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Premise labels used: enemy lovers, mate bond, forbidden attraction, womanizer falls, identity search, lost kin, cure quest, cat and mouse

Setting labels used: futuristic Earth, post-war Earth, New Chicago, underground city, alien coexistence, urban setting, scarce water, after alien war

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Vexing Voss

Gail Koger · 2013 · Coletti Warlords

A runaway psychic heroine and an alien warlord strike a bargain to find a killer, igniting war, danger, and love.

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Premise labels: mate hunt · forced mating · revenge quest · murder investigation · psychic heroine · alpha alien · enemy alliance · interstellar war · protector hero · hidden powers

Setting labels: future Earth · interplanetary setting · space adventure · alien civilization · galactic war · alternate world · futuristic world · outer space

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Distance: 0.1764

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Slave to Sensation

Nalini Singh · 2006 · Psy-Changeling

A repressed psychic woman and a shape-shifting pack leader join forces to hunt a killer and risk forbidden desire.

Why this is here

Premise labels: enemies-to-lovers · forbidden attraction · psychic society · shifter romance · serial killer investigation · business alliance · secret identity · emotion suppression · opposites attract

Setting labels: future Earth · urban setting · alternate history · psychic network · coexisting species · pack society · near-future cityscape

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Distance: 0.1830

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Battle Angel Alita, Vol. 2: Tears of an Angel

Yukito Kishiro · 2004 · 銃夢 [Gunnm]

An amnesiac cyborg bounty hunter falls for a troubled street boy, forcing a brutal choice in a bleak future city.

Why this is here

Premise labels: amnesiac cyborg · bounty hunter · forbidden love · underclass survival · identity quest · cyberpunk romance

Setting labels: post-apocalyptic · junkyard city · sky city · dystopian future · cyberpunk world · industrial wasteland · underclass society

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.1892

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Crossed

Ally Condie · 2013 · Matched

Separated by a controlling Society, Cassia and Ky cross a harsh frontier searching for each other and a rebellion.

Why this is here

Premise labels: forbidden love · love triangle · rebellion · state control · search mission · escape quest · resistance movement

Setting labels: dystopian future · controlled society · outer provinces · wild frontier · canyons · farmlands · post-collapse world

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Distance: 0.1900

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The Revenge of Seven

Pittacus Lore · 2014 · Lorien Legacies

Separated after devastating losses, the Garde race to stop an alien invasion while new allies and betrayals reshape the war.

Why this is here

Premise labels: scattered heroes · betrayal · unlikely allies · invasion countdown · revenge quest · fugitive resistance · enemy defection

Setting labels: Earth · Chicago · Florida Everglades · Washington, DC · New York · Sanctuary · space · alien war · near-future Earth

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Distance: 0.1904

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Mated to the Cyborgs

Grace Goodwin · 2020 · Interstellar Brides: The Colony

A burned-out FBI agent finds an unexpected alien ménage match on an exile colony, then hunts danger with her mates.

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Premise labels: interstellar mates · mate testing · alien match program · cyborg warriors · protective mates · missing warriors · fated mates · throuple romance · second mate

Setting labels: Earth · space colony · isolated colony · interstellar future · alien society · war-torn setting · post-capture exile · military worldbuilding · sci-fi universe

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Distance: 0.1931

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The Inheritance

Ilona Andrews · 2025 · Breach Wars

A middle-aged government assessor is stranded in an alien breach with only a dog, hidden powers, and a way home.

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Premise labels: interdimensional invasion · portal breach · resource extraction · survival ordeal · trapped in breach · government contractor · single-mom survival · dog companion · homecoming quest · hidden inheritance

Setting labels: Earth · Chicago · alternate Earth · interdimensional breach · alien caves · pocket dimension · hostile alien world · near future · post invasion

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Distance: 0.1933

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Oblivion

Jennifer L. Armentrout · 2015 · Lux

The first Lux story is retold through Daemon’s eyes, revealing his hidden motives, protectiveness, and growing attraction.

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Premise labels: alternate POV · male POV · retelling · love story · alien romance · forbidden attraction · protective love · enemy threat · secret identity

Setting labels: Earth · alien society · colony · small-town · contemporary setting · paranormal world · science fiction world · urban setting

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Distance: 0.1942

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Blue Coral

Naomi Lucas · 2021 · Naga Brides

A trapped human scientist and a possessive alien mate uncover the origins of the Nagas while a rival complicates escape.

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Premise labels: mate claim · forced proximity · love triangle · hidden history · post-apocalyptic mystery · alien-human conflict · search for answers

Setting labels: post-apocalyptic Earth · underground facility · military base · future Earth · abandoned ruins · space-faring human remnant · dystopian sci-fi world

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Distance: 0.1946

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Boomslang

Naomi Lucas · 2023 · Naga Brides

An older human doctor stranded on post-apocalyptic Earth is claimed by a gentle snake-alien who wants her choice, not her captivity.

Why this is here

Premise labels: bride hunting · alien mating · lost bride · rescue romance · older heroine

Setting labels: post-apocalyptic Earth · space colony ship · alien world · human colony · future · earth reclamation

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.1983

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Fire In Her Eyes

Ruby Dixon · 2019 · Fireblood Dragon

A human man must win the trust of a feral female dragon who claims him as her mate in a post-apocalyptic world.

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Premise labels: fated mates · dragon mate hunt · role reversal · human-dragon pairing · conquest romance · bonded pair · mating challenge · species mismatch

Setting labels: post-apocalyptic Earth · human settlement · fort · rift · dragon world · alien world · new world · survival setting

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Distance: 0.1986

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Close Liaisons

Anna Zaires · 2013 · The Krinar Chronicles

A college student in near-future New York is drawn into a high-stakes, high-heat bond with a powerful alien ruler.

Why this is here

Premise labels: alien invasion · human-alien romance · forbidden attraction · obsessed love interest · power imbalance · stalking romance · freedom vs possession

Setting labels: near future · New York City · Earth invasion · alien-controlled Earth · college setting · human settlement · alternate Earth

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.2000

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