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  • Flawed by Riley Edwards

    Flawed by Riley Edwards

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A career-ending mission sends Trey Durum’s life into a death spiral. Out of control, scarred, and with his spirit broken, he tries to adjust to civilian life. His plan to fade into the background goes up in smoke when Adalynn Walker crashs into his life. The sexy physical therapist has everyone fooled. She’s not sweet. She’s not shy. She’s not patient and kind...
  • Freedom: A Black Ops Romance by Riley Edwards

    Freedom: A Black Ops Romance by Riley Edwards

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    She’s game changer he wishes he’d never met. Nolan Clark is the last man standing. While he is happy his teammates have found love, he’s even happier to be single. But fate is a funny thing. When a one-night stand turns into a friends with benefits agreement, he starts to question why he’s holding the beautiful Reagan at arm’s length...
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    suspense  war  age-gap  alpha-mc  crime  romance  military  mystery
  • The Powerbroker by Anna Hackett

    The Powerbroker by Anna Hackett

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    She’s undercover in a dangerous motorcycle club, and her unwanted protector is the city’s most lethal man.Police Detective Brynn Sullivan is dedicated to her job and living up to the memory of her cop father. She’s out to prove herself on her biggest case yet—stopping a dangerous drug from flooding the streets of San Francisco...
  • Owen by Riley Edwards

    Owen by Riley Edwards

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Owen Cullen was a dream. Not a dream come true because I’d never dared to dream. He was my wildest fantasy, a hallucination, a delusion. The handsome man who’d saved my life—twice. He was a real-life hero, and I was…what was I? Filth, that was what I was. The daughter of a gangster, the niece of the reigning king of Chicago’s underground. I tried my best not to fall in love with Owen...
  • Freedom by J.L. Drake

    Freedom by J.L. Drake

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Rain pelted my face as I pushed through the roar of the storm. Deep in the belly of Mexico, my team and I were on the hunt. One of the cartel’s mules flipped and wanted a ticket to freedom. The information they held could be our game-changer. Returning home to a civilian lifestyle was always an adjustment, even if it was temporary...
  • A Dom is Forever by Lexi Blake

    A Dom is Forever by Lexi Blake

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    Librarian's note: See alternate cover edition of ASIN B00A648XZO here.A Man with a Past…Liam O’Donnell fled his native Ireland years ago after one of his missions ended in tragedy and he is accused of killing several of his fellow agents. Shrouded in mystery, Liam can’t remember that fateful night...
  • Hell on Wheels by Penny Dee

    Hell on Wheels by Penny Dee

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    I left here a man but came back a beast CHANCE A shoulder-fired missile broke my body. But betrayal obliterated my heart. For months I lingered in and out of hell until my body healed. Now I’m back in town with my club brothers. But I am still fighting a war of darkness in my head and I can’t see a way out...
  • Ice's Icing by Dale Mayer

    Ice's Icing by Dale Mayer

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Ice wanted only one thing in her life, and that was Levi—and maybe someone who was a blend of both of them. When he asked her to marry him, she was thrilled, but now she’s struggling to pin down a wedding date for fear he’d been caught up in the moment and didn’t really want to go through with it...
    Categorized as:
    crime  drama  suspense  war  action-adventure  adult  book  fiction
  • Black Heart by Lynn Raye Harris

    Black Heart by Lynn Raye Harris

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    He’s untouchable. Unbreakable. She plans to destroy him.Former CIA agent Ian Black has done terrible deeds. Sacrificed his honor and reputation for God and country. He’s a fighter and a survivor. His mission is to rid the world of scumbags who prey on innocent people.No price is too high, and no one crosses him. Not for long, anyway...
  • Anders's Angel by Dale Mayer

    Anders's Angel by Dale Mayer

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    He’s all about second chances… Anders loves winter and the wilderness, so a trip to the Swiss Alps to retrieve a glaciologist is right up his alley. When he realizes who he’s picking up, he can’t help but smile at fate...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  crime  suspense  war  action-adventure  adult  book  fiction
  • Finding His Mark by Brittney Sahin

    Finding His Mark by Brittney Sahin

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    She's crashed the biggest party of her life, and she's about to pay the price. As the leader of an off-the-books black ops SEAL team, Luke Scott can't afford for anyone to discover the truth about who he is or what he does...
  • Joseph by Kris Michaels

    Joseph by Kris Michaels

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Ember Harris has sworn to save lives. Joseph King is an assassin. Death is their common ground, only they stand on opposing sides. A dead man’s plea pushes Dr. Ember Harris headfirst into a swirling mire of drugs, death and political corruption. The Cartel boss who murdered Ember’s friend will stop at nothing to get the information entrusted to her...
  • The Hard Truth by Brittney Sahin

    The Hard Truth by Brittney Sahin

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Trading bullets for board meetings, or so he thought...Connor Matthews, former Marine and gun for hire, is not what you'd call the quintessential businessman. But when his father's unexpected passing leaves the family business to him and his brother, Connor agrees to take over until his brother finishes his last tour of duty...
  • Out of the Ashes by R.C. Boldt

    Out of the Ashes by R.C. Boldt

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Phoenix /fēniks/: (in classical mythology) a unique bird inhabiting the Arabian Desert that burned itself on a funeral pyre before rising from the ashes with renewed youth to live through another cycle. This isn’t mythology, it’s war, and Hendy is left in the hands of Hell’s cruelest gatekeepers...
  • Crash & Burn by Abigail Roux

    Crash & Burn by Abigail Roux

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    It’s been five years since Special Agents Ty Grady and Zane Garrett first worked together to solve the Tri-State murders, and time has been both harsh and kind. Engaged now, they face the challenge of planning a deeply uncertain future together. Zane is at the pinnacle of his career with one last mystery to solve, while Ty is at sea in a world where he’s no longer the tip of a spear...
  • For His Eyes Only by Lexi Blake

    For His Eyes Only by Lexi Blake

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    A night he can’t forget Five years ago, Nick Markovic found himself consumed by his quest for vengeance. The one time he managed to find peace was in the arms of Hayley Dalton. Being with her was like bathing in sunlight, and he ached to feel that again, but he couldn’t...
  • Thin Ice: by Maryann Jordan, Suspense Sisters

    Thin Ice: by Maryann Jordan, Suspense Sisters

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The Sleeper SEALs, are former U.S. Navy SEALs recruited by a new CIA counter-terror division to handle solo dark ops missions to combat terrorism on U.S. soil. Logan (Preacher) Bishop, retired Navy SEAL, flew tourists on helicopter rides over the mountains of Montana and occasionally rescued skiers from snowy slopes...
  • Jax by Dale Mayer

    Jax by Dale Mayer

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    What happens when the very men—trained to make the hard decisions—come up against the rules and regulations that hold them back from doing what needs to be done? They either stay and work within the constraints given to them or they walk away. Only now, for a select few, they have another option: The Mavericks...
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    crime  drama  suspense  war  action-adventure  adult  audiobook  book
  • Beau by Dale Mayer

    Beau by Dale Mayer

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    What happens when the very men—trained to make the hard decisions—come up against the rules and regulations that hold them back from doing what needs to be done? They either stay and work within the constraints given to them or they walk away. Only now, for a select few, they have another option: The Mavericks...
    Categorized as:
    crime  drama  suspense  war  action-adventure  adult  book  fiction
  • SEALs of Honor: Devlin by Dale Mayer

    SEALs of Honor: Devlin by Dale Mayer

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The right place at the right time… or the very wrong place… As part of a group helping to training Iraq soldiers, Devin is doing additional training on how to use the latest drones. But when a murder is committed on the base and suspicion is thrown on the drone’s designer, he can’t stop himself from helping her. When they return stateside, another employee in the same company is murdered...
  • Brandon's Bliss by Dale Mayer

    Brandon's Bliss by Dale Mayer

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Brandon, the newest member of Levi’s team at Legendary Securities, heads to Africa. Bullard purchased a new holding there, but, shortly after arriving, went missing. Kasha has worked for Bullard for five years. She's familiar with most of those who work for Legendary as well...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  crime  humor  suspense  war  action-adventure  adult  book
  • Diamond in the Rough by Charlie Cochet

    Diamond in the Rough by Charlie Cochet

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    When the cards are stacked against you, the Kings will even the odds. For Ward “King” Kingston the role of protector, forged by fire and tragedy, is one he takes seriously. When King is asked to safeguard the son of a four-star general and friend, he is pulled back into the world of government black ops on a mission that raises painful memories from his past...
    Categorized as:
    age-gap  alpha-mc  crime  drama  humor  suspense  war  action-adventure
  • Lead Security by Evan Grace

    Lead Security by Evan Grace

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I’ve spent the last several years building my company, having zero time for a social life. I preferred it that way. After the mess my ex-wife left me with, I have no interest in anything remotely close to a relationship. Until I meet my daughter’s new next-door neighbor. Harley is kind, beautiful, and she’s also an erotic romance writer. To any man, she’s the perfect package...
  • Picking Up the Pieces by Maryann Jordan

    Picking Up the Pieces by Maryann Jordan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    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. Lance Greene. Former military. Current artist…and recluse...
  • Fast Fury by Kaylea Cross

    Fast Fury by Kaylea Cross

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    She’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...
  • HOT Secrets by Lynn Raye Harris

    HOT Secrets by Lynn Raye Harris

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    She nearly ruined his life. Now she needs him to save hers. It was supposed to be a simple job for hacker Bliss Bennett: access confidential files and turn them over to the CIA. But something went wrong—and now Bliss has a target on her back. With no idea who to trust, she heads straight toward the one man she hopes won’t turn her away...
  • Hot Protector by Lynn Raye Harris

    Hot Protector by Lynn Raye Harris

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Sometimes the forbidden is impossible to resist… The 10th novel in the bestselling Hostile Operations Team series. Chase “Fiddler” Daniels finds himself on the run with Sophie Nash—the step-sister he loves to hate. Protecting Sophie from a Russian mobster shouldn’t be too hard...
  • This is the End, Baby by K. Webster

    This is the End, Baby by K. Webster

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    ***This is the seventh and final book in the series. First six books must be read in order to fully understand this story line. THIS STORY IS A NOVELLA AND SHORTER THAN THE REST.*** They say the king is the most powerful piece on the board. However, they haven’t met me. This queen knows all the rules. She plays the game better than him...
    Categorized as:
    age-gap  alpha-mc  crime  drama  suspense  war  abuse  action-adventure
  • Wreaking Havoc by Harley Stone

    Wreaking Havoc by Harley Stone

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    ***2nd edition with bonus content, no cheating, HEA, 18+ for language and sexual situations... Fresh out of jail, the Dead Presidents MC Sargent at Arms, Marcus “Havoc” Wilson, is trying to lay low and keep his PTSD-induced temper under control while helping other military veterans rejoin society...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  humor  poc-mc  war  action-adventure  adult  biker  book
  • Trapping Wasp by Harley Stone

    Trapping Wasp by Harley Stone

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    18+ for language and sexual situations... Andrew “Wasp” Marshall, VP of the Dead Presidents MC, rides life like it’s his bike, at full speed with no real destination. But when he sets his sights on an irresistible new bartender with a comical little kid, Wasp will have to decide if he’s willing to give up his carefree lifestyle and buckle down to become the man she needs...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  humor  suspense  war  action-adventure  adult  biker  book
  • Sweetest Sorrow by J.M. Darhower

    Sweetest Sorrow by J.M. Darhower

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Dante Galante has evaded death a few times in his life, but held captive in a sweltering basement, he's certain that death has finally caught up to him. Bloody and barely breathing, he tries to stay strong, but there's only so much a man can endure before darkness takes over. As a critical care nurse, Gabriella Russo witnesses suffering often...
  • Ryker by Dale Mayer

    Ryker by Dale Mayer

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    After his last assignment, Ryker is ready for a rest. And he gets it—but only a few hours …That’s even too long for a geologist kidnapped by guerrillas in the Columbian jungle. Ryker has plenty of experience in jungles around the world but, keeping Manila safe—along with the two men she’s traveling with and their injured guide—exposes them for who they are...
    Categorized as:
    crime  drama  suspense  war  action-adventure  adult  book  fiction
  • Miles by Dale Mayer

    Miles by Dale Mayer

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When his call came, the mission was the opposite of what he expected…Returning to his hometown of London, UK, was a happy surprise, until he realized what—and who—was involved. Out of his comfort zone when dealing with women sold into sexual slavery or even “collected,” regardless Miles was determined to dig in deep, when he realized he knew the latest kidnapped victim...
  • Gavin by Dale Mayer

    Gavin by Dale Mayer

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When four members of one family-owned corporation are kidnapped off the streets in Honolulu, Gavin’s intel says this is a corporate espionage case … but is it? Not much to like about this case. Too many people are involved, … including an old friend of Gavin’s. But, as Gavin digs deeper into the motives of the suspect pool, events get uglier, and bodies start to fall...
  • Axel by Dale Mayer

    Axel by Dale Mayer

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Life was never boring, but, for Axel, things kick up a notch when he helps in an underwater rescue of a downed submarine that’s low on oxygen. What they find is nothing like what they expected. All the crew but one was dead—as in shot to death. The last remaining crew member was alive but in rough shape...
  • Zack's Zest: A SEALs of Honor World Novel by Dale Mayer

    Zack's Zest: A SEALs of Honor World Novel by Dale Mayer

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Zack's Zest, book 24 in the Heroes for Hire Series.Zack wasn’t someone to focus on his mistakes, but he’d made a big one, and it was hard to move on from it. Still he was determined to work with Levi’s team to find new meaning in his life and to get his head on straight. At least that was the plan...
    Categorized as:
    crime  drama  suspense  war  action-adventure  adult  book  fiction
  • Keane by Dale Mayer

    Keane by Dale Mayer

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Heading out on a last-ditch rescue mission to Puget Sound one day after two women go overboard in a sailing accident isn’t exactly what he’d expected … But Keane is nothing if not adaptable. He can only hope the two women are alive and doing everything they can to stay that way...
  • Hot SEAL, Undercover Groom (SEALs in Paradise) by Maryann Jordan

    Hot SEAL, Undercover Groom (SEALs in Paradise) by Maryann Jordan

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Nolan (Ringer) Bell is a SEAL, sidelined for a ruptured appendix and on medical leave. Bored at his mom’s house, he agrees to help his sister, a local PI, specializing in financial fraud. The case…suspected money laundering through a wedding chapel with ties to a casino...
  • Gray Matter by Becky McGraw

    Gray Matter by Becky McGraw

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Can Gray help his new office manager clean her dirty laundry? Or will the mafia princess hang him out to dry? Since leaving the FBI Grayson Jennings has found peace in his life with his job as a forensic accountant with Deep Six Security and he treasures it. It remains that way until Michaela Girabaldi is hired as the new office manager for their east coast office...
  • Hot SEAL, Tijuana Nights: An Enemies to Lovers Romantic Comedy  (SEALs in Paradise) by Cat Johnson, Paradise Authors

    Hot SEAL, Tijuana Nights: An Enemies to Lovers Romantic Comedy (SEALs in Paradise) by Cat Johnson, Paradise Authors

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    He's a Navy SEAL. She's his sister's annoying best friend . . . and now she's missing. In Tijuana. And he has to find her. During his leave. F*ck. Navy SEAL Zachary Browne made it back from Yemen to find a squatter living in his house—an apparently homeless and very possibly insane, sexy AF interior designer who claims she was hired by his sister to redecorate his place as a surprise...
  • Join the Club by Charlie Cochet

    Join the Club by Charlie Cochet

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Eduardo “Lucky” Morales is a fighter, from his childhood days in Cuba to his time as a Special Forces Green Beret. Scarred by the wars of his past, Lucky has learned nothing lasts forever. Guarding his heart is second nature, and getting emotionally involved is not an option...
  • Griffin by Dale Mayer

    Griffin by Dale Mayer

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    What happens when the very men—trained to make the hard decisions—come up against the rules and regulations that hold them back from doing what needs to be done? They either stay and work within the constraints given to them or they walk away. Only now, for a select few, they have another option: The Mavericks...
  • The War of Gods by Con Template

    The War of Gods by Con Template

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Before the changing of tides, there is always silence. A prolonged silence to warn people about what’s coming, an insufferable silence that promises pain, and an epic silence that guarantees an event that will carve itself into history. For Choi Yoori, the changing of her tides has started...
  • Grinch Reaper by Donna Michaels

    Grinch Reaper by Donna Michaels

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The Sleeper SEALs are former U.S. Navy SEALs recruited by a new CIA counter-terror division to handle solo dark ops missions to combat terrorism on U.S. soil. GRINCH REAPER The only thing Matteo “Reaper” Santarelli hates more than Christmas is having to leave the teams to take over his family’s chain of pizza joints after his father suffers a stroke...
  • Fast Justice by Kaylea Cross

    Fast Justice by Kaylea Cross

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Sacrifice is a requirement of the job. Rowan Stewart walked away from the love of a lifetime to focus on the demands of her job as Assistant US Attorney. Now she’s working on the biggest case of her career, prosecuting one of the Veneno cartel’s most notorious members. Except the case presents unexpected challenges—including the man she can’t forget…and a threat she could not foresee...
  • Jackson by Dale Mayer

    Jackson by Dale Mayer

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A bullet takes out his rig, but a mechanic captures his heart…When Jackson is forced to pull his rig to the side of the road as the radiator overheats, he’s not impressed, but when a bouncy mechanic in camo drives back to help him, he’s even less enthralled – with himself. She’s smart, capable, single and knows a whole lot more about mechanical things than he does...
    Categorized as:
    humor  suspense  war  action-adventure  adult  book  fiction  military
  • Kanen by Dale Mayer

    Kanen by Dale Mayer

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    His best friend’s wife is in trouble… A panicked phone call sends Kanan flying across the ocean to find that she’s been held captive in her apartment, tortured for something her dead husband supposedly hid...
    Categorized as:
    crime  suspense  war  action-adventure  adult  audiobook  book  fiction
  • North's Nikki by Dale Mayer

    North's Nikki by Dale Mayer

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    In what circumstance wouldn’t a knight want to rescue a damsel in distress? A former SEAL working for Legendary Securities, North Dockter has found the very circumstance that challenges even his stalwart, chivalrous ways. Nikki Beckwith is a firecracker who butts heads with him at every turn, refusing to follow orders or listen to his experience unless doing so suits her...
  • This Is Where I Sleep by Tiffany Patterson

    This Is Where I Sleep by Tiffany Patterson

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    ***THIS IS A STANDALONE NOVEL *** For more than a decade, life has been one mission after another for Coral Coleman. This time, Coral is on a mission to find the elusive “Ghost,” who Coral believes is responsible for trying to kill her two years ago. Unfortunately for them, they missed her, but in the process took out two of Coral’s teammates—that, Coral takes personally...
    Categorized as:
    alpha-mc  crime  humor  poc-mc  suspense  war  action-adventure  adult
  • 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...
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