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  • One Year Home by Marie Force

    One Year Home by Marie Force

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    He came home a hero and lost the only woman he’s ever loved... Navy Captain John West has no idea how to survive without his beloved Ava, who moved on with her life during John's six-year deployment and has now married Eric...
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    age-gap  angst  drama  military  steamy  war  action-adventure  adult
  • Ask Me Again by E.J. Noyes

    Ask Me Again by E.J. Noyes

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    What do you do when the source of all your problems is the one thing you don’t know how to fix? With Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell nothing more than an unpleasant memory, US Army surgeon Sabine Fleischer is ready to move on with her life―if she can just figure out how to move past her PTSD...
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    age-gap  angst  dark  drama  lgbtq  medical  military  war
  • Hell on Wheels by Penny Dee

    Hell on Wheels by Penny Dee

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    I left here a man but came back a beast CHANCE A shoulder-fired missile broke my body. But betrayal obliterated my heart. For months I lingered in and out of hell until my body healed. Now I’m back in town with my club brothers. But I am still fighting a war of darkness in my head and I can’t see a way out...
  • Black Heart by Lynn Raye Harris

    Black Heart by Lynn Raye Harris

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    He’s untouchable. Unbreakable. She plans to destroy him.Former CIA agent Ian Black has done terrible deeds. Sacrificed his honor and reputation for God and country. He’s a fighter and a survivor. His mission is to rid the world of scumbags who prey on innocent people.No price is too high, and no one crosses him. Not for long, anyway...
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    age-gap  crime  dark  military  organized-crime  steamy  suspense  war
  • Unexpected by Sloane Kennedy

    Unexpected by Sloane Kennedy

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    I finally had the chance at a perfect life when I met the man I was supposed to be with. But he’s gone and chances like that don’t come along twice in one lifetime. Right? Former president Everett Shaw had his whole life laid out for him from the time he was a child and he lived out every expectation to complete and utter perfection… until he met the one man who changed everything...
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    age-gap  angst  crime  dark  drama  insta-love  lgbtq  military
  • Defiance by Sloane Kennedy

    Defiance by Sloane Kennedy

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    All I ever wanted was to serve and protect my country. It ended up costing me everything... At 49, Vincent St. James has learned to live with the choices he's made, even if he isn't always proud of them...
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    age-gap  angst  crime  dark  drama  insta-love  lgbtq  military
  • One Night at Finn's: A Finn's Pub Romance by R.G. Alexander

    One Night at Finn's: A Finn's Pub Romance by R.G. Alexander

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    **A standalone romance from the Finn Factor World of New York Times and USA Today Bestselling author R.G. Alexander.** Ever been on a bad date? Hold my beer… My dry spell isn’t voluntary. It just happened. Or didn’t happen. And then... it didn’t happen some more...
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    age-gap  angst  crime  insta-love  lgbtq  military  mlm  steamy
  • For His Eyes Only by Lexi Blake

    For His Eyes Only by Lexi Blake

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    A night he can’t forget Five years ago, Nick Markovic found himself consumed by his quest for vengeance. The one time he managed to find peace was in the arms of Hayley Dalton. Being with her was like bathing in sunlight, and he ached to feel that again, but he couldn’t...
  • Point of Contact by Melanie Hansen

    Point of Contact by Melanie Hansen

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Only love can heal an impossibly broken heart There’d forever been a thread running through Trevor Estes’s life—his son, Riley, strong and constant like a heartbeat. But when Riley is killed in combat, everything in Trevor’s life unravels into a mess he doesn’t know how to mourn.Then Jesse Byrne, Riley’s friend and platoon mate, arrives on Trevor’s doorstep with a box of Riley’s things...
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    age-gap  angst  dark  drama  friends-to-lovers  lgbtq  military  mlm
  • Stars by Tal Bauer

    Stars by Tal Bauer

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I have looked to the stars my whole life… For two years, Sasha Andreyev has been in NASA astronaut training, the final step on his lifelong dream. During that time, he and Russian President Sergey Puchkov have kept their love hidden. But as graduation nears, secrets start to slip, and Sergey makes a dangerous trip to Houston for a weekend with Sasha...
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    age-gap  angst  crime  dark  lgbtq  military  mlm  suspense
  • Ultimate Risk by Anna Blakely

    Ultimate Risk by Anna Blakely

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    They've been partners for years. As Alpha Team's two snipers, Sean "Coop" Cooper and McKenna "Mac" Kelley have worked side-by-side for years...as partners and friends. What happens when one partner wants to become more? When Mac's past catches up to her, she's pulled back into the dark, ugly world she escaped from years ago...
  • Fast Vengeance by Kaylea Cross

    Fast Vengeance by Kaylea Cross

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    She’s learning to live with her demons. Victoria Gomez had a successful career as an investigative journalist, until a cartel boss she exposed destroyed her entire world in retaliation. She lost everything, including her family and her freedom...
  • Diamond in the Rough by Charlie Cochet

    Diamond in the Rough by Charlie Cochet

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    When the cards are stacked against you, the Kings will even the odds. For Ward “King” Kingston the role of protector, forged by fire and tragedy, is one he takes seriously. When King is asked to safeguard the son of a four-star general and friend, he is pulled back into the world of government black ops on a mission that raises painful memories from his past...
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    age-gap  angst  crime  drama  lgbtq  military  mlm  steamy
  • Black Out by Lynn Raye Harris

    Black Out by Lynn Raye Harris

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Book 3 in the Black's Bandits series! This book is about Colt and Angie...
  • No Fear by Nora Phoenix

    No Fear by Nora Phoenix

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Aaron is drowning. After coming out as gay, he lost his parents’ approval, his job, and his sense of identity. He feels like a freak who doesn’t fit in anywhere. His last hope was his brother Josh, but Josh can’t seem to forgive him for how Aaron treated him when they were teens. Not that Aaron can blame him, because he did treat Josh like crap...
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    age-gap  angst  crime  lgbtq  military  mlm  steamy  suspense
  • No Shame by Nora Phoenix

    No Shame by Nora Phoenix

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    (This is NOT a stand alone novel. See end of this description for details) Brad feels nothing but shame about himself. Shame about his sexual needs, about his reputation, about his medical problem no one knows about. No one, except his best friend Charlie, but no matter what feelings Brad may have for him, he’s not going there...
  • Tug by Marie James

    Tug by Marie James

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The plans I made for my life didn’t pan out. I walked away from my best friend, my lover, the only man I could see spending my life with to make a career of being a Marine, but it didn’t happen. A car accident took him away from me before I realized the mistake I’d made. Now, thirteen years later, I’ve met a woman and a man who makes everything seem ideal...
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    crime  lgbtq  military  mlm  polyamory  steamy  suspense  war
  • A Chosen Man by Jaime Reese

    A Chosen Man by Jaime Reese

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    For Wall McCormack, actions speak louder than words. He’s giving and protective, loyal to his friends, and devoted to his job. While confident and powerful enough to conquer any challenge, his greatest strength lies in his calm nature. Until an unexpected assignment sends his world into a loud and colorful chaos he never could have anticipated. Rejection...
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    age-gap  angst  crime  drama  lgbtq  military  mlm  steamy
  • Saving Sebastian by Luna David

    Saving Sebastian by Luna David

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A Catharsis Novel Gideon McCade—weighed down by memories of his previous life as a Navy SEAL and a CIA agent—has blood on his hands. He turns to his BDSM club, Catharsis, and Dominating submissives to get him through the daily grind of civilian life. Knowing his past is too much to inflict on a life partner, he keeps his connections brief and superficial...
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    age-gap  angst  crime  drama  lgbtq  military  mlm  steamy
  • Cold Blooded Lover by Eliza Lentzski

    Cold Blooded Lover by Eliza Lentzski

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Former Marine, Cassidy Miller knew what it took to be a good soldier and even a decent beat cop. She was starting to figure out how to be a girlfriend as her relationship with Julia Desjardin progressed, but what did she know about being a cold case detective? Buried under paperwork in the basement of the Fourth Police Precinct, she was going to have to figure it out...
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    lgbtq  military  steamy  angst  age-gap  war  crime  suspense
  • At Your Service by Lexi Blake

    At Your Service by Lexi Blake

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Juliana O’Neil’s promising future was burned away in the heat of battle. She had been an officer with a bright future in the military, but now she is struggling to survive. Her husband gone and her career in shambles, she finds a job at Top as a hostess and tries to put together the pieces of her life...
  • Snatch: Cerberus MC Book 5 by Marie James, J.A. Essen

    Snatch: Cerberus MC Book 5 by Marie James, J.A. Essen

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    I’ve been Jaxon Donovan since the day I was born, obviously. My road name, Snatch, came years later due to my ability to literally snatch up any woman I set my sights on. I’ve always been a connoisseur of the opposite sex. Tall, short, thin, thick and juicy, my tastes knew no limitations...
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    angst  friends-to-lovers  lgbtq  military  mlm  steamy  suspense  war
  • Noble Hops by Layla Reyne

    Noble Hops by Layla Reyne

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Everything Dominic Price has worked hard to uphold is about to come crashing down on everything he holds dear.So much for the quiet life. Just as assistant US attorney and brewery owner Dominic Price is settling into a comfy new chapter with his partner, FBI agent Cameron Byrne, the sudden death of Nic’s father puts their happily-ever-after in jeopardy...
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    age-gap  crime  lgbtq  military  mlm  steamy  suspense  war
  • This Other Country by John Wiltshire

    This Other Country by John Wiltshire

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Librarian's Note: the ISBN for this book was reused on a completely different book - ISBN -...
  • Rampage by Reese Knightley

    Rampage by Reese Knightley

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Explosive action, bullets flying, heroes, villains, and love, you don’t want to miss this next installment in Reese Knightley’s Out for Justice series. Read Ricochet and Collide before diving into the next story! -Rampage - Three strong, independent, and protective badasses are on the cusp of romance when tragedy and disaster come at them like a landslide...
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    age-gap  angst  crime  friends-to-lovers  lgbtq  military  mlm  steamy
  • Soul on Fire by Tal Bauer

    Soul on Fire by Tal Bauer

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A deadly virus burns through the jungle, leaving nothing but corpses in its wake. Everyone flees from the outbreak—except for the terrorists intent on weaponizing the catastrophe. Lieutenant Elliot Davis, US Navy SEAL, is sent to rescue CIA officers from their clandestine base in Goma, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and evacuate them out of the country...
    Categorized as:
    mlm  military  crime  lgbtq  suspense  war  angst  dark
  • Ignite by Jocelynn Drake, Rinda Elliott

    Ignite by Jocelynn Drake, Rinda Elliott

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Two of Noah’s Army buddies are dead. Someone has taken shots at Noah. And now Noah’s former lover, JB, is a target. Noah, Rowe, and JB team up to track down a killer trying to take out all of Noah’s old Army team in hopes of covering up a dark secret. But this trip to Washington, D.C. threatens to unravel the perfect life that Rowe and Noah have built over the past three years...
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    angst  crime  drama  friends-to-lovers  lgbtq  military  mlm  steamy
  • Knight: A Club Alias Novel by K.D. Robichaux

    Knight: A Club Alias Novel by K.D. Robichaux

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Clarice He’s been my best friend for eleven years, ever since I witnessed his heroism in Afghanistan and nursed him back to health. The young soldier grew into a man I could spend the rest of my life with. But I can never let him know just how much I love him, because not even a hero who lived through a war can survive my past. Brian She knows every little detail about me...
  • No Limits by Nora Phoenix

    No Limits by Nora Phoenix

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Josh is convinced he’ll never find someone who’ll love him the way he is. He’s not exactly a catch with his PTSD, which has transformed him into a homebody most of the times. Sweet, maybe, but also boring as hell. Plus, there’s that submissive tendency he recently discovered and is dying to explore. His complicated relationship with Noah and Indy don’t make it easy, either...
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    age-gap  crime  dark  insta-love  lgbtq  medical  military  mlm
  • Missing in Action by Kate Canterbary

    Missing in Action by Kate Canterbary

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Former Navy SEAL turned covert agent Wes Halsted spent his days—and weeks and months—being someone else. But with his cover blown and his injuries requiring months of recuperation, he must learn how to be himself again. Only…he'd rather save his issues for another day and get to know a stressed-out, suited-up businessman instead. Tom Esbeck has everything under control...
  • Under His Command by Maddie Taylor

    Under His Command by Maddie Taylor

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Navy SEAL Commander Flynn Dalton is looking forward to the next chapter in his life. After two decades of active duty, he's home and ready to put down roots. Though his days are spent training new recruits at Coronado Island, his nights finally belong to him. And there's only one thing the commander wants to do: search for his perfect submissive...
  • Secret Baby for the Navy SEALs: A Military Reverse Harem Romance by Krista Wolf

    Secret Baby for the Navy SEALs: A Military Reverse Harem Romance by Krista Wolf

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Conceiving a child with a Navy SEAL is complicated. By having a baby with three of them... all hellbent on being the father? Turns out love is the most complicated mission of all.NY-tough agency owner Juliana Emerson has never taken no for an answer. So after choosing the ultimate donor to father her child, and then learning his sample was lost? She takes matters into her own hands, as usual...
  • Hot For His Hostage by Angel Payne

    Hot For His Hostage by Angel Payne

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    It’s the layover she’ll never forget. Stuck in an airport bar with a choice between three drunk roommates or one dark and delicious stranger, Zoe Chestain decides to live dangerously for once, and succumbs to a night of Shay Bommer’s dominant passion...
  • Wicked Nights by A.D. Justice

    Wicked Nights by A.D. Justice

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    First comes love. Then comes marriage. Then comes a shiny new baby carriage. But is life ever really that simple? Noah and Brianna Steele were living their dream life as husband and wife. The wicked games of the past were behind them, and every day was better than the last. Hopes and dreams, once only fantasies, were, at last, their reality...
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    crime  military  steamy  suspense  war  action-adventure  adult  book
  • The Bruise-Black Sky by John Wiltshire

    The Bruise-Black Sky by John Wiltshire

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Ben usually overlooks Nikolas's occasionally jarring dissonance. Not this time. A deep rift, a terrible lie, separates them. Eleven thousand miles from Nikolas, in New Zealand, it's bitter winter as Ben films the tragic story of a post-apocalyptic gladiator, a victim of his own personal darkness. But on receiving a death threat, Ben suspects the truth of actor Oliver Whitestone's suicide...
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    age-gap  angst  crime  dark  lgbtq  military  mlm  steamy
  • For A Reason by Jessie G.

    For A Reason by Jessie G.

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Former Marine and full time big brother, Bull Connor spends his days helping those in need of a second chance and his nights fighting the inner demons that won’t let go. During a routine tow he comes face to face with the only person who refuses to need him and the one man he wishes would...
    Categorized as:
    age-gap  angst  lgbtq  military  mlm  steamy  suspense  war
  • Leo by Silvia Violet

    Leo by Silvia Violet

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I used to be CIA. Now I'm a tattoo artist and a vigilante.When a new hire at my shop gets too curious about my less-than-legal activities, he needs all the protection I can give him.He wants a lot more. More than I should be willing to give. And yet, the longer I keep him close for his own safety... the more I want him in my bed...
  • Zac's Mulligan by Ann Lister

    Zac's Mulligan by Ann Lister

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Zac Mulligan is a former Marine now providing personal security for the infamous rock band, Black Ice. Seeing all the guys around him in committed relationships reminds him of his childhood best friend . . . the only person Zac has never managed to get out of his head or his heart. Ben Holland is an artist...
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    angst  crime  friends-to-lovers  lgbtq  military  mlm  steamy  war
  • Invisible: An Alpha Company Romance by Beth Abbott

    Invisible: An Alpha Company Romance by Beth Abbott

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The only thing Ellen Thomas has to do is stay Invisible! Since the night a man died at her feet trying to protect Ellen and her father from a London gangster, Ellen has been on the run! In an attempt to stop herself being discovered, she’s done everything to blend in with the wallpaper! She’s moved halfway across the country, dyed her hair, and given up everything and everyone she knew and...
  • Noble by Annabella Stone

    Noble by Annabella Stone

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Red Squadron is the tip of the spear in the war against global terrorism. Navy SEAL Commander, Noble Bauer, leads the JASOC Taskforce and knows his team won’t be complete until he finds a Communications Specialist. He knows just the man for the job. The only problem is can he get him to listen...
    Categorized as:
    military  mlm  war  lgbtq  suspense  angst  romance  contemporary
  • Mission: All In by Nicole Edwards

    Mission: All In by Nicole Edwards

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Brantley Walker has dedicated his life to fighting for his country. Having given eighteen years to the US Navy, the last ten as a SEAL, the mission was the only thing he knew, the only thing that mattered. He never even considered what life would look like after the mission was over. Until he’s forced to...
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    angst  crime  friends-to-lovers  lgbtq  military  mlm  steamy  suspense
  • Special Forces - Mercenaries Part II by Aleksandr Voinov, Marquesate

    Special Forces - Mercenaries Part II by Aleksandr Voinov, Marquesate

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Special Forces is the story of a Scottish SAS soldier and a Soviet spetsnaz soldier. Two enemies who meet in the line of duty during the early days of the Soviet Union's last war in Afghanistan. Behind enemy lines respect and finally love grow ... but that's only the official version. This epic spans across over twenty-five years of their lives...
    Categorized as:
    angst  dark  domestic-drama  drama  lgbtq  military  mlm  polyamory
  • Someone to Call My Own by Aimee Nicole Walker

    Someone to Call My Own by Aimee Nicole Walker

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Psychic Emory Jackson and former black ops specialist Jonathon Silver are men from two completely different worlds with one thing in common: heartbreak. Emory still mourns the loss of his husband five years prior, and Jon is reeling with grief from the recent death of his twin brother. Sparks fly when mutual friends introduce them, but it’s so much more than basic attraction...
  • Just One Taste by Lexi Blake

    Just One Taste by Lexi Blake

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    One Hot Chef…. Eric Vail has always loved a challenge. After leaving the Navy, he mastered his passion for cooking. As the sous chef at Top, one of Dallas’s hottest restaurants, his skills are pushed to the limit every night. Unfortunately, his ultimate prize still eludes him. Server Deena Holmes is the sweetest thing he’s seen in forever, but she’s as distant as she is beautiful...
  • Latakia by J.F. Smith

    Latakia by J.F. Smith

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Matthew likes his life in Richmond. He has his friends and his softball and his volunteer work. And he has a very good-looking boyfriend, Brian, who he’s been happily dating for over a year now. So what if his friends tend to question just how good his boyfriend is, and so what if Brian tends to have inexplicable mood swings. And so what if Brian seems to invite Matt’s suspicions on occasion...
  • Salvation by Sloane Kennedy

    Salvation by Sloane Kennedy

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    I lifted my gaze to tell Seth no but then I saw it. The thing I'd feared I'd lost. It wasn't hero worship or the wayward emotions of an innocent child. And it wasn't some distorted reflection of a man who no longer existed. All I saw was me...the way he saw me. --Ronan Trauma surgeon Ronan Grisham lost everything the day the man he loved was stolen from him in a brutal attack...
    Categorized as:
    age-gap  angst  crime  dark  drama  friends-to-lovers  lgbtq  medical
  • Finding Dani by Kori David

    Finding Dani by Kori David

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Danielle Bordeaux was used to danger. As a doctor with the Center for Disease Control she thrived on the adventure and challenge of battling the world’s worst diseases, in the world’s worst places. When Ebola breaks out in a small village in Ghana, she and her team are prepared for the worst. But what she finds is a virus made even more deadly by human hands...
  • Echoes in the Storm by Max Henry

    Echoes in the Storm by Max Henry

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    “Behind those eyes, a battle rages. One that’s not fought overseas with guns and tanks, but one that wreaks havoc in the homeland with harshly spoken words and misguided beliefs.” One week is all we were supposed to share. One week as strangers. Yet you became so much more. You were the echo in my storm. All the little things you did differently irked me...
  • SEAL's Defiance by Elle James

    SEAL's Defiance by Elle James

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A Navy SEAL and a beautiful aide doctor navigate hostile territory in their attempt to rescue a kidnapped doctor and discover what is killing entire villages in the Horn of Africa. When his SEAL team's mission fails in the Horn of Africa, Declan “Irish” O'Shea is separated from his team. Rescued by a woman and hidden until he recuperates, Irish's main goal is to make it back alive to his team...
    Categorized as:
    crime  medical  military  suspense  war  action-adventure  adult  book
  • Protecting Maria (Special Forces: Operation Alpha) by Nicole Flockton

    Protecting Maria (Special Forces: Operation Alpha) by Nicole Flockton

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    ***This book was previously published in Amazon Kindle Worlds*** She'd thought she'd left her old life behind. She was wrong.
 
Surgical resident Maria Moretti's life is finally becoming her own, that is until her past catches up with her and she is forced to operate on her uncle...
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