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  • The Reunion: A Novel by Dan Walsh

    The Reunion: A Novel by Dan Walsh

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Aaron Miller knows a thing or two about loss. He’s lost love. Dignity. Second, and even third, chances. Once honored for his heroism, he now lives in near obscurity, working as a handyman in a humble trailer park. But God is a master at finding and redeeming the lost things of life. Unbeknownst to Aaron, someone is searching for him...
  • Rescuing Annie by Susan Stoker

    Rescuing Annie by Susan Stoker

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Annie Fletcher has known what she’s wanted to do since she was seven years old...a special forces soldier just like her dad. But now that she’s one of the very few women in the ranks of the elite Green Berets, she isn't sure she wants the role anymore. But the last thing she wants to do is disappoint her father. Or his Delta Force teammates, who are all like uncles to her...
  • Dragon Security: The Complete Series by Glenna Sinclair

    Dragon Security: The Complete Series by Glenna Sinclair

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    I 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...
  • Mission to Protect by Terri Reed

    Mission to Protect by Terri Reed

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Enter the world of the Military K-9 UnitA riveting new series begins!When the Red Rose Killer leaves his calling card for Staff Sergeant Felicity Monroe, she knows exactly what that means—she’s on his revenge list. Her boss, Master Sergeant Westley James, and K-9 German shepherd Dakota become her guardians, but they’ll have to act fast to escape the man who wants her dead...
  • KGI Series 1-4 by Maya Banks

    KGI Series 1-4 by Maya Banks

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The 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..
  • Love in a Sandstorm by Zoe York

    Love in a Sandstorm by Zoe York

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A standalone military romance in the gripping Pine Harbour series of small town romances from ten-time USAT bestselling author Zoe York. Captain Sean Foster came back from war broken from the inside out. And he doesn't care about being fixed. Not even by a woman who followed him halfway around the world due to some misguided loyalty...
  • The Price of Valor by Susan May Warren

    The Price of Valor by Susan May Warren

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Former Navy SEAL Hamilton Jones thought that the love of his life was dead. But when a girl claiming to be his daughter shows up with a dire message from his wife, Ham knows he will stop at nothing to find her and bring her home...
  • The Heart of a Hero by Susan May Warren

    The Heart of a Hero by Susan May Warren

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Jake Silver may not be able to put the memories of his time as a sniper and Navy SEAL behind him, but at least he can put his skills to use as a part of the Jones Inc. rescue team. Saving the life of pediatric heart surgeon Dr. Aria Sinclair on Denali helped too...
  • Falling for Zeke: A Sweet Romantic Suspense by Sara Blackard

    Falling for Zeke: A Sweet Romantic Suspense by Sara Blackard

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    An ex-Army Special Operations member burned once by love. A single-mom stalked by a powerful enemy. Can he risk his heart for her safety?Zeke has everything he could want.A multi-billion dollar inheritance allows him to protect others... … and with the camaraderie of his brothers-in-arms. He spends his time growing his security firm and keeping his head down...
  • Hidden by Vannetta Chapman

    Hidden by Vannetta Chapman

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A Christian romantic suspense by bestselling author Vannetta Chapman Home is where our story begins ... DANA JACOBS would rather forget the night of tragedy and violence that marred her childhood. She is now supervisor in charge of the Department of Homeland Security in Taos, New Mexico. Her team is prepared to handle any threat—biological, chemical, conventional, cyber, even nuclear...
  • Breaking Away by Elle James

    Breaking Away by Elle James

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Delta Force Operative Sean “Mac” McDaniels fell in love early on in his Army career. The girl, though she loved him, wanted to pursue her career in journalism before she settled down and married. Knowing he couldn’t hold her back, he let her go. In the years to come, no other woman ever held that place in his heart.Kylie Adams loved Mac but chose to pursue her love of journalism first...
  • Whose Waves These Are by Amanda Dykes

    Whose Waves These Are by Amanda Dykes

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    In the wake of WWII, a grieving fisherman submits a poem to a local newspaper asking readers to send rocks in honor of loved ones to create something life-giving but the building halts when tragedy strikes. Decades later, Annie returns to the coastal Maine town where stone ruins spark her curiosity and her search for answers faces a battle against time...
  • Wild Man Creek by Robyn Carr

    Wild Man Creek by Robyn Carr

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Colin Riordan came to Virgin River to recuperate from a horrific helicopter crash, the scars of which he bears inside and out. His family is wonderfully supportive, but it's his art that truly soothes his troubled soul. Stung personally and professionally by an ill-advised affair, PR guru Jillian Matlock has rented an old Victorian with a promising garden in Virgin River...
  • Fearless: A Salvation Society Novel by Chelle Bliss, Salvation Society

    Fearless: A Salvation Society Novel by Chelle Bliss, Salvation Society

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I’ve always been a wild child and my own worst enemy. Ditched by my best friend at a biker bar. A broken Jeep in a new town with no one to call. What else could possibly go wrong? I’m Makenna Dixon, not a damsel in distress. My parents taught me how to survive on my own. But a handsome stranger thinks he’ll be my saving grace. A challenge leads to a lip lock I can’t quite forget...
  • Another Moment in Time: A Collection of Short Stories by Susan Stoker

    Another Moment in Time: A Collection of Short Stories by Susan Stoker

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Four stories by Susan Stoker, including Caroline’s Surprise, Carnal Comfort, Best Christmas Ever, and First Kiss.Caroline’s Surprise- Caroline thinks her husband, Matthew “Wolf” Steel, is taking her out to dinner for their twenty-fifth anniversary, but he’s got a bigger surprise in store...
  • True Honor by Dee Henderson

    True Honor by Dee Henderson

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    CIA officer Darcy St. James is after a man who knew September 11 would happen--a man who chose to profit from the knowledge. Navy SEAL Sam "Cougar" Houston is busy: The intelligence Darcy is generating has his team deploying around the world. Under the pressure of war, their romance flourishes...
  • Wind Chime Wedding by Sophie Moss

    Wind Chime Wedding by Sophie Moss

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Second grade teacher Becca Haddaway is weeks away from walking down the aisle with her high school sweetheart when she learns that the Heron Island Elementary School is about to be shut down. Knowing that losing the school would devastate the fragile island community, Becca pushes aside her wedding plans to save it...
  • Firethorn by Ronie Kendig

    Firethorn by Ronie Kendig

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Former Marine and current Nightshade team member Griffin “Legend” Riddell is comfortable. So comfortable he never sees the set up that lands him in a maximum security prison, charged with murder. How can he prove his innocence behind bars? Covert operative Kazi Faron is tasked with reassembling Nightshade—the black ops team someone dissected...
  • Wolfsbane by Ronie Kendig

    Wolfsbane by Ronie Kendig

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A 2012 Christy Award Winner.   Embark upon a danger-laden mission within the pages of Ronie Kendig’s riveting Wolfsbane . Demolitions expert Danielle Roark thought escaping from a brutal Venezuelan general was a challenge. Now she’s charged with espionage and returned to the jungle where a new nightmare begins...
  • Acceptable Risk by Lynette Eason

    Acceptable Risk by Lynette Eason

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Sarah Denning is a military journalist with the Army in the Middle East when her convoy is attacked and she's taken hostage. When former Army Ranger Gavin Black is asked by his old unit commander--Sarah's imposing father--to plan an extremely risky rescue, he reluctantly agrees and successfully executes it...
  • Ever After by Karen Kingsbury

    Ever After by Karen Kingsbury

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    In this sequel to 'Even Now', Emily is 20 & at college on a soccer scholarship when she meets the man who changes everything for her...
  • True Devotion by Dee Henderson

    True Devotion by Dee Henderson

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Kelly Jacobs has already paid the ultimate price of loving a warrior; she has the folded flag and the grateful thanks of a nation to prove it. Navy SEAL Joe “Bear” Baker can't ask her to accept that risk again—even though he loves her. But the man responsible for her husband's death is back; closer than either of them realize. Kelly is in danger, and Joe may not get there in time...
  • Miles by Dale Mayer

    Miles by Dale Mayer

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When his call came, the mission was the opposite of what he expected…Returning to his hometown of London, UK, was a happy surprise, until he realized what—and who—was involved. Out of his comfort zone when dealing with women sold into sexual slavery or even “collected,” regardless Miles was determined to dig in deep, when he realized he knew the latest kidnapped victim...
  • Axel by Dale Mayer

    Axel by Dale Mayer

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Life was never boring, but, for Axel, things kick up a notch when he helps in an underwater rescue of a downed submarine that’s low on oxygen. What they find is nothing like what they expected. All the crew but one was dead—as in shot to death. The last remaining crew member was alive but in rough shape...
  • Keane by Dale Mayer

    Keane by Dale Mayer

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Heading out on a last-ditch rescue mission to Puget Sound one day after two women go overboard in a sailing accident isn’t exactly what he’d expected … But Keane is nothing if not adaptable. He can only hope the two women are alive and doing everything they can to stay that way...
  • Saved by Hazel James

    Saved by Hazel James

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Leilani Moretti Life is out to get me. Humvee accident that took my right hand? Strike one. Cancer three years later that stole my breasts and hair? Strike two. An overbearing mother who seems to think I’m twelve, not twenty-seven? Yeah, I’m out of there. I thought moving to Oklahoma would give me a fresh start. I hoped life would finally cut me some damn slack...
  • The Ranger's Forgiveness: A Clean Army Ranger Romance Book Five by Bree Livingston

    The Ranger's Forgiveness: A Clean Army Ranger Romance Book Five by Bree Livingston

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A conspiracy theorist, the high school sweetheart whose heart she broke, and the threats that bring them together. Taylor Mabrey runs a conspiracy theory satire website. It’s something she loves to do, and since it’s anonymous, she doesn’t think twice about it. But the fun stops when she starts getting ominous threats...
  • Adored by You: A Sweet, Celebrity, Military Romance by Jess Mastorakos

    Adored by You: A Sweet, Celebrity, Military Romance by Jess Mastorakos

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Can the sergeant and the celebrity get their second chance?Sergeant Noah West was eighteen years old the last time he saw Paige Walker. He joined the Marines for a more stable life and she left to chase her movie star dreams. But no matter where the Marine Corps sends him, he can't help but hope that their paths might one day cross again...
  • Rescue a Stubborn Heart by Cindy Roland Anderson

    Rescue a Stubborn Heart by Cindy Roland Anderson

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She doesn’t believe true love is real. He thinks he’s too broken for love. Everything changes when two stubborn hearts meet. On the run from her ex-husband’s twisted family, Finley seeks help from Jaxon Hudson, the Navy SEAL who rescued her three years ago. Even though she only knew him for a few hours, it was long enough for her to fall in love...
  • Seeking the Truth by Terri Reed

    Seeking the Truth by Terri Reed

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Her investigation could prove fatal… In this exciting True Blue K-9 Unit installment By secretly investigating the New York City K-9 Command Unit chief’s murder, reporter Rachelle Clark puts a bull’s-eye on her back. Single dad and K-9 unit officer Carter Jameson thought Rachelle was reporting on police-field-dog trials—not his brother’s death...
  • Griffin by Dale Mayer

    Griffin by Dale Mayer

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    What happens when the very men—trained to make the hard decisions—come up against the rules and regulations that hold them back from doing what needs to be done? They either stay and work within the constraints given to them or they walk away. Only now, for a select few, they have another option: The Mavericks...
  • Beowulf: Explosives Detection Dog by Ronie Kendig

    Beowulf: Explosives Detection Dog by Ronie Kendig

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Former Navy handler Timbrel Hogan has more attitude than her Explosives Detection Dog, Beowulf, but she’s a tough woman who gets the job done. Green Beret Tony “Candyman” VanAllen likes a challenge and convincing the hard-hitting handler they belong together might just get him killed...
  • The Tough Warrior: Navy SEAL Romance  (A Quinn Family Romance) by Cami Checketts

    The Tough Warrior: Navy SEAL Romance (A Quinn Family Romance) by Cami Checketts

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A famous actress with a price on her head, a hardened security specialist who refuses to acknowledge their love. Can she convince him to reconnect before they run out of time? Griff Quinn’s purpose is to save lives and someday make restitution for the wrongs he’s committed. He’s loved Scarlett Lily for almost a dozen years, but no one will find that out, especially not Scarlett...
  • 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 ratings
    Tragedy 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...
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  • True Valor by Dee Henderson

    True Valor by Dee Henderson

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Heroes get a new meaning when you see inside their lives. Gracie is a Navy Pilot; Bruce works Air Force Pararescue. With dangerous jobs—often away from home—they write love letters. When Gracie is shot down behind enemy lines, Bruce has one mission: get her out alive...
  • Edge of the Heat 6 by Lisa Ladew

    Edge of the Heat 6 by Lisa Ladew

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Emma and Vivian finally find their brother, whom they were separated from at birth. But tragedy strikes the family once more as they discover he is a U.S. Marine in the Middle East who has been taken hostage by terrorists. They beg Sara, a former killing machine for the secret DCIA, to help him and she agrees, but in the only way she knows how: she's going to do it all herself...
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    drama  family  military  war  action-adventure  adult  audiobook  book
  • Breaking Rules by Elle James

    Breaking Rules by Elle James

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Ryan “Dash” Hayes has a penchant for breaking the rules. If it’s for the right reasons, and he doesn’t get caught, he won’t hesitate. To him, rules are guidelines to be used to keep the sheep in line, not him. But his commander is willing to give him the benefit of the doubt because he’s good at his job as a Delta Force Operative. Fast, effective and willing to sacrifice his life to save others...
  • Shelter from the Storm by Kristen Ethridge

    Shelter from the Storm by Kristen Ethridge

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    SOMETIMES THE PERSON STANDING IN YOUR WAY IS YOUR ONLY HOPE As the director of the Port Provident Animal Shelter, Becca Collins had devoted her life to helping the furriest residents of Port Provident. When a special Labrador retriever, Polly, needs her help on the eve of Hurricane Hope, Becca can’t say no—even if it means she’ll have to ride out the hurricane on Provident Island...
  • Bayou Baby by Lexi Blake

    Bayou Baby by Lexi Blake

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A heartwarming contemporary romance set in Louisiana's Butterfly Bayou from New York Times bestselling author Lexi Blake.   Seraphina Guidry loves Butterfly Bayou. A young, single mom, she’s trying to find a place for herself in the town she cherishes, but past mistakes have made her wary. She adores her son but has sworn off men...
  • Digitalis by Ronie Kendig

    Digitalis by Ronie Kendig

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Step into the boots of a former Marine in this heart-pounding adventure in life and love. Colton “Cowboy” Neeley is a Marine trying to find his footing as he battles flashbacks now that he’s back home. Piper Blum is a woman in hiding—from life and the assassins bent on destroying her family. When their hearts collide, more than their lives are at stake...
  • Amish Promises by Leslie Gould

    Amish Promises by Leslie Gould

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Journey Down a Quiet Lane in Lancaster County Where Love and Heartache and Friendship and Healing Meet When Joel and Shani Beck arrive at their new home, they're looking for peace. Shani is thrilled to have Joel back from Iraq, but he needs time to heal, and the quiet of Lancaster seems just the place...
  • The Doctor by E. L. Todd

    The Doctor by E. L. Todd

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    My husband left me. After five years together, he realized he was gay. Once the anger had faded away, there was nothing but love behind. This man is still my best friend and I want him in my life. So I move across the hall so we can be as close as we always have. Then his brother moves in for a couple of weeks, a man I've never met...
  • Sunrise Point by Robyn Carr

    Sunrise Point by Robyn Carr

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Tom Cavanaugh may think he wants a traditional woman, but in Virgin River, the greatest tradition is falling in love unexpectedly....Former Marine Tom Cavanaugh’s come home to Virgin River, ready to take over his family’s apple orchard and settle down. He knows just what the perfect woman will be like: sweet, decent, maybe a little naive. The marrying kind.Nothing like Nora Crane...
  • Angel's Peak by Robyn Carr

    Angel's Peak by Robyn Carr

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    FOUR YEARS AGO, AIR FORCE SWEETHEARTS FRANCI DUNCAN AND SEAN RIORDAN REACHED AN IMPASSE. SHE WANTED MARRIAGE AND A FAMILY. HE DIDN'T. BUT A CHANCE MEETING PROVES THAT THE BITTER BREAKUP HASN'T COOLED THEIR SIZZLING CHEMISTRY. Sean has settled down in spite of himself --- he's not the cocky young fighter pilot he was when Franci left, and he wants them to try again...
  • My Kind of Christmas by Robyn Carr

    My Kind of Christmas by Robyn Carr

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    PATRICK RIORDAN ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT NOTHING COULD MATCH THE ADRENALINE RUSH HE GETS FROM HIS JOB. BUT THIS CHRISTMAS, PATRICK’S PULSE IS REALLY RACING... The Riordan brothers may have a reputation for being rough-and tumble, but Patrick has always been the gentle, sweet-natured one. These days, his easygoing manner is being tested by his high-octane career as a navy pilot...
  • Send Down the Rain by Charles Martin

    Send Down the Rain by Charles Martin

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Allie's second husband is killed tragically when his 18-wheeler crashes into the rocks near their home in Cape San Blas--the tanker was full of fuel and the explosion could be seen on overhead satellites. She'd already lost the beloved waterfront restaurant her parents started and now losing her husband, no matter how unfulfilling their marriage was, might just push her over the edge...
  • The Way of the Brave by Susan May Warren

    The Way of the Brave by Susan May Warren

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Former pararescue jumper Orion Starr is haunted by the memory of a rescue gone wrong. He may be living alone in Alaska now, but the pain of his failure--and his injuries--has followed him there from Afghanistan. He has no desire to join Hamilton Jones's elite rescue team, but he also can't shirk his duty when the call comes in to rescue three lost climbers on Denali...
  • Nightshade by Ronie Kendig

    Nightshade by Ronie Kendig

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Soldiers all across the globe are returning home to their families after brutal tours of duty. They are discharged from the service. . .and on their own. Meet Max Jacobs, one of these discarded heroes, as he faces a wall of failure—in his career, his friendships, and his marriage. Failing again—this time to end his life—he is offered a thread of hope...
  • Anna's Courage by Kristin Noel Fischer

    Anna's Courage by Kristin Noel Fischer

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    “Anna’s Courage” is a heartwarming love story about having the courage to be brave in spite of your fears. Helicopter pilot Anna Morgan hasn’t flown since her husband’s death several years ago. Instead, the young army widow has sought refuge with her son on peaceful Rose Island. Surrounded by family and friends, Anna vows never to do anything more dangerous than arrive late to a PTA meeting...
  • Not by Sight by Kay Lyons Stockham

    Not by Sight by Kay Lyons Stockham

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    “Not By Sight gripped me from the first page. It was well written, heartwarming, and evocative-everything I’ve come to expect from novel by Kay Lyons Stockham.” ~New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Shelley Shepard Gray Can you love someone and still be free? Emma Wyatt agrees to tutor a recently blinded, embittered soldier because of the $50,000 paycheck his brother offers...
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