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Chasing the Storm by Brittney Sahin
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsFrom Wall Street Journal bestselling author Brittney Sahin comes a sizzling new romantic suspense.Cold one minute. Hot the next. She gives him whiplash, and he’s either going to ditch his duties . . . or make her his.She was only supposed to be a quick assignment for Dalton “Finn” Finnegan—bodyguard for the sister of a friend, kind of gig...Categorized as:
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Dangerous Games by Riley Edwards
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsReese Turmel has sworn off women. Commitment wasn’t something he was willing to consider again after his wife cheated on him while he was on deployment. However, not even a man as jaded as the former SEAL could deny the instant attraction that sizzled to life the first time he walked into Treats Bakery and saw the beautiful woman behind the counter—and he tried... -
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![Still Not Love by Nicole Snow]()
Still Not Love by Nicole Snow
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAlternate Cover Edition found hereNot the heck again. I've had my alpha-jerkface fix.Now he's my sworn protector...I'm about to go nuclear.Yet I have to smile and pretend I won't slap him into the next century.James Nobel and I have history.Raging hearts. Dueling kisses. Firestorm nights.A man like him breaks laws with that suit and that smirk...Categorized as:
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Operation Bayou Angel by Margaret Kay
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsJust as he prepares to leave on a mission with his team, Shepherd Security Operator Brian ‘the Birdman’ Sherman receives a call from his brother, Bobby, pleading with him to come home to Louisiana to help him. Bobby’s been arrested again and needs Brian to help get him remanded into drug rehab, rather than jail.Little does Sherman know that his brother is not being completely honest with him...Categorized as:
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Pearl's Fight by Jane Blythe
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTheir anger will either bring them together or destroy what could have been. Pearl Smith is angry at the world. Stolen as a baby and raised under torturous conditions now she uses those same skills to save other innocents, but it doesn't abate her anger. Nothing does, until a random encounter with a DEA Agent...Categorized as:
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![The Hardest Goodbyes by D.L. Roan, Kathryn Lynn Davis]()
The Hardest Goodbyes by D.L. Roan, Kathryn Lynn Davis
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSome goodbyes are cathartic—a good riddance to those things that hold us back. Some are bitter-sweet. It hurts to say the words, but we know the pain is only temporary, and we’ll soon be reunited. Some goodbyes are forever . Those are the hardest to say... -
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Grease by J.E. Daelman
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsGrease was put in charge of the Club’s garage, but is barely keeping his head above water with the workload. He has a brother to help and Mia hired a woman mechanic? Are you kidding me? With a woman in reception and a woman mechanic, Grease’s life spins up and down. Raven grew up learning and helping her dad work on cars and motorcycles yet finds she has to prove herself with each new job... -
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Undertaker's Resurrection by Ciara St. James
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDescriptionFive long years Undertaker has been gone. He has been presumed dead. In reality, he’s been risking his life to take down scum. At the beginning, he loses his memory and doesn’t know who he is. However, once he regains it, he sticks to his course. Finally, the day has come and he’s free to go home to his family and friends... -
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Jax by Mary Kennedy
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsJackson "Jax" Diaz is the quiet, unassuming member of the REAPER team. He stayed in the background, performed his job, and was happy to do so. He loved his brothers and their families. Joining the team as a young man, he had the privilege of watching some of the children grow up. One in particular, always had his heart... -
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Trail of Love by Mary Kennedy
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe men of REAPER have been dropping like flies to cupid's arrow, so it was only a matter of time before Zeke Wolfkill fell. Of course, Mama Irene helped things along. Reluctant at first, Zeke wasn't a willing participant, but after meeting Noelle Hart he changed his mind quickly... -
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Ice by Giulia Lagomarsino
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIce is the 9th book in the Reed Security Series and should be read in order. Ice. Lady Killer. Perpetual bachelor. Until Lindsey stepped into his life, Ice had never considered having a relationship ever again. He liked his life the way it was and that was the end of that conversation. But when Ice kidnaps Lindsey to protect her, he has no choice but to bring her home with him... -
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Point of Contact by Jemma Westbrook, Janice Whiteaker
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsLeaving Miami was the plan, but Courtney never expected to do it behind the wheel of an archaic RV with the most hostile member of Team Rogue at her side.Reed didn’t like her, which was fine. She didn’t necessarily like him. He was rigid. A stickler for the rules. Unamused by everything, especially her...Categorized as:
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The After Series Slipcase Set by Anna Todd
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsPlease Note That The Following Individual Books As Per Original ISBN and Cover Image In this Listing shall be Dispatched Collectively: The Complete After Series Collection 5 Books Box Set by Anna Todd: After Ever Happy: After Ever Happy...Life will never be the same... -
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Callan by Mary Kennedy
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCallan Battle loved his time in the military, but owning his own tattoo shop has always been a dream for him. Inking something permanent, something personal on someone is a privilege and he's one of the best in the south. But when his sister gets married and leaves the shop, then his two artists leave, he's in a bind. Frank Robicheaux was the last man he thought he'd see... -
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Defending Home by Caitlyn O'Leary
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWill Two Tormented Souls Have The Courage To Reach For Love?The only family Nolan O’Rourke ever claimed were his Navy SEAL brothers, they had never let him down. His childhood wasn’t rough, it wasn’t hard, it was hell, and now any mission that he was assigned to was a cakewalk in comparison... -
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![Wicked Instinct by Em Petrova]()
Wicked Instinct by Em Petrova
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTemptation and spy games never mix. But that won’t stop them from trying…Special Operator Connor Lachlan is stronger than ever, proving that not even a biowarfare attack can keep himdown for long. His new mission? Stop the terrorist who is distributing military weapons to civilians. He knows he’ll succeed... -
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Saving Amber by Zoe Dawson
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA cold zero…Master Sergeant Tristan Michaels, USMC, is on temporary assignment to the Mountain Warfare Training Center in a remote location in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, teaching Marines how to survive in cold weather... -
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Playing by His Rules by Erika Wilde
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsPLAYING BY HIS RULES is the next sexy standalone story in The Players Club series, featuring Rick Dunne.All he wants is one week of her complete surrender . . .If someone would have asked Madison Corbin what she wanted to be when she grew up, her answer wouldn’t have been an escort...Categorized as:
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The Deeper I Fall by Erika Kelly
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHe's a rough and rugged hockey player. She's a posh British princess. To win an enormous inheritance, they’re forced to live together.This is not going to go well.When his former hockey coach passes away, Declan Cadell is shocked to learn the man left him a cattle ranch. Well, not exactly. He’s got one little hurdle to jump first... -
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![Fall of the Trident by KaLyn Cooper]()
Fall of the Trident by KaLyn Cooper
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCan the love of your life happen twice?Vice Admiral Cade Lister had continued to function for five years after losing his much-loved wife to cancer, but he hadn’t been living. His work hadn’t changed so it had become his life. He went from one command to another, wherever the Navy sent him... -
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Duncan by Mary Kennedy
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDuncan Adams is now a retired SEAL who has just buried his father; the last of his family. Going to work for RP seems like a no-brainer. When they ask him to do one favor while still in San Diego, he thinks it will be an easy gig. It turns out to be the one mission that will change his life forever. A woman in a labor, her baby stripped from her, and he's left to help pick up the pieces... -
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Her Unflinching Warrior by Caitlyn O'Leary
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWill These Enemies To Lovers Survive Long Enough To Realize They’re Perfect for One Another?Navy SEAL Gideon Smith never expected to run into Jada Harlow ever again, and that was fine with him. The woman drove him out of his mind. Unfortunately, fate had other plans...Categorized as:
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Rough by Ivy Nelson
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTo the rest of the world Jax Fischer is a heroic veteran who deserves more than the medals and commendations he doesn’t like to talk about. To Dakota Hylander, heiress to the country’s biggest cattle fortune, he’s the coward who abandoned his responsibility. At least that’s who he was over a decade ago. Now he’s older, hotter, and someone Dakota doesn’t recognize... -
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Shadow of a Chance by Donna Michaels
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHand chosen to work a joint op with the CIA as a Navy deserter, Navy SEAL Chance Reynolds followed the rules, and got burned. Now his best friend is dead, and Chance is stuck with the ‘deserter’ label. The only reason he isn’t rotting in prison is due to the interference from a former retired commander.He owes the man... -
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![Fay's Six by Jen Talty]()
Fay's Six by Jen Talty
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe thought she could leave her past behind her, but when the bodies start piling up she realizes the past wasn’t finished with her and now history might not only repeat itself, but take away her chance at love. Retired CIA agent Fay Clayton is trying to get her career back on track with her new position in Fouls Gold, Colorado working with the Brotherhood Protectors...Categorized as:
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Griff by Mary Kennedy
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsGriffin "Griff" James, Jr. is an elite, albeit retired, Navy SEAL. Leaving the SEALs was the most difficult decision he'd ever made. Joining the Steel Patriots MC was not difficult. When he walked into Club Steel and saw the gorgeous woman standing behind the bar, he knew he was in the right place. It didn't matter that he thought she belonged to another man; she was his... -
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Unwrapped by Them by Eva Ashwood
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSnowed in with three gorgeous billionaires? I must’ve been a very good girl this year.As the manager of Whispering Pines resort, it’s my job to give the new owner, Cade McAllister, a tour of his latest acquisition. But I wasn’t prepared to show up at the lodge and realize I already know him.Biblically, I mean...Categorized as:
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Crushed by A.K. Evans
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhat’s the price of survival?Sawyer McKinney didn’t want to come back. It wasn’t like anyone wanted to see her ever again anyway.But this was about life or death, and that meant there was only one place she could go.If Jesse Hale never saw Sawyer again, it would be too soon. After all the devastation she left behind years ago, he can’t imagine why she’d ever show her face again...Categorized as:
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Tears of Ink by Anna Bloom
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsShe has one rule: Never sleep with someone twice. Faith Hitchin wears the shadows of the past on her skin for all to see. To a stranger’s eye she is a girl with sass and tattoos, a lover of art. But beneath the mystery of swirls and ink she is a woman alone and in pain...Categorized as:
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Witch's Brew by Pepper North, Paige Michaels
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWelcome to Little Cakes, the bakery that plays Daddy matchmaker!First impressions don’t have to be everything, right?Officer Avery Reynolds knows she’s blown it when the driver she pulls over for a broken tail light turns out to be the police captain... -
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Sugar Rush: A Curvy Woman Romance by C.L. Cruz
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSugar Rush is a short, sweet, steamy romance book featuring a strong, independent heroine and the man who wins her heart after it's already been broken before. Sugar Rush is the 2nd in the Just Desserts series but can be read as a standalone with a HEA and no cliffhangers!FelicityFor the last few years, I’ve been looking for the perfect place to expand my gourmet candy business... -
![SEAL's Pregnant One-Night Stand by Leslie North]()
SEAL's Pregnant One-Night Stand by Leslie North
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA one-night stand leaves this Navy SEAL with a surprise... It was just supposed to be one night of no-strings-attached fun, but now Sofia Popov has become the center of former Navy SEAL Ian Campbell’s life...Sofia turns out to be the teacher of Ian’s teen son, Gavin—the same teacher who meets him in the hospital when Gavin suffers a seizure at school... -
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Protected by Ivy Nelson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA former soldier turned campaign manager wants to put a man in the White House.The stranger he meets in a bar and falls hard for turns out to be his biggest adversary on the campaign trail...Categorized as:
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Cry About It by Maggie C. Gates
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratings-Joelle-You know what they say about enemies.* Know the enemy* Keep the enemy close* Outsmart the enemy* Make out with the enemyOkay, maybe not that last part. And maybe that’s what got me in trouble with Vaughan Thompson. But in my defense, he started it. That city boy should have known better than to act a fool in these parts.I don't get mad. I get even... -
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Saber's Vida by L. Ann Marie
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFormer Delta turned FBI Tactical Commander Rafael Saber doesn’t know how to be anything but the cliché military player with women just waiting for him to show up. New is never easy, but Michelle is, for about 3 days. When Saber is put in his place by one woman, another finds his charm and panty-dropping smile worth the risk... -
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Secret by Ivy Nelson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA cop on the path to being D.C. Metro's next chief of police is falling for a woman with a few too many secrets... -
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Strong and Wild by Sloane St. James
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMickyI’m new to this city, but things are looking up. My bestie’s husband hooked me up with a great apartment above the hockey bar where I currently work, and I’ve got a great side gig bringing in plenty of cash to help fund my dream of opening my own cocktail lounge, Sugar & Ice. Life is sweet. My new neighbor, on the other hand, is not.When he reveals his true self, I hate what I discover...Categorized as:
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Protecting Joy by Lila Ferrari
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFormer soldier Liam McBride wants to be left alone. He is recuperating at his late grandpa’s house in the country, thankful for the quiet solitude. The horror of being tortured in Afghanistan, then rescued by a SEAL team, is still fresh in his mind. Joy Maddox, the woman next door, shatters his fragile peace... -
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Happily Ever Maybe by Carrie Ann Ryan
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNYT Bestselling Author Carrie Ann Ryan’s Montgomery Ink Legacy continues with a workplace romance that started with a fling and ends with something more. It was only supposed to be one job. I know the rules.Get in. Get out.Protect the girl, then move on.Only it never works out the way it should.Now Jennifer and I work with each other and there’s no going back to normal... -
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Dog Tags by Anna Blakely, Amy Briggs
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA romance anthology featuring military and canine heroesDog Tags is a powerful collection of stories about the men and women who sacrifice their lives—mind, body, and soul—fighting to defend our country, and the extraordinary dogs that help them heal.Not all injuries are visible to the naked eye and sometimes it takes a furry friend to mend what’s been broken...
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