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Consent to Kill by Vince Flynn
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsFor years, Mitch Rapp's bold actions have saved the lives of countless Americans. He has killed with impunity, tortured to avert disaster, and shown he will do whatever it takes to prevent terrorists from fulfilling their bloody wishes. His battles for peace and freedom have made him a hero to many, and an enemy to countless more...Categorized as:
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![Shadows by Melody Anne, John Henley]()
Shadows by Melody Anne, John Henley
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsShadows opens up with Jon Eisenhart, aka, Eyes, and Carl Schwartz, aka, Sleep on a mission that goes all wrong and will forever change their lives. When they make it out, they’re eventually invited into a new team, where they come together with Tyrell Rice, aka, Smoke, Steve Bregon, aka, Brackish, and Hendrick Meeks, aka, Green... -
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Mission Critical by Mark Greaney
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsTHE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From Mark Greaney, the New York Times bestselling author of Gunmetal Gray and a coauthor of Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan novels, comes a high-stakes thriller featuring the world's most dangerous assassin: the Gray Man.Court Gentry's flight on a CIA transport plane is interrupted when a security team brings a hooded man aboard...Categorized as:
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Surviving the Fall by Brittney Sahin
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsGone was the man Jake Summers had become; in his place, there were only questions...After having been abducted from an FBI operation, Jake Summers wakes up the victim of an explosion in London a week later. He is perhaps the sole witness to the start of a massive terrorist plot, but his memory of the event — and of the last twelve years of his life — have been erased... -
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![The Last Man by Vince Flynn]()
The Last Man by Vince Flynn
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsA pulse-pounding thriller by #1 New York Times bestselling phenomenon Vince Flynn, as Mitch Rapp heads to Afghanistan to track down a missing CIA agent.The four dead guards didn’t concern Mitch Rapp as much as the absence of the man they’d been paid to protect. Joe Rickman wasn’t just another foot soldier. For the last eight years Rickman had ran the CIA’s clandestine operations in Afghanistan... -
![Pursuit of Honor by Vince Flynn]()
Pursuit of Honor by Vince Flynn
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsThe action begins six days after a series of explosions devastated Washington, D.C., targeting the National Counterterrorism Center and killing 185 people, including public officials and CIA employees. It was a bizarre act of extreme violence that called for extreme measures on the part of elite counterterrorism operative Mitch Rapp and his trusted team member, Mike Nash... -
![Separation of Power by Vince Flynn]()
Separation of Power by Vince Flynn
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsCIA superagent Mitch Rapp is back in action in Vince Flynn's high-velocity New York Times bestseller. Newly appointed CIA director Dr. Irene Kennedy is the target of an inside plot to destroy her and prematurely end the American President's term. To make matters worse, Saddam Hussein is close to entering the nuclear arms race -- something Israel has vowed to stop... -
![Transfer of Power by Vince Flynn]()
Transfer of Power by Vince Flynn
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 33 ratingsOn a busy Washington morning, amid the shuffle of tourists and the brisk rush of government officials, the stately calm of the White House is shattered in a hail of gunfire. A group of terrorists has descended on the Executive Mansion, and gained access by means of a violent massacre that has left dozens of innocent bystanders murdered... -
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Protect and Defend by Vince Flynn
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 28 ratings"New York Times" bestselling author Vince Flynn returns with his most explosive political thriller yet. A tour de force of action-packed suspense, "Protect and Defend" delivers an all-too-realistic and utterly compelling vision of nations navigating the minefield of international intrigue... -
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Kill Shot by Vince Flynn
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 30 ratings#1 New York Times bestselling author of American Assassin—now a major motion pictureVince Flynn’s intensely suspenseful #1 New York Times bestseller puts the young, hungry, and lethal superagent of American Assassin in the crosshairs even as he kills with impunity... -
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Memorial Day by Vince Flynn
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsFighting terrorism on foreign ground, CIA superagent Mitch Rapp does whatever it takes to protect American freedom.CIA intelligence has pointed to a major terrorist attack on the United States, just as the nation's capital prepares for a grand Memorial Day tribute to the veterans of World War II... -
![Executive Power by Vince Flynn, Armand Schultz]()
Executive Power by Vince Flynn, Armand Schultz
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsCIA superagent Mitch Rapp battles global terrorism in a high-octane follow-up to The New York Times bestselling Separation of Power -- another chillingly authentic adventure from the master of the political thriller. Mitch Rapp's cover has been blown... -
![Clive Cussler's Condor's Fury by Graham Brown, Clive Cussler]()
Clive Cussler's Condor's Fury by Graham Brown, Clive Cussler
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsA freighter carrying top-secret computers of unparalleled capability disappears in the Western Pacific. While searching for a lost treasure that once belonged to the famous pirate queen, Ching Shih, Kurt Austin and Joe Zavala are redirected to look for the missing vessel... -
![Act of Treason by Vince Flynn]()
Act of Treason by Vince Flynn
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsCIA operative Mitch Rapp follows a trail of contract killers leading directly to the heart of our nation's capital in New York Times bestselling author Vince Flynn's eighth explosive thriller. It's a gorgeous autumn day in Georgetown... -
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![Prodigal Son by Gregg Hurwitz]()
Prodigal Son by Gregg Hurwitz
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsForced into retirement, Evan Smoak gets an urgent request for help from someone he didn't even suspect existed.As a boy, Evan Smoak was pulled out of a foster home and trained in an off-the-books operation known as the Orphan Program. He was a government assassin, perhaps the best, known to a few insiders as Orphan X... -
![The President's Daughter by Bill Clinton, James Patterson]()
The President's Daughter by Bill Clinton, James Patterson
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsThere's a new administration in the White House. But it's the previous First Family who tops an international assassin's hit list.Michael Keating is a former Navy SEAL -- and a former President of the United States, now relocated to rural New Hampshire after a brave but ill-fated military mission cost him his second term... -
![True Faith and Allegiance by Mark Greaney, Tom Clancy]()
True Faith and Allegiance by Mark Greaney, Tom Clancy
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsThe #1 New York Times–bestselling series is back with the most shocking revelation of all. After years of facing international threats, President Jack Ryan learns that the greatest dangers always come from within. . . .It begins with a family dinner in Princeton, New Jersey. After months at sea, U.S...Categorized as:
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![Badge of Honor: Texas Heroes Collection One by Susan Stoker]()
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... -
![SEALs of Honor: Devlin by Dale Mayer]()
SEALs of Honor: Devlin by Dale Mayer
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe right place at the right time… or the very wrong place… As part of a group helping to training Iraq soldiers, Devin is doing additional training on how to use the latest drones. But when a murder is committed on the base and suspicion is thrown on the drone’s designer, he can’t stop himself from helping her. When they return stateside, another employee in the same company is murdered... -
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Hollywood by Zoe Dawson
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsJude “Hollywood” Lock loved the ladies, but commitment, not so much. Getting burned at love was been there, done that enough for him. But when his Hollywood looks gets him tasked by the brass to pose for an artist as part of the Warrior Angel charity project, he has no choice but to follow orders... -
![SEAL's Revenge by Makenna Jameison]()
SEAL's Revenge by Makenna Jameison
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA hostage rescue gone wrong. A woman in fear of her life. And a Navy SEAL who’ll stop at nothing to save her.Navy SEAL Ethan “Everglades” Flannigan feels an instant draw toward the woman his team is tasked with rescuing from the mountains of Afghanistan. Kidnapped and held by a terror cell, her condition is unknown... -
![Extreme Measures by Vince Flynn]()
Extreme Measures by Vince Flynn
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 48 ratingsThe latest pulse-pounding thriller by #1 "New York Times" bestselling phenomenon Vince Flynn explodes onto the scene with a deadly and charismatic hero fans will cheer for all the way to the last riveting page.Vince Flynn's thrillers, featuring counterterrorism operative Mitch Rapp, have dominated the imagination of readers everywhere... -
![Daughter of War by Brad Taylor]()
Daughter of War by Brad Taylor
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsFormer Special Forces Officer and New York Times bestselling author Brad Taylor delivers a heart-pounding thriller featuring Taskforce operators Pike Logan and Jennifer Cahill as they come face to face with a conspiracy where nothing is as it seems... -
![The Third Option by Vince Flynn]()
The Third Option by Vince Flynn
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsMitch Rapp, CIA's top counterterrorism operative, is sent on his final mission. His target, a German Industrialist who has been selling sensitive equipment to the worlds most notorious sponsors of terrorism... -
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![Point Of Impact by Stephen Hunter, Beau Bridges]()
Point Of Impact by Stephen Hunter, Beau Bridges
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsHe was one the best Marine snipers in Vietnam. Today, twenty years later, disgruntled hero of an unheroic war, all Bob Lee Swagger wants to be left alone and to leave the killing behind.But with consummate psychological skill, a shadowy military organization seduces Bob into leaving his beloved Arkansas hills for one last mission for his country, unaware until too late that the game is rigged... -
![American Assassin by Vince Flynn]()
American Assassin by Vince Flynn
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 61 ratingsMitch Rapp is a gifted college athlete who just wants retribution for the Pan Am Lockerbie attack. He trains six months intensely with other clandestine operatives, under CIA Operations Director Thomas Stansfield and protégé Irene Kennedy, to stop terrorists before they reach America... -
![Friendly Fire by John Gilstrap, Basil Sands]()
Friendly Fire by John Gilstrap, Basil Sands
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratings"Will leave you breathless." (Harlan Coben)"When you pick up a Gilstrap novel, one thing is always true - you are going to be entertained at a high rate of speed." (Suspense Magazine)It begins with a shocking act of vengeance. Barista Ethan Falk chases a customer into the parking lot and kills him. He tells police that years ago, the older man abducted and tortured him... -
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Foreign Agent by Brad Thor
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThe brand new thriller from the internationally bestselling author of Code of Conduct and Hidden Order... -
![Time to Hunt by Stephen Hunter]()
Time to Hunt by Stephen Hunter
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsHe is the most dangerous man alive. He only wants to live in peace with his family, and forget the war that nearly killed him...It's not going to happen... -
![Pitbull by Zoe Dawson]()
Pitbull by Zoe Dawson
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsErrol "Pitbull" Ballentine is tasked to work with an NCIS agent who is on the trail of one of their own missing agents. He and the team meet up with NCIS and Pitbull discovers it's special agent Makayla Littlestar who looks like a delicate flower. He soon discovers that her looks are the only soft thing about this driven woman... -
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Game of Snipers by Stephen Hunter
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIn this blazing new thriller from Pulitzer Prize winner Stephen Hunter, master sniper Bob Lee Swagger takes on his biggest job to date...and confronts an assassin with skills that match his own... -
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Oath of Office by Jack Mars
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsOATH OF OFFICE is book #2 in the bestselling Luke Stone series, which begins with ANY MEANS NECESSARY (book #1. A biological agent is stolen from a biocontainment lab. Weaponized, it could kill millions, and a desperate national hunt ensues to catch the terrorists before it is too late...Categorized as:
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Operator Down by Brad Taylor
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratings- A New York Times Bestseller - Former Special Forces Officer and New York Times bestselling author Brad Taylor delivers a heart-pounding thriller where Pike Logan's search for a Mossad agent and ally puts him on a collision course with a ruthless military coup in Africa--and tests his loyalties to the Taskforce.It was to be a simple mission... -
![Show No Mercy / Take No Prisoners by Cindy Gerard]()
Show No Mercy / Take No Prisoners by Cindy Gerard
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn Show No Mercy, when American journalist Jenna McMillan innocently steps into an assassination plot Black Ops, Inc. agent Gabriel Jones is trying to foil in Buenos Aires, Gabe keeps her from getting killed. There's unfinished professional business between Gabe and Jenna--and an undeniable sexual attraction. It all leads to a suspenseful showdown with Gabe trying to save Jenna's life.. -
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![A WILDer Wonderland - Sexy Stories Of The Season by Angel Payne]()
A WILDer Wonderland - Sexy Stories Of The Season by Angel Payne
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe weather outside may be frightful, but the WILD Boys keep things delightful with four stories that will keep you hotter-than-hot under the covers. These mini episodes give emotional updates for the couples with whom you've fallen in love during the series’ first three books, as well as a not-to-be-missed preview of what's in store for Tait Bommer and Kellan Rush in Book 5... -
![Fast Justice by Kaylea Cross]()
Fast Justice by Kaylea Cross
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSacrifice is a requirement of the job. Rowan Stewart walked away from the love of a lifetime to focus on the demands of her job as Assistant US Attorney. Now she’s working on the biggest case of her career, prosecuting one of the Veneno cartel’s most notorious members. Except the case presents unexpected challenges—including the man she can’t forget…and a threat she could not foresee... -
![Spring UnVeiled by KaLyn Cooper]()
Spring UnVeiled by KaLyn Cooper
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIs a bittersweet tragedy enough to bring exes back together?Navy Captain Evan Hubbard returns to the West Coast to take command of Group 1 Navy SEALs at Coronado. His mission to clean up the team’s tarnished reputation. When a sex trafficking ring involving SEALs comes to light, Evan must decide who he can trust to help him clean house and restore honor and pride... -
![Coup d'Etat by Ben Coes]()
Coup d'Etat by Ben Coes
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsWanting only a peaceful, obscure life, Dewey Andreas has gone to rural Australia, far from turbulent forces that he once fought against. But powerful men, seeking revenge, have been scouring the earth looking for Dewey. And now, they've finally found him - forcing Dewey to abandon his home and to fight for his life against a very well armed, well trained group of assassins... -
![Scarecrow Returns by Matthew Reilly]()
Scarecrow Returns by Matthew Reilly
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsDeep in the Arctic, a long-forgotten Soviet military base enshrouds a weapon of unimaginably destructive force—a Cold War doomsday device with the power to obliterate the planet... -
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Black List by Brad Thor
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsAn explosive thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Brad Thor: Scot Harvath must survive a stunning masterwork of action, intrigue, and ingenious plot twists.Somewhere deep inside the United States government is a closely guarded list. Members of Congress never get to see it—only the President and a secret team of advisers...Categorized as:
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![Code of Conduct by Brad Thor]()
Code of Conduct by Brad Thor
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsSIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, BRAD THOR! "Thor tops himself again and again." --BookReporter.com "Feels like the TV show "24" on the page." --The Associated Press #1 "New York Times" bestselling author Brad Thor presents his greatest thriller ever--an action-packed literary tour de force Hidden deep within one of the world's most powerful organizations is a secret committee with a devastating agenda... -
![All Necessary Force by Brad Taylor]()
All Necessary Force by Brad Taylor
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsA terrorist hit is coming. CIA, FBI, and Department of Defense systems have spiked, but traditional intel is going nowhere. It falls to the Taskforce--a top secret team that exists outside the bounds of U.S. law and is charged with finding and destroying asymmetric threats--to stop the unknown conspirators.. -
![Hunter Killer by Brad Taylor]()
Hunter Killer by Brad Taylor
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsPike Logan tracks highly-trained Russian assassins to Brazil in this blistering, action-packed thriller from New York Times bestselling author and former Special Forces Officer Brad Taylor.Pike Logan and the Taskforce were once the apex predators, an unrivaled hunting machine that decimated those out to harm the United States, but they may have met their match... -
![Sniper Elite: One-Way Trip by Scott McEwen, Thomas Koloniar]()
Sniper Elite: One-Way Trip by Scott McEwen, Thomas Koloniar
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe co-author of the #1bestsellerAmerican Sniper, the critically acclaimed memoir of SEAL sniper Chris Kyle, brings his talents to a riveting novel packed with the action, danger, and camaraderie that are part of daily life for these elite warriors-and introduces a new SEAL hero. ONE TEAM. ONE SHOT. ONE WAY...Categorized as:
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![Hostage Rescue Team Box Set Vol. I by Kaylea Cross]()
Hostage Rescue Team Box Set Vol. I by Kaylea Cross
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe first three books of the Hostage Rescue Team... -
![Armed Response by Janie Crouch]()
Armed Response by Janie Crouch
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIs the woman he once loved…The traitor they’re searching for?Former Special Forces soldier Jace Eakin must find the mole inside Omega who’s leaking intel to a terrorist mastermind. Despite their complicated history and the fact that she is keeping a secret, he can’t believe it’s SWAT team leader Lillian Muir. As they give in to long-denied passion, Jace vows to protect Lillian with his life... -
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Rage by Janet Elizabeth Henderson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHe's lost his purpose. She's giving it back. Whether he wants it or not! These are the circumstances that led to Isobel Sinclair's latest stupid decision: 1. She was a teenage mum who (unknowingly!) went on to marry a criminal. 2. She's now divorced with two kids, a mountain of debt (courtesy of her criminal ex) and a minimum wage job. 3... -
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Covering Coco by Heather Long
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLife between the cross hairs Retired Navy SEAL John Jacob “Jacko” Johnson earned a reputation for being cool under pressure, having more kills from behind the scope of a sniper rifle than anyone else active on the teams, and being a total smartass...Categorized as:
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The Defender by Donna Grant
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTheir love knows no borders. A loner who exudes danger, Lev Ivanski has spent his life in service to one man, someone he loves and respects. But things are changing. Rapidly. Lev and his boss have allies and friends and a new mission more important their than business, all because of the Saints. This clandestine organization needs to be taken down, and Lev has the skills to help... -
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Bloodlands by Mark Dawson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe cold of Siberia meets the chill of betrayal.In a world where loyalty is fleeting and alliances are temporary, John Milton is on a mission that will bring him face-to-face with enemies old and new. When his friend, Alex Hicks, finds himself pursued by mysterious adversaries, the two men are thrust back into the web of international espionage...
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