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Taking Liberty by Riley Edwards
Rated: 4.69 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe Army trained Lieutenant Liberty McCoy to be the best—an elite Special Forces soldier, just like her father and uncles. But nothing prepared her for the bossy, good-looking Navy SEAL who rescues her after a mission goes horribly wrong. Navy SEAL Drake Hayes thinks his team is being sent out on a special purpose extraction. He’s had enough experience to expect the unexpected... -
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Keeping Quinn by Riley Edwards
Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsHe liked fast and loose—she was sweet and innocent.Firefighter Brice Lancaster lived his life by a set of rules: No commitments, no attachments, no promises. Three rules that were easy to follow—rules that kept his heart safe, rules that should’ve kept his best friend’s cousin out of his bed... -
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Imperfect by Riley Edwards
Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsSergeant Shiloh Kent has never quit anything in her life. She’s had to claw her way out of poverty. Fight to inch her way up the professional ladder. But after a barricade situation ends in tragedy, she’s rethinking her position on the SWAT team she fought so hard to join. The ugly seed of self-doubt has planted itself deep in her belly, and with each day, it grows and flourishes... -
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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... -
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![Redeeming Violet (The Red Team ) by Riley Edwards]()
Redeeming Violet (The Red Team ) by Riley Edwards
Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA woman who betrayed her county. Violet Myers has a good reason for her treachery – better to sacrifice the few to save the many. The only problem is, no one believes her. With a platoon on Navy SEALs walking into an ambush, the stakes are high. Her only hope is convincing the sexy Jaxon “Blue” Cain she’s telling the truth this time... -
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Securing Kalee by Susan Stoker
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAfter her capture by rebels in the mountains of Timor-Leste, Kalee Solberg doesn’t think she’ll live to see her father, friends, or hometown again. What started as an adventure with the Peace Corp until she figured out what to do with her life has turned into a waking nightmare, every day a struggle to survive. Beaten into submission, Kalee guesses she’s been presumed dead by now... -
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Dixon by Kris Michaels
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAlone, isolated from the vast resources of Guardian, Dixon Simmons reentered a world that had left him impossibly damaged as a child. He stepped back into that evil by choice. To protect all he’d come to love, he was willing to pay whatever price was demanded—even if the price was his soul. She went by many names. Her true identity was as dead as her heart. Until him... -
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Drake by Kris Michaels
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsLife wasn’t fair. Drake Simmons and his identical twin, Dixon, had had that lesson beaten into them early and well. Their past had so savaged their souls no amount of “confronting their demons” could heal them, but Drake’s twin refused to acknowledge that truth. For the first time in decades, Drake watched Dixon embark on a dangerous assignment without him... -
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![Rescuing Bryn by Susan Stoker]()
Rescuing Bryn by Susan Stoker
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWhen you’re a Delta Force soldier, you see a lot. Often too much. But nothing can ever prepare you to see your entire team die before your eyes… The loss of his Delta brothers—and his arm—has Dane “Fish” Munroe still struggling months later. He’s moved to Idaho, where an isolated lifestyle is making things worse, not better. Not that there’s anyone left to care... -
![Adoring Delaney by Riley Edwards]()
Adoring Delaney by Riley Edwards
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsCarter Lenox has two regrets—hesitating on a mission in Afghanistan with disastrous consequences and pushing away Delaney Walker. When he gets word the love of his life is in trouble and she needs him more than ever, the decision to go home is an easy one.Delaney Walker has loved Carter since they were children... -
![Defending Everly by Susan Stoker]()
Defending Everly by Susan Stoker
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe stakes are personal, hot, and dangerous in New York Times bestselling author Susan Stoker’s riveting Mountain Mercenaries novel. As tough as Everly Adams may be, the Colorado Springs SWAT officer is near a breaking point. Her fifteen-year-old half sister, Elise, has disappeared from Los Angeles without a trace, and the window to find her is closing fast... -
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Maximus by Riley Edwards, Operation Alpha
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhat happens when a woman who’s done the unthinkable needs protection—can a man who’s lost his belief in humanity keep her safe? Max Brown doesn’t trust anyone but his team. The former SEAL learned early in life that people let you down—they lie, they steal, and they lie some more. Love is a word that is used to manipulate. Family is meaningless. Max is an island and he prefers it that way... -
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Cheating the Devil (Special Forces: Operation Alpha) by Samantha A. Cole
Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratings***This book was previously published in Amazon Kindle Worlds*** Delta Force Colonel Bradley “Tank” Barton never expected to fall for a woman with a bad-ass past, but fate had other plans, and he certainly wasn’t complaining. Avery Knapp had worked as an undercover agent before burning out after twenty years... -
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![Sight Lines by Cara Carnes, Shauna Kruse]()
Sight Lines by Cara Carnes, Shauna Kruse
Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThey took her best friend. Now she’s taking them down. Viviana “Quillery” Chambers has one mission: find the people behind Hive’s betrayal and take them down. She and her best friend are the most sought after back office operatives around. She’ll stop at nothing to keep her new team and family at The Arsenal safe... -
![Securing Avery by Susan Stoker]()
Securing Avery by Susan Stoker
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsNavy Nurse Avery Nelson never dreamed she’d be taken hostage during her deployment in Afghanistan. She’s assisting local women with healthcare, not fighting in a war. But digging her way out of her would-be grave turns out to be the battle of her life... -
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Securing Zoey by Susan Stoker
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsZoey Knight has lived in Juneau, Alaska her entire life. She loves her friends, but yearns for more excitement. She gets more than she ever bargained for when the plane she’s in goes down in a remote stretch of wilderness. Mark “Bubba” Wright regrets not spending more time with his pop... -
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Rescuing Casey by Susan Stoker
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsOne minute Casey Shea was minding her own business, doing her job, teaching entomology to college students, and the next she was in the middle of the Costa Rican jungle fighting for her life. Troy “Beatle” Lennon had watched his friends fall head over heels in love, but never thought it would happen to him. Until he sees a picture of one of his teammates’ sisters. That was it... -
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Protecting the Future by Susan Stoker
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWolf and his fellow SEAL team members have saved many lives, and been in even more harrowing situations, but their latest mission might prove the most difficult of all. Charged with rescuing American soldier, Sergeant Penelope Turner, from the clutches of ISIS, the men infiltrate the refugee camp where she’s believed to be held... -
![Her Wild Coast Outlaw: A Small Town Contemporary Romance by Dakota Davies]()
Her Wild Coast Outlaw: A Small Town Contemporary Romance by Dakota Davies
Rated: 5.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA wild attraction. A forbidden passion. Will two kindred hearts surrender to their fiery chemistry? Hunter: She should be off-limits to me. Not only is she too sweet, too innocent, her uncle is the boss of this operation. I’m in Storm Harbor to secretly find out why he's stealing from the town’s dock construction project... -
![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... -
![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... -
![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... -
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Jared by Kris Michaels
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe jagged line between love and hate is paper thin and razor sharp. Pushing Christian across that line severs him from Jared’s life…until fate steps in giving Jared one last chance. Jared King had endured more than the normal amount of danger in his life. He’d jumped from planes into hot landing zones, been shot at, almost blown up—twice, damn near killed more times than he cared to remember... -
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![Watching from the Shadows by Samantha A. Cole]()
Watching from the Shadows by Samantha A. Cole
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe Sexy Six-Pack is back! Retired Navy SEAL, Marco DeAngelis, is now an operative at Trident Security. He’s also a Dominant in the BDSM lifestyle. After a poor childhood, he is determined to stay single and childless for the rest of his life. But unbeknownst to him, one night of shared grief and comfort with his deceased sister’s best friend changes that forever... -
![Black Knight (A Black's Bandits Novel): HOT Heroes for Hire: Mercenaries by Lynn Raye Harris]()
Black Knight (A Black's Bandits Novel): HOT Heroes for Hire: Mercenaries by Lynn Raye Harris
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsShe doesn’t know who she is… or why someone’s trying to kill her.When hardened mercenary Jared Fraser finds a woman bleeding in the snow outside his remote cabin, he takes her in and patches her up, intending to get her back to her life and out of his as quickly as possible.But Liberty King is a special case... -
![The Hacker by Anna Hackett]()
The Hacker by Anna Hackett
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsShe’s accidentally pregnant and someone is trying to kill her…and now her one-night-stand is her fierce protector.Helicopter pilot Maggie Lopez is focused on building her helicopter and drone photography business—and she has the loans to prove it... -
![Thin Ice: by Maryann Jordan, Suspense Sisters]()
Thin Ice: by Maryann Jordan, Suspense Sisters
Rated: 4.63 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. Logan (Preacher) Bishop, retired Navy SEAL, flew tourists on helicopter rides over the mountains of Montana and occasionally rescued skiers from snowy slopes... -
![Saving Zola by Becca Jameson, Suspense Sisters]()
Saving Zola by Becca Jameson, Suspense Sisters
Rated: 4.63 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. SAVING ZOLA Zola Carver has worked her entire life to get where she is—working as an assistant district attorney. She doesn’t have time for threats from a presumed terrorist group...Categorized as:
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![Leather & Lace / His Angel / Waiting for Him by Samantha A. Cole]()
Leather & Lace / His Angel / Waiting for Him by Samantha A. Cole
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratings"No one does Alpha heroes like Samantha A. Cole!"—New York Times, USA Today, #1 Amazon Bestseller, and Wall Street Journal Bestselling Author, Susan StokerLeather & Lace:How does a “vanilla” woman write a BDSM novel? With hands-on research!Kristen needs inspiration and personal experience for a sequel to her unexpected and kinky bestseller... -
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Lead Security by Evan Grace
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsI’ve spent the last several years building my company, having zero time for a social life. I preferred it that way. After the mess my ex-wife left me with, I have no interest in anything remotely close to a relationship. Until I meet my daughter’s new next-door neighbor. Harley is kind, beautiful, and she’s also an erotic romance writer. To any man, she’s the perfect package... -
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Safe Haven by Red Phoenix
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsLove has no limits… At eighteen, I suffered a heartbreaking loss and began exploring my submissive side to escape the pain with kinky pleasure. A chance meeting sets me on an exciting new path as a student of the Submissive Training Center. There I find Captain, a distinguished Dom I’ve totally fallen for—my safe haven. But I have a problem. Captain won’t collar me... -
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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... -
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Frisked by You by Nikki Mays
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDeclan just can’t help himself some days. Getting into some sort of trouble just seems like second nature most days. It’s no surprise when Declan makes a reckless move during a SWAT call and ends up in the hospital with a stab wound. What is surprising is that he finds the woman of his dreams...and future fantasies. Too bad instead of being smooth, the pain medication made him a slurring fool... -
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![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... -
![Fearless by Sybil Bartel]()
Fearless by Sybil Bartel
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBodyguard. Sniper. Morally corrupt. I didn’t care who I aimed at. You paid me, I pulled the trigger. I sold my skills to the highest bidder, and trust me, I had skills. The Marines trained me to aim a sniper rifle, but life taught me to get the job done—at any expense. Except hostage recovery wasn’t on my short list... -
![Justice for You by Nikki Mays]()
Justice for You by Nikki Mays
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsRocco has been trying to get Lavenders attention for months to no avail. Well that is until one tequila filled night in Vegas. He finally has the woman he’s been longing for. Too bad he woke up alone, and very naked. Even worse she won’t give him the time of day once they’re back home, until fate decided to help the poor guy out... -
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Hot & Bothered by Lynn Raye Harris
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsHe can never have her. Having her means the end of his career in the Hostile Operations Team. But when he learns she’s carrying his child, he’ll have to make a choice… Ryan “Flash” Gordon has been drawn to Emily Royal bin Yusuf since the first moment he met her. But she’s a terrorist’s widow, which means she’s completely off-limits... -
![Her Fierce SEAL by Caitlyn O'Leary]()
Her Fierce SEAL by Caitlyn O'Leary
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsNavy SEAL, Finn Crandall, still reeling from his last mission, is desperate for a purpose to bring him the redemption he needs. Landing in Austin Texas, he meets the feisty Angie Donatelli. She’s a private investigator on a quest to reunite a young girl with her stolen baby. Angie is tough and doesn’t want or think that she needs help... -
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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... -
![Daring Daddy by Laylah Roberts]()
Daring Daddy by Laylah Roberts
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsShe’s the spoiled princess living a life of reckless fun. . . Or that’s what she wants people to believe. Because for years Eden has been hiding her pain from the people who love her the most. All of her true emotions and feelings are tucked away in a safe place where no-one can reach them. Except for him. . . Because when Zeke touches her heat fills her. Longing. Want... -
![His Angel by Samantha A. Cole]()
His Angel by Samantha A. Cole
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe 'Sexy Six-Pack' is back! The men of Trident Security are ex- Navy SEALs, hardened warriors with hearts of gold. Angelina 'Angie' Beckett has been waiting a long time for Mister Right. Unfortunately, all her boyfriends have turned out to be Mr. Wrong. None of them have been able to hold her interest for long and give her what she craves in a relationship... -
![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... -
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![Hot SEAL by Lynn Raye Harris]()
Hot SEAL by Lynn Raye Harris
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsSex with the ex… It shouldn’t be this good the second time around. Navy SEAL Dane “Viking” Erikson has sworn off women—or at least he’s sworn off one woman: DEA Agent Ivy McGill. His ex-wife. But when they’re forced to work together on a critical military mission, Dane can’t help but notice how the one woman he shouldn’t want is the only one he can’t stop thinking about... -
![Rescuing Sadie by Susan Stoker, Lexi Blake]()
Rescuing Sadie by Susan Stoker, Lexi Blake
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsSadie Jennings was used to being protected. As the niece of Sean Taggart, and the receptionist at McKay-Taggart Group, she was constantly surrounded by Alpha men more than capable, and willing, to lay down their life for her. But when she learns about a friend in trouble, she doesn't hesitate to leave town without a word to her uncle to help... -
![Targeted Risk by Anna Blakely]()
Targeted Risk by Anna Blakely
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHE'LL TRUDGE THROUGH THE DEPTHS OF HELL JUST TO KEEP HER SAFE.Returning to the dangerous world of deep cover is the last thing Mike Bradshaw—former Delta Force operator and newest member of R.I.S.C.’s Alpha Team—wants to do. But just when he thinks he’s finished with covert life for good, Mike discovers the woman he left behind—the woman he still loves—is in danger... -
![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... -
![North's Nikki by Dale Mayer]()
North's Nikki by Dale Mayer
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn what circumstance wouldn’t a knight want to rescue a damsel in distress? A former SEAL working for Legendary Securities, North Dockter has found the very circumstance that challenges even his stalwart, chivalrous ways. Nikki Beckwith is a firecracker who butts heads with him at every turn, refusing to follow orders or listen to his experience unless doing so suits her... -
![Assassin's Promise by Elaine Levine]()
Assassin's Promise by Elaine Levine
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTraumatized by her unusual childhood, sociologist Dr. Remington Chase, has made a career out of her lifelong obsession with American cults. Her research often results in pushback from the groups she studies, but not like what’s happening now, with the White Kingdom Brotherhood biker gang shadowing her every move...
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