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Gabe by Riley Edwards
Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsGabe Harris was the walking, talking personification of a hero. And a hero was what I needed. My life went from boring to hair-raising with a stroke of a key. I knew better than to poke around on the dark web. But when my friend Kalee Solberg came home months after she’d been presumed dead, I couldn’t stop myself from looking into who was behind her capture...Categorized as:
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Declan by Riley Edwards
Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsDeclan 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...Categorized as:
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Myles by Riley Edwards
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFormer Delta Operator Myles Simms doesn’t know when to quit. The concept so foreign to him he can’t give up on Delilah Watts. A woman he’s never met—a woman who might be the enemy yet he’s compelled to save her. Intel Specialist Delilah Watts never imagined sending an email would be deadly. Kidnapped and left to die, yet she regrets nothing...Categorized as:
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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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Blake by Maryann Jordan
Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsLighthouse Security Investigations The security and investigation company is filled with handpicked men and women from the SEALs, Rangers, Special Forces, Deltas, and Air Force Special Ops. All trained in CIA Special Operations, the Keepers were the best of the best and ready to take on any mission... -
Cobb by Maryann Jordan
Rated: 4.69 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHe met her underneath the bones of a dinosaur... But she was not impressed with his smooth moves.When hired by a Senator from New Mexico Lighthouse Security Investigations sends Cobb to protect the daughter, a social worker is being threatened when she discovers some of her clinic’s donations are from dirty money... -
Hope's Delta by Riley Edwards
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsHope Mitchell lived her life on the outskirts, no attachments, no friends, no family. All of this by design. All of it because she knew the pain that came when you lost someone who meant something to you. She’d sworn off men long ago, the last time she fell in love she’d invited the devil into her heart and she’d lost, huge... -
A Shameless Little Con by Meli Raine
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsI didn’t do it. I never betrayed my friend. Last year, I was kidnapped along with presidential candidate’s daughter Lindsay Bosworth, forced to help her assailants, my mother implicated in one of the biggest political scandals in American history. I've been cleared of any wrongdoing, but that doesn’t matter. Once you’re tried by the media, you’re guilty as sin... -
Clay by Maryann Jordan
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsRelationships should be simple, right?Clay watched his fellow Lighthouse Security Keepers fall for women while on missions. Growing up with chaos, the last thing he wanted was drama… or surprises.The beautiful concert violinist was just what he hoped for. Smart, talented, and dedicated to the orchestra. And completely separate from his mission chasing drug smugglers... -
Bullard's Beauty by Dale Mayer
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBullard’s barely aware of his surroundings, as he slowly emerges from a coma and months of slow healing. He recognizes the general area but not the facilities or the woman attending him. Neither does he remember exactly what happened... -
Turbulent Intrigue by Melody Anne
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe final novel in bestselling author Melody Anne’s Billionaire Aviators series finds Ace Armstrong back home after years away in the CIA. Faced with the stipulation in his father’s will to find a wife or lose his inheritance, the “black sheep” of the family takes to the skies like his aviator brothers...Categorized as:
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The Red Ledger: 6 by Meredith Wild
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThis is war… We’re still running. Surviving. I refuse to stop until we’re free of the shadow that’s been hunting us. The price could be our lives, or watching Isabel change before my eyes. Her heart’s hardened from the things she’s seen...the things she’s done...Categorized as:
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Drew by Maryann Jordan
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsLighthouse Security Investigations The Lighthouse SI Keepers were men and women from the SEALs, Rangers, Special Forces, Deltas, and AF Special Ops. All having been trained in CIA Special Ops, the Keepers were the best of the best and ready to take on any mission. Drew…southern boy, former Air Force and CIA Special Ops. Now, he works for Lighthouse Security Investigations as a Keeper... -
Protecting Sparrow by Jane Blythe
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsGrief is all that’s stopping this friendship becoming more.When Sparrow Oswald's helicopter is shot down in Africa the last person she expects to come to her rescue is her old friend Ethan Zimmerman. She'd love for there to be more between them but he's not over his wife's death. As they work together to find who is using Ethan's plane to smuggle drugs the spark between them grows...Categorized as:
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Rescuing Barbi by Ellie Masters
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsRescuing Barbi is the sixth book in the exhilarating new BRAVO TEAM series. It’s an angsty, steamy, romantic suspense chock-full of edge-of-your-seat action, exciting adventure, and all the protective hero yummy goodness you can handle... -
Critical Doubt by Barbara Freethy
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThey met in a war-torn city on the other side of the world and shared an anonymous night of passion. They didn't intend to meet again. Nor did they think they'd be reunited by sinister secrets... Five years later, FBI Agent Savannah Kane is headed to a small town in Georgia for the funeral of her best friend's husband... -
The Red Ledger: 4 by Meredith Wild
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThere’s no turning back…The second I spared Isabel’s life, everything changed. I used to deal in death wishes. Now the instinct to protect her charts the course. Because every time I turn away from her, something turns me back. She’s uncovered a side of me that I can no longer ignore. Doesn’t change the fact that she doesn’t belong in my world...Categorized as:
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Survival Clause: A Savannah Martin Novel by Jenna Bennett
Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSavannah’s friend Tamara Grimaldi was fourteen when her mom was murdered, and the body dumped along the side of Interstate 65 in Indiana. Since then, Grimaldi has kept an eye out for her mother’s killer, first as a homicide detective in Nashville, and now as the chief of police for the city of Columbia, Tennessee, a few miles off I-65... -
Cold Malice by Toni Anderson
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsASAC Steve (Mac) McKenzie is out to prove himself by leading a task force investigating a series of murders in the heart of Washington, DC. His undercover work in an antigovernment compound twenty years earlier is related—as is the sweet, innocent girl he befriended back then. Now that girl is a beautiful woman, and she has something to hide... -
Troy by Dale Mayer
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSEAL of Honor: TroyWhen a friend of Tesla's sends out an SOS on the lowdown on an oil rig in trouble, Troy has a good idea what he's getting into. As far as he is concerned, the maximum danger, the potential for betrayal, and the chances of not coming home sounded like the right kind of job for him.After all, he lived alone... -
Eton's Escape by Dale Mayer
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsEton journeys to Switzerland, unimpressed at finding Garret there as his backup. Barely recovered but pissed and mobile, Garret refuses to be kept out of service any longer. Eton’s intel leads them to a small village, to a woman in distress, and to someone who likes cleaning up a trail a little too much... -
Garret's Gambit by Dale Mayer
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsGarret's Gambit book 4 in Bullard's BattleStronger than he had any right to be after the plane explosion and still angry about it all, Garret’s seriously unimpressed to fly to London to speak with an ex-fiancée who’d screwed him over with his own brother. But she had information on his missing brother, who was a link to the plane crash that sent Garret into the ocean... -
Kano's Keep by Dale Mayer
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsKano's Keep book 5 of Bullard's Battle Catherine.Catherine. DeeDee. Paris. Kano had hoped to never deal with the three again. The woman he loved, her dragon of a mother, and a city to bring the best—and worst—memories to mind. A return trip leads to a conversation with DeeDee, which sheds more light on who is behind Bullard’s murder in that planned plane explosion... -
Gold Rush: A romantic suspense novel by Elise Noble
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLara Reynolds has a lot of things she wants to escape. An asshole of an ex-boyfriend and a stalker are just two of them. Becoming housekeeper to Nick Goldman, a man whose home is as filthy as his mind, is far from her dream job but she's out of other options. She tries to flee from her past, but when you have a weakness for high heels, there are bound to be a few stumbles along the way... -
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Disconnect by Traci Hunter Abramson
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBrent Miller is still trying to get past the nightmares of his last mission into Nicaragua when a new commander takes charge of his Navy SEAL team. Commander Gardner has just one to further his career. And the so-called Saint Squad is in his way... -
The Red Ledger: 5 by Meredith Wild
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTomorrow isn’t promised… I’ve seen death. I’ve watched my place in the world fall away. Every day, the life I’ve chosen with Tristan changes shape. It’s not the life I wanted for us, but it’s ours. I accept this, as unready as I sometimes feel to face the dark side of humanity he knows too well. Now the person who’s responsible for putting us on this path has slipped from our grasp...Categorized as:
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Hidden Target by Rebecca Deel
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsNo murderer is going to unravel Madison Ryder's new life. Following the deaths of her husband and unborn son, Madison spent two years knitting her life back together by returning home and opening a yarn store. Now the stalker who murdered her family means to finish the job... -
Rank by Maryann Jordan
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsLighthouse Security Investigations The Lighthouse SI Keepers were men and women from the SEALs, Rangers, Special Forces, Deltas, and AF Special Ops. All having been trained in CIA Special Ops, the Keepers were the best of the best and ready to take on any mission... -
Fear the Reaper by Fiona Quinn
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsEverything was going according to plan…until it fell apart in the most spectacular way… Ex-SEAL Ryan “Reaper” Hamilton is well on his way to having it all. His marriage to Kate is finally on solid ground, and his goal of being a K9 trainer with Iniquus’s Cerberus team is within reach... -
No Woman Left Behind by Julie Moffett
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsMy mother's life goal has been to see me, geek extraordinaire Lexi Carmichael, happily married. So bringing my first boyfriend, Slash, home for dinner has me hyperventilating. Things get a lot worse when bullets start flying over our corn chowder...Categorized as:
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Desperate Play by Barbara Freethy
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsDESPERATE PLAY brings you the third book in #1 New York Times Bestselling Author Barbara Freethy's new romantic suspense series: Off The Grid: FBI Series. Special Agent Wyatt Tanner has always worked undercover. He thrives in the dark of the night. He survives by turning himself into someone else. But living so long in the shadows can make a man forget who he really is... -
Broken With You by J. Kenner
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratings𝑇𝑟𝑢𝑒 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑛𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑓𝑎𝑑𝑒𝑠… After surviving a troubled childhood, Denise can’t believe that she’s blissfully married to her partner and soulmate. She’s confident that not even Mason’s long-term, deep-cover assignment will shake their bond... -
SEAL Salvation by Elle James
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAll he wants is to be left aloneJake Cogburn lost his leg, his career, his brotherhood and his will to live when he stepped on that IED in Afghanistan. Back in his home state of Colorado, he’s determined to bury himself as deeply as he can in a bottle of Jack Daniels until the pain in his leg and his heart is so numb he can no longer feel... -
Her Wicked Hero by Caitlyn O'Leary
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsONE LOOK AND HE WAS HOOKED A photograph. A feeling. A knowing. That’s all it took for Dante “Zed” Zaragoza to realize his fate was intertwined with a woman he’d never met. Now it was up to him to find Marcia Price and bring her home safely... -
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Mace by Maryann Jordan
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratings*****This book was originally published in the USA Today Bestselling boxed set Love Under Siege***** Lighthouse Security Investigations Mace Hanover, former Special Forces and CIA Special Ops, filled his security company with other men and women from the SEALs, Rangers, Special Forces, Deltas, and AF Special Ops. All having been trained in CIA Special Ops, his Keepers were the best of the best... -
Cold In The Shadows by Toni Anderson
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsCIA Agent Patrick Killion is on a secret mission to hunt down the ruthless female assassin hired to kill the Vice President of the United States. The trail leads him to the Colombian rainforest and an earnest biologist, Audrey Lockhart, whose work on poison dart frogs gives her access to one of the deadliest substances on earth—the same substance used to murder the VP...Categorized as:
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Her Chosen Protector: Navy SEAL Romance by Caitlyn O'Leary
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCan he overcome his pain and heartbreak in time to save the woman he loves? Life had always come easy to Navy SEAL, Asher Thorne, until a overwhelming loss made him doubt his ability to protect the ones he loved. Devastated, he has no choice but to push on and do his duty... -
Gray is My Heart: A Romantic Thriller by Elise Noble
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsGeorgia Rutherford-Beaumont has it all: A wealthy husband. A powerful father. A hit man trying to kill her… Senator’s daughter Georgia longs for a little excitement in her life, at least until it arrives in the form of a high-velocity bullet... -
Noah's Nemesis by Dale Mayer
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNoah heard the woman’s cry for help through Levi’s phone, and he was already in the car and moving before anyone could stop him. He hated for any woman to be in distress, and this one sounded devastated. Having helped her once, he was determined to keep her safe, while the team tracked down her attacker... -
Killian by Dale Mayer
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsKillian is called up to retrieve a woman who’s been kidnapped, then escaped, only to be captured again.With a sketchy SOS coming in, he’s tracking her from Vancouver to Alaska, where the intel finally stops.The apple of her father’s eye, Cisco was a late gift in his life. But when it counted, he wasn’t there for her, leaving her alone and unprotected... -
Bullard's Best by Dale Mayer
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAfter finding the killer who’d tried to take out the entire team, and now with Bullard safe, the crew heads back to the island where he recovered. Leia wants to get married there, so Dave has gone ahead with Katie, Bullard’s caterer, to set things up.Dave has a new lease on life, now that Bullard is safely back home, and fixes his sights on an old friend he’s always kept slightly distant... -
Corbin by Dale Mayer
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCorbin is tracking a cabinet minister’s pregnant daughter, who’d been snatched off the streets several days ago. The incident followed several other missing women’s cases, except those women already had given birth, and their children were also kidnapped at the same time... -
Aiden by Dale Mayer
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAiden has high hopes for his own mission, but Las Vegas and a woman accused of killing her own husband wasn’t it. Then he finds out it’s a special request from a man he’s long respected and that the woman in question was his cousin. Even more confusing is the series of other murders that, according to the local law enforcement, are linked to her as well... -
Call Sign: Redemption by Patricia D. Eddy
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsre demp tion: the action of saving or being saved from sin, error, or evil Trevor Moana can’t escape the sins of his past. His kills as a CIA assassin haunt his dreams. Working for Second Sight helps him atone, sometimes even forget. Until Dani Monroe walks through his door. The one person he’s hurt the most needs his help. In Caracas, Venezuela, one shot changed four lives... -
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Diesel by Dale Mayer
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDiesel book 13 in The Mavericks series.Traveling to China to retrieve a kidnapped scientist shows Diesel the depths of human depravity. Not that he needs more proof. He's been doing this type of work for a decade. This is the first time though the person he was rescuing was this interesting... -
Jerricho by Dale Mayer
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsJerricho didn’t expect his first solo mission to send him to the Middle East nor to rescue his journalist ex-wife and her cameraperson. Finding out why they and the other women had been taken was horrifying in itself, but saving a larger group than he’d first expected then complicates the rescue in a much bigger way.Brenna had hopes that her ex would show up, as she knew the type of work he did... -
Fighting For Valor by Patricia D. Eddy
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsval·or: great bravery in the face of danger, especially in battleOnce, Jackson Richards had it in spades. As a member of the United States Special Forces, he fought alongside the bravest and most capable men he’d ever known.Then one mistake landed them all in Hell.For six months, he fought. But one terrible day, his captors learned the full extent of his skills, and that sealed his fate... -
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.. -
Storm by Giulia Lagomarsino
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsStormI had one job, get Jessica "Rabbit" Finley to sell her property to Reed Security. I could do that. I was Army Strong. Hell, I took down bad guys for a living. I could handle this sexy vixen. No problem. Except, she's a little crazy. She thinks that there are ghosts on her property, and she has the men at Reed Security believing her too... -
Protecting His Pretend Family by Katie Knight, Leslie North
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDanger makes the heart grow fonder…It’s her first day on the job, and Aurora Sunshine is excited to meet her new boss. Until she discovers it’s former Navy SEAL Jackson Sheppard…The same gorgeous man she just had an unforgettable one-night stand with…Aurora figures she's ruined her big chance by sleeping with her future boss...
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