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  • Making Faces by Amy Harmon

    Making Faces by Amy Harmon

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    Ambrose Young was beautiful. He was tall and muscular, with hair that touched his shoulders and eyes that burned right through you. The kind of beautiful that graced the covers of romance novels, and Fern Taylor would know. She'd been reading them since she was thirteen. But maybe because he was so beautiful he was never someone Fern thought she could have...until he wasn't beautiful anymore...
  • Rescuing Annie by Susan Stoker

    Rescuing Annie by Susan Stoker

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Annie Fletcher has known what she’s wanted to do since she was seven years old...a special forces soldier just like her dad. But now that she’s one of the very few women in the ranks of the elite Green Berets, she isn't sure she wants the role anymore. But the last thing she wants to do is disappoint her father. Or his Delta Force teammates, who are all like uncles to her...
  • Scout by Janie Crouch

    Scout by Janie Crouch

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Published in "Danger and Desire: A Romantic Suspense Anthology".Linear Tactical’s Wyatt Highfield is running for his life with intel that will break up a human trafficking ring. The last thing he wants is to bring danger to Nadine Macfarlane’s door. The gentle beauty has been through enough, and has the scars—physical and emotional—to prove it. But she’s his only option...
  • Whiskey Tribute by Samantha A. Cole

    Whiskey Tribute by Samantha A. Cole

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Curt Bannerman never thought he’d have to follow through with a promise to ensure his best friend’s wife and children were taken care of, in the event of Eric’s death, after the two men retired from the Navy SEALs. But an assassin made the promise a reality...
  • The Heart of a Hero by Susan May Warren

    The Heart of a Hero by Susan May Warren

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Jake Silver may not be able to put the memories of his time as a sniper and Navy SEAL behind him, but at least he can put his skills to use as a part of the Jones Inc. rescue team. Saving the life of pediatric heart surgeon Dr. Aria Sinclair on Denali helped too...
  • Breaking Away by Elle James

    Breaking Away by Elle James

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Delta Force Operative Sean “Mac” McDaniels fell in love early on in his Army career. The girl, though she loved him, wanted to pursue her career in journalism before she settled down and married. Knowing he couldn’t hold her back, he let her go. In the years to come, no other woman ever held that place in his heart.Kylie Adams loved Mac but chose to pursue her love of journalism first...
  • Whose Waves These Are by Amanda Dykes

    Whose Waves These Are by Amanda Dykes

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    In the wake of WWII, a grieving fisherman submits a poem to a local newspaper asking readers to send rocks in honor of loved ones to create something life-giving but the building halts when tragedy strikes. Decades later, Annie returns to the coastal Maine town where stone ruins spark her curiosity and her search for answers faces a battle against time...
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    drama  family  friendship  grief  military  north-america  usa  war
  • Wild Man Creek by Robyn Carr

    Wild Man Creek by Robyn Carr

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Colin Riordan came to Virgin River to recuperate from a horrific helicopter crash, the scars of which he bears inside and out. His family is wonderfully supportive, but it's his art that truly soothes his troubled soul. Stung personally and professionally by an ill-advised affair, PR guru Jillian Matlock has rented an old Victorian with a promising garden in Virgin River...
  • I Want to Hold Your Hand by Marie Force

    I Want to Hold Your Hand by Marie Force

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    For the Abbott siblings, the Green Mountain state has always been an idyllic place to call home...
  • Kiwi Rules by Rosalind James

    Kiwi Rules by Rosalind James

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Need an escape? Coming soon: The brand-new, snarky, steamy, Kiwi-centric series by the bestselling author of Escape to New Zealand.  Afghanistan hadn't quite killed me. Karen Sinclair just might.You don't find many too-pretty rich boys in the New Zealand Defense Force. Turns out there's a reason for that. Fortunately, you can find your true self in the oddest places...
  • Another Moment in Time: A Collection of Short Stories by Susan Stoker

    Another Moment in Time: A Collection of Short Stories by Susan Stoker

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Four stories by Susan Stoker, including Caroline’s Surprise, Carnal Comfort, Best Christmas Ever, and First Kiss.Caroline’s Surprise- Caroline thinks her husband, Matthew “Wolf” Steel, is taking her out to dinner for their twenty-fifth anniversary, but he’s got a bigger surprise in store...
  • Irish: A Reed Security Romance by Giulia Lagomarsino

    Irish: A Reed Security Romance by Giulia Lagomarsino

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Irish is the 5th book in the Reed Security Series and should be read in order. “Not a chance in hell. I happen to like my hands wrapped around your juicy ass.” She reared back and looked at me in horror. “You think my ass is juicy?” “Uh, you’ve seen it, right? It’s big and perfect for me to grab onto.” She struggled to get down and then pushed me away and stalked out of the water...
  • Running Barefoot by Amy Harmon

    Running Barefoot by Amy Harmon

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    When Josie Jensen, an awkward 13-year-old musical prodigy crashes headlong into new-comer Samuel Yazzie, an 18-year-old Navajo boy full of anger and confusion, an unlikely friendship blooms. Josie teaches Samuel about words, music and friendship, and along the way finds a kindred spirit...
  • Hallowed Ground by Rebecca Yarros

    Hallowed Ground by Rebecca Yarros

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    There are some debts you can’t repay.Josh Walker is loyal, reckless, and every girl’s dream. But he only has eyes for December Howard, the girl he's craved since his high school hockey days. Together they have survived grief, the military, distance, and time as they’ve fought for stolen weekends between his post at Ft. Rucker and her college at Vanderbilt...
  • Rome by Jay Crownover

    Rome by Jay Crownover

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    Sometimes the wrong choice can be just right . . .Fun and fearless, Cora Lewis knows how to keep her tattooed "bad boy" friends at the Marked in line. But beneath all that flash and sass is a broken heart. Cora won't let herself get burned again. She's waiting to fall in love with the perfect man—a baggage-free, drama-free guy ready for commitment. Then she meets Rome Archer...
  • Trouble in Paradise by Carolyn Brown

    Trouble in Paradise by Carolyn Brown

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    After her divorce, best-selling romance author, Mary Jane Marsh Simmons decided to move all seven of her girls out of the big city and back home to her hometown, Nacona, Texas. So when the last remaining relative of Miz Raven died and the Paradise was put on the market, she bought it, an old house that had been a brothel during the cattle trial days in Spanish Fort, Texas...
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    family  female-mc  humor  military  north-america  texas  usa  war
  • Claiming Her Innocence by Vivian Wood

    Claiming Her Innocence by Vivian Wood

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    From Wall Street Journal and USA Today Bestseller Vivian Wood He’s gonna make sure he’s her first. Ryan Scott is big, bad, and he has a body made for sin. When he leaves the SEALs and heads home to D.C., the first person he wants to see is his best friend, Poppy Baker. Just to be around her, of course… nothing funny. Their friendship isn’t like that...
  • Living with the Single Dad by Whitley Cox

    Living with the Single Dad by Whitley Cox

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A pain so powerful can only be eased by a love even stronger. Welcome to Seattle, the Emerald City and home to The Single Dads of Seattle. Ten sexy single fathers who play poker every Saturday night, have each other's backs, love their children without quarter, and hope to one day find love again.This is Aaron's story ... Single Dad of Seattle, Aaron Steele isn't a single dad at all...
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    family  female-mc  grief  humor  military  war  action-adventure  adult
  • Montana SEAL Friendly Fire by Elle James

    Montana SEAL Friendly Fire by Elle James

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Trevor Anderson gave up his life as a Navy SEAL when he lost his best friend in an ambush. Before his friend died, he’d promised him he’d take care of his wife, should anything happen to him. Trevor left the Navy and returned to his home state of Montana to follow through on that promise...
  • Hot SEAL, Salty Dog by Elle James

    Hot SEAL, Salty Dog by Elle James

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Navy SEAL on vacation in Mexico wakes up married to a jilted bride and retraces his steps to matrimony Confirmed bachelor and Navy SEAL Chase Flannigan is celebrating his separation from the Navy in the tropical paradise of Cabo San Lucas. After a particularly hazy night, he wakes up with a ring on his finger and a beautiful woman in his bed, and no memory of how they got there...
  • Breaking Rules by Elle James

    Breaking Rules by Elle James

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Ryan “Dash” Hayes has a penchant for breaking the rules. If it’s for the right reasons, and he doesn’t get caught, he won’t hesitate. To him, rules are guidelines to be used to keep the sheep in line, not him. But his commander is willing to give him the benefit of the doubt because he’s good at his job as a Delta Force Operative. Fast, effective and willing to sacrifice his life to save others...
  • Montana SEAL Daddy by Elle James

    Montana SEAL Daddy by Elle James

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Former Navy SEAL enters the fight of his life to protect the mother of his child from killers who wish to silence her testimony in a murder case After the sudden disappearance of the amazing woman he fell for on vacation in Cozumel and nearly losing his own life on a politically volatile mission in Syria, Brandon Rayne “Boomer” leaves the SEAL brotherhood and signs on with the private security...
  • Captivating in Love by Bella Andre, Jennifer Skully

    Captivating in Love by Bella Andre, Jennifer Skully

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Gideon Jones came back from war a changed man. Though the Maverick Billionaires claim he’s one of their own, he knows he doesn't deserve to be part of their tightly knit unit. Just like he doesn't deserve Rosie Diaz—an amazing mother…and an utterly captivating woman that he can't stop dreaming about...
  • Bayou Baby by Lexi Blake

    Bayou Baby by Lexi Blake

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A heartwarming contemporary romance set in Louisiana's Butterfly Bayou from New York Times bestselling author Lexi Blake.   Seraphina Guidry loves Butterfly Bayou. A young, single mom, she’s trying to find a place for herself in the town she cherishes, but past mistakes have made her wary. She adores her son but has sworn off men...
  • Southern Fried Blues by Jamie Farrell

    Southern Fried Blues by Jamie Farrell

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Discover the National Readers' Choice Award Finalist that fans love to read again and again! A Yankee Lady Stuck in the South Divorced wasn’t a label Anna Martin ever wanted. Now she’s a thousand miles from home, underemployed, and lonely, but she’s squeezing this lemon life gave her and turning it into lemon meringue pie...
    Categorized as:
    family  humor  military  university  war  action-adventure  adult  book
  • Sunrise Point by Robyn Carr

    Sunrise Point by Robyn Carr

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Tom Cavanaugh may think he wants a traditional woman, but in Virgin River, the greatest tradition is falling in love unexpectedly....Former Marine Tom Cavanaugh’s come home to Virgin River, ready to take over his family’s apple orchard and settle down. He knows just what the perfect woman will be like: sweet, decent, maybe a little naive. The marrying kind.Nothing like Nora Crane...
  • Angel's Peak by Robyn Carr

    Angel's Peak by Robyn Carr

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    FOUR YEARS AGO, AIR FORCE SWEETHEARTS FRANCI DUNCAN AND SEAN RIORDAN REACHED AN IMPASSE. SHE WANTED MARRIAGE AND A FAMILY. HE DIDN'T. BUT A CHANCE MEETING PROVES THAT THE BITTER BREAKUP HASN'T COOLED THEIR SIZZLING CHEMISTRY. Sean has settled down in spite of himself --- he's not the cocky young fighter pilot he was when Franci left, and he wants them to try again...
  • Moonlight Road by Robyn Carr

    Moonlight Road by Robyn Carr

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    WITH HER BELOVED YOUNGER SIBLINGS SETTLED AND HAPPY, ERIN FOLEY HAS EMPTY NEST SYNDROME. AT AGE THIRTY-FIVE. So she's hitting the pause button on her life and holing up in a secluded (but totally upgraded --- she's not into roughing it!) cabin near Virgin River. Erin is planning on getting to know herself ... not the shaggy-haired mountain man she meets...
  • My Kind of Christmas by Robyn Carr

    My Kind of Christmas by Robyn Carr

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    PATRICK RIORDAN ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT NOTHING COULD MATCH THE ADRENALINE RUSH HE GETS FROM HIS JOB. BUT THIS CHRISTMAS, PATRICK’S PULSE IS REALLY RACING... The Riordan brothers may have a reputation for being rough-and tumble, but Patrick has always been the gentle, sweet-natured one. These days, his easygoing manner is being tested by his high-octane career as a navy pilot...
  • Send Down the Rain by Charles Martin

    Send Down the Rain by Charles Martin

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Allie's second husband is killed tragically when his 18-wheeler crashes into the rocks near their home in Cape San Blas--the tanker was full of fuel and the explosion could be seen on overhead satellites. She'd already lost the beloved waterfront restaurant her parents started and now losing her husband, no matter how unfulfilling their marriage was, might just push her over the edge...
  • Temptation Ridge by Robyn Carr

    Temptation Ridge by Robyn Carr

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    At twenty-five, after five years as her mother's caregiver, it's time for Shelby to experience freedom and adventure. Time for travel, college and romance. But when she visits Virgin River, she runs into Luke Riordan, decidedly "not" whom she has in mind. A handsome Blackhawk pilot, Luke exited the army after twenty years, four wars and having been shot out of the sky three times...
  • Hillbilly Rockstar by Lorelei James

    Hillbilly Rockstar by Lorelei James

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    She’s protecting his body and guarding her heart... Country music star Devin McClain understands there’s a downside to life in the public eye, but the laidback Wyoming cowboy has never imagined he’d attract crazed fans who would do anything to garner his attention. When veiled threats become real, he agrees to hire a discreet security detail...
  • Five Years Gone by Marie Force, Andi Arndt

    Five Years Gone by Marie Force, Andi Arndt

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    8 hours, 45 minutes The most brazen terrorist attack in history. A country bent on revenge. A love affair cut short. A heart that never truly heals. I knew on the day of the attack that our lives were changed forever. What I didn’t know then was that I’d never see John again after he deployed. One day he was living with me, sleeping next to me, making plans with me. The next day he was gone...
    Categorized as:
    drama  family  grief  military  war  action-adventure  adult  audiobook
  • Code Name: Nina's Choice by Natasza Waters

    Code Name: Nina's Choice by Natasza Waters

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Nina Samson, an analyst working at Coronado Base Command, lands in Navy sniper Mace Callahan’s lap like an I.E.D. Two weeks of fiery passion with the lithe redhead, and the self-proclaimed bachelor raises the white flag. Arriving in San Diego, Nina, a single mother with an eight-year-old daughter, spots danger ahead...
  • Songbird Freed by Lisa Edward

    Songbird Freed by Lisa Edward

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    My name is Tara O’Connell, and I’ve always believed we control our own fate. That life is a journey with many roads, and the choices we make can shape our future. Life has presented me with two paths and I’ve chosen one. Was it right? Did I make the best decision? After the uncertainty of the last twelve months, my destiny is now crystal-clear to me...
    Categorized as:
    family  friendship  military  war  action-adventure  adult  angst  book
  • Ringo, Slippery Banana by Danielle Norman

    Ringo, Slippery Banana by Danielle Norman

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    FROM THE AUTHOR:Yes, this is an M/M story but it is not erotica. Ringo has been a character in my books since day one and Bananas is the name of the drag queen restaurant in my books that Ringo owns.This book is about an awesome man who looks fabulous in drag meeting a man who knows he is gay but has never admitted it to anyone because he lives in a world that he believes will crucify him...
  • Crazy for You by Michelle Sass Aleckson

    Crazy for You by Michelle Sass Aleckson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The problem with being related to everyone in town is that there is no one left to date…until now. But will this outsider survive his family?Former soldier Veronica “Ronnie” Morales isn’t going to let her kid brother, Tiago, get pulled into the gangs of Minneapolis, so, seeking safety and a fresh start, she heads to sleepy Deep Haven on the north shore of Minnesota...
    Categorized as:
    family  war  military  friendship  female-mc  humor  grief  drama
  • New Years SEAL Dream by Sharon Hamilton

    New Years SEAL Dream by Sharon Hamilton

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Tucker Hudson has been off SEAL Team 3 for nearly ten years. He reluctantly attends his former Teammate’s wedding on New Years Eve, vowing to keep his hands to himself and his mouth shut. Suffering nightmares from a tragic deployment, he barely left the Teams with an honorable discharge. Romance is one complication he does not need. And no one needs him either: not the Teams, not his family...
  • SEALed At The Altar by Sharon Hamilton

    SEALed At The Altar by Sharon Hamilton

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Despite his thirty-nine years, Tucker Hudson is in peak physical condition and is considering rejoining the SEAL Teams after a ten-year hiatus. What he hadn’t counted on is a steady relationship with Brandy. Is this thing between them something he can count on or is it just a distraction? Now he’s torn between his heart and career...
  • Fearless by Marlie May

    Fearless by Marlie May

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Their second chance at love turns lethal when a man from Ginny’s past is determined to see her dead. Navy Chief Cooper Talon is on leave only long enough to clean out his dad’s house and shut the door on the abuse he suffered there. He takes a break to go camping with a high school buddy, never expecting to run into his friend’s younger sister, Ginny—the girl he secretly adored twelve years ago...
    Categorized as:
    military  humor  war  drama  female-mc  friendship  romance  suspense
  • Her Secret Ranger by Donna Michaels

    Her Secret Ranger by Donna Michaels

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Kissing the sexy soldier was a dare she couldn’t resist… By-the-book event planner Beth Brannigan’s best friend dared her to kiss a cowboy. She should have said no. Instead, she said please…again and again. If her brother finds out she’s dating—okay, kissing—okay, sleeping with—one of his military buddies, he’ll kill her. Assuming he doesn’t kill his friend first...
    Categorized as:
    family  friendship  humor  military  war  action-adventure  adult  book
  • Captain Heartbreaker by Brighton Walsh

    Captain Heartbreaker by Brighton Walsh

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Adventure's in Captain Hudson Miller’s blood. For the past ten years, he's spent his days in the sky, serving as a pilot for the Army. But where adventure called him away, something—someone—else is calling him home. On post-deployment leave, he escapes to the one place he hasn’t been since he enlisted: Havenbrook, Mississippi...
  • Lucky in Love by Jill Shalvis

    Lucky in Love by Jill Shalvis

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Mallory Quinn has had enough of playing it safe. As a nurse and devoted daughter, she takes care of everyone but herself. And as the local good girl, she's expected to date Mr. Right. But for once, she'd like to take a risk on Mr. Wrong. And who could be more wrong than Ty Garrison? The mysterious new guy in town has made it clear that he's only passing through, which suits Mallory just fine...
    Categorized as:
    drama  family  female-mc  humor  military  war  action-adventure  adult
  • Come Back to Me by Mila Gray

    Come Back to Me by Mila Gray

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Home on leave in sunny California, Marine and local lothario Kit Ryan finds himself dangerously drawn to his best friend's sister, Jessa - the one girl he can't have.But Kit's not about to let a few obstacles stand in his way and soon Jessa's falling for his irresistible charms...
  • Paradise Valley by Robyn Carr

    Paradise Valley by Robyn Carr

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Welcome back to Virgin River with the books that started it all...A moving story about survival, forgiveness--and the power of love to heal a wounded spirit.Marine corporal Rick Sudder is home early from Iraq--his tour ended abruptly on the battlefield. The carefree boy is gone, replaced by a man who believes his future is as bleak as his mirror image...
  • Bring Me Home for Christmas by Robyn Carr

    Bring Me Home for Christmas by Robyn Carr

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    This year, Becca Timm knows the number one item on her Christmas wish list: getting over Denny Cutler. Three years ago Denny broke her heart before heading off to war. It’s time she got over her silly college relationship and moved on...
  • Second Chance Pass by Robyn Carr

    Second Chance Pass by Robyn Carr

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    In the space of a few months Vanessa buried her husband, Matt, and gave birth to their son--breaking her heart while filling it with a whole new kind of love. But the one man she longs to share this love with now acts as if she doesn't exist. Paul Haggerty lives by the marine motto: Semper Fi. Ever faithful to his best friend, he's done right by Matt's widow as best he can..
  • Stay with Me by J. Lynn

    Stay with Me by J. Lynn

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    At 21, Calla hasn’t done a lot of things. She’s never been kissed, never seen the ocean, never gone to an amusement park. But growing up, she witnessed some things no child ever should. She still carries the physical and emotional scars of living with a strung-out mother, Mona—secrets she keeps from everyone, including her close circle of college friends...
  • Air Force Hero: A Military Secret Baby Novel by Weston Parker

    Air Force Hero: A Military Secret Baby Novel by Weston Parker

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    There’s only been one woman for me, and she’s never truly been mine. But I don’t have much time for anyone anyway, with my focus on my career. I’m a military man through and through, from generation to generation. This one girl, though. She stole my heart when we were kids, but it’s taboo, forbidden. She’s my best friend’s little sister, and he’d kill us both...
  • Healed By Love by Melissa Foster

    Healed By Love by Melissa Foster

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    HEALED BY LOVE is a USA TODAY BESTSELLER In HEALED BY LOVE... Nate Braden has loved his best friend's younger sister Jewel for as long as he can remember, but between their age difference and his respect for Rick, he's always kept his feelings at bay. Now he's back in Peaceful Harbor, and Jewel is no longer sixteen years old--but there's an even bigger obstacle standing in his way...
    Categorized as:
    family  female-mc  grief  humor  military  war  action-adventure  adult
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