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Freedom: A Black Ops Romance by Riley Edwards
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsShe’s game changer he wishes he’d never met. Nolan Clark is the last man standing. While he is happy his teammates have found love, he’s even happier to be single. But fate is a funny thing. When a one-night stand turns into a friends with benefits agreement, he starts to question why he’s holding the beautiful Reagan at arm’s length... -
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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Lost in You by Lexi Blake
Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsRobert McClellan was forced to serve as a soldier in a war he didn’t understand. Liberated by McKay-Taggart, he struggles every day to reclaim the life he lost and do right by the men he calls his brothers, The Lost Boys. Only one thing is more important – Ariel Adisa. The gorgeous psychologist has plagued his dreams since the day they met...Categorized as:
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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
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... -
Absolving His Sins by Samantha A. Cole
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe book Trident Security fans have been waiting for! The huntress has become the hunted, in more ways than one. Jordyn Alvarez works for the United States government—a fact no one in authority will admit. She does Uncle Sam’s dirty work. Some might call her an agent, but few know her real title—Assassin... -
Adam by Kris Michaels
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsDr. Adam Cassidy knew two things: life isn’t easy and fate’s a bitch. Adam's last mission cost him an eye, his memory, and any chance of staying with his military brothers-in-arms on Guardian's Alpha Team. After two years he'd scraped together the remnants of his life. He’d refined, rebuilt and pushed on alone... -
Jason by Kris Michaels
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsJason King was presented the opportunity of a lifetime… …assume control of Guardian Security from the billionaire who had built the world renowned agency. As CEO, Jason would manage the best security resources in the world...Categorized as:
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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
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... -
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
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... -
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... -
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Sunset Flames by Maryann Jordan
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe Baytown Boys Military duty called them away to war zones, but after tours overseas, the group of friends found their way back home as men, seeking the peaceful little seaside town. Now, the band of brothers, together once more, work to provide a place for less fortunate veterans to call home...Categorized as:
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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... -
Killer on the Fens by Joy Ellis
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsDETECTIVE NIKKI GALENA’S DYING FATHER HAS ONE FINAL REQUEST: “FIND EVE.” DI Nikki Galena faces a personal challenge which will stretch her to the limit. She must fulfil her father’s dying wish and discover who the mysterious Eve is. Meanwhile a dead drug dealer is found on an abandoned airfield that the locals say is haunted... -
Cade by Dale Mayer
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCade Terence, a former SEAL, has spent the last two years physically recovering when his unit's truck drove over an antitank landmine. Six other team-mates were also badly hurt, the seventh dead, in what their team leader Badger Horley realized later had to be a trap set to take them out. The father of Laszlo, a member of his unit, was in a hit-and-run... -
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... -
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... -
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... -
False Security by Evan Grace
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIt was supposed to be a harmless blind date-but it ended in a one night stand when Shayla up and left in the middle of the night without a wink or a wave. I didn’t think I’d see her again…until I walked into my office and met our new employee—none other than the curvy brunette who had rocked my world. The more she fights the attraction between us, the more determined I am to make her mine... -
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... -
Defender's Instinct: Cerberus Tactical K9 by Fiona Quinn
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIt’ll take more than his battle-hardened instincts to defend her…CIA linguist Sabrin Harris’s plans for a relaxing vacation went up in smoke when twenty-six hostages disappeared just north of her grandmother’s house in Slovakia. Now, she’s been called into action. Her mission is fairly simple... -
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King of Clubs by Sandra Owens
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIn the second novel in acclaimed author Sandra Owens’s Aces & Eights series, passions—and tempers—flare as one star-crossed couple gets a second chance at love. Covert FBI agent Court Gentry loves his brothers, his job, and his Harley-Davidson. Once he loved a girl, too, but when she broke his heart, he put his emotions on lockdown…until she crosses his path again... -
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... -
Another Man's Moccasins by Craig Johnson
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsWalt Longmire unravels a mystery that connects two murders across forty yearsWhen the body of a young Vietnamese woman is found alongside the interstate in Absaroka County, Wyoming, Sherriff Walt Longmire is determined to discover the identity of the victim and is forced to confront the horrible similarities of this murder to that of his first homicide investigation as a marine in Vietnam... -
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... -
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... -
Gone Tomorrow by Lee Child
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 42 ratingsSuicide bombers are easy to spot. They give out all kinds of tell-tale signs. Mostly because they're nervous. By definition they're all first-timers.There are twelve things to look for: No one who has worked in law enforcement will ever forget them.New York City. The subway, two o'clock in the morning. Jack Reacher studies his fellow passengers. Four are OK. The fifth isn't... -
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... -
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... -
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
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... -
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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... -
The Escape by David Baldacci, Ron McLarty
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsSpecial Agent Puller's brother is the country's most wanted criminal, but his conviction points to a cover-up--and a dangerous enemy bent on burying the truth in this #1 New York Times bestselling thriller.It's a prison unlike any other. Military discipline rules. Its security systems are unmatched. None of its prisoners dream of escaping. They know it's impossible...until now... -
Noble Hops by Layla Reyne
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsEverything Dominic Price has worked hard to uphold is about to come crashing down on everything he holds dear.So much for the quiet life. Just as assistant US attorney and brewery owner Dominic Price is settling into a comfy new chapter with his partner, FBI agent Cameron Byrne, the sudden death of Nic’s father puts their happily-ever-after in jeopardy... -
Bishop's Endgame by Katie Reus
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsRead the final book in the Endgame trilogy where blood is thick, but passion is thicker… He kidnapped a princess to exact revenge. Set up for a crime he didn’t commit, Ellis Bishop takes the law into his own hands to exact justice and clear his name. Unfortunately, that means he has to kidnap a crime boss’s daughter—a perfect mafia princess, set to become queen of a dirty empire... -
Destruction by Reese Knightley
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWho is the boy in the cage? What secret has Lash been keeping? Why can’t Fear keep his distance? Join Phoenix in the next explosive action packed book. Micah Robertson, code named Lash, has always loved Alex from the first moment their eyes met. He thought they’d be together forever and it tears him apart when he and Alex split after a life-altering tragedy... -
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... -
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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Hidden Peril by Irene Hannon
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAs teenagers, Kristin Dane and her two best friends took a vow to make the world a better place. Twenty years later, she's fulfilling that pledge through her fair trade shop that features products from around the world. All is well until, one by one, people connected to the shop begin dying. Detective Luke Carter, new to the St. Louis PD, wants to know why... -
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
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.. -
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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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State Of The Union by Brad Thor, George Guidall
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 26 ratings“The perfect all-American hero” (Nelson DeMille, #1 New York Times bestselling author) Scot Harvath is on the hunt for a dangerous killer bent on world domination in this white-knuckled thrill ride from #1 New York Times bestselling author Brad Thor.America’s worst nightmare has just become a brutal reality. The most unlikely terrorist enemy of all now holds a knife against the country’s throat... -
Path of the Assassin by Brad Thor
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsNavy SEAL turned Secret Service agent Scot Harvath follows bloody clues to silver-eyed elusive ruthless terrorist Hashim Nidal, who intends to topple Israel and America, and can be identified by only one person - Meg Cassidy. Across four continents, from Macau, Jerusalem, Chicago, Libya, Capri, and Rome, the deadly puzzle tests their limits and growing bond... -
Sizzle by Liliana Hart
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA killer who taught her everything she knows… A mission that pits her skills against his… And a new partner that makes her body…Sizzle When Declan MacKenzie asks Archer Ryan to do a special job for MacKenzie Security, Archer has no choice but to say yes. He owes Declan his life, and Declan more than has his hands full with his own family problems...Categorized as:
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Behind the Lies by Robin Perini
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsOf the six Montgomery brothers, golden-boy Zach has always walked on the wild side. He rocketed to fame playing a hero in a movie, but offscreen he's living in the shadows. Zach's dark secret: he leads a double life as a CIA operative. When a mission to stalk a terrorist goes horribly wrong, Zach's cover is blown... -
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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