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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... -
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Ambush by Barbara Nickless
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe gripping third book in the bestselling Sydney Rose Parnell series.Railway cop and former Marine Sydney Parnell is on the hunt. So is a killer she knows only as the Alpha. They’re in a race to find Malik, an eleven-year-old Iraqi boy with secrets to guard. Sydney wants to help him. The Alpha wants him dead...Categorized as:
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![Owen by Riley Edwards]()
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]()
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... -
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![Ryland’s Reach by Dale Mayer]()
Ryland’s Reach by Dale Mayer
Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWelcome to a new stand-alone but interconnected series from USA Today bestselling Dale Mayer. This is Bullard’s story—and that of his team’s. All raw, rough, incredibly capable men who have one goal: to find out who was behind the attack on their leader, before the attacker, or attackers, return to finish the job... -
![Ice's Icing by Dale Mayer]()
Ice's Icing by Dale Mayer
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIce wanted only one thing in her life, and that was Levi—and maybe someone who was a blend of both of them. When he asked her to marry him, she was thrilled, but now she’s struggling to pin down a wedding date for fear he’d been caught up in the moment and didn’t really want to go through with it... -
![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... -
![Innocence & Betrayal by Brittney Sahin]()
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... -
![Hired to Kill by Andrew Peterson, Dick Hill]()
Hired to Kill by Andrew Peterson, Dick Hill
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIn this fast-paced thriller, special operative Nathan McBride battles the most treacherous enemy he’s ever faced—and the one hitting closest to home.After simultaneous deadly terror attacks on San Diego and Washington, DC, hammer the nation, Nathan learns that the mass murders weren’t random events—they targeted his family.And the threat is far from over...Categorized as:
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Carter by Dale Mayer
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsStaying away was harder than he thought … Recovering from an accident was hell on anyone, but, for a stubborn guy like Carter, it was worse. No way would he be a burden. So he stayed away from Montana, where his best friend lived … and his best friend’s sister. Until Geir and Cade ask Carter to check up on a dog delivered to a small town close by, but the dog never arrived... -
![Once A Pilgrim by James Deegan]()
Once A Pilgrim by James Deegan
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsJohn Carr has recently left the SAS, after a long and distinguished career, and is now working for a Russian oligarch in the murky world of private security.But an incident from his past – in which three terrorists were brutally killed – suddenly comes back to haunt him.Tracked by a hitman out for revenge, John Carr is forced to step over the line to defend himself and his family... -
![Jax by Dale Mayer]()
Jax by Dale Mayer
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhat 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... -
![Beau by Dale Mayer]()
Beau by Dale Mayer
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhat 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... -
![Rowan by Dale Mayer]()
Rowan by Dale Mayer
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThis is the next book in the USA Today bestselling series The K9 Files. Full description coming soon... -
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![Total Power by Kyle Mills, Vince Flynn]()
Total Power by Kyle Mills, Vince Flynn
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsIN THE NEXT THRILLER IN THE NUMBER ONE 'NEW YORK TIMES' BEST-SELLING MITCH RAPP SERIES, IT'S A RACE AGAINST THE CLOCK WHEN ISIS TAKES OUT THE ENTIRE US POWER GRID AND THROWS THE COUNTRY INTO CHAOS.When Mitch Rapp captures ISIS's top technology expert, he reveals that he was on his way to meet a man who claims to have the ability to bring down America's power grid... -
![The First Commandment by Brad Thor]()
The First Commandment by Brad Thor
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsCovert counterterrorism agent Scot Harvath awakens find a sadistic assassin with a personal vendetta unleashes horrors on those closest to him. Ordered by the president to stay out of the investigation, Harvath mounts his own operation to uncover the conspiracy and exact revenge... -
![The Wolf's Bite by David Archer]()
The Wolf's Bite by David Archer
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsNoah and the Camelot team are handed their most unusual mission yet: Sarah must infiltrate the infamous Bangkok Hilton women's prison in order to make contact with and plan the rescue of a young American woman. Noah, Neil and new team member Marco are tasked with planning their escape, but something goes terribly wrong... -
![Ryker by Dale Mayer]()
Ryker by Dale Mayer
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAfter his last assignment, Ryker is ready for a rest. And he gets it—but only a few hours …That’s even too long for a geologist kidnapped by guerrillas in the Columbian jungle. Ryker has plenty of experience in jungles around the world but, keeping Manila safe—along with the two men she’s traveling with and their injured guide—exposes them for who they are... -
![Gavin by Dale Mayer]()
Gavin by Dale Mayer
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen four members of one family-owned corporation are kidnapped off the streets in Honolulu, Gavin’s intel says this is a corporate espionage case … but is it? Not much to like about this case. Too many people are involved, … including an old friend of Gavin’s. But, as Gavin digs deeper into the motives of the suspect pool, events get uglier, and bodies start to fall... -
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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... -
![Zack's Zest: A SEALs of Honor World Novel by Dale Mayer]()
Zack's Zest: A SEALs of Honor World Novel by Dale Mayer
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsZack's Zest, book 24 in the Heroes for Hire Series.Zack wasn’t someone to focus on his mistakes, but he’d made a big one, and it was hard to move on from it. Still he was determined to work with Levi’s team to find new meaning in his life and to get his head on straight. At least that was the plan... -
![Keane by Dale Mayer]()
Keane by Dale Mayer
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHeading 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... -
![Balance of Power by David Archer]()
Balance of Power by David Archer
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsJust back from their honeymoon, Noah and Sarah and the rest of Team Camelot are called up for a new mission, but this one is different from anything they've done before. Noah will be infiltrating a domestic organized crime ring in the South, with Sarah as his wife and Neil as her computer-nerd little brother... -
![Hit For Hire by David Archer]()
Hit For Hire by David Archer
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAfter recovering from the shock of Neverland's recent attack, Noah and the team are sent back into the field to identify and eliminate a power player who uses his position as a legitimate arms dealer to manipulate terror groups and nations alike. Unfortunately, this means infiltrating the man's organization, and the only opening he's got is for an assassin of his own... -
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![Rising Tide by Wayne Stinnett]()
Rising Tide by Wayne Stinnett
Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhen a small homemade boat drifts under the Seven Mile Bridge, Jesse McDermitt doesn’t hesitate to jump in and pull the boat ashore on Pigeon Key with an injured boy aboard. The boy provides more questions than answers. He’s believed to be a Cuban refugee, yet when he regains consciousness, he speaks perfect English, but can’t even remember his name... -
![Rising Moon: A Jesse McDermitt Novel by Wayne Stinnett]()
Rising Moon: A Jesse McDermitt Novel by Wayne Stinnett
Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsOn Grassy Key, things aren’t as idyllic as they seem. The quiet, sleepy community has been awakened. A young woman with strong ties to the community is missing.A local craftsman, the last person to see the girl, is questioned and released. The girl’s friends are interviewed. Nobody knows what happened to Cobie, except that she left for work one day and didn’t arrive... -
![Foreign Influence by Brad Thor]()
Foreign Influence by Brad Thor
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsRecruited as a field operative in a totally secret and uncompromising new spy agency, former Navy SEAL Scot Harvath is summoned when a bombing in Rome kills a group of American college students. The evidence points to a dangerous colleague from Harvath's past and a plan for further attacks on an unimaginable scale... -
![Contract to Kill by Andrew Peterson]()
Contract to Kill by Andrew Peterson
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsWhen Toby Haynes witnesses a double murder—and suspects his boss, Tanner Mason, as the perpetrator of the crime—he does the only thing he can think of: he calls in Nathan McBride.CIA special ops veteran McBride and his partner, Harvey Fontana, respond to their friend’s plea...Categorized as:
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![The Black Hornet by Rob Sinclair]()
The Black Hornet by Rob Sinclair
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe Black Hornet: an action packed and utterly gripping thriller from the best-selling James Ryker series What do you do when the love of your life vanishes without a trace? If you’re ex-intelligence agent James Ryker you search for the answers whatever the cost, however much blood and sacrifice it takes.. -
![Fallen Palm by Wayne Stinnett, Nick Sullivan]()
Fallen Palm by Wayne Stinnett, Nick Sullivan
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsJesse McDermitt lives alone on an isolated island in the Florida Keys where he runs a charter fishing business. Retired from the Marine Corps for six years, he wanted nothing more than to relax, fish, dive and enjoy the laid back lifestyle of the islands. Russ, his former Platoon Sergeant and old friend, dies unexpectedly in a mysterious scuba diving accident and Jesse becomes suspicious... -
![Requiem by J.B. Turner]()
Requiem by J.B. Turner
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsNothing and no one can stop assassin Nathan Stone.When black-ops asset Nathan Stone took out the heads of the Commission, a secret deep-state organization, he thought he’d destroyed them for good. Now he’s gone off the grid, trying to get as far away from his past as possible. But the Commission isn’t done with him yet...Categorized as:
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![Griffin by Dale Mayer]()
Griffin by Dale Mayer
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhat 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... -
![Deathwish by Dana Marton]()
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... -
![SEALs of Honor: Colton by Dale Mayer]()
SEALs of Honor: Colton by Dale Mayer
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe next book in the SEALs of Honor series from USA Today Bestselling author Dale Mayer... -
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![Tucker by Dale Mayer]()
Tucker by Dale Mayer
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTucker is always ready to fight for the underdog. So when he’s offered a mission to save the life of a dog unfairly judged and slated for termination, he can’t let her go down without a fight. Plus the dog is in Miami, where his sister lives, and … no way he can refuse to attend her upcoming wedding... -
![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... -
![The Protective SEAL by Katie Knight, Leslie North]()
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... -
![A Team of One by Brad Lee]()
A Team of One by Brad Lee
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsNew York City faces a fate worse than death, the President suspects a traitor in the White House, and an intelligence analyst discovers a diabolical plot.Former Navy SEAL “Axe” Southmark is enticed out of retirement to help the analyst and the President. But does he have what it takes to save the world?As a Navy SEAL, Axe was trained to never give up... -
![Healing Love: Saints Protection & Investigation by Maryann Jordan, Andrea Michelle]()
Healing Love: Saints Protection & Investigation by Maryann Jordan, Andrea Michelle
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsSaints Protection & Investigation A private investigation business, pulling together men from the CIA, FBI, ATF, DEA, Border Patrol, SEALs, and police, devoted to the missions that no one else wanted or could solve. Cam Perez left his juvenile deliquent years behind to become an undercover detective and then accepted a job with Saints Protection & Investigations...Categorized as:
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![Black Cross by Greg Iles]()
Black Cross by Greg Iles
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsIt is January 1944 — and as Allied troops prepare for D-day, Nazi scientists develop a toxic nerve gas that will repel and wipe out any invasion force. To salvage the planned assault, two vastly different but equally determined men are sent to infiltrate the secret concentration camp where the poison gas is being perfected on human subjects...Categorized as:
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![Forced to Kill by Andrew Peterson]()
Forced to Kill by Andrew Peterson
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsTrained Marine sniper Nathan McBride is the sole survivor of Montez de Oca, the brutal Nicaraguan interrogator who tortured countless souls to death before vanishing fourteen years ago. Though McBride’s body—as well as his soul—still bear the scars from the interrogator’s blade, he dares to hope the worst is behind him...Categorized as:
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![Tom Clancy: Commander-In-Chief by Mark Greaney]()
Tom Clancy: Commander-In-Chief by Mark Greaney
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThe newest electrifying thriller in the #1 "New York Times "bestselling series has President Jack Ryan and his allies facing a treacherous foe threatening to unleash chaos around the globe. . . When the desperate Russian president launches an all-out covert violent offensive into order to push the world into chaos and regain the power his once-mighty country has lost, it s up to U.S... -
![Blood on the Tracks by Barbara Nickless]()
Blood on the Tracks by Barbara Nickless
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsA young woman is found brutally murdered, and the main suspect is the victim’s fiancé, a hideously scarred Iraq War vet known as the Burned Man. But railroad police Special Agent Sydney Rose Parnell, brought in by the Denver Major Crimes unit to help investigate, can't shake the feeling that larger forces are behind this apparent crime of passion...Categorized as:
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![Dead Men by Stephen Leather]()
Dead Men by Stephen Leather
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsBelfast 1994. Five masked men brutally murder an RUC Special Branch officer. Days later, the IRA announces it is laying down its arms. 2007. The men who killed the RUC officer have been released from prison under the Good Friday agreement and one by one someone is killing them, in exactly the same way that the RUC officer died... -
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![Fallen Angel by Wayne Stinnett]()
Fallen Angel by Wayne Stinnett
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsA rushed rescue mission doesn’t go as planned for retired Marine Jesse McDermitt and the crew of Gaspar's Revenge. The two kidnap victims are rescued, but they’d rather be taken back to the Jamaican drug runners who were hired to kill them than return home to laid-back Beaufort, South Carolina, and give the man who wants them dead the chance to hire someone more competent... -
![Heat Lightning by John Sandford]()
Heat Lightning by John Sandford
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsOn a hot, humid summer night in Minnesota, Virgil Flowers gets a call from Lucas Davenport. A body has been found near a veterans’ memorial in Stillwater with two shots to the head and a lemon in his mouth—exactly like the body they found two weeks ago.Working the murders, Flowers becomes convinced that someone is keeping a list—with many more names on it...Categorized as:
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![Rough Justice by Stephen Leather]()
Rough Justice by Stephen Leather
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsDan "Spider" Shepherd is sent undercover to investigate a group of policemen in the Territorial Support Group. Fed up with all the paperwork and the fact that the system is geared to support the criminals rather than the victims, they have started to act as vigilantes, planting forensic evidence to frame known criminals, and moving on to more drastic methods...Categorized as:
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![The Lion's Game by Nelson DeMille]()
The Lion's Game by Nelson DeMille
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsDetective John Corey, last seen in Plum Island, now faces his toughest assignment yet: the pursuit and capture of the world's most dangerous terrorist -- a young Arab known as "The Lion" who has baffled a federal task force and shows no sign of stopping in his quest for revenge against the American pilots who bombed Libya and killed his family...Categorized as:
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![The Enemy by Lee Child, Dick Hill]()
The Enemy by Lee Child, Dick Hill
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 41 ratings12 Compact Discs / 14 hoursJack Reacher. Hero. Loner. Soldier. Soldier's son. An elite military cop, he was one of the army's brightest stars. But in every cop's life there is a turning point. One case. One messy, tangled case that can shatter a career. Turn a lawman into a renegade. And make him question words like honor, valor, and duty. For Jack Reacher, this is that case..Categorized as:
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![The Saboteurs by Clive Cussler, Jack Du Brul]()
The Saboteurs by Clive Cussler, Jack Du Brul
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIsaac Bell returns for another thrilling mission in a new book from the Grand Master of Adventure, Clive CusslerDetective Isaac Bell's wife has said that he is always in the wrong place at the right time. This is certainly the case when Bell thwarts the attempted assassination of a United States Senator shortly after meeting the man...
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