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  • Finding Monica by Susan Stoker

    Finding Monica by Susan Stoker

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Years 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...
  • Drake by Kris Michaels

    Drake by Kris Michaels

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Life 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...
  • Chasing Fortune by Brittney Sahin

    Chasing Fortune by Brittney Sahin

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Echo Team has a new addition—a K-9, and he’s in need of training . . .Eight-plus years as Echo Three and Chris Hunter is still as mission-focused as ever, continuing to fight for his country as part of a secretive team of operatives serving the President.When Chris decides to rescue a dog for the team, he soon discovers he and the guys are far from K-9 whisperers, and they need help...
  • Her Tempting Protector: Navy SEAL Team by Caitlyn O'Leary

    Her Tempting Protector: Navy SEAL Team by Caitlyn O'Leary

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    CAN HE GET THEM TO SAFETY IN TIME? Navy SEAL, Cullen Lyons, knew the moment he saw Dr. Carys Adams treating her patients in an African war zone that she was stubborn, selfless and extraordinary. Ignoring the danger surrounding her, she concentrated on keeping the young mother and newborn alive...
  • Owen by Riley Edwards

    Owen by Riley Edwards

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Owen 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...
  • Shadows by Melody Anne, John Henley

    Shadows by Melody Anne, John Henley

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Shadows opens up with Jon Eisenhart, aka, Eyes, and Carl Schwartz, aka, Sleep on a mission that goes all wrong and will forever change their lives. When they make it out, they’re eventually invited into a new team, where they come together with Tyrell Rice, aka, Smoke, Steve Bregon, aka, Brackish, and Hendrick Meeks, aka, Green...
  • My Heart's Home by Kris Michaels

    My Heart's Home by Kris Michaels

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Forty years old and starting over. And not sure where home was going to be.Chief Master Sergeant Cameron Freeland had a few job prospects but nothing that sparked much interest. And now… his flight was grounded, and he was stranded in an airport. At least, he could kill time in the USO...
  • Her Treasured SEAL by Caitlyn O'Leary

    Her Treasured SEAL by Caitlyn O'Leary

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A Wedding.   A Baby.  But Will His Enemies Destroy Their Happiness?  Drake Avery has not gone out on a mission with his Navy SEAL team in months, instead he stayed by his woman's side as she fought for her life. Now Karen is home and recovering and it's time for Drake to go back to work. Joining his team to stop the Boko Haram in Africa, Drake faces his ultimate challenge...
  • Ryland’s Reach by Dale Mayer

    Ryland’s Reach by Dale Mayer

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Welcome to a new stand-alone but interconnected series from USA Today bestselling Dale Mayer. This is Bullard’s story—and that of his team’s. All raw, rough, incredibly capable men who have one goal: to find out who was behind the attack on their leader, before the attacker, or attackers, return to finish the job...
  • Landing Eagle by Harley Stone

    Landing Eagle by Harley Stone

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    18+ for language and sexual situations... One last time. That’s the promise Naomi Lincoln and Houston “Eagle” Archer break every time the whiskey flows and their clothes are ripped off in a carnal, passionate ravaging that neither can resist...
  • Dragon Security: The Complete Series by Glenna Sinclair

    Dragon Security: The Complete Series by Glenna Sinclair

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    I 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...
  • Ice's Icing by Dale Mayer

    Ice's Icing by Dale Mayer

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Ice wanted only one thing in her life, and that was Levi—and maybe someone who was a blend of both of them. When he asked her to marry him, she was thrilled, but now she’s struggling to pin down a wedding date for fear he’d been caught up in the moment and didn’t really want to go through with it...
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    crime  drama  military  suspense  war  action-adventure  adult  book
  • Anders's Angel by Dale Mayer

    Anders's Angel by Dale Mayer

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    He’s all about second chances… Anders loves winter and the wilderness, so a trip to the Swiss Alps to retrieve a glaciologist is right up his alley. When he realizes who he’s picking up, he can’t help but smile at fate...
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    crime  military  suspense  war  action-adventure  adult  alpha-mc  book
  • Her Loving Hero by Caitlyn O'Leary

    Her Loving Hero by Caitlyn O'Leary

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Wyatt has hidden his pain for years, does he have it in him to trust again?Can two broken souls save one another?AT LAST! Book 8 in the Black Dawn Navy SEAL Series is...
  • Carter by Dale Mayer

    Carter by Dale Mayer

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Staying away was harder than he thought … Recovering from an accident was hell on anyone, but, for a stubborn guy like Carter, it was worse. No way would he be a burden. So he stayed away from Montana, where his best friend lived … and his best friend’s sister. Until Geir and Cade ask Carter to check up on a dog delivered to a small town close by, but the dog never arrived...
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    crime  drama  military  suspense  war  action-adventure  adult  animals
  • HOT Angel by Lynn Raye Harris

    HOT Angel by Lynn Raye Harris

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A new standalone romance from New York Times Bestselling Author Lynn Raye Harris. Sexy, action-packed, and thrilling!She's damaged...Brooke Sullivan's carefully ordered existence is spiraling out of control. Two years ago, she was violently abducted by a terrorist group and nearly killed...
  • Tank by Zoe Dawson

    Tank by Zoe Dawson

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    US Navy SEAL Thorn "Tank" Hunt has been there done that, but when he loses his best friend and military working dog Echo, he’s heartbroken, but he has to pick up the pieces and get another partner. He met tough as nails and way too confident for her britches, Army Reserve veterinarian, Dr. Alyssa St. James through his baby brother and her fundraising efforts on behalf of MWDs...
  • Rescuing Moira: Ex-Military Special Forces Hostage Rescue (Guardian Hostage Rescue Specialists) by Ellie Masters

    Rescuing Moira: Ex-Military Special Forces Hostage Rescue (Guardian Hostage Rescue Specialists) by Ellie Masters

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    MOIRAI’ve been to hell and back,And back again.It's a never-ending cycle for me.Every time I think the worst is over,I get knocked right back down again.I grew up on the streets. I've been traded in and out of men's beds,I thought that was my lowest moment, but I was wrong.I was taken from one hell and sold into another.I'm calloused, hardened, and hopeless...
  • Guerrilla Tactics by Jemma Westbrook

    Guerrilla Tactics by Jemma Westbrook

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    He’s a straight-laced type A with a by-the-book attitude. She’s never followed a rule a day in her life. It’s true opposites attract, but sometimes the consequences can be deadly._______________________________________________Shawn keeps everyone on Team Rogue in line. Organized.He thrives on order. Lives and breathes rules, expectations, and schedules...
  • Forsaken Duty by Elaine Levine

    Forsaken Duty by Elaine Levine

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The long awaited conclusion to the Red Team saga is almost here!    The only truth Owen Tremaine's certain of is that everything in his life has been a lie. Not only is his former fiancée alive, but so is their son...a child he never knew existed...
  • Jax by Dale Mayer

    Jax by Dale Mayer

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    What happens when the very men—trained to make the hard decisions—come up against the rules and regulations that hold them back from doing what needs to be done? They either stay and work within the constraints given to them or they walk away. Only now, for a select few, they have another option: The Mavericks...
  • Beau by Dale Mayer

    Beau by Dale Mayer

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    What happens when the very men—trained to make the hard decisions—come up against the rules and regulations that hold them back from doing what needs to be done? They either stay and work within the constraints given to them or they walk away. Only now, for a select few, they have another option: The Mavericks...
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    crime  drama  military  suspense  war  action-adventure  adult  book
  • Rowan by Dale Mayer

    Rowan by Dale Mayer

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    This is the next book in the USA Today bestselling series The K9 Files. Full description coming soon...
    Categorized as:
    crime  drama  military  suspense  war  action-adventure  adult  animals
  • Breaking Away by Elle James

    Breaking Away by Elle James

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Delta Force Operative Sean “Mac” McDaniels fell in love early on in his Army career. The girl, though she loved him, wanted to pursue her career in journalism before she settled down and married. Knowing he couldn’t hold her back, he let her go. In the years to come, no other woman ever held that place in his heart.Kylie Adams loved Mac but chose to pursue her love of journalism first...
  • Kurt by Dale Mayer

    Kurt by Dale Mayer

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Being a badass growing up had been fine for a while, but Kurt knew his life had to change. His best option? The US Navy. Fourteen years later a serendipitous request from Badger to check out reports of a missing War Dog hidden in the bushes and attacking people sends Kurt to the very place he couldn’t wait to get out of...
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    crime  drama  military  suspense  war  action-adventure  adult  animals
  • Badge of Honor: Texas Heroes Collection One by Susan Stoker

    Badge of Honor: Texas Heroes Collection One by Susan Stoker

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Books 1-4 in the Badge of Honor: Texas Heroes Series Justice for Mackenzie Daxton Chambers, a member of the oldest and most distinguished law enforcement agency in the state of Texas, never understood why people killed. But this new case, where someone was kidnapping and burying women alive, is a whole new level of depravity...
  • SEALs of Honor: Devlin by Dale Mayer

    SEALs of Honor: Devlin by Dale Mayer

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The right place at the right time… or the very wrong place… As part of a group helping to training Iraq soldiers, Devin is doing additional training on how to use the latest drones. But when a murder is committed on the base and suspicion is thrown on the drone’s designer, he can’t stop himself from helping her. When they return stateside, another employee in the same company is murdered...
    Categorized as:
    crime  military  suspense  war  action-adventure  adult  alpha-mc  book
  • Brandon's Bliss by Dale Mayer

    Brandon's Bliss by Dale Mayer

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Brandon, the newest member of Levi’s team at Legendary Securities, heads to Africa. Bullard purchased a new holding there, but, shortly after arriving, went missing. Kasha has worked for Bullard for five years. She's familiar with most of those who work for Legendary as well...
    Categorized as:
    crime  military  suspense  war  action-adventure  adult  alpha-mc  book
  • Erick by Dale Mayer

    Erick by Dale Mayer

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Two years earlier, Erick Fuller, a former SEAL, was severely injured when his squad's truck drove over an antitank landmine. He lost his lower leg and two fingers. He's filled with steel plates and titanium pins…along with the driving need for answers and justice...
  • SEAL at Sunrise by Caitlyn O'Leary

    SEAL at Sunrise by Caitlyn O'Leary

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    This 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...
  • Claiming Bailey by Susan Stoker

    Claiming Bailey by Susan Stoker

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Opposites attract in the third Ace Security novel from New York Times bestselling author Susan Stoker. Bailey Hampton will do whatever it takes to keep both herself and her little brother safe from the vicious Inca Boyz gang. Hiding out in Castle Rock, Colorado, is only a temporary solution until she can earn enough money to get out of the state altogether...
    Categorized as:
    crime  drama  military  suspense  war  abuse  action-adventure  adult
  • Destiny's Delta by Becca Jameson

    Destiny's Delta by Becca Jameson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    It's been twelve years since she picked the wrong brother...Destiny Fisher is ready to move past the guilt and shame of losing a fiancé to the war in Afghanistan twelve years ago. She never should’ve said yes to his proposal in the first place, and she's been plagued by her choices for over a decade.She was his biggest regret..
  • Fast Fury by Kaylea Cross

    Fast Fury by Kaylea Cross

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    She’s a woman worth fighting for. Abby McKinley misses her sexy former neighbor from across the hall more than she expected—because he means more to her than she was ready to admit. When she learns the feeling is mutual, she balks at the idea of getting involved with a man who is sure to break her heart. But the pull between them is too strong to deny...
  • HOT SEAL Target by Lynn Raye Harris

    HOT SEAL Target by Lynn Raye Harris

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Navy SEAL Adam “Blade” Garrison’s assignment to infiltrate a tech billionaire’s criminal operations just got complicated. His cover: bodyguard for the man’s wife. His problem: Blade knows Quinn Halliday far too well. A sophisticated version of the chubby, shy girl Blade once knew, Quinn brings out all his protective instincts—as well as a few carnal ones that surprise him...
  • Romancing Rayne by Riley Edwards

    Romancing Rayne by Riley Edwards

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Ghost 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...
  • Fearless by Sybil Bartel

    Fearless by Sybil Bartel

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Bodyguard. Sniper. Morally corrupt. I didn’t care who I aimed at. You paid me, I pulled the trigger. I sold my skills to the highest bidder, and trust me, I had skills. The Marines trained me to aim a sniper rifle, but life taught me to get the job done—at any expense. Except hostage recovery wasn’t on my short list...
  • Her Fierce SEAL by Caitlyn O'Leary

    Her Fierce SEAL by Caitlyn O'Leary

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Navy 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...
  • Her Dominant SEAL by Caitlyn O'Leary

    Her Dominant SEAL by Caitlyn O'Leary

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A Cry for Help It only takes one phone call, and Navy SEAL Drake Avery is rushing back to Tennessee in the middle of the night. His sisters are in danger, and he will do whatever it takes to protect them. A New Twist Now is not the time for a relationship, but damned if Drake doesn’t cross paths with a smokin’ hot kindergarten teacher named Karen Eastman...
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    crime  military  suspense  war  abuse  action-adventure  adult  book
  • Ryker by Dale Mayer

    Ryker by Dale Mayer

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    After his last assignment, Ryker is ready for a rest. And he gets it—but only a few hours …That’s even too long for a geologist kidnapped by guerrillas in the Columbian jungle. Ryker has plenty of experience in jungles around the world but, keeping Manila safe—along with the two men she’s traveling with and their injured guide—exposes them for who they are...
    Categorized as:
    crime  drama  military  suspense  war  action-adventure  adult  book
  • Miles by Dale Mayer

    Miles by Dale Mayer

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When his call came, the mission was the opposite of what he expected…Returning to his hometown of London, UK, was a happy surprise, until he realized what—and who—was involved. Out of his comfort zone when dealing with women sold into sexual slavery or even “collected,” regardless Miles was determined to dig in deep, when he realized he knew the latest kidnapped victim...
    Categorized as:
    crime  drama  military  suspense  war  action-adventure  adult  book
  • Axel by Dale Mayer

    Axel by Dale Mayer

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Life was never boring, but, for Axel, things kick up a notch when he helps in an underwater rescue of a downed submarine that’s low on oxygen. What they find is nothing like what they expected. All the crew but one was dead—as in shot to death. The last remaining crew member was alive but in rough shape...
    Categorized as:
    crime  drama  military  suspense  war  action-adventure  adult  book
  • Zack's Zest: A SEALs of Honor World Novel by Dale Mayer

    Zack's Zest: A SEALs of Honor World Novel by Dale Mayer

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Zack's Zest, book 24 in the Heroes for Hire Series.Zack wasn’t someone to focus on his mistakes, but he’d made a big one, and it was hard to move on from it. Still he was determined to work with Levi’s team to find new meaning in his life and to get his head on straight. At least that was the plan...
    Categorized as:
    crime  drama  military  suspense  war  action-adventure  adult  book
  • Keane by Dale Mayer

    Keane by Dale Mayer

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Heading out on a last-ditch rescue mission to Puget Sound one day after two women go overboard in a sailing accident isn’t exactly what he’d expected … But Keane is nothing if not adaptable. He can only hope the two women are alive and doing everything they can to stay that way...
    Categorized as:
    crime  drama  military  suspense  war  action-adventure  adult  book
  • Arctic Fire by Maddie Wade

    Arctic Fire by Maddie Wade

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A woman who stands alone! As the leader of Zenobi, a deadly group of female assassins, Roz Maklavoi is feared and revered in equal measure. Hiding behind her impenetrable wall of ice is a young girl who was tortured and beaten, sold to evil by the one man she should have been able to trust. Now the man responsible for her torture has struck again, targeting her loved ones...
  • Sniper by Giulia Lagomarsino

    Sniper by Giulia Lagomarsino

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Chance "Sniper" Hendrix is all about a good time. He was married when he was serving as a Navy SEAL and it didn't work out so well for him. When his wife left him, he decided that he was going to enjoy life and do what he loved. He knows that marriage can be good, but he just doesn't want to go there again. He never intended to sleep with a stripper. He never intended to get involved in her life...
  • Gray Matter by Becky McGraw

    Gray Matter by Becky McGraw

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Can Gray help his new office manager clean her dirty laundry? Or will the mafia princess hang him out to dry? Since leaving the FBI Grayson Jennings has found peace in his life with his job as a forensic accountant with Deep Six Security and he treasures it. It remains that way until Michaela Girabaldi is hired as the new office manager for their east coast office...
  • Driving Force by Elle James

    Driving Force by Elle James

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    With no identity, memory or past…She must trust a stranger in order to survive.When a woman is caught shadowing the team leader of Declan’s Defenders, she slams right into the man’s protection detail—and a former elite Force Recon marine. Gus Walsh’s instincts tell him she is dangerous in more ways than one...
  • The SEAL's Surprise Bride  (Special Forces: Operation Alpha) by Rachel McNeely

    The SEAL's Surprise Bride (Special Forces: Operation Alpha) by Rachel McNeely

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    State prosecutor Cheryl Buckley has made it her mission to take down bad people, defying death threats and intimidation. Naturally, she leaps at the opportunity to strike another blow against a gang that she already dealt with in court. She refuses to let fear rule her life. She can take care of herself...
  • Justice for Gwen (Special Forces: Operation Alpha) by KaLyn Cooper

    Justice for Gwen (Special Forces: Operation Alpha) by KaLyn Cooper

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She’s not what she seems. Neither is he. But the terrorist threat is real. So is the desire that smolders between them. Gwen Shaw overhears refugee teenagers discussing a plot to rival 9/11, but her Arabic is rusty...
  • Billionaire Untamed ~ Tate by J.S. Scott

    Billionaire Untamed ~ Tate by J.S. Scott

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Lara Bailey isn't in Rocky Springs for the hot springs, the resort activities or the fabulous skiing. She has come to Colorado for one reason and one reason only: to find and get close to Marcus Colter, the eldest Colter brother. Unfortunately, trouble finds her in the form of Tate Colter rather than Marcus...
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