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  • Nixon's Promise by Riley Edwards

    Nixon's Promise by Riley Edwards

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Former Navy SEAL Nixon Swagger is home. After twelve years of service and twice as many deployments, all Nix wanted was quiet. He’d sought the solace of the land he’d grown up on and found the peace he needed to silence the noise and figure out his next move. Nixon’s stay was supposed to be temporary...
  • The Final Goodbye by Brittney Sahin

    The Final Goodbye by Brittney Sahin

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    When a serial killer strikes a small Alabama town - anyone could become the next victim, or the main suspect . . . Ben Logan, a former soldier, and now the successful owner of a private security firm, can handle just about anything. Well, anything except a run-in with Riley Carpenter. When Ben joined the Marines, he never looked back, and he broke his best friend's heart in the process...
  • Chasing the Knight by Brittney Sahin

    Chasing the Knight by Brittney Sahin

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    She's the admiral's daughter . . . and the one woman bad-boy Wyatt Pierson can't resist.When Wyatt left England, he said goodbye to his privileged upbringing and forged his own path. After years of running operations for an elite unit of Navy SEALs, he's satisfied with his mission-focused life until a messy entanglement walks through the door...
  • Cobb by Maryann Jordan

    Cobb by Maryann Jordan

    Rated: 4.69 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    He met her underneath the bones of a dinosaur... But she was not impressed with his smooth moves.When hired by a Senator from New Mexico Lighthouse Security Investigations sends Cobb to protect the daughter, a social worker is being threatened when she discovers some of her clinic’s donations are from dirty money...
  • Steel Rush by P.T. Michelle

    Steel Rush by P.T. Michelle

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    This is an alternate Cover Edition for ISBN13: 9781939672285.This is the second book in the BLACK SHADOWS duet, Cass and Calder's story. You must read GOLD SHIMMER before reading STEEL RUSH. Cass has spent years trying to forget her past. But the thing about pasts…they always come back around, sometimes in the most unexpected ways...
  • Evade and Capture by Lori Matthews

    Evade and Capture by Lori Matthews

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Spencer Gordon wasn’t expecting the call from Kathleen Drake, a woman she’d spent years keeping safe as part of the Witness Protection program. The terrified woman begged Spencer for help. Taking a leave of absence from her job with Homeland Security, Spencer hurries to her friend’s side. But the threat to Kathleen is larger than Spencer bargained for, forcing a call for reinforcements...
  • Clay by Maryann Jordan

    Clay by Maryann Jordan

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Relationships should be simple, right?Clay watched his fellow Lighthouse Security Keepers fall for women while on missions. Growing up with chaos, the last thing he wanted was drama… or surprises.The beautiful concert violinist was just what he hoped for. Smart, talented, and dedicated to the orchestra. And completely separate from his mission chasing drug smugglers...
  • Sebastian: A Mystery Romance by Giulia Lagomarsino

    Sebastian: A Mystery Romance by Giulia Lagomarsino

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Sebastian is a mystery romance and the fifth book in the series, For The Love Of A Good Woman. Sebastian is a standalone, but the characters from the series appear throughout all the books. A large, metal crash sounded behind me and my gaze swiveled to the fence where Maggie had just crashed through the gate. The SUV swerved wildly in front of me, acting as a barrier for the incoming bullets...
  • Entertaining Distraction by Samantha A. Cole, Judi Perkins

    Entertaining Distraction by Samantha A. Cole, Judi Perkins

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The last woman Mike Donovan ever expected to be attracted to is one who wants to dominate him. While his brother is in the BDSM lifestyle, Mike never understood it. But when Charlotte Roth, aka Mistress China, sets her sights on him, he finds himself wanting to obey her every command...
  • Xtreme Behavior by Em Petrova

    Xtreme Behavior by Em Petrova

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    This special operative and a K-9 handler must work in close proximity to solve a crime—and whether they kill each other or wind up in bed is anyone’s guess.After a string of deaths are linked to a man locked up for another crime, Special Operative Alix Broshears and his team are racing against the clock to stop him before another person dies...
  • Barracuda Security: Complete 5-Part Series by Camilla Blake

    Barracuda Security: Complete 5-Part Series by Camilla Blake

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Book One Maclean Harris is a man who lost everything that mattered and is trying to put his life back together the best that he can. A former cop, he’s recently taken a job with the brand new security firm, Barracuda Security. He’s handed a new case, one that seems simple enough. Keep a lady attorney safe from a potential stalker...
  • Rafe by Maryann Jordan

    Rafe by Maryann Jordan

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The true measure of a man is not in the mistakes he makes…but in how he handles those mistakes. Rafe Walker gained fame while in the Army when he was photographed for a Military Calendar. Afterward, modeling contracts rolled in but he found his life in California lacking and longed for a change...
  • No Escape by Julie Moffett

    No Escape by Julie Moffett

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Geek girl Lexi Carmichael thought meeting the in-laws would be easy as long as they met on neutral ground and she was fully prepared with a spreadsheet full of etiquette dos and don’ts. But unfortunately for Lexi, things don’t always turn out as she planned.Meeting the in-laws is a daunting task even for those who are outgoing and socially capable...
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  • Tactical Takeover by Elle James

    Tactical Takeover by Elle James

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Former Navy SEAL, Sawyer Johnson’s career as a SEAL is over. He’s the survivor of an attack that killed two of his buddies and cost him the use of his left hand. Out of the military and aimless, he receives a job offer and a ticket to fly to Colorado Springs. On the flight, he meets a woman who is moving to Colorado to free her brother from a militant group...
  • Black Platinum by P.T. Michelle

    Black Platinum by P.T. Michelle

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    BLACK PLATINUM can be read as a standalone story. You are cordially invited... When wedding plans go awry and tragedy hits, Sebastian and Talia race against time to uncover the culprit who dared to strike out at the Blakes. While wading through murky family waters to discover the truth, Mister Black and Little Red's relationship deepens and simmers to new levels...
  • 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...
  • Conflicted by Lori Matthews

    Conflicted by Lori Matthews

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    From the bestselling author of the Callahan Security Series.Meet Elias Mason of the US Coast Guard’s TEAM RECON. As in reconstructed. As in broken and needs fixing.Team RECON has a new headquarters now—Miami, Florida, which also happens to be Elias’s hometown. He’s been avoiding his past like the plague, but there are some things you can’t outrun...
  • Sweet Child O' Mine by Lexi Blake

    Sweet Child O' Mine by Lexi Blake

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    A look into the life at McKay-Taggart on the day Charlie and Ian have their babies...
  • Survival Clause: A Savannah Martin Novel by Jenna Bennett

    Survival Clause: A Savannah Martin Novel by Jenna Bennett

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Savannah’s friend Tamara Grimaldi was fourteen when her mom was murdered, and the body dumped along the side of Interstate 65 in Indiana. Since then, Grimaldi has kept an eye out for her mother’s killer, first as a homicide detective in Nashville, and now as the chief of police for the city of Columbia, Tennessee, a few miles off I-65...
  • Brother's Keeper III: Luke by Stephanie St. Klaire

    Brother's Keeper III: Luke by Stephanie St. Klaire

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Luke O’Reilly has seen it all, done it all, and lived through it all. When a career ending injury forces him to retire from the military, he struggles to adapt. Luke was born to be a soldier, not conform to the nine-to-five mediocrity of everyday life. He needs to protect and serve like he needs his next breath...
  • Cade by Dale Mayer

    Cade by Dale Mayer

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Cade 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...
  • Liam's Lily by Dale Mayer

    Liam's Lily by Dale Mayer

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When former Navy SEAL Liam O'Brian joins Legendary Securities, he looks forward to being shipped somewhere exciting for his first mission with Levi and his crew. Instead, he learns exotic and enormous aren't exactly synonymous when he stumbles upon the oversized pachyderms inhabiting his new backyard...
  • Roaming Wild by Tracey Devlyn

    Roaming Wild by Tracey Devlyn

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    She's loved him forever... The last thing traveling nurse Evie Steele expects to find aboard the RV housing her mobile health clinic is her brother’s best friend. As always, Deke’s close proximity stirs her forbidden desires and long-suppressed dreams. But his sudden reappearance in her life and curious interest in her patients makes Evie wonder what he’s hiding. ..
  • Best Served Cold by Rebecca Deel

    Best Served Cold by Rebecca Deel

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    U.S. Marshal Stella Grayson always wanted to be a cop, but after an ambush, she's framed for murder and forced to surrender her gun and badge. Targeted by law enforcement and a killer seeking revenge, she may lose everything she values, including her freedom and the man she loves...
  • 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...
  • Stone's Surrender by Dale Mayer

    Stone's Surrender by Dale Mayer

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Welcome to Stone's Surrender, book 2 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.Life is on the move again…After a long slow-ass recovery, Stone finds himself triumphantly back at work at Levi’s new company...
  • Michael's Mercy by Dale Mayer, Suspense Sisters

    Michael's Mercy by Dale Mayer, Suspense Sisters

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The Sleeper SEALs are former U.S. Navy SEALs recruited by a new CIA counter-terror division to handle solo dark ops missions to combat terrorism on US soil. MICHAEL's MERCY When things go bad, in Michael’s world things go horribly, terrifyingly bad. It’s been a year since hardened Navy SEAL Michael Stanton walked away from his career...
  • On His Six by Patricia D. Eddy

    On His Six by Patricia D. Eddy

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Am I a good man? A monster? A hero? Maybe I’m nothing. Maybe the biggest piece of me died the day I decided to live. To escape. I gave up on redemption. Until I found her. A light in all my darkness. My little bird. I don’t want to love her. But maybe I have no choice. One look, one touch, one taste, and I’m gone. Lost in her light. I’m broken in all the wrong places...
  • Just Breathe by Leeanna Morgan

    Just Breathe by Leeanna Morgan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A priceless journal. A powerful family’s secret. Are you ready for the truth? Tanner doesn’t believe in love. He’s seen the worst that humanity can do and he’s determined not to be a pawn in someone else’s game. Working for a high-profile security company is all he needs—until he meets Kelly Harris. When Kelly bids on a mystery box at an auction, she doesn't realize what she's found...
  • 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...
  • Incinerated by Lori Matthews

    Incinerated by Lori Matthews

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Meet Axel Cantor of the US Coast Guard’s TEAM RECON. As in reconstructed. As in broken and needs fixing.When a cargo ship gets stuck in the Suez Canal and an American journalist on board ends up dead, Axel is sent in to investigate. He didn’t count on running into Sloan Bishop another reporter and the love of his life. Or maybe the hate of his life. Ever since he ended up in one of her articles...
  • Catch and Release by Lori Matthews

    Catch and Release by Lori Matthews

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Callahan Security is Back!!! Jake Boxer wants a vacation, but when Jameson Drake calls and asks for a favor, he has no choice. Drake's accountant is in trouble and needs protection, so Jake agrees to take on the job. Little does he know the accountant is not only brilliant but drop-dead gorgeous...
  • Gray is My Heart: A Romantic Thriller by Elise Noble

    Gray is My Heart: A Romantic Thriller by Elise Noble

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Georgia Rutherford-Beaumont has it all: A wealthy husband. A powerful father. A hit man trying to kill her… Senator’s daughter Georgia longs for a little excitement in her life, at least until it arrives in the form of a high-velocity bullet...
  • Shadow Assassin by Elle James

    Shadow Assassin by Elle James

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    After completing a difficult and secret task to eliminate the leader of a Russian terrorist organization, former Navy SEAL and expert sniper, Dane “Striker” Ryan, is booted from his SEAL team, destroying his reputation as a trusted servant to his country. Burned, angry and out of work, he agrees to take an assignment from a shadowy organization recruiting this Navy SEAL for a special project...
  • Targeted by Kathleen Brooks

    Targeted by Kathleen Brooks

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Hunter Townsend loves his new home in the small town of Shadows Landing. It’s his sanctuary when he comes home from a mission as part of his Special Forces team. Maggie, the infuriating, monogram loving, bright color wearing, cuter than she should be woman, who loves to tease him was the only issue in Shadows Landing. Until a mission goes wrong . .
  • Tyson's Treasure by Dale Mayer

    Tyson's Treasure by Dale Mayer

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Welcome to Tyson’s Treasure, book 11 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...
  • Warrick by Dale Mayer

    Warrick by Dale Mayer

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Warrick Canton works with Mason's Navy SEAL team and he's going stir-crazy on the sidelines while he heals from an ankle injury. He longs for a relationship like the ones his buddies have, but, after his girlfriend of three years dumps him just when he thinks they're solid, he struggles to believe it's possible...
  • Tanner by Dale Mayer

    Tanner by Dale Mayer

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Tanner Kosta is the newest member of the team. Active in sports, particularly aerial types, he's training with a new military harness used in paragliding. The design was developed by Wynn Rider and her brother. As they run two SEAL teams through rigid training, Wynn's glider fails mid-flight, sending her plummeting toward the ground...
  • Jackson by Dale Mayer

    Jackson by Dale Mayer

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A bullet takes out his rig, but a mechanic captures his heart…When Jackson is forced to pull his rig to the side of the road as the radiator overheats, he’s not impressed, but when a bouncy mechanic in camo drives back to help him, he’s even less enthralled – with himself. She’s smart, capable, single and knows a whole lot more about mechanical things than he does...
  • Nelson by Dale Mayer

    Nelson by Dale Mayer

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Nothing is what it seems … ever …Nelson’s early morning meeting at the docks with Elizabeth Etchings offers only bad news. Her brother—and Nelson’s old friend—has gone missing on his days off while his ship was docked in Ensenada. A trip to where he’d last been seen shows the local color … and reveals Nelson’s friend has gotten into bigger trouble than anyone could imagine...
  • Jagger by Amanda McKinney

    Jagger by Amanda McKinney

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Secrets, lies, deceit… A former Navy SEAL turned homicide detective has met his match in this new *standalone* addition to the number #1 Bestselling Steele Shadows Series…He found her covered in blood.She promises she’s innocent.The question is..
  • Breaking Ties by Elle James

    Breaking Ties by Elle James

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    From New York Times bestselling author Elle James comes the 6th book in the Delta Force Strong series.To Delta Force soldier Doug “Dawg” Masters, being a Delta Force Operator is his life. He’d never consider marriage or children because his job is too dangerous, taking him far away too often to make a home or raise a family...
  • Have Mercy by Hannah Shield

    Have Mercy by Hannah Shield

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The only way to save his best friend’s sister…is to marry her.Ruby Whitestone just found her ex’s dead body. And the police think she did it. But as a single mom, she knows how to fend for herself. No fairytale hero is going to swoop in to save her. Not her brother, the Bennett Security bodyguard. Certainly not Chase, a West Oaks police officer and her brother’s best friend...
  • Burnin' For You by Susan May Warren

    Burnin' For You by Susan May Warren

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    From RITA award-winning author Susan May Warren comes a new action romance. Book 3 in the Montana Fire: Summer of Fire trilogy. He’s loved her for years . . . Smoke jumper Reuben Marshall harbors a deep regret—a split second decision he made that cost the life of his crew boss...
  • SEALs of Honor: Brett by Dale Mayer

    SEALs of Honor: Brett by Dale Mayer

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    High seas terror, international intrigue... homegrown problems... Rescuing hostages on a yacht is a fairly normal mission for Brett, one of the elite SEALs, but having one of those hostages be an ex-girlfriend and her kids — well that changes everything. Particularly now that he knows she's single again. Ceci had walked away from Brett and into another relationship as a way to heal...
  • Rhodes' Reward: A SEALs of Honor World Book by Dale Mayer

    Rhodes' Reward: A SEALs of Honor World Book by Dale Mayer

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Welcome to Rhodes' Reward, book 4 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. Second chances do happen… Even amid evil... Rhodes knew Sienna years ago...
  • Flynn's Firecracker: A SEALs of Honor World Novel by Dale Mayer

    Flynn's Firecracker: A SEALs of Honor World Novel by Dale Mayer

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Welcome to Flynn’s Firecracker, book 5 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. Some jobs are more pleasant than others… Flynn agrees to do a security job for Levi as a trial run for more work...
  • Dakota's Delight by Dale Mayer

    Dakota's Delight by Dale Mayer

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Welcome to Dakota's Delight, book 9 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 young woman darts into traffic and into Dakota’s path, life takes a dark turn for both of them...
  • Macklin by Dale Mayer

    Macklin by Dale Mayer

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Macklin has tried to forget the one damaging relationship in his life and the woman who won’t believe their relationship is over. She makes his life hell – until she turns up dead – leaving evidence pointing to Macklin as her killer. Alex, the new detective on the Coronado Police force, is determined to make a good impression...
  • Xtreme Affairs by Em Petrova

    Xtreme Affairs by Em Petrova

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A scarred special operative meets his match with the woman determined to save him from himself.It was just a little accident—but it changed his life.Special Xtreme Ops team, River Hepburn wakes in the hospital to the sight of Sacha—his best friend’s little sister—watching over him. Their emotional bond over her brother’s death is undeniable, but he isn’t prepared to feel more...
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