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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  suspense  action-adventure  adult  book  fiction
  • Declan by Riley Edwards

    Declan by Riley Edwards

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Declan Crenshaw went from orphan, to Special Forces soldier, to the CIA’s golden child. Life was perfect—almost. He shouldn’t have pushed his luck and simply enjoyed the bounty fate had given him—a beautiful wife, sweet baby girl, and more love than he ever dreamed he’d know. Until a threat he never saw coming obliterated his world. His wife and child murdered...
  • Bear by Kris Michaels

    Bear by Kris Michaels

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    An explosive blast from the pastA former mission rears its head and places Bear McGowen in the middle of an impossible situation. His old friend is missing, but he left a trail to follow. As Bear investigates, the twisting turns of the past meld with the present investigation. It necessitates specialized help from his employer, Guardian Security...
  • Consent to Kill by Vince Flynn

    Consent to Kill by Vince Flynn

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    For years, Mitch Rapp's bold actions have saved the lives of countless Americans. He has killed with impunity, tortured to avert disaster, and shown he will do whatever it takes to prevent terrorists from fulfilling their bloody wishes. His battles for peace and freedom have made him a hero to many, and an enemy to countless more...
  • Last Target Standing by Jason Kasper

    Last Target Standing by Jason Kasper

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    After the largest terrorist attack in US history is narrowly foiled, the sole enemy survivor has only one name to provide his interrogators: Ghulam Samedi, a fugitive hiding in the rugged mountains of China’s Xinjiang Province.As part of the CIA’s newly-minted targeted killing program, David Rivers and his team are tasked with assassinating Samedi...
  • The Devil's Hand by Jack Carr

    The Devil's Hand by Jack Carr

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    It’s been 20 years since 9/11. Two decades since the United States was attacked on home soil and embarked on 20 years of war. The enemy has been patient, learning, and adapting. And the enemy is ready to strike again.A new president offers hope to a country weary of conflict. He’s a young, popular, self-made visionary…but he’s also a man with a secret...
  • Myles by Riley Edwards

    Myles by Riley Edwards

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Former Delta Operator Myles Simms doesn’t know when to quit. The concept so foreign to him he can’t give up on Delilah Watts. A woman he’s never met—a woman who might be the enemy yet he’s compelled to save her. Intel Specialist Delilah Watts never imagined sending an email would be deadly. Kidnapped and left to die, yet she regrets nothing...
  • Relentless by Mark Greaney

    Relentless by Mark Greaney

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    The Gray Man's search for missing intelligence agents plunges him deep into a maelstrom of trouble in the latest entry in the #1 New York Times bestselling series.The first agent disappearance was a puzzleThe second was a mysteryThe third was a conspiracyIntelligence operatives around the world are disappearing...
  • Desert Eagle by Alan Lee

    Desert Eagle by Alan Lee

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Book Five in the Sinatra series.Available for pre-order.Arriving late 2022...
  • 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  suspense  action-adventure  adult  book  fiction
  • 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  suspense  action-adventure  adult  book  fiction
  • Redeemer by Mark Dawson

    Redeemer by Mark Dawson

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    John Milton is in Rio de Janeiro to strike a couple of things off his bucket list. He’s staying with an old army friend who runs a private security company with a contract to protect government officials. When one of the bodyguards doesn’t turn up for work, Milton offers to stand in. The job is routine: take the wife and daughter of an anti-corruption judge to a school recital...
  • 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  suspense  action-adventure  adult  book  fiction
  • 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  suspense  action-adventure  adult  book  fiction
  • Prodigal Son by Gregg Hurwitz

    Prodigal Son by Gregg Hurwitz

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Forced into retirement, Evan Smoak gets an urgent request for help from someone he didn't even suspect existed.As a boy, Evan Smoak was pulled out of a foster home and trained in an off-the-books operation known as the Orphan Program. He was a government assassin, perhaps the best, known to a few insiders as Orphan X...
  • War Shadows by Brian Andrews, Jeffrey Wilson

    War Shadows by Brian Andrews, Jeffrey Wilson

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    John Dempsey, former Navy SEAL and Tier One operator, is back. Only a few months into his new life as an operative for Ember, the United States’ most covert counterterrorism entity, he must stop an old nemesis who’s resurfaced after ten years of operating in the shadows...
  • 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...
  • Total Mayhem by John Gilstrap

    Total Mayhem by John Gilstrap

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    In bestselling author John Gilstrap’s ticking time bomb of a thriller, freelance operative Jonathan Grave penetrates a terrorist cell to stop the detonation of total mayhem on home ground . . .   America is under fire. One by one, simultaneous terror attacks have left the country reeling. The perpetrators are former Special Forces operatives working for ISIS...
  • 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  suspense  action-adventure  adult  book  fiction
  • 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...
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    military  suspense  action-adventure  adult  book  fiction
  • 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...
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    military  suspense  action-adventure  adult  book  fiction
  • Jackson: Book 2 of a 3 book arc by Giulia Lagomarsino

    Jackson: Book 2 of a 3 book arc by Giulia Lagomarsino

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    This is the 14th book in the Reed Security Series and the 2nd book of a 3 book arc. The arc books need to be read in order and it is suggested that the rest of the series is read in order as well. Jackson Lewis saved Raegan Cartwright from a terrible situation and has been keeping her and her parents safe...
  • Jagged Edge by Cara Carnes

    Jagged Edge by Cara Carnes

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Mary “The Edge” Reynolds is the most sought-after back office operative around-the creative genius pulling the ultimate bad-asses out of impossible situations. She’s never failed on a mission, and she’s not about to fail on the most important mission ever-keeping her newly designed security system safe...
  • 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  suspense  action-adventure  adult  book  fiction
  • 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...
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    military  suspense  action-adventure  adult  book  fiction
  • Takedown by L.T. Ryan

    Takedown by L.T. Ryan

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Three CIA operatives missing.Jack Noble is nowhere to be found.And Bear Logan is pulled right back in.When three CIA operatives vanish in London, an acquaintance reaches out to Bear Logan. But as he delves deeper into the disappearance, he quickly finds that the rules don’t apply, and nothing is as it seems. And to solve the mystery, Bear has to trust the one man he thought he’d never face again...
  • Sleepers by Mark Dawson

    Sleepers by Mark Dawson

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    When a Russian defector is assassinated in a sleepy English seaside town, Group Fifteen agents John Milton and Michael Pope find themselves in a rush to uncover the culprits and bring them to justice.Their investigation leads them to Moscow and a confrontation with Directorate S, the agency responsible for seeding Russian sleeper agents around the world...
  • The New Guinea Job by Vince Milam

    The New Guinea Job by Vince Milam

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    When a mysterious client asks former Delta Force operator Case Lee to investigate a massive New Guinea gold discovery, the job quickly unravels into an incredible world of spies, terrorists, and tribal headhunters. Case—with a sense he’s being played—walks away from the entire mess. Until life-threatening events pull him back in. This time, he’s not taking any prisoners.A murdered wife...
  • Total Power by Kyle Mills, Vince Flynn

    Total Power by Kyle Mills, Vince Flynn

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    IN THE NEXT THRILLER IN THE NUMBER ONE 'NEW YORK TIMES' BEST-SELLING MITCH RAPP SERIES, IT'S A RACE AGAINST THE CLOCK WHEN ISIS TAKES OUT THE ENTIRE US POWER GRID AND THROWS THE COUNTRY INTO CHAOS.When Mitch Rapp captures ISIS's top technology expert, he reveals that he was on his way to meet a man who claims to have the ability to bring down America's power grid...
  • Duty of Care by J.C. Ryan

    Duty of Care by J.C. Ryan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    It's Rome. It's August. It's early morning. It's going to be a perfect day. Rex and Digger, his former military dog and best friend, are in Rome. They are at a trattoria not far from the famous Spanish Steps. Rex is hoping that Catia Romano, the woman he fell in love with four years ago, would make an appearance. It's been two years. Rex's memory stirs...
  • The Chaos Agent by Mark Greaney

    The Chaos Agent by Mark Greaney

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Artificial intelligence leads to shockingly real danger for the Gray Man in this latest entry in the #1 New York Times bestselling series.A car accident in Japan.A drowning in Seoul.A home invasion in Boston.Someone is killing the world’s leading experts on robotics and artificial intelligence...
  • Noble Vengeance by William Miller

    Noble Vengeance by William Miller

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    "As good as Mitch Rapp, Scot Harvath, and Kyle Achilles..." -EnzenauerJake Noble is Back... And Deadlier Than EverWhen a friend and former teammate goes missing while on assignment, Jake Noble takes the first plane to Mexico, determined to catch his friend's killer and exact revenge...
  • Time To Hunt by David Archer

    Time To Hunt by David Archer

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    NOTE: This book is part two of a two part mission. The first half of this mission can be found in part one, Balance of Power.Working in deep cover, Noah and the team are fully aware of the danger that surrounds them as they prepare for the most comprehensive mass elimination in E&E's history, but things may not be exactly as they seem...
  • Ransom by Chris Bradford

    Ransom by Chris Bradford

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    COMING MAY 2014With a successful high-profile assignment under his belt, Connor’s services are now in great demand. Maddox Sterling, the world famous Australian media mogul, hires him and fellow bodyguard Ling to protect his two children, Ella and Lilly. His daughter Ella has already been a kidnap victim and Mr Sterling will spare no expense in securing their safety...
  • Enemy of the State by Kyle Mills, Vince Flynn

    Enemy of the State by Kyle Mills, Vince Flynn

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    In the #1 New York Times bestselling series’ latest thriller, Mitch Rapp finds himself alone and targeted by a country that is supposed to be one of America’s closest allies.After 9/11, the United States made one of the most secretive and dangerous deals in its history. The evidence against the powerful Saudis who coordinated the attack would be buried...
  • The Sawtooth Job by Vince Milam

    The Sawtooth Job by Vince Milam

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The stakes couldn’t be higher. A mysterious discovery that would change the global balance of power.Two scientists become the world’s hottest commodity. One is captured, the other on the run.Enter Case Lee, with lethal spy organizations in hot pursuit. They quickly discover they’re messing with the wrong guy.It started with mystery and misdirection and shadowland fog...
  • Free Fall by Elle James

    Free Fall by Elle James

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    He pushes limits, tempting death…Former Green Beret, Matteo “Tayo” Perez is a risk-taking adrenalin junky with a load of survivor's guilt trying to find his way in a civilian world. He’s working in construction and moonlighting as a sky-diving instructor when he’s offered a position with Brotherhood Protectors Colorado. Glad to find a job utilizing his Army training, he accepts...
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    military  suspense  action-adventure  adult  book  fiction
  • Breaking Promises by Elle James

    Breaking Promises by Elle James

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Delta Force Operative Asher Gray otherwise known as “Smoke” is on temporary assignment to the American embassy in Jerusalem. Never one to get involved too deeply with the opposite sex, he finds he can’t keep his eyes or hands off the ambassador’s assistant who happens to be a trained bodyguard.Danica “Danny” Turner learned her fighting skills in the Army and then in the MMA arena...
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    military  suspense  action-adventure  adult  book  fiction
  • Landon by Dale Mayer

    Landon by Dale Mayer

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Landon, after a tough couple of years helping his navy buddy live out his last years, needed a break. Tracking a war dog named Chica to make sure it was okay sounded perfect. Especially being able to take his three chihuahuas with him...
    Categorized as:
    military  suspense  action-adventure  adult  book  fiction
  • Rick by Maryann Jordan

    Rick by Maryann Jordan

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    He wasn’t new to the job. He wasn’t new to her.Rick had worked for Lighthouse Security along with his brother and some of the best people he’d known when he got out of the SEALs.That’s when he met her… a co-worker’s sister. Sexy. Smart. And a CIA-op stationed in Egypt...
    Categorized as:
    military  suspense  action-adventure  adult  book  fiction
  • Lucian by Brooke Sivendra

    Lucian by Brooke Sivendra

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Sarquis’ portraits changed everything. James Thomas has the identity of the man hunting him, but there’s one problem… James can’t kill him until he has the code that will save Mak Ashwood’s life. And the man hunting him is the only one with the code.James must take him alive, but he can’t do that without resources. Resources he doesn’t currently have...
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    military  suspense  action-adventure  adult  book  fiction
  • Chris by Mary Kennedy

    Chris by Mary Kennedy

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Chris Paul and his team are headed to New Orleans to enjoy a little Mardi Gras with their friends from REAPER, but he never expects to meet the woman who makes his heart stop. Elizabeth Broussard is young, beautiful, intelligent, and completely innocent. When Chris touches her his body ignites in ways he never imagined...
  • Shadow of the Moon by J.M. Madden

    Shadow of the Moon by J.M. Madden

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Devlin Kreed used to be one of the best Navy SEAL snipers in the business. They called him Moon Devil, because he preferred to hunt his targets during the darkest part of the night.When he took out a high-value informant, his career was suddenly over. The Navy SEALs kicked him out the door as a liability. The op had been planned, though...
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    military  suspense  action-adventure  adult  book  fiction
  • Rory by Irish Winters

    Rory by Irish Winters

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Agent Rory Dennison is every woman’s dream. Tall, dark and Hollywood handsome, the ex-Marine scout sniper maintains a private life none of his teammates suspect. The TEAM is just a job. He intends to keep it that way—until assassins murder the father of the tiny Tibetan girl in his charge...
  • Up In Flames by Elle James

    Up In Flames by Elle James

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Former Army Ranger Chance Grayson takes chances like his name, he’s the wild child of the Grayson brothers. After his 4th tour to Afghanistan and Iraq, he left the military and returned home to Hellfire, TX. An adrenaline junky he’s afraid to slow down, afraid the memories of war will catch up. He rides a motorcycle and lives at the ranch when not at the fire station...
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    military  suspense  action-adventure  fiction  book  adult
  • Taming Keys by Khloe Wren

    Taming Keys by Khloe Wren

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    It’s the past that shapes a person into who they are destined to become.In 1993, Benjamin “Keys” Taylor had it all. A rewarding career with the Marie Corps and the love a good woman waiting at home, until a night out on shore leave sets in motion changes he never saw coming.Once back on home soil, he was unable to resist his need to see his woman, Donna...
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    suspense  military  action-adventure  fiction  book  adult
  • Power Play by Maddie Wade, India Kells

    Power Play by Maddie Wade, India Kells

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    For this warrior who endured the worst, failure is not an option to save the woman he loves.Nick Hale is a hero who served his country with pride, but the price he paid was higher than he ever could have imagined. While he was away fighting for freedom, his little sister was brutally slain by a serial killer...
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    suspense  military  action-adventure  fiction  book  adult
  • Delta Redemption by Elle Boon

    Delta Redemption by Elle Boon

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Jase had his life mapped out in front of him. He was the leader of SEAL Team Phantom and planned to continue moving up in the ranks, until he met his mentor’s daughter. Falling for Brooke Frazee wasn’t on his agenda, but from the moment he saw the Admiral’s daughter, all bets were off. Brooke’s life wasn’t always easy, but she dreamed of someday finding her happily ever after...
  • The Survivor by Vince Flynn, Kyle Mills

    The Survivor by Vince Flynn, Kyle Mills

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    The #1 New York Times bestselling novel that picks up where the “tight, right, and dynamite” (Star Tribune, Minneapolis) The Last Man left off, The Survivor is a no-holds-barred race to save America…and Mitch Rapp’s finest battle...
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