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One Fell Sweep by Ilona Andrews
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 45 ratingsDina DeMille may run the nicest Bed and Breakfast in Red Deer, Texas, but she caters to a very particular kind of guest… the kind that no one on Earth is supposed to know about... -
![Born of Silence by Sherrilyn Kenyon]()
Born of Silence by Sherrilyn Kenyon
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsDeath Stalks Them All... Kere is the second most infamous member of the shadow organization known as Sentella. An explosive engineer who strikes terror into the hearts of the League, the bounty on his head is truly staggering. No one knows his true identity.The daughter of a traitor, Zarya Starska grew up hard on the back streets of hell- her family hunted to the brink of extinction... -
![Opposition by Jennifer L. Armentrout]()
Opposition by Jennifer L. Armentrout
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 68 ratingsKaty knows the world changed the night the Luxen came.She can't believe Daemon welcomed his race or stood by as his kind threatened to obliterate every last human and hybrid on Earth. But the lines between good and bad have blurred, and love has become an emotion that could destroy her—could destroy them all.Daemon will do anything to save those he loves, even if it means betrayal... -
![Anubis by Kris Michaels]()
Anubis by Kris Michaels
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIn the Shadow World, he was the God of Death, and he was called many names. The monsters he hunted called him Anubis. Those who saw his face died. To Guardian Security, he was a number, a surgical weapon they wielded against monstrous evil. One woman called him Kaeden Lang... -
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![Mission: Her Justice by Anna Hackett]()
Mission: Her Justice by Anna Hackett
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhen a dangerous redhead invades his office and his base, and warns that his team is in danger, Director Jonah Grayson doesn’t know if she’s friend or foe.Former elite Army aviator Jonah Grayson was forced to give up flying, but now serves as director of the covert black ops team, Team 52. He takes care of the brass in Washington D.C... -
![Phantom Game by Christine Feehan]()
Phantom Game by Christine Feehan
Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsJonas "Smoke" Harper has watched his brothers find their perfect mates, never imagining he'd actually meet someone who complements every part of him — even the monster that lurks within. But his instant connection with Camellia goes far beyond wanting the intelligent, beautiful, and lethal woman in his bed... -
![Jack Be Quick by Fiona Quinn]()
Jack Be Quick by Fiona Quinn
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsStrike Force: An Iniquus Romantic Suspense Mystery Thriller The prayer on her lips is JACK Be Quick. It’s been months since ex-Navy SEAL Jack McCullen last saw his fiancée, Suz Molloy. He was on the other side of the world involved in a grueling black ops mission for Iniquus Corporation at the behest of the US government... -
![Hyper Lynx by Fiona Quinn]()
Hyper Lynx by Fiona Quinn
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIf she fails, her whole team could be destroyed.Lexi “Lynx” Sabado is more than ready for her marriage with ex-SEAL Striker Rheas. But getting her happily ever after is fraught with hurdles when her psychic abilities start going haywire, giving her vague warnings of impending danger.As it turns out, identifying threats can be overwhelming when everything and everyone is the potential source... -
![The Inheritance by Ilona Andrews]()
The Inheritance by Ilona Andrews
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsWe are at war. The interdimensional invasion brought us unimaginable suffering, but it also awoke talents slumbering deep within us, a means to repel and destroy our enemy. Every day new gates open, leading to breaches filled with monsters and valuable resources. If you are a Talent, your country needs you. The world needs you. Be the hero you were born to be. Adaline is a Talent... -
![Undetected by Anna Hackett]()
Undetected by Anna Hackett
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsDarcy Ward has sold her soul to the devil. Okay, not quite the devil, but she did agree to work with Agent Arrogant and Annoying—aka Special Agent Alastair Burke of the FBI’s Art Crime Team to lay a trap for infamous black-market antiquities ring, Silk Road. Darcy loves shoes, computers, caffeine, and working at her family business, Treasure Hunter Security... -
![Babysitter Bear by Zoe Chant]()
Babysitter Bear by Zoe Chant
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsHe takes care of other people's kids ... but he craves a family of his own.Enter a single mom waitress with a broken heart and a whole lot of trouble behind her.Army vet Dan is still figuring out how to deal with being a three-legged bear, but it turns out kids don’t care how many limbs he has as long as he’s willing to be a climbing frame... -
![Shadows Strike by Dianne Duvall]()
Shadows Strike by Dianne Duvall
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsThe Immortal Guardians protect the innocent in secret. Sometimes the secret gets out...U.S. law enforcement agent Heather Lane can read minds. But not the future. The dream of battle and blood that recurs every night must be a fluke, some obscure terror from her own mind... -
![Mission: Her Defense by Anna Hackett]()
Mission: Her Defense by Anna Hackett
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsOne former special forces Marine. One tall, handsome police detective who pushes all her buttons. One dangerous investigation that forces them to work together. Blair Mason is badass to the bone. She’s no stranger to loss and barely survived the mission that ended her military career... -
![Mission: Her Safety by Anna Hackett]()
Mission: Her Safety by Anna Hackett
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA sexy, grumpy black ops scientist will do anything to track down the mysterious woman who broke into his lab. After Dr. Ty Sampson catches a mysterious female intruder in his home and lab, he’s obsessed with finding out who she is and what she wants. He’s a man who trusts very few people and hates anyone in his space... -
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![Defender Cave Bear by Zoe Chant]()
Defender Cave Bear by Zoe Chant
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsTwo damaged people. One deadly enemy. And a pair of hell-raising flying kittens.... Tirzah hacked into a shady agency’s computers to get proof of their evil deeds...and uncovered a secret so wild it can’t possibly be real. Shapeshifting supersoldiers on the run from their creators? A lab studying captive mythical creatures? It has to be some bored employee’s fantasy novel... -
![The Ace of Skulls by Chris Wooding]()
The Ace of Skulls by Chris Wooding
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThey've been shot down, set up, double-crossed and ripped off. They've stolen priceless treasures, destroyed a ten-thousand-year-old Azryx city and sort-of-accidentally blew up the son of the Archduke. Now they've gone and started a civil war. This time, they're really in trouble. As Vardia descends into chaos, Captain Frey is doing his best to keep his crew out of it... -
![Chain Lynx by Fiona Quinn]()
Chain Lynx by Fiona Quinn
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFound in the debris of the plane wreck barely alive, Lexi Sobado is finally home. But home does not mean safe. Someone powerful, connected, and willing to kill is after her. Lexi Sobado, the young Iniquus puzzling prodigy, puts her expertise to the test as she faces a dark enemy, threatening not only her and Iniquus, but American defense and safety... -
![Cuff Lynx by Fiona Quinn]()
Cuff Lynx by Fiona Quinn
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMore of this is true than you would believe.In her most thrilling novel yet, USA Today bestselling author Fiona Quinn exposes the dark forces threatening America. The Hydra, a monstrous group that includes a secret society that will do anything for power, is ready to strike, and only Lexi stands a chance to stop them.It’s a mind-bending plot of control and destruction... -
![THIRDS Beyond the Books Volume 2 (THIRDS) by Charlie Cochet]()
THIRDS Beyond the Books Volume 2 (THIRDS) by Charlie Cochet
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFlash Fiction Stories in the THIRDS Universe Return to the THIRDS universe with another collection of flash fiction stories inspired by prompts submitted by fans...Categorized as:
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![Untraveled by Anna Hackett]()
Untraveled by Anna Hackett
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFinding undiscovered treasures is always daring, dangerous, and deadly. Perfect for the men and women of Treasure Hunter Security.After a mission gone terribly wrong, former Navy SEAL Hale Carter has made a good career for himself at Treasure Hunter Security... -
![Unmapped by Anna Hackett]()
Unmapped by Anna Hackett
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFinding undiscovered treasures is always daring, dangerous, and deadly. Perfect for the men and women of Treasure Hunter Security.Former Navy SEAL and CIA agent Ronin Cooper is used to living his life in the darkness. A loner by nature, he enjoys his work at Treasure Hunter Security, stays busy on the road, and never lets anyone too close... -
![The Fate of Ten by Pittacus Lore]()
The Fate of Ten by Pittacus Lore
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 41 ratingsThe sixth book in the thrilling, action-packed, New York Times bestselling I Am Number Four series! For years the Garde have fought the Mogadorians in secret. Now all of that has changed. The invasion has begun. If the Garde can't find a way to stop the Mogs, humanity will suffer the same fate as the Lorien: annihilation.There is still hope... -
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Edgedancer by Brandon Sanderson
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 53 ratingsFrom #1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sanderson, a special gift edition of Edgedancer, a short novel of the Stormlight Archive. Three years ago, Lift asked a goddess to stop her from growing older--a wish she believed was granted. Now, in Edgedancer, the barely teenage nascent Knight Radiant finds that time stands still for no one... -
![After the Fall ( by Elle Casey]()
After the Fall ( by Elle Casey
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThis is an alternate Cover Edition for ASIN: B009JT9XXI.NEW YORK TIMES and USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR, ELLE CASEY, brings readers Book 5 in the YA Urban Fantasy WAR OF THE FAE Series. [Formerly titled Clash of the Otherworlds, Book 1] The Light and Dark Fae have come together, a tenuous peace formed at the urging of the Overworld... -
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![United as One by Pittacus Lore]()
United as One by Pittacus Lore
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 38 ratingsThe seventh and final book in the #1 New York Times bestselling I Am Number Four series! With United as One, this action-packed series comes to a surprising, breathtaking, and utterly satisfying conclusion. The Garde didn’t start this war, but they’ll do whatever it takes to end it once and for all. . . . The Mogadorians have invaded Earth... -
![Night Game by Christine Feehan]()
Night Game by Christine Feehan
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsGator Fontenot of the Special Forces paranormal squad must reel in the elusive Iris "Flame" Johnson, a victim of the same horrific experiments that warped Gator--and a red-haired weapon of unimaginable destructive powers bent on revenge in the sultry bayous of New Orleans... -
![TANNER: REAPER-Patriots: Book Fifty-One by Mary Kennedy]()
TANNER: REAPER-Patriots: Book Fifty-One by Mary Kennedy
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTanner Sung is following the dream his parents provided for him by sending him to America a lifetime ago. A retired Navy SEAL, he's now working for the premier security agency in the country, RP. While helping his teammate, Bogey, and his girlfriend, Alice, move her things, he spots a homeless girl. Buying food for the girl, he can't help himself, and follows her down an alley... -
![High Value Target by Jason Anspach, Nick Cole]()
High Value Target by Jason Anspach, Nick Cole
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsYou can run, but you can’t hide from U.S. Army Rangers. With the armies of the enemy smashed at the final battle for the desert port city, the Rangers return to their primary mission to do what they do: eliminate a high-value target with extreme violence of action deep inside hostile territory... -
![Cross Breed by Lora Leigh]()
Cross Breed by Lora Leigh
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe Breeds are humans altered before conception with the DNA of the predators of Earth. But although they all carry the genetic material of beasts within them, Cassandra Sinclair stands apart. A unique mix of wolf, coyote and human, she is revered by many—but preyed upon by others... -
![New World Order by Elle Casey]()
New World Order by Elle Casey
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWill the fae will be able to make the sacrifices they must to survive?Jayne Sparks and her Light Fae changeling friends face off in the final battle against their enemies. But the identify of their true enemies isn't as clear as it once was. Are they the ones breaking down their doors .. -
![Queen Bitch by Michael Anderle]()
Queen Bitch by Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsThe UnknownWorld is reeling from change. Bethany Anne has started to make a difference in the first week of being 'awake'. Now, America has been losing good men since their teams don't have a Vampire to help them and Frank is hoping Bethany Anne can, and will, help...Categorized as:
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![The Delirium Brief by Charles Stross]()
The Delirium Brief by Charles Stross
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsSomeone is dead set to air the spy agency’s dirty laundry in The Delirium Brief, the next installment to Charles Stross’ Hugo Award-winning comedic dark fantasy Laundry Files series!Bob Howard’s career in the Laundry, the secret British government agency dedicated to protecting the world from unspeakable horrors from beyond spacetime, has entailed high combat, brilliant hacking, ancient magic,...Categorized as:
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![Collision Course by Julie Trettel]()
Collision Course by Julie Trettel
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThere's little worse than your best friend finding out you're crushing on his baby sister.That was eight years ago. Baine lost everything, the girl, his clan, and his best friend. Smiles and jokes are his defense to cover the pain he still harbors. He hasn't been home since, but a mission to save his clan from a Raglan threat has him on a collision course to face his past... -
![Chew the Bullet by Martha Carr, Michael Anderle]()
Chew the Bullet by Martha Carr, Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIdina Moorfield isn’t the only one on her team with unusual powers.Her buddy, Stop remembers everything he sees, and Cake is a new kind of man of steel.That’s the last two, which means everyone in Idina’s unit has a unique talent.Why would the Army want to bring them all together?Her commander, Hines is still refusing to answer her questions... -
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![Stolen Dreams by Maddie Wade]()
Stolen Dreams by Maddie Wade
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA page-turner that is thrilling, steamy, teary and wonderful! Nate Jones is unlucky in love. He’s watched his parents love story play out his entire life and wants that for himself. His whole world was rocked when he walks into a hospital room and falls head over heels in love with Skye and Noah. Skye Mitchell is a single mother to an exceptional young boy... -
![Chaos and Gunfire by Martha Carr, Michael Anderle]()
Chaos and Gunfire by Martha Carr, Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIdina Moorfield is a new kind of magical with a dark and twisty lineage.Any other combat engineer in the 82nd Airborne Division would be proud of how far Idina's come, but the visions and voices in her mind are only getting worse.When it affects her work, Idina gets transferred to a new unit—a unit of misfits with their own problems... -
![Instigator by Fiona Quinn]()
Instigator by Fiona Quinn
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn This USA Today Bestselling Novel, A Deadly Game Gambles American LivesA hardened war hero, Gator Aid Rochambeau is on a collision course with fate. Retired Marine Raider, Gator Aid Rochambeau is now an Iniquus elite security operative. He's been assigned to the Davidson mission. As the job gets underway, he is unprepared for the psychic confusion that swirls through his system... -
![Surrendering to the Dragon by Jessie Donovan]()
Surrendering to the Dragon by Jessie Donovan
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsNikki Gray has reason to hate the dragon hunters—they brutally murdered one of her friends a year ago. Not only that, they have caused havoc on several of the British dragon clans, injuring countless individuals. Determined to defeat the hunters by kidnaping their leader, Simon Bourne, she teams up with a human male in the British special forces... -
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Covert Bear by Candace Ayers
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsVilified by strangers, Friendships aren’t Heidi’s forte. Unless it happens to be with a displaced polar bear. Hey, he’s a great listener! Alexei knows she’s his mate. But she refuses to date him. All he wants is a chance. And, as far as he can tell, there’s only one way to get it—as a Covert Bear. AUTHOR'S NOTE: P.O.L.A.R... -
![Alpha's Revenge by Renee Rose, Lee Savino]()
Alpha's Revenge by Renee Rose, Lee Savino
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsThis is insane. This human-beautiful though she may be-can't be my mate. I learned the hard way what it's like to lose people you love.As an alpha, I vowed never to let that happen again.That means keeping my focus. Never letting my guard down.And, most of all, staying away from civilians - i.e. humans.But the feisty chocolatier has me breaking my own rules.The beautiful female tests my patience...Categorized as:
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![Seeing Love: Saints Protection & Investigations by Maryann Jordan]()
Seeing Love: Saints Protection & Investigations by Maryann Jordan
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 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... -
![Echoes at Dawn by Maya Banks, Harry Berkeley]()
Echoes at Dawn by Maya Banks, Harry Berkeley
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsGrace Peterson is desperate, in hiding, and on the run after escaping a shadowy group determined to exploit her extraordinary ability to heal others. Her only lifeline--an unerring telepathic ability she shares with her sister--has been severed, leaving her alone and vulnerable. And time is running out...Enlisted to bring Grace home is Rio, relentless member of the KGI... -
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Burn by Paula Weston
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsSuddenly, Gaby remembers everything. For a year she believed she was a backpacker chilling out in Pandanus Beach. Working at the library. Getting over the accident that killed her twin brother.Then Rafa came to find her and Gaby discovered her true identity as Gabe: one of the Rephaim. Over a hundred years old... -
![Uncharted by Anna Hackett]()
Uncharted by Anna Hackett
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsOne former Navy SEAL. One adventurous photographer. One lost jungle temple.Former Navy SEAL Callum Ward has one motto--live life to the fullest. He saw the worst of war and lost good friends, but now he works for Treasure Hunter Security. When he's not providing security for archeological digs and invaluable museum exhibits, or off on daring treasure hunts, he's rock climbing, racing, or skiing...Categorized as:
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![Mission: Her Protection by Anna Hackett]()
Mission: Her Protection by Anna Hackett
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhen Rowan’s Arctic research team pulls a strange object out of the ice in Northern Canada, things start to go wrong…very, very wrong. Rescued by a covert, black ops team, she finds herself in the powerful arms of a man with scary gold eyes. A man who vows to do everything and anything to protect her… Dr. Rowan Schafer has learned it’s best to do things herself and not depend on anyone else... -
![Mission: Her Security by Anna Hackett]()
Mission: Her Security by Anna Hackett
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsWhen sweet, smiling Kinsey is kidnapped by unknown forces, former SEAL and Team 52 operator Smith Creed will risk anything to get her back.Kinsey Beck is used to life knocking her down. She escaped her past and came to Las Vegas for a new start. So what if she didn’t achieve her dream of being a showgirl, instead, she now has an awesome job as logistics manager for the covert, black ops Team 52... -
![Monster Hunter Siege by Larry Correia]()
Monster Hunter Siege by Larry Correia
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 29 ratings#6 in multiple New York Times bestseller Larry Correia’s Monster Hunter series.GO BIG OR GO HOME When Monster Hunter International's top hunter, Owen Zastava Pitt, was given a tip about some hunters who had gone missing in action, he didn’t realize their rescue mission would snowball into the single biggest operation in MHI's history... -
![I Married An Incubus by Regine Abel]()
I Married An Incubus by Regine Abel
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsA match made in Hell…When investigative reporter Malaya Velasco accidentally uncovers the corruption of one of the highest judges of the Obosian justice system, she is framed and condemned to a life sentence on the deadly prison planet Molvi. In her despair, she begs the Prime Mating Agency for an arranged marriage with one of the Wardens of the prison... -
![A Time of Dread by John Gwynne]()
A Time of Dread by John Gwynne
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsA race of warrior angels, the Ben-Elim, once vanquished a mighty demon horde. Now they rule the Banished lands, but their peace is brutally enforced.In the south, hotheaded Riv is desperate to join the Ben-Elim's peacekeeping force, until she unearths a deadly secret.In the west, the giantess Sig investigates demon sightings and discovers signs of an uprising and black magic... -
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Darkness Rises by Dianne Duvall
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsKrysta is used to getting the drop on vampires. Her "special abilities" aren't much, but the plan is simple--she plays helpless pretty young thing to lure them in. Then her shoto swords come out and it's bye-bye, bloodsucker. Until one night she finds herself with an unexpected ally. He's a vampire, all right, but different. Mysterious. Handsome...
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