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Resisting Temptation by K.C. Lynn
Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsFaith ~ Cade Walker is like no man I’ve ever met before. He’s cynical, brooding, mysterious and, most of all, damaged. He’s a man who declares he’s broken, and one who detests the two very things I live for most: God and love. Yet, I’ve still fallen completely in love with him because I also see the good, something that no one else ever has... -
![Fighting with Honor (Men of Honor) by K.C. Lynn]()
Fighting with Honor (Men of Honor) by K.C. Lynn
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsOnce a man pledges his honor to his country, that sacrifice is embedded in his soul forever. For years he’s trained to fight, kill, and do whatever necessary to protect his country and its freedom, even if it means giving his own life. He becomes more of a machine than human—one that’s built to destroy the enemy. When it’s time to turn in his weapons, he never forgets the skills he learned... -
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Corps Security: The Series by Harper Sloan
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe entire Corps Security series is together for a limited time box set. Years after the Marines brought them together, the men of Corps Security are together again. These six novels follow their lives as they take a chance at love... -
![Adoring Delaney by Riley Edwards]()
Adoring Delaney by Riley Edwards
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsCarter Lenox has two regrets—hesitating on a mission in Afghanistan with disastrous consequences and pushing away Delaney Walker. When he gets word the love of his life is in trouble and she needs him more than ever, the decision to go home is an easy one.Delaney Walker has loved Carter since they were children... -
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![An Act of Obsession by K.C. Lynn]()
An Act of Obsession by K.C. Lynn
Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsShe’s beautiful yet scarred beyond repair. He’s powerful and lethal, in and out of the ring. One act of kindness brought Sophie Parish far more danger than she could have ever imagined. Now she’s on the run, leaving behind her family and the only dream she’s ever had. Retired EFC fighter Kolan Slade’s life has been one endless battle after another... -
![Train's Clash by Jamie Begley]()
Train's Clash by Jamie Begley
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsBeware of what you wish for; it might just come true. Train swore never to let a woman get under his skin unless it meant forever, and forever only meant belonging to The Last Riders. He had believed his one brief sexual encounter with Killyama was a hit it and quit it. Instead, her green eyes haunted his memories... -
![Uncaged by Harper Sloan]()
Uncaged by Harper Sloan
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsGreg Cage’s life is more fulfilling than he ever could have imagined. He’s married to the love of his life, has an amazing son, and in a few short months, his family will grow again with the birth of his twin girls. The past year has been a tough one for the Cage family, but they are now on the road to healing by learning to let go of the past and looking forward to their future... -
![Finding Justice by Brittney Sahin]()
Finding Justice by Brittney Sahin
Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsThey say the truth will set you free--if it doesn't bury you first. As a Navy SEAL for a covert special ops team, Owen York has no time for relationships. But when he's forced to go on vacation, he finds himself falling for a sexy stranger, a woman who turns out to be linked not only to his latest assignment but to his past... -
![Cheating the Devil (Special Forces: Operation Alpha) by Samantha A. Cole]()
Cheating the Devil (Special Forces: Operation Alpha) by Samantha A. Cole
Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratings***This book was previously published in Amazon Kindle Worlds*** Delta Force Colonel Bradley “Tank” Barton never expected to fall for a woman with a bad-ass past, but fate had other plans, and he certainly wasn’t complaining. Avery Knapp had worked as an undercover agent before burning out after twenty years... -
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Hot Valor by Lynn Raye Harris
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA new standalone romance from New York Times Bestselling Author Lynn Raye Harris. Sexy, action-packed, and thrilling! Colonel John "Viper" Mendez searches for a ghost from his past... and when he finds her, nothing will be the same! They told him she was dead. They lied... Colonel John "Viper" Mendez is having the second-worst day of his life... -
![Last Day of My Life by Lani Lynn Vale]()
Last Day of My Life by Lani Lynn Vale
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsHer She’s the definition of lost. Doesn't know her name? Check. Cruelly beaten within an inch of her life? Check. No memory of anything that's happened since she woke up from that beating? Check. Losing a child she doesn't remember conceiving? Check. She hasn't felt anything but lost in a very long time. Then an old biker tells her danger is on the horizon... -
![Defending Harlow by Susan Stoker]()
Defending Harlow by Susan Stoker
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsDanger rises and love is threatened in New York Times bestselling author Susan Stoker’s fourth book of the Mountain Mercenaries series. Lowell “Black” Lockard, former Navy SEAL, has watched his fellow Mountain Mercenaries settle down with the women of their dreams, but he’s convinced he doesn’t need love... -
![Fighting to Forgive by J.B. Salsbury]()
Fighting to Forgive by J.B. Salsbury
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsWhat do you do when everything you avoid, turns out to be exactly what you need?Easy and predictable, just the way he likes it, Blake Daniels flies through life the way he burns through women: on his terms, no regrets.With his fighting career in full swing, he's on the threshold of title contention. But when his training is compromised by injury, the stakes grow impossibly higher... -
![Locke by Harper Sloan]()
Locke by Harper Sloan
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsDarkness is the only thing I see. Ever since the day my life changed. The day that everything and everyone I held close to me ceased to exist. The day I lost it all and the demons of my past consumed my every waking moment. I tried to keep others at arm's length. Tried not to let my darkness taint them. Ruin them. Harm them... -
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![A Dom is Forever by Lexi Blake]()
A Dom is Forever by Lexi Blake
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsLibrarian's note: See alternate cover edition of ASIN B00A648XZO here.A Man with a Past…Liam O’Donnell fled his native Ireland years ago after one of his missions ended in tragedy and he is accused of killing several of his fellow agents. Shrouded in mystery, Liam can’t remember that fateful night... -
![An Act of Redemption by K.C. Lynn]()
An Act of Redemption by K.C. Lynn
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsShe saw in him what no one else could see. He found in her what he could never find. One moment changed everything but, even with a break in time, their connection could never be severed. In the beginning he may have been her salvation, but in the end she will be his redemption. *** This is Book One in the Acts Of Honor series, the spin-off series to Men Of Honor... -
![Flash Point by Lani Lynn Vale]()
Flash Point by Lani Lynn Vale
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsMasen Crisfield fell in love with Booth Jones when she was sixteen years old. Booth was the love of her life. The rock she needed to get her through the day. Then she rips his heart out while he’s deployed, leaving him wondering just what he’d done to warrant something so severe as a breakup that neither of them wanted... -
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Infinite by Corinne Michaels
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsBook 2 of 2 in Indefinite DuetI was right. I never should've fallen back in love with Quinn. I always knew we wouldn't make it. And to make matters worse, not only did I lose my soulmate--I lost myself as well. Everything was stripped away, leaving me bare and unable to breathe. No one told me it could hurt this much. I was unprepared for this level of agony from the horrible weight of grief... -
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Indefinite by Corinne Michaels
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsFrom New York Times Bestseller, Corinne Michaels, comes a second chance love story. The day he said he’d never love me is when I vowed Quinn Miller would never break my heart again. I wanted a family—but he wouldn’t give me that. As one of the top embryologists in the country, I’ve spent years creating babies in the lab for other people as my own dreams of motherhood fade. I’m done waiting... -
![Blood Bound by Samantha A. Cole]()
Blood Bound by Samantha A. Cole
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen Rylie Hart adopts her best friend’s daughter, in the wake of the woman’s untimely death, she goes from being an honorary aunt to a mother in the blink of an eye. Two years later, after kindergartner Mickey is diagnosed with leukemia, an anonymous donor is her only hope... -
![An Act of Salvation by K.C. Lynn]()
An Act of Salvation by K.C. Lynn
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsSometimes two broken pieces make a whole. He’s the one she’s always loved. She’s the one he could never have. A forbidden night of passion resulted in years of heartbreak when he walked away. Now she’s in danger and needs his help. Trust doesn’t come easy for FBI Agent Nick Stone, especially when it comes to love, but he’ll risk it all for Katelyn Slade. Including his heart... -
![Coup De Grâce by Lani Lynn Vale]()
Coup De Grâce by Lani Lynn Vale
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsMichael was that guy. The one that everyone was cautious of. Maybe it was the tattoos. Maybe it was the way he gave off a ‘don’t screw with me’ vibe. Maybe it was because he just told them to leave him the hell alone. Regardless, people gave him his space. He was screwed up, and everyone knew it. He got tattoos because he liked the pain. He was standoffish... -
![Broken Edge by C.D. Reiss]()
Broken Edge by C.D. Reiss
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsYou think you'd go far for love? Think again.---------She really knows how to push a man.She finds the cracks and she goes right for them. She'll travel across the world just to break me apart, piece by piece, until every last secret is exposed and every weakness revealed.I swear to God, I love her so much I'll let her do it.I'll let her do anything... -
![Beyond What is Given by Rebecca Yarros]()
Beyond What is Given by Rebecca Yarros
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsBe careful what you wish for...Lt. Grayson Masters is focused on graduating the Apache helicopter course, and the last thing he needs is his gorgeous new roommate Samantha Fitzgerald distracting him. While her smart mouth and free spirit are irresistibly irritating, he can't deny their off-the-charts chemistry, no matter how hard he tries... -
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![Dangerous Games by J.T. Geissinger]()
Dangerous Games by J.T. Geissinger
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe epic conclusion to the thrilling Dangerous Beauty series. The game isn’t over until somebody dies. Eva knows what it’s like to be imprisoned by a man’s twisted obsessions. But after running, hiding, and finding refuge in a rescuer’s arms, she’s suddenly pulled back into the black hole of her past... -
![The General by Jessica Gadziala]()
The General by Jessica Gadziala
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsEveryone in Navesink Bank knows about Senator Ericsson’s son, his wife, and the story that hit headlines that eventually led to one of the Mallick boys going to jail for assault. What became of that woman after being coerced into lying on the stand was unknown. That was until late one night when a phone rang in the offices of Quinton Baird & Associates... -
![Ultimate Risk by Anna Blakely]()
Ultimate Risk by Anna Blakely
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThey've been partners for years. As Alpha Team's two snipers, Sean "Coop" Cooper and McKenna "Mac" Kelley have worked side-by-side for years...as partners and friends. What happens when one partner wants to become more? When Mac's past catches up to her, she's pulled back into the dark, ugly world she escaped from years ago... -
![Fast Vengeance by Kaylea Cross]()
Fast Vengeance by Kaylea Cross
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsShe’s learning to live with her demons. Victoria Gomez had a successful career as an investigative journalist, until a cartel boss she exposed destroyed her entire world in retaliation. She lost everything, including her family and her freedom... -
![Nobody's Hero by Kallypso Masters]()
Nobody's Hero by Kallypso Masters
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsHave you ever fallen in love with the wrong person—or the person who feels he or she is wrong for you? NOBODY'S HERO is the continuing romantic journey of Adam and Karla, which began in MASTERS AT ARMS & NOBODY'S ANGEL. Retired Marine Master Sergeant Adam Montague has battled through four combat zones, but now finds himself retreating from Karla Paxton, who has declared war on his heart... -
![Cooper by Harper Sloan]()
Cooper by Harper Sloan
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsDo you take me seriously? Because I don't. I use my jokes and easygoing personality to hide the pain I've felt since he took his last breath. I'm adrift without my partner in crime, my best friend...my brother. I can taste the vengeance just within my grasp. Until she barges into my life. Promising me happiness and a peace I've been craving for years... -
![Marx Girl by T.L. Swan]()
Marx Girl by T.L. Swan
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsBen We met five years ago when I was her family's bodyguard. Our time together was a secret. Her touch was different.... addictive. I fell hard and fast and then I left. I've thought about her every day since. As I sit here at a wedding watching her with her new boyfriend......I have regrets. Regrets for the past things I've done. But I won't regret what I'm about to do... -
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Beck by Harper Sloan
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 26 ratings~DEE~ I’ve always been good at wearing masks. Not letting anyone see the real me. I’m content being the happy-go-lucky best friend. The strong willed boss. The independent woman who doesn’t need a man. But the truth is I’m just as broken as the rest of you. I’m terrified that all it will take is one person to make all my carefully constructed walls crumble into fine dust... -
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Cage by Harper Sloan
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsGreg Cage was born to protect. While growing up, he was his mother and sister’s shield against the world… until he failed. For the last decade, he has carried that guilt and need for vengeance around… until it was stripped from him. Now, with his best friend getting married and no longer needing his protection, he is even more lost, completely adrift, and desperate for some control... -
![Defenseless by Corinne Michaels]()
Defenseless by Corinne Michaels
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsMy life is a secret.His life is dangerous.We’re both stubborn, calculating, and controlling.Mark Dixon doesn’t know what he’s getting into. He doesn’t know his games could cost us our lives. I have to do what is necessary to keep us alive, and that means guarding my heart.But I know I’m defenseless against him, and in the end, he’ll force me to surrender... -
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![Uncover Me by Chelle Bliss]()
Uncover Me by Chelle Bliss
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsI lost track of my life.Spiraling down the rabbit hole, I lost myself and became one of them. Living undercover within the MC, the days bled together as I became absorbed in a life of excess and violence.Becoming consumed was easy.Now there's a darkness that has settled deep in my soul, fusing with my heart and altering my reality forever... -
![Winter's Touch by Jamie Begley]()
Winter's Touch by Jamie Begley
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsAs president of The Last Riders, Viper’s only fear was losing his wife. After all, he had almost lost her once before. As wife to the president, Winter lived in fear every day: fear that a club enemy would take Viper from her, fear that one of the club women would tempt him to stray, fear that she wasn’t enough of a woman for him... -
![Dream Keeper by Kristen Ashley]()
Dream Keeper by Kristen Ashley
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsSpinning off from the bestselling Dream Man and Rock Chick series, this is the emotional and steamy contemporary romance fans of the Dream Team series have been waiting for!Pepper Hannigan is determined to keep any romance off the table—and out of her bedroom—while her daughter Juno is still young... -
![Edge of Fury (Edge Security) by Trish Loye]()
Edge of Fury (Edge Security) by Trish Loye
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsE.D.G.E. Security is a covert international organization that handles jobs most governments won’t. The operators are the elite of the elite, soldiers and spies, chosen for their skills and secrecy, and their ability to go beyond the edge... -
![Liam by LeAnn Ashers]()
Liam by LeAnn Ashers
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsPaisley I met Liam when I was sixteen years old. There was something about him that tempted me to break all the rules. I was enthralled by his bad boy ways, but I knew there was so much more to him—a side of Liam that he didn’t allow people to see. Little did I know, he’d save me on what could’ve been the worst day of my life. At that point, there was no going back. He was my everything... -
![Waiting For Him by Samantha A. Cole]()
Waiting For Him by Samantha A. Cole
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe Sexy Six-Pack returns with more teamwork, more suspense, and, most of all, more hot and steamy romance! Twelve years ago, eighteen-year-old Ben 'Boomer' Michaelson's world had fallen apart. Not only had his best friend, Alex Maier, been killed, but Alex's family had perished as well, including his seventeen-year-old sister, Katerina... -
![27 Lies: Luke's story by M.J. Fields]()
27 Lies: Luke's story by M.J. Fields
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA long time ago... I was young and naive. I thought I could save the world. I thought that protecting those around me from hurt and pain was what I was born to do. She made me feel that way. Ava Links, the little girl who was too fucking stubborn for her own good. The little girl who absorbed the hurt and pain of everyone around her and tried to bring sunshine to them all... -
![At Your Service by Lexi Blake]()
At Your Service by Lexi Blake
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsJuliana O’Neil’s promising future was burned away in the heat of battle. She had been an officer with a bright future in the military, but now she is struggling to survive. Her husband gone and her career in shambles, she finds a job at Top as a hostess and tries to put together the pieces of her life... -
![Ghost: A Linear Tactical Romantic Suspense Standalone by Janie Crouch]()
Ghost: A Linear Tactical Romantic Suspense Standalone by Janie Crouch
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsEveryone eventually breaks under torture. It’s a truth elite solider and government agent Dorian Lindstrom, codename Ghost, knows firsthand. His body may have recovered from what was done to him in that Afghani prison six years ago, but his mind…not quite so much.He’s seeing dead people.Grace Brandt, government codename Wraith, knows her past can’t be forgiven... -
![Southern Sunrise by Natasha Madison]()
Southern Sunrise by Natasha Madison
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsBuried secrets never stay hidden in the South. Emily I fell in love with him when I was fourteen. Under the stars, he told me he loved me, and under the stars we promised to love each other always. But under the stars, he broke my heart by walking away.He left me without a second glance. I was just an afterthought.Now he's back, but this time, I'm not falling for his Southern charm.Maybe... -
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![After MidKnight by Em Petrova]()
After MidKnight by Em Petrova
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAt the tender age of seventeen, Roades Knight was caught eloping. His parents put a swift end to that, and Roades was forced to break ties with the young Puerto Rican beauty. Five years later, he’s a member of the elite Knight Ops team and his family is once again disappointed in his behavior, after he’s muddled up a mission... -
![Dirty Mother by Lani Lynn Vale]()
Dirty Mother by Lani Lynn Vale
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe thing about hitting rock bottom… Ridley doesn’t think he has anything left to lose, not after the life he’s lived. Then he meets her, Freya Capone, the nurse who saves his life when the last thing he wants is to be saved. One look at her, and he’s transfixed. He doesn’t know what drives him to run by her house that night. Intuition. Sixth sense... -
![Somebody's Angel by Kallypso Masters]()
Somebody's Angel by Kallypso Masters
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsWhen Marc d’Alessio first rescued the curvaceous and spirited Italian Angelina Giardano at the Masters at Arms Club, he never expected her to turn his safe, controlled life upside down and pull at his long-broken heartstrings. Months later, the intense fire of their attraction still rages, but something holds him back from committing to her completely... -
![Hidden Agendas by Lora Leigh]()
Hidden Agendas by Lora Leigh
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsSAVING LIVES IS HIS MISSION . Tough-as-nails Navy SEAL Kell Kreiger is the best there is at searching, rescuing, and taking no prisoners…yet even the rush of ever-more dangerous missions isn't enough to satisfy him. Haunted by a tortured past, Kell seeks distraction in a secret world of dark intimacies... -
![After Midnight by Suzanne Halliday]()
After Midnight by Suzanne Halliday
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFormer Delta Force and current Nightwind CEO Jon Weston has always thought of himself as a lone wolf. His solitary life suits him just fine, and he has no problem keeping it that way. Imagine his surprise when he meets Lorelai Midnight and something inside of him shifts.Lorelai is a dancer, actress, and singer who’s busy chasing her Broadway dreams... -
![Savor the Danger by Lori Foster]()
Savor the Danger by Lori Foster
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsThe one woman he couldn't have was the only woman he desired…She may be aloof, and more pretty than gorgeous, but Alani Rivers is the kind of woman a hot-blooded mercenary can't forget, no matter how hard he tries. So when Jackson Savor wakes up next to the naked, sleeping beauty—with no memory of what happened—he knows he's been drugged… even if Alani doesn't...
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