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  • Declan by Riley Edwards

    Declan by Riley Edwards

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Declan Crenshaw went from orphan, to Special Forces soldier, to the CIA’s golden child. Life was perfect—almost. He shouldn’t have pushed his luck and simply enjoyed the bounty fate had given him—a beautiful wife, sweet baby girl, and more love than he ever dreamed he’d know. Until a threat he never saw coming obliterated his world. His wife and child murdered...
  • Flare by Helen Hardt

    Flare by Helen Hardt

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The wildly popular Steel Brothers Saga continues with Flare, which ramps up the suspense as Brock Steel tries to uncover his family’s secrets while Rory Pike does everything in her power to keep her own secrets buried. The Steel family won’t go down on his watch… Rory Pike never imagined she’d fall for a Steel, but she has—Brock Steel, a renowned womanizer, no less...
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  • Shielding Devyn by Susan Stoker

    Shielding Devyn by Susan Stoker

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    When Devyn Groves needed a place to go, to get away, she headed for Texas, to the town her Delta Force special forces brother lived. She never thought she’d stay, she just needed a safe refuge for a while. But then she met one of her brother’s teammates. Troy “Lucky” Schmidt fell for Devyn the moment he met her. But she was skittish, and seemingly not interested in any kind of relationship...
  • The Cottage on Ghost Lane by Christy Barritt

    The Cottage on Ghost Lane by Christy Barritt

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Each house has a history. Each person has a secret. Each turn of events leads to danger.Come back to me.Cole Dalton’s wife, Caroline, had the words etched onto a pendant for him. Each time he deployed overseas as a military bomb tech, she stitched the pendant into his uniform. Cole returned safely from the battlefield . . . only to bury his wife after a tragic car accident...
  • Shelter for Blythe by Susan Stoker

    Shelter for Blythe by Susan Stoker

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Blythe Coopman never imagined she’d be homeless, but a series of events has landed her on San Antonio’s streets…hungry, tired, and scared. She clings to her most precious possession, a phone accidentally swiped from a local firefighter, who, instead of canceling the number, starts texting her...
  • Tapped by Brynne Asher

    Tapped by Brynne Asher

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    From USA Today Bestselling author Brynne Asher comes a single-mom, protective-hero romantic suspense where he falls first. My son and I are in danger. The life and death kind. The kind that forces me to make choices no mother should have to. I’ll do anything to keep my son safe and not sacrifice my responsibility to my patients. I’m desperate...
  • Playing With Fire by Susan May Warren

    Playing With Fire by Susan May Warren

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    From RITA award-winning author Susan May Warren comes a new action romance. Book 2 in the Montana Fire: Summer of Fire trilogy. She can’t forget the man she walked away from . . . Liza Beaumont knew she was playing with fire when she let smoke jumper Conner Young into her life...
  • Once You're Mine by Barbara Freethy

    Once You're Mine by Barbara Freethy

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    From #1 New York Times Bestselling Author Barbara Freethy comes a page-turning, poignant and thrilling romantic suspense novel about love, courage and risking it all! Firefighter Dylan Callaway is no coward when it comes to running into burning buildings but running into love with a beautiful and seriously annoying brunette is another story...
  • Storm Front by Susan May Warren

    Storm Front by Susan May Warren

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A tornado has destroyed a small Minnesota community and among the missing are not only a group of students but also PEAK Rescue team leader Chet King. Ty Remington will stop at nothing to rescue his mentor, not even when the girl he loved—and lost—walks back into his life. But Brette needs his help more than he knows, despite her stubborn determination to push him away...
  • Home Fires by Cat Johnson

    Home Fires by Cat Johnson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Navy SEAL Cal Swenson's going home has been a long time coming. Too bad his homecoming was based on a lie. And why did Granny feign dying to get him back to New York? That's the big question...
  • Temp Girl: part 6 of 6 by Stephanie Bond

    Temp Girl: part 6 of 6 by Stephanie Bond

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    An Amazon exclusive!From the international bestselling author of STOP THE WEDDING! (now a Hallmark Channel movie) and the BODY MOVERS mystery series comes a new story of comedy, suspense, and romance. Change is good... but not great. In TEMP GIRL, an entitled diva is forced to take a job at a temp agency to get by, and takes a tumble into reality...
  • Final Justice by Fern Michaels

    Final Justice by Fern Michaels

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    The Sisterhood - Myra, Annie, Kathryn, Alexis, Yoko, Nikki, and Isabelle - have risked everything in the name of justice, including their own freedom. Their most recent mission promised to reward them with the ultimate prize - a presidential pardon and a chance to leave their enforced exile. But as they've learned too many times before, life doesn't always turn out as planned...
  • Home Free by Fern Michaels

    Home Free by Fern Michaels

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    United by a desire to overcome their personal misfortunes, seven very different women formed an indelible bond and vowed to right wrongs wherever they found them. They’ve succeeded beyond their wildest dreams. After years known as the Vigilantes, Myra, Annie, Kathryn, Alexis, Yoko, Nikki, and Isabelle are enjoying their hard-won freedom and the chance at a normal life...
  • Victory Run 3 by Devon Hartford

    Victory Run 3 by Devon Hartford

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    There’s only one rule in Rock & Roll: Don’t sleep with anyone in the band. Victory Payne is the hottest lead guitar player on the night club scene of Hollywood’s infamous Sunset Strip. With nothing but her car and her guitar, she’s ready to claw her way to success. Victory never gives up. Then she breaks rock’s cardinal rule...
  • HOT Heroes: A HOT Series Starters Collection by Lynn Raye Harris

    HOT Heroes: A HOT Series Starters Collection by Lynn Raye Harris

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Heroes who do the right thing. No matter the price!Get FOUR full-length novels in this collection that includes the first book in each of Lynn’s series! If you haven’t been sure where to start, start here and enjoy stories about four military special ops teams set in Lynn’s Hostile Operations Team® world...
  • Alaska Spark by LoLo Paige

    Alaska Spark by LoLo Paige

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Can a chance encounter on a wildfire lead to true love under a midnight sun?Tara Waters loves being a firefighter and the adrenaline rush of fighting wildfires and saving lives is her calling. She must be on her game to join an elite hotshot crew in Montana. But when Tara is sent to fight fires in Alaska, her dream falls out of reach...
  • River by C.E. Johnson

    River by C.E. Johnson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The first time I met Kalina Lawson, she nearly passed out. Being a firefighter, I couldn’t just walk back to my cabin. I stayed with her until I knew she was all right. But her warm and friendly company is refreshing, and I quickly become enamored with the stunning cabin manager...
  • Justice for Sloane by Reina Torres

    Justice for Sloane by Reina Torres

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    For FBI Agents like Cruz Livingston and Vicente Bravo, their DNA was imprinted with Law and Order. Defending those in danger comes as easily as breathing. 
 As a Special Agent for the FBI, Vicente was treated to a front row seat to see how those ‘with’ have an easier shake than those without...
  • Mountain Impact by J.R. Pace

    Mountain Impact by J.R. Pace

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    She’s the one woman he hasn’t been able to forget.This time, they’re not going to give up on each other.Drake Jacobs, second-in-command of the Mont Blanc Search & Rescue unit, is temporarily in charge of the team. A freak accident in the mountains means he needs to be cleared by the department’s psychologist before he can get back to work―which shouldn’t be a problem, except Drake and Dr...
  • Long Shadow by Elle Keaton

    Long Shadow by Elle Keaton

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Niall’s never known anything but betrayal. All Mat wants is Niall’s heart. What will it take for him to coax Niall in from the cold? Mat's connection with Niall is tenuous; one step forward, two steps back. Since that night on the beach Niall's been avoiding Mat like a bad case of the flu--which, ironically, most of his deputies have come down with...
  • Deathblow by Dana Marton

    Deathblow by Dana Marton

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Former small-town football hero turned cop, Joe Kessler never met a linebacker, perp, or a woman he couldn't handle. Then a troubled single mom walks into his life, and the only place this hot jock will ever see 'easy' again is in the dictionary. Hiding out in Broslin, PA was working pretty well for Wendy Belle until Cop Casanova took her under his protection...
  • Holiday Rescue by Rebecca Zanetti

    Holiday Rescue by Rebecca Zanetti

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Danger Blows in for the HolidaysQuint Albertini likes his life as a smokejumper and search and rescue expert. He has his dog, his friends, and his freedom. He’s had it with women who can’t commit or who want him to change, and now all he has to do is dodge the family match-makers so he can live his peaceful life when he’s not leaping head first into danger...
  • Wanting by Calle J. Brookes

    Wanting by Calle J. Brookes

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    She saw herself in the missing little girl, and Special Agent Carrie Sparks would do whatever she had to do to find that child. Even pair up with Unit Chief Sebastian Lorcan. Lorcan always watched her, judging every move she made. And Carrie knew she always came up short with him. Still...there was a little girl out there who needed them both..
  • Beneath the Secrets Part 1 ) by Lisa Renee Jones

    Beneath the Secrets Part 1 ) by Lisa Renee Jones

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Beneath the Secrets, Part One includes: Prelude: One Dangerous Night Blake Walker left behind the ATF when the drug cartel he was hunting cost him the life of his fellow agent, and fiancee. Now, two years later, he's working with his brothers at Walker Security, but he's living fast, hard, and wild, until he reaches the ultimate high...revenge. And he's close, so close he can taste it...
  • The Cottage in the Highlands by Julie Shackman

    The Cottage in the Highlands by Julie Shackman

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    When Leonie Baxter finds herself out of a job and out of a relationship, she’s at her wits end. Her life has just been turned upside down and she needs a plan, fast.By chance, on a walk with her rescue puppy, Leonie stumbles across a striking house in the woods; fully furnished but unoccupied. As a journalist, she is determined to find out more, after all, reporting is in her nature...
  • Need to Know by Fern Michaels

    Need to Know by Fern Michaels

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    The Sisterhood: a group of women from all walks of life bound by friendship and a quest for justice. Armed with vast resources, top-notch expertise, and a loyal network of allies around the globe, the Sisterhood will not rest until every wrong is made right...
  • Kiss and Tell by Fern Michaels

    Kiss and Tell by Fern Michaels

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Putting justice in the bank… Life comes in stages. Even the Sisterhood has been content to let their gold shields gather a little dust while they enjoy their friends and family...
  • Expired Return by Lisa Phillips

    Expired Return by Lisa Phillips

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    She’ll give everything to protect her family.He always knew she was the one.Veterinary tech Pepper Miller lives a quiet life in Last Chance County. She’s watching her niece until her sister shows up…if she ever does. When Victory’s father demands he take over her care, Pepper knows something has gone wrong...
  • Last Scream by Morgan Hannah MacDonald

    Last Scream by Morgan Hannah MacDonald

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    EACH SCREAM COULD BE YOUR LAST He kidnaps them. Punishes them. Sends them to hell. Then he displays them so everyone will know they are sinners. IF HE FINDS YOU Texas Ranger William H. Thomas is called to a small town where the body of a mutilated woman has been found. She's kneeling and trussed to a tree, and her hands are tied together as if in prayer. Something horrific lies in her arms...
  • A Lawman's Justice by Delores Fossen

    A Lawman's Justice by Delores Fossen

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Don't miss the gripping conclusion of USA TODAY bestselling author Delores Fossen's Sweetwater Ranch miniseries   The tip that sends FBI Special Agent Seth Calder to an abandoned warehouse in search of exonerating evidence brings him face-to-face with a familiar adversary. Thorn-in-his-side journalist Shelby Braddock is on her own search for the truth about a decades-old crime...
  • High Country Hideout by Elle James

    High Country Hideout by Elle James

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Last hope or second chance? Ranching was Angus Ketchum's first love -- until his last tour of duty shattered that dream. The wounded ex-soldier gets his second chance when he's recruited to go undercover to protect a widowed ranch owner. But from the moment he meets Reggie Davis, Angus can tell holding on to her land and keeping her young son safe is taking its toll...
  • Exposing Justice by Misty Evans, Adrienne Giordano

    Exposing Justice by Misty Evans, Adrienne Giordano

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    As a Public Information officer for the US Supreme Court, Hope Denby knows how to spin a story. A journalist at heart, she loves being in the middle of a juicy scoop and has her sights set on future Press Secretary for the White House...
  • Fatal Honor by Misty Evans

    Fatal Honor by Misty Evans

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    **The second thrilling novel in the bodyguard romantic suspense series, Shadow Force International.Miles is Charlotte’s one and only weakness. He’s also her only hope…To stop a Romanian crime lord and clear her name, British Intelligence officer Charlotte Carstons has no choice. She must track down former Navy SEAL Miles Duncan and ask for his help...
  • Finding Her Son by Robin Perini

    Finding Her Son by Robin Perini

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Investigating a cold case is SWAT cop Mitch Bradford's worst nightmare—especially when it involves a kidnapped infant. But thanks to an injury, he'll have to settle for following Emily Wentworth instead of breaking down doors and cuffing criminals. The prime suspect in a mysterious disappearance, Emily has always claimed she was framed...
  • Wrangler's Rescue by B.J. Daniels

    Wrangler's Rescue by B.J. Daniels

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She’ll risk everything to bring her cowboy back home… One week ago, Cyrus Cahill told Ashley Jo “AJ” Somerfield that he’d be back in her arms by the weekend. He just needed to buy a bull for his ranch, and then they’d pick up where they left off after that romantic ride through the foothills. But now he’s gone missing and everyone—even the sheriff—believes he’s dead. Everyone…but AJ...
  • The Inn at Misty Lake by Margaret Standafer

    The Inn at Misty Lake by Margaret Standafer

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Susan Taylor needs a fresh start. Tired of Chicago and especially of her job at a posh hotel, she figures she’s found the perfect solution to her problems in Misty Lake. Converting an abandoned farmhouse into a bed and breakfast means she will finally have the chance to be the one calling the shots. Riley McCabe has his doubts about the project Susan proposes...
  • Misty Lake in Focus by Margaret Standafer

    Misty Lake in Focus by Margaret Standafer

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    For Cassie Papadakis, a lonely childhood inevitably led to a lonely life. Trusting no one, she threw herself into her work and avoided relationships at all costs. Until she met Frank McCabe and everything changed. Two weeks with him taught her what happiness was. But then, in an instant, her world was shattered. Frank never understood why Cassie disappeared so suddenly from his life...
  • Not Like Other Girls by Meredith Adamo

    Not Like Other Girls by Meredith Adamo

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A girl risks everything to find her former best friend in this powerful debut mystery about trauma, girlhood, and what we deserve.When Jo-Lynn Kirby's former best friend—pretty, nice Maddie Price—comes to her claiming to be in trouble, Jo assumes it's some kind of joke. After all, Jo has been an outcast ever since her nude photos were leaked—and since everyone decided she deserved it...
  • Conned by Jessica Wilde

    Conned by Jessica Wilde

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Conall Brannock takes his job seriously. He doesn't get attached, he doesn't ask questions, and he protects his family at all costs. Nothing will change that. Not even the sweet, green eyed witness that just burst into his life and shifted his world. He has one job to do; protect Emily until she can testify...
  • Operation: Endurance by Christi Snow

    Operation: Endurance by Christi Snow

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    They had a single night of passion before he deployed on a risky mission.18 hours on a mission gone very wrong was all it took to shatter all their hopes and dreams.The hero: He survived 6 months of captivity and torture, kept alive by dreams of her.The heroine: She thought he was dead and moved on only to have her world fall apart once again...
  • On The Line by Kathryn Shay

    On The Line by Kathryn Shay

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Kathryn Shay spent five years riding fire trucks with a large city fire department, eating in their firehouses and interviewing hundreds of America's Bravest. Read the novels that resulted from her intense relationship with firefighters!“Powerhouse author Shay follows up AFTER THE FIRE with another dramatic and dynamic thriller...
  • Taking the Heat by Kathryn Shay

    Taking the Heat by Kathryn Shay

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    If you’ve followed Kathryn Shay’s firefighters, then you’ll love the NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author’s O’Neil books. TAKING THE HEAT will grab your attention because it takes place in the world of firefighting and firefighter romances. “Shay writes an emotion-packed story that presents a realistic view of the romantic and social problems faced by female firefighters...
  • Before the Rain Breaks by Calle J. Brookes

    Before the Rain Breaks by Calle J. Brookes

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    (Alternate cover edition of ASIN B07VJXVLXY.) No one is truly safe. Anywhere.That was a lesson she'd learned a long time ago.Dr. Finley Coulter does her best to hide from the world behind a bubbly exterior. It's hard to keep that up knowing someone is out there watching every move she makes--and has been for weeks.She's already gone to the police, but they weren't taking the threats seriously...
  • The Perfect Murder by Brenda Novak

    The Perfect Murder by Brenda Novak

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    For more than a year, Sebastian Costas has been trying to unravel the truth behind the murder of his ex-wife and son. Despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary, he's convinced that her second husband—a cop—committed both murders, then faked his own death. Now Sebastian has followed the slimmest of leads to Sacramento…and that's where he finally gets the break he needs...
  • The Disappearance of Sloane Sullivan by Gia Cribbs

    The Disappearance of Sloane Sullivan by Gia Cribbs

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    No one wants me to tell you about the disappearance of Sloane Sullivan.Not the lawyers or the cops. Not her friends or family. Not even the boy who loved her more than anyone. And most certainly not the United States Marshals Service...
  • Too Hot to Hold by Stephanie Tyler

    Too Hot to Hold by Stephanie Tyler

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    HE’S AN ELITE NAVY SEAL LIVING A RISKY DOUBLE LIFE. SHE’S THE GORGEOUS REPORTER HOT ON HIS TRAIL. Nick Devane’s life is one big classified secret. Until Kaylee Smith busts his covert world wide open, threatening to blow his cover...
  • Now You Die by Roxanne St. Claire

    Now You Die by Roxanne St. Claire

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Former Bullet Catcher and lone wolf investigator Jack Culver is on a mission. Thirty years ago, an innocent woman was convicted of murder. Jack believes he's found the real killer -- but to take down one of the highest legal authorities in the land, he needs access. Serious access...
  • Verdad Silenciada by Sherrilyn Kenyon, Diana Love

    Verdad Silenciada by Sherrilyn Kenyon, Diana Love

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Agent Hunter Thornton is no stranger to top-secret missions, hes got nothing to lose until a beautiful brunette pulls him into her own dangerous agenda. When a heiress is murdered as Abbie tries to blackmail her for clues, Abbie realizes shes stumbled into an unforgiving conspiracy. They discover a connection and begin a battle against an evil enterprise...
  • The Passions of Chelsea Kane by Barbara Delinsky

    The Passions of Chelsea Kane by Barbara Delinsky

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    After the death of her adoptive mother, thirty-six-year-old Chelsea Kane is consumed by the need to uncover her biological heritage. Taking a break from her successful architecture career, she arrives in the New Hampshire town where she was born, determined to learn the truth, her only clue a tarnished silver key...
  • The Hunt by Allison Brennan

    The Hunt by Allison Brennan

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Touched by a killer, she feels the fire of revenge. Twelve years ago, Miranda Moore miraculously survived the torture of a serial killer who was never caught. Since then, Miranda, a former FBI trainee and now a member of a local search-and-rescue squad, has witnessed with horror the recovery of the mutilated bodies of seven young women, all victims of her tormentor, known as The Butcher...
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