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  • 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...
  • Inevitable Disclosure by Nicky James

    Inevitable Disclosure by Nicky James

    Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Quaid is adrift in MPU. With his partner on extended leave, he’s alone and unsure if he wants to continue working on missing persons cases now that his sister’s case is closed. When the missing teen he’s been seeking for a week turns up dead, it’s the icing on the cake.Maybe it’s time to explore a different career path...
  • Unstable Connections by Nicky James, Nick J. Russo

    Unstable Connections by Nicky James, Nick J. Russo

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Missing children are reappearing, and ties to a thirty-year-old cold case can’t be ignored.Between his shaky, brand-new relationship with reformed office playboy Detective Aslan Doyle, his sister’s case going from cold to hot overnight, his father insisting on being involved, and his boss breathing down his neck, Detective Quaid Valor is on edge...
  • A Shameless Little Con by Meli Raine

    A Shameless Little Con by Meli Raine

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    I didn’t do it. I never betrayed my friend. Last year, I was kidnapped along with presidential candidate’s daughter Lindsay Bosworth, forced to help her assailants, my mother implicated in one of the biggest political scandals in American history. I've been cleared of any wrongdoing, but that doesn’t matter. Once you’re tried by the media, you’re guilty as sin...
  • The Hatter's Game, Part II by Cole McCade

    The Hatter's Game, Part II by Cole McCade

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    ABOUT THIS EPISODE Malcolm Khalaji is missing. And Seong-Jae Yoon is the only one who can find him. But to do so means walking paths he swore he would never tread again. Descending into the blackest hallways of a twisted and sadistic mind. Breaking down every wall he's ever built around himself, to try to predict what Sila will do next...
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    angst  crime  dark  drama  lgbtq  mlm  suspense  action-adventure
  • Serve 'N' Protect by Tee O'Fallon

    Serve 'N' Protect by Tee O'Fallon

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Ambushed and left for dead, U.S. Secret Service K-9 Officer Markus York is on the mend and laying low in a safe house while his team tracks down his attacker. But Markus isn’t good at sitting still. Even with his K-9, Ghost, for company, he gets restless and decides now is the perfect time to do some repairs around the house…and inadvertently tears open his wounds...
  • A Shameless Little Lie by Meli Raine

    A Shameless Little Lie by Meli Raine

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I did it. I admit it.I fell in love with Silas. My bodyguard. My protector.My new informant.We’re playing a cat-and-mouse game. I’m not sure whether I’m the cat or the mouse, but I can definitely tell I’m in a trap.A trap with no way out.I’m not who everyone thought I was. The truth is out there, finally turning the lie about me inside out. I am the shameless little lie...
  • Even Odds by Fiona Quinn

    Even Odds by Fiona Quinn

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Double crossedDouble agentsDoubling down……She’s putting her heart and her life on the line.Raine Meyers is only alive today because of the heroic efforts of the Delta Force Echo Team. It’s time to pay that debt.As an undercover defense intelligence officer, Raine tracks a Russian threat to the Delta Force wives left vulnerable while their husbands are downrange protecting the U.S...
  • Ivy's Delta by Elle James

    Ivy's Delta by Elle James

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    After years of resisting his teammates’ good intentions, big, bad and cranky Delta Force soldier, Magnus “Duff” McCormick, agrees to a blind date. Memories of his wife who died on their honeymoon derail his date with the beautiful redhead his friends introduce him to. When his date is attacked and almost stolen away, Duff comes to the rescue and sticks to her like glue, memories be damned...
  • Colder Than Sin by Toni Anderson

    Colder Than Sin by Toni Anderson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Hostage Negotiators can talk themselves out of anything—except falling in love. Top FBI negotiator Quentin Savage is hurled into his worst nightmare when a terrorist attack on a luxury hotel propels him from esteemed keynote speaker to powerless captive...
  • Devil's Hour by Aimee Nicole Walker

    Devil's Hour by Aimee Nicole Walker

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Devil’s hour, noun: the hour when the demon or devil who leads hell is at its strongest. Born on the wrong side of the tracks, Royce Locke is no stranger to scrapping and fighting for the things he wants. What he desires most is Sawyer Key—his partner on the force and the man he’s falling in love with...
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    angst  crime  drama  enemies-to-lovers  lgbtq  military  mlm  suspense
  • The Hitman's Guide to Staying Alive Despite Past Mistakes by Alice Winters

    The Hitman's Guide to Staying Alive Despite Past Mistakes by Alice Winters

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    JacksonNow that Leland’s decided to give up his life as a hitman and take a walk on the mild side, we’ve been enjoying a simple life of taking down bad guys the legal way. I didn’t know he would be just as reckless as a PI, but it’s not my fault if I happen to enjoy helping him hunt down the occasional criminal...
  • Stars by Tal Bauer

    Stars by Tal Bauer

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I have looked to the stars my whole life… For two years, Sasha Andreyev has been in NASA astronaut training, the final step on his lifelong dream. During that time, he and Russian President Sergey Puchkov have kept their love hidden. But as graduation nears, secrets start to slip, and Sergey makes a dangerous trip to Houston for a weekend with Sasha...
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    angst  crime  dark  lgbtq  military  mlm  politics  suspense
  • Chokehold by K.A. Merikan

    Chokehold by K.A. Merikan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    --- The ugliest truths blossom into the prettiest lies. ---A year into the relationship with Domenico, Seth still wants him as desperately as ever. Nothing is better than being intoxicated with lust for his deadly man and feeling his steady hands all over.No matter the misunderstandings, the fights... The crash. The burn...
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    angst  assassins  crime  dark  drama  lgbtq  mlm  political-intrigue
  • Hide & Seek by Nicole Edwards

    Hide & Seek by Nicole Edwards

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    With the holidays nearing, Brantley Walker and Reese Tavoularis are getting settled, both personally and professionally. For Reese, dealing with Brantley’s about-face regarding the size of the task force is easy. It’s meeting the parents that he’s worried about...
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    crime  lgbtq  military  mlm  outlaws  suspense  action-adventure  adult
  • Final Lover by Jocelynn Drake

    Final Lover by Jocelynn Drake

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Two assassins meet, don’t kill each other, and fall in love. It’s happily ever after, right? Not so fast. Reformed mercenaries Justin Mallory and Gabriel Prescott have taken the big leap of living together. They’re even working together. But “one last job” has them taking a falsely accused man and his young son into their home for safe keeping...
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    angst  assassins  crime  drama  enemies-to-lovers  lgbtq  military  mlm
  • The Bait by N.R. Walker

    The Bait by N.R. Walker

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When three men turn up in their sleepy little town of Tallowwood, Harry and Asher know something’s wrong. Not because someone could find them, but the fact that Asher’s informant and oldest friend, Yunho, failed to alert them. Messages and phone calls unanswered; Harry and Asher go to Thailand to find Yunho is missing...
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    mlm  military  crime  suspense  lgbtq  dark  angst  assassins
  • Vengeful Lover by Jocelynn Drake

    Vengeful Lover by Jocelynn Drake

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Every assassin has an exit strategy – their ultimate plan for leaving that dangerous life and disappearing. They just never expect to live long enough to enact it. Gabriel Prescott was no different. But everything changed when he met fellow mercenary Justin Mallory. Now he’s racing across Europe with Justin to put to rest old threats before they can end both their lives...
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    angst  assassins  crime  drama  enemies-to-lovers  lgbtq  military  mlm
  • Disrupted Engagement by Nicky James

    Disrupted Engagement by Nicky James

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    The ring has been bought, and all Aslan has to do is create the perfect setup for a proposal. No problem. Nothing to it. Quaid deserves the best, and he plans to deliver.After choreographing a romantic evening to officially pop the question, Aslan is ready.But things don’t go as planned, and the evening is ruined. Quaid’s insecurities rear their ugly head, making him suspicious...
  • The Hero She Craves by Anna Hackett

    The Hero She Craves by Anna Hackett

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The last thing he expects on his ship is the off-limits woman he can’t stop thinking about—his best friend’s daughter.After a tough military career as a Navy SEAL, and a member of a covert Ghost Ops team, Lorenzo “Ren” Santoro now calls a research ship home. The ocean, very few people, and solitude…it’s all he needs...
  • Reckless Trust by Nyssa Kathryn

    Reckless Trust by Nyssa Kathryn

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    It’s a long-awaited homecoming…but not everyone’s happy about her return. Five years ago, Tilly Taylor’s father did something that cost her everything. Her home. Her friends. And all the trust she’d ever earned. Now she’s back, and ready to prove to everyone that she’s nothing like Martin Taylor. Unfortunately, the small town of Misty Peak doesn’t forgive or forget so easily...
  • Innocence Lost by C.J. Bishop

    Innocence Lost by C.J. Bishop

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Axel and Kane’s families and friends struggle to adjust to the men’s absence, each consumed by fear of what has become of them as they search for clues that will identify the abductors...
  • Gilded Agony by K.A. Merikan

    Gilded Agony by K.A. Merikan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    “We are two halves of the same rotten apple.”Deep in the Amazonian jungle, there is a mansion with a rose garden and a hen house where juicy tomatoes are the perfect shade of red, and marble countertops glisten.Inside, where even the shadows don’t reach, something is rotting, and the perfect facade can only hold the stench for so long...
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    angst  assassins  crime  dark  drama  lgbtq  mlm  political-intrigue
  • Bloodbath by K.A. Merikan

    Bloodbath by K.A. Merikan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    “I don’t even know who I am anymore.” “All you need to know is that you’re mine.” Seth would follow Domenico to the depths of hell. He promised to always be at Domenico’s side. But hell becomes all too real when they infiltrate the world of Toro - a notoriously security-obsessed arms dealer, who has eyes and ears everywhere...
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    angst  assassins  crime  dark  drama  enemies-to-lovers  lgbtq  mlm
  • Swamp Blood by K.A. Merikan

    Swamp Blood by K.A. Merikan

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    --- Faking their own death was the easy part. ---After months of recovering from his injuries, Seth struggles with who he has become. Afloat in a reality he never planned, he tries to find the lost pieces of himself again. Find the purpose, motivation, and strength to get back into shape. He is sick and tired of being a burden for Domenico, who seems to have it all together...
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    angst  assassins  crime  dark  drama  enemies-to-lovers  lgbtq  mlm
  • Kairo's Billionaire by Jocelynn Drake

    Kairo's Billionaire by Jocelynn Drake

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Kidnapped.Someone of his skill should not have been kidnapped at all. Let alone so easily.But when Kairo Jones wakes up halfway around the world with a reclusive billionaire begging for his help, the mercenary knows he can’t say no.He also knows that he might be in over his head...
  • When Death Frees the Devil by L.J. Hayward

    When Death Frees the Devil by L.J. Hayward

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Ethan is finally free. He’s left the Cabal behind and embraced a civilian life with Jack, the man he loves. The only problem is that the Cabal isn’t willing to let him go. A call in the middle of the night and a threat to Jack’s family, and Ethan is back in the game. The only way out is to take on the organization that spent years warping his life...
  • A Shameless Little Bet by Meli Raine

    A Shameless Little Bet by Meli Raine

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    How do I prove a negative? I need to prove Jane is innocent, despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary.  Mirrors, smoke, and lies can conjure a truth that isn't real. Money, bribes, and power can twist reality. What we call proof is all an elaborate magic act.  So is love...
  • Devil in the Details by L.J. Hayward

    Devil in the Details by L.J. Hayward

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    If there’s one thing assassin Ethan Blade knows, it’s how to plan a job. How to study a target, find the weak spot, and strike. He keeps his guns clean, his knives sharp, and his heart sealed away behind more locks than his precious cars. Alone but safe. Until Jack Reardon burrowed his way into Ethan’s life, his car, and his heart. This may just be the deadliest mess he can’t plan his way out of...
  • Accidental Lover by Jocelynn Drake

    Accidental Lover by Jocelynn Drake

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Time for the younger generation to make its mark!Alexei is determined to prove to his beloved uncles, Justin and Gabriel, that he’s got what it takes to follow in their accomplished footsteps. It’s just that this new target is a little more than he bargained for.No worries. Maybe he’d just show this old dog that he knows plenty of fun tricks...
  • Soul on Fire by Tal Bauer

    Soul on Fire by Tal Bauer

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A deadly virus burns through the jungle, leaving nothing but corpses in its wake. Everyone flees from the outbreak—except for the terrorists intent on weaponizing the catastrophe. Lieutenant Elliot Davis, US Navy SEAL, is sent to rescue CIA officers from their clandestine base in Goma, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and evacuate them out of the country...
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    mlm  military  crime  lgbtq  suspense  angst  dark  drama
  • Save Me by Ariana Nash

    Save Me by Ariana Nash

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The third and final book in the outstanding mafia/priest MM Forgive Me series. Vitari Angelini knows selling a cache of Battaglia guns to a drug lord is not what Francis would call legal, but he’ll never find out. Besides, it’s for a good cause: Francis’s happy ever after...
  • Why the Devil Stalks Death by L.J. Hayward

    Why the Devil Stalks Death by L.J. Hayward

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Jack Reardon uncovers secrets for a living, and the Meta-State spy is pretty good at it. Or rather he thought so until he met Ethan Blade—assassin, warrior, enigma. The unlikely pair have decided to give living together a shot, but Jack’s not entirely certain what he’s gotten himself into—or exactly who he’s in it with...
  • Play Dirty by Onley James, Neve Wilder

    Play Dirty by Onley James, Neve Wilder

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    “When you talk, chaos follows and I forget who I am.” Madigan has spent his life indulging in the world’s most hedonistic pursuits, his skills as a sharpshooting killer-for-hire paying his way.Azrael, an assassin referred to as the angel of death, is a chemist and a loner, his poisons as lethal as they are undetectable...
  • Diverted by Lori Matthews

    Diverted by Lori Matthews

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    "I couldn't put it down. I read the whole book in one setting." From the bestselling author of the Callahan Security Series. A steamy enemies to lovers, military, second chance, protector romance...
  • The Elias Network by Simon Gervais

    The Elias Network by Simon Gervais

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Mr. & Mrs. Smith meets political thriller in this heart-pounding series debut about two undercover flames whose new mission risks exposing their true identities to the world…and, worse, each other.Caspian Anderson is a translator for the United Nations—or so he’s led everyone to believe...
  • Forbidden Lover by Jocelynn Drake

    Forbidden Lover by Jocelynn Drake

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Devlin Relic was off limits.The sweet man had already lost a husband and nearly lost his life when someone put a contract on his head last year.He needed to focus on raising his adopted son and finding a nice, normal man.Kai was anything but nice and normal.He was an assassin, and that did not fit into Dev’s neat and tidy life...
  • Guns n' Boys: Unshaken by K.A. Merikan

    Guns n' Boys: Unshaken by K.A. Merikan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    “You can never understand what this man has done to me, for me, and with me.” Seven years. Domenico and Seth have been together for seven years. After trudging through blood, tears, fights, and painful compromises, they’ve finally arrived at a point where every day doesn’t feel like it could be their last...
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    angst  assassins  crime  dark  drama  lgbtq  mlm  outlaws
  • Suspicion's Fire: Trinity Masters: The Mafia, Book 1 by Mari Carr, Lila Dubois

    Suspicion's Fire: Trinity Masters: The Mafia, Book 1 by Mari Carr, Lila Dubois

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    An arranged marriage is already quite dramatic, especially with two grooms. When a bomb goes off at the wedding reception, Gabriella Torres is left wondering who exactly she just married.This might have been an assassination attempt aimed at her new husband Vincente, the security minister for Castile...
  • Erik's Redemption by Nyssa Kathryn

    Erik's Redemption by Nyssa Kathryn

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The difference between delight and devastation…a single moment.Until recently, Hannah Jacobs thought she was living. One look at her new neighbor, and she knows she was simply surviving. Going through her days hiding behind a mask, similar to the broken man next door. Together, they slowly realize they want more…happiness, love, a future...
  • Stay by Taylor McNiff

    Stay by Taylor McNiff

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Years ago, Caleb Fitzgerald lost the love of his life. He's never been interested in finding a second one. He's also never been interested in dealing with an annoyingly happy neighbor with too much energy and a seemingly dedicated commitment to be the bane of his existence. Owen Thompson doesn't much care what Fitz wants. He cares about what Fitz needs...
  • Deadly Lover: Special Edition by Jocelynn Drake

    Deadly Lover: Special Edition by Jocelynn Drake

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    New Expanded Content for Deadly Lover!Justin Mallory is an assassin. But he’s really a good guy.He has years of bad decisions to make up for, starting with agreeing to join the CIA after being recruited out of the Marines. No reason to add more black marks to his soul.Now he chooses the jobs and he works always alone. It’s safer that way, and he can make sure the good guy always wins...
  • Armor: A Firsts and Forever Series Novella by Alexa Land

    Armor: A Firsts and Forever Series Novella by Alexa Land

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Dante Dombruso has always been his family’s armor. It’s his job to keep them safe. But he feels he failed them eighteen months ago, when a mysterious arsonist set a fire intended to wipe the Dombrusos off the map. Now Dante is driven to make things right, yet with each day that passes, the trail grows colder and his frustration increases...
  • The Reaper by Silvia Violet

    The Reaper by Silvia Violet

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A marine. An assassin. A fine line between love and hate.I’ve seen too much death as a marine and the son of a mafia boss’s stooge. I finally have a chance to do what I’ve always wanted: raise horses.The catch: My brother’s ranch is also a safehouse for men the police would never protect.TJ, our first client, is a hot AF mafia assassin who doesn’t take no for an answer...
  • Enticed by the Enemy by Leighton Greene

    Enticed by the Enemy by Leighton Greene

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    He’s an FBI profiler who’s half my age. Contact between us is forbidden. But I can’t stay away from him.As the Morelli Underboss, I'm the Family problem-solver. So when a task force blames the Morellis for a series of murders in Central Park, it's up to me to restore our reputation...
  • Seduced by a Sinner by Leighton Greene

    Seduced by a Sinner by Leighton Greene

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    He’s innocent. He’s chaste. He’s promised to God. And he’s more temptation than I can handle.I’m supposed to guard the Boss's husband, but I just can’t keep my eyes off his best friend, Aidan O’Leary.Watching him.Wanting him.Knowing I can never have him.Aidan is pure in body and soul. He’s about to be ordained as a priest. Me? I’m going to burn for the things I’ve done...
  • Enemy Combatant by Cara Dee

    Enemy Combatant by Cara Dee

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The Renegades #2 • Romantic Suspense • Stockholm Syndrome • Hurt Comfort • Action • MM“The best intelligence is the knowledge that your enemy doesn’t know you have.”Crew Finlay’s ego had taken a hit or two. He couldn’t lie. As a Marine, he’d been one of the best. As a private military contractor, he’d…messed up a bit. Or failed spectacularly. Whatever...
  • Chrysalis by S.E. Harmon

    Chrysalis by S.E. Harmon

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A gunshot to the head is bad enough. Waking up with amnesia is far worse. I learn that the hard way when I wake up in the hospital, my memory practically wiped. I don’t know why someone wants me dead. Hell, I don’t even know my name. They say my name is Christian Cross. Too bad that name means nothing to me.I haven’t forgotten everything, though...
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    angst  assassins  crime  dark  drama  lgbtq  military  mlm
  • High Fidelity by M. Chandler

    High Fidelity by M. Chandler

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A fellow FBI agent with an old grudge picks Simon as the instrument of his revenge. And he knows the hidden truth behind one of Simon's closest-kept secrets... or does he? On the other side of the world, two steps ahead of a ruthless, implacable foe accidentally set on his trail by Simon, Jeremy Archer is running for his life..
  • Covert Evidence by Rachel Grant

    Covert Evidence by Rachel Grant

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Falling in love was never part of his mission… With visions of professional glory, underwater archaeologist Cressida Porter embarks on a research trip deep into the heart of Eastern Turkey. Her dreams turn into nightmares when she becomes the unwitting courier for a terrorist network...
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