
The 5th Gender
G.L. Carriger
Tinkered Stars
A lovesick lavender alien and his human detective crush team up to solve the first murder in galoi history.
Description
A species that has no word for murder, has a murderer aboard their spaceship. ALIEN Tristol lives in exile. But he’s built a life for himself aboard a human space station. He’s even begun to understand the complex nuances of human courting rituals. Detective Hastion is finally flirting back! MURDER Except that Tristol’s beloved space station is unexpectedly contacted by the galoi – a xenophobic species with five genders, purple skin, and serious attitude. They need the help of a human detective because there’s a murderer aboard their spaceship. Murder is so rare, the galoi don’t even have a word for it. Tristol knows this because he is galoi. ROMANCE Which means that he and Detective Hastion are on the case… together. Delicate Sensibilities? Contains men who love other men in graphic detail, regardless of gender, biology, or skin color... and lots of emotively sexy tentacle hair. New York Times best selling author Gail Carriger (writing as G.L. Carriger) brings you a light-hearted romantic cozy mystery featuring an adorable lavender alien and his human crush.
Books like this

That Alien Feeling
Alessandra Hazard
A human man falls hard for the quirky coffee shop guy — who's secretly an alien prince from another galaxy.
5 tropes in common

Alien Architect Needs a Nanny
Tasha Black
She's just there to watch his kids — but this brooding alien architect might steal her heart instead.
6 tropes in common

Dark Space
Lisa Henry
Two soldiers share a heartbeat — and each other's minds — as an alien invasion looms.
4 tropes in common

How to Vex a Vampire
Alice Winters
A sunshine human cop joins a vampire-only detective unit and slowly becomes his grumpy vampire partner's entire world.
7 tropes in common

Space for Love
Emily Antoinette
She fell for an alien through a pleasure sim — but he's hiding his monstrous true form behind a hologram.
5 tropes in common

Dragon Ever After
Louisa Masters
A retired supernatural bureaucrat finds his quiet life upended by a suave, slightly unhinged dragon wing leader.
6 tropes in common

10 Things I Want to Do Before I Turn 40
Mamita
A junior coworker finds his older colleague's bucket list — and volunteers to be his birthday lover.
7 tropes in common

Alien Mate Complete Series
Cara Bristol
Mail-order brides of the future travel to a frozen alien planet — and find more than they bargained for.
4 tropes in common

Ice Planet Barbarians (Ice Planet Barbarians, #1)
Ruby Dixon
Stranded on an ice planet, a human woman discovers her fated mate is a big blue purring alien.
5 tropes in common

Piper
Tasha Black
She signed up to carry his heir — not to fall for him in the most romantic place in the universe.
4 tropes in common

Shroom for Improvement
Jemma Croft
A boring mushroom fae inherits a sentient mansion and must trust a scheming professor to save it — and himself.
6 tropes in common

The E.T. Guy
V. C. Lancaster
A by-the-book immigration officer and the rude alien IT guy clash — until they can't stay away.
5 tropes in common

Caulky
K.M. Neuhold
His hot contractor and his secret online crush are both driving him crazy — what if they're the same guy?
6 tropes in common

The Stolen Warriors: The Complete Series
Ella Maven
Alien warriors — broken by war and experimentation — find love while hunting revenge across the stars.
2 tropes in common

Claimed by the Alien Rogue
Krista Luna
A grumpy blue alien rescues her from a space auction — now they must con the mob before his mating bond consumes him.
4 tropes in common

Hell & High Water
Charlie Cochet
A wisecracking detective joins an elite shifter task force — and clashes hard with his brooding jaguar partner.
5 tropes in common

Lauren's Barbarian (Icehome, #1)
Ruby Dixon
Stranded on a deadly alien island, a capable human woman and her four-armed fated mate must survive together.
3 tropes in common

Nailing the Alien
Ava Ross
She took a construction job on a distant planet — now her grumpy orc boss wants her to handle his mating frenzy.
4 tropes in common

Oz
Lily Morton
A commitment-phobe takes a temp job at a crumbling Cornwall estate — and falls for the charming earl who owns it.
7 tropes in common

Worse Guy
Ruby Dixon
A captive alien clone agrees to be 'civilised' by a curvy human — if she'll kiss his tusk-filled mouth first.
3 tropes in common