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  • Chasing Fortune by Brittney Sahin

    Chasing Fortune by Brittney Sahin

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Echo Team has a new addition—a K-9, and he’s in need of training . . .Eight-plus years as Echo Three and Chris Hunter is still as mission-focused as ever, continuing to fight for his country as part of a secretive team of operatives serving the President.When Chris decides to rescue a dog for the team, he soon discovers he and the guys are far from K-9 whisperers, and they need help...
  • Code Name: Aries by Janie Crouch

    Code Name: Aries by Janie Crouch

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    My code name is Aries.The stars say I’m aggressive, dominant, first in line to lead.The stars aren’t wrong.Zodiac Tactical is my company. It’s run by those I’ve chosen for their skills and ability to outmaneuver adversaries. We guard, protect, rescue…assist on the side of the angels.We eliminate the threat when nobody else can...
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    alpha-mc  crime  dark  female-mc  military  multi-pov  suspense  war
  • Love and Let Die by Lexi Blake

    Love and Let Die by Lexi Blake

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    Ian Taggart and the whole McKay-Taggart Security team return in Love and Let Die.   A Tragic Love Story   Charlotte Dennis’s mission was clear: distract and misdirect CIA operative Ian Taggart by any means necessary. If she failed, she would never see her sister again...
  • Touch & Geaux by Abigail Roux

    Touch & Geaux by Abigail Roux

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    After having their faces plastered across the news during a high-profile case, FBI Special Agents Ty Grady and Zane Garrett have become more useful to the Bureau posing for photo ops than working undercover. Just as Zane is beginning to consider retirement a viable option, Ty receives a distress call from a friend, leading them to a city rife with echoes from the past...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  angst  assassins  crime  dark  drama  military  multi-pov
  • You Only Love Twice by Lexi Blake

    You Only Love Twice by Lexi Blake

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Librarian's note: See alternate cover edition of ASIN B00M8LWHVO here.A woman on a mission Phoebe Graham is a specialist in deep cover espionage, infiltrating the enemy, observing their practices, and when necessary eliminating the threat. Her latest assignment is McKay-Taggart Security Services, staffed with former military and intelligence operatives...
  • On Her Master's Secret Service by Lexi Blake

    On Her Master's Secret Service by Lexi Blake

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    Librarian's note: See alternate cover edition of ASIN B00CRJXJ1O here.Her submission fulfilled herWhen Eve St. James married Alex McKay, she had her whole life ahead of her. They were the FBI’s golden couple by day, but by night Eve gave herself over to her husband’s world of Dominance and submission filled with pleasures she came to crave...
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    alpha-mc  angst  crime  dark  drama  female-mc  kidnapping  military
  • A View to a Thrill by Lexi Blake

    A View to a Thrill by Lexi Blake

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    A Spy without a CountrySimon Weston grew up royal in a place where aristocracy still mattered. Serving Queen and country meant everything to him, until MI6 marked him as damaged goods and he left his home in disgrace. Ian Taggart showed him a better way to serve his fellow man and introduced him to Sanctum, a place to pursue his passion for Dominance and submission...
  • Finding Justice by Brittney Sahin

    Finding Justice by Brittney Sahin

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    They say the truth will set you free--if it doesn't bury you first. As a Navy SEAL for a covert special ops team, Owen York has no time for relationships. But when he's forced to go on vacation, he finds himself falling for a sexy stranger, a woman who turns out to be linked not only to his latest assignment but to his past...
  • Maximus by Riley Edwards, Operation Alpha

    Maximus by Riley Edwards, Operation Alpha

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    What happens when a woman who’s done the unthinkable needs protection—can a man who’s lost his belief in humanity keep her safe? Max Brown doesn’t trust anyone but his team. The former SEAL learned early in life that people let you down—they lie, they steal, and they lie some more. Love is a word that is used to manipulate. Family is meaningless. Max is an island and he prefers it that way...
  • A Dead Man's Pulse by Samantha A. Cole

    A Dead Man's Pulse by Samantha A. Cole

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Marine First Sergeant Logan “Cowboy” Reese was rescued hours before he would’ve met the same fate as his five murdered teammates in Afghanistan. Returning to the US and civilian life hadn’t been part of his plans at this stage of his career, but dealing with PTSD forced his hand...
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    angst  dark  female-mc  forbidden-love  military  steamy  suspense  war
  • Sight Lines by Cara Carnes, Shauna Kruse

    Sight Lines by Cara Carnes, Shauna Kruse

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    They took her best friend. Now she’s taking them down. Viviana “Quillery” Chambers has one mission: find the people behind Hive’s betrayal and take them down. She and her best friend are the most sought after back office operatives around. She’ll stop at nothing to keep her new team and family at The Arsenal safe...
  • Veils: A Killers Novel Book 4  (The Killers) by Brynne Asher

    Veils: A Killers Novel Book 4 (The Killers) by Brynne Asher

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    “Give me a memory, Noah.” That’s what she said … the woman who rendered me stupid in the shadows at a wedding reception. I did everything I could to figure her out. She wore more veils of armor than I’ve seen in a lifetime. On the outside, she was strong and self-assured. But within those beautiful, guarded blues? She was laced with vulnerability and grief. We had one night...
  • Surviving the Fall by Brittney Sahin

    Surviving the Fall by Brittney Sahin

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Gone was the man Jake Summers had become; in his place, there were only questions...After having been abducted from an FBI operation, Jake Summers wakes up the victim of an explosion in London a week later. He is perhaps the sole witness to the start of a massive terrorist plot, but his memory of the event — and of the last twelve years of his life — have been erased...
  • Absolving His Sins by Samantha A. Cole

    Absolving His Sins by Samantha A. Cole

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The book Trident Security fans have been waiting for! The huntress has become the hunted, in more ways than one. Jordyn Alvarez works for the United States government—a fact no one in authority will admit. She does Uncle Sam’s dirty work. Some might call her an agent, but few know her real title—Assassin...
  • Tickle His Fancy by Samantha A. Cole

    Tickle His Fancy by Samantha A. Cole

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    All around him, Brody ‘Egghead’ Evans’ Trident Security teammates have fallen in love and gotten their happily ever after. Ironically, they had always thought the charismatic Dominant would be the first one to fall—not the last...
  • Chief by Kris Michaels, Digitally Imagined

    Chief by Kris Michaels, Digitally Imagined

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Cloaked in the identity of David Xavier, a billionaire player in multiple world theaters, Mike White Horse worked to enter the Russian Mafia’s lair, by stalking a shadowy creature named "The Concierge." The Russian woman brokered young innocents into slavery, and Mike meant to destroy her and the organization she worked for...
  • Jewell by Kris Michaels, Digitally Imagined

    Jewell by Kris Michaels, Digitally Imagined

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Obsessive. Toxic. Ice Princess. Witch. Jewell King ignored the epithets slung at her behind her back. Hell, after six, or was it seven, personal security officers asked to be reassigned rather than continue to guard her 24/7, maybe she deserved the names. She didn't care. Good riddance. Well..
  • Last Day of My Life by Lani Lynn Vale

    Last Day of My Life by Lani Lynn Vale

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Her She’s the definition of lost. Doesn't know her name? Check. Cruelly beaten within an inch of her life? Check. No memory of anything that's happened since she woke up from that beating? Check. Losing a child she doesn't remember conceiving? Check. She hasn't felt anything but lost in a very long time. Then an old biker tells her danger is on the horizon...
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    alpha-mc  angst  crime  dark  drama  female-mc  kidnapping  military
  • A Dom is Forever by Lexi Blake

    A Dom is Forever by Lexi Blake

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    Librarian's note: See alternate cover edition of ASIN B00A648XZO here.A Man with a Past…Liam O’Donnell fled his native Ireland years ago after one of his missions ended in tragedy and he is accused of killing several of his fellow agents. Shrouded in mystery, Liam can’t remember that fateful night...
  • Tinderbox by Rachel Grant

    Tinderbox by Rachel Grant

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    In the volatile tinderbox of the Horn of Africa, Morgan Adler has made the paleoanthropological find of a lifetime. The discovery brings her to the attention of a warlord eager to claim both Morgan and the fossils, forcing her to make a desperate dash to the nearby US military base to beg for protection. Master Sergeant Pax Blanchard has orders to intercept Dr...
  • Joseph by Kris Michaels

    Joseph by Kris Michaels

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Ember Harris has sworn to save lives. Joseph King is an assassin. Death is their common ground, only they stand on opposing sides. A dead man’s plea pushes Dr. Ember Harris headfirst into a swirling mire of drugs, death and political corruption. The Cartel boss who murdered Ember’s friend will stop at nothing to get the information entrusted to her...
  • Zero Trace by Cara Carnes

    Zero Trace by Cara Carnes

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Don’t get noticed. Zoey “Zero D” Danson thought it was an easy rule to follow. For years she toiled in cubicle 12A of the NSA’s data farm compiling security briefings and Intelligence reports. But she put her neck on the line and burned a dirty government operation to keep a covert ops team alive. Now she’s “one of them.” She’s not a nameless, faceless civilian anymore...
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    alpha-mc  dark  female-mc  kidnapping  military  steamy  suspense  war
  • Riot by Tillie Cole

    Riot by Tillie Cole

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Stolen by the Arziani Georgian crime mob as a child, 152 was raised and conditioned to be a Mona—the most subservient of the Arziani Blood Pit slaves.Gorgeous and kind, she has been and under the imprisoning influence of the Type B drug and under the command of the Blood Pit Master’s sister, Mistress Arziani, for most of her life, until the Master calls her back home to Georgia...
  • Broken by J.L. Drake

    Broken by J.L. Drake

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    My name is Savannah Miller. My father is the mayor of New York. One day after my twenty-seventh birthday I was grabbed from behind. A cloth sack was quickly pulled over my head, and I was taken from everything I’d ever known. I was beaten, starved, treated like an animal, and forced to live in a room with no windows...
  • Watching from the Shadows by Samantha A. Cole

    Watching from the Shadows by Samantha A. Cole

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The Sexy Six-Pack is back! Retired Navy SEAL, Marco DeAngelis, is now an operative at Trident Security. He’s also a Dominant in the BDSM lifestyle. After a poor childhood, he is determined to stay single and childless for the rest of his life. But unbeknownst to him, one night of shared grief and comfort with his deceased sister’s best friend changes that forever...
  • The General by Jessica Gadziala

    The General by Jessica Gadziala

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Everyone in Navesink Bank knows about Senator Ericsson’s son, his wife, and the story that hit headlines that eventually led to one of the Mallick boys going to jail for assault. What became of that woman after being coerced into lying on the stand was unknown. That was until late one night when a phone rang in the offices of Quinton Baird & Associates...
  • FREE - A Black Ops Romance by Riley Edwards

    FREE - A Black Ops Romance by Riley Edwards

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    He was my first love… I wanted him to follow his dreams. I wanted him to escape the life he hated. I thought I was doing the right thing by not telling him how I truly felt. Until it was too late, and my silence turned into my biggest regret. Twelve years ago, Shane Owings died, taking my heart with him. I was left devastated and broken hearted...
  • To the Xtreme by Em Petrova

    To the Xtreme by Em Petrova

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    n the Alaskan wilderness, meeting their match takes on more than one meaning.Special Operative and second-in-command for the Xtreme Ops team, Harris Lipton, aka Lip, finds himself sidelined after an accident. While laid up, locating a loony in the national forest won’t be easy, especially by shooting off text messages instead of bullets...
  • Shattered by J.L. Drake

    Shattered by J.L. Drake

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    After witnessing the murder of her lover and the heartbreaking loss of their unborn child, Savannah wants to end it all. Then she is given a second chance at love. Sadly, even when life hands you second chances it doesn’t always follow that things will work out the way you want them to. Some lies can just be too painful to move on from. What’s worse than being Broken? Shattered.
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    alpha-mc  angst  crime  dark  drama  kidnapping  military  multi-pov
  • Highway Don't Care by Lani Lynn Vale

    Highway Don't Care by Lani Lynn Vale

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Her Snark. Jokes. Attitude. These were all things I used to disguise the hole in my heart. I'm not a happy person. I don't live life. I just exist. That is until that beautiful man rides in on his Harley Fat Boy and burns rubber on the way into my heart. Him My life's been no hayride either. Everyone I've ever loved in life has died or betrayed me. So I stay back and watch...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  angst  crime  dark  drama  female-mc  kidnapping  military
  • Protecting Cheyenne by Susan Stoker

    Protecting Cheyenne by Susan Stoker

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Living in Southern California, Cheyenne was used to seeing hot military men as she went about her daily business. An anonymous encounter at the grocery store cemented her crush on one such man. He was big, built, and incredibly easy on the eyes, but it wasn't as if he would ever really notice her. Always in control of any situation, Faulkner “Dude” Cooper knows explosives...
  • Dream Keeper by Kristen Ashley

    Dream Keeper by Kristen Ashley

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Spinning off from the bestselling Dream Man and Rock Chick series, this is the emotional and steamy contemporary romance fans of the Dream Team series have been waiting for!Pepper Hannigan is determined to keep any romance off the table—and out of her bedroom—while her daughter Juno is still young...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  angst  crime  dark  drama  female-mc  kidnapping  military
  • Paths: A Killers Novel, Book 2 by Brynne Asher

    Paths: A Killers Novel, Book 2 by Brynne Asher

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Maya Augustine needed to disappear—her life depended on it. When her path led her to the middle-of-nowhere Virginia, she found the perfect place to hide. A woman on the run, Maya had no business befriending anyone, let alone allowing herself to become involved with a man … especially after her last experience...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  assassins  crime  dark  drama  female-mc  military  multi-pov
  • Black Out by Lynn Raye Harris

    Black Out by Lynn Raye Harris

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Book 3 in the Black's Bandits series! This book is about Colt and Angie...
  • Liam by LeAnn Ashers

    Liam by LeAnn Ashers

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Paisley I met Liam when I was sixteen years old. There was something about him that tempted me to break all the rules. I was enthralled by his bad boy ways, but I knew there was so much more to him—a side of Liam that he didn’t allow people to see. Little did I know, he’d save me on what could’ve been the worst day of my life. At that point, there was no going back. He was my everything...
  • This is the End, Baby by K. Webster

    This is the End, Baby by K. Webster

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    ***This is the seventh and final book in the series. First six books must be read in order to fully understand this story line. THIS STORY IS A NOVELLA AND SHORTER THAN THE REST.*** They say the king is the most powerful piece on the board. However, they haven’t met me. This queen knows all the rules. She plays the game better than him...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  angst  anti-hero  crime  dark  drama  multi-pov  steamy
  • Waiting For Him by Samantha A. Cole

    Waiting For Him by Samantha A. Cole

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The Sexy Six-Pack returns with more teamwork, more suspense, and, most of all, more hot and steamy romance! Twelve years ago, eighteen-year-old Ben 'Boomer' Michaelson's world had fallen apart. Not only had his best friend, Alex Maier, been killed, but Alex's family had perished as well, including his seventeen-year-old sister, Katerina...
  • Ghost: A Linear Tactical Romantic Suspense Standalone by Janie Crouch

    Ghost: A Linear Tactical Romantic Suspense Standalone by Janie Crouch

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Everyone eventually breaks under torture. It’s a truth elite solider and government agent Dorian Lindstrom, codename Ghost, knows firsthand. His body may have recovered from what was done to him in that Afghani prison six years ago, but his mind…not quite so much.He’s seeing dead people.Grace Brandt, government codename Wraith, knows her past can’t be forgiven...
  • Sweetest Sorrow by J.M. Darhower

    Sweetest Sorrow by J.M. Darhower

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Dante Galante has evaded death a few times in his life, but held captive in a sweltering basement, he's certain that death has finally caught up to him. Bloody and barely breathing, he tries to stay strong, but there's only so much a man can endure before darkness takes over. As a critical care nurse, Gabriella Russo witnesses suffering often...
  • Hot Shot by Lynn Raye Harris

    Hot Shot by Lynn Raye Harris

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    **AVAILABLE TODAY!!** Cool under pressure… Until now. Hostile Operations Team sniper Jack “Hawk” Hunter is cool, methodical, and utterly lethal. Nothing rattles Jack’s calm. But that was before he learned he fathered a child three years ago—a child who has just been kidnapped. Gina Domenico is a superstar, a pop sensation with a string of hit records...
  • His Angel by Samantha A. Cole

    His Angel by Samantha A. Cole

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The 'Sexy Six-Pack' is back! The men of Trident Security are ex- Navy SEALs, hardened warriors with hearts of gold. Angelina 'Angie' Beckett has been waiting a long time for Mister Right. Unfortunately, all her boyfriends have turned out to be Mr. Wrong. None of them have been able to hold her interest for long and give her what she craves in a relationship...
  • Link'd Up by Harley Stone

    Link'd Up by Harley Stone

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    President Tyler “Link” Lincoln of the Dead Presidents MC, runs a club dedicated to helping military vets readjust to society. When his sergeant at arms is arrested for the attempted murder of a prominent Seattle figure, Link’s search for a lawyer brave enough to fight for justice leads him to an alluring defense attorney with a bleeding heart and a steel backbone...
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    alpha-mc  crime  female-mc  military  multi-pov  steamy  suspense  war
  • Hot SEAL by Lynn Raye Harris

    Hot SEAL by Lynn Raye Harris

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Sex with the ex… It shouldn’t be this good the second time around. Navy SEAL Dane “Viking” Erikson has sworn off women—or at least he’s sworn off one woman: DEA Agent Ivy McGill. His ex-wife. But when they’re forced to work together on a critical military mission, Dane can’t help but notice how the one woman he shouldn’t want is the only one he can’t stop thinking about...
  • Scarlett Red by P.T. Michelle

    Scarlett Red by P.T. Michelle

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    New York Times, USA Today, and International Bestselling series!Mister Black swept in and out of my life like a tornado, leaving me twisted up and forever changed in his wake.And now that my life is finally back on track, I need to move on, despite the many reminders of our time together...
  • Enemy Hold by Alex Lidell

    Enemy Hold by Alex Lidell

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Liam will protect Jaz with his life. But what if he is her greatest threat?As a child, Liam Rowen couldn’t protect his family. Now, the former SEAL runs a top-notch security firm. So when an extremist group threatens his best friend’s little sister, Jaz, Liam will pull out all stops to keep her safe. Whether Jaz likes it or not...
  • The Protective SEAL by Katie Knight, Leslie North

    The Protective SEAL by Katie Knight, Leslie North

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Jack Williams has never felt so lost. For him, being a Navy SEAL wasn’t just a job, it was a way of life. Protecting people had always been his strength, until a career-ending injury forced him into retirement. He’s struggling to start over when he stumbles across a car in a ditch, springing him back into action. Only this is no random citizen in distress...
  • Wicked Sexy by J.T. Geissinger

    Wicked Sexy by J.T. Geissinger

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    A badass ex-Special Ops officer and a smartass hacker fight a dangerous enemy…and a blistering attraction to each other. Connor Hughes is an ex-special ops officer, CEO of Metrix Security, and bonafide badass. His private security firm is renowned for its effectiveness. He’s renowned for his lethal precision and iron self-control...
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    alpha-mc  angst  anti-hero  crime  dark  drama  female-mc  kidnapping
  • Drifter by Janine Infante Bosco

    Drifter by Janine Infante Bosco

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    "Stryker" I’m a drifter. A man born to ride through this world alone. There used to be a time when I thought I was the rescuing type. I enlisted in the Marines and made it my duty—I was going to save lives. I was going to be a true American hero. But God had another plan. Or maybe Satan did. For everything I touch finds mortality. I’m no hero. I’m nothing...
  • Falling Under by Lisa Renee Jones, Lucy Rivers

    Falling Under by Lisa Renee Jones, Lucy Rivers

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Ex-special forces Jacob King is a man who keeps to himself, having learned the hard way that letting people close to you, trusting them, might just get you killed. A lesson he learned when members of his Special Ops team turned dirty while others, men he considered friends, died. He made them pay. He made them hurt. He put them in jail. And so he doesn't trust anyone anymore...
  • Savage Love by Lisa Renee Jones, Jason Clarke

    Savage Love by Lisa Renee Jones, Jason Clarke

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    They say all is fair in love and war, but I really don't give a damn about fair. In fact, when protecting those I love, fair is the last thing on my mind. Now that I'm back in Candace's life, those who have used her to try to control me may well put up a final fight, but they will not win. They will lose and badly...
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