to find himself face to face with the captain's undeniably gorgeous sister. Zahli Sherron isn't planning on turning Tannin in. In fact, she actually believes him. Sure, he's sexy as every kind of sin, but he's no criminal—so she hides him.
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More Romance with some story then a Story with Romance if that makes any sense.
- By Michael Lee on 07-10-24
By: Jess Anastasi
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Astray
- The Adventures of a Xeno-Archaeologist, Book 1
- By: Jenny Schwartz
- Narrated by: Emily Woo Zeller
- Length: 7 hrs and 47 mins
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Nora Devi is a xeno-archaeologist with a complicated past. She has buried more secrets than she’s dug up. Widowed in the recently ended twelve year war between Capitoline and Palantine, she now makes a living as an independent tagger in border space. Captain Liam Kimani could be credited with ending the latest royal war. Instead, he’s blamed for it. Dirty commoners aren’t meant to lay their hands on royalty. He has no regrets.
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Disappointingly YA
- By Gretchen on 07-17-23
By: Jenny Schwartz
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Homebound
- Rix Universe, Book 1
- By: Lydia Hope
- Narrated by: Marnye Young
- Length: 11 hrs and 46 mins
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Earth is in decline, and the wealthy have fled it, leaving only the destitute citizens behind. And aliens. Gemma McKinley works at a prison cleaning goop off the floors and serving food to inmates. When she is reassigned to the alien ward, Gemma is nervous. Aliens are dangerous and ruthless. They bite. But there is one that isn’t like them. Simon is damaged, starved, and wasting away in complete isolation. Touched by his loneliness, Gemma starts nursing him back to health, dismissing rumors that he’s high-risk, ignoring the advice to let him croak.
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loved it! A++
- By S. KHAN on 04-15-22
By: Lydia Hope
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Of Visions & Secrets
- Tenebris, Book 1
- By: Kathryn Ann Kingsley
- Narrated by: Tess Irondale
- Length: 8 hrs and 2 mins
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When Emma Mather's twin brother, Elliot, goes missing from Arnsmouth University, she is determined to stop at nothing to find him. Yet as she follows the clues left behind, she learns that there are far more sinister monstrosities lurking in the shadows of her city than she could have ever imagined.
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You will be enthralled
- By Customer on 03-21-25
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A Prince Saved
- Empire of Stardust, Book 1
- By: Margaret Couplet
- Narrated by: Jessie Van Hove
- Length: 6 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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After escaping the government lab where they had spent most of their life with Chase’s brother and three powerful young girls, Daniela and Chase are on the run while the world burns down around them. They’re safer than they’ve ever been but that could change at any moment when Daniela decides to save a strange man from being killed by a group of aliens. Prince Garrath was his father’s youngest child, his only unblooded son still in line for the throne. When things go horribly wrong on his first mission planetside he’s left stranded with a group of people who have no idea what he is.
By: Margaret Couplet
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Last Command
- Fallen Empire, Book 0
- By: Lindsay Buroker
- Narrated by: Kate Reading
- Length: 2 hrs and 26 mins
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In the final days of the empire, Cyborg Corps Colonel Leonidas Adler plans to die in a manner befitting of an imperial officer. He will fight until his last breath, giving his life to defend Emperor Markus, as it was meant to be. But when the emperor himself summons him for a final special mission, how can he refuse?
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Pretty good teaser for lighter space opera
- By 🔥 Phx17 🔥 on 10-15-21
By: Lindsay Buroker
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Salvage
- The Delphic Dame, Book 1
- By: Jenny Schwartz
- Narrated by: Tess Irondale
- Length: 7 hrs and 33 mins
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Captain Cherry Pendit is a very improper oracle. A proper seer warns the hero, then retires to the luxury of her temple while the hero saves the day. Pfft. Boring. Cherry doesn't need a hero to defy fate. In fact, she intends to rescue the hero. There might be a few bumps along the way—like an entire alien species her oracular talent didn't warn her about—but Captain Cherry Pendit of the Delphic Dame is prepared to adapt and overcome. If only the pirates, the good guys—who might be bad guys—and her allies would just stop freaking interfering by pushing their own stupid agendas.
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- By E. T. Haren on 06-27-24
By: Jenny Schwartz
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Guild of Secrets
- Obsidian Queen, Book 1
- By: Shari L. Tapscott
- Narrated by: Mare Trevathan
- Length: 7 hrs and 39 mins
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If twenty-two-year-old Madeline Bennet knows anything for certain, it’s that she’ll get her desired apprenticeship with the Royal Guild. After all, her family is well-connected, and she’s all but dating the grand duke’s nephew. But Madeline does not get her apprenticeship. Instead, she finds herself working with a trio of knight marshals, traipsing around the US, arresting all manner of magical miscreants. If tracking trolls, running from murderous pixies, and stumbling into a dangerous web of criminal activity isn’t enough to keep her occupied, there’s also Gray, Jonathan, and Eric.
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Stumbled and fell in love with this series
- By Tay A on 03-24-25
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Taming Chaos
- Darkstar Mercenaries Series, Book 1
- By: Anna Carven
- Narrated by: J.F. Harding
- Length: 7 hrs and 10 mins
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Torin Mardak came to Zarhab Groht to hunt. Some idiot's been selling Callidum weapons on the black market, and he's been tasked with finding the traitor. The illegal trading station isn't exactly Torin's favorite place in the Nine Galaxies. It's dirty, chaotic, and full of thieves and murderers, but as an elite Kordolian First Division warrior, he's the most dangerous thing on this floating cesspit, and he won't let anything stand in his way.
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***This is NOT book 1***
- By CCW on 11-06-19
By: Anna Carven
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Heart of Tartarus
- Sky Cities Series, Book 1
- By: Lucy Smoke
- Narrated by: Lisa Larsen
- Length: 10 hrs and 18 mins
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On Tartarus I was born... Soaked in power and secrets, Tartarus is a city for rebels, exiles, and criminals. As a messenger, every shadow is my friend. I know all the secrets of this place. Or, at least, I thought I did. When my best friend, Kida, goes missing, I don't waste any time assuming her identity to draw her or whoever took her, out of hiding. On Tartarus I will die...
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Great story with powerful themes!
- By AlliTheBookWyrm on 03-18-20
By: Lucy Smoke
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Zuvok
- Brides to Beasts, Book 1
- By: Athena Storm
- Narrated by: Tristan James, Meghan Kelly
- Length: 4 hrs and 50 mins
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I am Zuvok the Terror. Feared soldier of the Trident Alliance. And I will not do housework! I relish the fury of combat. I love the adrenaline as I kill my enemies. Blood drips from my hands. Until I go too far. So my commanders send me a foe that I never expected: my bride. A comely, curvy, human woman. A princess. She must be insane. She has to be if she agreed to be my mail-order bride. But I don't want a bride. Zuvok the Terror will not be tamed.
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It's so bad but so good.
- By Charli08 on 01-15-21
By: Athena Storm
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Dragon's Baby
- Red Planet Dragons of Tajss, Book 1
- By: Miranda Martin, Juno Wells
- Narrated by: Tristan James, Jillian Macie
- Length: 5 hrs and 59 mins
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Calista is happy with her life of scientific research. She doesn't need love, she has her books, her friends, and her work. Things are fine until her ship is attacked by space pirates and crash lands on a desert planet with heat so intense she and her friends can't survive without help. Ladon is a Zmaj warrior resigned to a life alone, who only desires to protect his treasures. His hopes for a mate faded long ago, yet when he meets Calista something stirs. It takes only one look to know that she belongs to him.
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Dragon instalove!
- By Jonella A. Moore on 12-07-17
By: Miranda Martin, and others
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Ward's Siren
- Lost Siren Series, Book 1
- By: Stephanie Hudson
- Narrated by: Amanda Stribling, Lance Greenfield
- Length: 8 hrs and 50 mins
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I was just a data analyst. I paid my taxes on time. I used to feed a cat that wasn’t my own and bake cookies for the office. I was a good girl. How was my reward finding myself penniless, broken down and stuck on the side of the road with everything I owned piled in the back, and all because I was being chased by the Mob? But then again, I must have had some luck left or he wouldn’t have stopped.
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- By BR on 01-21-23
By: Stephanie Hudson
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- bluestatereader
- 12-02-16
A Perfect Sci Fi / Romance Series You'll Love!
Last year when I found this series on Kindle, I was stunned by the beautiful writing, plotting and character development -- something I've never seen in a typical sci fi romance before. I could only hope that if the series was ever given the Audible treatment, that the author would choose the perfect narrator as well. And she did!
I LOVE sci fi romance novels, but too often the writing suffers from authors who lean a bit too heavily toward ever more bizarre alien sex scenes, and overly bit*chy dialogue for the women as a substitute for strength and/or wit. It gets old after a while, and I had given up ever finding a well written book in this sub genre, until I found this amazing series.
Michelle Diener is a wonderful author who can really write, and she has written three great books in this series. Each book contains a lovely romance, lots of action, and spectacular and well thought out science fiction -- it's a freakin miracle!
AND -- Christina Delaine is wonderful in this series, and performs it as well as any of the great narrators out there. I'll be looking forward to hearing more from her!
What a treasure!
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED (For anyone who loves sci fi romance, but also wants to read well written books!)
Note: There is no explicit sex in this series, and you won't miss it at all.
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- LaShanda Samuels
- 09-15-16
Love this series
I would really lol ike to continue with the 2nd book. I need the other books on Audible please!
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- Levon
- 10-04-16
So much better than I expected
Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
I'd totally recommend this story. It's so much more then a romance.
What did you like best about this story?
I bought it expecting a trashy/sleazy romance, but its so much more than that. Its a first contact/ai rights/political intrigue story with romance as a sub-plot.
Which scene was your favorite?
I loved the scene where Rose confirmed she could see though the camouflage.
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
Hell yeah! I wish I had found the ebook version first, I would have finished the series already if I had.
Any additional comments?
I can't wait for the sequels to be released.
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- glouise
- 08-07-18
Great book / Great Narrator
This is a really good story with great world building that happens very quickly and painlessly. Diener has written a very enjoyable scify romance novel with a great story and really good character development. I know others have done the abducted /saved story before but I really enjoyed Diener's take on it. Although the big Love happens very quickly, I like the fact that it is not spoken of as the unrealistic, it has only been 10 days but I know you are the love of my life etc etc etc. This is more along the lines of and I quote "....I really, really like you...." lets see where it goes.
Good story, good action, logical cause, effect and reactions, great world building....anyone who enjoys this genre would most likely enjoy this book.
Christina Delaine does a very good job bringing the characters and story to life. I did not have to "give it time" to get into the reading, as soon as she started, I was hooked.
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- Robin Crabb Gonzales
- 03-09-21
The PERFECT Sci Fi Rom Mix
Absolutely loved it! I love sci & not only was this a great space opera it was fun and with no messy sex scenes! Bonus stars for that. :-D
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- Bean McGrath
- 07-12-21
Great and interesting ideas- amazing reader.
I love that Diener has interesting and unusual ideas for her world -the slight differences between species and the issues that these differences cause are ingenious. I’ll be getting book two.
Christina Delaine not only does a great job differentiating between characters, but has to pull off two AI voices and a couple of different species- on top of that she sings. Having no ability or talent in this arena myself I am truly amazed by her vocal repertoire! If I could give her 7 stars I would!
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- Kelly Barbour
- 09-25-21
Great story!
I loved this audio book! It had me from the beginning. This was well written and the narrator did an amazing job!
I can't wait to hear more books by this author.
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- velb
- 04-03-21
All-around Excellent
Intriguing from the very beginning, I enjoyed every bit of this book. I'm eager for the rest of the series.
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- FutureGG
- 08-12-21
Love it!
Good story, wonderful characters and enough original ideas to make an old favorite new. I highly recommend it.
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- Deb Fischer
- 07-08-21
Very entertaining.
This was a very enjoyable science fiction read with all the right elements, alien abduction, space travel, warring factions plus sentient AIs.
You may like it give it a try plus it’s a series!
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