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Finding Monica by Susan Stoker
Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsYears of abuse at the hands of her father has taught Monica Collins she can’t trust anyone—especially military men. Since escaping her home, she’s built a successful career as a nanny, showing other kids the love she was denied as a child. But when her employer’s ambassadorial home becomes fair game for intruders during a riot, she’s forced to rely on two SEALs to get her to safety... -
![Keeping Quinn by Riley Edwards]()
Keeping Quinn by Riley Edwards
Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsHe liked fast and loose—she was sweet and innocent.Firefighter Brice Lancaster lived his life by a set of rules: No commitments, no attachments, no promises. Three rules that were easy to follow—rules that kept his heart safe, rules that should’ve kept his best friend’s cousin out of his bed... -
![Imperfect by Riley Edwards]()
Imperfect by Riley Edwards
Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsSergeant Shiloh Kent has never quit anything in her life. She’s had to claw her way out of poverty. Fight to inch her way up the professional ladder. But after a barricade situation ends in tragedy, she’s rethinking her position on the SWAT team she fought so hard to join. The ugly seed of self-doubt has planted itself deep in her belly, and with each day, it grows and flourishes... -
![Redeeming Violet (The Red Team ) by Riley Edwards]()
Redeeming Violet (The Red Team ) by Riley Edwards
Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA woman who betrayed her county. Violet Myers has a good reason for her treachery – better to sacrifice the few to save the many. The only problem is, no one believes her. With a platoon on Navy SEALs walking into an ambush, the stakes are high. Her only hope is convincing the sexy Jaxon “Blue” Cain she’s telling the truth this time... -
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![Dixon by Kris Michaels]()
Dixon by Kris Michaels
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAlone, isolated from the vast resources of Guardian, Dixon Simmons reentered a world that had left him impossibly damaged as a child. He stepped back into that evil by choice. To protect all he’d come to love, he was willing to pay whatever price was demanded—even if the price was his soul. She went by many names. Her true identity was as dead as her heart. Until him... -
![Drake by Kris Michaels]()
Drake by Kris Michaels
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsLife wasn’t fair. Drake Simmons and his identical twin, Dixon, had had that lesson beaten into them early and well. Their past had so savaged their souls no amount of “confronting their demons” could heal them, but Drake’s twin refused to acknowledge that truth. For the first time in decades, Drake watched Dixon embark on a dangerous assignment without him... -
![Code Name: Aries by Janie Crouch]()
Code Name: Aries by Janie Crouch
Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsMy code name is Aries.The stars say I’m aggressive, dominant, first in line to lead.The stars aren’t wrong.Zodiac Tactical is my company. It’s run by those I’ve chosen for their skills and ability to outmaneuver adversaries. We guard, protect, rescue…assist on the side of the angels.We eliminate the threat when nobody else can... -
![Finding Her Chance by Brittney Sahin]()
Finding Her Chance by Brittney Sahin
Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsBravo Team is back in book 4 of the Stealth Ops SEAL Series, starring Liam Evans and Emily Summers. **Blurb to come** The Stealth Ops Team - Navy SEALS who handle covert ops for the president in the U.S. and around the world - under the guise of an alias, Scott & Scott Securities... -
![Hitting Xtremes by Em Petrova]()
Hitting Xtremes by Em Petrova
Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsNo amount of snow and ice can melt this attraction…Special ops captain Penn Sullivan is no stranger to extreme conditions, but chasing an elusive drug trafficker through the Alaskan wilderness proves a challenge... -
![Fighting with Honor (Men of Honor) by K.C. Lynn]()
Fighting with Honor (Men of Honor) by K.C. Lynn
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsOnce a man pledges his honor to his country, that sacrifice is embedded in his soul forever. For years he’s trained to fight, kill, and do whatever necessary to protect his country and its freedom, even if it means giving his own life. He becomes more of a machine than human—one that’s built to destroy the enemy. When it’s time to turn in his weapons, he never forgets the skills he learned... -
![Passages by Kris Michaels]()
Passages by Kris Michaels
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsPassages: Ways through, around, under or over obstacles. Life is a transition from one minute to the next. Moments end, lives change, and the ways and loves of the past fade into memories. Join the members of the King and Marshall family as they find their way forward. Passages is a Kings of Guardian Novella. Please note: THERE IS NO BACKSTORY INCLUDED IN THIS NOVELLA... -
![Securing Jane: A SEAL of Protection: Legacy Series Novella by Susan Stoker]()
Securing Jane: A SEAL of Protection: Legacy Series Novella by Susan Stoker
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFrom New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Susan Stoker comes a new story in her SEAL of Protection: Legacy Series…Over the years, Storm North has witnessed two teams of Navy SEALs under his command find true love. He doesn’t expect the same for himself. He’s too old. Too jaded. Too set in his ways...Categorized as:
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![Owen by Riley Edwards]()
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... -
![Justice For Hope by Susan Stoker]()
Justice For Hope by Susan Stoker
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsHiding from her ex is exhausting enough, but for Hope Drayden, putting her seven-year-old son through a life on the run and living on the streets has been mentally torturous. When a kind diner owner offers her a job, Hope begins to claw her way toward a new beginning for herself and Billy, one tip at a time... -
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![Whispered Lies by Kathleen Brooks]()
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... -
![Battle Scars by Cara Carnes]()
Battle Scars by Cara Carnes
Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsScars don’t always heal… Jesse Mason chose duty over love and endured the hell of captivity comforted only with thoughts of the woman he left behind. Though the physical damage has healed, the emotional battle continues now that he’s home. He fakes happy and whole until Ellie is thrust back into his life. She’s everything he ever wanted but can never have... -
![SEALs of Honor: Books 4-6 Swede, Shadow and Cooper by Dale Mayer]()
SEALs of Honor: Books 4-6 Swede, Shadow and Cooper by Dale Mayer
Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsArianna struggles to deal with the foreign world she’s been plunged into. Kidnappings, beatings, threats. SEALs. The only good thing is the darkest, most dangerous-looking saviour she’s ever met. And he doesn’t know what to do with her. Well, she has a good idea, but will they get that chance? Not if the kidnappers have anything to say about it... -
![Cheating the Devil (Special Forces: Operation Alpha) by Samantha A. Cole]()
Cheating the Devil (Special Forces: Operation Alpha) by Samantha A. Cole
Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratings***This book was previously published in Amazon Kindle Worlds*** Delta Force Colonel Bradley “Tank” Barton never expected to fall for a woman with a bad-ass past, but fate had other plans, and he certainly wasn’t complaining. Avery Knapp had worked as an undercover agent before burning out after twenty years... -
![Securing Avery by Susan Stoker]()
Securing Avery by Susan Stoker
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsNavy Nurse Avery Nelson never dreamed she’d be taken hostage during her deployment in Afghanistan. She’s assisting local women with healthcare, not fighting in a war. But digging her way out of her would-be grave turns out to be the battle of her life... -
![Securing Zoey by Susan Stoker]()
Securing Zoey by Susan Stoker
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsZoey Knight has lived in Juneau, Alaska her entire life. She loves her friends, but yearns for more excitement. She gets more than she ever bargained for when the plane she’s in goes down in a remote stretch of wilderness. Mark “Bubba” Wright regrets not spending more time with his pop... -
![Dragon Security: The Complete Series by Glenna Sinclair]()
Dragon Security: The Complete Series by Glenna Sinclair
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsI went to his sister because that’s what he told me to do. But when his brother, Cole, accused me of being a gold digger, I knew I couldn’t trust them. I didn’t realize she would send Cole to watch over me. Or that he would carry me out of my trailer when he saw how bad it really was... -
![Protecting Dakota by Susan Stoker, Suspense Sisters]()
Protecting Dakota by Susan Stoker, Suspense Sisters
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe 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 U.S. soil. PROTECTING DAKOTA Dakota James's life has become the stuff of nightmares. The leader of the Ansar al-Shari'a terrorist group has become obsessed with her, determined to take her as his wife... -
![Innocence & Betrayal by Brittney Sahin]()
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... -
![Surviving Love: Saints Protection & Investigations by Maryann Jordan]()
Surviving Love: Saints Protection & Investigations 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. Marc Jenkins is a true outdoorsman preferring to hike, camp, and fly his plane. His Saints’ protection assignment appears easy…fly to Alaska and escort Dr... -
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![Finding Peace: Baytown Boys by Maryann Jordan]()
Finding Peace: Baytown Boys by Maryann Jordan
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 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... -
![Dark 'N' Deadly by Tee O'Fallon]()
Dark 'N' Deadly by Tee O'Fallon
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsATF Special Agent Eric Miller and his explosives detecting K-9, Tiger, pull over a truck, the contents of which are explosive. Literally. More shocking, the driver is the kid brother of a woman he left behind. One who still haunts his days and his nights. They’d never so much as kissed, but Tess McTavish never forgot the handsome, dangerous agent who vanished in a shroud of mystery... -
![Love in a Sandstorm by Zoe York]()
Love in a Sandstorm by Zoe York
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA standalone military romance in the gripping Pine Harbour series of small town romances from ten-time USAT bestselling author Zoe York. Captain Sean Foster came back from war broken from the inside out. And he doesn't care about being fixed. Not even by a woman who followed him halfway around the world due to some misguided loyalty... -
![Enemy Territory by Jemma Westbrook]()
Enemy Territory by Jemma Westbrook
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsSometimes your biggest enemy isn’t across the line. Dutch Mackey has made his fair share of enemies over the years. None of them are like Harlow Mowry. As the hacker for Team Rogue, she’s got her hands in everything. Occasionally that includes his pants. The woman is as vicious as she is irresistible, and can run hotter than hot and colder than cold... -
![HIRO: REAPER-Patriots: Book Twenty-Four by Mary Kennedy]()
HIRO: REAPER-Patriots: Book Twenty-Four by Mary Kennedy
Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWarning: This book contains explicit physical and sexual abuse and incest, which some readers may find disturbing.Hirohito Tanaka has tried to keep his Grandfather’s teachings and heritage alive his entire life. He’s a silent warrior, his humility something others aspire to. The arrival of Winter Cole makes Hiro want to protect the woman he doesn’t even know... -
![Trident Security Field Manual: Standard Operating Procedures for FNGs by Samantha A. Cole]()
Trident Security Field Manual: Standard Operating Procedures for FNGs by Samantha A. Cole
Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Trident Security Field Manual: Standard Operating Procedures for FNGs (f*cking new guys—and anyone else who wants to read it) is a fun compilation of extras for fans of the TS series and its spinoffs... -
![Shelter for Blythe by Susan Stoker]()
Shelter for Blythe by Susan Stoker
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsBlythe Coopman never imagined she’d be homeless, but a series of events has landed her on San Antonio’s streets…hungry, tired, and scared. She clings to her most precious possession, a phone accidentally swiped from a local firefighter, who, instead of canceling the number, starts texting her... -
![Geir by Dale Mayer]()
Geir by Dale Mayer
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsGeir Winthrop, a former SEAL, has recovered from the damage done when his squad's truck drove over an antitank landmine more than two years ago. Six other team-mates were also badly injured, the seventh--Mouse--dead, in what their team leader realized later had to be a trap. Geir has been trying to uncover details about Mouse’s history... -
![SEAL at Sunrise by Caitlyn O'Leary]()
SEAL at Sunrise by Caitlyn O'Leary
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThis Time, More Than Their Love Is On The Line Former Navy SEAL Commander, Liam McAllister, was neck deep in the Mexican jungle on a contract assignment for a highly classified sub-set of Department of Homeland Security. When Liam discovers a conspiracy that goes deep and spans decades it makes him sick... -
![Saving Zola by Becca Jameson, Suspense Sisters]()
Saving Zola by Becca Jameson, Suspense Sisters
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe 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 U.S. soil. SAVING ZOLA Zola Carver has worked her entire life to get where she is—working as an assistant district attorney. She doesn’t have time for threats from a presumed terrorist group...Categorized as:
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![Ask Me If I Care by Lani Lynn Vale]()
Ask Me If I Care by Lani Lynn Vale
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAres saw him for the first time at a Kilgore Police Department benefit dinner. She’d gone with her dad as his plus one. Hayes Greer had gone by himself and brooded silently across the same table as her, drinking whiskey and not saying a word.It only took that one time for her to become interested... -
![Protecting Kiera by Susan Stoker]()
Protecting Kiera by Susan Stoker
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThis book was previously published in Kindle Worlds and even though it has a new cover, has not changed significantly. Cooper Nelson’s SEAL career was cut drastically short when an explosion left him almost completely deaf... -
![Leather & Lace / His Angel / Waiting for Him by Samantha A. Cole]()
Leather & Lace / His Angel / Waiting for Him by Samantha A. Cole
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratings"No one does Alpha heroes like Samantha A. Cole!"—New York Times, USA Today, #1 Amazon Bestseller, and Wall Street Journal Bestselling Author, Susan StokerLeather & Lace:How does a “vanilla” woman write a BDSM novel? With hands-on research!Kristen needs inspiration and personal experience for a sequel to her unexpected and kinky bestseller...Categorized as:
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![Maybe it's Fate by Weston Parker]()
Maybe it's Fate by Weston Parker
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsReckless is my middle name.Guess that’s why I got a medical discharge from the military.A fighter pilot with no plane to fly is a very unhappy boy. So commercial airlines, here I come.Thanks to a bit of serendipity, I end up in Fiji with a hot as hell, broken-hearted woman.Poor thing got stood up at the altar and decided to go on her honeymoon anyway.The man who did it must be an idiot... -
![Remember Love: Saints Protection & Investigations by Maryann Jordan, Andrea Michelle]()
Remember Love: Saints Protection & Investigations by Maryann Jordan, Andrea Michelle
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSaints Protection & Investigations A private investigation business, pulling together men from the CIA, FBI, ATF, DEA, Border Patrol, SEALS, and police, devoted to the missions no one else wants or can solve. Veterinarian Blaise Hanssen understood animals…especially the strays he collected... -
![Montana Rescue by Elle James]()
Montana Rescue by Elle James
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe 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 U.S. soil. Plagued by survivor’s guilt and a bad knee, SEAL Maddog Maddox left the Navy and buried himself in a mountain cabin in Colorado where the only creatures he hunts now are those he puts on his table... -
![Frisked by You by Nikki Mays]()
Frisked by You by Nikki Mays
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDeclan just can’t help himself some days. Getting into some sort of trouble just seems like second nature most days. It’s no surprise when Declan makes a reckless move during a SWAT call and ends up in the hospital with a stab wound. What is surprising is that he finds the woman of his dreams...and future fantasies. Too bad instead of being smooth, the pain medication made him a slurring fool... -
![Truth Be Told by Marie James]()
Truth Be Told by Marie James
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsLies ruin lives.Ignacio Torres, the translator for Blackbridge Security, has told his fair share and then some.He lied more than once to Tinley Holland when they were teens.Told her he didn’t love her.Told her he could live without her.Told her what they shared didn’t mean a thing.He’s lived with those lies, lived with the loss of her for over a decade... -
![Romancing Rayne by Riley Edwards]()
Romancing Rayne by Riley Edwards
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsGhost and Rayne are back. Their story began two years ago and left fans begging for more. In this all new adventure we catch up with some of Susan Stoker’s most beloved characters. Keane “Ghost” Bryson met the feisty flight attendant Rayne Jackson while on a layover in London. A chance meeting that proved to be life-changing... -
![Slow Ride: Sleeper SEALs Book 2 by Becky McGraw, Suspense Sisters]()
Slow Ride: Sleeper SEALs Book 2 by Becky McGraw, Suspense Sisters
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe 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. SLOW RIDE Only a month into his retirement from the SEAL teams, Lt. Commander Keegan McDonald was bored out of his mind working at his uncle's motorcycle repair shop... -
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![Justice for You by Nikki Mays]()
Justice for You by Nikki Mays
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsRocco has been trying to get Lavenders attention for months to no avail. Well that is until one tequila filled night in Vegas. He finally has the woman he’s been longing for. Too bad he woke up alone, and very naked. Even worse she won’t give him the time of day once they’re back home, until fate decided to help the poor guy out... -
![Her Fierce SEAL by Caitlyn O'Leary]()
Her Fierce SEAL by Caitlyn O'Leary
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsNavy SEAL, Finn Crandall, still reeling from his last mission, is desperate for a purpose to bring him the redemption he needs. Landing in Austin Texas, he meets the feisty Angie Donatelli. She’s a private investigator on a quest to reunite a young girl with her stolen baby. Angie is tough and doesn’t want or think that she needs help... -
![Counterfeit Relations by Jemma Westbrook]()
Counterfeit Relations by Jemma Westbrook
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhen you cross lines every day it can be hard to remember what’s real. And what’s not. Keeping Eva Tatum safe was supposed to be a simple task. One Brock Cassidy should have been able to do with one arm tied behind his back. All he had to do was pretend to be her boyfriend. Show up and bluff away the stalker giving the bull-headed business woman the creeps... -
![Serve and Protect: a small town romantic suspense novel by Lori Ryan]()
Serve and Protect: a small town romantic suspense novel by Lori Ryan
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsShe’s hiding from memories that could tear her apart. He knows getting her to face her past is the key to the most important murder investigation he’ll ever handle. Ashley Walker was one of the lucky ones. Adopted when she was fourteen years old by a family who loved her as their own and stuck beside her through all she put them through. She can’t outrun the hell of her past, though... -
![Any Day Now by Lani Lynn Vale]()
Any Day Now by Lani Lynn Vale
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAmelia loves her good friend, Avery. So much so that she agrees to do the stupidest thing ever. A stranger photo shoot. You know the type. The photographer takes photos of two individuals. Two individuals that, until that day, have never met in their life. The moment she shows up at the photo shoot, she knows that she made a terrible decision... -
![Join the Club by Lani Lynn Vale]()
Join the Club by Lani Lynn Vale
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThere are a few lessons one has to learn for themselves. Then there are the lessons that most people don’t have to learn because it’s just not done. For instance, most people know instinctively that they shouldn’t crave the mother of their brother’s child. Bourne Pena isn’t most men...
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