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  • The Siege, Part 1 by Kris Michaels

    The Siege, Part 1 by Kris Michaels

    Rated: 4.90 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    For years Guardian Security has protected the world against evil. They were an offensive weapon against monsters that sought to prey on the unprotected.Until now.Attacked at the heart of their operations, both in Washington D.C. and the South Dakota Annex, the Kings of Guardian go on the offense to protect the lives of their families, friends, and innocents caught in the crossfire.This is War...
  • Smoke by Kris Michaels

    Smoke by Kris Michaels

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Shades 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...
  • John by Kris Michaels

    John by Kris Michaels

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    John Smith’s world exploded. Literally. His sister murdered, he ran from the intelligence agencies of his own country. Every covert entity in the world wanted him for the information he alone could access. They killed everyone he cared about to get it. He had one chance at survival. Guardian.Shae Diamant’s undercover operation for the Mossad led her into the inner circle of hell...
  • Promises by Kris Michaels

    Promises by Kris Michaels

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Promises. 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...
  • Sage by Kris Michaels

    Sage by Kris Michaels

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Down but not out.Sage Browning’s life had dealt him a horrible hand to play, and it only got worse after he was injured while serving his country. Yet, he played the cards he’d been dealt, but now it was time to invest in himself, and in a future with Guardian.Terrified and alone.Honor Buchanan had survived the Siege. Barely...
  • Justice for Milena by Susan Stoker

    Justice for Milena by Susan Stoker

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    It’s been years since Milena Reinhardt has seen TJ “Rock” Rockwell. The last time, he was nearly a shell of a man…but he was her man…and he tore her heart out of her chest. Circumstances unbeknownst to TJ have ensured Milena’s never fully recovered. TJ left his sniper days behind—for the most part—when he left the Army and become a respected Texas Highway Patrolman. He also left behind Milena...
  • Cobb by Maryann Jordan

    Cobb by Maryann Jordan

    Rated: 4.69 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    He met her underneath the bones of a dinosaur... But she was not impressed with his smooth moves.When hired by a Senator from New Mexico Lighthouse Security Investigations sends Cobb to protect the daughter, a social worker is being threatened when she discovers some of her clinic’s donations are from dirty money...
  • Clay by Maryann Jordan

    Clay by Maryann Jordan

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Relationships should be simple, right?Clay watched his fellow Lighthouse Security Keepers fall for women while on missions. Growing up with chaos, the last thing he wanted was drama… or surprises.The beautiful concert violinist was just what he hoped for. Smart, talented, and dedicated to the orchestra. And completely separate from his mission chasing drug smugglers...
  • Finding A Hero by Maryann Jordan

    Finding A Hero by Maryann Jordan

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    He knew how hard it was to follow in his brother’s footsteps.Joseph Newman may have followed in his older brother into the military and now into a law-enforcement career, but that’s where they were different. Wyatt was a police chief, serious, now married, and someone the community looked up to. Joseph enjoyed a beer with friends, loved a good joke, and didn’t mind playing the field...
  • 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...
  • Charlie Team Series Box Set by Elizabella Baker

    Charlie Team Series Box Set by Elizabella Baker

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Get all of Elizabella Baker's Charlie Team Series in one place!Ashlynn's SaviorAshlynn is the billionaire princess who has everything she could ever ask for, but she's not living the life she wants. Trapped between obligation and following her dreams, an unexpected betrayal shows her just how bad being rich really is...
  • Marrying Emily by Susan Stoker

    Marrying Emily by Susan Stoker

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Few people know better than Delta Force soldiers that life is unbearably short and achingly precious. So Cormac Fletcher isn’t waiting one more day to marry the love of his life, Emily. Fletch has already adopted her daughter, Annie. Now it’s time to officially make Emily his too...
  • Obsession by Rebecca Deel

    Obsession by Rebecca Deel

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When Lacey Coleman receives word her mother is missing, she isn't convinced the police will find her. She must go home to search, but she's a barista, not an investigator. When a friend with Fortress Security volunteers to help, Lacey can't refuse because she's sure foul play is involved, and her mother's only chance of survival is the medic with the heart and skills of a warrior...
  • Rescuing Jenna by Anna Blakely

    Rescuing Jenna by Anna Blakely

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A man who believes he’s unworthy of love. A woman determined to make him see the truth. An enemy watching from the shadows, ready to destroy them both for good.

Former Marine Adrian Walker has been called a lot of things…Liar. Traitor. Murderer. Bastard. In order to keep his country safe, he had to become all those things and more. And he’s been fine with it, until now. Until her...
  • Defending Avery by Regan Black

    Defending Avery by Regan Black

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Former Special Forces operator, Clint Manning, along with the rest of Team Trojan, left his Army career for a new opportunity with the Colorado division of the Brotherhood Protectors. He enjoys the work, especially when he's sent to protect a woman he's been interested in. A woman desperate to keep her secrets buried...
  • Protecting Raven by Jane Blythe

    Protecting Raven by Jane Blythe

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Their 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 ratings
    It 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...
  • Cara's Protector: Guardian Protectors Personal Protection Specialists by Ellie Masters

    Cara's Protector: Guardian Protectors Personal Protection Specialists by Ellie Masters

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    She's running for her life, and he's her last hope, but also her biggest temptation.An innocent woman, a deadly cartel, her brooding Guardian Protector, and a love that could be her salvation or downfall. Cara, an innocent woman, finds herself in witness protection after agreeing to testify against a deadly cartel. But her enemies close in when her location is compromised...
  • Wrecker's Ensnarement by Ciara St. James

    Wrecker's Ensnarement by Ciara St. James

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    WreckerWalking that hazy line between his day job and his club isn’t an easy one for Wrecker. After all, there aren’t a whole lot of men who were both semi-outlaw bikers and cops. He likes to think he has the best of both worlds and until he meets a certain sexy therapist, he’s been happy with it. It’s a balancing act, but one he can manage...
  • Gwen's Delta by Lynne St. James

    Gwen's Delta by Lynne St. James

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Shy 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 ratings
    HE 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...
  • Ultraviolet by Elise Noble

    Ultraviolet by Elise Noble

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A chance meeting in a frozen wasteland leads unwilling assassin, Seven, from Siberia to small-town Virginia. A new life in suburbia beckons. All she has to do is keep out of trouble as she tries to mend her broken heart. Or so she thinks. When Seven’s world is torn away from her, she's left with no choice but to fight back, and help comes from an unexpected alliance...
  • Too Close to Home by Abbie Zanders

    Too Close to Home by Abbie Zanders

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Sometimes the truth hits too close to home… Danny Donovan might look like a charming, harmless rogue, and to many, that’s exactly what he is. But buried deep beneath a mischievous smile and twinkling eyes is a man with a dark past … and a mysterious, hidden agenda.Now that he’s out of the service, it’s time to begin the next phase of his plan...
  • Always a Hero by Maryann Jordan

    Always a Hero by Maryann Jordan

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    They were friends.Detective Sam Shackley had known Hayley for years. She was the wife of his best friend. But when tragedy struck, he vowed to protect her and her children. Their friendship helped them through the worst of times. But eventually, he needed to give her the space to move on if she wanted. It was the hardest thing he’d ever done.Then they became more than friends...
  • 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...
  • Laszlo by Dale Mayer

    Laszlo by Dale Mayer

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Minx Mahoney's only light in a terrible childhood was her neighbor and best friend, Mouse. When he left Texas at the age of seventeen, she never heard from him again, though she's never forgotten him either. She moved in with her uncle, went to college and became a counselor. Her supervisor at the clinic sexually harassed her. Reporting him backfired...
  • Dezi's Diamond by Dale Mayer

    Dezi's Diamond by Dale Mayer

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When opposites attract... anything can happen... Dezi was a plain-and-simple type of guy. He loved working for Levi's company and had enjoyed the jobs he'd been given so far. When a businesswoman contacted Ice over, well, ice, ... things got interesting.Diamond was an exclusive jewelry designer, born and raised in the industry, working within her father's diamond company...
  • Scarred Sunrise by Maddie Wade

    Scarred Sunrise by Maddie Wade

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    To see the sunrise, he must defeat the darkness.Trapped in an ever-darkening circle of hell, Smithy’s only reason for living is the woman he almost destroyed. Watching her from afar as the guilt of his sins pull him under, he knows the only way to keep her safe is to kill again...
  • SEALs of Honor: Ryder by Dale Mayer

    SEALs of Honor: Ryder by Dale Mayer

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    This is the 14th book in the best selling SEALs of Honor series! Ryder spent his career defending his nation and helping others… After he lost the one good thing in his life, he spent every waking hour trying to forget… After a mission goes south and a friend is hurt, Ryder checks in at medical for an update on his condition only to find Caitlyn working there...
  • Saving Zola by Becca Jameson, Suspense Sisters

    Saving Zola by Becca Jameson, 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. SAVING ZOLA Zola Carver has worked her entire life to get where she is—working as an assistant district attorney. She doesn’t have time for threats from a presumed terrorist group...
  • Dino by Jaime Lewis

    Dino by Jaime Lewis

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Arianna 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 ratings
    As 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...
  • HOT Justice by Lynn Raye Harris

    HOT Justice by Lynn Raye Harris

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    She's searching for justice. He's searching for peace. What they need is each other. They just don't know it yet...Dean "Wolf" Garner is the kind of guy who loves hard and leaves fast. From the moment he rescues reporter Haylee Jamison in the Guatemalan jungle, he can't stop thinking about the dark-haired beauty...
  • Her Honorable Hero by Caitlyn O'Leary

    Her Honorable Hero by Caitlyn O'Leary

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Can One Day Change Your Life? Three years ago on a train, Navy SEAL, Griffin Porter and Miranda Slade’s lives were changed forever. As the Amtrak sped past the beautiful beaches of the Pacific Ocean a thunderous crash left their rail car dangling over the edge of a cliff. It would take more than one SEAL Team to rescue the passengers, it would take a miracle...
  • Best Served Cold by Rebecca Deel

    Best Served Cold by Rebecca Deel

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    U.S. Marshal Stella Grayson always wanted to be a cop, but after an ambush, she's framed for murder and forced to surrender her gun and badge. Targeted by law enforcement and a killer seeking revenge, she may lose everything she values, including her freedom and the man she loves...
  • SEAL's Sunshine by Lynne St. James

    SEAL's Sunshine by Lynne St. James

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Navy 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 ratings
    HE 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...
  • HOT SEAL Lover by Lynn Raye Harris

    HOT SEAL Lover by Lynn Raye Harris

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    One night in the sheets is all she wants… Christina Girard is a lady. But she’s a lady whose world is about to implode. She’s done everything right, but she can’t escape the taint of scandal when her husband cheats on her with another man. She’s broken, her spirit battered, her confidence at an all-time low...
  • Guilty Sin by Chelle Bliss

    Guilty Sin by Chelle Bliss

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    When a mission puts a woman under Ret’s protection, he and his longtime girlfriend Alese welcome her into their home. What starts out as a friendship rooted in trust ignites into a romance far bigger than any of them expect...
  • Protecting Harper by Olivia Michaels

    Protecting Harper by Olivia Michaels

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Michael “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...
  • Tory's Secret by Mary Kennedy

    Tory's Secret by Mary Kennedy

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Gabriel Robicheaux is a member of REAPER South and has been trying to get the attention of Tory Gibson for nearly six months. Tory has successfully ignored and evaded him, but now the entire team is at the Virginia complex and there is no way she can outrun him. But will Gabriel be able to handle her secret and still love her? Tory Gibson has a secret that she doesn't want anyone to know...
  • The Book of Joshua I - Trust by Iris Bolling

    The Book of Joshua I - Trust by Iris Bolling

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    CIA Operative Joshua Lassiter is always in the midst of danger. When an international incident requires his attention, the journey begins. In foreign territory with a ruthless King at the helm, Joshua finds himself rescuing royalty and a mysterious woman. Akande Ambree has a mission: kill the man who dishonored her family...
  • Taking Vengeance by Kaylea Cross

    Taking Vengeance by Kaylea Cross

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    They thought the threat was over.Kiyomi, Marcus and the rest of the Valkyrie crew have just started to settle into their new lives as regular citizens when a suspicious new threat surfaces. The danger should have ended last fall with the death of their creator. But someone is relentlessly trying to track them down, and whoever it is knows too much.They thought wrong...
  • SEAL's Pretend Family by Leslie North

    SEAL's Pretend Family by Leslie North

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Danger is the ultimate aphrodisiac…School teacher Danielle Yesenko’s calm and predictable life is turned upside down when her sister leaves Danielle’s infant niece on her doorstep, along with a flash drive and a mysterious note. Then smoking hot former-Navy SEAL Shawn Joseph shows up, saying he was hired to help...
  • Scotty by Leslie North

    Scotty by Leslie North

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Danger 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...
  • Celebrity Hero: Hometown Heroes A-Z by Jo Grafford

    Celebrity Hero: Hometown Heroes A-Z by Jo Grafford

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
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  • Damaged Hero: Hometown Heroes A-Z by Jo Grafford

    Damaged Hero: Hometown Heroes A-Z by Jo Grafford

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
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  • 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 ratings
    Dr. 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...
  • Delta Force: Colt: Brotherhood Protectors World/Wayward Souls Crossover by Kris Norris, Brotherhood Protectors World

    Delta Force: Colt: Brotherhood Protectors World/Wayward Souls Crossover by Kris Norris, Brotherhood Protectors World

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Colt had one rule. But for Ellis, he’ll break it. Again. Delta Force soldier Brett “Colt” Sievers lives his life by a creed—anything for the sake of the mission. There’s no risk too high. No sacrifice too great. No rule he won’t break—except one. No falling in love. So, losing his heart to Ellis Baker is more than a breach of protocol—it’s a colossal mistake...
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