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Anubis by Kris Michaels
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIn the Shadow World, he was the God of Death, and he was called many names. The monsters he hunted called him Anubis. Those who saw his face died. To Guardian Security, he was a number, a surgical weapon they wielded against monstrous evil. One woman called him Kaeden Lang... -
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Mission: Her Justice by Anna Hackett
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhen a dangerous redhead invades his office and his base, and warns that his team is in danger, Director Jonah Grayson doesn’t know if she’s friend or foe.Former elite Army aviator Jonah Grayson was forced to give up flying, but now serves as director of the covert black ops team, Team 52. He takes care of the brass in Washington D.C... -
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Undetected by Anna Hackett
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsDarcy Ward has sold her soul to the devil. Okay, not quite the devil, but she did agree to work with Agent Arrogant and Annoying—aka Special Agent Alastair Burke of the FBI’s Art Crime Team to lay a trap for infamous black-market antiquities ring, Silk Road. Darcy loves shoes, computers, caffeine, and working at her family business, Treasure Hunter Security... -
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Babysitter Bear by Zoe Chant
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsHe takes care of other people's kids ... but he craves a family of his own.Enter a single mom waitress with a broken heart and a whole lot of trouble behind her.Army vet Dan is still figuring out how to deal with being a three-legged bear, but it turns out kids don’t care how many limbs he has as long as he’s willing to be a climbing frame... -
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![Mission: Her Defense by Anna Hackett]()
Mission: Her Defense by Anna Hackett
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsOne former special forces Marine. One tall, handsome police detective who pushes all her buttons. One dangerous investigation that forces them to work together. Blair Mason is badass to the bone. She’s no stranger to loss and barely survived the mission that ended her military career... -
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Mission: Her Safety by Anna Hackett
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA sexy, grumpy black ops scientist will do anything to track down the mysterious woman who broke into his lab. After Dr. Ty Sampson catches a mysterious female intruder in his home and lab, he’s obsessed with finding out who she is and what she wants. He’s a man who trusts very few people and hates anyone in his space... -
![Defender Cave Bear by Zoe Chant]()
Defender Cave Bear by Zoe Chant
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsTwo damaged people. One deadly enemy. And a pair of hell-raising flying kittens.... Tirzah hacked into a shady agency’s computers to get proof of their evil deeds...and uncovered a secret so wild it can’t possibly be real. Shapeshifting supersoldiers on the run from their creators? A lab studying captive mythical creatures? It has to be some bored employee’s fantasy novel... -
![Protecting Alabama's Kids by Susan Stoker]()
Protecting Alabama's Kids by Susan Stoker
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAt just ten years old, Tommy has already been through more horror than most people suffer their entire lives. So when he’s placed in his latest foster home, under the gentle care of Abe and Alabama Powers, he lashes out. He’s scared, confused, angry…and convinced it won’t be long before these new foster parents send him away, too. No one wants a boy his age, especially one who’s broken, dirty... -
![Emblaze by Jessica Shirvington]()
Emblaze by Jessica Shirvington
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsOnce again Violet Eden faces an impossible choice ... and the consequences are unimaginable. Violet has come to terms with the fact that being part angel, part human, means her life will never be as it was.Now Violet has something Phoenix - the exiled angel who betrayed her - will do anything for, and she has no intention of letting it fall into his hands... -
![The Iron Queen by Julie Kagawa]()
The Iron Queen by Julie Kagawa
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 43 ratingsMy name is Meghan Chase.I thought it was over. That my time with the fey, the impossible choices I had to make, the sacrifices of those I loved, was behind me. But a storm is approaching, an army of Iron fey that will drag me back, kicking and screaming. Drag me away from the banished prince who's sworn to stand by my side... -
![Chain Lynx by Fiona Quinn]()
Chain Lynx by Fiona Quinn
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFound in the debris of the plane wreck barely alive, Lexi Sobado is finally home. But home does not mean safe. Someone powerful, connected, and willing to kill is after her. Lexi Sobado, the young Iniquus puzzling prodigy, puts her expertise to the test as she faces a dark enemy, threatening not only her and Iniquus, but American defense and safety... -
![Cuff Lynx by Fiona Quinn]()
Cuff Lynx by Fiona Quinn
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMore of this is true than you would believe.In her most thrilling novel yet, USA Today bestselling author Fiona Quinn exposes the dark forces threatening America. The Hydra, a monstrous group that includes a secret society that will do anything for power, is ready to strike, and only Lexi stands a chance to stop them.It’s a mind-bending plot of control and destruction... -
![THIRDS Beyond the Books Volume 2 (THIRDS) by Charlie Cochet]()
THIRDS Beyond the Books Volume 2 (THIRDS) by Charlie Cochet
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFlash Fiction Stories in the THIRDS Universe Return to the THIRDS universe with another collection of flash fiction stories inspired by prompts submitted by fans...Categorized as:
military paranormal war action-adventure adult alternate-universe anthologies comedy -
![Untraveled by Anna Hackett]()
Untraveled by Anna Hackett
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFinding undiscovered treasures is always daring, dangerous, and deadly. Perfect for the men and women of Treasure Hunter Security.After a mission gone terribly wrong, former Navy SEAL Hale Carter has made a good career for himself at Treasure Hunter Security... -
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Unmapped by Anna Hackett
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFinding undiscovered treasures is always daring, dangerous, and deadly. Perfect for the men and women of Treasure Hunter Security.Former Navy SEAL and CIA agent Ronin Cooper is used to living his life in the darkness. A loner by nature, he enjoys his work at Treasure Hunter Security, stays busy on the road, and never lets anyone too close... -
![TANNER: REAPER-Patriots: Book Fifty-One by Mary Kennedy]()
TANNER: REAPER-Patriots: Book Fifty-One by Mary Kennedy
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTanner Sung is following the dream his parents provided for him by sending him to America a lifetime ago. A retired Navy SEAL, he's now working for the premier security agency in the country, RP. While helping his teammate, Bogey, and his girlfriend, Alice, move her things, he spots a homeless girl. Buying food for the girl, he can't help himself, and follows her down an alley... -
![Collision Course by Julie Trettel]()
Collision Course by Julie Trettel
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThere's little worse than your best friend finding out you're crushing on his baby sister.That was eight years ago. Baine lost everything, the girl, his clan, and his best friend. Smiles and jokes are his defense to cover the pain he still harbors. He hasn't been home since, but a mission to save his clan from a Raglan threat has him on a collision course to face his past... -
![Stolen Dreams by Maddie Wade]()
Stolen Dreams by Maddie Wade
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA page-turner that is thrilling, steamy, teary and wonderful! Nate Jones is unlucky in love. He’s watched his parents love story play out his entire life and wants that for himself. His whole world was rocked when he walks into a hospital room and falls head over heels in love with Skye and Noah. Skye Mitchell is a single mother to an exceptional young boy... -
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Instigator by Fiona Quinn
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn This USA Today Bestselling Novel, A Deadly Game Gambles American LivesA hardened war hero, Gator Aid Rochambeau is on a collision course with fate. Retired Marine Raider, Gator Aid Rochambeau is now an Iniquus elite security operative. He's been assigned to the Davidson mission. As the job gets underway, he is unprepared for the psychic confusion that swirls through his system... -
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Surrendering to the Dragon by Jessie Donovan
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsNikki Gray has reason to hate the dragon hunters—they brutally murdered one of her friends a year ago. Not only that, they have caused havoc on several of the British dragon clans, injuring countless individuals. Determined to defeat the hunters by kidnaping their leader, Simon Bourne, she teams up with a human male in the British special forces... -
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Covert Bear by Candace Ayers
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsVilified by strangers, Friendships aren’t Heidi’s forte. Unless it happens to be with a displaced polar bear. Hey, he’s a great listener! Alexei knows she’s his mate. But she refuses to date him. All he wants is a chance. And, as far as he can tell, there’s only one way to get it—as a Covert Bear. AUTHOR'S NOTE: P.O.L.A.R... -
![Seeing Love: Saints Protection & Investigations by Maryann Jordan]()
Seeing Love: Saints Protection & Investigations by Maryann Jordan
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsSaints Protection & Investigations A private investigation business, pulling together men from the CIA, FBI, ATF, DEA, Border Patrol, SEALS, and police, devoted to the missions no one else wants or can solve... -
![Luca by Nyssa Kathryn]()
Luca by Nyssa Kathryn
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsRun. Hide. Don’t look back.Evie Scott went through hell and barely escaped. Now, she does everything she can to remain invisible. To survive. Because if she’s found, she’s dead.Then she meets Luca…and there’s a spark. But is he worth the risk?Former Navy SEAL Luca Kirwin is both well-trained and deadly. Recruited into a non-government-sanctioned project, he was unknowingly turned into a weapon... -
![Uncharted by Anna Hackett]()
Uncharted by Anna Hackett
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsOne former Navy SEAL. One adventurous photographer. One lost jungle temple.Former Navy SEAL Callum Ward has one motto--live life to the fullest. He saw the worst of war and lost good friends, but now he works for Treasure Hunter Security. When he's not providing security for archeological digs and invaluable museum exhibits, or off on daring treasure hunts, he's rock climbing, racing, or skiing... -
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![Mission: Her Protection by Anna Hackett]()
Mission: Her Protection by Anna Hackett
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhen Rowan’s Arctic research team pulls a strange object out of the ice in Northern Canada, things start to go wrong…very, very wrong. Rescued by a covert, black ops team, she finds herself in the powerful arms of a man with scary gold eyes. A man who vows to do everything and anything to protect her… Dr. Rowan Schafer has learned it’s best to do things herself and not depend on anyone else... -
![Mission: Her Security by Anna Hackett]()
Mission: Her Security by Anna Hackett
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsWhen sweet, smiling Kinsey is kidnapped by unknown forces, former SEAL and Team 52 operator Smith Creed will risk anything to get her back.Kinsey Beck is used to life knocking her down. She escaped her past and came to Las Vegas for a new start. So what if she didn’t achieve her dream of being a showgirl, instead, she now has an awesome job as logistics manager for the covert, black ops Team 52... -
![Chaos by J.M. Madden]()
Chaos by J.M. Madden
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFinally, the long-awaited spin-off from the Lost and Found Series! Aiden Willingham has lived a hard life. As a Navy SEAL, he agreed to take part in an ultra-secret government testing program. The company running the program, the Silverstone Collaborative, has produced a serum from an Amazonian plant that’s been proven to enhance physical abilities and mental fortitude... -
![Magic and Mayhem by Hannah Walker]()
Magic and Mayhem by Hannah Walker
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLife in Corent is exciting and challenging. As one of the main paranormal communities you never know what might be around the corner. Matt’s life has always been peaceful. He splits his time between helping at his mama’s shop and spending time with family, friends, and his coven... -
![Mayhem's Warrior by Lindsay Cross]()
Mayhem's Warrior by Lindsay Cross
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsCaptain T.K. Reaper only cares about his men; until he ends up falling for the one woman who can rescue his team. Reaper has lived his entire life without love. Living on the edge with no fear, Reaper and his team volunteered for Project Mayhem— a top-secret experiment that uses a serum to enhance physical abilities in order to fight terrorism... -
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Zander by Maryann Jordan
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsZander. Serious to a fault, he had no time for anything other than focusing on running his bar, Grimm’s. Until he saw her… and pushed her away… right into danger.Racked with guilt over what happened, he could not stay away from her hospital room. Hoping Sleeping Beauty could hear him and know that he was near.What started as guilt, became so much more... -
![The Littlest Assassin-Shifters by Sandrine Gasq-Dion]()
The Littlest Assassin-Shifters by Sandrine Gasq-Dion
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe men of the Skull Blaster unit have spent most of their lives fighting together for a safer world, first in the military and now as an elite team supervised by Homeland Security. Now they have an even more pressing reason to make the world a better place.Their children are about to be born.Mateo Esposito grew up in foster homes, alone and cynical, grateful for the day he could be on his own... -
![The Red Zone by Sandrine Gasq-Dion]()
The Red Zone by Sandrine Gasq-Dion
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsNicholas Stevens is beginning to think he'll never find the man he’s meant to spend his life with. When a college football team’s bus flips on the interstate and it’s no accident, Detective Stevens is put on the case to find out who is threatening gay football players. A routine interview with the gay quarterback yields one major lead: Sebastian Price is his mate... -
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Forbidden by Sandrine Gasq-Dion
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsBook 21This book is part of a series.WARNING: Men making love, crude language, violence.Jesse Salvatore has had it. He's the youngest of three brothers -- and the only one born without the werewolf gene. Because he's human, his brothers, Jaxon and Justice, treat him like he's helpless. They constantly battle deadly rogue wolves and won't let him anywhere near the fight... -
![Broken Bonds by Sandrine Gasq-Dion]()
Broken Bonds by Sandrine Gasq-Dion
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFor years, Jackson Murphy and Jonas Brooks have been dancing around each other in a waltz of uncertainty and longing. One unexpected kiss meant to comfort rattles the two alphas, but neither is willing to make the first move. Now, their meddling packs are conniving to force the two alphas to see what they truly share — a bond of love... -
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![Tightly Wound by Mia Dymond]()
Tightly Wound by Mia Dymond
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsClaire Steele has spent her whole life dodging shadows. Psychic since birth, she uses her talent to chase the evil lurking in the recesses of her mind.For years, Lt. Malcolm "Shadow" Windsor has walked the fragile boundary of friendship, silently waiting for Claire to acknowledge her love for him. An ex-Navy SEAL and expert tracker, he knows patience is the key to her surrender... -
![Alpha's Vow by Renee Rose, Lee Savino]()
Alpha's Vow by Renee Rose, Lee Savino
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsThe sweet human is pregnant with my pup. We had one night together and then she ghosted. Apparently, I'm not part of her "life plan."Whatever, baby. Plans change. She thinks I'm a player. That I won't stick around. She thinks I don't have what it takes to be a dad. That I won't drop everything and dedicate my life to our baby. To our family. To her. She's wrong... -
![Scent of Danger by Desiree Holt]()
Scent of Danger by Desiree Holt
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsKelly Monroe was shocked when her dog, Xena, a Caucasian Ovcharka seemed to bond at once with Rick Latrobe, a partner in the high profile Phoenix Agency. Ovcharkas are known for linking with only their owners... -
![The Protector by Abigail Owen]()
The Protector by Abigail Owen
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe cousin of the High King, Lyndi Chandali has lived with the constant threat of being pawned off as a political prize. A rare, female-born dragon like Lyndi can’t truly mate—not in the way it counts. Which is why she's kept her distance from a certain sinfully delicious Beta. Instead, she's built a life for herself giving orphaned dragons in the Americas a home... -
![The Tracker by Leslie Georgeson]()
The Tracker by Leslie Georgeson
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe Tracker: I’m a trained killer. An expert tracker. I’ve done despicable things. My soul is damaged. My body impaired. That’s what happens when you are a soldier for The Company. I was discharged a year ago. Now I am a dreg. Worthless. With a bounty on my head. I’ve become a creature of the night, hiding in an underground maze during the day. Because I’m not ready to die yet... -
![Hold On Tight by Cynthia Eden]()
Hold On Tight by Cynthia Eden
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHe isn’t just a man. Lazarus super soldier Jett is the perfect predator. He’s faster, stronger, and far deadlier than a normal man—because he isn’t normal. Brought back from the dead, Jett is supposed to be little more than a machine. His heart should be ice cold, but it’s not. His heart beats fast and hard for the one woman he should never be able to possess, Savannah Jacobs... -
![Lie Close To Me by Cynthia Eden]()
Lie Close To Me by Cynthia Eden
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHe’s Lazarus, and so is she. What happens when their worlds collide? He’s hunting her. Maddox Kane has one goal—track Luna Ashton. He’s the best hunter on his team, finely honed and designed by Uncle Sam to be an unstoppable killing machine. He’s a super solider—faster, stronger, and deadlier than anyone else. Maddox keeps his emotions under careful lock and key because he can’t afford to feel... -
![Dirty Daddies: 2020 Anniversary Anthology by Maren Smith, Renee Rose]()
Dirty Daddies: 2020 Anniversary Anthology by Maren Smith, Renee Rose
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSURRENDER TO DADDYTWENTY-FIVE panty-melting romances starring Daddy Doms who command total submission... -
![Freakn' Out by Eve Langlais]()
Freakn' Out by Eve Langlais
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHe's broken in body and spirit, but she's not giving up.Leave me the hell alone. Is that so freakn' hard to grasp?Yeah, Derrick is angry, and bitter, but with good reason. His army buddies should have left him to die instead of dragging him out of the rebel camp--and he meant drag. Shrapnel to his back ensured his legs are useless hunks of meat... -
![Delta Salvation by Elle Boon]()
Delta Salvation by Elle Boon
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFAILURE IS NOT AN OPTION…For Navy SEAL Kai, he takes that vow seriously. Keeping Alexa safe is his number one priority, even if it means his heart is laid bare. A NAVY SEAL ‘Failure is never an option’ and Kai lives by that SEAL code. He and his team have rescued Alexa not once, but twice, and now he is faced with the biggest challenge of his life... -
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![Retribution by Katie Reus]()
Retribution by Katie Reus
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsShe sees brief glimpses of the future…Nika and Alena Brennan will do anything to kill a vicious Russian crime boss and they’re using his only son to get to him. Yet when the time comes to execute their plan, psychic Nika hesitates due to an unexpected entanglement with sexy security expert Declan Gallagher... -
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Wolf Rising by Paige Tyler
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratings"Intense action, sizzling romance, and bold writing... Paige Tyler has a new fan in me!"—LARISSA IONE, New York Times Bestselling Author, for Wolf Hunger Just when he's found The One...he might lose her. SWAT Officer Jayden Brooks doesn't believe there's a soul mate out there for him—The One. But when he saves high school teacher Selena Rosa from a hostage situation, he knows he's in big trouble... -
![Inking Eagle by Khloe Wren]()
Inking Eagle by Khloe Wren
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe sins of her father will be her undoing… unless a hero rides to her rescue. As the 15th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks nears, Silk struggles to avoid all reminders of the day she was orphaned. She's working hard in her tattoo shop, Silky Ink, and working even harder to keep her eyes and her hands off her bodyguard, Eagle. She'd love to forget her sorrows in his strong arms... -
![Reflash by Sandrine Gasq-Dion]()
Reflash by Sandrine Gasq-Dion
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsCops Tucker Storm and Wesley Foster know who they want to spend the rest of their lives with. Almost a year has gone by since they discovered that two firefighters - Kurt Maguire and Austin Jacobson - were their mates, chosen for them by the fates who match all werewolves with life partners. Unfortunately, both firefighters are straight. They leave Alaska for Seattle, just to be close to the men... -
![Summer of Awakenings by Sandrine Gasq-Dion]()
Summer of Awakenings by Sandrine Gasq-Dion
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThis book is part of a series.It contains Graphic language, violence, and homosexual relations.Glory days? If high school was their glory days, the outcast gay teens at the outreach centers run by Caden Fournier were screwed. For most of them, the torment they received at those schools and at the hands of their own families was enough to make living on the street seem like a better proposition... -
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Omega by Susannah Sandlin
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe bloody war between the Vampire Tribunal and the defiant scathe of Penton, Alabama, rages on, forcing its residents and their bonded humans to retreat into the underground fortress of last resort: Omega.There, Will Ludlam is charged with the care of Penton’s humans, though he longs to fight alongside his vampire brethren...
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