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  • Fast Vengeance by Kaylea Cross

    Fast Vengeance by Kaylea Cross

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    She’s learning to live with her demons. Victoria Gomez had a successful career as an investigative journalist, until a cartel boss she exposed destroyed her entire world in retaliation. She lost everything, including her family and her freedom...
  • At Your Service by Lexi Blake

    At Your Service by Lexi Blake

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Juliana O’Neil’s promising future was burned away in the heat of battle. She had been an officer with a bright future in the military, but now she is struggling to survive. Her husband gone and her career in shambles, she finds a job at Top as a hostess and tries to put together the pieces of her life...
  • Snatch: Cerberus MC Book 5 by Marie James, J.A. Essen

    Snatch: Cerberus MC Book 5 by Marie James, J.A. Essen

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    I’ve been Jaxon Donovan since the day I was born, obviously. My road name, Snatch, came years later due to my ability to literally snatch up any woman I set my sights on. I’ve always been a connoisseur of the opposite sex. Tall, short, thin, thick and juicy, my tastes knew no limitations...
  • Jason's Justice by Annabella Stone

    Jason's Justice by Annabella Stone

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Jason LeHar learned his tracking skills as a kid in the Bayous of Louisiana. Those skills earned him a place on Delta Force Team Panther, and he found the family he chose for himself. When his best friend’s relationship with one of their team commanders was exposed...
  • Knight: A Club Alias Novel by K.D. Robichaux

    Knight: A Club Alias Novel by K.D. Robichaux

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Clarice He’s been my best friend for eleven years, ever since I witnessed his heroism in Afghanistan and nursed him back to health. The young soldier grew into a man I could spend the rest of my life with. But I can never let him know just how much I love him, because not even a hero who lived through a war can survive my past. Brian She knows every little detail about me...
  • Wes' Denial by Joseph Lance Tonlet

    Wes' Denial by Joseph Lance Tonlet

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Novel: 103,000+ words / 301 pagesGenre(s): Gay, Erotica, BDSMWes has spent his life looking for that one special guy who will understand and love him—all of him. From his tender vanilla side, to his darker debauched side.Throughout high school, his successful career in the Marines, and as a BDSM Dom, he’s remained confident his partner is out there waiting to be found...
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    dark  lgbtq  military  mlm  steamy  war  abuse  action-adventure
  • Grif's Salvation by Annabella Stone

    Grif's Salvation by Annabella Stone

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Do no harm. It’s a mantra former Delta Force Team Panther medic, Griffin St. Clare, follows to the letter—until someone comes after his family. He’ll do whatever it takes to keep them safe, even if it puts his own life on the line...
  • A WILDer Kind Of Love--A WILD Boys Novel by Angel Payne

    A WILDer Kind Of Love--A WILD Boys Novel by Angel Payne

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A scarred hero... Dan Colton was once the CIA's golden boy, a get-things-done cowboy who believed forgiveness was better to ask for than permission. But performing the devil's work was always easy with his angel's face, a damn good asset to have whether he was charming agency superiors...or training submissives in his dark dungeon role plays. Until his face was taken away...
  • Roman by Annabella Stone

    Roman by Annabella Stone

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Fact: Six years ago, former Force Recon Marine Roman Walsh made the biggest mistake of his life and chose duty to his country over love. Fact: He was an idiot. Now the one he loves is missing, and Roman has only one thing on his mind. Get him back alive...
  • Zac's Mulligan by Ann Lister

    Zac's Mulligan by Ann Lister

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Zac Mulligan is a former Marine now providing personal security for the infamous rock band, Black Ice. Seeing all the guys around him in committed relationships reminds him of his childhood best friend . . . the only person Zac has never managed to get out of his head or his heart. Ben Holland is an artist...
  • Noble by Annabella Stone

    Noble by Annabella Stone

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Red Squadron is the tip of the spear in the war against global terrorism. Navy SEAL Commander, Noble Bauer, leads the JASOC Taskforce and knows his team won’t be complete until he finds a Communications Specialist. He knows just the man for the job. The only problem is can he get him to listen...
  • Mission: All In by Nicole Edwards

    Mission: All In by Nicole Edwards

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Brantley Walker has dedicated his life to fighting for his country. Having given eighteen years to the US Navy, the last ten as a SEAL, the mission was the only thing he knew, the only thing that mattered. He never even considered what life would look like after the mission was over. Until he’s forced to...
  • Just One Taste by Lexi Blake

    Just One Taste by Lexi Blake

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    One Hot Chef…. Eric Vail has always loved a challenge. After leaving the Navy, he mastered his passion for cooking. As the sous chef at Top, one of Dallas’s hottest restaurants, his skills are pushed to the limit every night. Unfortunately, his ultimate prize still eludes him. Server Deena Holmes is the sweetest thing he’s seen in forever, but she’s as distant as she is beautiful...
  • Any Given Sunday by Mercy Celeste

    Any Given Sunday by Mercy Celeste

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Mind the gap. Any Given Sunday is the story that takes place in the gaps of Six Ways from Sunday. Six Ways from Sunday was NEVER supposed to be part of a series. Six Ways from Sunday was written in five days and was supposed to be a standalone short story. As the Scrimmage series evolved and the story grew I realized that I needed to know Bo and Dylan’s whole backstory...
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    angst  friends-to-lovers  lgbtq  military  mlm  north-america  usa  war
  • The Kiss of His Blade by Romeo Alexander

    The Kiss of His Blade by Romeo Alexander

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    For an assassin like Tristan, life is straightforward. You get offered a contract or two, take the one you want, execute it to the best of your abilities, and move on to the next. Of course, things can get a little messy when you have a conscience and you’re picky about your targets. But hey, in a world with plenty of corrupt people, it’s not that hard to make a good living...
  • My Kind of Christmas by Romeo Alexander

    My Kind of Christmas by Romeo Alexander

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Nick: Team Maelstrom is my family as much as the family who raised me. That includes Matt, my partner in crime, and the closest I have to a soulmate. We get each other, and that’s all we’ve ever needed. But there’s a part of me that won’t be silent, the part that wants so much more with Matt. Yeah, I’m in love with my best friend and I had no idea a fun family Christmas would change everything...
  • Second Nature by D.L. Roan

    Second Nature by D.L. Roan

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Lethal assassin, Grant Kendal, is hiding away on a deserted island trying his best to put his deadly past behind him. When Thalia Brezlin washes ashore, beaten, broken and hell-bent on revenge, something other than the familiar darkness is awakened inside him. She's feisty, stubborn, beautiful and has a kick ass aim with a pistol...
  • Home Fire Inferno [Burn, Baby, Burn!] by Suzanne Brockmann

    Home Fire Inferno [Burn, Baby, Burn!] by Suzanne Brockmann

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Please note: A dollar of the author’s royalties from each copy sold of this edition of Home Fire Inferno will go to organizations supporting veterans. (Thank you so much!) Also note: Home Fire Inferno is a Troubleshooters short story. It’s around fifty pages long, and was originally published in the charity anthology Way of the Warrior, which is no longer available in most e-formats...
  • Jonah's Compass by Annabella Stone

    Jonah's Compass by Annabella Stone

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Jonah Montgomery and Matt Garrett had it all: Army careers they loved; Team Panther, the men they bonded with as brothers, and each other. But under the shadow of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, everything fell apart when Matt was captured in Afghanistan. Now five years later, a terrorist seeking revenge has come for Jonah...
  • Surrender by Kelly Fox

    Surrender by Kelly Fox

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Dark cloud, meet seven-foot wall of sunshine.We’ve been friends for almost a year, we both volunteer at my brother-in-law’s gym for combat vets, and the chemistry between us is undeniable. So, getting together should be a no brainer, right?Yeah, not so much...
  • Shameless by Kelly Fox

    Shameless by Kelly Fox

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Two things I know for sure:1. Cheerleading absolutely prepared me to become a US Navy SEAL2. Heath Treadway hates my guts Let’s just say that this beautiful bear’s hatred for me involves a high school nickname and possibly a limerick. #badtwinkNow, he's back in my life. And all I wanna do is show him that I’ve changed...
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    dark  lgbtq  military  mlm  steamy  war  action-adventure  adult
  • Bringing It Home by Reese Knightley

    Bringing It Home by Reese Knightley

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The heart wants what the heart wants. Diesel Gannon doesn’t mind attending a BDSM party or two, but he draws the line at inflicting pain. That might seem odd because he has a dominant personality, but it’s just not who he is. He’s seen enough war and pain to last a lifetime. Out on medical leave, and as a favor for a friend, Diesel heads to the Triple R to check on Triton...
    Categorized as:
    angst  friends-to-lovers  lgbtq  military  mlm  steamy  war  abuse
  • The Single Dad by Raleigh Ruebins

    The Single Dad by Raleigh Ruebins

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    As a newly single dad, I had hard rules. And a sensitive, smoking hot military vet is breaking every last one….I’ve always had everything figured out. Dream job? Check. Three beautiful kids? Check. Married my high school sweetheart? Check.…Until my marriage fell apart...
  • Candy by Kelly Fox

    Candy by Kelly Fox

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I'm an atheist gym rat falling for a faithful man with a sweet tooth, and I can't help myself.When my gym buddies said I'd be stringing up Christmas lights with Caleb, they failed to mention how adorable he is...
    Categorized as:
    lgbtq  military  mlm  north-america  steamy  usa  war  action-adventure
  • Surrender Your Heart by Aimee Nicole Walker

    Surrender Your Heart by Aimee Nicole Walker

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Secrets and fears… Everyone has them; Jack Murphy and Liam Connelly are no exception. A secret brings Liam Connelly to D.C., but what he discovers upon his arrival is so much more than he expected. Hired to tend bar at Bottoms Up, Liam finds himself drawn to his enigmatic boss like a moth to a flame...
  • Coming To Colorado by Sara York

    Coming To Colorado by Sara York

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Book 4 of the Colorado Heart Series Davis Whitaker doesn’t shy away from danger. But when his Boston assignment goes haywire, and he can’t trust anyone, Davis is forced to accept help from a stranger. After an unlikely meeting, Ryan Pruitt offers to help Davis escape the threat lurking in the city. Attraction fires, leaving them both confused about what path they must take...
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    lgbtq  military  mlm  steamy  war  action-adventure  adult  audiobook
  • Cliff's Edge by Laura Harner

    Cliff's Edge by Laura Harner

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Navy SEALs Cliff “Snides” Snyder and Ryan “Rhino” Matthews have been moving comfortably in each other’s worlds for two decades. Best friends since attending BUDs twenty years earlier, and despite playing for different teams, they’re often accused of acting like an old married couple—much to their amusement...
  • Reclaiming the SEAL by J.M. Madden

    Reclaiming the SEAL by J.M. Madden

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Julie had wanted to return to Little Creek for months, but definitely not to attend the funeral of a fallen SEAL and former friend. No, she’d wanted to return to rekindle the love she’d shared with Gabriel Carter. Now she has to support him through the loss of his best friend. But maybe, if she returns, they’ll be able to clear up what happened years ago and reclaim the love they’ve lost...
  • War Wounded by Andria Large, Megan Hershenson

    War Wounded by Andria Large, Megan Hershenson

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    After being cheated on twice, why would I ever put myself through that crap again? Marriage obviously isn't in the cards for me. Actually, my trust in women and love has pretty much been obliterated. And if I'm being completely honest, I really want nothing to do with it ever again. Relationships? Possibly. Monogamy? Maybe...
  • Willow Springs Ranch Box Set: Volume 1 by Laura Harner

    Willow Springs Ranch Box Set: Volume 1 by Laura Harner

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    This eVolume contains the first three books in the Willow Springs Ranch Series: Ty Hard: Tyler has used Don't Ask, Don't Tell as a shield against the truth since he was seventeen. Now, Ty finds himself cut loose from his Navy career after months of rehab from a debilitating head injury...
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    lgbtq  military  mlm  north-america  usa  war  action-adventure  adult
  • Colorado Hitch by Sara York

    Colorado Hitch by Sara York

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    At Wild Bluff everything is going great for Davis and Ryan, but Duff’s heart attack throws the ranch into a tailspin, leaving Davis wondering if he can stay at Wild Bluff. Everything calms down for a while, but another hitch is thrown into the works, forcing the guys to scramble. Marshal is finally coming into his own after healing from the injuries Craig inflicted on him...
    Categorized as:
    lgbtq  military  mlm  steamy  war  action-adventure  adult  book
  • Dare to Hope by T.M. Smith

    Dare to Hope by T.M. Smith

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Dare to Hope An All Cocks story Tristan is the second oldest of the Brennan brothers and the odd man out. Most of the Brennan men have careers in law enforcement, but as a psychiatrist, Tristan chooses to help people in a different way. Quiet and restrained, he is content to hover in the background of his more gregarious brothers...
  • Burn by H.J. Welch

    Burn by H.J. Welch

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Raiden Jones never thought he’d need a bodyguard. His life as a songwriter has been tame to the point of boring compared to his popstar days. But when a malicious hacker starts destroying his career and threatening his life, he finds himself desperately in need of protection. After leaving the Marines, Levi Patterson takes a place with his uncle’s private security firm...
    Categorized as:
    angst  dark  lgbtq  military  mlm  war  action-adventure  adult
  • Coming Together by Avery Ford

    Coming Together by Avery Ford

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    “I don’t need any more distraction.” Preston Taylor is in trouble. In the ten years he's been a star on Broadway, he's dealt with his share of crazy. When a deranged fan starts sending death threats, Preston is forced to hire security. What he doesn't expect is that in order to protect himself, Preston has to pretend he's dating his hot new bodyguard...
    Categorized as:
    angst  dark  lgbtq  military  mlm  steamy  war  action-adventure
  • Cold Shadow by Mercy Celeste

    Cold Shadow by Mercy Celeste

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    There’s no such thing as a Happily Ever After. Special Agent Drew Walker thought he'd never return to Tennessee after that horrific Christmas. Two and a half years later, a serial killer with a strange fascination with mutilation drags him into Nathan Truman’s jurisdiction once again. For Nathan Truman having the ‘Feeb’ around dredges up a past, he would prefer to forget...
    Categorized as:
    angst  dark  lgbtq  military  mlm  steamy  war  abuse
  • His Best Friend's Girl by Cathryn Fox

    His Best Friend's Girl by Cathryn Fox

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    With a little help—and a little kink—from her friend, she might just get her man. Skylar Redmond’s Sky Bar is regularly wall-to-wall hot soldiers. Yet she is alone—and getting tired of it. Forget about finding a man who’ll rock her world in the bedroom. She’ll settle for a guy who’s stable, kind and compassionate...
  • The Complete Veterans Affairs Romances: Gay Military Romances (Veterans Affairs) by A.E. Wasp

    The Complete Veterans Affairs Romances: Gay Military Romances (Veterans Affairs) by A.E. Wasp

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    SMALL TOWN. BIG LOVE. Meet the Veterans of Red Deer, Colorado, and the men who love them. Five stories of love, friends, families, and home. Happy endings guaranteed. INCOMING - Book 1 - a Troy & Dmitri novel How do you comfort someone who won’t admit they’re hurt? Sparks fly on a hot 4th of July weekend between army vet Troy Johnson and veterinarian Dmitri Wellington...
    Categorized as:
    mlm  military  war  lgbtq  romance  fiction  anthologies  contemporary
  • Kept in the Dark by H.L. Day

    Kept in the Dark by H.L. Day

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Struggling actor Dean, only escorts occasionally to pay the bills. So, his first instinct on being offered a job with a strange set of conditions is to turn it down. No date. Don’t switch the lights on. Don’t touch him. I mean, what’s that all about? What’s the man trying to hide? Dean certainly doesn’t expect sex with a faceless stranger to spark so much passion inside him...
    Categorized as:
    angst  lgbtq  military  mlm  steamy  war  action-adventure  adult
  • Running Blind by S.E. Jakes

    Running Blind by S.E. Jakes

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    An ATF agent who lives for danger finds what he craves from an outlaw biker. It’s impossible for a one-percenter motorcycle club member to simply walk away—and no one knows that better than undercover agent Bram, who’s almost killed for trying. His cover isn’t blown—yet—but it’s only a matter of time. The Heathens won’t be satisfied until he’s dead, so he decides to lay low and heal...
    Categorized as:
    angst  dark  lgbtq  military  mlm  steamy  war  abuse
  • Harley's Heart by Stormy Glenn

    Harley's Heart by Stormy Glenn

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    After being rescued from ten months spent in hell, all Harlan Thomas wants to do is go home to the one man whose memory kept him alive. Trouble is, Miko is not where Harley left him.Mitsuaki Thomas was heartbroken when his husband didn’t come home from a mission. He didn’t give up when the letters stopped or even when his mother-in-law had a funeral for Harley...
    Categorized as:
    dark  lgbtq  military  mlm  steamy  war  action-adventure  adult
  • No Place That Far by L.A. Witt, Aleksandr Voinov

    No Place That Far by L.A. Witt, Aleksandr Voinov

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Sometimes you only get one chance at a second chance. Still finding his footing after a long-overdue divorce, Marcus is looking forward to some mind-numbing drinking while ogling the grooms at Chris and Julien’s wedding. He never expected his attention to be diverted by the gorgeous best man...
    Categorized as:
    lgbtq  military  mlm  north-america  steamy  usa  war  action-adventure
  • Ranger Hank by Sam E. Kraemer

    Ranger Hank by Sam E. Kraemer

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Hank Schatz When I decided it was time for me to get out of the Army to begin making my way back to my humanity and beyond the pain that leeched into my soul over time, I had no idea what I would do with my life...
  • Forsaken by E.M. Lindsey

    Forsaken by E.M. Lindsey

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Dr. Elliot Bethel isn’t an easy man to love. He’s not even an easy man to like. He does good work in Fairfield, even if he’s no one’s favorite veterinarian, but he doesn’t need to be popular to be effective...
  • War Torn by Andria Large

    War Torn by Andria Large

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    My life has been completely turned around with the help of my boyfriend and best friend, Tucker. My depression is under control. I'm not having nightmares or flashbacks anymore. My sister is having a baby. Life with Tucker is great... Or is it? Everything seems to be going so well, almost too well...
  • From War to Forever by Andria Large

    From War to Forever by Andria Large

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    2nd EditionDennis The love of my life is dead. Is there a reason to live anymore? I’m a veteran Marine. Terrorists took not only my foot, but also my wife. Recurrent nightmares, a dead-end job, and a painful limp are all I have left. My best friend, Tucker, and my sister, Lizette, keep me afloat. I wouldn’t be here if it weren’t for Tucker… literally...
    Categorized as:
    angst  dark  friends-to-lovers  lgbtq  military  mlm  steamy  war
  • Top Priority by Cara Dee

    Top Priority by Cara Dee

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    In a perfect world, Lucas West would meet someone in one of the BDSM communities he was active in, someone who ached for a Daddy Dom as much as Lucas longed for a Little to care for. They would date, play, build something that was just for them, and share a future together...
    Categorized as:
    lgbtq  military  mlm  north-america  steamy  usa  war  action-adventure
  • Their Boy by Cara Dee

    Their Boy by Cara Dee

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The Game Series, #2 [Standalone.] Left all alone in the world—and in a very big house—after the loss of his parents, Kit Damien has struggled to find his place in society and in the kink community he longs to be a more active part of. Daddy Doms Colt and Lucas have been a happy, committed couple for eight years...
    Categorized as:
    angst  dark  lgbtq  military  mlm  steamy  war  action-adventure
  • Candy Man by Amy Lane

    Candy Man by Amy Lane

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Adam Macias has been thrown a few curve balls in his life, but losing his VA grant because his car broke down and he missed a class was the one that struck him out. One relative away from homelessness, he's taking the bus to Sacramento, where his cousin has offered a house-sitting job and a new start. He has one goal, and that's to get his life back on track. Friends, pets, lovers? Need not apply...
  • Night Hawk by Lora Leigh

    Night Hawk by Lora Leigh

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Night Hawkis a free short story ebook that is part of the Elite Ops series by Lora Leigh.It is available here:http://us.macmillan...
  • Racing for the Sun by Amy Lane

    Racing for the Sun by Amy Lane

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    "I'll do anything." Staff Sergeant Jasper "Ace" Atchison takes one look at Private Sonny Daye and knows that every word on paper about him is pure, unadulterated bullshit. But Sonny is desperate, and although Ace isn't going to take him up on his offer of "anything," that doesn't mean he isn't tempted...
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