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Searching for Elsie by Susan Stoker
Rated: 5.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsOnce upon a time, Elsie Ireland thought she’d found the man of her dreams, only to learn her fairytale romance was just another cautionary tale. Beyond a perfect family image, her husband had little interest in Elsie, and even less in their son. Years later, she and nine-year-old Tony have landed in Fallport, Virginia... -
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Barriers: Anderson Special Ops - Book 3 by Melody Anne, John Henley
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsHendrick Meeks, also known as Green to his military brother’s in arms is in trouble — big trouble. There are two women in his life that want a piece of him, and he doesn’t know which way to turn.Hendrick’s has always been the youngest man at any stage of his career. He was a sniper for the US Navy SEAL’s and knows how to nail his target... -
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Smoke by Kris Michaels
Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsShades of good are colored by the poison of greed, lust, and envy, and all too often the warm colors of humanity are consumed by evil.The assassin known as Smoke had his future planned. When his partner’s life imploded, his absence left Smoke adrift. Then Guardian threw a sassy, enticing anchor at him. When the alluring siren boarded his ship, he should have seen the rocky shore in the distance... -
![Promises by Kris Michaels]()
Promises by Kris Michaels
Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsPromises. A commitment, bond, pledge or pact. Some are broken, others withstand the test of time.Promises can be made between friends, families, or lovers. Each will be honored. Even the promise of payback, although Joseph King prefers the word revenge. Family fun at his expense? Not on your life. Join the members of the Guardian family as they delve into the nuances of promises made and kept... -
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![The Midnight Hour by Brenda Jackson]()
The Midnight Hour by Brenda Jackson
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsSexy, dangerous, unforgettable. . .the Madaris family and their unlikely band of friends captured readers’ hearts and souls. Now, in The Midnight Hour, bestselling author Brenda Jackson brings us another breathtaking novel featuring the Madaris family and friends. One, CIA agent Sir Drake Warren gave his heart to a woman—a fellow Marine whose death in an explosion left him aching for justice... -
![Kyle by Maryann Jordan]()
Kyle by Maryann Jordan
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDetective Kyle McBride battles to get drugs off the streets of Hope City and is sure someone at Kilton Pharmaceutical Company is key to the thefts of prescription fentanyl.Bored in the marketing department of Kilton Pharma, Kimberly gets to use her journalism background to write human-interest stories about the employees. But her digging turns up more than she bargained for... -
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Jack by Maddie Wade
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsOnce a protector, he has now become the hunter.Jack Granger has done the right thing all his life, but when his life was turned upside down, forming Eidolon became his salvation. He built a team who are ready to fight beside him and die for the vow they all made—to protect the Queen... -
![Home Port by Maryann Jordan]()
Home Port by Maryann Jordan
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA Lighthouse Security Investigation West Coast crossover novel.Chris Andrews needs to go home. A new job awaits. A new opportunity. A new chance to build better memories.The last time he was there, he buried his father. The time before that, they had argued over his joining the Navy. Now, he needs to go home to start anew... -
![Gunner by Maddie Wade]()
Gunner by Maddie Wade
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTraitor, Killer, Enemy those were just some of the words his former team at Eidolon now call him.Gunner Ramberg spent his life paying for the sins he committed as a child, fighting to make life better for the sister he adores and almost killed. Eidolon was supposed to be his first chance to fit in somewhere... -
![Protecting Raven by Jane Blythe]()
Protecting Raven by Jane Blythe
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTheir daughter’s abduction destroyed their marriage. Raven Oswald has never given up on her daughter, for ten years she's used her computer skills to try to bring down the trafficking ring responsible for Cleo's abduction. When she finally gets a viable lead she heads straight to Columbia to check it out. The last person she expected to follow her was her ex-husband... -
![Protecting Hawk by Jane Blythe]()
Protecting Hawk by Jane Blythe
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIt was only supposed to be one night.When Madeline Montgomery finds out she's carrying her one night stand's baby she's shocked, but without his name she can't find him, and determines to raise her child alone. With a stalker upping his ante and the cops refusing to take her seriously, she runs to Prey Security for help... -
![Ryder by Amanda McKinney]()
Ryder by Amanda McKinney
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHe’s an ex-con who just wants to be left alone. She's stranded in the middle of a blizzard—a broken soul… an invitation to danger.Photographer by day, Ben and Jerry’s enthusiast by night, Louise Sloane isn’t known for her organizational skills or obsession to detail... -
![Gwen's Delta by Lynne St. James]()
Gwen's Delta by Lynne St. James
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsShy bookstore owner Guinevere Dedmond resigned herself to living her dreams through the pages of the books she sells. But when she receives a mysterious call demanding she pay ransom to save her parents, her comfortable world erupts in chaos. Panicked, she turns to the sexy soldier who swept her off her feet, not knowing he's part of an elite spec ops team... -
![Rescuing Gabriella by Anna Blakely]()
Rescuing Gabriella by Anna Blakely
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsHE FINALLY FOUND THE ONE…BUT THEN SHE VANISHED.After nearly dying on a Bravo Team op, former Marine Zade King spends the final weekend of his recovery in paradise where he meets Gabby. She’s smart, funny, beautiful…everything he’s ever wanted in a woman. Then she disappears without a trace.SHE’S NOT WHO HE THINKS SHE IS... -
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![Rocky Mountain Rescue by Elle James]()
Rocky Mountain Rescue by Elle James
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFormer Green Beret Max Thornton’s career ended when he fell two hundred and fifty feet during a training exercise and broke nearly every bone in his body. Left with a permanent limp and in need of a job, he is recruited by Brotherhood Protectors where he can use his combat training and skills to protect, guard and rescue others. He didn’t expect his first assignment to be the resident mechanic... -
![Fighting for Jen by Cara Carnes]()
Fighting for Jen by Cara Carnes
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsShe fights for those who can’t fight back…Jennifer Davenport vowed to never back down from a fight. Raised in a violent home, she’d survived her share of nightmares and monsters lurking in the shadows. She’s made it her life mission to help all of Counterstrike’s clients start a new life. Her former Delta force brothers get them out, and she paves the way to a better future. Easy, right?Yeah, no... -
![A Trident Wedding by Jaime Lewis]()
A Trident Wedding by Jaime Lewis
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen she bumped into the handsome blue-eyed stranger two years ago in Afghanistan, Alexandra Hardesty knew that her life would change forever. With her upbringing, she understood that falling in love with a Navy SEAL wouldn’t be all smooth sailings and that their relationship would face many hurdles... -
![Montana Ranger Returns by Elle James]()
Montana Ranger Returns by Elle James
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBetrayed by his wife and filled with self-loathing, he joined the Army on his path to self-destructionFin McClain left Montana to escape his past. He joined the US Army to fight enemies of his country and his own internal demons in an attempt at redemption or suicide. On a mission in Syria, he fought alongside a woman they called the Angel of Death, a woman as fierce as she was beautiful... -
![Atlas' World: A Poseidon's Warriors MC Novel - Book 5 by Darlene Tallman]()
Atlas' World: A Poseidon's Warriors MC Novel - Book 5 by Darlene Tallman
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBeck ‘Atlas’ Crandall is a combat veteran, just like the majority of his club brothers that started Poseidon’s Warriors MC. A trained medic, it was his responsibility to head into missions in an effort to hopefully rescue those involved. Sadly, most ended up being recovery situations instead, which started causing him extreme mental duress... -
![Hemingway by Zoe Dawson]()
Hemingway by Zoe Dawson
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAtticus “Hemingway” Sinclair has wanted to become a SEAL since he could remember. With the help of his brother-in-law, Ashe “Kid Chaos” Wilder he’s on his first step toward his goal—BUD/S training. Everything runs smoothly up until the night before he has to report to Coronado. He meets a woman in a bar, and she blows him away during their one night of anonymous passion... -
![Rescuing Carmen by Ellie Masters]()
Rescuing Carmen by Ellie Masters
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMeet the Guardians, former military special ops soldiers turned hostage rescue specialists. With dangerous missions, heroic rescues, nail-biting suspense, and sizzling romance, the entire series is an addictive adrenaline rush from the first page to the last. Fierce protectors, the Guardians are a band of brothers who'll face any danger to rescue those who've been taken... -
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Garrett’s Destiny by Anna Blakely
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHe wanted a break from the action. She wanted to prove she could be more. They found each other in paradise…but a killer followed them home.Former Army Ranger Garrett Morgan loves working for Tactical Operations. Using his special forces training to rescue innocent civilians is what he lives for. But lately, Garrett’s been feeling the strain of a life that’s all work and no play... -
![Dino by Jaime Lewis]()
Dino by Jaime Lewis
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsArianna has spent the last few years in Europe working undercover for the FBI to assist in bringing down the mob boss of one of Europe's most prominent crime families. Her fake job...Becoming Europe's most photographed lingerie model. Using connections within the modeling industry finally pays off when Arianna is presented with an opportunity to work for the man she has been patiently seeking out... -
![No Compromise by Rochelle Alers]()
No Compromise by Rochelle Alers
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAs the driven executive director of The Sanctuary, a program dedicated to reaching out to victimized women, Jolene Walker has neither the time nor the energy for a personal life...until she meets United States Army Captain Michael Kirkland, a sexy, powerfully compelling intelligence expert who tempts her to trade in her eighteen-hour work days for sultry nights of sizzling passion... -
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![Avenging Victoria by Cara Carnes]()
Avenging Victoria by Cara Carnes
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsLaw and order is in her blood and she bleeds blue…FBI Agent Victoria Blevins has devoted her career to upholding the law and never shies away from a challenge... -
![Fast Fury by Kaylea Cross]()
Fast Fury by Kaylea Cross
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsShe’s a woman worth fighting for. Abby McKinley misses her sexy former neighbor from across the hall more than she expected—because he means more to her than she was ready to admit. When she learns the feeling is mutual, she balks at the idea of getting involved with a man who is sure to break her heart. But the pull between them is too strong to deny... -
![Ruined With You by J. Kenner]()
Ruined With You by J. Kenner
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen 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... -
![Mafia Queen by L. Steele]()
Mafia Queen by L. Steele
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratings"Run my Beauty... If I catch you, you are MINE..."Michael Byron Domenico SovranoHe kidnapped me to pay my father's debt.He forced me to marry him to further his own ambitions.Everything he did to me, touched the darkness deep inside me.... and brought it to the light so I could see myself through his eyes.His brutality broke the chains that bound me.His savagery set me free.His touch.. -
![Defending Casey by Reina Torres]()
Defending Casey by Reina Torres
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHale “Hondo” Foster never intended to come back to Fool’s Gold, Colorado, but maybe it was time to put some ghosts to rest. He left, heartbroken, and found himself in the military. He built a career but there was always something missing.Now that he’s back in Colorado, he knows who it is. Casey, his high school sweetheart... -
![SEAL's Sunshine by Lynne St. James]()
SEAL's Sunshine by Lynne St. James
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsNavy SEAL Cam Patterson can’t wait for the day that he returns to the woman he loves. But everything blows up when he finds out there is a plot to kill the President of the United States. Miranda Stanhope has been anxiously awaiting Cam’s return. Months ago, he and his Black Eagle SEAL Team wrenched her away from the Taliban who’d been torturing her. The terrifying nightmares still haunt her... -
![Rescuing Katherine by Anna Blakely]()
Rescuing Katherine by Anna Blakely
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsHE GAVE HER HIS HEART—AND SHE SHATTERED IT. Bravo Team operative Matthew Turner used to believe in happily ever after, but that was years ago, before the only woman he’s ever loved betrayed him and shredded his heart. Since then, he’s worked hard and played even harder, determined he’ll never be vulnerable again. NOT EVERYTHING IS AS IT SEEMS... -
![Protecting Harper by Olivia Michaels]()
Protecting Harper by Olivia Michaels
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsMichael “Flint” Gray is a Navy SEAL forced into retirement by a personal secret that could shorten his life and trap him in a nightmare. A former teammate gives Flint a new lease on life when he offers Flint a job in Colorado with Watchdog Protectors, a security company with its own secrets... -
![Fiery Surrender by Mari Carr, Lila Dubois]()
Fiery Surrender by Mari Carr, Lila Dubois
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLangston has finally taken his place among the Trinity Masters, America’s most powerful secret society, and he’s ready to stand at the altar to meet his trinity. However, when the Grand Master, Juliet, pairs him in an arranged menage marriage with Rich and Mina, he finds himself struggling to fit into this society he’s only just discovered... -
![Crave Me by Georgia Le Carre]()
Crave Me by Georgia Le Carre
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA Romance Collection Four strong minded best friends find their own mysterious, tall, dark and handsome forever men in this steamy romance collection.Four best selling books that'll keep you turning the pages .Submitting to the BillionaireNikolaiWhen people look into my eyes they realize instantly that there is more pity to be found looking into the eyes of a cobra...Categorized as:
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![Rescuing Piper by Zoe Dawson]()
Rescuing Piper by Zoe Dawson
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNowhere to Run…While recuperating in a hospital at Bagram Airfield from a mission gone wrong, Navy SEAL, Lieutenant Dexter Kaczewski, meets Senator Piper Jones, the sister of his best friend and fellow SEAL. With the mission under investigation and his friend clinging to life, Dex wakes to what looks an insurgent attack at the hospital... -
![Saving Amber by Zoe Dawson]()
Saving Amber by Zoe Dawson
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA cold zero…Master Sergeant Tristan Michaels, USMC, is on temporary assignment to the Mountain Warfare Training Center in a remote location in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, teaching Marines how to survive in cold weather... -
![Artful Dodger by Zoe Dawson]()
Artful Dodger by Zoe Dawson
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsPetty Officer Oliver “Artful Dodger” Graham heads with the team to Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic to apprehend the financier of their failed terrorist target Muhammad Angar Said. But on a routine recon of the city, he discovers a hooker that looks suspiciously like Mad Max’s baby sister, Anna Keegan. Once he follows her all hell breaks loose... -
![Summer Heatwave by KaLyn Cooper]()
Summer Heatwave by KaLyn Cooper
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSometimes life just throws two people together. Commander Mike Gallagher was not looking for wife number three. In his mid-forties, he’d given up on love. But life kept him running into Special Agent in Charge Kameron “Kam” Hood of Homeland Security Investigations for Human Trafficking. She was one of the most prickly women he’d ever met and they had taken an instant dislike to each other... -
![Organically Yours by Abbie Zanders]()
Organically Yours by Abbie Zanders
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNOW AVAILABLE! Have they found the secret recipe for happiness…or are they playing with fire? No one knows more about peaches than master orchardist Tina Obermacher. The only thing she lacks is time to cultivate a personal life... -
![Fall of the Trident by KaLyn Cooper]()
Fall of the Trident by KaLyn Cooper
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCan the love of your life happen twice?Vice Admiral Cade Lister had continued to function for five years after losing his much-loved wife to cancer, but he hadn’t been living. His work hadn’t changed so it had become his life. He went from one command to another, wherever the Navy sent him... -
![Her Selfless Warrior by Caitlyn O'Leary]()
Her Selfless Warrior by Caitlyn O'Leary
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWill they get their second chance at love, before fate rips it away?As a child, Kostya (Konstantin) Barona barely escaped Russia with his life when his father was dragged off by the secret police and he watched his mother brutally murdered. Now that he leads a Navy SEAL team, his whole life is based around rescuing those in need.Lark Sorensen is an investigative journalist... -
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Scotty by Leslie North
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDanger lurks around every corner… but it’s romance that comes as the biggest surpriseNavy SEAL Scotty Devonshire has one weakness: women. But a long-term relationship? That’s not his style—until Hayley Stevens walks into his life. All he wants is to find his SEAL teammate’s widow and clear his buddies’ names. Turns out Hayley, a hacker extraordinaire, is trying to find the same woman... -
![Total Meltdown by Elle James]()
Total Meltdown by Elle James
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAn elementary teacher during the school year, Lily Grayson hires out as an au pair during the summer in order to travel expenses-paid to exotic locations with wealthy families with children. When one of her students suggests she apply for a summer job with his family going to Costa Rica, she jumps at the chance... -
![Bravery's Sin by Mari Carr, Lila Dubois]()
Bravery's Sin by Mari Carr, Lila Dubois
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAn unbearable loss. A man willing to kill for her. A future they’ll never have. Brilliant, beautiful...and scarred, Nyx Kata is living on borrowed time. In a race to find the villain threatening to destroy the Masters Admiralty, Nyx is forced to face the terrifying secrets of her past. Secrets...and a man...she can no longer run from... -
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![SEALs of Honor: Books 14-16 by Dale Mayer]()
SEALs of Honor: Books 14-16 by Dale Mayer
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis collection of books contains: RyderMacklinCoreyFull description is below:SEALs of Honor: RyderHaving lost the one good thing in his life, Ryder wants only to forget, to help others and defend his country. After a mission goes south and his SEAL brother is hurt, Ryder checks on him in Medical and finds the one that got away working there... -
![Lethal Justice by Maddie Wade, India Kells]()
Lethal Justice by Maddie Wade, India Kells
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA gang war, police corruption, and a past they never knew they shared may steal their future.Malco has it all, a home he built with his own two hands, a job he loves, and a family in the form of his colleagues at the Alliance Agency... -
![2-Stroke by Zoe Dawson]()
2-Stroke by Zoe Dawson
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsPetty Officer Neo “2-Stroke” Teller and Officer Chrysanthe Steele have been taken by ruthless people who will stop at nothing to get what they want. 2-Stroke and Chry are trying to survive as they work to escape. During this time, 2-Stroke finds that he is reconnecting to emotions, memories, and relationships that he’d thought he’d left in the past... -
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Saint by Zoe Dawson
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsZach “Saint” Bartholomew has always followed the rules—does what’s right. But when Special ATF Agent Aella Mikos is captured and held by a Somalian warlord, all bets are off. As he and his team navigate the ranks of the brass, the mission to release her hits several snags and is called off. Saint is ordered to stop his reconnaissance and return to the team. An order he disobeys... -
![Garnet by Helen Hardt]()
Garnet by Helen Hardt
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHe'll protect her no matter what...even from herself.As Garnet, professional volleyball player Aspen Davis was hunted on an island in the South Pacific by depraved men who paid millions for the privilege. While her athleticism initially gave her an edge, it turned into a hindrance when her tormentors saw her as a challenge. Scarred and mentally exhausted, she's blocked out a lot of the memories... -
![Safeguarding Miley (Special Forces: Operation Alpha) by Melissa Kay Clarke]()
Safeguarding Miley (Special Forces: Operation Alpha) by Melissa Kay Clarke
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDr. Miley Ellison loves her career choice. Taking care of small animals is her passion - the larger ones? Not so much. However, when her grandfather leaves her his practice in Wyoming, she resigns herself to a life of dealing mostly with livestock. It isn't ideal but at least she's in control of her own life. If only her mind would focus on the job and not on her best friend's sexy brother...
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