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  • Shattered Lies: Web of Lies #3 by Kathleen Brooks

    Shattered Lies: Web of Lies #3 by Kathleen Brooks

    Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The time has come to step out of the shadows . . . Valeria McGregor was a better shot, a better fighter, and smarter than everyone she’d ever gone up against as an agent for the DEA. Then she’d uncovered illegal activity within her own organization and was fired as part of a cover-up. That was how she’d joined the secret group who reports only to the president...
  • Cyclone by Janie Crouch

    Cyclone by Janie Crouch

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    He’d protect her from any threat… But what if the biggest threat is him?   Doctor Anne Nichols is back in Oak Creek, Wyoming, only because she has no other options. Here, she was always the shy, stuttering girl, invisible to everyone.   Except Zac Mackay. The very reason she left in the first place...
    Categorized as:
    dark  military  war  abuse  action-adventure  adult  alpha-mc  amnesia
  • Phoenix by Teagan Brooks

    Phoenix by Teagan Brooks

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Phoenix I met the love of my life when I was 17 years old. She was my best friend, my love, my soulmate. Even at such a young age, we had a solid plan for our future. I would join the Marines after graduation. We would get married after my first deployment. When my time with Marines was up, we would start a family. But that’s not what happened...
  • Driven by Rebecca Zanetti

    Driven by Rebecca Zanetti

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Unswerving: Angus Force is determined to hunt down the serial killer he’d once shot dead—or so he thought. But an anonymous source reports that Lassiter is alive. Force hasn't slept since, knowing it’s only a matter of time before “the Surgeon” strikes again. And soon, a body is found, bearing Lassiter’s same maniacal MO...
  • Jack Be Quick by Fiona Quinn

    Jack Be Quick by Fiona Quinn

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Strike Force: An Iniquus Romantic Suspense Mystery Thriller The prayer on her lips is JACK Be Quick. It’s been months since ex-Navy SEAL Jack McCullen last saw his fiancée, Suz Molloy. He was on the other side of the world involved in a grueling black ops mission for Iniquus Corporation at the behest of the US government...
  • Hyper Lynx by Fiona Quinn

    Hyper Lynx by Fiona Quinn

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    If she fails, her whole team could be destroyed.Lexi “Lynx” Sabado is more than ready for her marriage with ex-SEAL Striker Rheas. But getting her happily ever after is fraught with hurdles when her psychic abilities start going haywire, giving her vague warnings of impending danger.As it turns out, identifying threats can be overwhelming when everything and everyone is the potential source...
  • Montana Sanctuary by Josie Jade, Janie Crouch

    Montana Sanctuary by Josie Jade, Janie Crouch

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Sometimes the worst wounds can’t be seen.Lucas Everett knows that firsthand. It's why he and his former Navy SEAL brothers created the Resting Warrior Ranch.They aren’t doctors, but they can offer the healing freedom of their Montana range. And they specialize in training service and emotional support animals to help sooth even the worst emotional scars.Usually, soldiers show up at their door...
    Categorized as:
    dark  female-mc  military  war  abuse  action-adventure  adult  angst
  • Broken Edge by C.D. Reiss

    Broken Edge by C.D. Reiss

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    You think you'd go far for love? Think again.---------She really knows how to push a man.She finds the cracks and she goes right for them. She'll travel across the world just to break me apart, piece by piece, until every last secret is exposed and every weakness revealed.I swear to God, I love her so much I'll let her do it.I'll let her do anything...
  • On the Edge by C.D. Reiss

    On the Edge by C.D. Reiss

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    You've never experienced a romance like The Edge."In Iraq, I promised you a bed of rose petals." He grabbed my hand under the table, tightening his grip as if he were falling from a precipice and our connection was the only thing saving him from certain death. "They were beautiful.""You smell like apples. Roses were wrong...
    Categorized as:
    dark  military  war  abuse  action-adventure  adult  alpha-mc  angst
  • Breaking Free by Adrienne Giordano

    Breaking Free by Adrienne Giordano

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    As the black sheep of the Steele brood, Micki Steele craves one thing: the love of her family. Working as a hacker for a ruthless fixer, Micki has done things she'll never be proud of. When she flees Vegas and returns to her hometown, she brings along her boss’s secrets and plenty of danger...
  • Mended by J.L. Drake

    Mended by J.L. Drake

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Savannah takes control… Tired of all the lies and deception Savannah decides that she must face things on her own. As she seeks to find out who she really is she still must deal with the fallout from her past. Her fragile hold on her new life slowly gives her the confidence to move ahead. What she really needs is right in front of her waiting for the right moment to prove his love...
    Categorized as:
    dark  family  insta-love  military  war  abuse  action-adventure  adult
  • The Titan Series Boxed Set by Cristin Harber

    The Titan Series Boxed Set by Cristin Harber

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The Titan Series, books 1-5: Winters Heat, Garrison’s Creed, Westin’s Chase, Gambled, & Chased Winters Heat: After putting her life on the line to protect classified intelligence, military psychologist Mia Kensington is on a cross-country road trip from hell with an intrusive save-the-day hero...
  • Defender's Instinct: Cerberus Tactical K9 by Fiona Quinn

    Defender's Instinct: Cerberus Tactical K9 by Fiona Quinn

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    It’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...
  • Scarlett Red by P.T. Michelle

    Scarlett Red by P.T. Michelle

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    New York Times, USA Today, and International Bestselling series!Mister Black swept in and out of my life like a tornado, leaving me twisted up and forever changed in his wake.And now that my life is finally back on track, I need to move on, despite the many reminders of our time together...
  • Somebody's Angel by Kallypso Masters

    Somebody's Angel by Kallypso Masters

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    When Marc d’Alessio first rescued the curvaceous and spirited Italian Angelina Giardano at the Masters at Arms Club, he never expected her to turn his safe, controlled life upside down and pull at his long-broken heartstrings. Months later, the intense fire of their attraction still rages, but something holds him back from committing to her completely...
    Categorized as:
    dark  epic  family  military  war  abuse  action-adventure  adult
  • Evolution: Awakening by Hope Anika

    Evolution: Awakening by Hope Anika

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When Ash Kyndal inherits her Uncle Charlie’s PI firm, her only interest is in finding an out. Circus veteran, social misfit, daughter of a madman—those are shoes that fit. Card-carrying member of polite society? Not so much. But Charlie saved her once, and his staff of lost souls needs her...
  • Gold Shimmer by P.T. Michelle

    Gold Shimmer by P.T. Michelle

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    How far would you go to be with the man who stole your heart but doesn't know your real name? GOLD SHIMMER is the first book in Cass and Calder's epic love story in the BLACK SHADOWS duet. STEEL RUSH is the explosive conclusion to their love story and it is now available. You do not have to read books 1-3 in the IN THE SHADOWS series to enjoy GOLD SHIMMER and STEEL RUSH...
  • Enemy Zone: Enemies-to-Lovers Standalone Healing-Love Military Romance (Trident Rescue) by Alex Lidell

    Enemy Zone: Enemies-to-Lovers Standalone Healing-Love Military Romance (Trident Rescue) by Alex Lidell

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    I know all about guys like Cullen Hunt.Gorgeous. Wealthy. Powerful. I just fled New York to escape one. But when I reach Colorado, it’s either take a job at Cullen’s Trident Rescue or become homeless.And Cullen? He’s worse than I thought. Controlling. Demanding. Jerk.A grenade always teetering on the edge.He’s also hot as sin and makes my toes curl.I hate that I dream about him...
  • Home Front by Kristin Hannah

    Home Front by Kristin Hannah

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 37 ratings
    In this powerhouse of a novel, Kristin Hannah explores the intimate landscape of a troubled marriage with this provocative and timely portrait of a husband and wife, in love and at war.All marriages have a breaking point. All families have wounds. All wars have a cost. . .
  • Open Secret by Fiona Quinn

    Open Secret by Fiona Quinn

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    They're playing mind games…… the rules have changed.Can 280 characters destroy a nation?Avery Goodyear, a romance editor from the suburbs, becomes a player in an international game of psychological warfare.The FBI watches the attacks unfold in real time. The FBI focuses its secret weapon, ex-Army Ranger Rowan Kennedy, at the crisis...
  • Pull You Through by Kaylee Ryan

    Pull You Through by Kaylee Ryan

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Life is a series of events, one leading you to another. The hell I lived through with my drug-addicted parents led me to the Marine Corps. Committing my life to my country was easy. My brothers were my family--all I had and all I needed. I wasn’t looking for her, but I should have known life had other plans. It led me to her...
  • FALL by Cora Brent

    FALL by Cora Brent

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    From NY Times and USA Today Bestselling author Cora Brent comes a new epic crossover novel. Jenny... I was a lost girl, a child bride. Now, to most people I appear to be just an average college student. They would never guess my strange history. But secretly I'm still held down by my past. I cannot bring myself to trust men...
  • The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera

    The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 75 ratings
    In The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Milan Kundera tells the story of a young woman in love with a man torn between his love for her and his incorrigible womanizing and one of his mistresses and her humbly faithful lover...
  • A Virgin River Christmas by Robyn Carr

    A Virgin River Christmas by Robyn Carr

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Last Christmas Marcie Sullivan said a final goodbye to her husband, Bobby. This Christmas she's come to Virgin River to find the man who saved his life and gave her three more years to love him. Fellow marine Ian Buchanan dragged Bobby's shattered body onto a medical transport in Fallujah four years ago, then disappeared as soon as their unit arrived stateside...
  • Meant To Be: A Novel of Honor and Duty by Jessica James

    Meant To Be: A Novel of Honor and Duty by Jessica James

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    It started as a chance encounter on the beach, and ended 24 hours later when they parted to go their separate ways. Or so they thought. Actually it was just the beginning. WHEN LAUREN CANTRELL said goodbye to the guy she had just met on the beach, she had no way of knowing their paths would ever cross again...
  • Inside Danger by Ashley Claudy

    Inside Danger by Ashley Claudy

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Regan thought she had found a new life.She thought she'd found something to love in the ring.She thought she'd found someone to love outside those ropes—Someone who loved her.But what she found was danger.And there's no easy way out...
    Categorized as:
    dark  female-mc  war  abuse  action-adventure  adult  audiobook  book
  • The Best Friend by Leanne Davis

    The Best Friend by Leanne Davis

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    **WARNING: Recommended for readers 18+ due to strong language, sexual situations, and mature content matter.** Gretchen Hendricks spent half her life in love with a man who ended up more dedicated to his job than her. After a divorce that left her devastated she put all her energies into building up her career as a psychologist...
    Categorized as:
    dark  epic  family  female-mc  military  war  action-adventure  adult
  • The Years Between: Jessie & Will by Leanne Davis

    The Years Between: Jessie & Will by Leanne Davis

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    ***This is the sequel to The Other Sister and it's highly recommended you read it prior to The Years Between.*** The five years between when Jessie and Will Hendricks get back together and when they have their daughter are unforgettable years that travel from one side of the country to the next, and deal with the issues that have for so long kept them separated...
    Categorized as:
    dark  epic  family  female-mc  military  war  abuse  action-adventure
  • Otherwise Unharmed by Shay Savage

    Otherwise Unharmed by Shay Savage

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    After Evan Arden was imprisoned by the enemy for a year and a half, he returned from the desert as a military hero. He’d suffered some minor injuries during his captivity, was discharged from the Marines with just a touch of shellshock, but was considered otherwise unharmed...
    Categorized as:
    dark  epic  male-mc  military  war  abuse  action-adventure  adult
  • Return to Zero by Isobel Starling

    Return to Zero by Isobel Starling

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Life takes a darker turn for Sam and Declan... Pulled into a world of secrets and lies for the man he loves, Declan Ramsay’s life has changed immeasurably in the eight months since meeting, and falling for his boss’s son, Sam Aiken. Declan journey of personal discovery is about to take a darker turn, and for Sam, the world becomes more treacherous than he could ever have imagined...
  • Ruthless Sons by Melissa Jane

    Ruthless Sons by Melissa Jane

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    An alternative cover edition for this ASIN can be found here.To hunt or to be hunted?When you escape Mexico’s leading cartel, expect retribution.When you escape from Juan Florez, a man who lives for the thrill of the chase, expect to run from the shadows that follow your every move.I was “his”.He craved and demanded my fear.He destroyed me in every way he enjoyed.It was power.Seduction...
    Categorized as:
    dark  female-mc  war  abuse  action-adventure  adult  book  captivity
  • Suspicions by Cynthia Eden

    Suspicions by Cynthia Eden

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Everyone’s a suspect in the beloved third book in New York Times bestselling author Cynthia Eden’s The Battling McGuire Boys series, which was originally published by Harlequin Intrigue in 2015.Mark Montgomery will never forget the night Ava McGuire galloped onto his ranch terrified out of her mind. Once he’d saved his best friend’s sister from harm, the hardest part was letting her go...
    Categorized as:
    family  military  war  action-adventure  adult  alpha-mc  angst  book
  • Enemy Outside by Marysol James

    Enemy Outside by Marysol James

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Gorgeous Olivia Jameson truly has the quintessential supermodel life: fame, fortune and fans. The problem is that one fan is having some serious trouble with respecting boundaries – and has crossed over the line in to stalker territory. When his obscene and frightening texts escalate and he ends up standing in her living room, Olivia turns to Dallas for protection...
    Categorized as:
    dark  military  war  action-adventure  adult  alpha-mc  bodyguard  book
  • Hunter by Mandy Harbin

    Hunter by Mandy Harbin

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    After finally getting out of her disastrous relationship, Maya Carmichael has sworn off all bad boys. Sure they’re hot. The attitude? No thanks. But when her car is vandalized while on a night out with her roommate, she realizes her ex is truly sadistic. Her friend insists they lay low for a few days while the cops do their thing...
  • Hot as Hades by Cynthia Rayne

    Hot as Hades by Cynthia Rayne

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Cowboy is a former rodeo star and a member of the Four Horsemen MC. He spots Daisy Weston stripping in a club owned by the club’s rivals, the Raptors. They have taken her younger sister, Rose, and Daisy is determined to free her at any cost. With Cowboy acting as her bodyguard and guide to the outlaw world, she is getting closer to discovering Rose’s whereabouts, one lap dance at a time...
  • Damned by Cynthia Rayne, Sara Rayne

    Damned by Cynthia Rayne, Sara Rayne

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Rose Weston is in hell. After being kidnapped and held as a sex slave, she is struggling to come to terms with the trauma. Under the care of her sister, Daisy, Rose is recovering at the Hades Motel& Diner, owned by the Four Horsemen MC. When Rose is threatened by her former captor, she asks Duke for help. Duke has been to hell and back...
    Categorized as:
    dark  female-mc  military  war  abuse  action-adventure  adult  age-gap
  • Besiege by June Gray

    Besiege by June Gray

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    PART TWO OF JUNE GRAY'S DISARM SERIESThe continuing story of Elsie and Henry... Elsie has waited six long months for Henry to return from his deployment in Afghanistan. But she learns that, sometimes, the person who leaves for war is rarely the same one who comes home..
  • The Other Sister by Leanne Davis

    The Other Sister by Leanne Davis

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    General Travis Bains has two daughters, one who is good, and one who is bad. Everyone knows Lindsey is the good one, and Jessie is the bad one. Jessie Bains is the other sister, the bad sister, which she has proven more often than not, until the day she gets kidnapped and brutally raped...
    Categorized as:
    dark  family  friendship  military  war  abuse  action-adventure  adult
  • Mister Black by P.T. Michelle

    Mister Black by P.T. Michelle

    Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    We all have someone who crossed our path and fundamentally changed us. That one person who blew through our lives, their presence forever stamped on our psyche. They linger in our thoughts, in our hearts, and in the decisions we make. A soul crusher or a dream maker, depending on the perspective.My person is MISTER BLACK. I didn’t know him by that name when I first met him...
  • The Smoke Jumper by Nicholas Evans

    The Smoke Jumper by Nicholas Evans

    Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    In a searing novel of love and loyalty, guilt and honor, the acclaimed author of the #1 New York Times bestseller The Horse Whisperer gives his millions of readers another hero…His name is Connor Ford and he falls like an angel of mercy from the sky, braving the flames to save the woman he loves but knows he cannot have...
  • In the Stillness by Andrea Randall

    In the Stillness by Andrea Randall

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Natalie is a wife.Natalie is a mother.Natalie is a cutter.Clawing at walls built by resentment, regret, and guilt, Natalie cuts as an escape from a life she never planned. Staying present is only possible when you let go of the past...
    Categorized as:
    dark  family  female-mc  military  war  abuse  action-adventure  angst
  • Rough Edge by C.D. Reiss

    Rough Edge by C.D. Reiss

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    He's her husband, but he's not the man she married.Caden and Greyson come home from deployment to build a life together. Everything is perfect, until Caden starts changing into a different man--one with a savage edge that's as dangerous as it is sexy...
    Categorized as:
    dark  military  war  abuse  action-adventure  adult  alpha-mc  angst
  • Cold Cole Heart by K. Webster

    Cold Cole Heart by K. Webster

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    From USA Today Bestselling Author K Webster, comes a new dark romance standalone novel!I once was a hero.Until she kept me as her captive, tortured me, and killed my brothers.She bred a monster.Nothing could stop me from seeking revenge.But it was over so quickly—her easy death a mercy she didn’t deserve.For a decade, the burning rage of what she did has transformed into something uncontrollable...
    Categorized as:
    dark  female-mc  military  war  abuse  action-adventure  adult  age-gap
  • Out of the Blues by Mercy Celeste

    Out of the Blues by Mercy Celeste

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Whoever said you can't go home again should change that to should not go home again. As in EVER! Mason Foxworth swore on his grandmother's bible never to return to the small Georgia town he sort of grew up in. And for eight years he'd succeeded in keeping that promise. Until his twin sister decided she needed to get married...back home...and she'd invited their parents...
    Categorized as:
    dark  family  insta-love  military  war  abuse  action-adventure  adult
  • The Hermit by Shayne McClendon

    The Hermit by Shayne McClendon

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    There are some things you just can’t live without. About the Story When Dr. Ryan Wallace retreats to the Alaskan wilderness to find peace with his past, the last thing he expects is to stumble across a broken woman barely clinging to life. As he watches her fight her way back from hell, his own problems begin to pale in comparison. When she returns to her world, he finally understands..
    Categorized as:
    dark  military  war  abuse  action-adventure  adult  alaska  book
  • Vanguard by C.J. Markusfeld

    Vanguard by C.J. Markusfeld

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Sophie Swenda is accustomed to saving lives on a grand scale. As a refugee aid expert, it’s her job. Now, she needs to save just one person – Michael Nariovsky-Trent, the man she loves...
    Categorized as:
    dark  military  war  action-adventure  adult  book  contemporary  drama
  • Enemy Mine by Marysol James

    Enemy Mine by Marysol James

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Six years ago, Jennifer Sawyer survived a hellish experience. Despite it all, she’s managed to get her life back on track: she owns a successful restaurant, she has good female friends, and she’s found ways to enjoy her life. But no men; no men, not ever. Well, except for Chris. He’s the first man that she’s trusted since, and even he isn’t allowed to touch her...
    Categorized as:
    dark  military  war  abuse  action-adventure  adult  alpha-mc  book
  • Innocent Next Door by Shelley Munro

    Innocent Next Door by Shelley Munro

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Adventure is Summer William's mission! Life in a small town is comfortable, but living with her loving and overprotective family means it lacks adventure. And forget romance with two interfering army brothers around. It's time to leave the cozy nest...
  • Solid Steel by Marysol James

    Solid Steel by Marysol James

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Nine weeks ago, Selena Perez voluntarily underwent a double mastectomy to save her life. Despite it being her choice (well, kind of), she's now struggling with her body image and her femininity. The last thing that she needs is a man, even if he is dark, dangerous and devastatingly sexy... and will do anything to get her. Three years ago, Luke Rhodes lost his left hand in Afghanistan...
  • In Deep by Lulu Pratt

    In Deep by Lulu Pratt

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I'm on a body reconnaissance mission... After I left the SEALs, I didn't give a sh*t about anything. I stopped caring. So when a man offers me money to body snatch a woman, I take his cash. Why the f*ck not? And then I meet her. Grace. She's so damn irresistible without even trying. I can't take my eyes off her thick, round ass, and her smile is a beacon in my darkness...
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