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Keeping Quinn by Riley Edwards
Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsHe liked fast and loose—she was sweet and innocent.Firefighter Brice Lancaster lived his life by a set of rules: No commitments, no attachments, no promises. Three rules that were easy to follow—rules that kept his heart safe, rules that should’ve kept his best friend’s cousin out of his bed... -
![Finding Her Chance by Brittney Sahin]()
Finding Her Chance by Brittney Sahin
Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsBravo Team is back in book 4 of the Stealth Ops SEAL Series, starring Liam Evans and Emily Summers. **Blurb to come** The Stealth Ops Team - Navy SEALS who handle covert ops for the president in the U.S. and around the world - under the guise of an alias, Scott & Scott Securities... -
![Hitting Xtremes by Em Petrova]()
Hitting Xtremes by Em Petrova
Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsNo amount of snow and ice can melt this attraction…Special ops captain Penn Sullivan is no stranger to extreme conditions, but chasing an elusive drug trafficker through the Alaskan wilderness proves a challenge...Categorized as:
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![Rook Security: Complete 5-Part Series by Camilla Blake]()
Rook Security: Complete 5-Part Series by Camilla Blake
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsPART ONE Elena Vasquez thought she would never be safe again, not after she nearly got blown to pieces by a car bomb. Rook Security then comes in, spiriting her away to shield her from the ruthless criminals seeking to kill her and her campaign against ivory smuggling. That’s when she meets him again—the charmingly awkward jock who never gave her the time of day...Categorized as:
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![Chasing the Knight by Brittney Sahin]()
Chasing the Knight by Brittney Sahin
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsShe's the admiral's daughter . . . and the one woman bad-boy Wyatt Pierson can't resist.When Wyatt left England, he said goodbye to his privileged upbringing and forged his own path. After years of running operations for an elite unit of Navy SEALs, he's satisfied with his mission-focused life until a messy entanglement walks through the door...Categorized as:
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![Finding the Fight by Brittney Sahin]()
Finding the Fight by Brittney Sahin
Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsTheir well-kept secrets are about to unravel. Former CIA officer Jessica Scott and Navy SEAL Asher Hayes have worked together for years as part of a black-ops team for the president, but Jessica's close encounter with death is about to change everything between them . .Categorized as:
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![Finding Justice by Brittney Sahin]()
Finding Justice by Brittney Sahin
Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsThey say the truth will set you free--if it doesn't bury you first. As a Navy SEAL for a covert special ops team, Owen York has no time for relationships. But when he's forced to go on vacation, he finds himself falling for a sexy stranger, a woman who turns out to be linked not only to his latest assignment but to his past... -
![Impact Zone by Cara Carnes]()
Impact Zone by Cara Carnes
Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsEvery action has an equal and opposite reaction. Rhea Strathmore creates death. Locked within her laboratory at The Arsenal, she concocts whatever’s necessary to protect those around her. She won’t ever negate her pre-Arsenal deficit, but she’ll try. Her past work now threatens everyone she cares for and exposes secrets she’s kept buried... -
![Cheating the Devil (Special Forces: Operation Alpha) by Samantha A. Cole]()
Cheating the Devil (Special Forces: Operation Alpha) by Samantha A. Cole
Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratings***This book was previously published in Amazon Kindle Worlds*** Delta Force Colonel Bradley “Tank” Barton never expected to fall for a woman with a bad-ass past, but fate had other plans, and he certainly wasn’t complaining. Avery Knapp had worked as an undercover agent before burning out after twenty years... -
![The Guarded One by Brittney Sahin]()
The Guarded One by Brittney Sahin
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsHe’s a grumpy small-town sheriff. And she’s the off-limits operator capable of bringing him to his knees.Sydney Archer isn’t the typical daughter of a billionaire. A former Army officer, she now works with an elite security team to hunt the worst of the worst . . . all while raising a teenager.To the outside world, Sydney’s an ice queen who’s lethal with a bow...Categorized as:
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![The Broken One by Brittney Sahin]()
The Broken One by Brittney Sahin
Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsFake marry her brother’s best friend to catch a killer . . . sure, what could go wrong?Growing up on a ranch with four older brothers, Ella Mae Hawkins is no stranger to rugged and tough men. But her heart has always belonged to the one man she can’t have...Categorized as:
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![Operation: Healing Angel by Margaret Kay]()
Operation: Healing Angel by Margaret Kay
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsColonel Samuel ‘Big Bear’ Shepherd, retired on paper only. A West Point Graduate, he served his entire career in the Special Operations Command where he made the necessary contacts to make his agency, Shepherd Security, a reality... -
![Xtreme Behavior by Em Petrova]()
Xtreme Behavior by Em Petrova
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThis special operative and a K-9 handler must work in close proximity to solve a crime—and whether they kill each other or wind up in bed is anyone’s guess.After a string of deaths are linked to a man locked up for another crime, Special Operative Alix Broshears and his team are racing against the clock to stop him before another person dies... -
![Barracuda Security: Complete 5-Part Series by Camilla Blake]()
Barracuda Security: Complete 5-Part Series by Camilla Blake
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBook One Maclean Harris is a man who lost everything that mattered and is trying to put his life back together the best that he can. A former cop, he’s recently taken a job with the brand new security firm, Barracuda Security. He’s handed a new case, one that seems simple enough. Keep a lady attorney safe from a potential stalker...Categorized as:
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![Watching from the Shadows by Samantha A. Cole]()
Watching from the Shadows by Samantha A. Cole
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe Sexy Six-Pack is back! Retired Navy SEAL, Marco DeAngelis, is now an operative at Trident Security. He’s also a Dominant in the BDSM lifestyle. After a poor childhood, he is determined to stay single and childless for the rest of his life. But unbeknownst to him, one night of shared grief and comfort with his deceased sister’s best friend changes that forever...Categorized as:
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![Adrift by Jana Deleon]()
Adrift by Jana Deleon
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsEmma Turner has spent eight years running, hiding, dodging…limiting her short stays to big cities where she could easily get lost in the crowd. But when she steps onto Tempest Island, something changes. The tiny island speaks to her in ways no other place ever has, and tempts her into breaking the life rules she established long ago to keep herself safe... -
![Jenner by Dale Mayer]()
Jenner by Dale Mayer
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratings...Categorized as:
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![Home Front by Cat Johnson]()
Home Front by Cat Johnson
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen ranking his rotten luck, it was hard to decide which topped the list. The injury that could end his career in the SEALs.The storm of the century that stranded him in Atlanta Airport.The naked man he found on top of his girlfriend . . .One thing was certain. Things couldn't get much worse. Then he met her. Super star.Super stuck up.Super sexy.Super engaged... -
![Leather & Lace / His Angel / Waiting for Him by Samantha A. Cole]()
Leather & Lace / His Angel / Waiting for Him by Samantha A. Cole
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratings"No one does Alpha heroes like Samantha A. Cole!"—New York Times, USA Today, #1 Amazon Bestseller, and Wall Street Journal Bestselling Author, Susan StokerLeather & Lace:How does a “vanilla” woman write a BDSM novel? With hands-on research!Kristen needs inspiration and personal experience for a sequel to her unexpected and kinky bestseller...Categorized as:
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![SEAL's Harmony by Lynne St. James]()
SEAL's Harmony by Lynne St. James
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSEAL’s Harmony is the kick-off to the Red Falcon Team introduced in SEAL’s Angel.The first time Navy SEAL Ryder “Ry” Purcell sees Harmony Taylor, he's rushing to her rescue as she’s about to fall into his friend’s wedding cake. Ry soon finds himself smitten by this accident-prone beauty. But issues from his past still linger, and he doesn’t know how far he’s willing to take things...Categorized as:
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![Intentional Risk by Anna Blakely]()
Intentional Risk by Anna Blakely
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHe thought he’d lost his chance to be with her. Now, he'll move Heaven and Earth to keep her safe. As a former SEAL and now Alpha Team’s technical analyst, Derek West is all about the numbers. But, when this Texas native unexpectedly bumps into the one that got away, he’s determined to beat the odds... -
![Fear the Reaper by Fiona Quinn]()
Fear the Reaper by Fiona Quinn
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsEverything was going according to plan…until it fell apart in the most spectacular way… Ex-SEAL Ryan “Reaper” Hamilton is well on his way to having it all. His marriage to Kate is finally on solid ground, and his goal of being a K9 trainer with Iniquus’s Cerberus team is within reach... -
![Not Negotiable by Samantha A. Cole]()
Not Negotiable by Samantha A. Cole
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsShelby Whitman beat cancer several years ago, but the resulting physical and emotional damage left her feeling like less than a real woman. The comfort she found in the BDSM community brightened her world again, however, she kept the Doms at a distance. Play was fine. Relationships were not. And that was fine until Master Parker caught her eye... -
![Rocco: A Reed Security Romance by Giulia Lagomarsino]()
Rocco: A Reed Security Romance by Giulia Lagomarsino
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRocco is number twenty-one in the Reed Security series, and it is suggested they be read in order. Rocco has his world all wrapped up in a neat package. He has a job that he loves and his daughter, the best thing that's ever happened to him. And he has his rules. These rules keep the order and balance in his life and the women where they should be... -
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![Range of Motion by Em Petrova]()
Range of Motion by Em Petrova
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe’s tougher than he thinks. She’s also more vulnerable than she wants to admit… When it comes to two things—his special ops team and women—Lennon is never in over his head. But after a hot chick invites him as her date to her ex’s wedding, he’s not sure what he got himself into. He wants to see more of her—okay, all of her... -
![Target in Range by Em Petrova]()
Target in Range by Em Petrova
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAvery Aarons believes it’s fate that she will die by the hand of a criminal. As a child, she hid in a cupboard while men ransacked their home. In college, she met with an attacker walking home on campus. After that, going into law enforcement is her only path to protect herself and others who can’t. She’s never felt so empowered, until she ends up in the wrong place without backup... -
![Playing by His Rules by Erika Wilde]()
Playing by His Rules by Erika Wilde
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsPLAYING BY HIS RULES is the next sexy standalone story in The Players Club series, featuring Rick Dunne.All he wants is one week of her complete surrender . . .If someone would have asked Madison Corbin what she wanted to be when she grew up, her answer wouldn’t have been an escort...Categorized as:
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![The Grifter by Kimberly Kincaid]()
The Grifter by Kimberly Kincaid
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOnly one person has ever rocked Detective Shawn Maxwell’s titanium composure.Francesca Rossi, his ex-partner.His ex-everything.He hasn’t seen Frankie since she left him eight years agoand now he has to work with her on an undercover casethat could break them both...Categorized as:
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![Merciless Survival by Em Petrova]()
Merciless Survival by Em Petrova
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe wrecked his mission, but he stole her heart. SEAL Team Blackout Operator Ronin Ramsey is confident that this will be a successful international op. Locate the enemy and get out—simple. Until all hell breaks loose and he discovers a group of women are being held hostage by the very terrorist his team’s after... -
![Savage Pawn by Em Petrova]()
Savage Pawn by Em Petrova
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe’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 ratingsHe’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... -
![Second Chance Summer by Kait Nolan]()
Second Chance Summer by Kait Nolan
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsProfessor Audrey Graham shouldn't be alive. But she didn't walk away from the accident that should've taken her life. She shouldn't have ever walked again according to the doctors. But after two years of physical therapy and countless surgeries, she's got a second lease on life. First stop? Camp Firefly Falls to try and catch up on some of the living she never did before her accident... -
![Box Set: Rescue Me Saga, Books 1-3 by Kallypso Masters]()
Box Set: Rescue Me Saga, Books 1-3 by Kallypso Masters
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsON SALE FOR A LIMITED TIME! More than 1,300 pages in three full-length novels, each with a happy ending! Need an escape from it all? To immerse yourself in a series that sucks you in and doesn’t let go? This set includes USA Today bestselling author Kallypso Masters’ first three Rescue Me Saga full-length novels, plus the introduction Masters at Arms... -
![Tuff Enough by Samantha A. Cole]()
Tuff Enough by Samantha A. Cole
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhile security operative Jason "Tuff" Tanner lives for dangerous assignments, he likes his downtime in his quiet neighborhood too. But that peacefulness is suddenly interrupted when his new next-door neighbor becomes a target for someone with nefarious intentions... -
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![Colorado Free Rein by Elle James]()
Colorado Free Rein by Elle James
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsDevin Layne, Former Green Beret from 10th Special Forces Group, returns home after a disastrous mission. Feeling less of a man due to injuries, he struggles to navigate civilian life, avoiding his former fiancée, convinced she deserves better.Horse trainer and champion barrel racer, Mallory Watts, is heartbroken when the love of her life returns from deployment but wants nothing to do with her... -
![Sheltering Instinct by Fiona Quinn]()
Sheltering Instinct by Fiona Quinn
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsTheir sheltering instinct might keep them alive. But can it save them from heartbreak?WorldCares scientist Tess Dagomba is always prepared for danger while touring Namibia, Africa. So, she wasn’t even that surprised when she found herself in need of an emergency rescue... -
![Rekindled by Kaylea Cross]()
Rekindled by Kaylea Cross
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsHe left her when she needed him most... Four years ago, Dr. Grace Fallon lost everything that mattered in a terrorist attack she barely survived. Now she’s stronger than ever and in Pakistan with a UN-sanctioned team for the most important assignment of her career...Categorized as:
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![Coming Home by Katy Regnery, Amy Harmon]()
Coming Home by Katy Regnery, Amy Harmon
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom New York Times and USA Today bestselling authors KL Grayson, BT Urruela, Amy Harmon, Heidi McLaughlin, Kallypso Masters and Katy Regnery comes a charity collection of military romances about what it means to come home. Just in time for Memorial Day, and only available until June 5th, you can purchase all five award-winning and bestselling novels in one amazing collection...Categorized as:
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![Hot Louisiana Knight by Em Petrova]()
Hot Louisiana Knight by Em Petrova
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsKnown as the brainiac of the Knight Ops team, Dylan Knight is okay with the guys making fun of his nerdier tendencies because he can still split a hair with open sights at twenty paces. When the special ops force is dispatched during Mardi Gras to a formalwear boutique suspected of harboring a terrorist cell, Dylan gets the nod to take point on the operation... -
![Hot for a Cop by Whitley Cox]()
Hot for a Cop by Whitley Cox
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDrawn together by the future, torn apart by the past. Welcome to Seattle, the Emerald City and home to The Single Moms of Seattle. Three sexy single ladies who drink a ton of wine every Saturday night, bitch about life, have each other's backs, are the ultimate mama bears, and hope to one day, just maybe find love again. This is Lauren's story ... Being a single mom was never the plan for Lauren... -
![Mikah: Mountain Man Cop and Younger Curvy Heroine by Tarin Lex]()
Mikah: Mountain Man Cop and Younger Curvy Heroine by Tarin Lex
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAn Alpha Mountain Man Cop & Younger Curvy Heroine RomanceLanaApparently, I just turned 18. I’m smart and focused. Genuine and empathetic. A rule-follower.At least that’s what everyone keeps telling me.A skiing accident near Wylder Peak stole almost all of my memories.What remains are tiny glimpses. Flashes. Feelings.I don’t remember who I was before. I only know who I am now...Categorized as:
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![Ruthless Redemption by E.M. Gayle]()
Ruthless Redemption by E.M. Gayle
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe road to redemption is NOT paved with good intentions.It's savage, reckless and dirty AF. Houston and Izzy's story continues...Ruthless Redemption is book three in the Outlaw Justice Trilogy and concludes the epic love story of Houston Reed and Isabella Mazzeo. Savage Protector is book one (available now) and Reckless Pawn is book two (available now)... -
![Hardcore by Jessika Klide]()
Hardcore by Jessika Klide
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn this eagerly anticipated flashback installment and the first book from Aurei’s perspective, Jessika Klide takes you back to the very beginning before Siri, when Aurei was known as Hardcore. Aurelius Moore … Military officer. Maximus Moore … Millionaire Venture Capitalist. Hardcore … Player extraordinaire. Learn how Seary changed him forever... -
![O'Connor Family Series Collection by Katie Reus]()
O'Connor Family Series Collection by Katie Reus
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHolly, North Carolina—where it’s Christmas year-round and miracles can happen. A good thing for the O’Connor family—four local siblings, four sexy stories, four unique journeys to happily ever after... -
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![Hot SEAL, Alaskan Nights (SEALs in Paradise) by Cynthia D'Alba]()
Hot SEAL, Alaskan Nights (SEALs in Paradise) by Cynthia D'Alba
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom NYT and USA Today Best Selling Author comes a beach read that isn’t the typical sun-drenched location. Homer, Alaska. A Navy SEAL on leave. A nurse practitioner in seclusion. A jealous ex-lover looking for redemption…or is it revenge? Navy SEAL Levi Van der Hayden returns to his family home in Homer, AK for the three Rs…rest, relaxation and recovery... -
![Burn: A Billionaire Enemies-to-Lovers Romance by Anna Hackett]()
Burn: A Billionaire Enemies-to-Lovers Romance by Anna Hackett
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI have one goal—arrest billionaire businessman Kavner Fury.I’m dedicated to my job as a Treasury agent, and taking down crooked financial criminals. Just like the one who destroyed my family.Kavner Fury is wealthy, powerful, and ambitious, a combination I know too well. He’s New Orleans’ favorite billionaire...Categorized as:
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![Tyson by Kathy Coopmans]()
Tyson by Kathy Coopmans
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI know what it’s like to have your heart split down the middle. One-half chases her. The other half chases after the lies, deceit, and betrayal. It’s a burning ball of hell. Seconds, minutes, hours, and years all spent endured the depth of my own burning inferno. All of it runs together while life passes me by... -
![Forged by Fire by Eddie Cleveland]()
Forged by Fire by Eddie Cleveland
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratings“Listen to me, I never wanted to go with you, got it? Never. The only reason I said all that crap is because I was trying to get laid.” I can see the last glimmers of hope dying out in her eyes like the fading streaks of rosy sunlight across the sunset. I want to shut my mouth. I want to tell her I’m lying. That I love her with my entire body, mind, and soul...Categorized as:
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![Sugar Pie by Mae Harden]()
Sugar Pie by Mae Harden
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratings♥ Willow ♥My great aunt’s dying wish was to re-open her family’s legacy, the Sugar Creek bakery, and come hell or high water, I’m going to make it happen in her stead. Transferring from L.A., I can deal with the biting cold, an overdose of Valentine’s Day spirit, an apparent saboteur, and even the small town gossip surrounding my (in)famous mother... -
![Made For Loving You by Kait Nolan]()
Made For Loving You by Kait Nolan
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA wounded warriorAfter the catastrophic loss of his best friend in battle, Army Ranger Tyson Brooks trades in his fatigues for a badge, moving to Eden’s Ridge, Tennessee to rebuild his life and find a way to live in a world without Garrett. But no amount of protecting and serving the citizens of Stone County is enough to override the guilt that he simply didn’t do enough...Categorized as:
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