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Winner Takes All by Emilia Finn
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsTo win, is to win it all. But to lose, means you're all alone. Spencer Serrano is seven feet of f*cked up. He’s crude, flirtatious, and far more dangerous than his stupid jokes imply. Abigail Rosa lives her life inside a bubble, placed there by those who love her, kept there by the respect she has for them... -
Damaged by Riley Edwards
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsShe promised her love would set him free. He promised he’d break her. They were both right.Brady Hewitt was all too familiar with the horrors of war. They clung to him, or maybe he clung to them, using the nightmares as an excuse to keep others at bay—especially his boss’s daughter, Hadley Walker. Beautiful, sexy, ambitious, and forbidden... -
Cuffed by Lexxi James
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsHannahThe second I saw him walk through that door, I knew he was trouble.Men like him always are.The dark hair.The smoldering stubble.Those piercing gray eyes that might as well be a flame thrower between women's legs.Oh, and the fact that he's in a gentlemen's club.What am I doing here, you ask?It's my job to be here.No, not that job... -
Hop by Maryann Jordan
Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsEasy to let go. Frank (Hop) Hopkins thought it was just a fun night to catch up with an old friend.Spending days on rescue missions when his Tennessee hometown flooded, he was stunned to meet up with an old friend, Lori Baker. But dinner, drinks, talking, and laughing turned into a night he’d definitely remember fondly. But they’d promised one night only...Categorized as:
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Finding Ashlyn by Susan Stoker
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFriends with benefits. That’s all Ashlyn wanted with Slate. They were certainly combustible in the bedroom, and that was sufficient…wasn’t it? Yes, definitely. He was too bossy. Too protective. She didn’t want someone hovering, wanting to know her every move and telling her she was too reckless. But then again, knowing someone cared enough to worry about her felt kind of nice...Categorized as:
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Defending Harlow by Susan Stoker
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsDanger rises and love is threatened in New York Times bestselling author Susan Stoker’s fourth book of the Mountain Mercenaries series. Lowell “Black” Lockard, former Navy SEAL, has watched his fellow Mountain Mercenaries settle down with the women of their dreams, but he’s convinced he doesn’t need love...Categorized as:
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Redeemed by April Wilson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsRedeemed is part of the McIntyre Security Bodyguard series, but it can be read standalone. It's a full-length novel with a guaranteed HEA.AnnieTen years ago, I made the biggest mistake of my lifeAnd I’ve paid the price every day since then, both in body and spiritNow I’m desperate, and the only man who can save me is the one I betrayed so long ago.I don’t deserve his forgiveness... -
Forever by Janie Crouch
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsSome loves are meant to be from the very beginning.Jess O’Conner and Ethan Bollinger have known each other almost their entire lives and have loved each other from the start. The people of Oak Creek have watched them grow up, and everyone has always known what they are...Soulmates.But sometimes, fate demands a different path, derailing even the most carefully mapped plans...Categorized as:
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Out of the Ashes by R.C. Boldt
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsPhoenix /fēniks/: (in classical mythology) a unique bird inhabiting the Arabian Desert that burned itself on a funeral pyre before rising from the ashes with renewed youth to live through another cycle. This isn’t mythology, it’s war, and Hendy is left in the hands of Hell’s cruelest gatekeepers... -
Rescuing Jenna by Anna Blakely
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA man who believes he’s unworthy of love. A woman determined to make him see the truth. An enemy watching from the shadows, ready to destroy them both for good. Former Marine Adrian Walker has been called a lot of things…Liar. Traitor. Murderer. Bastard. In order to keep his country safe, he had to become all those things and more. And he’s been fine with it, until now. Until her... -
Protecting Sparrow by Jane Blythe
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsGrief is all that’s stopping this friendship becoming more.When Sparrow Oswald's helicopter is shot down in Africa the last person she expects to come to her rescue is her old friend Ethan Zimmerman. She'd love for there to be more between them but he's not over his wife's death. As they work together to find who is using Ethan's plane to smuggle drugs the spark between them grows...Categorized as:
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Nuclear Option by Giulia Lagomarsino
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe exciting and thrilling conclusion to Cash and Eva’s story, and the second book in the OPS series! The military defines a Nuclear Option as a drastic step or last resort, and I’m about to take it. Cash I am an expert marksman, engaging the enemy from afar. You’ll never see me coming because I’m that good. Even a sniper can be drawn out of hiding... -
Protecting Dove by Jane Blythe
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsHe saw her at her most vulnerable and she never wanted to see him again.Dove Oswald never expected to come face to face with the man who saved her life ever again. Nor did she expect him to save her a second time. Surprised by the spark of attraction between them, when she realizes he's hiding something she's determined to figure out what it is...Categorized as:
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Too Close to Home by Abbie Zanders
Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSometimes the truth hits too close to home… Danny Donovan might look like a charming, harmless rogue, and to many, that’s exactly what he is. But buried deep beneath a mischievous smile and twinkling eyes is a man with a dark past … and a mysterious, hidden agenda.Now that he’s out of the service, it’s time to begin the next phase of his plan... -
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Close Cover by Lexi Blake, Rebecca Zanetti
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsRemy Guidry doesn’t do relationships. He tried the marriage thing once, back in Louisiana, and learned the hard way that all he really needs in life is a cold beer, some good friends, and the occasional hookup. His job as a bodyguard with McKay-Taggart gives him purpose and lovely perks, like access to Sanctum...Categorized as:
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Dezi's Diamond by Dale Mayer
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen opposites attract... anything can happen... Dezi was a plain-and-simple type of guy. He loved working for Levi's company and had enjoyed the jobs he'd been given so far. When a businesswoman contacted Ice over, well, ice, ... things got interesting.Diamond was an exclusive jewelry designer, born and raised in the industry, working within her father's diamond company... -
Ghost by Nicole James
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsGhost has been living his life under one rule…never fall in love, never get too close, never get tied down to just one woman. Focusing solely on his club, he is able to remain unattached and free…. until a girl from his past is dropped in his lap. She was a line he swore he’d never cross. And now, in order to obtain an alliance his club needs, he’s forced to use her in ways he’d never imagined... -
Love on the Run by Zoe York
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBook 5 in the Pine Harbour series: Dean Foster (ex-cop, army reservist, newly minted bodyguard) meets his match in Liana Hansen (Nashville superstar, woman of many secrets, supremely reluctant protectee). Bodyguard. [Noun] A person hired to escort and protect another person. Escort and protect. Definitely no flirting, kissing, or testing the bounds of third base... -
Discover Love by Maryann Jordan
Rated: 4.50 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. Luke Costas, the Saints’ resident computer guru, preferred quiet nights and burying himself in digital investigating. But he wasn’t alone...Categorized as:
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Hard Road by Joanna Blake
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsI’m the head of the Hell Raisers MC. I have a code of honor, even if I keep it hidden. So when I see some of my guys roughing up a runaway, I step in. I just don’t expect to want her for myself. People think I’m crazy. They’re right. They just don’t know why. Nobody knows the truth about me, but she sees right through me with her big blue eyes. I’m reckless and wild... -
Trapping Wasp by Harley Stone
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratings18+ for language and sexual situations... Andrew “Wasp” Marshall, VP of the Dead Presidents MC, rides life like it’s his bike, at full speed with no real destination. But when he sets his sights on an irresistible new bartender with a comical little kid, Wasp will have to decide if he’s willing to give up his carefree lifestyle and buckle down to become the man she needs... -
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... -
Nailed Down by Chelle Bliss, Eden Butler
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsKit Carlyle isn’t just some woman. Beautiful? Yep. Seductive? Damn straight. She’s also my best friend…and my co-worker. But, hell, I’m a guy with a pulse. Every once in a while, I take a look and think filthy things about her that maybe I shouldn’t. But when her cousin dies and leaves her with a long as hell and sexy bucket list, Kit turns to me for a helping hand... -
Not a Role Model by Lani Lynn Vale
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsYou better watch out for people that bounce back from everything that’s meant to destroy them.Those were the words that Coreline King learned to live by when it came to dealing with Tide ‘Rook’ Crow, member of the Battle Crows MC, general surgeon, and all-around jerk who lived to make her life a living hell... -
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Tito by Scott Hildreth
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe only man in my life I felt I could trust was my father.A detective assigned to San Diego's gang crime unit; his focus was outlaw motorcycle clubs.His nemesis?A gang of thieves who had wreaked havoc on the city's financial institutions for nearly two decades.As fate would have it, I was preparing for a one-night stand with a tough-looking biker... -
Life & Limb by Freya Barker
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsGrowing up a military brat and spending eight years overseas with the Army Medical Corps, clinical social worker, Willa Smith, has had enough of rules and regulations. Still able to work with veterans as she did at the VA Hospital, she is much happier at the new and far more relaxed South Avenue Shelter, until one of its residents is implicated in a murder... -
Controlled Burn by Marie James
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAs the mechanic for Blackbridge Security, when I make a mistake things don’t work properly.Correcting that mistake is the only way to get things operational.I meet issues in my personal life with the same mindset.How was I to know the woman I’ve been flirting with at the gym is the same woman I called a noise complaint on?I got her kicked out of her condo.My first response: Move in with me... -
His to Protect by Em Petrova
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSome things just can’t be ignored…and an attraction this powerful is one of them.Bodyguard and special intelligence mastermind Bodhi North has been called a lot of things—pretty-boy, surfer dude and even hippie, but he considers himself more of a tech nerd than anything else...Categorized as:
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A Recipe for Love: A Sweet Collection by K.C. Lynn
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRECIPE: Three cups of a cocky, dirty talkin’ alpha who will do anything to win the girl. Two tablespoons of a sweet southern baker who can’t resist his charm no matter how hard she tries. A slice of temptation that will have you laughing out loud one minute and swooning the next. A dash of passion. A pinch of suspense. A sprinkle of hope...Categorized as:
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Enduring by Suzanne Halliday
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDarkness is gathering around Family Justice. Babies, life changes, and leaps of faith bring a new normal to Bendover, but something dangerous hoversA powerful force powered by rage and revenge has the entire family in the crosshairs.Alex senses the disturbance but pinning it down is not so easy... -
Beyond the Badge: Nox by Jeanne St. James
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen two broken halves come together to forge one unbreakable whole… Officer Bradley Lennox, aka Nox, has been living in the shadows of his own grief since the unexpected loss of his wife. Just when he was finally on the road to recovery, they found Sadie in a motel in Ohio, causing his world to spiral back into darkness... -
Unlawful Desire by Chelle Bliss
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsMy fiancée ripped a piece of my heart out when I caught her with another man. It made me jaded, and I swore off relationships. But as with any plans, life had a way of making me its bitch. When a way too young bombshell walked into my world, my heart began to beat again. Georgia asked me for one night—nothing more—and with no strings attached... -
Emanuel's Heat by Tiffany Patterson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsJanine I walked right into him outside my hotel room while on vacation. Somehow that turned into my spending the following three days in Cabo San Lucas with him. Emanuel, the firefighter and obvious heart breaker. But I don’t have time for love. Not anymore, after a recent break-up, career change, and relocating to a new city... -
Grinch Reaper by Donna Michaels
Rated: 4.50 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. GRINCH REAPER The only thing Matteo “Reaper” Santarelli hates more than Christmas is having to leave the teams to take over his family’s chain of pizza joints after his father suffers a stroke... -
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TNT by Giulia Lagomarsino
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAfter walking into his girlfriend's house and finding her murdered, Tony is struggling to get back to normal. Everyone's looking at him like he's damaged, but they don't know the truth. And when they find out, they won't ever look at him the same again. But a one night stand changes everything... -
Unsanctioned by Kaylea Cross
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsStar-crossed lovers…Driven by her traumatic past, Nadia Bishop has dedicated her life to helping children orphaned by war around the globe. She won’t let anything stand in her way—not even the sexy former soldier she left back in the U.S... -
Westley by Elizabella Baker
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA single mother with too many secrets.A retired Marine determined to discover them all.And a danger neither of them saw coming.When Westley James left the Marines, he had only two things on his mind. Start a security company to protect those in need and to avoid dramatic women. Especially ones who are not who they appear to be. The first will prove easier than the second... -
Haunted by A.K. Evans
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHer name might be on the building, but Liv Harper hasn’t ever stepped foot inside the Harper Security Ops headquarters. Until now. When some bad choices land Liv in an unfortunate position, she knows there’s only one man she can trust to teach her how to keep herself safe. Brixton Steele isn’t sure he’s the right man for the job...Categorized as:
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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... -
HOT SEAL Hero by Lynn Raye Harris
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsShe fears for her life.He’ll risk his to protect her.Falling in love? Not part of the plan…Chloe Cooper is on the run from an abusive ex. Living in a new state, with a new name, she’s ready to focus on rebuilding her life. She’s got a job she loves, a new home—and a sexy Navy SEAL neighbor who makes her pulse flutter in spite of her determination not to get involved... -
Saving Eric by Jane Blythe
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWill guilt and bad choices prevent these two friends from falling in love? Lavender Vaile barely survived a madman, and the ordeal became the catalyst for re-evaluating her entire life. While working for an aid organization in Afghanistan her worst nightmare comes true when she is taken hostage by insurgents...Categorized as:
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Ransom by Hope Ford
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsHer kidnapper wants my secrets.I want Brooklyn.This is one mission that I can’t lose.She’s been by my side for five years.She’s put up with my crap and her devotion to me and the business is obvious.She believes in what we’re doing here, and I know she’d never betray me.But this is not a game I’m willing to lose.I’ll give up all my secrets to keep her safe...Categorized as:
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Deadly Protector by Katie Reus
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsReturn to the USA Today bestselling Red Stone Security series with Deadly Protector!He’s a former thief.Dimitri’s world is turned upside down when he meets Zamira. The sweet single mom knows nothing about who he used to be. He should stay away, because he’s the last thing she needs in her life. But when she’s targeted by a threat from her past, he can’t keep his distance any longer...Categorized as:
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The Thief Who Loved Me by Cynthia Eden
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt’s hard to be good. And rather exhausting…After a lifetime of sin, Rembrandt “Remy” Stuart is finally on the road to redemption, but a former bad guy must always watch out for temptation. His temptation? It comes in the unexpected but ever-so-seductive package that is Jacqueline Peters. One look, and he’s hooked.From the moment he sees her, Remy is inspired... -
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Dangerous Desires Anthology by Tia Siren, Tara Wylde
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen danger lurks in the shadows, desire can lay hidden for far too long. But there are men who step into the light to fight for, protect and claim the ones they love. They’re strong alpha males who would do anything to win the hearts— and delicious bodies— of the women who change them from bad boys to relationship material. This is a book featuring exactly those kinds of guys... -
Brazen by M. Malone, Nana Malone
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWham, bam, thank you ma’am? That’s my motto. There’s no room in my life for anything more complicated than a one-night stand. I’m a bodyguard. It’s easier to put my life on the line when there’s no one worrying if I’ll make it home for dinner. But then the one woman who made me want more waltzes back into my life needing my protection. Despite our explosive chemistry, we can’t go there again... -
Running Strong: An LCR Elite Novel by Christy Reece
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRUNNING STRONG An LCR Elite Novel When passion meets destiny, the consequences can be fatal Having seen the worst of humanity, Raphael Sanchez has always wanted to make a difference in the world. Years ago Last Chance Rescue saved him from certain death and from that moment, his primary goal was to become an LCR operative... -
SEAL the Deal by Cat Johnson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAs more wedding invites pour in, veteran SEAL and security specialist Zane Anderson is happy that he and his girlfriend Missy don’t need a legal document to prove their love. Or at least he didn’t think they did... -
Tank by Em Petrova
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRob Parker, aka Tank, is the unluckiest bastard alive. After losing his job and wrecking his bike, his days are filled with boredom and too many bad habits to count. He also can’t seem to get away from the woman who torments the hell out of him—and worse, she belongs to another.Each time Catarina’s boyfriend rips her heart out, her best friend Tank is there to listen... -
Gin & Jewels by Kimberly Knight
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom USA Today Bestselling author Kimberly Knight, comes book five in her strong, sexy, and suspenseful Saddles & Racks series. The few … Bradley Rhodes had always wanted to be a Marine Raider. First to enter a fight, he quickly became the person everyone turned to for assistance...Categorized as:
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