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Flawed by Riley Edwards
Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA career-ending mission sends Trey Durum’s life into a death spiral. Out of control, scarred, and with his spirit broken, he tries to adjust to civilian life. His plan to fade into the background goes up in smoke when Adalynn Walker crashs into his life. The sexy physical therapist has everyone fooled. She’s not sweet. She’s not shy. She’s not patient and kind... -
![For the Love of Beard by Lani Lynn Vale]()
For the Love of Beard by Lani Lynn Vale
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsTobias knows that women are a lot of trouble, and one in particular is more trouble than most. Yet even with the knowledge that she’s a pain in the ass, he doesn’t stop himself from doing the one thing he knows that he shouldn’t do—fall in love with her. It’s supposed to be simple. Get in, get the girl, and get out... -
![Hound: Cerberus 2.0 Book 2 by Marie James, JA Essen]()
Hound: Cerberus 2.0 Book 2 by Marie James, JA Essen
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsMy first job with the Cerberus MC was to grab a girl from a seedy bar. Easy money, right? The moment I realized the blonde I was hunting wasn’t around, I ended up captivated by a redhead dancing on the stage. With her striking features and sinful body, I knew she was trouble, but that didn’t stop me from making her mine that night... -
![Landing Eagle by Harley Stone]()
Landing Eagle by Harley Stone
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 12 ratings18+ for language and sexual situations... One last time. That’s the promise Naomi Lincoln and Houston “Eagle” Archer break every time the whiskey flows and their clothes are ripped off in a carnal, passionate ravaging that neither can resist... -
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![Charge To My Line by Lani Lynn Vale]()
Charge To My Line by Lani Lynn Vale
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsYou’re the Charge… Bad Boy. Screw-up. Good for nothing. Hero. Angel. These were all words Grayson ‘Torren’ Trammel had heard whispered behind his back over his lifetime. What he hadn't heard was ‘quitter,’ and he’d be damned if some little rehab chick, with her beautiful blonde hair, and hot, sassy little mouth was going to label him as such. To My… Tru knows Grayson’s not for her... -
![Dragon Security: The Complete Series by Glenna Sinclair]()
Dragon Security: The Complete Series by Glenna Sinclair
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsI went to his sister because that’s what he told me to do. But when his brother, Cole, accused me of being a gold digger, I knew I couldn’t trust them. I didn’t realize she would send Cole to watch over me. Or that he would carry me out of my trailer when he saw how bad it really was... -
![Rocket by Lilly Atlas]()
Rocket by Lilly Atlas
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsLogan “Rocket” Carrera has a history he prefers to leave buried under prickly layers of standoffish personality. He’s seen and done things that would make most people lie awake at night. A master of compartmentalization, he’s never had trouble moving on until the night he rescues the redheaded Chloe from a sadistic gang... -
![Guts & Glory: Walker by Jeanne St. James]()
Guts & Glory: Walker by Jeanne St. James
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsYou can lie down and give up, or you can rise and keep going...Walker's been living life by this motto since the age of twenty when the girl he planned his future with shattered his heart and left a hole in his soul. His time in the military, and current job at In the Shadows Security, have kept him moving but he's always felt the ache of that loss... -
![Black Mail: A Black's Bandits Novel by Lynn Raye Harris]()
Black Mail: A Black's Bandits Novel by Lynn Raye Harris
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTyler “Ty” Scott finally gets his book! When Cassie Dixon gets threatening letters, there’s only one person who can help - her best friend’s sexy cousin... -
![Ain't Doin' It by Lani Lynn Vale]()
Ain't Doin' It by Lani Lynn Vale
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsCoke Solomon has lived a full life. He’s a retired army drill sergeant, so he is more than used to getting his way. And if he can’t have it his way? Well, let’s just say that’s never happened before… At least not until Cora Maldonado walks into his life, demanding he fall in line, or she’ll find a way to make his life hell... -
![Cocky Soldier by Faleena Hopkins]()
Cocky Soldier by Faleena Hopkins
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsCivilian life has proved more challenging than Jeremy expected when his time in the Marines ended. Even though he's moved back to Atlanta he's still a million miles away, and his brothers don't know how to reach him. When a caramel-eyed aspiring chef almost runs Jeremy and his dog over with her hot pink Prius, his life might have found the purpose he's been looking for... -
![Indefinite by Corinne Michaels]()
Indefinite by Corinne Michaels
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsFrom New York Times Bestseller, Corinne Michaels, comes a second chance love story. The day he said he’d never love me is when I vowed Quinn Miller would never break my heart again. I wanted a family—but he wouldn’t give me that. As one of the top embryologists in the country, I’ve spent years creating babies in the lab for other people as my own dreams of motherhood fade. I’m done waiting... -
![KGI Series 1-4 by Maya Banks]()
KGI Series 1-4 by Maya Banks
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe Kelly Group International (KGI) is a super-elite, top secret, family-run business that handles jobs the U.S. government can't. And the qualifications for those jobs are high intelligence, a military background--and a rock-hard body...Don't miss the first four in the action-packed, sexy series.. -
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Cannon by Marie James
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsI’m the fun guy.The one always quick with a joke.The guy who is crazy enough to do wild things to make people smile.That’s how people see me.That’s who I’ve presented myself to be.That’s how I introduced myself to Rivet.The first female Cerberus team member wasn’t impressed with my corny pickup lines and wide smile like the other women I use it on... -
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![Out of the Ashes by R.C. Boldt]()
Out of the Ashes by R.C. Boldt
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsPhoenix /fēniks/: (in classical mythology) a unique bird inhabiting the Arabian Desert that burned itself on a funeral pyre before rising from the ashes with renewed youth to live through another cycle. This isn’t mythology, it’s war, and Hendy is left in the hands of Hell’s cruelest gatekeepers... -
![Whiskey: Steel Patriots MC: Book Three by Mary Kennedy]()
Whiskey: Steel Patriots MC: Book Three by Mary Kennedy
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWade "Whiskey" English served more than fifteen years as an elite Marine sniper and now serves with his brothers in the Steel Patriots. He carries a heavy burden of the deaths of twelve innocent little girls and seeing the vision in front him, he feels like he should make-up at least for some of it. He has no clue what he's stepping into. Drugs, weapons, trafficking, bondage and more... -
![Zero Trace by Cara Carnes]()
Zero Trace by Cara Carnes
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDon’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... -
![Chance: Book 3 of a 3 book arc by Giulia Lagomarsino]()
Chance: Book 3 of a 3 book arc by Giulia Lagomarsino
Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsChance is book 15 in the Reed Security Series and should be read in order. It is also part of a 3 book arc. Sniper and Jackson need to be read first. Chance was taken when Reed Security was attacked, but he has no idea who has taken him or why. Over the course of a year, he plans his escape, knowing there is one person on the island he won't leave without... -
![I Don't Dance by Lani Lynn Vale]()
I Don't Dance by Lani Lynn Vale
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsHer Blaine didn't understand the true meaning of lonely until she spent her first Christmas away from her husband. She was never one to believe in love at first sight. Then she met Elliott while he was on leave from the Army. From that moment on, they loved fiercely, and never wasted a day. She knew that deployment was a very real possibility… one that scared her to death... -
![Sinners are Winners by Lani Lynn Vale, Teddy Hamilton]()
Sinners are Winners by Lani Lynn Vale, Teddy Hamilton
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsHe saw her from across a crowded ballpark and knew she was about to change his life. Yes, he realizes just how cliché that really is, but the moment his eyes locked on her, he knew that she was the one. At least, the one that royally screwed him over... -
![Cuff's Enchainment by Ciara St James]()
Cuff's Enchainment by Ciara St James
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsCuffs never expects that a rescue of some women will lead him to finding the woman he thinks he could spend the rest of his life with. She’s everything he doesn’t know he’s looking for. However, things are never simple. Her horrific experience has him trying to tiptoe around her. He’s working to wait until she’s ready to let a man into her life. He knows she needs time to heal... -
![HOT Secrets by Lynn Raye Harris]()
HOT Secrets by Lynn Raye Harris
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsShe nearly ruined his life. Now she needs him to save hers. It was supposed to be a simple job for hacker Bliss Bennett: access confidential files and turn them over to the CIA. But something went wrong—and now Bliss has a target on her back. With no idea who to trust, she heads straight toward the one man she hopes won’t turn her away... -
![Edge of Fury (Edge Security) by Trish Loye]()
Edge of Fury (Edge Security) by Trish Loye
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsE.D.G.E. Security is a covert international organization that handles jobs most governments won’t. The operators are the elite of the elite, soldiers and spies, chosen for their skills and secrecy, and their ability to go beyond the edge... -
![Slow Ride: Sleeper SEALs Book 2 by Becky McGraw, Suspense Sisters]()
Slow Ride: Sleeper SEALs Book 2 by Becky McGraw, Suspense Sisters
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe Sleeper SEALs are former U.S. Navy SEALs recruited by a new CIA counter-terror division to handle solo dark ops missions to combat terrorism on US soil. SLOW RIDE Only a month into his retirement from the SEAL teams, Lt. Commander Keegan McDonald was bored out of his mind working at his uncle's motorcycle repair shop... -
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![Wreaking Havoc by Harley Stone]()
Wreaking Havoc by Harley Stone
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratings***2nd edition with bonus content, no cheating, HEA, 18+ for language and sexual situations... Fresh out of jail, the Dead Presidents MC Sargent at Arms, Marcus “Havoc” Wilson, is trying to lay low and keep his PTSD-induced temper under control while helping other military veterans rejoin society... -
![Trapping Wasp by Harley Stone]()
Trapping Wasp by Harley Stone
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratings18+ for language and sexual situations... Andrew “Wasp” Marshall, VP of the Dead Presidents MC, rides life like it’s his bike, at full speed with no real destination. But when he sets his sights on an irresistible new bartender with a comical little kid, Wasp will have to decide if he’s willing to give up his carefree lifestyle and buckle down to become the man she needs... -
![Nightstalker by Riley Edwards]()
Nightstalker by Riley Edwards
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsasmin I was blissfully living my life as a tier one security contractor, shooting guns and killing bad guys. My life was perfect. Almost. I was missing something; a missing piece of time to be exact. For the last two years I have tried to remember the details of my capture and torture. Two years willing my brain to remember. Nothing. I could remember nothing... -
![Any Day Now by Lani Lynn Vale]()
Any Day Now by Lani Lynn Vale
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAmelia loves her good friend, Avery. So much so that she agrees to do the stupidest thing ever. A stranger photo shoot. You know the type. The photographer takes photos of two individuals. Two individuals that, until that day, have never met in their life. The moment she shows up at the photo shoot, she knows that she made a terrible decision... -
![Captivate Me by Ryan Michele]()
Captivate Me by Ryan Michele
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWho’s behind all the mayhem in the Ravage MC? Time to find out. **Please note, this is the last book in the Ravage MC series. It is told from several different points of view. Including, but not limited to: Buzz, Bella, Breaker, Pops and Ma. Of course in true Ryan Michele fashion, there are twists, turns and action to keep you on your toes and the pages flying.** Full blurb coming soon... -
![Join the Club by Lani Lynn Vale]()
Join the Club by Lani Lynn Vale
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThere are a few lessons one has to learn for themselves. Then there are the lessons that most people don’t have to learn because it’s just not done. For instance, most people know instinctively that they shouldn’t crave the mother of their brother’s child. Bourne Pena isn’t most men... -
![Link'd Up by Harley Stone]()
Link'd Up by Harley Stone
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsPresident 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... -
![Sniper by Giulia Lagomarsino]()
Sniper by Giulia Lagomarsino
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsChance "Sniper" Hendrix is all about a good time. He was married when he was serving as a Navy SEAL and it didn't work out so well for him. When his wife left him, he decided that he was going to enjoy life and do what he loved. He knows that marriage can be good, but he just doesn't want to go there again. He never intended to sleep with a stripper. He never intended to get involved in her life... -
![Gray Matter by Becky McGraw]()
Gray Matter by Becky McGraw
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCan Gray help his new office manager clean her dirty laundry? Or will the mafia princess hang him out to dry? Since leaving the FBI Grayson Jennings has found peace in his life with his job as a forensic accountant with Deep Six Security and he treasures it. It remains that way until Michaela Girabaldi is hired as the new office manager for their east coast office... -
![Dirty Mother by Lani Lynn Vale]()
Dirty Mother by Lani Lynn Vale
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe thing about hitting rock bottom… Ridley doesn’t think he has anything left to lose, not after the life he’s lived. Then he meets her, Freya Capone, the nurse who saves his life when the last thing he wants is to be saved. One look at her, and he’s transfixed. He doesn’t know what drives him to run by her house that night. Intuition. Sixth sense... -
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![Rocco and Mandy: A Red Team Wedding Novella by Elaine Levine]()
Rocco and Mandy: A Red Team Wedding Novella by Elaine Levine
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsPregnant and alone—not a situation Mandy Fielding ever expected to find herself in, especially not while living with the man who owns her heart and is her baby’s father. Rocco isn’t a whole man, and hasn’t been since his return from Afghanistan. Just where they go from here, she doesn’t know. The past is more real than the present in covert operative Rocco Silas’ mind... -
![Grinch Reaper by Donna Michaels]()
Grinch Reaper by Donna Michaels
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe Sleeper SEALs are former U.S. Navy SEALs recruited by a new CIA counter-terror division to handle solo dark ops missions to combat terrorism on U.S. soil. GRINCH REAPER The only thing Matteo “Reaper” Santarelli hates more than Christmas is having to leave the teams to take over his family’s chain of pizza joints after his father suffers a stroke... -
![Rescuing Mercy (Special Forces: Operation Alpha): A Dead Presidents MC Spinoff by Harley Stone, Operation Alpha]()
Rescuing Mercy (Special Forces: Operation Alpha): A Dead Presidents MC Spinoff by Harley Stone, Operation Alpha
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTragedy drove Landon Welch to enlist in the Army with no plans of returning home. After serving seven years as a combat medic, he's teetering on the edge of burnout when ordered to take leave and confront his demons. Landon’s been searching for redemption, but he never expected to find Mercy... -
![Finally Home by Ann Vaughn]()
Finally Home by Ann Vaughn
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThis will be the 4th and final book in the Home Series, and focuses on Commander Michael Casiano and Lainey Riley. Mike Casiano has lived his life by a certain creed: take care of all those who depend on you and leave no man behind. He wanted more for his life than joining his family's law firm when he graduated college... -
![His Rules by Scott Hildreth]()
His Rules by Scott Hildreth
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMy endeavors to find the right man had afforded me countless hookups, infidelity, and a handful of one-night-stands. Then, Marc Watson stepped into my life. He was handsome, and not the kind that could be satisfied by simply taking a second look. Hell, men like him graced the covers of magazines and were the subject of every woman's dreams. He was also intellectual and kind. The. Complete... -
![SEALs of Honor: Markus by Dale Mayer]()
SEALs of Honor: Markus by Dale Mayer
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe doctor saved Cooper’s life and his sanity – but she stole his heart. Being a SEAL means everything to Cooper, so when the doctor who saved his life is kidnapped, he’s the first to volunteer for the mission. Dr. Sasha Childs has devoted her life to helping others – until she finds out her husband is helping himself to her best friend... -
![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... -
![Wyatt by Lynn Raye Harris]()
Wyatt by Lynn Raye Harris
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsNavy SEAL Wyatt Chandler loves the pulse-pounding, adrenaline-spiking tempo of Special Ops. But when a teammate dies in his arms during a mission gone wrong, he decides it’s time to hang up his combat boots before he becomes the next casualty. He can’t let his grandmother—the woman who raised him after his parents died—go through that kind of pain ever again... -
![Black Tie by Lynn Raye Harris]()
Black Tie by Lynn Raye Harris
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAbducted while on a business trip to Europe, Tallie Grant quickly realizes she’s a commodity to be sold—and there’s no way out. Determined not to surrender to the man who buys her, she’ll soon discover he’s not what he seems. Mercenary Brett Wheeler has one task: infiltrate a human trafficking operation and get as much information as possible... -
![Justice Brothers Box Set by Suzanne Halliday]()
Justice Brothers Box Set by Suzanne Halliday
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThree extraordinary men and the women who love them. How much distance do you need from your past before the dust settles? Broken Justice Cameron Justice was a throwaway kid heading for trouble... -
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![FIRE by Hilary Storm, Kathy Coopmans]()
FIRE by Hilary Storm, Kathy Coopmans
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFIRE The moment you think you have it all is when it all vanishes right before your eyes. He had one final mission, but who knew it would go wrong? Kaleb Maverick is now fighting for his life. The life he wants to share with the woman he loves. The Fire inside him not only burns for her, it sizzles. Jade Elliott has lost one man in her life. She's determined not to lose another... -
![Ryder by Barbara Freethy]()
Ryder by Barbara Freethy
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFall in love with seven sexy and irresistible soldiers who find their courage and heart tested like never before in the battle for love! This multi-author collaborative series of contemporary romance novels is brought to you by bestselling authors Barbara Freethy, Roxanne St. Claire, Christie Ridgway, Lynn Raye Harris, Julia London, Cristin Harber and Samantha Chase... -
![Pulled Under by Lisa Renee Jones]()
Pulled Under by Lisa Renee Jones
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe next installment in the steamy and alpha-packed Walker Security series by New York Times Bestselling Author Lisa Renee Jones. Born into a wealthy family he rebelled against, Asher dived into the world of rock n roll, drugs, and women. A blond, tattooed, bad boy, he is the chameleon of Walker Security. A man who manages to switch from rocker leather hotness to perfectly fitted suits... -
![Dangerous Love by Jamie Begley]()
Dangerous Love by Jamie Begley
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA Jamie Begley AnthologyHEAVEN SENT There wasn’t anything Shade didn’t know about his wife, or so he thought. When another man wanted Lily, it didn’t come as a surprise. What did was that she hadn’t told him. His “Angel” had been sent from heaven just for him, not for another who was trying to steal what was his... -
![Butcher by LeAnn Ashers]()
Butcher by LeAnn Ashers
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsHe stalked me from the moment he saw me. He watched me day and night. Butcher is what everyone calls crazy. They see all the tattoos and scars and to be honest, to most people he looks downright scary. He’s dangerous. He is after all the enforcer to the Devil Souls MC. But to me? He’s just Butcher. I see him. I see who he really is... -
![Savage Hunger by Lisa Renee Jones]()
Savage Hunger by Lisa Renee Jones
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe first book in a new savagely intense trilogy from New York Times bestselling author Lisa Renee Jones. Rick Savage, but they call him Savage and for a reason. He can make you laugh and then rip your heart out. No one knows that more than me, Jasmine Marks, the woman he left bleeding from the heart. I loved him. Lord help me, I’ve never stopped loving him...
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