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  • Sacrifice The Knight by Emilia Finn

    Sacrifice The Knight by Emilia Finn

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Sacrifices are never ideal, but to win the game, sometimes the knight must fall. Katrina Blair is a single mom to a daredevil teen, which means she has no time for fruitless endeavours such as dating. Why? Because men are all the same: liars, thieves, and unreliable a**holes...
  • Garrett by Riley Edwards

    Garrett by Riley Edwards

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Garrett’s redemption won’t come easy; Melissa Rivers is not the same girl he broke.Former GRS Operator and Navy SEAL Garrett Davis is the walking, talking definition of regret. His guilt weighs heavy. The pain and misery he carries cripples him. When a tragic accident takes him back to his hometown, he’s not prepared to face the woman he left behind...
  • An Act of Obsession by K.C. Lynn

    An Act of Obsession by K.C. Lynn

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    She’s beautiful yet scarred beyond repair. He’s powerful and lethal, in and out of the ring. One act of kindness brought Sophie Parish far more danger than she could have ever imagined. Now she’s on the run, leaving behind her family and the only dream she’s ever had. Retired EFC fighter Kolan Slade’s life has been one endless battle after another...
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    dark  fighter  military  sad  sports  stalking  suspense  abuse
  • Cyclone by Janie Crouch

    Cyclone by Janie Crouch

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    He’d protect her from any threat… But what if the biggest threat is him?   Doctor Anne Nichols is back in Oak Creek, Wyoming, only because she has no other options. Here, she was always the shy, stuttering girl, invisible to everyone.   Except Zac Mackay. The very reason she left in the first place...
    Categorized as:
    dark  military  sad  stalking  suspense  abuse  action-adventure  adult
  • Searching for Bristol by Susan Stoker

    Searching for Bristol by Susan Stoker

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Getting lost in the woods isn’t on Bristol Wingham’s agenda. Neither is being abandoned by her friends or getting injured. Luckily for her, she’s found by one of Fallport’s search and rescue members. She hadn’t planned on staying in the small town, but when her rescuer offers her a place to recuperate…she can’t resist...
  • Chasin's Surrender by Riley Edwards

    Chasin's Surrender by Riley Edwards

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Chasin Murray found The One. His perfect match. And in a single act of stupidity he threw her away.Genevieve Ellison is not a woman Chasin can forget, even if she was only his for the weekend. But now that she’s back in his life, the last thing she wants is a reconciliation. And with her comes a deadly secret, one that blindsides the former SEAL...
  • Reaper's Wrath by Jamie Begley

    Reaper's Wrath by Jamie Begley

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Have you ever wondered how soulmates fall in love after they meet? One touch was all it took to pierce through the hatred, the revenge, the payback that kept Reaper’s sanity in check...
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    dark  military  sad  stalking  suspense  abuse  action-adventure  adult
  • Mess Me Up by Lani Lynn Vale

    Mess Me Up by Lani Lynn Vale

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    When Rome Pierce moved to Bear Bottom, Texas, it was his intention to lay low. To not be seen. To find a way to heal his body and soul—as well as his son’s. Nobody would know by looking at him that he used to play professional football. Not with the Bear Bottom MC cut covering his back, and definitely not with his friendly smile completely obliterated...
    Categorized as:
    dark  military  sad  sports  suspense  abuse  action-adventure  adult
  • It Happens by Lani Lynn Vale

    It Happens by Lani Lynn Vale

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Zee + Annmarie and Tan + Jubilee. Forever. No exceptions. They were to have the picture-perfect life together. Everything was all planned out. Jubilee was to marry Eitan and Ezekiel was to marry Annmarie. That’s how it was always supposed to be from the moment that they met. Textbook, right? Wrong...
  • Redwood by Janie Crouch

    Redwood by Janie Crouch

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Gavin Zimmerman. Military codename: REDWOOD. This former Special Forces soldier will protect Oak Creek from any threat. Even one that comes in the form of a delicate blonde with haunted eyes.A tiny town in Wyoming and the fake ID in her pocket are Lexi Johnson's last chance. She's used her all her resources to escape the danger that hounds her...
  • Beauty by Jordan Marie

    Beauty by Jordan Marie

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    This isn't your everyday Beauty and the Beast story. Our love story was tragic, until it wasn't.... Once upon a time I fell in love with a beast. I fell fast. I fell hard. I loved him intensely and I trusted him completely - until he ripped my heart to shreds. Love isn't a fairy tale. It's messy. It's dirty. It's painful, and it's ugly. Until it's not...
  • Kye by Nyssa Kathryn

    Kye by Nyssa Kathryn

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Sometimes it’s in the depths of hell, that one finds their angel.Samantha Jacobs thought she was aiding her government. She believed the chip she created, the one that could change the world, would be used for the good of mankind. But it was all a lie…and she discovered the truth too late. Now, Samantha will suffer dearly for her mistake...
  • Stamp: Time Served MC, Book 10 by Cee Bowerman

    Stamp: Time Served MC, Book 10 by Cee Bowerman

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Valentine Russo has gone from living the life of a privileged member of a well-known mafia family to a prison inmate and now a television celebrity. Through all of those many life chapters, he’s still not found the one person who can make his life complete...
  • Colton by Marie James

    Colton by Marie James

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Detective Colton Matthews has experienced a lot in the last ten years.Promotions.Divorce.Single-dad life.His work life is as full of surprises as his home life.But nothing prepared him for her.Saying yes to the favor asked of the Cerberus MC was a no brainer.He’s a good guy helping other good guys...
  • Code Name: Gemini by Janie Crouch, Danielle M. Haas

    Code Name: Gemini by Janie Crouch, Danielle M. Haas

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Tasha Volkov has been on the run for three years from a brutal cartel who want her dead. her family.She already paid a heavy price for crossing them, and has the scars to prove it. Her only choice is to keep running, even if the tiny town of Pine Valley feels more like home to her than anywhere else she's ever been...
  • Leo by Maryann Jordan

    Leo by Maryann Jordan

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    He had no complaints… Great job, great boss, great co-workers. And a best friend he’d known for years.Okay, almost no complaints… The women he dated paled in comparison to his best friend.She had a lot of complaints… A job she hated, a tyrant for a boss, working with people that got on her last nerve. And no time for love. Plus, the guys she dated couldn’t come close to her best friend...
  • Baby by Janie Crouch

    Baby by Janie Crouch

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

    Phoenix by Janie Crouch

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Adrenaline junky. Adventure traveler. Extreme sport sensation. They’re all labels Riley Harrison—known to the world as Phoenix—wears as easily as the tattoos covering his body. But it’s his role as undercover operative for Linear Tactical’s kidnap and ransom unit that makes his blood sing. Riley uses his celebrity status to help infiltrate locations and situations nobody else can get into.In. Out...
  • Black Mail: A Black's Bandits Novel by Lynn Raye Harris

    Black Mail: A Black's Bandits Novel by Lynn Raye Harris

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Tyler “Ty” Scott finally gets his book! When Cassie Dixon gets threatening letters, there’s only one person who can help - her best friend’s sexy cousin...
  • The Patchwork Quilt of Happiness by Ava Miles

    The Patchwork Quilt of Happiness by Ava Miles

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Millions of readers have fallen in love with Ava's bestselling books...come join the family. International Bestselling Author Ava Miles shares an emotional tale about a woman’s quest to reunite her family and make a patchwork quilt of happiness out of her own happily ever after. Riley Thomson believes every woman can be her own superhero...
  • Echo by Janie Crouch

    Echo by Janie Crouch

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Sometimes the deepest scars are the ones that can't be seen. Single mom Peyton Ward works three jobs to make ends meet. At Linear Tactical she’s surrounded by heroes on a regular basis…but none of them are hers. She thought she'd found one in Linear’s silent partner, and country music superstar, Cade Conner. She was wrong. Unintended wounds still cut as deep...
  • Code Name: Outlaw by Janie Crouch, Josie Jade

    Code Name: Outlaw by Janie Crouch, Josie Jade

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Months trapped in the clutches of a madman made Jenna Franklin a shell of the woman she once was. All she can do now is use her computer genius from inside the safety of closed doors. Even two years later, going outside = blood-freezing panic. She’s made herself a haven in the only place she’s felt safe since her captivity: Oak Creek, Wyoming—home of her Linear Tactical friends...
  • Rocky Ground by Kaylea Cross

    Rocky Ground by Kaylea Cross

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    She’s been hurt too many times… Single mom Tiana Fitzgerald has sworn off all romantic relationships to protect herself and her daughter. Her track record is disastrous and she’s done getting hurt. But a certain sexy Scotsman in Crimson Point has other ideas, and somehow manages to sneak past her defenses at every turn...
  • Rocky Mountain Rescue by Elle James

    Rocky Mountain Rescue by Elle James

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Former 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...
  • Bribed by Rebecca Sharp

    Bribed by Rebecca Sharp

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Lennon Love Clarke needs to put on a show.With her reputation sinking, the famous actress has no choice but to grin and bear it because the tabloids were better than the truth. If only Lenni could remember what that was—and who is stalking her. Now, she’s in hiding—or would be if her new bodyguard hadn’t found her first.Dante Lozano is Covington Security’s very own Casanova...
  • Searching for Khloe by Susan Stoker

    Searching for Khloe by Susan Stoker

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    She thought secrets would tear them apart; instead, they brought them together.Khloe Moore has secrets. She came to Fallport, Virginia, under false pretenses, only intending to stay for a short while...
  • I'll Just Date Myself by Lani Lynn Vale

    I'll Just Date Myself by Lani Lynn Vale

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Normally when you say, “I have a stalker,” you think bad thoughts. That wasn’t the kind ofstalker Folsom was when it came to Kobe Sano. Folsom liked to call herself a “guardian angel indisguise.”The first time he catches her attention, he’s been assigned to hunt her down and throw away thekey. All she did was steal someone else’s child. Well, embryo, that is...
  • Blaze by Lynn Raye Harris

    Blaze by Lynn Raye Harris

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Dead to their pasts. Ghosts. No family ties. No connections. Six men with a top-secret mission move to a small town where they have to navigate local life, protect their secret, and, above all, stay single. Former Hostile Operations Team soldier Blaze "Shadow" Connolly knows what it’s like to lose everything. He’s got nobody except his job and his team and that’s the way he likes it...
  • Forbidden Hero: Hometown Heroes A-Z by Jo Grafford

    Forbidden Hero: Hometown Heroes A-Z by Jo Grafford

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
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  • Gen Pop by Lani Lynn Vale

    Gen Pop by Lani Lynn Vale

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Hangry: adjective—feeling irritable or irrationally angry as a result of being hungry.Sometimes, Crockett felt that in her soul.And, of course, the one time that she’s being ‘irrationally angry’ would be the time that the hottest guy on the continent walked into her place of business dressed in prison orange.She should’ve been afraid.She should’ve taken one look at him and walked the other way...
  • Only Her by Sandra Owens

    Only Her by Sandra Owens

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Former SEAL sniper Cody Roberts has returned from Afghanistan with too many demons and a simple wish: to be left alone. Working for K2 Special Services, caring for the war dogs he rescued, playing his guitar—that’s all he wants to do. But Cody is as protective as his nickname, “Dog,” suggests...
  • The Best of Me by Jessica Prince

    The Best of Me by Jessica Prince

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    It wasn’t hard for Nona Fanning to fall for Trick. He was strong, kind-hearted, loyal, and unbelievably handsome. He was the man of her dreams, and all it took was one night to give her a taste of the beauty he had to offer. But while she’d been opening her heart to him, he’d kept his under lock and key...
  • Logan by Nyssa Kathryn

    Logan by Nyssa Kathryn

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Her scars are invisible, to everyone but him. Grace Castle lived through hell, and she's never fully recovered. Nor may she ever. But she's better than she was, and now devotes her time and energy to helping other women...until someone connects her old life to her new one. Suddenly, she's forced to do something that goes against her conscience, her moral compass...her heart...
  • The Hero She Deserves by Anna Hackett

    The Hero She Deserves by Anna Hackett

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    When he goes to investigate a blaring smoke alarm, the last thing he expects to find is Hollywood’s hottest actress…naked.Deputy Sheriff Sawyer Lane likes the pace of life on Maui. After years as a Navy SEAL and in Ghost Ops, he likes that no one shoots at him. Coming to the island saved him. He still can’t sleep, but he’ll take the sun, sand, and solitude...
  • Tyler by Nyssa Kathryn

    Tyler by Nyssa Kathryn

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Sometimes, the biggest secrets can bring both salvation and destruction.Emerson Charles grew up luckier than most, going from a difficult life to finding safety and a true home with her stepmother and stepbrother. Years later, when Levi's in trouble, Emerson will do anything for the brother of her heart, her greatest protector...
  • High Impact by Freya Barker

    High Impact by Freya Barker

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Manager for Hart’s Horse Rescue, Lucy Lenoir, finally feels she has a handle on life after having worked hard to leave her old one behind. So hard, there are times she almost forgets what she escaped. Memories which suddenly come flooding back when she catches a glimpse of a familiar horseman in town. What’s worse, he’s in the company of the unlikely cowboy she’s only just beginning to trust...
  • Tate by Maryann Jordan

    Tate by Maryann Jordan

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Country music, his parents, cold beer, and apple pie…just a few of the things Frank Tate loves. The former SEAL, now a Lighthouse Security specialist also loves his job and lives for the next mission. But when a call from home sends him back to the mid-west, the past and present collide as danger follows the girl he left behind years before...
  • SEAL's RESOLVE by Rebecca Deel

    SEAL's RESOLVE by Rebecca Deel

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Wedding dress designer Kristi Stewart handles bridezillas and sewing machines with equal finesse. But when she’s kidnapped, Kristi’s only hope for survival lies in the lethal skills of a black ops warrior. After a harrowing escape, the danger continues to escalate until Kristi must confront an opponent with a fatal agenda...
  • Sea Glass Hearts by Maryann Jordan

    Sea Glass Hearts by Maryann Jordan

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A dark and stormy night…As a hurricane bore down on the Eastern Shore, Sheriff Liam Sullivan patrolled the roads, glad to see everyone was staying inside. Everyone except the owner of the car towing a trailer, now sitting on the side of the road, lights flashing.And then he met her. A woman in need. A woman to rescue. A woman to protect. A woman to love.Now to convince her of that...
  • Home Base by Abbie Zanders

    Home Base by Abbie Zanders

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    So many secrets. Such a familiar place. After fifteen years in the army, Dylan Grant is more than ready to come home, settle down, and start a family of his own. Thanks to one stolen, forbidden moment long ago, he might already have.When Raven Blackstone returns to Birch Falls to settle her late father’s estate, she intends to close the book on that part of her life forever...
  • Ranger by Rebecca Sharp

    Ranger by Rebecca Sharp

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Sydney Ward woke up on the wrong side of life—that’s what it feels like when cancel culture claims another victim...
  • Worth the Risk by Bella Matthews

    Worth the Risk by Bella Matthews

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    **Formerly Published As Changing The Game**Not all love stories have happy endings. Some are destined to crash and burn. Growing up, I was the youngest member of my family. Sheltered and protected by my older brother and his friends. Always on the outside looking in. College was supposed to be my chance for a fresh start. My opportunity to figure out who I am and what I want...
  • Aidan by Nyssa Kathryn

    Aidan by Nyssa Kathryn

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Some loves are impossible to leave behind…Cassie Webber had it all. A man who loved her, a mother and sister who were all the family she needed, and a job she adored. Until, in the blink of an eye, everything changed. Now her mother and Aidan are gone, and her sister’s in danger...
  • Revealing Annie by Freya Barker

    Revealing Annie by Freya Barker

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    As the fire department’s joker, Kyle (Sumo) Matsumoto, loves nothing better than ribbing the guys at the station. However, he’s all business when he’s on a call, and when he tries to snag the attention of a cute little baker. Then life takes a more serious turn when he’s plunged headfirst into fatherhood—of a teenage boy—giving his teammates the last laugh...
  • Can't Take My Eyes Off You: A Small Town Romantic Suspense by Kait Nolan

    Can't Take My Eyes Off You: A Small Town Romantic Suspense by Kait Nolan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Exhausted by the futility of her efforts against the city’s endemic problems and the revolving door of violence in her Chicago emergency room, Dr. Miranda Campbell came home to Wishful, where she knew she could make a real difference in people's lives...
  • Montana Silence by Josie Jade

    Montana Silence by Josie Jade

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Raised in a cult where opinions and freedom in women were not tolerated, Mara Greene narrowly escaped a life as a child bride—one where she would’ve been shared and owned by all the men in the compound.Her testimony helped put the cult leader in prison, but she’s never truly gotten past the horrors inflicted on her...
  • Not So Silent Night by Charlie Cochet

    Not So Silent Night by Charlie Cochet

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Escape to a Winter Wonderland with CEO and billionaire Colton Connolly as he embarks on a shenanigan-filled journey in search of the idyllic white Christmas he's always craved. Inspired by the enchantment of his favorite holiday movies, Colton surprises his beloved husband and their found family with a trip to the captivating mountain town of Winterhaven...
  • Get Tragic by Lani Lynn Vale

    Get Tragic by Lani Lynn Vale

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Usually when you find out you have a stalker, you don’t fall in love with him.But Banger Olivia Crest isn’t your normal, run of the mill, everyday girl. Banger is a truck driver who just so happens to know how to sling drinks in her spare time.She’s had a bad hand dealt to her time after time, and the last thing that she wants is to go all in...
  • Blake by Nyssa Kathryn

    Blake by Nyssa Kathryn

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A past that can't be changed. A future as uncertain as their relationship.Willow Foster has been a single mother for most of her young daughter's life, ever since the girl's father-a man Willow thought she'd be with forever-inexplicably disappeared. Now, just as mysteriously, he's back, living in Cradle Mountain, Idaho...
  • Covering Ollie by Freya Barker

    Covering Ollie by Freya Barker

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Living in Durango, Colorado for the past eighteen years allowed Ollie Rizzo to build her own business and carve out a quiet existence for her and her teenage daughter. She’s used to going it alone. However, their new silver-haired neighbor might present a problem—not only is he handsome—he’s also Durango’s new chief of police; a complication she can’t afford...
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