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Where There’s Smoke by Cole McCade
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsABOUT THIS EPISODE They say where there's smoke, there's fire—but Malcolm and Seong-Jae have a lot of blood and no body in a case where the only witness to a murder may be the killer himself. Yet as they chase down a victim who may or may not exist in a crime that may or may not have happened, it's the sparks flying between them that threaten to ignite into dangerous flame.. -
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Unexpected by Sloane Kennedy
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsI finally had the chance at a perfect life when I met the man I was supposed to be with. But he’s gone and chances like that don’t come along twice in one lifetime. Right? Former president Everett Shaw had his whole life laid out for him from the time he was a child and he lived out every expectation to complete and utter perfection… until he met the one man who changed everything... -
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Unbroken by Sloane Kennedy
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsEverything was supposed to go back to normal when I was rescued. It hasn't. And I'm starting to think it never will because I don't even know what normal is anymore... It's been two years since Aleks Silva was rescued by his older brother from the dark underworld of sex trafficking and every day since then has been a battle... -
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The Hatter's Game, Part II by Cole McCade
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsABOUT THIS EPISODE Malcolm Khalaji is missing. And Seong-Jae Yoon is the only one who can find him. But to do so means walking paths he swore he would never tread again. Descending into the blackest hallways of a twisted and sadistic mind. Breaking down every wall he's ever built around himself, to try to predict what Sila will do next... -
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Ugly by Marie James
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHooking up with a cop was supposed to be fun.How joking with Detective Lennox Maison about her handcuffs transformed into her actually arresting me was something I could’ve never predicted.I thought it was a joke at first, but what kind of person would joke about the murder of a local woman?Lennox claimed I was the last one to see her alive.I should have an alibi... -
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Redemption by Sloane Kennedy
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsMy job is to save lives. But what if the one that needs saving is the one I was sent to take? At 33 years old, Phoenix Jones once had a stellar military career ahead of him. But when tragedy struck his family, he walked away from the path he'd chosen to be there for the one who needed him most... -
![Diamond in the Rough by Charlie Cochet]()
Diamond in the Rough by Charlie Cochet
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsWhen the cards are stacked against you, the Kings will even the odds. For Ward “King” Kingston the role of protector, forged by fire and tragedy, is one he takes seriously. When King is asked to safeguard the son of a four-star general and friend, he is pulled back into the world of government black ops on a mission that raises painful memories from his past... -
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Hide & Seek by Nicole Edwards
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWith the holidays nearing, Brantley Walker and Reese Tavoularis are getting settled, both personally and professionally. For Reese, dealing with Brantley’s about-face regarding the size of the task force is easy. It’s meeting the parents that he’s worried about... -
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Heal by Nora Phoenix
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDel feels broken. Can Issa be the person to help him heal?President Delano “Del” Shafer is grieving the loss of his wife, Sarah. Now that the culprits behind the Pride Bombing and all the killings are caught, everyone has been able to move on…except Del.His friends have all found love. Even his son is happier than Del could have ever imagined... -
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Tango Down by Cara Dee
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe Renegades #4 Romantic Suspense Enemies to Lovers Action MM“This is it, baby. Run.”The murder in Joel Hayward’s eyes wasn’t merely a reflection of the rage within. It was a promise to the men who had kidnapped his daughter. The one person—this amazing slip of a girl—who showed Joel every single day that there was good left in the world.He was running on fumes. He was desperate... -
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Mad Man by Onley James
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsAvi Mulvaney is many things. Son. Twin. Owner of the fashion label, Gemini. Murderous psychopath. Together, he and his brother, Asa, make one brutally efficient monster, ridding the world of predators who victimize the innocent. History proves Avi and Asa don’t do well apart, but their father has decided to test that theory.Felix Navarro knows exactly who he is. Baby brother. Fashionista... -
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Deserted by Cara Dee
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsDeserted is the third book in the Auctioned Series, following book 1, Auctioned, and book 2, Stranded. Gray Nolan had survived a kidnapping where he was supposed to have been auctioned off to the highest bidder. He had also survived being stranded on an island, under siege from a different set of foes, and throughout the hell they’d all endured, their motto had been “Leave no man behind... -
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A Chosen Man by Jaime Reese
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFor Wall McCormack, actions speak louder than words. He’s giving and protective, loyal to his friends, and devoted to his job. While confident and powerful enough to conquer any challenge, his greatest strength lies in his calm nature. Until an unexpected assignment sends his world into a loud and colorful chaos he never could have anticipated. Rejection... -
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Tied Over by Mary Calmes
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsJosiah Redeker has been tied up, tied down, and just plain tied to Bodhi Callahan since the younger marshal was paired with him five years ago. It was an easy slide from partners to best friends, and though Bodhi wanted more, Josiah thought Bodhi could do far better than him... -
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Unbreakable Stories: Snow by Jocelynn Drake, Rinda Elliott
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsUnbreakable Stories: Snow is a collection of short stories and a novelette set after the events of Shatter, book 2 of the Unbreakable Bonds series and before Torch, book 3. Follow the continuing, passionate and heartfelt romance between Dr. Ashton "Snow" Frost and Jude Torres as they merge their lives together as a couple... -
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Bulletproof by Reese Knightley
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIt all started with a glimpse.- A chance encounter left an impression and Wolfgang Brandt was hooked. When Caleb turns eighteen in two months, Wolf is going to be at that birthday party come hell or high water. He doesn’t care if he has to fly across the world to be there. But then things go south and Wolf is left reeling when Caleb goes missing... -
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Viper's Touch by E.C. Land
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsI swore I'd never let another woman look into my heart, but Jade didn't need to see to know the type of man I am.ViperAfter being framed and ending up in prison, I was done with women. I wanted nothing to do with them. A woman was the reason I landed in jail in the first place, so I wasn't ever going to let another put me in so much risk again... -
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The Executioner by Jessica Gadziala
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBellamyIt was supposed to be an easy job.Get another scumbag off the streets.I never could have foreseen her ruining the plan.Or having to whisk her away on my jet for both our safety.And I certainly couldn’t have anticipated finding myself starting to fall for the blunt, sarcastic, kick-a$$ woman I found myself trapped in a safe house with... -
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The Hatter's Game, Part I by Cole McCade
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsABOUT THIS EPISODE Broken trust. Shattered hearts. Secrets exposed--and yet still no closer to the truth. When Malcolm and Seong-Jae's relationship hits a wall, their partnership fragments as well...and they may not be able to withstand the crushing tide when protests over Tomasz Kowalczyk's death turn into deadly riots. Too many familiar faces return, and one will be leaving in a bodybag... -
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The Golden Ratio by Cole McCade
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsABOUT THIS EPISODE The boys are back, and an old face from Seong-Jae’s past plunges BPD Detectives Malcolm Khalaji and Seong-Jae Yoon from a two-month suspension right into the depths of hell — and into one of the most horrific, grisly cases of Malcolm’s life. He's never seen anything like it... -
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Played by Cara Dee
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe Auctioned Series is a journey packed with action, nail-biting suspense, family, and love. In Gray and Darius’s fight for freedom and a future where they aren’t haunted by the ghosts of their pasts, they’ll make you laugh, cry, possibly yell at your e-reader, and swoon just a little bit. One last mission. One last operation—and the stakes had never been higher... -
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Finished by Cara Dee
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBook 5 | Romantic Suspense | Hurt/Comfort | Trauma | Age Difference The Auctioned Series is a journey packed with action, nail-biting suspense, family, and love. In Gray and Darius’s fight for freedom and a future where they aren’t haunted by the ghosts of their pasts, they’ll make you laugh, cry, possibly yell at your e-reader, and swoon just a little bit... -
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On the Double by Cara Dee
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe Renegades #3 • Romantic Suspense • Action • MMM“It’s a fine line between not revealing your arsenal and creating disorder by showing your strength.”Funny how calm you could feel when someone had ripped the heart out of your chest.River and Reese Tenley had grown up on the fringes of society, spending most of their adult years as private military contractors in places nobody else wanted to go... -
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Save Me by Ariana Nash
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe third and final book in the outstanding mafia/priest MM Forgive Me series. Vitari Angelini knows selling a cache of Battaglia guns to a drug lord is not what Francis would call legal, but he’ll never find out. Besides, it’s for a good cause: Francis’s happy ever after... -
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![Forgotten: Luca by Sloane Kennedy]()
Forgotten: Luca by Sloane Kennedy
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsLucaI left him behind because I had no choice…That’s what I keep telling myself, but it doesn’t make it any easier to sleep at night… or to drown out the words he kept repeating over and over the day we’d met: I just want to go home.That was eight long years ago and I’d only known him as Billy, a terrified fourteen-year-old I’d had to leave behind to save someone else... -
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A Light in the Darkness by Alice Winters
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsFelix and Lane are trying out their new normal. Normal means no more car chases, no more drug lords, and definitely no more kidnapping bad guys. All of that is a thing of the past in this new, normal(ish) life style filled with family get-togethers, torturous jogs through the park, and the occasional romp in the parking lot. Felix is done stealing (all but for the cat)... -
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180 Proof Vega by Santino Hassell
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEmilio Vega is a shit-talking, eighteen-year-old gunrunner who is dragged out of the world of crime he grew up in, and forced to work for a covert organization that deals in assassination and political intrigue.The full version of Volume 1 is expected to be published in 2015.Note: The first three parts of Volume 1 are available for free on the author's GR profile... -
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Perfect Enemy by M. Robinson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom Wall Street Journal and USA Today Bestselling Author M. Robinson comes an enemies to lover, standalone romance.She's twenty-years younger than me.Half my age.And twice the trouble.After two decades of serving, I come home to find nothing's changed, except her. She's still the same carefree girl with wild eyes and a smart mouth... -
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The One for Forever by Hannah Shield
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHe's the older man I've always wanted. An ex-Special Forces hero. My best friend’s dad.And now, he's the bodyguard assigned to protect me while I prosecute a killer.I’ve wanted Rex Easton since I was eighteen, yet he’s never looked at me twice. I’m determined to finally get over this crush. But after he swears to protect me from the faceless thugs who are after me, I can’t avoid him... -
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Stranded by Cara Dee
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsStranded is the second book in The Auctioned Series. Before you read further, you should read Auctioned. “You have my word, Gray. I will get you off this island, and I will bring you home.” It was supposed to be an easy in-and-out job. Nothing Darius Quinn hadn’t done before. But this job had something none of the others did: Gray Nolan... -
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Declan by M. Merin
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI knew Jenna was in over her head when she came to me looking for work.Then she made the deadly mistake of stealing ten large from my chapter of the Royal Bastards and running.I covered it.It was me she was going to repay every dime of that money to.Just as soon as I found her.18+ hot and steamy romance with an HEA but no epilogue (you've been warned!)... -
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Real Risk by Elle Keaton
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIt's possible they're a match but first the two men will have to survive trial by fire. Chief Flynn is fighting smoke and flames, tirelessly protecting the lives and property of his fellow islanders from yet another spate of fires.Arson or accident?When injury puts him on the sidelines, West Coast Forensics Arson Investigator Kimball Frye offers his assistance... -
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The Reaper by Silvia Violet
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA marine. An assassin. A fine line between love and hate.I’ve seen too much death as a marine and the son of a mafia boss’s stooge. I finally have a chance to do what I’ve always wanted: raise horses.The catch: My brother’s ranch is also a safehouse for men the police would never protect.TJ, our first client, is a hot AF mafia assassin who doesn’t take no for an answer... -
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Enticed by the Enemy by Leighton Greene
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHe’s an FBI profiler who’s half my age. Contact between us is forbidden. But I can’t stay away from him.As the Morelli Underboss, I'm the Family problem-solver. So when a task force blames the Morellis for a series of murders in Central Park, it's up to me to restore our reputation... -
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Seduced by a Sinner by Leighton Greene
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHe’s innocent. He’s chaste. He’s promised to God. And he’s more temptation than I can handle.I’m supposed to guard the Boss's husband, but I just can’t keep my eyes off his best friend, Aidan O’Leary.Watching him.Wanting him.Knowing I can never have him.Aidan is pure in body and soul. He’s about to be ordained as a priest. Me? I’m going to burn for the things I’ve done... -
![Enemy Combatant by Cara Dee]()
Enemy Combatant by Cara Dee
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe Renegades #2 • Romantic Suspense • Stockholm Syndrome • Hurt Comfort • Action • MM“The best intelligence is the knowledge that your enemy doesn’t know you have.”Crew Finlay’s ego had taken a hit or two. He couldn’t lie. As a Marine, he’d been one of the best. As a private military contractor, he’d…messed up a bit. Or failed spectacularly. Whatever... -
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A Heart's Desire by Kris Michaels
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAgent McKenzie is nobody's 'yes' boy and has the letters of reprimand to prove it. He smells the stink of political maneuvering in this case, and he can see the handwriting on the wall. Hell, the words are three feet high and written in crayon. Someone in his agency wants a target on Liam Mercier's back, but McKenzie would be damned if he'd put one there... -
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Pros & Cons of Deception by A.E. Wasp
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFIVE JOBS. FIVE CHANCES FOR REDEMPTION. One thing’s for sure: these men are no angels. There’s nothing like being blackmailed by a dead man to really bring a group of cons together. The deal is simple, we do the jobs and Charlie’s lawyer wipes the slate clean for each of us, one at a time. Job number two lands right in my lap. I’m Bond. Wesley Bond. (I can’t resist saying it that way... -
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Beloved by the Boss by Leighton Greene
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsM/M Mafia Romance It’s good to be the Boss. That’s what I thought my whole life.Now I am the Boss. I’ll shoulder that responsibility with my beloved husband beside me. As long as I have Finch, I can handle whatever life throws at me.But what they say is true: Be careful what you wish for.My Family has been decimated. My allies are few. I’m holding onto power by a thread... -
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Rough by Reese Knightley
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAfter circling around each other for so long, are they ready to take it to the next level? Mason can admit that he’s had the hots for rough and gruff Gage Hillcrest for well over a year now. Only Gage is bossy and overbearing as all hell. Not to mention that Gage is a closed book and Mason doesn’t know anything about the man... -
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Tied Up in Steele by Annabella Stone
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSteele Givens doesn’t do relationships and he knows better than to fall for a man he rescued during a CIA Operation; but then he’s never been a ‘follow the rules’ kinda man. He always swore he’d never drag someone he cared about into a world of danger. But what do you do, when danger stalks him anyway? Kalon Roberts wanted to move on. He’s done with danger and Black Ops Operators... -
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Six by Paulina Ian-Kane
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsOliver “Ollie” TrumanMy purpose in life has always been one: protect my little brother. And the only way to do that is doing what my dirtbag of a father says—easier said than done—save enough money to grab our bag packs and leave those miserable days behind us... -
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Saving Mitch by Emily Matthews
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDo opposites always attract? Will sweet, clumsy Maggie and troubled, bad-boy Mitch find love amidst the danger that surrounds them? Find out in this romantic, suspenseful, sometimes funny debut novel by Emily Matthews. Tormented police officer Mitch MacDonald will stop at nothing to find a killer, and his obsession is about to cost him his job... -
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Found by Annabella Michaels
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAs a former USAF pararescueman, Jeremy O’Brien is used to following orders, no questions asked. So, when Micah, his boss at Hamilton Security, asks him to take on a special case, he readily accepts. Micah’s instructions are simple, find the man in the picture and bring him back to Chicago... -
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Piece of Cake by Mary Calmes
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA Matter of Time Story After years of domestic partnership, Jory Harcourt and Sam Kage are finally going to make it official in their home state of Illinois... -
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Rescuing Zoe by Ellie Masters
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe last thing Zoe expects during Spring Break is to be trapped in a shipping container with a dozen other girls.One phone call changes my entire life.My best friend’s little sister is missing, kidnapped off the streets of Cancun.He needs my special skill set to bring her home.A former Navy SEAL, I’m now a Guardian, a brotherhood of men dedicated to rescuing those who’ve been taken... -
![Don't Call Me Hero by Eliza Lentzski]()
Don't Call Me Hero by Eliza Lentzski
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIt’s been over a year since Cassidy Miller retired from the United States Marine Corps, but try telling that to her nightmares. She knew that coming back after eight years in a war zone wouldn’t be easy, but she’d underestimated the real difficulties of transitioning back to civilian life. War is hell, but the aftermath is endless... -
![Evenfall Volume One by Santino Hassell, Ais]()
Evenfall Volume One by Santino Hassell, Ais
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIn a post-apocalyptic future, the Agency works behind the scenes to take down opposition groups that threaten the current government. Their goals justify all means, even when it comes to their own agents.Sin is the Agency's most efficient killer. His fighting skills and talent at assassination have led to him being described as a living weapon... -
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Got Your Six by Giulia Lagomarsino
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsGot Your Six is book 6 in the OPS Protector Romance series and should be read in order. Action, Adventure, and a good woman—that’s all I crave. A chance to prove my love for a woman by risking my life for her.Everyone else gets to do it, so why not me?Except, I never imagined she would vanish without a trace.I thought she had been taken by a gang or a serial killer... -
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Alpha Protect by Sue Brown
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhat kind of courage does it take to travel two thousand miles just to say hello to a man who doesn’t know you exist? At thirty years old and never been kissed, Walker is about to find out.After a rocky start to his life in the agency, newly trained operative Walker takes the biggest chance of his life before his first mission. He returns to J.T...
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