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Jayne Castle, Jayne Ann Krentz

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Premise labels used: misfit community, psychic investigation, forbidden territory, lost memory, suspicious outsider, protective family estate, dangerous attraction, mystery romance, paranormal suspense

Setting labels used: alien planet, futuristic world, colonized world, isolated island, small community, forbidden zone, protected preserve, psi-rich setting, rainy climate, fenced estate

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After Glow

Jayne Castle, Jayne Ann Krentz · 2004 · Ghost Hunters

A psychic archaeologist and a secretive guild leader untangle murder, memory loss, and a growing love on Harmony.

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Premise labels: ongoing investigation · missing memory · murder mystery · dangerous lover · secret past · assassination attempt · career salvage · underground threat

Setting labels: alien planet · futuristic world · colonized planet · underground catacombs · subterranean ruins · museum setting · small-city setting · post-Curtain world · psi-based society

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Distance: 0.1834

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Midnight Crystal

Jayne Castle · 2010 · Dreamlight Trilogy

A psychic PI and a guild boss must recover a powerful artifact and stop a planetary disaster before a family curse wins.

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Premise labels: psychic investigators · artifact hunt · family curse · rival families · save the world · psychic bond · dangerous talent · crossover romance · mystery investigation · doomed hero

Setting labels: future world · alien planet · post-Earth · single-planet setting · underground ruins · catacombs · alien underworld · psychic world · sanctuary island · private preserve · fantasy future · futuristic fantasy

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Distance: 0.1924

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Chosen

Stacy Jones · 2017 · Chosen

An abducted farmwoman is stranded on an alien world and claimed by three gentle aliens searching for a mate.

Why this is here

Premise labels: alien abduction · accidental abduction · stranded on planet · mate search · survival romance · language barrier · found family · cross-species romance · forced proximity

Setting labels: alien planet · forest setting · cave refuge · primitive society · matriarchal society · tree-dwelling · flood threat · alien ship · Earth farm · unclear future time

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Distance: 0.2026

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The Brightest Night

Jennifer L. Armentrout · 2020 · Origin

On the run and newly changed, Evie and Luc uncover buried truths while old allies return and danger closes in.

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Premise labels: on the run · protection · hidden identity · memory loss · alien contact · secret past · identity crisis · betrayal · found family · fated couple

Setting labels: Earth · Zone 3 · urban setting · post-disaster world · alien-inhuman coexistence · hidden enclave

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.2072

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When She's Lonely

Ruby Dixon · 2022 · Risdaverse

A hearing-impaired human farmer on an alien colony is forced into close contact with a custodian who learns her secret.

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Premise labels: hidden disability · secret identity · farm life · alien colony · forced secrecy · misjudged outsider · caretaking romance

Setting labels: alien planet · farming planet · colony setting · refugee community · post-abduction survival · speculative future

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Distance: 0.2098

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Hive

A.J. Betts · 2018 · Hive

In a sealed hive-like community, a curious teen beekeeper uncovers a tiny impossibility that cracks open her world.

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Premise labels: isolated community · sealed world · questioning authority · forbidden knowledge · coming of age · curiosity as catalyst · false reality · controlled society · mystery discovery · secretive community

Setting labels: dystopian future · sealed habitat · hexagonal houses · communal living · cult-like community · isolated settlement · indoors world · bee hive analogy · unknown time · unknown place · post-apocalyptic · self-contained world · artificial light · religious sect

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Distance: 0.2117

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Barbarian's Taming

Ruby Dixon · 2016 · Ice Planet Barbarians

Two lonely outcasts on an ice planet turn a secret fling into a hard-won bond as disaster forces the tribe to change.

Why this is here

Premise labels: outcast romance · forbidden attraction · friends with benefits · kidnapper romance · redemption arc · lonely outsiders · tribal exile · survival romance · second-chance trust · fated mates

Setting labels: ice planet · alien planet · tribal community · primitive setting · survival setting · homelessness · new settlement · foreign world · isolated colony · precarious refuge

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Distance: 0.2128

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Visions of Heat

Nalini Singh · 2007 · Psy-Changeling

An isolated future-seer and a jaguar shifter are drawn together as dangerous visions and hidden powers threaten her mind.

Why this is here

Premise labels: forbidden attraction · psychic visions · mind-overload danger · isolated heroine · shifter mate bond · forensic mystery · serial killer · Psy defection · psychic help-seeking · touch aversion

Setting labels: futuristic · future world · PsyNet · shifter pack · isolated compound · DarkRiver territory · urban fantasy setting · science-fictional world · cloistered society · controlled society

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Distance: 0.2136

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The Aliens' Mate

Delaney Rain · 2021

Abducted humans and alien prisoners escape together, then must survive a strange planet while love grows across a language barrier.

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Premise labels: alien abduction · captive escape · forced proximity · language barrier · found family · survival romance · polyamorous mates

Setting labels: spaceship · alien planet · off Earth · unknown planet · outer space · cave · hot springs · forest · non-Earth setting

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Distance: 0.2152

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Wed to the Alien Gladiator

January Bell · 2022 · Accidental Alien Brides

An anxious human analyst and a tender alien gladiator are pushed together by a kidnapping and a deadly seaside mystery.

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Premise labels: arranged marriage · accidental marriage · kidnapped bride · forced proximity · alien courtship · mystery-solving · survival romance · second-chance trust

Setting labels: alien planet · spacefaring setting · seaside village · abandoned settlement · beach setting · isolated location · fictional extraterrestrial world

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Distance: 0.2166

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Whispers in Autumn

Trisha Leigh · 2012 · The Last Year

A teen girl who can't be mind-controlled by alien rulers must trust a stranger and uncover why she's different.

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Premise labels: alien takeover · mind control · immune protagonist · hidden difference · trust no one · seasonal identity · secret powers · search for others like me · freedom from control

Setting labels: Earth under alien rule · dystopian future · near future · fenced communities · controlled society · school setting · seasonal travel · post-invasion world · sanctioned cities · small-town setting

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Distance: 0.2169

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A Hero For WondLa

Tony DiTerlizzi · 2012 · The Search for WondLa

Eva travels to a human city that should be home, only to uncover hidden truths and a bigger fight ahead.

Why this is here

Premise labels: search for home · hidden city · lost humanity · alien encounter · identity quest · found family

Setting labels: future Earth · alien planet · post-collapse world · hidden civilization · dystopian society · human colony · science-fantasy world

Semantic match: ranked by premise + setting

Distance: 0.2189

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