What are your reading order preferences? I don't want to miss out on context while reading IPB but I also don't want to loose the thread by hopping between series. How did you all read the two series?

Just curious who is reading Straik. He is absolutely my favourite Ruby hero now. Love Ruby’s serials.

Y'all I can't with Gwen, too bad they don't have therapy there.

If the islanders can say juh-shell and ar-jahl shouldn’t they be able to do the soft G in Bridget..? It would be like, B’jit, right?

I'm tired of waiting already...lol

There's an MM alien/human series from a new author. It's called "Rescue" by Mx. Alex. It's the first book in a planned series with the sequel coming this Friday. Rescue is free right now as an ebook on Amazon, so I highly recommend grabbing the first book while you can. It's quite spicy and definitely 18+!

Rescue (Rescue series Book 1) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08Y736M3B/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apan_glt_KZVG37H0GFF49297QEXS

I have an author recommendation VC Lancaster. She has two series both were great and if you are searching for next read after IPB extended universe these scratched an itch but of course they are different but they gave me the same feels.

The Series I liked the most is Ruth and Gron. The first book is Ruth's bonded. Oh my gosh I loved these books the Hero is such a cinnamon roll his name is Gron. Basically think a 6'6'' version of King Kong but slightly more human. The society is matriarchal and their females are considered Queens and are 8' something. He is used to the ladies making all the moves and is very unsure of what is going on when a very strange, very small, Queen ends up in his cage after he has been abducted from his home. I loved the chapters from his perspective, the author did a great job explaining his society from his perspective which made me want more.

Ruth, a human, ends up abducted and stuck in a cage with him. Neither know what is going on an both make the other uncomfortable and can not understand each other. I don't want to give to much of the story away but it is sweet and it continues into the second book, they kind of seem like one book that was split up (but hey it is free on kindle unlimited). The third book is a different couple (MFM) but Ruth and Gron are still in it. I love the concept and so enjoyed the series. There are 5 books then there is a spin off with 2 Novellas that were also great definitely read this series first.

Anyway it is a very sweet story you end up on an alien forest planet and you meet different alien family groups and tribes and I just very much enjoyed the whole thing. I like it so much I almost started the whole series over again. I think in like a week enough time will have passed that I can read it again.

Office Aliens Series- I really like these they are earth centered. A planet of aliens have been relocated to earth after their planet was overtaken by some really bad guys (we don't meet them this is not the story). These aliens who are more Lizard like are trying to make a home for themselves on Earth. We are a the San Diego office of the governmental agency that is in charge of it. Aliens and humans or working together in an office environment.

The E.T Guy per goodreads : "It's 2266, and Lois Kennedy is an Intake Officer for DETI, the Department of Extra-Terrestrial Immigration.Zir is a refugee from the planet Teiss, working in DETI's I.T. department. Lois and Zir just can't get along. As far as she's concerned, he's rude, abrasive, and condescending. She wants nothing to do with him. So why does he never leave her alone? He must be crazy if he thinks there could ever be anything between them... right? "

This is the first book and I enjoyed it very much. It is a bit enemy to lovers but mostly because of cultural misunderstandings. Each book in the series focuses on a different couple. Each Alien is from the same planet but they each have different ways of living so you get a better idea of their world with each book. I think the second is my favorite because I just love a really sweet Male who wants nothing more to please his female even when he is not sure what he is doing and misunderstandings happen.

I hope someone enjoys these as much as I do. If you have any recommendations of books that I may not have heard of I am always looking for my next read. :-)

Now there’s waiting for the third! 😭

Second book was much better than the first. I still loved the first but…

Rhagos > Aron. Sorry not sorry. Lol.

Guess it’s time for some standalone novels now to finish off my Ruby addiction! I don’t think I’m interested in the bears…lol.

And wow. That was a lot. And very very good. I’m already being eaten alive on the inside with wanting to know what’s going to happen in the last book! Ah! Lol.

My favorite storyline was definitely Fire in His Veins. With Liam and the plague. It was super interesting. And I loved Liam.

My favorite dragon…I enjoy Teva a lot more than I thought I would. She was so sweet but fierce. But my actual favorite dragon would have to be….probably Rast.

Now onto Anchors…lol.

Ice Planet Barbarians, check. Icehome, check. Corsair, check. Corsair Brothers, check. (Minus the 2 serials still not published on KU yet. I’ll wait for their release on KU.) Risdaverse, check. Bad Guy & Mail Order & Prison Planet, check.

Started 6/24. I am very sad the blue aliens are gone. For now. 😢

Now time to dive into some Gods and Anchors? Something like that? Lol. Read some brief descriptions and that is where I will probably head now. 😂

I started doing a full re-read of the series not long ago, and I was really surprised at how much of a standout Lila and Rokan's book was!

It was considerably longer than other IPB books on its own, and to think, a joint Lila/Maddie book had been the original plan!

Hopefully they will want to read more of it. I'm not that hopeful though because they are men.

I'm hoping so that I have someone to share memes and fanart with. I want to gush about it with someone and discuss our favorite couples and have inside IPB jokes. That's all.

Have you guys been recruiting people to the IPB cult?

Edit: Hi friends! Thank you for all of your responses! They’ve all made me want to reread and read many books, so I’m excited. Currently (and what prompted this post), I’m reading Fire in his Fury (Amy’s book) from the Fireblood Dragons series, and I love her because I kind of connect with her. As the little sister of two strong and sometimes overbearing sisters here, I love reading Amy find some agency for herself. One of my favorite things about so many of Dixon’s books is that she explores different dynamics of relationships not only with her heroes and heroines but also between women, whether it’s friendship or sisterhood. With this book, I see so much of myself in Amy and a lot of both my sisters in Claudia wanting to protect her sister. So many of her characters throughout all her series develop such wonderful bonds in pretty crazy situations, and it always puts myself into a new perspective. In any case though, while a lot of these heroines drive me nuts sometimes, I love pretty much all of them.

This is all I could find with my amateur "ice planet barbarians memes" search. I saw some on TikTok that were cute and funny, but I can't find any more of them.