Sapphic Stories with Aliens (IHS Reading Challenge #1)

Aliens are among us, and humanity’s only hope just happens to carry pom-poms.

Laura Clark thought she was normal—until she saw a cheerleader on a skateboard get into a superhuman brawl with a lightning-wielding stranger. Now she’s found herself in the midst of an alien invasion, and the only one who can help her is the beautiful but mysterious Shailene. If they don’t find the answers soon, they could be the next to disappear…

Jawbreaker is an Alternative Four Point Universe novel, proudly making itself at home amongst the Mermaid Pod in an unconventional ocean.

It isn’t everyday that the citizens of Seattle witness shadows passing out of the corner of their eye or hear the whoosh of something taking flight from the pavement beside them, but when a Shadow Protector descends on their city, they find themselves thrust into comic-book endings on the regular.

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Charlie, a mercenary, is hired by a female Alpha God to find a kidnapped Omega, but she quickly learns there's more going on than just an everyday kidnapping!

Charlie and her mercenary team are hired by a god named Kal, who is the ruler of Kander, a planet of Alphas and Omegas. Not only does Charlie learn intimate details about Kal’s rare nature as a female Alpha, but she soon discovers the true motives behind the kidnapping.

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To save the world, she must learn who she is...

When Kita is attacked by an alien, three more disguised as cars in her junkyard, rescue her. She agrees to help her rescuers and it will lead to an adventure to the highest levels of the Empire of the United States, around the world, and across the galaxy.

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When your daughters banishes you to an alternate universe!

Calorra, now her mother’s enemy, has exiled Quinn and Thalcu to an alternate dimension and has taken Qorlec for herself, ending the centuries old war with the callous slaughter of many innocents. Meanwhile, Varzo and Mercy are likewise exiled by Calorra to a barren planet, where they are trapped and helpless to escape. As Quinn reconciles with Thalcu and searches for a way back to her own world, Zita searches desperately for Quinn and her lost friends, becoming exiled by Calorra herself in the process.

Falling in love with a ray of sunshine was not on Brynn’s to do list, and no matter how convincing Micah is, she plans to keep it that way.

Take one CEO, one pink-haired alien, a secret marriage, vengeful aliens, unexplained deaths, and a bitter sister out for revenge, and Brynn and Micah’s lives will never be the same.

They say the only guarantees in life are death and taxes, but they forget crime.

With a ruthless killer on Space Station Frontera, Marshal Kalandri, the face of law and order, and Dani Agincourt, the queen of crime and disorder, face an uncomfortable truth – to save the station, they need each other.

And maybe, once the chaos has passed too…

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Strangers, from different worlds, find that love is universal.

Kaesah, an alien, is stranded on Earth when her mate dies. Toni, a human, is Kaesah’s way back to her planet. Two women, from different worlds, form a bond that will chart a new path for their planets and for themselves.

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Mackenzie Caldwell was given a choice

Be true to who she was and be shunned for the rest of her life by her entire family, or suppress her attraction to women and live the rest of her life knowing ‘her place’ in the misogynistic cult-like religion she was raised in. Kenzie chose herself, and relocated to Sedona, Arizona, a beautiful desert town surrounded by red-rock buttes, steep canyon walls, and famous for metaphysical enhancement while hiking and spending time among the many vortices in the area.

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Who will save the world when it all falls apart?

This tale about two orphaned babies sent to Earth for their survival, reads like it was torn from the pages of a comic book. Born soul mates, Amari and Zen spend their lives looking for each until they finally meet one fateful night in Chicago. They’re suddenly thrown into the middle of a battle between rogue CORP agents bent on taking over the world, and the good guys who consider the alien refugees their ace in the hole.

A rookie Starship captain battles bad guys, aliens and subversive plots to save Alara's future queen.

Captain Vanessa Swann doesn’t even like Admiral/Princess Cade Meryan. Why is she risking her neck to save her when the woman draws trouble like a magnet? Futurist science meets alien creatures in another galaxy on a race against evil.

A lottery win enables Eli a chance to start fresh and make her dreams come true.

A cheating lover set Eli’s world in motion to relocate to the mountains of North Carolina. She creates the homestead she has always dreamed of for she and her family.

The Vanishing of Earth's Most Powerful Hero

Shattergirl, Earth’s first lesbian guardian has disappeared. Lena Martin, the street-smart tracker with a silver tongue and a disdain for the rogue guardians she chases, has only days to bring her home. As the pair clash, masks begin to crack, and secrets are exposed that could shatter them both.

Who knew that meeting an alien would lead to true love.

Sparks fly all around the three women as they join forces in this romantic comedy, which really is out of this world.

Lesbian superheroes for the win!

Drum up the Dawn is the first book in an urban fantasy series that takes place on an Earth where alien refugees live on the fringes of society, reporter Kenzie Shepherd may well be the last daughter of a long-dead planet, and tech executive Ava Westbrook wishes everyone could just get along.

Good Omens meets The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet

Ryka Aoki’s Light From Uncommon Stars is a defiantly joyful adventure set in California’s San Gabriel Valley, with cursed violins, Faustian bargains, and queer alien courtship over fresh-made donuts.

Edgy Sci-Fi with a Kick-Ass Female Lead

Introducing: STORM REDFIELD: NAVY COMMANDER, SPECIAL FORCES.

Redfield is brave, tough, and HOT. A hazard to your life if you’re a bad guy… A spirited lover not averse to roughing it a bit if you happen to be an attractive alien.

Follow her exploits through the galaxy as she saves lives, breaks hearts, deals with personal tragedy, pisses-off the Galactic Alliance, and just about manages to stay alive.

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An Alien Assassin and a Human Detective Must Work Together To Stop An Ancient War

Jakari is an assassin on Earth to stop humanity from being into cannon fodder in an endless war. Hiyaki is a Detective trying to solve a series of kidnappings. Together, they might be able to end a war that has raged for thousands of years.

An accident above a faraway planet gives its crew extraordinary abilities, and they act as deities for the planet below.

Marooned above an unknown planet, the crew of the Atlas awakens from a crash with extraordinary mental abilities. When their most powerful member jettisons their passengers to the planet below, they have an unprecedented opportunity: they can become gods. But after two hundred years, whose side are they really on?

When Marsha's broken teleporter sends her to Earth, her only priority is to get back to civilization.

Will Marsha find her way home? Or will her heart convince her to change her plans?

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I beamed up a rhino by mistake.

When zookeeper Tilly wakes up on a spaceship with her animals, she vows to do everything to protect them. Valla’s mistake of beaming up a sentient human could cost her a lot and she’s determined not to let anyone find out. A romance written in the stars.