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Finding the Way Back by Brittney Sahin
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsYears ago, he chose duty over love. He's not sure if he can do it again.Charlie "Knox" Bennett traded medical school for the Navy and never looked back. After almost eight years of working top-secret missions for the commander in chief, Knox's greatest regret is lying to his best friend...Categorized as:
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Elliot by Kris Michaels
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhatever it takes. As long as it takes.Elliot Sawyer wasn’t supposed to be alive. He’d cheated death by changing shifts with one of his men. Sure, his man asked for the change, but guilt gnawed on his heart every second of every day. If he’d been there, maybe he would have seen something, done something to stop the massacre. Leaving Guardian wasn’t an option for him, but changing assignments was... -
Sparking Sara (The Men on Fire Series) by Samantha Christy
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThree years of her life are gone in an instant. Her memories of becoming a famous artist - forgotten. Of the falling out with her best friend - lost. Of her charming boyfriend - erased. The doctors tell us getting Sara back into her normal routine is what's best for her. But what happens when she doesn't want her old normal? Some would say I'm trying to save ghosts from my past...Categorized as:
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Shelter for Penelope by Susan Stoker
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsDubbed the “American Princess” after her rescue from months in the hands of ISIS, soldier and firefighter Penelope Turner has struggled silently since her return to Texas. The media, the danger of her job, the pressure of knowing lives are in her hands…all of it and more has combined to slowly fill Penelope with seething guilt and doubt... -
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Bear by Cee Bowerman
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsBear is the silent brother in the Texas Kings MC. After a life spent mostly alone, he never imagined he would ever find someone who could fit into his life, or might possibly even want to. A chance meeting with a beautiful woman changes everything. He'll put himself in front of a bullet for her, but will she be able to live in his world?Autumn has had the world in her pocket for her entire life...Categorized as:
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The Wanted One by Brittney Sahin
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhen a reality dating show becomes a race for their lives . . .Charlotte Lennox has spent the last decade on the run, protecting her sister from a past she hopes remains buried. Meeting a handsome and funny stranger, only to discover he’s not who he says he is, prompts her to do what she does best—disappear...Categorized as:
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Hop by Maryann Jordan
Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsEasy to let go. Frank (Hop) Hopkins thought it was just a fun night to catch up with an old friend.Spending days on rescue missions when his Tennessee hometown flooded, he was stunned to meet up with an old friend, Lori Baker. But dinner, drinks, talking, and laughing turned into a night he’d definitely remember fondly. But they’d promised one night only...Categorized as:
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Alec's Dream by Riley Edwards
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsPast indiscretion with life-altering effects. Macy Spencer hit rock bottom and clawed her way out of the hole her cheating, lying, gambling ex-husband left her in. Drowning in debt and penniless, the single mother of two worked hard to get her life back on track and protect her children from the fallout. But now her ex is in more debt and his bookie’s knocking on her door for payment...Categorized as:
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Finding Ashlyn by Susan Stoker
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFriends with benefits. That’s all Ashlyn wanted with Slate. They were certainly combustible in the bedroom, and that was sufficient…wasn’t it? Yes, definitely. He was too bossy. Too protective. She didn’t want someone hovering, wanting to know her every move and telling her she was too reckless. But then again, knowing someone cared enough to worry about her felt kind of nice...Categorized as:
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Finding Elodie by Susan Stoker
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsRenowned chef Elodie Winters’ dream job, private chef to a powerful family in New York, quickly becomes a nightmare when her employer turns out to be the head of a notorious mob family. Now on the run, she thinks she’s finally safe, having landed in the middle of the Arabian Sea, cook on the Asaka Express cargo ship... -
Deserving Alaska by Susan Stoker
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA brand new series by New York Times bestselling author, Susan Stoker.The Refuge is a place to heal. Where those who have experienced traumatic events can go to heal. It’s run by seven former military men who’ve seen more than their fair share of the ugliness in the world... -
Shelter for Quinn by Susan Stoker
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFreak. Witch. Ugly. Abomination.Having grown up with a port-wine birthmark on her face and neck, Quinn Dixon’s heard them all. Her own mother couldn’t bear to touch her, let alone strangers. Years of stares and insults from everyone from classmates to foster families have made her understandably reluctant to trust...Categorized as:
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Blaze by Janie Crouch
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsKendrick and Neo's love story, plus the exciting start of the family Dorian and Ray never thought they'd have...Ivy League graduate and computer genius Kendrick Foster, aka Blaze, never expected to find himself putting down permanent roots in a tiny town in Wyoming.But family isn’t always blood, and the Linear Tactical team is very definitely his family. He’s not going anywhere... -
Mission: Her Freedom by Anna Hackett
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA badass combat medic will do anything to save her friend and teammate, but on the run from some very bad guys, she starts to look at her tattooed tech geek friend in a very different way… Former Naval Intelligence officer Brooks Jameson might have lots of muscles and ink, but he’s a proud geek...Categorized as:
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Bear the Heat by T.S. Joyce
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsCora Wright is walking a fine line between standing up for what’s right, and keeping her job secure. As a local news reporter, her need to defend the Breck Crew of newly outed bear shifters risks everything she loves about her life. But when she meets Boone Keller, tatted up bad boy bear shifter, her world tilts dangerously on its axis...Categorized as:
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Rescuing Wendy by Susan Stoker
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAspen “Blade” Carlisle is the last of his Delta Force team to find love…and he’s pretty bummed about that fact. Which might explain why he finds himself chatting up a telemarketer as if she’s a long-lost friend. But Wendy is surprisingly easy to talk to, so when they go from occasional calls during her work, to nightly conversations on their cells, it somehow feels right... -
Engulfing Emma (The Men on Fire Series) by Samantha Christy
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsSingle dad.Firefighter.Hero. On the heels of divorce, Lt. Brett Cash never expected to meet the woman of his dreams. Especially not during a robbery gone bad. But just because she's the woman of his dreams does not mean he's the man of hers . Emma is a child of a 9/11 hero taken far too soon. And she's not about to let her own daughter go through the same hell she did... -
Nashville Dreams by Julie Capulet
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratings“All I wished for was to experience that spark you read about, just once. What I wasn’t expecting was the Fourth of July and heaven on earth all rolled into one.” ~ Stella Bass player Kade Tucker is known as the Magic Man, and not only for his riffs. After breaking off a disastrous relationship, he swears off women. Only problem is, five minutes later, he might have just met the love of his life... -
Edge of the Heat 8 by Lisa Ladew
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsReliable, stable Hawk takes off, and Vivian is devastated ... Emma finally has her big family, and she and Craig are dealing with the complexities of being new parents, while Hawk and Vivian have become parents of twins, again... -
Sunset Flames by Maryann Jordan
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe Baytown Boys Military duty called them away to war zones, but after tours overseas, the group of friends found their way back home as men, seeking the peaceful little seaside town. Now, the band of brothers, together once more, work to provide a place for less fortunate veterans to call home... -
Waiting for Sunrise: Baytown Boys Series by Maryann Jordan
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBaytown Boys Military duty called them away to war zones, but after tours overseas, the group of friends found their way back home as men, seeking the peaceful little seaside town. Now, the band of brothers, together once more, work to provide a place for less fortunate veterans to call home...Categorized as:
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Watching Trin by Freya Barker
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFreelance journalist and single mom, Katrina (Trin) Paige, has recently returned to her hometown to help her sister care for their elderly father. They’ve barely settled back into Durango’s daily life when her rebellious teenage son gets himself in tumultuous waters... -
Protecting Sparrow by Jane Blythe
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsGrief is all that’s stopping this friendship becoming more.When Sparrow Oswald's helicopter is shot down in Africa the last person she expects to come to her rescue is her old friend Ethan Zimmerman. She'd love for there to be more between them but he's not over his wife's death. As they work together to find who is using Ethan's plane to smuggle drugs the spark between them grows...Categorized as:
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A Moment in Time: A Collection of Short Stories by Susan Stoker
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThree short stories by Susan Stoker, including The Boardwalk, The Other Side of the Story, and The Gift.The Boardwalk- Walking along the beach one day a man meets a woman sitting on a bench. They talk and he takes her to lunch. But as most things in life, there's always more to the story than what meets the eye. The ultimate love story...Categorized as:
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Line of Fire by A.K. Evans
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsProtected. That’s how Kaia Banks spent the better part of her childhood. Raised by an abusive father, Kaia relied on her older sister to keep her safe. But Kaia’s all grown up now. And when her relationship places her in the line of fire, Kaia takes matters into her own hands.Remi Archer is no stranger to surprise... -
Protecting Dove by Jane Blythe
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsHe saw her at her most vulnerable and she never wanted to see him again.Dove Oswald never expected to come face to face with the man who saved her life ever again. Nor did she expect him to save her a second time. Surprised by the spark of attraction between them, when she realizes he's hiding something she's determined to figure out what it is...Categorized as:
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Depends On Who's Asking by Lani Lynn Vale
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIt was the night before Christmas, and all through the house, not a creature was stirring…nope. No. Nuh-uh. That’s a lie. The moment that Caro wakes up, she knows that she’s not alone. One thump-thump from the living room and she quickly moves into action. One 9-1-1 call later, and she’s ready to defend herself...Categorized as:
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Tapped by Brynne Asher
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFrom USA Today Bestselling author Brynne Asher comes a single-mom, protective-hero romantic suspense where he falls first. My son and I are in danger. The life and death kind. The kind that forces me to make choices no mother should have to. I’ll do anything to keep my son safe and not sacrifice my responsibility to my patients. I’m desperate... -
Hidden by Stephanie St. Klaire
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFirefighter Colton Sparks is beautiful, brawny, and lonely? Colton, a die-hard romantic, is looking for a Hallmark worthy happily ever after, but finding Mrs. Right has been as fruitful as playing the lottery. It’s no secret that he dreams of white picket fences, finding love, and having a family. He has the white picket fence, he just needs her. He’s every woman’s dream; they just aren’t his... -
Fractured Minds by Nikki J. Summers
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFinn KnowlesThe rebel without a voice. That’s me.But just because I choose to keep quiet, doesn’t mean there isn’t a raging fire burning inside. Still waters run deep, after all, and there’s a lot of secrets I’ve kept hidden from the world.Art has always been my escape from the evil that’s tried to drag me down.It was all I had.Until her...Categorized as:
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Nashville Nights by Julie Capulet
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHe's crazy for her ...Vaughn Tucker is the hot playboy drummer of the Tucker Brothers band, whose four albums have all hit number one. Vaughn is drop-dead gorgeous … and completely out of control.Gigi Hayes’s life is a million miles from packed stadiums and high-profile tour schedules...Categorized as:
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Discover Love by Maryann Jordan
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSaints Protection & Investigation A private investigation business, pulling together men from the CIA, FBI, ATF, DEA, Border Patrol, SEALs, and police, devoted to the missions that no one else wanted or could solve. Luke Costas, the Saints’ resident computer guru, preferred quiet nights and burying himself in digital investigating. But he wasn’t alone...Categorized as:
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Loving Bea by Cara Carnes
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingshe’s a magnet for trouble... After they saved her from a violent marriage years before, Bea Stanz made a vow to fix her own problems and not rely so much on her brother and his fellow operatives at Counterstrike. Her newfound independence has been far from easy, but Bea 2.0 is determined to handle whatever comes her way...Categorized as:
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Hearts Collide by Ellie Masters
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBent is broken in mind, body, and spirit. Complications of an injury plague Angel Fire’s legendary bassist. He’ll never play again. Never take the stage with his bandmates. Never soak in the intoxication of the crowd. Music has abandoned him.At least that’s what he’s told his overly persistent physical therapist, Piper...Categorized as:
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Rider by L. Wilder
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsShe 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... -
Wyatt by Nyssa Kathryn
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA story that could cost her everything…Investigative journalist Quinn Ross isn’t a woman who can just let major news pass her by. So, when she stumbles across a story like no other, she makes it her mission to report it to the masses.She doesn’t count on the lengths to which some may go to keep her story from seeing the light of day... -
Chased by Him by Kylie Kent
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratings⚠⚠This book contains scenes and discussions of non-consensual sexual acts, domestic violence, profanity, sexual content, violence and miscarraige through trauma. If any of these are triggers for you, you should consider skipping this read.⚠⚠ChasePeople take one look at me and see a pretty face.Because that’s what I want them to see...Categorized as:
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Rescued by Stephanie St. Klaire
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsJust as the walls start to come down, boundaries redefine, and things heat up, tragedy hits the small mountain town of McKenzie Ridge. Sexy EMT Dawson Tayler made hearts break, and panties melt with a single look. Far from home, in the charming tourist town, he lives a simple life his family would be appalled by – if they were alive...Categorized as:
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Critical Instinct by Janie Crouch
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsEvery single person Paige has drawn has ended up dead. And now she’s drawn herself.Paige Jeffries’ is the darling of the art world. Her works are original, compelling. But after a brutal attack two years ago —a savage beating from an unknown assailant—Paige has become all but a recluse. She knows her mind is broken. In her sleep she’s drawing scenes of violence. Murders...Categorized as:
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Inked: A Driven World Novel (The Driven World) by Tracy Lorraine
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTracy Lorraine’s Inked is a heart-wrenching, emotionally charged, steamy, contemporary romance written in K. Bromberg’s Driven Worlds project...Categorized as:
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Hacker Betrayed by Linzi Baxter
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDr. Paxton RenoldsI believe in love at first sight.Maybe it was from the romance novels I read as a kid.The same ones my brother picked on me for reading.Years later, they come to me for romance advice.It seems those books paid off…Until I met Mia Clark.She has steel enforced concrete walls around her heart.And secrets that would rival the CIA...Categorized as:
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Shades by K.B. Winters
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI met a church girl.She’s too good for this criminal.But her delicious curves give me a double take.Letty’s not like any woman I’ve ever met,She’s clean. And proper.And innocent.She makes me want to be a better person—do better.Then my club finds out the pastor she’s working for is crooked and Letty is stuck in the middle... -
Shock Advised by Lani Lynn Vale
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsTaima, a.k.a. Tai, is the last person people come to for help. He’s the fuck up… the bad boy… the guy that only looks out for himself. Which couldn’t be further from the truth. He’s fought hard to become the man he is today. He’s a hero in the public’s eye. A firefighter that the young all the way to the old turn to for help at the lowest point in their lives...Categorized as:
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Westin's Chase by Cristin Harber
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsTHE MASTER OF EVERYTHING HAS FOUND HIS MATCH Jared Westin knows his reputation and likes it. He gets the job done. No emotion. No baggage. That’s why his elite ops company, The Titan Group, is better than the best. They complete projects classified as mission impossible. And then, in walks a woman as tough as she is sexy. His counterpart in every way, should he choose to admit it...Categorized as:
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Justice for Laine by Susan Stoker
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsReluctantly taking her best friend’s place at a photo shoot, realtor Laine Parker expects to assist the photographer for the day…not drool over the volunteer model, Westin King. The Texas Ranger and real-life cowboy is hot-on-hot sexy, from the tips of his boots to the top of his Stetson...Categorized as:
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No Damaged Goods by Nicole Snow
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsFearless firefighter. Silver tongue. Single dad.My grouchy hero pushes all my freaking buttons...The red hot stranger who just saved my bacon might be the end of me.Blake Silverton could sweet talk an angel into sin.Fierce small-town fire chief. Rough velvet voice. Drop dead gorgeous.Don't even get me started on the tortured single dad thing... -
Every Time We Touch by J.E. Parker
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsShe’s fighting to keep her head above water… He’s drowning in guilt.-Kyle-As a kid my life was perfect.I had everything I could ever want.Amazing parents, a loving little sister. Then it all changed.In the blink of an eye, my heart died. My soul fractured, my happiness vanished. For years I felt nothing but pain. Then Carissa walked into my life.In an instant, she turned my world upside down...Categorized as:
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Dax by Shannyn Leah
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDax Colyn is one of the bad boys of Willow Valley. A fearless volunteer firefighter and hard ass mechanic, he makes all the woman swoon and he likes it that way. He keeps people at a distance since his mother died. He doesn’t want to let anyone in, much less a woman he knows he could fall in love with. Ava Anderson keeps people away, too...Categorized as:
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SEAL Together by Maryann Jordan
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAfter twenty-five years of active duty, US Navy SEAL Commander Eric Lopez chaffed at his forced medical retirement. Bored, he jumped at the opportunity to work for a DHS Secret Division Command. The new National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility had just opened and was already embroiled in controversy. One group protesting the facility want it shut down due to safety concerns... -
SEAL's Chance by Makenna Jameison
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsShe’s been burned in the past yet can’t resist the guy next door…Navy SEAL Tyler “Trigger” Howard has been interested in his gorgeous blonde neighbor for months. With her tall, toned body, heartbreaking smile, and cute-as-hell daughter, he can’t help but be drawn to her. When he realizes she’s single, he immediately asks her out—then the date is cut short as they rush home to her five-year-old...
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