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  • Finding Monica by Susan Stoker

    Finding Monica by Susan Stoker

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Years of abuse at the hands of her father has taught Monica Collins she can’t trust anyone—especially military men. Since escaping her home, she’s built a successful career as a nanny, showing other kids the love she was denied as a child. But when her employer’s ambassadorial home becomes fair game for intruders during a riot, she’s forced to rely on two SEALs to get her to safety...
  • Dixon by Kris Michaels

    Dixon by Kris Michaels

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Alone, isolated from the vast resources of Guardian, Dixon Simmons reentered a world that had left him impossibly damaged as a child. He stepped back into that evil by choice. To protect all he’d come to love, he was willing to pay whatever price was demanded—even if the price was his soul. She went by many names. Her true identity was as dead as her heart. Until him...
  • Chasing Fortune by Brittney Sahin

    Chasing Fortune by Brittney Sahin

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Echo Team has a new addition—a K-9, and he’s in need of training . . .Eight-plus years as Echo Three and Chris Hunter is still as mission-focused as ever, continuing to fight for his country as part of a secretive team of operatives serving the President.When Chris decides to rescue a dog for the team, he soon discovers he and the guys are far from K-9 whisperers, and they need help...
  • Her Tempting Protector: Navy SEAL Team by Caitlyn O'Leary

    Her Tempting Protector: Navy SEAL Team by Caitlyn O'Leary

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    CAN HE GET THEM TO SAFETY IN TIME? Navy SEAL, Cullen Lyons, knew the moment he saw Dr. Carys Adams treating her patients in an African war zone that she was stubborn, selfless and extraordinary. Ignoring the danger surrounding her, she concentrated on keeping the young mother and newborn alive...
  • Her Treasured SEAL by Caitlyn O'Leary

    Her Treasured SEAL by Caitlyn O'Leary

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A Wedding.   A Baby.  But Will His Enemies Destroy Their Happiness?  Drake Avery has not gone out on a mission with his Navy SEAL team in months, instead he stayed by his woman's side as she fought for her life. Now Karen is home and recovering and it's time for Drake to go back to work. Joining his team to stop the Boko Haram in Africa, Drake faces his ultimate challenge...
  • Shielding Aspen by Susan Stoker

    Shielding Aspen by Susan Stoker

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    When Aspen Mesmer asks a complete stranger to kiss her one night in a bar, she never expects to have an immediate connection with the man. Kane “Brain” Temple knows he isn't the kind of man women look at twice, but when Aspen did just that after their explosive impulsive kiss, he's thrilled...
  • Securing Avery by Susan Stoker

    Securing Avery by Susan Stoker

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Navy Nurse Avery Nelson never dreamed she’d be taken hostage during her deployment in Afghanistan. She’s assisting local women with healthcare, not fighting in a war. But digging her way out of her would-be grave turns out to be the battle of her life...
  • Landing Eagle by Harley Stone

    Landing Eagle by Harley Stone

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    18+ for language and sexual situations... One last time. That’s the promise Naomi Lincoln and Houston “Eagle” Archer break every time the whiskey flows and their clothes are ripped off in a carnal, passionate ravaging that neither can resist...
  • Scout by Janie Crouch

    Scout by Janie Crouch

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Published in "Danger and Desire: A Romantic Suspense Anthology".Linear Tactical’s Wyatt Highfield is running for his life with intel that will break up a human trafficking ring. The last thing he wants is to bring danger to Nadine Macfarlane’s door. The gentle beauty has been through enough, and has the scars—physical and emotional—to prove it. But she’s his only option...
  • HOT Angel by Lynn Raye Harris

    HOT Angel by Lynn Raye Harris

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A new standalone romance from New York Times Bestselling Author Lynn Raye Harris. Sexy, action-packed, and thrilling!She's damaged...Brooke Sullivan's carefully ordered existence is spiraling out of control. Two years ago, she was violently abducted by a terrorist group and nearly killed...
  • True to You by Jodi Watters

    True to You by Jodi Watters

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Some people said that love and hate couldn't coexist. That such polarizing emotions could never be assigned to one singular thing at the same time. That much like roller coasters or Brussels sprouts, you either felt love or you felt hate, but never both. Common ground was nowhere to be found, forcing a person to pick a side...
  • Rescuing Moira: Ex-Military Special Forces Hostage Rescue (Guardian Hostage Rescue Specialists) by Ellie Masters

    Rescuing Moira: Ex-Military Special Forces Hostage Rescue (Guardian Hostage Rescue Specialists) by Ellie Masters

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    MOIRAI’ve been to hell and back,And back again.It's a never-ending cycle for me.Every time I think the worst is over,I get knocked right back down again.I grew up on the streets. I've been traded in and out of men's beds,I thought that was my lowest moment, but I was wrong.I was taken from one hell and sold into another.I'm calloused, hardened, and hopeless...
  • Badger by Dale Mayer

    Badger by Dale Mayer

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    When Badger Horley, a SEAL, and the rest of his eight-man unit hit an antitank landmine on a routine reconnaissance mission, all were badly injured, but one of his men died. Having only joined a year before, he'd been the youngest member of the squad...
  • HIRO: REAPER-Patriots: Book Twenty-Four by Mary Kennedy

    HIRO: REAPER-Patriots: Book Twenty-Four by Mary Kennedy

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Warning: This book contains explicit physical and sexual abuse and incest, which some readers may find disturbing.Hirohito Tanaka has tried to keep his Grandfather’s teachings and heritage alive his entire life. He’s a silent warrior, his humility something others aspire to. The arrival of Winter Cole makes Hiro want to protect the woman he doesn’t even know...
  • Forsaken Duty by Elaine Levine

    Forsaken Duty by Elaine Levine

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The long awaited conclusion to the Red Team saga is almost here!    The only truth Owen Tremaine's certain of is that everything in his life has been a lie. Not only is his former fiancée alive, but so is their son...a child he never knew existed...
  • Breaking Away by Elle James

    Breaking Away by Elle James

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Delta Force Operative Sean “Mac” McDaniels fell in love early on in his Army career. The girl, though she loved him, wanted to pursue her career in journalism before she settled down and married. Knowing he couldn’t hold her back, he let her go. In the years to come, no other woman ever held that place in his heart.Kylie Adams loved Mac but chose to pursue her love of journalism first...
  • Erick by Dale Mayer

    Erick by Dale Mayer

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Two years earlier, Erick Fuller, a former SEAL, was severely injured when his squad's truck drove over an antitank landmine. He lost his lower leg and two fingers. He's filled with steel plates and titanium pins…along with the driving need for answers and justice...
  • SEAL at Sunrise by Caitlyn O'Leary

    SEAL at Sunrise by Caitlyn O'Leary

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    This Time, More Than Their Love Is On The Line Former Navy SEAL Commander, Liam McAllister, was neck deep in the Mexican jungle on a contract assignment for a highly classified sub-set of Department of Homeland Security. When Liam discovers a conspiracy that goes deep and spans decades it makes him sick...
  • Mason by Nyssa Kathryn

    Mason by Nyssa Kathryn

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Falling for each other was never part of the plan…Doctor Sage Porter has moved to Marble Falls to be the private physician for a group of men unlike any the world has ever known. But she has a second, secret reason for moving to the small town. A reason she can’t share with another living soul…Especially not the men under her care.Mason Ross is a born guardian...
  • Leather & Lace / His Angel / Waiting for Him by Samantha A. Cole

    Leather & Lace / His Angel / Waiting for Him by Samantha A. Cole

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    "No one does Alpha heroes like Samantha A. Cole!"—New York Times, USA Today, #1 Amazon Bestseller, and Wall Street Journal Bestselling Author, Susan StokerLeather & Lace:How does a “vanilla” woman write a BDSM novel? With hands-on research!Kristen needs inspiration and personal experience for a sequel to her unexpected and kinky bestseller...
  • Destiny's Delta by Becca Jameson

    Destiny's Delta by Becca Jameson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    It's been twelve years since she picked the wrong brother...Destiny Fisher is ready to move past the guilt and shame of losing a fiancé to the war in Afghanistan twelve years ago. She never should’ve said yes to his proposal in the first place, and she's been plagued by her choices for over a decade.She was his biggest regret..
  • Strike Fast by Kaylea Cross

    Strike Fast by Kaylea Cross

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A military widow reluctant to risk her heart again. After losing her soldier husband in combat, DEA agent Tess Dubrovksi swore never to fall for another man in uniform. The last thing she anticipates is for a sexy FAST agent single father and his young daughter to steal their way into her heart...
  • Fast Fury by Kaylea Cross

    Fast Fury by Kaylea Cross

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    She’s a woman worth fighting for. Abby McKinley misses her sexy former neighbor from across the hall more than she expected—because he means more to her than she was ready to admit. When she learns the feeling is mutual, she balks at the idea of getting involved with a man who is sure to break her heart. But the pull between them is too strong to deny...
  • HOT SEAL Target by Lynn Raye Harris

    HOT SEAL Target by Lynn Raye Harris

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Navy SEAL Adam “Blade” Garrison’s assignment to infiltrate a tech billionaire’s criminal operations just got complicated. His cover: bodyguard for the man’s wife. His problem: Blade knows Quinn Halliday far too well. A sophisticated version of the chubby, shy girl Blade once knew, Quinn brings out all his protective instincts—as well as a few carnal ones that surprise him...
  • Irish: A Reed Security Romance by Giulia Lagomarsino

    Irish: A Reed Security Romance by Giulia Lagomarsino

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Irish is the 5th book in the Reed Security Series and should be read in order. “Not a chance in hell. I happen to like my hands wrapped around your juicy ass.” She reared back and looked at me in horror. “You think my ass is juicy?” “Uh, you’ve seen it, right? It’s big and perfect for me to grab onto.” She struggled to get down and then pushed me away and stalked out of the water...
  • Romancing Rayne by Riley Edwards

    Romancing Rayne by Riley Edwards

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Ghost and Rayne are back. Their story began two years ago and left fans begging for more. In this all new adventure we catch up with some of Susan Stoker’s most beloved characters. Keane “Ghost” Bryson met the feisty flight attendant Rayne Jackson while on a layover in London. A chance meeting that proved to be life-changing...
  • Edge of Fury (Edge Security) by Trish Loye

    Edge of Fury (Edge Security) by Trish Loye

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    E.D.G.E. Security is a covert international organization that handles jobs most governments won’t. The operators are the elite of the elite, soldiers and spies, chosen for their skills and secrecy, and their ability to go beyond the edge...
  • Her Fierce SEAL by Caitlyn O'Leary

    Her Fierce SEAL by Caitlyn O'Leary

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Navy SEAL, Finn Crandall, still reeling from his last mission, is desperate for a purpose to bring him the redemption he needs. Landing in Austin Texas, he meets the feisty Angie Donatelli. She’s a private investigator on a quest to reunite a young girl with her stolen baby. Angie is tough and doesn’t want or think that she needs help...
  • Her Daring SEAL by Caitlyn O'Leary

    Her Daring SEAL by Caitlyn O'Leary

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A WOMAN WILLING TO RISK EVERYTHING Rylie Jones is on a desperate quest to single-handedly take down a human trafficking ring. At last, she knows she’s close to accomplishing her goal when her younger siblings discover her secret double life, and all hell breaks loose. DETERMINED DEFENDER Darius “Dare” Stanton has been trying to find Rylie since he had first met her six months ago...
  • Her Steadfast HERO by Caitlyn O'Leary

    Her Steadfast HERO by Caitlyn O'Leary

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    EARTHQUAKE! David Sloane is one of the Army’s top investigators. Convinced that two of his own have been framed by the tiny island government of Las Flores, he’s determined to do what it takes to prove their innocence. When a major earthquake hits the day he arrives all hell breaks loose. LOST LOVE In the midst of chaos, former army nurse Sarah Kyle arrives with Doctor Without Borders...
  • Sniper by Giulia Lagomarsino

    Sniper by Giulia Lagomarsino

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Chance "Sniper" Hendrix is all about a good time. He was married when he was serving as a Navy SEAL and it didn't work out so well for him. When his wife left him, he decided that he was going to enjoy life and do what he loved. He knows that marriage can be good, but he just doesn't want to go there again. He never intended to sleep with a stripper. He never intended to get involved in her life...
  • Gray Matter by Becky McGraw

    Gray Matter by Becky McGraw

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Can Gray help his new office manager clean her dirty laundry? Or will the mafia princess hang him out to dry? Since leaving the FBI Grayson Jennings has found peace in his life with his job as a forensic accountant with Deep Six Security and he treasures it. It remains that way until Michaela Girabaldi is hired as the new office manager for their east coast office...
  • The SEAL's Surprise Bride  (Special Forces: Operation Alpha) by Rachel McNeely

    The SEAL's Surprise Bride (Special Forces: Operation Alpha) by Rachel McNeely

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    State prosecutor Cheryl Buckley has made it her mission to take down bad people, defying death threats and intimidation. Naturally, she leaps at the opportunity to strike another blow against a gang that she already dealt with in court. She refuses to let fear rule her life. She can take care of herself...
  • Justice for Gwen (Special Forces: Operation Alpha) by KaLyn Cooper

    Justice for Gwen (Special Forces: Operation Alpha) by KaLyn Cooper

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She’s not what she seems. Neither is he. But the terrorist threat is real. So is the desire that smolders between them. Gwen Shaw overhears refugee teenagers discussing a plot to rival 9/11, but her Arabic is rusty...
  • Hot SEAL, Black Coffee by Cynthia D'Alba

    Hot SEAL, Black Coffee by Cynthia D'Alba

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Dealing with a sexy ex-girlfriend, a jewel heist, and a murder-for-hire can make an ex-SEAL bodyguard a tad cranky. Trevor Mason accepts what should be a simple job…protect the jewels his ex-girlfriend will wear to a breast cancer fundraiser...
  • Targeted Risk by Anna Blakely

    Targeted Risk by Anna Blakely

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    HE'LL TRUDGE THROUGH THE DEPTHS OF HELL JUST TO KEEP HER SAFE.Returning to the dangerous world of deep cover is the last thing Mike Bradshaw—former Delta Force operator and newest member of R.I.S.C.’s Alpha Team—wants to do. But just when he thinks he’s finished with covert life for good, Mike discovers the woman he left behind—the woman he still loves—is in danger...
  • Rocco and Mandy: A Red Team Wedding Novella by Elaine Levine

    Rocco and Mandy: A Red Team Wedding Novella by Elaine Levine

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Pregnant and alone—not a situation Mandy Fielding ever expected to find herself in, especially not while living with the man who owns her heart and is her baby’s father. Rocco isn’t a whole man, and hasn’t been since his return from Afghanistan. Just where they go from here, she doesn’t know. The past is more real than the present in covert operative Rocco Silas’ mind...
  • Deadly Creed by Elaine Levine

    Deadly Creed by Elaine Levine

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The dead just don’t seem to stay dead… A recent grad with a degree in gifted ed, Wynn Ratcliff jumped at the chance to be a young linguistic savant’s private tutor. The job let her stay near her grandmother while she was recovering from her stroke. Unfortunately, the terrific opportunity came with some horrific negatives…namely catching the eye of her employer’s enemies...
  • Lost and Found Series Box Set by J.M. Madden

    Lost and Found Series Box Set by J.M. Madden

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    WARNING- The Lost and Found Series pulls no punches. As always, there are ups and downs. Readers need to be aware that I deal with PTSD issues, suicide, and miscarriage, amputations, and a wide range of other things...
  • Harrison's Heart by Dale Mayer

    Harrison's Heart by Dale Mayer

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Welcome to Harrison’s Heart, book 7 in Heroes for Hire, reconnecting readers with the unforgettable men from SEALs of Honor in a new series of action-packed, page turning romantic suspense that fans have come to expect from USA TODAY Bestselling author Dale Mayer. When a call for help comes from Ice’s father, Harrison steps up...
  • SEALs of Honor: Easton by Dale Mayer

    SEALs of Honor: Easton by Dale Mayer

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    This is the next book in the SEALs of Honor series. Trips to Canada’s wilderness for joint military training are something Easton always enjoys. But meeting the photographer contracted to take pictures of the base and trainees for new marketing materials adds a whole new twist to the trip. A twist Easton quickly realizes has a dark undertone...
  • Montana SEAL Friendly Fire by Elle James

    Montana SEAL Friendly Fire by Elle James

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Trevor Anderson gave up his life as a Navy SEAL when he lost his best friend in an ambush. Before his friend died, he’d promised him he’d take care of his wife, should anything happen to him. Trevor left the Navy and returned to his home state of Montana to follow through on that promise...
  • Protecting Joselyn: Team Cerebrus Book 1 by Melissa Kay Clarke

    Protecting Joselyn: Team Cerebrus Book 1 by Melissa Kay Clarke

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    For three terrifying years, Joselyn Kendrik lived a half-life in Witness Protection hiding from a serial murderer and rapist nicknamed 'The Gardener.' After he was killed while placing a slashed teddy bear dressed like her on her father's grave, she could finally look forward to some normalcy in her life...
  • Hot SEAL, Salty Dog by Elle James

    Hot SEAL, Salty Dog by Elle James

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Navy SEAL on vacation in Mexico wakes up married to a jilted bride and retraces his steps to matrimony Confirmed bachelor and Navy SEAL Chase Flannigan is celebrating his separation from the Navy in the tropical paradise of Cabo San Lucas. After a particularly hazy night, he wakes up with a ring on his finger and a beautiful woman in his bed, and no memory of how they got there...
  • Eden by Nyssa Kathryn

    Eden by Nyssa Kathryn

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The heart doesn’t forget…The memory of that day still haunts Shylah Kemp. Eden had asked her to wait for him, to remain at the safe house while he went on a mission. But when she learned he was being setup, she didn’t have a choice. She had to do something. It was a risk…and Shylah paid dearly. Eden Cole is not the man he once was...
  • I Never Asked You to Save Me by Theresa Marguerite Hewitt

    I Never Asked You to Save Me by Theresa Marguerite Hewitt

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Ellie Mae Griggs-Heart is trying to escape, trying to find a place where she can finally be 'home'. She can't seem to shake her physically and emotionally abusive, soon to be ex-husband, Jake Heart. Refusing to take hand outs from her cousin Rhea Payne and her husband, former Navy SEAL Chad, Ellie has to moonlight at a job most would consider taboo to make ends meet...
  • Hard Line by Pamela Clare

    Hard Line by Pamela Clare

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A woman dragged into danger…Dr. Samantha Park’s life is shaken when her best friend and research partner dies barely two months into their eight-month stretch at the South Pole. She hasn’t begun to face her loss when men from Cobra International Security arrive to recover sensitive military components from a crashed satellite—and ask her to come with them...
  • Wyatt by Lynn Raye Harris

    Wyatt by Lynn Raye Harris

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Navy SEAL Wyatt Chandler loves the pulse-pounding, adrenaline-spiking tempo of Special Ops. But when a teammate dies in his arms during a mission gone wrong, he decides it’s time to hang up his combat boots before he becomes the next casualty. He can’t let his grandmother—the woman who raised him after his parents died—go through that kind of pain ever again...
  • Covert Vengeance by Kaylea Cross

    Covert Vengeance by Kaylea Cross

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Revenge came at a heavy price. Valkyrie hacker Amber Brown is deadly in her own right, but her preferred weapon is a keyboard. So after her teammates left her for dead, she took her revenge the way she was trained to—swiftly and brutally. Except one of her targets might be innocent...
  • Breaking Rules by Elle James

    Breaking Rules by Elle James

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Ryan “Dash” Hayes has a penchant for breaking the rules. If it’s for the right reasons, and he doesn’t get caught, he won’t hesitate. To him, rules are guidelines to be used to keep the sheep in line, not him. But his commander is willing to give him the benefit of the doubt because he’s good at his job as a Delta Force Operative. Fast, effective and willing to sacrifice his life to save others...
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