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  • 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...
  • Jinx by Marie James

    Jinx by Marie James

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Fake relationships have no place in an adult’s life.Until they do.It was one kiss.One trick to convince her ex she’s in a happy relationship.One kiss is all it took.Captivated isn’t a strong enough word.Haunted is a little closer.Obsessed fits the bill.I’m obsessed with Reagan Dunn.Only Reagan isn’t looking for that happy relationship.Until she needs me to pretend again.Pretending is perfect...
  • Widow's Undoing by L. Wilder

    Widow's Undoing by L. Wilder

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Frankie Sullivan was everything I wasn’t.She was good, beautiful and strong.She hadn’t let her past break her. She’d held on to the hope for a better tomorrow, not only for herself but for her two boys.She was a woman who wanted...who deserved more. I wasn’t a man who could give more.I was cold, broken and full of rage. My past had broken me.I never allowed anyone get too close...
  • A Very Naughty MC Christmas by L. Wilder, Jordan Marie

    A Very Naughty MC Christmas by L. Wilder, Jordan Marie

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Tis the season for an MC Christmas.10 steamy stories sure to make the naughty list this year...
  • Crown of Ghosts by Autumn Jones Lake

    Crown of Ghosts by Autumn Jones Lake

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Refuel your passion with a story of heartbreak and redemption in the latest installment of the Lost Kings MC™ series by USA Today bestselling author Autumn Jones Lake.It’s a long road to redemption.I sacrificed fifteen years for a crime I didn’t even commit.In my absence, the world kept on turning.The one dream I held onto burned to ashes...
  • Her Relentless SEAL by Caitlyn O'Leary

    Her Relentless SEAL by Caitlyn O'Leary

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    ON THE RUN FOR HER LIFE Small-town girl Evie Avery’s dream vacation has become her worst nightmare. Now she's on the run in a foreign country, and has no idea why. NO ROOM FOR ERROR Navy SEAL, Aiden O’Malley, had his reasons for turning his back on Evie all those months ago, but he hasn’t been able to get her out of his mind. She changed him, for better or worse...
  • TANGO: Steel Patriots MC: Book SIX by Mary Kennedy

    TANGO: Steel Patriots MC: Book SIX by Mary Kennedy

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Tyler "Tango" Green is as alpha as they come...confident in everything he does in his life. He's produced some of the finest motorcycles in the world; women always said yes; and he can hold his own in any fight. So when he finally works up the nerve to ask the little blonde pixie out and then she gets kidnapped, he is lost as to what to do...
  • Prospect: Satan's Fury MC-Memphis by L. Wilder

    Prospect: Satan's Fury MC-Memphis by L. Wilder

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    She was a distraction I didn't know I needed.  Wall Street Journal and USA Today Bestselling Author L. Wilder brings readers a new installment in the Satan's Fury MC- Memphis series.  I'd come to a point in my life where I no longer gave a damn about anything. Hell, things had gotten so bad I didn't even care if I was alive or dead...
  • Slaying The Dragon by T.K. Leigh

    Slaying The Dragon by T.K. Leigh

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    THIS IS THE SECOND BOOK IN A TWO-BOOK DUET. IF YOU HAVE NOT YET READ CHASING THE DRAGON, PLEASE START THERE. RECOMMENDED FOR AGES 18 & UP DUE TO STRONG LANGUAGE, EXPLICIT SEXUAL SITUATIONS, AND VIOLENCE. I should have resisted him, but I couldn’t. My addiction to him was all-consuming, the high from his touch unlike any other...
  • Omen's Entrapment by Ciara St. James

    Omen's Entrapment by Ciara St. James

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Omen’s life has never been an easy one. Growing up basically fatherless in the bayou, he knows all about hardship. When he’s old enough, he heads off to the military. He has a mom and sisters to take care of.Only things don’t turn out as planned and he loses his family. Now, he’s out of the military and looking for his place in the world...
  • Dangers of Love by M.S. Parker

    Dangers of Love by M.S. Parker

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Eoin: I screwed up. Again. When I heard Aline’s secret, I ran like a coward. Now, I can’t think about anything other than how I much I miss her. I just don’t know if I deserve the happiness she would bring.Aline Mercier walks out of her parents’ house the day after Thanksgiving – with no plan – only the certainty that her life has changed...
  • Raine by K.J. Dahlen

    Raine by K.J. Dahlen

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    RAINE Fate… She’s an ugly b%tch An ugly b%tch who loves to strike when you least expect it. We’d hoped Cordy’s problem would die with her, But then Bane came back, and he brought an ugly truth with him: Even in death, Cordy’s work was unfinished; She took something… And left Cricket to take the blame...
  • RAZOR: Steel Patriots MC: Book Seven by Mary Kennedy

    RAZOR: Steel Patriots MC: Book Seven by Mary Kennedy

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Diego "Razor" Salcedo is in a dark pit of despair and struggling to find a way out from the sick, dark things he heard. With one horrible job behind him, the thoughts still staining his soul, now he was charged with protecting the sister of a man incarcerated for multiple counts of murder. He thought he could push the responsibility to someone else, let them handle this small detail...
  • Gentry Boys by Cora Brent

    Gentry Boys by Cora Brent

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    “All my life I’d always known what the Gentry boys were. A set of fraternal triplets born to a depraved family, they were rough, sexy and wild as wolves..." DRAW They called us ‘those white trash Gentry boys’ until we believed that’s what we were. Our people squatted at the edge of a hellhole prison town for generations. The childhood we endured was the stuff of nightmares...
  • Fallon by Jessica Gadziala

    Fallon by Jessica Gadziala

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Presidents of rival MCs, Fallon and Danny were destined to hate each other. And hate they did. Until an unknown enemy forces them together, and makes them realize that under all that hate was an undeniable passion...
  • GUNNER: Steel Patriots MC - Book Five by Mary Kennedy

    GUNNER: Steel Patriots MC - Book Five by Mary Kennedy

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    My name is Gunner Michaels. I'm a hard-core, badass ex-Marine. I love my motorcycle, my gym that I'm a part-owner in, and food. That's pretty much it until she walks into my gym needing my help. She nearly knocks me off my feet but when she turns and runs, I chase her pretty butt down...
  • Ruined With You by J. Kenner

    Ruined With You by J. Kenner

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When her high maintenance boss is assaulted, manager Xena Morgan contacts the only person who can help—the sexy, arrogant, incredibly capable Stark Security agent Liam Foster. The former vigilante takes every case personally, and he's determined to find answers—particularly since he thought he'd cleared this threat already...
  • Saint's Enrapturement by Ciara St. James

    Saint's Enrapturement by Ciara St. James

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Saint loves his life as the VP of the Ares Infidels MC. He never imagined when he left the Army and joined the MC what his life would become, but he has no regrets. His family might not be a typical one, but he’s fine with that. However, lately, he feels like something is missing...
  • Hush by Cathleen Cole, Frank Jensen

    Hush by Cathleen Cole, Frank Jensen

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    She could save him from the ghosts of his past. But only if he let her… HushI had love once and lost it. Never again.That’s why I told myself she’s off limits—forbidden.It doesn’t matter that she’s as sexy and courageous as she is unexpected. Or that I can’t get her out of my mind.I’m not her happily ever after. So, I’ll help her investigate why people are going missing in the desert...
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    biker  crime  military  steamy  action-adventure  adult  age-gap  book
  • Rider by L. Wilder

    Rider by L. Wilder

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    She was the one piece of his past he'd never put behind him. Wall Street Journal and USA Today Bestselling Author L. Wilder brings readers a new installment in the Satan's Fury MC- Memphis series.  I'd spent years trying to put the past behind me. I wanted to forget the mistakes I'd made, the dreams I'd lost, but they were a part of me...
  • Wreaking Havoc by Harley Stone

    Wreaking Havoc by Harley Stone

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    ***2nd edition with bonus content, no cheating, HEA, 18+ for language and sexual situations... Fresh out of jail, the Dead Presidents MC Sargent at Arms, Marcus “Havoc” Wilson, is trying to lay low and keep his PTSD-induced temper under control while helping other military veterans rejoin society...
  • SEAL Salvation by Elle James

    SEAL Salvation by Elle James

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    All he wants is to be left aloneJake Cogburn lost his leg, his career, his brotherhood and his will to live when he stepped on that IED in Afghanistan. Back in his home state of Colorado, he’s determined to bury himself as deeply as he can in a bottle of Jack Daniels until the pain in his leg and his heart is so numb he can no longer feel...
  • Loki's Angel by Darlene Tallman

    Loki's Angel by Darlene Tallman

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    CeeCee Morgan grew up knowing several facts about herself - she was worthless, she should never have been born, she was stupid, and she was a waste of space. However, at six, her life changed for the better and she became part of a loving, happy family.The scars left behind, however, keep her from dating...
  • Murphy by L. Wilder

    Murphy by L. Wilder

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Some rules are meant to be broken. New York Times and USA Today Best Seller L. Wilder brings readers a new addition to the Satan's Fury Memphis series. Murphy's Law- Anything that can go wrong will go wrong. As Satan's Fury's sergeant-at-arms, it was my job to stay one step ahead. It was up to me to make sure the club was ready when things went awry...
  • Strangers in Love by M.S. Parker

    Strangers in Love by M.S. Parker

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    In her bestselling series, The Scottish Billionaires, M. S. Parker presents Eoin’s story. Filled with action, heat and drama, this handsome Scottish billionaire is guaranteed to bring out everything in Strangers in Love.Eoin: I’m watching her on video. She’s a complete stranger, yet something in her eyes hits me like no other woman. But to meet her, I’ll have to rescue her from a foreign country...
  • Chance by K.J. Dahlen

    Chance by K.J. Dahlen

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Chance Falling in love is something I never did before but now that I have I understand She’s my whole world. Like the air I breathe. I’m determined to have a life with this woman She doesn’t look for trouble. Trouble looks for her. When my woman takes a stand for an innocent, I’ll stand beside her...
  • O Christmas Knight by Em Petrova

    O Christmas Knight by Em Petrova

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Tyler Knight, younger sister of the famed brothers who make up the Knight Ops team, ran off and joined the Marines, demanding to be treated as one of the guys and given all the accolades that have her big brothers thumping their chests daily. So a dark mission to clear a Middle Eastern village of a threat finally rewards her with the guts and glory she asked for...
  • Honor's Revenge by Mari Carr, Lila Dubois

    Honor's Revenge by Mari Carr, Lila Dubois

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    To find a killer, they’ll have to use her as bait. World class assassin Lancelot will do anything to get the job done, including lie to his new partner, billionaire professor Hugo. But Hugo has secrets of his own, and when the mission looks like it will fail, he has no choice but to seek out a woman who has no place in their war--Sylvia. Hugo wants to protect her...
  • Road Tripped by Manda Mellett

    Road Tripped by Manda Mellett

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    What do you do when your hopes and dreams literally come crashing down around you? One split second and something that wasn’t your fault, stops you from participating in your chosen sport just when you’re nearing the top?Another rider’s misjudgement, and my trial bike competition days were over. I was angry; I admit it. I love my MC brothers, but they couldn’t understand...
  • Patriot by Em Petrova

    Patriot by Em Petrova

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A biker in trouble. A woman who doesn’t run from it.Logan, aka Patriot, earned his nickname by fighting for the underdog. Only this time he’s the one being crushed under the weight of injustice when his club comes under fire with the law...
  • His to Protect by Em Petrova

    His to Protect by Em Petrova

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Some 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...
  • Savage Pawn by Em Petrova

    Savage Pawn by Em Petrova

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She’s smart enough to know better, except when it comes to the SEAL trying to hack her heart. SEAL Team Blackout Special Operator Drew Gunnison’s motto of duty, honor and integrity fit right in when given missions most special forces fail at...
  • Rebel Mission by Em Petrova

    Rebel Mission by Em Petrova

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    He’s combat ready. But keeping his hands off her might be his biggest battle yet…Special operator Orlando Frost lives to fight for those who can’t defend themselves. So, when a terrorist threatens innocent civilians with a deadly toxin, he’s up to the task of hunting them down and neutralizing the threat...
  • After MidKnight by Em Petrova

    After MidKnight by Em Petrova

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    At the tender age of seventeen, Roades Knight was caught eloping. His parents put a swift end to that, and Roades was forced to break ties with the young Puerto Rican beauty. Five years later, he’s a member of the elite Knight Ops team and his family is once again disappointed in his behavior, after he’s muddled up a mission...
  • Blood & Bones: Trip by Jeanne St. James

    Blood & Bones: Trip by Jeanne St. James

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Despite spilled blood and broken bones, from the ashes Blood Fury will once again rise. Trip, son of the former president of the Blood Fury MC, is determined to resurrect his dead father's destroyed club. It’ll be a long, difficult road as the new president attempts to rebuild the club from the cold ashes left behind...
  • Mick Sinatra 1: For Once In My Life by Mallory Monroe

    Mick Sinatra 1: For Once In My Life by Mallory Monroe

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Bad boy Mick Sinatra feels the heat from the Feds from without, and disloyal men from within. He has no time for love. But when a woman comes along so unlike the dull socialites and supermodels of his past, he wonders if fate is playing a cruel trick on him...
  • Blade by Mary Kennedy

    Blade by Mary Kennedy

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Benjamin "Blade" LeBlanc left home to join the Army, hoping to help his mother, and possibly, return for his sweetheart. Unfortunately, his plans didn't go as expected when his sweetheart had other needs. With nothing to return for, Ben left to serve his country and now served with his brothers of the Steel Patriots MC...
  • Grim by Elizabeth Knox

    Grim by Elizabeth Knox

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    GrimI screwed up, and boy did I screw up in a big way. I always tell people not to go for a ride when they’re pissed. Combine the anger with the slick roads and heavy rain. That’s what landed me in the hospital. Though, I was lucky. They told me the only thing I’d need to do is go for a few weeks of physical therapy and adjustments with a chiropractor. That’s where I met Natalie Benet...
  • Brighton by L. Ann Marie

    Brighton by L. Ann Marie

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Brighton Book 8 continues the MC Series with our favorite Badass geek. Digs life is threatened almost daily by the Brothers that recruited him at seventeen. It's only a matter of time before the computer wiz gets caught up in the crazy of the MC. Never having made it to a second date worries Digs, but Penny caught his eye and Patches sent him a list...
  • Slide by Amy Davies

    Slide by Amy Davies

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    SlideBeing a member of the Rugged Skulls MC, everything came easy to me. Money, reputation and women. Having a never ending flow of women throwing themselves at me was something I took great advantage of. Until her. Never did I imagine that I would be a man to lay claim to a woman after seeing her dance at a wedding...
  • Oz (Marked Skulls MC) by Savannah Rylan

    Oz (Marked Skulls MC) by Savannah Rylan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I might not be a wizard, but I’ve got magic below the belt. When I see Kaya for the first time, I know I have to make her mine. She thinks she is nothing special, Just a waitress. But she has no idea how her curves make me feel. How bad I want to touch her skin. But she’s not safe with me. Not until I exterminate this threat. The Dark Legions are going down. For good this time...
  • Gabriel by Leah Sharelle

    Gabriel by Leah Sharelle

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Gabriel Booth knew how his life was going to go. First, he was going to follow in his father’s footsteps, become a soldier in the Australian Army, then lead his own commando team. His dreams and ambitions came true when he got handed the command of his own Tier 1 unit— Team FIVE...
    Categorized as:
    military  steamy  biker  female-mc  contemporary  sad  family  angst
  • Touched By The Devil by Joanna Blake, LJ Anderson

    Touched By The Devil by Joanna Blake, LJ Anderson

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    It takes a lot to rile me up. From the moment I meet the young widow, she gets under my skin. I want to kiss her. But only to shut her up. My name is Maccabe Donahue, but everyone calls me Mac. Just out of the Navy and current Devil’s Rider , the inner circle of the Sons of Satan motorcycle club, I’m known for keeping a cool head...
  • Grave by Savannah Rylan

    Grave by Savannah Rylan

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    These lawyers can go screw themselves. If they think I’m going to let Everly go into witness protection, they got another thing coming. Their right that she is in danger, But I can keep her safe. So she will move in with me. At first, it seems simple, But as the lies unravel, I realize that Everly might be the only good thing in all of this...
  • Nick - by Darlene Tallman

    Nick - by Darlene Tallman

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Nick Johnson went through hell during his military tours. When he finally comes home, he's no longer the person who left that sunny day. Unable to be around his family, he finds solace as a member of The Black Tuxedos MC. The brotherhood and camaraderie help him keep his PTSD at bay and when he takes over training at the sanctuary his president's old lady starts, he finds his niche...
    Categorized as:
    biker  crime  military  steamy  action-adventure  adult  alpha-mc  book
  • Billionaire’s Sins by L. Steele

    Billionaire’s Sins by L. Steele

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    On your knees...Father Edward Chase.Brooding. Growly. And... unavailable.He's the hot priest.I am a belly dancer.He's haunted by his past.I am trying to carve out a future for my studio.He’s at war with himself, and I am the casualty.There is nothing he will put before his calling.No stone he will leave unturned for his flock...
  • Betting on Stocks by Harley Stone

    Betting on Stocks by Harley Stone

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Gage “Stocks” Sinclaire dedicated his life to the Marines only to be sent home crippled and broken. As the Dead Presidents restore his purpose, one passionate night with a fearless, spirited beauty kicks up his confidence and makes him hungry for life again. Air Force fighter pilot, Monica Johnson, was born to fly...
  • Forever by Blue Saffire

    Forever by Blue Saffire

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    ward winning Author Blue Saffire presentsForever: Brick Lost Souls MC Book 1 in Lost Souls SeriesI’m so much more than meets the eye. One world sees me as a successful business man. Owen Mason, an upstanding pillar of the community. My brothers back home know the real me. Brick, a member of the Lost Souls MC. One of the last people you want to see come through your door...
  • Max's Redemption by L. Wilder

    Max's Redemption by L. Wilder

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    He has his second chance, and this time he's not letting her go.Harper Campbell was beautiful, smart, and innocent. I wanted her to be mine. There was just one problem. She was my best friend's sister. She was off-limits, but I couldn't help myself.We were just kids when we fell in love--young and carefree. Then tragedy struck, and I felt I was to blame...
  • Ghost by Mary Kennedy

    Ghost by Mary Kennedy

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Eric "Ghost" Stanton has spent half his life as an elite military man, but when fate steps in forcing him to leave the life he loves, he decides to create a different kind of family with his brothers. Their love of the road, riding, women, and drinking will help them form a new brotherhood. But just because she's a bitch, fate interferes again and drops Grace in his lap...
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