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  • Cooper by Riley Edwards

    Cooper by Riley Edwards

    Rated: 5.00 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Cooper Cain left California and quit the job he loved after a hostage situation went bad. Years later he can still hear the screams of the woman he couldn’t save from the stalker that had terrorized her. He hides his pain and failure behind a wall of humor, determined not to let his past ruin his future. Until Kira Winters walks into his life...
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    military  action-adventure  adult  book  fiction  suspense
  • Firewalk by L.T. Ryan, Brian Christopher Shea

    Firewalk by L.T. Ryan, Brian Christopher Shea

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Starting over is never easy.For Hatch nothing ever is.Seeking a connection to her past,Hatch crosses paths with a girl in need.And she'll risk everything to save her.In the most intense novel to date, ex-military police officer Rachel Hatch faces off with a criminal enterprise trafficking girls. Hatch can't look the other way and is called by her code of justice to seek resolution...
  • Barriers: Anderson Special Ops - Book 3 by Melody Anne, John Henley

    Barriers: Anderson Special Ops - Book 3 by Melody Anne, John Henley

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Hendrick Meeks, also known as Green to his military brother’s in arms is in trouble — big trouble. There are two women in his life that want a piece of him, and he doesn’t know which way to turn.Hendrick’s has always been the youngest man at any stage of his career. He was a sniper for the US Navy SEAL’s and knows how to nail his target...
  • Searching for Heather by Susan Stoker

    Searching for Heather by Susan Stoker

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    She’d lost everything once, and now that she’s found herself, and a man she trusts to be by her side, she refuses to let it all be taken from her a second time.Ever since hearing about the mysterious woman in the woods who’d rescued his friends, Talon Ross has been intrigued. Who is she? Why is she there? Is she cold? Hungry? Scared? He can’t rest until he’s found her, made sure she’s all right...
  • Shadows by Melody Anne, John Henley

    Shadows by Melody Anne, John Henley

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Shadows opens up with Jon Eisenhart, aka, Eyes, and Carl Schwartz, aka, Sleep on a mission that goes all wrong and will forever change their lives. When they make it out, they’re eventually invited into a new team, where they come together with Tyrell Rice, aka, Smoke, Steve Bregon, aka, Brackish, and Hendrick Meeks, aka, Green...
  • Deep State by L.T. Ryan

    Deep State by L.T. Ryan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    After meeting with Jack Noble, things have been silent. Until Bear Logan receives a cryptic message that sends him to Chicago for a meeting. But Noble isn't there, and neither is anyone else. Bear soon finds himself teamed up with a green reporter who claims to have inside information about a brewing conspiracy that could have long-reaching ramifications...
    Categorized as:
    crime  action-adventure  adult  book  fiction
  • Carson: Lighthouse Security Investigations by Maryann Jordan

    Carson: Lighthouse Security Investigations by Maryann Jordan

    Rated: 5.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Only one thing mattered… making his security and investigation business a success. Lighthouse Security Investigation West Coast.Carson Dyal spent years creating his business, partnering with a former Special Forces leader who owns the original LSI. Determined to make it as successful as possible, he gives one hundred percent to the effort.No distractions. No way. Not him. Until her...
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    military  action-adventure  adult  book  fiction  suspense
  • The Heir (Silver Spoon MC) by Nichole Rose

    The Heir (Silver Spoon MC) by Nichole Rose

    Rated: 5.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Thanks to my father's shady business practices, my life has devolved into putting out one fire after another. The latest? Dealing with the rival MC he hired to strong-arm federal regulators into looking the other way. The Hell's Vipers have been nothing but trouble. Until I stumble across Catriona Grady, their VPs curvy little sister. Her bright eyes and sweet smile are pure sunshine...
  • Reborn by Melody Anne, John Henley

    Reborn by Melody Anne, John Henley

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Jon Eisenhart (Eyes) has been the team leader of the Special Ops team formed by Joseph Anderson to stamp out drugs in the Seattle metro area. In this riveting final we see the first four books come to an exciting end where the streets, neighborhoods, and families are freed from the seedy world of violence and drugs...
  • Evade and Capture by Lori Matthews

    Evade and Capture by Lori Matthews

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Spencer Gordon wasn’t expecting the call from Kathleen Drake, a woman she’d spent years keeping safe as part of the Witness Protection program. The terrified woman begged Spencer for help. Taking a leave of absence from her job with Homeland Security, Spencer hurries to her friend’s side. But the threat to Kathleen is larger than Spencer bargained for, forcing a call for reinforcements...
  • Ice's Icing by Dale Mayer

    Ice's Icing by Dale Mayer

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Ice wanted only one thing in her life, and that was Levi—and maybe someone who was a blend of both of them. When he asked her to marry him, she was thrilled, but now she’s struggling to pin down a wedding date for fear he’d been caught up in the moment and didn’t really want to go through with it...
    Categorized as:
    crime  military  action-adventure  adult  book  drama  fiction  mystery
  • To Love Someone by Maryann Jordan

    To Love Someone by Maryann Jordan

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Not everyone has a hero’s welcome home.Joseph landed in Baytown when he left the military and had nowhere else to go. Used to being a loner, he discovered the small coastal town offered friendship… but love? That wasn’t even on his radar.Until meeting her. The infuriatingly independent veterinarian. Known to all as Sam, to him she would always be Samantha...
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    military  action-adventure  adult  book  fiction  suspense
  • Prodigal Son by Abbie Zanders

    Prodigal Son by Abbie Zanders

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    He lost everything once. He’s not going to let it happen again.Matt Winston led a charmed life. Great family, great friends, and a girl he’d do anything for.Then tragedy struck. He lost everything, including his way. He dealt with it the only way he knew how-by becoming the best damn SEAL team leader he could be...
  • Anders's Angel by Dale Mayer

    Anders's Angel by Dale Mayer

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    He’s all about second chances… Anders loves winter and the wilderness, so a trip to the Swiss Alps to retrieve a glaciologist is right up his alley. When he realizes who he’s picking up, he can’t help but smile at fate...
  • The McClane Apocalypse Book Ten by Kate Morris

    The McClane Apocalypse Book Ten by Kate Morris

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    As the McClane saga continues, the family realizes that someone in their trusted, inner circle may just be the person who has leaked precious information about them, Fort Knox, and their community allies to the men who were running the highwaymen and ultimately to whoever they were reporting...
  • Without Measure by Scott Blade

    Without Measure by Scott Blade

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    After a long night trying to sleep in the cab of a truck—hauling bullets, of all things—Jack Widow gives up trying to catch some sleep. He gets out at the next stop, a small town in the northeast corner of California with two industries: a small arms manufacturer and a Marine base on the verge of being forgotten...
  • Her Relentless SEAL by Caitlyn O'Leary

    Her Relentless SEAL by Caitlyn O'Leary

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    ON THE RUN FOR HER LIFE Small-town girl Evie Avery’s dream vacation has become her worst nightmare. Now she's on the run in a foreign country, and has no idea why. NO ROOM FOR ERROR Navy SEAL, Aiden O’Malley, had his reasons for turning his back on Evie all those months ago, but he hasn’t been able to get her out of his mind. She changed him, for better or worse...
  • Deadly Game by Rebecca Deel

    Deadly Game by Rebecca Deel

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Following a desperate call for help, Rowan Scott finds her sister bleeding out and her niece missing. As the owner of a coffee shop, Rowan doesn't have the skills to navigate a world of shadows where nothing is as it seems and one mistake will cost her everything. With few clues and her niece's life on the line, Rowan turns to a friend experienced in combat and subterfuge...
  • Home to Stay by Maryann Jordan

    Home to Stay by Maryann Jordan

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Home is no longer the place he left… but it’s all he’s got.John Roster is flying to his childhood home in Maine after a medical discharge from the Army. No one will be there to welcome him home other than his cranky grandfather… a personality trait the two men share. No job. No friends. And with a storm canceling all flights at the moment, no plane to catch...
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    military  action-adventure  adult  book  fiction  suspense
  • Unbroken: The complete story by Riley Edwards

    Unbroken: The complete story by Riley Edwards

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A husband gone too soon. A family left in tatters. A hero who sees beauty where others see broken. Ava Kelley lost more than her husband, so much more, that five years later, the mere memory of it is still paralyzing. After struggling to piece her life back together, a ghost from Ava’s past threatens to haunt her and her son’s future...
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    military  action-adventure  adult  book  fiction  suspense
  • Breaking Free by Elle James

    Breaking Free by Elle James

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The Delta Force team is sent to tumultuous Turkey to protect the American Embassy from a distance, undercover. Craig “Bull” Bullington is assigned inside the embassy to provide intelligence and protect the ambassador's daughter, acting as her American fiancé...
  • Once A Pilgrim by James Deegan

    Once A Pilgrim by James Deegan

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    John Carr has recently left the SAS, after a long and distinguished career, and is now working for a Russian oligarch in the murky world of private security.But an incident from his past – in which three terrorists were brutally killed – suddenly comes back to haunt him.Tracked by a hitman out for revenge, John Carr is forced to step over the line to defend himself and his family...
  • Omen's Entrapment by Ciara St. James

    Omen's Entrapment by Ciara St. James

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Omen’s life has never been an easy one. Growing up basically fatherless in the bayou, he knows all about hardship. When he’s old enough, he heads off to the military. He has a mom and sisters to take care of.Only things don’t turn out as planned and he loses his family. Now, he’s out of the military and looking for his place in the world...
  • Shattered by Melody Anne, John Henley

    Shattered by Melody Anne, John Henley

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Tyrell Rice, known as Smoke to his military contacts, is on a mission. Number one is to break down the walls of a drug cartel circle that’s been affecting those he cares about for far too long. His number two mission, not to succumb to the marriage flu that’s been infecting all of the men around him.Smoke is former military, and a former NFL superstar. He’s been around the block many times around...
  • The Red Ledger: 4 by Meredith Wild

    The Red Ledger: 4 by Meredith Wild

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    There’s no turning back…The second I spared Isabel’s life, everything changed. I used to deal in death wishes. Now the instinct to protect her charts the course. Because every time I turn away from her, something turns me back. She’s uncovered a side of me that I can no longer ignore. Doesn’t change the fact that she doesn’t belong in my world...
  • Ranger Redemption by Elle James

    Ranger Redemption by Elle James

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Former Army Ranger, Cage Weaver, left the military to fulfill a promise to a dying buddy. Invited to join the Brotherhood Protectors, he’s grateful to have a job where he can he use the skills normally associated with battle.Emily Strayhorn, a therapist working with military PTSD patients, is being stalked...
  • Daddy Dominic by Laylah Roberts, Golden Czermak

    Daddy Dominic by Laylah Roberts, Golden Czermak

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    After a health scare, Gwen is told to slow down and take care of herself.Yeah, that’s an issue since she hasn’t the first clue how to do that. Then an old friend suggests a trip to Wishingbone, Montana.And that’s where she meets him.Dominic.Charming. Gorgeous. Protective.She never expected to find him . . . and now she has no idea how to live without him...
  • Deserving Reese by Susan Stoker

    Deserving Reese by Susan Stoker

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    He never expected to fall for his best friend's sister, but now that he has...he'll do whatever it takes to keep her safe.Having a crush on one of your brother’s friends is so cliché. But Reese Woodall isn’t too worried…it’s not as if she’d ever have a chance with the former Delta Force Operative. For one thing, he lives in New Mexico, and she’s in Missouri...
  • Conflicted by Lori Matthews

    Conflicted by Lori Matthews

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    From the bestselling author of the Callahan Security Series.Meet Elias Mason of the US Coast Guard’s TEAM RECON. As in reconstructed. As in broken and needs fixing.Team RECON has a new headquarters now—Miami, Florida, which also happens to be Elias’s hometown. He’s been avoiding his past like the plague, but there are some things you can’t outrun...
  • Protecting Her Heart by Maryann Jordan

    Protecting Her Heart by Maryann Jordan

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    He’d known poverty… but overcame the odds to become the Chief of Police of a tiny beach town.She’d known wealth… but barely survived her world crashing.Wyatt Newman wanted to serve and protect.Millie Addair needed a place to hide and heal...
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    military  action-adventure  adult  book  fiction  suspense
  • Knox by Maryann Jordan

    Knox by Maryann Jordan

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A cruise brought his brother and sister-in-law together, but can lightning strike twice? Nah…Not when Knox is assigned to the security for a senior citizen cruise. Sigh… well, not all the Keepers can fall in love on a mission. Until he met the seniors’ activity director...
    Categorized as:
    military  action-adventure  adult  book  fiction  suspense
  • Sunset Kiss by Maryann Jordan

    Sunset Kiss by Maryann Jordan

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    An unexpected kiss at sunset can change your life. Luke overcame his background, thanks to the military. Now, a medic at the county jail on the Eastern Shore of Virginia, he had a job, small apartment, and friends. Not bad for a loner like him.Allie was sunshine, laughter, and fun. A teacher with a glow about her that made him wish to be worthy of a woman like her.A phone call changed his life...
    Categorized as:
    military  action-adventure  adult  book  fiction  suspense
  • IRISH: REAPER-Patriots: Book Fifty-Four by Mary Kennedy

    IRISH: REAPER-Patriots: Book Fifty-Four by Mary Kennedy

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Connor 'Irish' Kelly has spent most of his life fighting for what he wanted. When he decides that Lucinda Harwell is who he wants, he makes the mistake of doing the one thing she can't tolerate. He tells an innocent, little, white lie...
    Categorized as:
    military  romance  action-adventure  fiction  book  adult
  • Brother's Keeper I: Declan by Stephanie St. Klaire

    Brother's Keeper I: Declan by Stephanie St. Klaire

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The only thing that can taint money, privilege, and endless access to the finer things in life is murder. Lydia exchanges her life of luxury for a life on the run when she discovers her real estate tycoon husband is nothing more than a cold-blooded killer with endless resources. The only person who can keep her alive is the last person she wants to trust...
  • The Angry Sea by James Deegan

    The Angry Sea by James Deegan

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    ‘Brutal and brilliant’ Tom Marcus, author of SOLDIER SPY Former SAS Sergeant Major John Carr is relaxing on a Spanish beach, when a man with dark eyes attracts his attention. Fixated on a group of young Britons, the man doesn’t notice Carr and soon moves on.Within the hour, the Costa del Sol will be plunged into one of the most audacious and horrifying terrorist attacks Europe has ever seen...
  • The Avenger by Mark Dawson

    The Avenger by Mark Dawson

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Isabella Rose and Michael Pope return for the next book in the million-selling series.Please note that the book will be released in Spring 2022, and not the date you'll see in the details below...
  • IRISH by Jaime Lewis

    IRISH by Jaime Lewis

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Is fate real?That is the question that Ky “Irish” Daniels keeps asking himself when he meets the gorgeous, blue-eyed, southern belle with a busted tire one rainy night, and becomes instantly enchanted. Known for being a wild playboy, Irish finds that easing into a relationship, especially with his reputation, isn’t simple...
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    military  action-adventure  adult  book  fiction  suspense
  • Cam by Mary Kennedy

    Cam by Mary Kennedy

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Cameron Dougall has always known he was a good-looking man and he enjoyed the spoils of his God, and parent, given gifts. Until someone special crossed his path. She'd been right in front of him the whole time and he almost missed her. Now, retired from the SEALs, he was home to make a life for himself and hopefully the woman he loved...
  • Joseph by Mary Kennedy

    Joseph by Mary Kennedy

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Joseph Redhawk is nearing the end of his career as a Delta Operative. He's also in the darkest place a man like him can be. Senseless lives lost; acts against humanity; and a feeling of helplessness and hopelessness that won't seem to leave him. Who would have believed that the sweet, shy, little sister of Paige Anderson would be his savior...
  • Badge of Honor: Texas Heroes Collection One by Susan Stoker

    Badge of Honor: Texas Heroes Collection One by Susan Stoker

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Books 1-4 in the Badge of Honor: Texas Heroes Series Justice for Mackenzie Daxton Chambers, a member of the oldest and most distinguished law enforcement agency in the state of Texas, never understood why people killed. But this new case, where someone was kidnapping and burying women alive, is a whole new level of depravity...
  • Cowboy in the Crosshairs by Em Petrova

    Cowboy in the Crosshairs by Em Petrova

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    They’re total opposites. That doesn’t mean he won’t lay down his life for her.Silas Shanie is ready for action. Now that his medical leave is over, he’s more than capable of being back on the WEST Protection team. His first assignment? Easy. His new ward? Not at all. But he’ll keep the gorgeous, shallow heiress safe because it’s his job. He doesn’t have to like her. Except…he does. Maybe too much...
  • SEALs of Honor: Devlin by Dale Mayer

    SEALs of Honor: Devlin by Dale Mayer

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The right place at the right time… or the very wrong place… As part of a group helping to training Iraq soldiers, Devin is doing additional training on how to use the latest drones. But when a murder is committed on the base and suspicion is thrown on the drone’s designer, he can’t stop himself from helping her. When they return stateside, another employee in the same company is murdered...
  • Brandon's Bliss by Dale Mayer

    Brandon's Bliss by Dale Mayer

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Brandon, the newest member of Levi’s team at Legendary Securities, heads to Africa. Bullard purchased a new holding there, but, shortly after arriving, went missing. Kasha has worked for Bullard for five years. She's familiar with most of those who work for Legendary as well...
  • Her Sensual Protector by Caitlyn O'Leary

    Her Sensual Protector by Caitlyn O'Leary

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
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    Categorized as:
    military  action-adventure  adult  book  fiction
  • Carl by Mary Kennedy

    Carl by Mary Kennedy

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Carl Robicheaux's only dream was to become a Robicheaux Ranger like his father and uncles. Coming home is always a great release for him, but this time he makes the biggest mistake of his life. When he realizes what he's done, he knows he can't go back. He also knows, he doesn't want to; he just has to wait for the right moment...
  • Her Noble Protector by Caitlyn O'Leary

    Her Noble Protector by Caitlyn O'Leary

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
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  • Keith by Mary Kennedy

    Keith by Mary Kennedy

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Being born deaf would be seen as a detriment to most people, but Keith Robicheaux is not most people. His life has been filled with blessings since his rescue by his father, Alec Robicheaux. He's had the best life could offer and that includes, the best woman in the world. Unable to join the military, Keith chose to educate other deaf children, but trained with his father's team...
  • Eric by Mary Kennedy

    Eric by Mary Kennedy

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Eric Bongard has served his country faithfully for more than ten years. Leading a team of Rangers they're mission quickly turns from a hunt, to a rescue. Worse, it's a rescue of disabled children. But to do that, he has to break every rule in the book, knowing that he'll be court-martialed. He just has two goals. Get the children to safety and get back to the only woman he's ever loved...
  • Shadow in the Mountain by KaLyn Cooper

    Shadow in the Mountain by KaLyn Cooper

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Another mission into the shadows was the last place he wanted to be. Last time it ended his career. This time promises death or salvation.Ryker Tufano has spent the last several months drowning his survivor’s guilt—and unexpected ejection from the Navy—in alcohol and self-loathing. His entire SEAL team, and his memory, were lost on their last mission...
    Categorized as:
    military  action-adventure  adult  book  fiction  suspense
  • Nathan by Mary Kennedy

    Nathan by Mary Kennedy

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Nathan Redhawk could be considered by most to be as dangerous as his father. He was certainly as dangerous as his twin. Retired from Delta, he was home now, with every intention of making Katrina Santos his own. She'd avoided him for years. Side-stepped him, blocked him, used every excuse in the book...
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