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Code Name: Aries by Janie Crouch
Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsMy code name is Aries.The stars say I’m aggressive, dominant, first in line to lead.The stars aren’t wrong.Zodiac Tactical is my company. It’s run by those I’ve chosen for their skills and ability to outmaneuver adversaries. We guard, protect, rescue…assist on the side of the angels.We eliminate the threat when nobody else can... -
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Recovering Ivy (Special Forces: Operation Alpha) by Riley Edwards
Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWe met in a bar. The sex was phenomenal. Then I walked away. That’s where our story should’ve ended. But he found me. Now he knows my real name, my secrets, and all the details of my sordid past. I’m out for revenge and no one will stop me; not even the pragmatic Zane Lewis. If he thinks he can silence me with the promise of more mind-bending sex, he’s wrong... -
Hitting Xtremes by Em Petrova
Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsNo amount of snow and ice can melt this attraction…Special ops captain Penn Sullivan is no stranger to extreme conditions, but chasing an elusive drug trafficker through the Alaskan wilderness proves a challenge... -
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Securing Piper by Susan Stoker
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWhat started as an adventure, soon became hell. Piper Johnson’s thrilled to spend time in Timor-Leste with her best friend, a Peace Corps volunteer…until civil unrest erupts throughout the countryside, including an attack at the orphanage the women were visiting... -
Justin by Kris Michaels
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsBeing CEO of flourishing JK Holdings isn't a sufficient challenge for millionaire restaurateur Justin King. He craves the rush gained by facing danger and triumphing—be it heli-skiing, rappelling, suit jumping from the peaks of Mt. Everest or racing performance cars. But nothing does it for him like breaking into impenetrable fortresses and rifling their vaults for Guardian Security... -
Owen by Riley Edwards
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsOwen Cullen was a dream. Not a dream come true because I’d never dared to dream. He was my wildest fantasy, a hallucination, a delusion. The handsome man who’d saved my life—twice. He was a real-life hero, and I was…what was I? Filth, that was what I was. The daughter of a gangster, the niece of the reigning king of Chicago’s underground. I tried my best not to fall in love with Owen... -
Whispered Lies by Kathleen Brooks
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsGovernment secrets are being sold and the newly-sworn-in President of the United States already feels out of options. Without knowing the full scope of the scandal, the president decides to turn to the one person he knows he can trust--former FBI Agent, Elizabeth James. Her deep distrust of the system is rooted in her unfair discharge from service... -
Freeing Jasper: A Black Ops Romance by Riley Edwards
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe moment Jasper heard Emily Jenkins' sultry voice he was transfixed. An instant and heated reaction that wound its way through his soul and warmed his skin. The inexplicable connection was broken as fast as it began. Emily has a son. Jasper doesn't "do" kids... -
Razor by Heather Slade
Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen love cuts like a knife . . . Bodyguard for K19 Security Systems, Tabon "Razor" Sharp has seen his fair share of tragedy, but one thing is for certain: he never forgets a face. Agreeing to be his buddy's groomsman means he'll once again reunite with the enchanting and gorgeous, Ava McNamara. Unable to finish what they started last time, he's more than ready to reignite the spark with Ava... -
Jason by Kris Michaels
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsJason King was presented the opportunity of a lifetime… …assume control of Guardian Security from the billionaire who had built the world renowned agency. As CEO, Jason would manage the best security resources in the world... -
Shelter for Koren by Susan Stoker
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsDiscovering your ex is a serial-killing religious zealot would put anyone off dating for a good long while. That’s where Hudson “Taco” Vines’s head is at when he meets Koren, a woman who looks a little too much like his ex for comfort. But he can’t deny their attraction, and the more he gets to know her, the more Taco realizes how different Koren is from his ex, in all the best ways... -
Finding His Mark by Brittney Sahin
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsShe's crashed the biggest party of her life, and she's about to pay the price. As the leader of an off-the-books black ops SEAL team, Luke Scott can't afford for anyone to discover the truth about who he is or what he does... -
Joseph by Kris Michaels
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsEmber Harris has sworn to save lives. Joseph King is an assassin. Death is their common ground, only they stand on opposing sides. A dead man’s plea pushes Dr. Ember Harris headfirst into a swirling mire of drugs, death and political corruption. The Cartel boss who murdered Ember’s friend will stop at nothing to get the information entrusted to her... -
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Innocence & Betrayal by Brittney Sahin
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsReserved biochemist Ava Daniels has spent the last six months working on a top secret assignment for Homeland Security. One morning, after a night of finally letting loose, she discovers her lab empty and her boss missing. Interrogated by the very organization she works for, followed by unknowns, and attacked, Ava finds herself in search of answers as the clock winds down... -
Sunset Flames by Maryann Jordan
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe Baytown Boys Military duty called them away to war zones, but after tours overseas, the group of friends found their way back home as men, seeking the peaceful little seaside town. Now, the band of brothers, together once more, work to provide a place for less fortunate veterans to call home... -
Defending Morgan by Susan Stoker
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsProtection leads to passion in New York Times bestselling author Susan Stoker’s dangerously hot Mountain Mercenaries adventure.Dispatched to the Dominican Republic to rescue a kidnapped child, former Navy SEAL Archer “Arrow” Kane makes a startling discovery: another hostage—Morgan Byrd, a very beautiful and very well-known missing person who disappeared off the streets of Atlanta a year ago... -
Enemy Territory by Jemma Westbrook
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsSometimes your biggest enemy isn’t across the line. Dutch Mackey has made his fair share of enemies over the years. None of them are like Harlow Mowry. As the hacker for Team Rogue, she’s got her hands in everything. Occasionally that includes his pants. The woman is as vicious as she is irresistible, and can run hotter than hot and colder than cold... -
The Bodyguard by Anna Hackett
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFor a princess with a deadly stalker, the only place she feels safe is in the arms of her big, tough, and very off-limits bodyguard.Princess Sofia of Caldova is in San Francisco to spearhead a fabulous royal jewelry exhibition and raise money for her charity…but danger has followed her...Categorized as:
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Shelter for Blythe by Susan Stoker
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsBlythe 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... -
Justice for Erin by Susan Stoker
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsPart-time bartender Erin Gardner is friendly to everyone who bellies up to her bar, including the local law enforcement and firefighters who keep her city safe. That’s where she meets game warden Conor Paxton, a regular who she asks to join a canoeing trip she’s leading for her university day job. When the trip leads to something more, Erin couldn’t be happier... -
Close Cover by Lexi Blake, Rebecca Zanetti
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsRemy 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... -
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... -
Cade by Dale Mayer
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCade Terence, a former SEAL, has spent the last two years physically recovering when his unit's truck drove over an antitank landmine. Six other team-mates were also badly hurt, the seventh dead, in what their team leader Badger Horley realized later had to be a trap set to take them out. The father of Laszlo, a member of his unit, was in a hit-and-run... -
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Badge of Honor: Texas Heroes Collection One by Susan Stoker
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBooks 1-4 in the Badge of Honor: Texas Heroes Series Justice for Mackenzie Daxton Chambers, a member of the oldest and most distinguished law enforcement agency in the state of Texas, never understood why people killed. But this new case, where someone was kidnapping and burying women alive, is a whole new level of depravity... -
Geir by Dale Mayer
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsGeir Winthrop, a former SEAL, has recovered from the damage done when his squad's truck drove over an antitank landmine more than two years ago. Six other team-mates were also badly injured, the seventh--Mouse--dead, in what their team leader realized later had to be a trap. Geir has been trying to uncover details about Mouse’s history... -
To the Xtreme by Em Petrova
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsn the Alaskan wilderness, meeting their match takes on more than one meaning.Special Operative and second-in-command for the Xtreme Ops team, Harris Lipton, aka Lip, finds himself sidelined after an accident. While laid up, locating a loony in the national forest won’t be easy, especially by shooting off text messages instead of bullets... -
The Specialist by Anna Hackett
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsShe’s in danger and now her personal protector is her too handsome, totally aggravating billionaire boss.Executive assistant Harlow Carlson is having a very bad week. Firstly, she’s been temporarily reassigned to work for bossy, workaholic tyrant, Easton Norcross. He might be sex in a suit, but mostly she just wants to stab him with her stylus... -
Shelter for Elizabeth by Susan Stoker
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsElizabeth Parkins lived through a nightmare come true—getting kidnapped by a serial killer. Seeking a fresh start, she moves to Texas, but escaping her demons proves impossible when she’s too terrified to leave her own apartment. A small, accidental fire sparks a coping method she’d never expected, and brings an amazing man to her door... -
Justice for Corrie by Susan Stoker
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsBlind since birth, Corrie Madison relies on her other sharpened senses in her job as a chiropractor. Never did she imagine she’d have to depend on them to identify a killer. But when a man enters her practice, murdering everyone in his path, Corrie is the only witness—putting her directly in the killer’s crosshairs... -
Diamond in the Rough by Charlie Cochet
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsWhen the cards are stacked against you, the Kings will even the odds. For Ward “King” Kingston the role of protector, forged by fire and tragedy, is one he takes seriously. When King is asked to safeguard the son of a four-star general and friend, he is pulled back into the world of government black ops on a mission that raises painful memories from his past... -
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... -
False Security by Evan Grace
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIt was supposed to be a harmless blind date-but it ended in a one night stand when Shayla up and left in the middle of the night without a wink or a wave. I didn’t think I’d see her again…until I walked into my office and met our new employee—none other than the curvy brunette who had rocked my world. The more she fights the attraction between us, the more determined I am to make her mine... -
King of Clubs by Sandra Owens
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIn the second novel in acclaimed author Sandra Owens’s Aces & Eights series, passions—and tempers—flare as one star-crossed couple gets a second chance at love. Covert FBI agent Court Gentry loves his brothers, his job, and his Harley-Davidson. Once he loved a girl, too, but when she broke his heart, he put his emotions on lockdown…until she crosses his path again... -
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Serve and Protect: a small town romantic suspense novel by Lori Ryan
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsShe’s hiding from memories that could tear her apart. He knows getting her to face her past is the key to the most important murder investigation he’ll ever handle. Ashley Walker was one of the lucky ones. Adopted when she was fourteen years old by a family who loved her as their own and stuck beside her through all she put them through. She can’t outrun the hell of her past, though... -
Vinny: Alvarez Security Series by Maryann Jordan, Andrea Michelle
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAlvarez Security Agency Former Special Forces brother-in-arms now working together to provide an elite security service in the southern city of Richland. Vinny Malloy, dedicated to his brothers while working for Alvarez Security, loved life the way he loved his music…loud, hard, and fast... -
Protecting Olivia (Special Forces: Operation Alpha) (The Red Team ) by Riley Edwards
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratings***This book was previously published in Amazon Kindle Worlds*** When the daughter of a White House aide goes missing, the President calls in Zane Lewis and his team of former special forces soldiers to find the missing girl. The Red Team, having a well-earned reputation for being the best, discovers the true motive behind the kidnapping, and all hell breaks loose... -
Link'd Up by Harley Stone
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsPresident Tyler “Link” Lincoln of the Dead Presidents MC, runs a club dedicated to helping military vets readjust to society. When his sergeant at arms is arrested for the attempted murder of a prominent Seattle figure, Link’s search for a lawyer brave enough to fight for justice leads him to an alluring defense attorney with a bleeding heart and a steel backbone... -
Axel by Dale Mayer
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLife 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... -
Killer Secrets by Lora Leigh
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe new, sexy Navy SEAL novel from New York Times bestselling author Lora LeighTHE FIGHT OF HIS LIFEAs the illegitimate son of Diego Fuentes, Ian Richards faces danger at every turn. Neither his father nor his fellow Navy SEALs knows which side he’s fighting for—or against. Which is exactly how the game must be played…until Agent Porter enters the picture... -
Deathwish by Dana Marton
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsOfficer Gabriella Maria Flores desperately needs a big win to save her career. A case that proves that she has her act together, something non-controversial to make people forget the recent scandal she's been involved in. Instead, the murder she catches couldn't be more high-profile, the number one suspect her boss's brother. Means, motive, opportunity--check... -
Levi by Maryann Jordan
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsPacked up, loaded up, and ready to move.Heading from Wyoming to Maine to take on his new position with Lighthouse Security Investigations, Levi was hauling his possessions on a leisurely trip across the country, enjoying the sights he rarely had the time to see in his former career with the FBI. Time to get off the highway and take the backroads... -
Macklin by Dale Mayer
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMacklin has tried to forget the one damaging relationship in his life and the woman who won’t believe their relationship is over. She makes his life hell – until she turns up dead – leaving evidence pointing to Macklin as her killer. Alex, the new detective on the Coronado Police force, is determined to make a good impression... -
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... -
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The Protective SEAL by Katie Knight, Leslie North
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsJack Williams has never felt so lost. For him, being a Navy SEAL wasn’t just a job, it was a way of life. Protecting people had always been his strength, until a career-ending injury forced him into retirement. He’s struggling to start over when he stumbles across a car in a ditch, springing him back into action. Only this is no random citizen in distress... -
Rampage by Reese Knightley
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsExplosive 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... -
Bishop's Endgame by Katie Reus
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsRead the final book in the Endgame trilogy where blood is thick, but passion is thicker… He kidnapped a princess to exact revenge. Set up for a crime he didn’t commit, Ellis Bishop takes the law into his own hands to exact justice and clear his name. Unfortunately, that means he has to kidnap a crime boss’s daughter—a perfect mafia princess, set to become queen of a dirty empire... -
Special Forces: Operation Alpha: Aaron's Honor by Lindsay Cross
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAs a Special Forces operative, Aaron Spears treated relationships like Tangos. He’d seen the wreckage of his Task Force brothers' attempts and had no desire to put any woman through the hardship. He had one purpose – serve his country and protect his teammates. Then Celine Latimer walked into his life and turned his world upside down... -
Falling Under by Lisa Renee Jones, Lucy Rivers
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsEx-special forces Jacob King is a man who keeps to himself, having learned the hard way that letting people close to you, trusting them, might just get you killed. A lesson he learned when members of his Special Ops team turned dirty while others, men he considered friends, died. He made them pay. He made them hurt. He put them in jail. And so he doesn't trust anyone anymore... -
Seeing Love: Saints Protection & Investigations by Maryann Jordan
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsSaints Protection & Investigations A private investigation business, pulling together men from the CIA, FBI, ATF, DEA, Border Patrol, SEALS, and police, devoted to the missions no one else wants or can solve...
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