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Forever Ventured by Kathleen Brooks
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWyatt Davies is faced with a hard choice: give up being a veterinarian or give up the family horse racing farm he inherited. He has one chance to save the farm and that chance lies with horse trainer Camila Callahan. Camila was raised by the United Kingdom's greatest horse trainer, and he taught her everything he knew... -
Securing Piper by Susan Stoker
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWhat started as an adventure, soon became hell. Piper Johnson’s thrilled to spend time in Timor-Leste with her best friend, a Peace Corps volunteer…until civil unrest erupts throughout the countryside, including an attack at the orphanage the women were visiting... -
At Peace by Kristen Ashley
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsViolet Winters once had it all but lost it when her husband was murdered by a criminal madman. During a cold winter night Violet has to leave her warm bed to tell her neighbor to turn the music down. And that’s when she meets sinister, scarred, scarily attractive security specialist, Joe Callahan... -
Charlie Foxtrot by Lani Lynn Vale
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsFoster made a promise in his hospital bed when his leg was taken from him that he’d get back to one hundred percent. Leg or no leg, he’d get back on the SWAT team if it killed him. And he does get back. But he has a problem. He can’t let go of the past. The anger burns deep, making his emotions volatile at the best of times... -
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Kyle by Riley Edwards
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAnaya Baker knows pain—she got her first taste when she was orphaned and put into foster care. Then it was forever embedded into her soul when she was sold to a sex trafficking ring. Nearly two decades later the stench still clings to her. It coats her skin and burns her gut... -
Walk Through Fire by Kristen Ashley
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsThe flame never dies . . . Millie Cross knows what it's like to burn for someone. She was young and wild and he was fierce and even wilder-a Chaos biker who made her heart pound. They fell in love at first sight and life was good, until she learned she couldn't be the woman he needed and made it so he had no choice but to walk away... -
Celebrating Love by Maryann Jordan
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 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. Nick Stone - a stoic, dedicated FBI agent. His life was neat and orderly, just the way he liked it... -
Raw: Rebirth by Belle Aurora
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsIt had been six years since my world was turned upside down. He exposed me to the darker side of life and I could never go back to the person I was. I had been through more things the average person couldn’t even relate to. If I had the chance to go back and do things differently though? Not a chance. I’d pick him a thousand times. A million times. For eternity... -
Wrath: Satan's Fury MC: SG by L. Wilder
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWall Street Journal and USA Today Best Seller L. Wilder brings you a new addition to the Satan’s Fury MC series.Stitch was stepping down.And he was preparing me to take his place.He’d seen the darkness in me.He knew I could use my demons the way he’d used his.And he was right.I used them, and I used them well.They’d helped me keep everyone at a distance— including her... -
Sexy as Sin by Rosalind James
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsSerious men don't eat red Popsicles. Brett Hunter's life isn't unicorns and rainbows, and it sure isn't sparkles. He's a businessman, a disciplined man, a money man, and if he ever believed in magic, it was a long time ago. He's not a hero, and he doesn't play one on TV. Oh, and he really doesn't like the water... -
Return of the Prince by Nana Malone
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI’ve been a prince in exile, but I'm finally going home, tarnished crown and all. This time, I won't let anyone keep me away...Not Ariel, the woman I left behind. Not the killer on my tail. Hell, not even my cousin--the king--can stop me. Unlike my conniving brother, I have no designs on the throne. Let better men rule. But I do have a score to settle... -
Lights Out Lucy: Roller Derby 101 by Elicia Hyder
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI love Lucy! "OMG! I love Lucy!! Seriously loved this book. Laughs, romance, and some serious a$$ kicking as Lucy tries out for the roller derby. Lights Out Lucy deserves much more than 5 stars! Excellent read from start to finish." --Amazon Reviewer A fresh, fun, feel-good book... -
Coming for You by J.A. Huss
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsJames, Harper, and Sasha are products of their environment. Born into a secret organization that runs a global shadow government, and taught to kill since they were small, they find themselves both indispensable and expendable to all the people they used to trust. Twenty-eight year old James Fenici has been an assassin since he was sixteen... -
Real Sexy by Meghan March
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsBoone Thrasher has never walked away from a fight, and he’s willing to put everything on the line to win the woman he can’t live without in the conclusion to the Real Dirty Duet by USA Today bestselling author Meghan March.***In Nashville, stars are a dime a dozen. I swore I’d never get caught up with one, but Boone Thrasher made a liar out of me...Categorized as:
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Lover Eternal by J.R. Ward
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 74 ratingsIn the shadows of the night in Caldwell, New York, there’s a deadly war raging between vampires and their slayers. And there exists a secret band of brothers like no other - six vampire warriors, defenders of their race. Possessed by a deadly beast, Rhage is the most dangerous of the Black Dagger Brotherhood...Within the brotherhood, Rhage is the vampire with the strongest appetite... -
Jobe: Alvarez Security Series by Maryann Jordan, Andrea Michelle
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsJobe Synopsis Alvarez Security Agency Former Special Forces brothers-in-arms now working together to provide an elite security service in the southern city of Richland. Jobe Delaro served proudly with his Special Forces squad, but to focus on his duties he gave up the one woman he had planned on spending his life with... -
Coming Home: Baytown Boys Series by Maryann Jordan, Andrea Michelle
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe Baytown Boys Mysteries 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... -
Hung Up by Hannah Shield
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsHe’s her brother’s ex-best friend…And the only man who can protect her.Former Navy SEAL Noah Vandermeer has few regrets. But Danica is one of them. She’s the girl he never forgot, even though he was supposed to. Even though her brother was once Noah’s best friend—and now considers Noah his sworn enemy... -
Awaken the Darkness by Dianne Duvall
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsHe awakens encapsulated in dirt with no knowledge of how he came to be there. Riddled with injuries, he can remember neither his past nor who he is. Nor can he remember what he is. But surely no mortal man could survive being buried deep beneath the earth... -
Caleb: A Gritty Bad Boy MC Romance by Ali Parker, Weston Parker
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom USA Today Best Selling author Ali Parker I’m a loner, and it seems I always will be. It’s safer that way. My last girl up and left because things got too dangerous. Not that I blame her. It’d be better if I could stay away from love for good, but the pretty single mom who dances at my club has my attention, then my body, and now my heart... -
Carson's Choice by Dale Mayer
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCarson is pleasantly surprised by the job Levi assigns him, until Carson hears all the details. An elderly friend of Ice’s believes someone is out to kill her. But she has no proof, no suspects, no motives. The police think she’s imagining things and won’t look into the case any further. However, after meeting this lady … and her granddaughter, Carson has his own suspicions... -
Kray: Broken Deeds MC by Esther E. Schmidt
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsKray and North are like a unit, where there's one, there's the other. When the both of them take a case involving a missing agent, they become more involved than they bargained for. Vienna is willing to do anything to find her sister and bring her home safe. Anything except shacking up with the two bikers who are dead set on solving this case... -
North: Broken Deeds MC by Esther E. Schmidt
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFull blurb coming soon. The complete Broken Deeds MC series can be read together or separately. Each book in the Broken Deeds MC series is a complete standalone story featuring a new couple. Except for Kray and North. They are like a unit, where there's one, there's the other. As are their stories; you read one, you'll need the other... -
Targeted by Kathleen Brooks
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHunter 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 . . -
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Burned by Jordan Marie
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsLibrarian Note: Captured, Book 1 Ended on a Cliffhanger. This is the second part if it, plus Torch and Katie's story.Katie He is a very bad man. There is nothing good about him... Unless you count the things he does to me between the sheets. Those are good, very good. Everything else about him is bad to the core... -
Jack & Coke by Lani Lynn Vale
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsLies Mig’s wife is a bitch. How else do you describe a woman that lies, cheats and steals to get what she wants? That’s exactly what happens when she traps him into a marriage he wants nothing to do with, saddling him with a kid that he knows doesn’t deserve to be in a world like his... -
Havoc by Harley Wylde, Jessica Coulter Smith
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsJordan -- I spent a year in prison for a crime I admittedly did commit, but I had a good reason. I was supposed to serve a longer sentence, but a handsy guard and a pissed-off warden who wanted me to keep quiet meant I got out early. My brothers have abandoned me, and there’s nowhere for me to go. Until the hottest man I’ve ever met decides to be my knight on shining Harley... -
Surviving You by Emilia Finn
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsScotchI was one of the lucky ones.I met the love of my life when I was just fourteen years old. We had all the time in the world, we were in no rush to get where we were going, and we had the world at our feet. Those were the perfect conditions for young love to grow and thrive...Categorized as:
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Two is a Lie by Pam Godwin
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsTwo lies. Two men who don’t share. I never stopped loving Cole. Not when he left me. Not when he disappeared for three years. Not when he crashed back into my life in a violent explosion of testosterone and fury. His sudden reappearance questions everything I thought I knew, including how I came to love another man. Trace is an intoxicating breeze of seduction over ice. My rock... -
The Hunted One by Brittney Sahin
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsWill this growly protector break her book-loving heart . . . or become her second chance at love?Savanna Vasquez lost her Navy SEAL husband years ago to terrorists, and she doesn’t think she’s capable of falling in love again. So, she busies herself by running her café and buries her face in the pages of fiction for a romantic escape... -
Brent by Milly Taiden
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWolf shifter Marie Lavine left her life in the military behind and is settling into her new role as bodyguard nicely. Though her past left her with PTSD, she’s excited to move forward and see what awaits at her new job. What she didn’t expect was to sniff out the scent of her mate. A cute nerdy human that made her wolf instantly hot... -
Love's Trusting by Maryann Jordan
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratings***Due to language that some will consider crude and sexual scenes of an explicit nature, readers need to be 18+ *** When trust is broken by loss and grief, can it ever be repaired? High school sweethearts and young lovers, Brad and Suzy had vowed to stay together forever. “I’ll always be here for you. Trust me,” Brad promised but loss separated the young lovers... -
Angels and Ashes by Avelyn Paige, Rebecca Pau
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAbandoned & Broken Left alone to raise a family, widower Darcy Kyle’s life has spiraled out of control. When secrets about her husband’s past emerge, Darcy is forced to confront the fact her husband’s fatal accident may, in fact, have been deliberate. Forced to sell her soul to the Devil himself, Darcy must uncover the truth of her husband’s accident…before it’s too late... -
Justice for the SEAL by Amy Gamet
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsLogan O'Malley has an affair with an older woman, only to learn she's the judge assigned to the case that could end HERO Force forever. Worse yet, an old villain has come back looking for his own brand of justice, and the judge is about to be caught in the crossfire... -
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Save Me by Tiffany Snow
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIn this fast-paced romantic suspense, China Mack will make one final choice. Computer genius China Mack may be the former head of Vigilance, the government’s clandestine spy program, but she can still be knocked off balance. And two back-to-back personal blows have thrown her into a tailspin... -
Find Me by Tiffany Snow
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAs the head of the government’s secret Vigilance spy program, computer guru China Mack already has her hands full when her billionaire boyfriend, Jackson Cooper, asks for one of them in marriage.Thrown for a loop by the sudden proposal, China’s usually well-ordered life takes another hit when someone tries to assassinate the president...Categorized as:
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Break Me by Tiffany Snow
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsJust a few weeks ago, computer prodigy China Mack’s typical night in involved Endor Star Wars pajamas and a sensible bedtime. Now she’s dating gorgeous tech guru Jackson Cooper—one of Forbes’s Top Ten Eligible Billionaires—much to the Twitterverse’s delight.Turns out, going from socially inept hermit to poster girl for geek chic has its challenges... -
Jackson by Nyssa Kathryn
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsSometimes it’s the oldest wounds that cut deepest.River Harp fell in love with her brother’s best friend, a boy who was practically part of the family…a boy who broke her heart before leaving town. Sixteen years later, he’s back for her brother’s funeral. And River wants nothing to do with the man. At least, that’s what she keeps telling herself... -
Her Ruthless Protector by Caitlyn O'Leary
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIt Only Took a Moment for Him to Know She Was HisNavy SEAL Kane McNamara has his mission. Four potential terrorist targets in Oman. His job is to keep everyone safe and try to figure out where al-Qaeda will strike next. Guarding an International Music Show is on the bottom of Kane’s list until he meets the woman organizing the event, then all bets are off... -
Torn by Kim Karr
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsRock star River Wilde brought Dahlia London back from the brink of hopelessness with his unwavering love and devotion. But their entangled history is about to test the strength of their relationship Dahlia was certain she had found true love and met her 'Once in a Lifetime’ when she reconnected with River... -
Kennedy by Addison Jane
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsI was paying off a debt. One that wasn’t mine. But when your father screws over an outlaw motorcycle club and then disappears with their money, you have two choices. Pay with your body, or pay with your blood. With a little sister to protect, I did what I had to. I gave them me. REPO I was born a protector. Whatever it took, I did it... -
Atonement by Terri Anne Browning
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsLessons hard learned last the longest. Creswell Springs biggest manwhore, Raider Hannigan, one of Angel’s Halo MC’s most notorious members wasn’t for me. After years of him holding my heart, I had seen the harsh light of my reality. Raider would never want me or … love me. With a firm resolve to move on, I wouldn’t give in. Only one moment of weakness came back to bite me... -
Hero Daddy by Laylah Roberts
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsInk has led a pretty charmed life. He has his family. His brothers at Iron Shadows. A thriving business. But there’s something missing. He’s ready to settle down, if only he could find the right girl. Someone he could pamper and protect. Dominate and discipline.A Little he could cherish.And then he meets Betsy. Sweet, shy Betsy... -
Happily Ever Alpha World: Until Nox by Layla Frost
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsNot all heroes are good guys. With a body count on his soul and blood on his hands, Killian Nox lived in the gray. Ruthlessly single-minded, if he wanted something, it was his. And when it came to the gorgeous lass with a fiery attitude, he didn’t just want her. He needed her... -
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Mystery Man by Kristen Ashley
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsNight time is the right time...Gwendolyn Kidd has met the man of her dreams. He's hot, he's sexy, and what started as a no-names-exchanged night of passion has blossomed into a year and a half-long pleasure fest. Sure, it's a little strange that he only appears in her bed at night, but Gwen is so sure he's the one, she just can't turn him away.. -
Atonement by S.W. Frank
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEveryone must pay for their sins. Call it kismet, destiny, karma, fate or whatever the hell you like, payment will be exacted, the only question is at what cost? Atonement, Volume IV of the Alfonzo mob saga returns and in this edition, Alfonzo's choice not to kill a rat may eventually be his undoing... -
To Love a Prince by Nana Malone
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe good news is, I'm out of exile and I have the woman I love by my side. And I still have my crown, tarnished though it may be. The bad news is...all of that is temporary. There are those that want me as far away from the crown as possible. I still have a killer on my tail who has a more permanent solution in mind. Oh and there's the small matter of all the secrets I'm keeping from Ariel... -
Honoring Lena by Sara Blackard
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe wants her fiancé’s betrayers found. He yearns to fix a horrible mistake. When tensions explode, will they find an ally in each other or an enemy?Lena Rebel’s heart bled out when her military mission went south and her fiancé never made it home alive... -
Risk Everything by Janie Crouch
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe wedding is two weeks awayIf they survive until then…Following a fire at the New Journeys women’s shelter, Deputy Tanner Dempsey is on high alert, and his fiancée, Bree Daniels, fears that one of the shelter’s clients is being targeted. Outmanned and outgunned, Tanner and Bree must make a last stand for justice and unravel the twisted plot of a dangerous sociopath... -
Razor by R.J. Gray
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNow is not the time for a relationship!AliaMy son’s hot football coach is driving me to distraction. Terrorists killed my husband five years ago, now I’m focused on raising our two boys and giving innocent people a voice. I am not looking for a relationship, but wouldn’t mind a good roll in the hay with the sexy giant of a man my boys call coach...
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