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  • Knight: A Reed Security Romance by Giulia Lagomarsino

    Knight: A Reed Security Romance by Giulia Lagomarsino

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Knight is the fourth book in the Reed Security Series and should be read in order. The hairs on the back of my neck stood up and I stiffened. He was here. I stood and looked around the room, but I didn’t see anything. Walking over to the window, I looked out into the dark, hoping that I could see something...
  • Promises Part 4 by A.E. Via

    Promises Part 4 by A.E. Via

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Men found him attractive, interesting even. He was like a fascinating experiment gone wrong that men liked to investigate. He’d get a date - or two, if he was lucky - but it wasn’t long before Brian’s darkness showed, and the men were running from him. Brian King was honorably discharged from the United States Navy five years ago...
  • Blaze by Jocelynn Drake, Rinda Elliott

    Blaze by Jocelynn Drake, Rinda Elliott

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The rings have been selected. The champagne placed on ice. The cake decorated. And the pre-wedding sex is off the charts... Lucas Vallois and Andrei Hadeon are finally ready to walk down the aisle. There’s just one small problem. A ghost from Lucas’s past shows up days before the wedding, desperate for help...
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    angst  bodyguard  family  lgbtq  military  mlm  steamy  suspense
  • Blood Bound by Samantha A. Cole

    Blood Bound by Samantha A. Cole

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When Rylie Hart adopts her best friend’s daughter, in the wake of the woman’s untimely death, she goes from being an honorary aunt to a mother in the blink of an eye. Two years later, after kindergartner Mickey is diagnosed with leukemia, an anonymous donor is her only hope...
  • Alibi by Nicole Edwards

    Alibi by Nicole Edwards

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Travis Walker has been battling dark urges since the day Juliet Prince kidnapped his six-year-old daughter four months ago. Although Kate was returned safely, the woman responsible vanished.When their attempts to find her keep coming up empty, Travis let his need for retribution consume him and it nearly cost him his relationship with his family...
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    family  lgbtq  military  mlm  steamy  suspense  action-adventure  adult
  • Protecting Sparrow by Jane Blythe

    Protecting Sparrow by Jane Blythe

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Grief is all that’s stopping this friendship becoming more.When Sparrow Oswald's helicopter is shot down in Africa the last person she expects to come to her rescue is her old friend Ethan Zimmerman. She'd love for there to be more between them but he's not over his wife's death. As they work together to find who is using Ethan's plane to smuggle drugs the spark between them grows...
  • 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...
  • Close Cover by Lexi Blake, Rebecca Zanetti

    Close Cover by Lexi Blake, Rebecca Zanetti

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Remy Guidry doesn’t do relationships. He tried the marriage thing once, back in Louisiana, and learned the hard way that all he really needs in life is a cold beer, some good friends, and the occasional hookup. His job as a bodyguard with McKay-Taggart gives him purpose and lovely perks, like access to Sanctum...
  • Shatter by Jocelynn Drake, Rinda Elliott

    Shatter by Jocelynn Drake, Rinda Elliott

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Maverick trauma surgeon Ashton "Snow" Frost keeps the world at a distance, relying only on his three closest friends to keep him connected.But when a ghost from their past returns to Cincinnati, Snow stands to lose everyone he loves.Framed for murder and reeling from attacks on his friends, Snow is pushed to his breaking point.Jude Torres won't let the doc shatter...
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    angst  bodyguard  family  lgbtq  military  mlm  steamy  suspense
  • Devour by Jocelynn Drake, Rinda Elliott

    Devour by Jocelynn Drake, Rinda Elliott

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Ian Pierce is the chef and part owner of the hottest restaurant in Cincinnati, his chosen family is full of happy relationships, and the scruffy, snarky cop who has been haunting his dreams is one step closer to being in his bed. But everything comes crashing down when the past he narrowly escaped nine years ago comes to a deadly head. Hollis Banner was enamored of Ian at first sight...
  • No Fear by Nora Phoenix

    No Fear by Nora Phoenix

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Aaron is drowning. After coming out as gay, he lost his parents’ approval, his job, and his sense of identity. He feels like a freak who doesn’t fit in anywhere. His last hope was his brother Josh, but Josh can’t seem to forgive him for how Aaron treated him when they were teens. Not that Aaron can blame him, because he did treat Josh like crap...
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    angst  lgbtq  military  mlm  steamy  suspense  abuse  action-adventure
  • Live, Love, Spy by Lexi Blake

    Live, Love, Spy by Lexi Blake

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Life can often be awkward when you are a child genius. For Louisa Ward, that came in the form of meeting her one true love at age 12. TJ Taggart was perfect. But being a year younger and a full year ahead of him in school always made things weird. Working in the CIA has made her into a strong and capable woman. Until she sees TJ...
  • Deserted by Cara Dee

    Deserted by Cara Dee

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Deserted is the third book in the Auctioned Series, following book 1, Auctioned, and book 2, Stranded. Gray Nolan had survived a kidnapping where he was supposed to have been auctioned off to the highest bidder. He had also survived being stranded on an island, under siege from a different set of foes, and throughout the hell they’d all endured, their motto had been “Leave no man behind...
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    angst  family  journey  lgbtq  military  mlm  steamy  suspense
  • Rialto by Jocelynn Drake, Rinda Elliott

    Rialto by Jocelynn Drake, Rinda Elliott

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Someone has it out for Rialto.  Ian Banner is loving his hectic life. He’s newly married, ready to start a family, and opening a new restaurant. All his dreams are coming true. The last thing he needs is a problem with his restaurant.  But when one attack after another comes, he grows convinced he has another enemy...
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    angst  bodyguard  family  lgbtq  mlm  suspense  abuse  action-adventure
  • Unbreakable Stories: Snow by Jocelynn Drake, Rinda Elliott

    Unbreakable Stories: Snow by Jocelynn Drake, Rinda Elliott

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Unbreakable Stories: Snow is a collection of short stories and a novelette set after the events of Shatter, book 2 of the Unbreakable Bonds series and before Torch, book 3. Follow the continuing, passionate and heartfelt romance between Dr. Ashton "Snow" Frost and Jude Torres as they merge their lives together as a couple...
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    family  lgbtq  military  mlm  steamy  action-adventure  adult  alpha-mc
  • Honor's Revenge by Mari Carr, Lila Dubois

    Honor's Revenge by Mari Carr, Lila Dubois

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    To find a killer, they’ll have to use her as bait. World class assassin Lancelot will do anything to get the job done, including lie to his new partner, billionaire professor Hugo. But Hugo has secrets of his own, and when the mission looks like it will fail, he has no choice but to seek out a woman who has no place in their war--Sylvia. Hugo wants to protect her...
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    family  military  mlm  steamy  suspense  action-adventure  adult  book
  • Loyalty's Betrayal by Mari Carr, Lila Dubois

    Loyalty's Betrayal by Mari Carr, Lila Dubois

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Head of security for the world’s most powerful secret society isn’t an easy job. Mateo failed in his duties, and people died. When he’s offered a chance to prove himself and unmask a traitor, he accepts without hesitation. His chance for redemption comes with a condition, a deadline...and an ultimatum. The condition? Mateo won’t be working alone...
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    family  military  mlm  steamy  suspense  action-adventure  adult  book
  • Siren Beloved by Sophie Oak

    Siren Beloved by Sophie Oak

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    [Siren Menage Everlasting: Erotic Cowboy Menage a Trois Romance, M/M/F, BDSM, spanking, public exhibition, voyeurism] Aidan O'Malley left his fiancee, Lexi Moore, and their best friend, Lucas Cameron, after a night of passion left him shaken to his core. Years later, Aidan is back and he knows what he wants. He wants Lucas and Lexi forever...
  • The Return by Tiffany Reisz

    The Return by Tiffany Reisz

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Former lieutenant Kingsley Boissonneault returns to The Chateau in this sequel novella to Tiffany Reisz’s bestselling romantic suspense novel.The cult’s holy book is Story of O, the infamous French novel of extreme sado-masochism. Their château is a looking-glass world where women reign and men are their willing slaves...
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    steamy  mlm  lgbtq  suspense  romance  contemporary  fiction  bdsm
  • Rampage by Reese Knightley

    Rampage by Reese Knightley

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Explosive action, bullets flying, heroes, villains, and love, you don’t want to miss this next installment in Reese Knightley’s Out for Justice series. Read Ricochet and Collide before diving into the next story! -Rampage - Three strong, independent, and protective badasses are on the cusp of romance when tragedy and disaster come at them like a landslide...
  • A Sweet Man by Jaime Reese

    A Sweet Man by Jaime Reese

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Two men. One sweet dream of family and forever. Gabriel “Bull” del Toro loves his fast-paced globe-trotting job, but aches for an honest relationship and the trust that comes with it. After a few too many heartbreaks, he’s nearly given up hope of finding that special someone.Until Ben...
  • Played by Cara Dee

    Played by Cara Dee

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The Auctioned Series is a journey packed with action, nail-biting suspense, family, and love. In Gray and Darius’s fight for freedom and a future where they aren’t haunted by the ghosts of their pasts, they’ll make you laugh, cry, possibly yell at your e-reader, and swoon just a little bit. One last mission. One last operation—and the stakes had never been higher...
  • Raven's Hart by Davidson King

    Raven's Hart by Davidson King

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Haven Hart stands on the edge of good and evil. Having balance between the two is the only thing keeping the town from crumbling to the ground. For years, one man has been charged with maintaining that balance. Poe. The air of mystery surrounding Poe is one of necessity. He’s the keeper of secrets and for good reason...
  • Destruction by Reese Knightley

    Destruction by Reese Knightley

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Who is the boy in the cage? What secret has Lash been keeping? Why can’t Fear keep his distance? Join Phoenix in the next explosive action packed book. Micah Robertson, code named Lash, has always loved Alex from the first moment their eyes met. He thought they’d be together forever and it tears him apart when he and Alex split after a life-altering tragedy...
  • Cease Fire by Marie James

    Cease Fire by Marie James

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
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  • Tuff Enough by Samantha A. Cole

    Tuff Enough by Samantha A. Cole

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    While security operative Jason "Tuff" Tanner lives for dangerous assignments, he likes his downtime in his quiet neighborhood too. But that peacefulness is suddenly interrupted when his new next-door neighbor becomes a target for someone with nefarious intentions...
  • Micah's Promise by Annabella Stone

    Micah's Promise by Annabella Stone

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Micah Kennedy has lived with PTSD for years. He is an expert at hiding his struggles behind the quick wit and snark that is very much a part of his makeup. His need to keep a promise to a dying comrade feeds his nightmares and invades his dreams—until that promise brings him military K-9 Delta. Hawk McKinnon has spent most of his life kicking trouble’s ass in every hotspot around the globe...
  • Ignite by Jocelynn Drake, Rinda Elliott

    Ignite by Jocelynn Drake, Rinda Elliott

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Two of Noah’s Army buddies are dead. Someone has taken shots at Noah. And now Noah’s former lover, JB, is a target. Noah, Rowe, and JB team up to track down a killer trying to take out all of Noah’s old Army team in hopes of covering up a dark secret. But this trip to Washington, D.C. threatens to unravel the perfect life that Rowe and Noah have built over the past three years...
  • Collide by Reese Knightley

    Collide by Reese Knightley

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Ex hacker Seth O’Leary enjoys the hell out of being part of an elite team of operatives known only as Phoenix. In fact, he’s pretty much made it his whole life. When things go horribly wrong with his deadbeat boyfriend, Seth is surprised to find help coming from an unexpected source. The man he’s secretly fantasized about for years finally takes notice...
  • Dealing Him In by Charlie Cochet

    Dealing Him In by Charlie Cochet

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Play with fire, and you’ll get burned.Santos “Saint” Cavallero had his life all figured out when he married his high school sweetheart, joined the Navy, and became a SEAL. After years of being deployed, Saint comes home for good, only to discover his wife has fallen for another man. Now divorced and a bodyguard for Four Kings Security, Saint loves his job and his found family...
  • Reckless Faith by Nyssa Kathryn

    Reckless Faith by Nyssa Kathryn

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Letting him go was the hardest thing she’d ever done…until he returns, and letting him back in proves even harder.Elle Marshal has spent most of her life pining for the same boy. A boy she’s known since she was eight. A boy with beautiful blue eyes who’s never been interested in anything more than friendship...
  • Never Say Never by Nicole Edwards

    Never Say Never by Nicole Edwards

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Ryan Trexler has devoted his entire life to his family’s security business. And now that he’s slated to take over the reins for the company, RT knows that his life is only going to get more complicated. Add in the fact that he’s lusting over one of the men who works for him and RT knows that there are some serious tough times ahead...
  • Promises Part 3 by A.E. Via

    Promises Part 3 by A.E. Via

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A bounty hunter’s partners to lovers’ story. The hunt is on… and he’s the prey. Bradford (Ford) King was sure he had the rest of his life mapped out. Though he was no longer a SEAL Lieutenant, his brother was home safe and he had a job that still allowed him to satisfy his hunger for hunting bad guys...
  • Logan's Need by Sloane Kennedy

    Logan's Need by Sloane Kennedy

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    an alternate cover edition can be found here“I feel like I’ve been wearing blinders for my entire life and now they’ve been ripped off and everything’s too bright – too harsh. Part of me wants them back so I only have to see what’s right in front of me...
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    angst  bodyguard  family  lgbtq  military  mlm  steamy  suspense
  • His Saint by Lucy Lennox

    His Saint by Lucy Lennox

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Augie:I don't need anyone's protection. I'm fine. But to appease my sister after a home invasion, I agree to take self-defense lessons. They just so happen to be with a big, muscled former navy SEAL who may or may not be everything I've always daydreamed about but never thought I could have.And he's dead-set on looking out for me even when things in my life suddenly get complicated...
  • 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...
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    angst  family  lgbtq  mlm  steamy  suspense  action-adventure  adult
  • Hot Mess 6 by Stormy Glenn

    Hot Mess 6 by Stormy Glenn

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Lany: I just wanted to help my Mom out with the Children's Fall Festival. I had no idea I'd be dragged into a mess that would change my entire world. Learning that children in foster care were being abused, and determined to stop it, I jumped in feet first. I just had to stay alive long enough for Sal to rescue me...
    Categorized as:
    angst  family  lgbtq  military  mlm  suspense  abuse  action-adventure
  • Wicked and Forever by Shayla Black

    Wicked and Forever by Shayla Black

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    He’ll make her his again…even if he has to seduce her When the woman he loves is taken, Forest “Trees” Scott abandons a mission to save her from the enemy. Fearing the worst, he moves heaven and earth to find her—until he realizes Laila Torres left him of her own free will for the man who used her for six years. He’s stunned and wrecked. She played him—and he fell for it...
  • Beloved Sacrifice by Lila Dubois, Mari Carr

    Beloved Sacrifice by Lila Dubois, Mari Carr

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A woman with nothing to lose. A man who knows too much. A secret that could destroy them all. Rose Hancock is no stranger to danger, fear, or pain. Her whole life has been shaped by the purists--a shadowy splinter group within America’s most powerful secret society. When the leader of the Trinity Masters has her partner-in-crime shot, Rose has nothing left to live for except revenge...
  • Lethal Love by P.J. Fiala

    Lethal Love by P.J. Fiala

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Sometimes love can be lethal…. Chuck moved to the great state of Kentucky to become part of Bluegrass Security and test his mettle. When he is asked to take on a more dangerous role in the firm, he's more than ready to get down and dirty. That is, until he has to tell a curvaceous beauty that her son is a thief...
  • Elegant Seduction by Mari Carr, Lila Dubois

    Elegant Seduction by Mari Carr, Lila Dubois

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A CIA asset, an heiress and a corporate mediator Trinity Masters, book 6 Sebastian has dedicated his life to upholding the ideals of the Trinity Masters. However, when his best friend, Juliette, is named Grand Master, he knows secrets he’s harbored will be revealed...
  • Commanding Sia by Zoe Dawson

    Commanding Sia by Zoe Dawson

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Separated by loss. . .reunited by duty… When Lieutenant Ambrosia “Sia” Soto returns from an investigation into a “pilot error” case aboard the aircraft carrier U.S.S. James McCloud, she comes face to face with NCIS Special Agent and former lover, Christophe Vargas, the man who was involved in an F-18 Fighter Jet accident that took her brother’s life six years ago...
  • Rebel by Reese Knightley

    Rebel by Reese Knightley

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    One man on a journey of redemption and the other out to prove himself.Cohen “Ace” Gray – Pegasus Commander.He’d buried one lover; he wasn’t going to take the chance of that ever happening again. Ace had his own demons to work on, but working closely with Jacob and having his friendship— despite their twenty-year age difference—had made life a bit easier...
  • To Love a Ghost by Annabella Stone

    To Love a Ghost by Annabella Stone

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    After playing his part in Operation Perth in Afghanistan, former Australian Special Forces Commando Cade Kelly was officially declared dead. Recruited by Rock and Grif to join their elite team of Black Ops Operators, The Ghost Protectors, he has built a new life for himself as the team’s top intel analyst...
  • Hold Tight by Hannah Shield

    Hold Tight by Hannah Shield

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    He was supposed to be her wingman. She never planned to fall for him.A first date shouldn’t be so nerve-racking. But after a decade in a loveless marriage, Faith needs this new beginning. Thank goodness she has Tanner to play her wingman.But she never expects to start crushing on the former Navy SEAL instead of her date.Tanner can’t deny his feelings for his friend...
  • 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...
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    mlm  suspense  lgbtq  angst  bodyguard  steamy  crime  contemporary
  • For A Reason by Jessie G.

    For A Reason by Jessie G.

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Former Marine and full time big brother, Bull Connor spends his days helping those in need of a second chance and his nights fighting the inner demons that won’t let go. During a routine tow he comes face to face with the only person who refuses to need him and the one man he wishes would...
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    angst  family  lgbtq  military  mlm  steamy  suspense  abuse
  • Zac's Mulligan by Ann Lister

    Zac's Mulligan by Ann Lister

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Zac Mulligan is a former Marine now providing personal security for the infamous rock band, Black Ice. Seeing all the guys around him in committed relationships reminds him of his childhood best friend . . . the only person Zac has never managed to get out of his head or his heart. Ben Holland is an artist...
  • End of the Line by Nicky James

    End of the Line by Nicky James

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When a boy who has everything meets a boy who has nothing, life will never be the same again.Leopold Van Eschen is in big trouble. All the money in the world won’t save him from what he’s done. On the run, desperate to get away, Leo finds himself seeking help from a wrangled bunch of vagabonds he meets in the rail yard.Leo has no idea his whole world is about to change...
  • Noble by Annabella Stone

    Noble by Annabella Stone

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Red Squadron is the tip of the spear in the war against global terrorism. Navy SEAL Commander, Noble Bauer, leads the JASOC Taskforce and knows his team won’t be complete until he finds a Communications Specialist. He knows just the man for the job. The only problem is can he get him to listen...
    Categorized as:
    military  mlm  lgbtq  suspense  angst  romance  war  contemporary
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