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  • Shamrock: A Linear Tactical Romantic Suspense Standalone by Janie Crouch

    Shamrock: A Linear Tactical Romantic Suspense Standalone by Janie Crouch

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Every mission has a price.He never meant for her to pay it. Aiden has never left anyone behind. Not a comrade and certainly not an innocent. But when an undercover mission goes wrong, he's forced to abandon a woman trapped in a human trafficking ring. Violet learned brutally that no one is promised a happy ending...
  • An Act of Obsession by K.C. Lynn

    An Act of Obsession by K.C. Lynn

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    She’s beautiful yet scarred beyond repair. He’s powerful and lethal, in and out of the ring. One act of kindness brought Sophie Parish far more danger than she could have ever imagined. Now she’s on the run, leaving behind her family and the only dream she’s ever had. Retired EFC fighter Kolan Slade’s life has been one endless battle after another...
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    celebrity  family  sad  war  abuse  action-adventure  adult  alpha-mc
  • Hard to Lose by K. Bromberg

    Hard to Lose by K. Bromberg

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    An all new series of standalone books by New York Times Bestselling author, K, Bromberg. Four sisters set out to try to save their family business. Book 4, Hard to Lose: More info coming soon...
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    family  war  action-adventure  adult  alpha-mc  angst  audiobook  book
  • Menace by Laramie Briscoe

    Menace by Laramie Briscoe

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The sexy, single dad of the MTF finally gets his turn....... Mason “Menace” Harrison “Single and ready to mingle……” Those are the words above every picture of almost every female that strikes my interest on this dating app my son talked me into getting...
  • Reaper's Wrath by Jamie Begley

    Reaper's Wrath by Jamie Begley

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Have you ever wondered how soulmates fall in love after they meet? One touch was all it took to pierce through the hatred, the revenge, the payback that kept Reaper’s sanity in check...
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    age-gap  sad  war  abuse  action-adventure  adult  alpha-mc  audiobook
  • Hound: Cerberus 2.0 Book 2 by Marie James, JA Essen

    Hound: Cerberus 2.0 Book 2 by Marie James, JA Essen

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    My first job with the Cerberus MC was to grab a girl from a seedy bar. Easy money, right? The moment I realized the blonde I was hunting wasn’t around, I ended up captivated by a redhead dancing on the stage. With her striking features and sinful body, I knew she was trouble, but that didn’t stop me from making her mine that night...
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    age-gap  war  action-adventure  adult  alpha-mc  audiobook  biker  book
  • Her Rebel Heart by Jamie Farrell

    Her Rebel Heart by Jamie Farrell

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The laugh-out-loud, heart-tugging standalone prequel romance in the bestselling Officers’ Ex-Wives Club series! This sexy military pilot is about to meet his match in an unpredictable physics professor! Kaci Boudreaux is every Southern mama’s nightmare, including her own...
  • The Things We Leave Unfinished by Rebecca Yarros

    The Things We Leave Unfinished by Rebecca Yarros

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Twenty-eight-year-old Georgia Stanton has to start over after she gave up almost everything in a brutal divorce—the New York house, the friends, and her pride. Now back home at her late great-grandmother’s estate in Colorado, she finds herself face-to-face with Noah Harrison, the bestselling author of a million books where the cover is always people nearly kissing...
  • Baby by Janie Crouch

    Baby by Janie Crouch

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Baby. Don’t let the name fool you.Being Linear Tactical's easiest-going younger brother has never been a problem for Baby Bollinger. He likes people. He likes laughing. He likes life.But he has secrets buried deep under his charming smile that would change everything.Quinn Harrison-Pritchard doesn’t have secrets. What she does have is a big mess of a life that's painfully public.Jobless...
  • Flirt With Me by Kristen Proby

    Flirt With Me by Kristen Proby

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    From New York Times Bestselling Author Kristen Proby comes an all new novel in her beloved With Me In Seattle Series!There are two things Maeve O’Callaghan values more than anything else: her family and her career...
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    celebrity  family  war  adult  alpha-mc  audiobook  book  children
  • Light After Dark by Marie Force

    Light After Dark by Marie Force

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Mallory Vaughn is at a crossroads in her life. A year after learning that Big Mac McCarthy is her father, she’s spending more and more time on Gansett Island, surrounded by the large and boisterous McCarthy family. When she’s laid off from her longtime job, Mallory goes to visit her family on Gansett and tries to figure out the next chapter...
  • Issued to the Bride One Soldier by Cora Seton

    Issued to the Bride One Soldier by Cora Seton

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Jack Sanders built his career as an army intelligence operative on his uncanny ability to anticipate what the enemy will do next--but he never anticipated the trouble he's landed in. Removed from duty, his future on the line, he'll have to accept a truly unusual mission to redeem himself...
  • Issued to the Bride One Marine by Cora Seton

    Issued to the Bride One Marine by Cora Seton

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Marine Logan Hughes uses humor like a shield because the twists and turns his life has taken have led him far from the path he was supposed to tread. He’s no priest, and despite his parents’ continued hope, he has no desire to become one. Still, he’s no devil, either...
  • It Wasn't Me by Lani Lynn Vale

    It Wasn't Me by Lani Lynn Vale

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Piper Mackenzie first sees him shirtless, standing in front of the military plane she was about to board, with one rather large wrench in his hand. The fact that he has the plane—the one that she’s about to be flying on for hours—in pieces only minutes before she’s set to take off on it doesn’t faze her. At least not until a flippant joke about dying in mid-air leaves his lips...
  • Ain't Doin' It by Lani Lynn Vale

    Ain't Doin' It by Lani Lynn Vale

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Coke Solomon has lived a full life. He’s a retired army drill sergeant, so he is more than used to getting his way. And if he can’t have it his way? Well, let’s just say that’s never happened before… At least not until Cora Maldonado walks into his life, demanding he fall in line, or she’ll find a way to make his life hell...
  • Only for You by Melissa Foster

    Only for You by Melissa Foster

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Love only works when your heart is in the right place. Hers could be right next door… Single mom Bridgette Dalton doesn’t have time to stop and smell the roses—not even in her own flower shop. But that doesn’t mean she hasn’t noticed Bodhi Booker. Her ruggedly handsome next-door neighbor would be the perfect candidate for a no-strings fling...
  • Angel by Janie Crouch

    Angel by Janie Crouch

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Even angels have their demons Jordan Reiss is well aware that if she was on fire the entire town of Oak Creek would probably go inside and make a sandwich. She can’t blame them. Her father scammed half the town out of their retirement funds, and then she…She did so much worse.She doesn’t expect forgiveness...
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    age-gap  sad  war  action-adventure  adult  alpha-mc  book  bullying
  • Brothers in Blue: A Bryson Family Christmas by Jeanne St. James

    Brothers in Blue: A Bryson Family Christmas by Jeanne St. James

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Welcome back to Manning Grove... Enjoy a trip back to the quaint town in Northern Pennsylvania, where the Bryson brothers are celebrating Christmas in this special holiday edition of the Brothers in Blue series...
  • Love in a Sandstorm by Zoe York

    Love in a Sandstorm by Zoe York

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A standalone military romance in the gripping Pine Harbour series of small town romances from ten-time USAT bestselling author Zoe York. Captain Sean Foster came back from war broken from the inside out. And he doesn't care about being fixed. Not even by a woman who followed him halfway around the world due to some misguided loyalty...
  • Sanctuary Found by Sloane Kennedy

    Sanctuary Found by Sloane Kennedy

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Coming home should be the easiest thing in the world, but I've never felt more lost... When his stellar military career comes to an abrupt and terrible end, thirty-two-year-old Maddox Kent returns to the town he never planned to step foot into again, hoping to mend the rift he himself caused with the brother he left behind...
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    age-gap  family  lgbtq  mlm  war  abuse  action-adventure  adult
  • The Butterfly Effect (Boggy Creek Valley) by Kelly Elliott

    The Butterfly Effect (Boggy Creek Valley) by Kelly Elliott

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The butterfly effect — one small change, one moment in time that impacts the future.At twenty-six years old I never dreamed I’d walk in on my husband in bed with my best friend. At twenty-seven years old I found myself divorced, and the mother of a one-year-old son. Never mind I was learning to take the reins of my family’s apple orchard business...
  • Shadow: Cerberus MC Book 3 by Marie James, Kari Ayasha

    Shadow: Cerberus MC Book 3 by Marie James, Kari Ayasha

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Morrison “Shadow” Griggs, VP of the Cerberus MC, is a force to be reckoned with. Women fall at his feet, willing to do almost anything for a night with him. Misty Bowen is the exception. She’s young and impressionable, but with her religious upbringing, she’s able to resist Shadow’s advances… for a while at least...
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    age-gap  war  action-adventure  adult  alpha-mc  audiobook  biker  book
  • Keeping Guard by Sandra Owens

    Keeping Guard by Sandra Owens

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Finding the future they deserve will mean leaving the past behind…Navy SEAL Noah Alba is on extended leave after a terrible mistake resulted in the loss of his K-9 partner. He arrives in Asheville, North Carolina, hoping to get his head on straight before he returns overseas. When an old friend recruits him to train service dogs for veterans, he doesn’t feel ready...
  • Wild Man Creek by Robyn Carr

    Wild Man Creek by Robyn Carr

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Colin Riordan came to Virgin River to recuperate from a horrific helicopter crash, the scars of which he bears inside and out. His family is wonderfully supportive, but it's his art that truly soothes his troubled soul. Stung personally and professionally by an ill-advised affair, PR guru Jillian Matlock has rented an old Victorian with a promising garden in Virgin River...
  • More Than Enough by Sloane Kennedy

    More Than Enough by Sloane Kennedy

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Sawyer Hiding and running, that’s what I’m good at. It’s who I am. It’s who I have to be...For Sawyer Brower, the picture-perfect town of Pelican Bay was just supposed to be another place to take refuge for a few months before moving on. One year later finds the seemingly unflappable wildlife veterinarian settling into what’s supposed to be the quiet life of contentment he’s always wanted...
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    family  lgbtq  mlm  war  abuse  action-adventure  adult  angst
  • A SEAL's Pledge by Cora Seton

    A SEAL's Pledge by Cora Seton

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Navy SEAL sniper Harris "Hawk" Wentworth thinks he's run out of chances for love until he picks up the bride intended for his friend's arranged marriage--and decides she's the one for him...
  • Havoc by Laramie Briscoe, Kari Ayasha

    Havoc by Laramie Briscoe, Kari Ayasha

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    When a marriage of convenience turns into the passion of a lifetime… Holden “Havoc” Thompson My job as the leader of the Moonshine Task Force is my life. I eat, breathe, and sleep it. The men under my command mean the world to me. Knowing they count on my guidance has kept my demons at bay for longer than I care to admit...
  • Ethan by Dale Mayer

    Ethan by Dale Mayer

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    When one door closes … second chances open another …Ethan was lost after a major accident abruptly shifted him from a military life to a civilian one, from working with dogs to odd jobs … In that time, he’d spent months healing from his physical injuries. When he connects with Badger and the rest of his Titanium Corp. group of former SEALs, Badger offers Ethan an opportunity he can’t refuse...
  • Great And Precious Things by Rebecca Yarros

    Great And Precious Things by Rebecca Yarros

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    How do you define yourself when others have already decided who you are? Six years ago, when Camden Daniels came back from war without his younger brother, no one in the small town of Alba, Colorado, would forgive him—especially his father. He left, swearing never to return.But a desperate message from his father brings it all back. The betrayal. The pain. And the need to go home again...
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    family  sad  war  action-adventure  adult  alpha-mc  angst  audiobook
  • Running Barefoot by Amy Harmon

    Running Barefoot by Amy Harmon

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    When Josie Jensen, an awkward 13-year-old musical prodigy crashes headlong into new-comer Samuel Yazzie, an 18-year-old Navajo boy full of anger and confusion, an unlikely friendship blooms. Josie teaches Samuel about words, music and friendship, and along the way finds a kindred spirit...
    Categorized as:
    age-gap  family  sad  war  action-adventure  angst  audiobook  book
  • The Airman's E-Mail Order Bride by Cora Seton

    The Airman's E-Mail Order Bride by Cora Seton

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Tormented by the knowledge that his father died thinking the worst of him, Colt Hall never meant to come home to Chance Creek. But with his brothers banding together to rebuild the family’s old ranch, he’s finding it hard to stay away. In accordance with the conditions for them to inherit the spread, Colt must soon marry...
  • Humbugged by Pippa Grant, Lili Valente

    Humbugged by Pippa Grant, Lili Valente

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    He’s the world’s most alpha Marine and the last man I should be letting jingle my bells this holiday season. So why does Clint O’Dell keep running through my thoughts wearing nothing but a Santa hat? And why do I stupidly agree that we should be Christmas friends with benefits? Someone must have spiked my eggnog. I don’t do Marines. Or Santas...
    Categorized as:
    age-gap  family  war  action-adventure  adult  animals  audiobook  book
  • Ethan by Chris Keniston

    Ethan by Chris Keniston

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Welcome to Ethan, book 5 in Farraday Country, a twist on the favorite 7 Brides for 7 Brothers theme set in cattle-ranching west Texas, with all the friends, family and fun that fans have come to expect from USA TODAY Bestselling author Chris Keniston...
  • Living with the Single Dad by Whitley Cox

    Living with the Single Dad by Whitley Cox

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A pain so powerful can only be eased by a love even stronger. Welcome to Seattle, the Emerald City and home to The Single Dads of Seattle. Ten sexy single fathers who play poker every Saturday night, have each other's backs, love their children without quarter, and hope to one day find love again.This is Aaron's story ... Single Dad of Seattle, Aaron Steele isn't a single dad at all...
  • When You Least Expect It by Jessica Prince

    When You Least Expect It by Jessica Prince

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The last thing Stella Ryan had time for was a man. With her family in trouble and looking to her to fix everything, romance and commitment were the furthest things from her mind. Until she ran into a man with a jawline that could cut granite and arms she wanted to lick like an ice cream cone. A man who made her forget the things that really mattered...
  • Lethal Temptation by Kaylea Cross

    Lethal Temptation by Kaylea Cross

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    She’s got her guard up.Detective Avery Dahl finally has her life back on track after a painful divorce. She’s not going to risk her heart again, especially to a sexy veteran with heartbreak written all over him. Due to extenuating circumstances at an upcoming family wedding, she reluctantly agrees to bring him as her fake boyfriend—and soon realizes her mistake...
  • Sacred Hart by A.M. Johnson

    Sacred Hart by A.M. Johnson

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Sleep, it was luxury I didn’t have. I could hear it then, in the dark light of night, in the dusky morning… The click of the trigger, the smell of her blood, the sound of the rain. I never thought I would see her again. She was a ghost. She was dead. When Maggie Wright pushed her way into my life, she brought the phantom with her, and I was helpless to her pull...
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    sad  war  angst  audiobook  book  contemporary  death  female-author
  • Bayou Baby by Lexi Blake

    Bayou Baby by Lexi Blake

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A heartwarming contemporary romance set in Louisiana's Butterfly Bayou from New York Times bestselling author Lexi Blake.   Seraphina Guidry loves Butterfly Bayou. A young, single mom, she’s trying to find a place for herself in the town she cherishes, but past mistakes have made her wary. She adores her son but has sworn off men...
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    family  war  action-adventure  adult  animals  audiobook  book  comedy
  • His Cowboy Heart by Jennifer Ryan

    His Cowboy Heart by Jennifer Ryan

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Bound by honor and by love… That’s a Montana Man Ford Kendrick has often dreamed of the day that Jamie Keller would come home to Montana. After high school, she needed to leave—and he, duty-bound to rescue his family’s ranch, pushed her to go. The Army made Jamie a hero, but Ford still sees the gorgeous, loving woman who lit up his whole world...
  • Sunrise Point by Robyn Carr

    Sunrise Point by Robyn Carr

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Tom Cavanaugh may think he wants a traditional woman, but in Virgin River, the greatest tradition is falling in love unexpectedly....Former Marine Tom Cavanaugh’s come home to Virgin River, ready to take over his family’s apple orchard and settle down. He knows just what the perfect woman will be like: sweet, decent, maybe a little naive. The marrying kind.Nothing like Nora Crane...
  • My Kind of Christmas by Robyn Carr

    My Kind of Christmas by Robyn Carr

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    PATRICK RIORDAN ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT NOTHING COULD MATCH THE ADRENALINE RUSH HE GETS FROM HIS JOB. BUT THIS CHRISTMAS, PATRICK’S PULSE IS REALLY RACING... The Riordan brothers may have a reputation for being rough-and tumble, but Patrick has always been the gentle, sweet-natured one. These days, his easygoing manner is being tested by his high-octane career as a navy pilot...
  • Temptation Ridge by Robyn Carr

    Temptation Ridge by Robyn Carr

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    At twenty-five, after five years as her mother's caregiver, it's time for Shelby to experience freedom and adventure. Time for travel, college and romance. But when she visits Virgin River, she runs into Luke Riordan, decidedly "not" whom she has in mind. A handsome Blackhawk pilot, Luke exited the army after twenty years, four wars and having been shot out of the sky three times...
  • It's In His Arms by Shelly Alexander

    It's In His Arms by Shelly Alexander

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Lorenda Lawson has built a safe, sheltered life for her two young sons since their father was KIA several years ago. She has a beautiful cottage and a support network of family and friends. No one in Red River suspects that her marriage to Cam was ever less than perfect. Nobody, that is, except the gorgeous ex-SEAL who’s shown up after a long absence: Cam’s notorious twin brother, Mitchell...
  • Her Hopes and Dreams by Terri Osburn

    Her Hopes and Dreams by Terri Osburn

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    As a newly single mother, Carrie Farmer isn’t quite ready to jump back into the dating pool in Ardent Springs—especially since her last marriage was such a disaster. But if anyone could entice her to wade in a bit, it would be her hunky neighbor, Noah Winchester. He’s the perfect man: strong, protective, and smoking hot...
  • The Marine's E-Mail Order Bride by Cora Seton

    The Marine's E-Mail Order Bride by Cora Seton

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    If Gunnery Sergeant Zane Hall wants to save his family’s ranch, he’ll need to fix up the buildings, stock the spread with cattle—and find a wife. The first two are easy with the help of his brothers, but getting hitched is proving more difficult. When he meets mountaineer Kenna North through an online ad, she seems like the perfect fit—at least in her e-mails...
  • The Navy SEAL's Christmas Bride by Cora Seton

    The Navy SEAL's Christmas Bride by Cora Seton

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    It’s Christmas time at Crescent Hall, but don’t expect expect peace, harmony and goodwill among men...
  • Renegade by Laramie Briscoe

    Renegade by Laramie Briscoe

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    When you fall in love with the most unexpected person, at the most unexpected time…… Ryan “Renegade” Kepler I’m the type of man who knows what I want. I make up my mind and stay in my lane, never veering off the course I set for myself. Going into the military? Did it. Serving overseas? Did it. Youngest member of the Moonshine Task Force? That’s me...
  • Wilde Fire by Lucy Lennox

    Wilde Fire by Lucy Lennox

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Otto: Seth Walker was my first love and I always swore he’d be my last. Even after he moved away our senior year in high school, we vowed to reunite after graduation. But when he suddenly broke things off without explanation and crushed my heart, it was my turn to run. After a decade in the navy, I’ve finally come home ready to move on with my life as Hobie’s newest firefighter...
    Categorized as:
    family  lgbtq  mlm  sad  war  action-adventure  adult  angst
  • Nauti Nights by Lora Leigh

    Nauti Nights by Lora Leigh

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Second in a hot and naughty trilogy from the author of Nauti Boy . Angela Knight says, "When I'm in the mood for steamy romance, I read Lora Leigh." So do readers who devoured the author's first novel in the Mackay Cousins trilogy, Nauti Boy. Now, in Nauti Nights , Leigh delivers an even hotter tale of a Kentucky marine who'll anything to get the woman he wants...
  • Justice Divided by Olivia Jaymes

    Justice Divided by Olivia Jaymes

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    It’s just another normal day with the twins when Ava gets a frantic call from her sister. Mary’s husband Lyle Bryson has been shot dead and she’s the main suspect. She needs Ava to come home to Corville right away. Pressed back into service to find the killer of his half-brother, Logan finds himself once again at odds with the family...
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