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The Guarded One by Brittney Sahin
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsHe’s a grumpy small-town sheriff. And she’s the off-limits operator capable of bringing him to his knees.Sydney Archer isn’t the typical daughter of a billionaire. A former Army officer, she now works with an elite security team to hunt the worst of the worst . . . all while raising a teenager.To the outside world, Sydney’s an ice queen who’s lethal with a bow...Categorized as:
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Colton by Marie James
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsDetective 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... -
Stand and Defend by Sloane St. James
Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsJordanaI live my life head over heart and never rock the boat. Which is how I wound up engaged to Bryan Davenport—the biggest mistake I ever made. We were a power couple, but no one knew how cruel he could be behind closed doors. When I decide to leave, my fiancé shows just how ruthless he can be and sends me running to the last person I expected: his best man... -
Baby by Janie Crouch
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsBaby. 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... -
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Engaging the Billionaire by Ivy Layne
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIf we can’t outrun the past, we won’t have a future. The rock on her hand is real, but our engagement is a fake. Once upon a time, I dreamed of buying her a ring, until everything blew up in my face. That was the past, and this is business. At least, it is until I kiss her. It's supposed to be part of the act — and it is — right until my lips touch hers. I forget where we are... -
Finding Carly by Susan Stoker
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsJag helped her take control of her life back...but someone is watching and waiting for the perfect moment to finish what her ex had started.On one unforgettable afternoon, a simple fluke kept Carly Stewart out of her crazy ex’s reach…landing her best friend in his clutches instead...Categorized as:
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Enemy Contact by Alex Lidell
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsEli Mason. Powerful CEO and former SEAL. Protector. Leader. Sexy as hell.A man who has learned the hard way to hide his wounds. And the man I’ve been hired to destroy.As a cognitive psychologist, I evaluate high power executives. Help bring bullies to their knees. So when the Board of Directors for Mason Enterprises begs for my help with Eli Mason, I can’t say no... -
Finding Lexie by Susan Stoker
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsLexie Green hasn’t thought about Pierce Cagle in years. So when the popular boy she knew in high school shows up in the middle of the Somali desert, part of the SEAL team rescuing her and a coworker from kidnappers, she’s more than a little shocked... -
Rescuing Ellena by Anna Blakely
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTwo Estranged Hearts. One Second Chance. An Unknown Enemy Threatening to Destroy It. He thought leaving would keep her safe.Five years ago, Gabriel Dawson had it all. He was in charge of his own SEAL team, was married to the love of his life, and together, he and Elle were planning the future he’d always wanted... -
Pearl's Fight by Jane Blythe
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTheir anger will either bring them together or destroy what could have been. Pearl Smith is angry at the world. Stolen as a baby and raised under torturous conditions now she uses those same skills to save other innocents, but it doesn't abate her anger. Nothing does, until a random encounter with a DEA Agent...Categorized as:
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Command and Control by Jemma Westbrook, Janice Whiteaker
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSix months ago I baited a sinfully handsome but wickedly dangerous man.He didn’t bite.I wanted to work for his company. Desperately. Did all I could to prove my worth and plead my case.To no avail.Until the night I come home to find his card on my kitchen counter...Categorized as:
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Slaying The Dragon by T.K. Leigh
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsTHIS IS THE SECOND BOOK IN A TWO-BOOK DUET. IF YOU HAVE NOT YET READ CHASING THE DRAGON, PLEASE START THERE. RECOMMENDED FOR AGES 18 & UP DUE TO STRONG LANGUAGE, EXPLICIT SEXUAL SITUATIONS, AND VIOLENCE. I should have resisted him, but I couldn’t. My addiction to him was all-consuming, the high from his touch unlike any other... -
Searching for Khloe by Susan Stoker
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsShe 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... -
Blaze by Lynn Raye Harris
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsDead 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... -
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Wrath's Storm: A Masters' Admiralty Novel by Mari Carr, Lila Dubois
Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDamn it! He’s a doctor, not a serial killer hunter. When a man they call the Viking walked into his clinic in rural Libya, the last thing Dr. Walt Hayden foresaw in his future was a wedding, a stalker, and a serial killer...in that order.Attending his brother’s wedding becomes the start of a journey across Europe in the company of Dr. Annalise Fischer and her bodyguard... -
Doc: a Club Alias novel by K.D. Robichaux, Kayla Robichaux
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsDr Neil Walker, MD, MFT, Ph DI’m not your average therapist. As the founder of Imperium Security—the cover for my mercenary team—I’ve dedicated my entire life to helping heal those who’ve had their power unwillingly taken from them and avenging the ones who didn’t survive... -
The Hero She Deserves by Anna Hackett
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhen 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... -
Tangled Innocence by Nicole Fox
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratings“What do you mean, ‘You gave me the wrong sperm sample’?!”But the doctor says he isn’t joking.Instead of being my sister's surrogate...I'm accidentally carrying my boss's baby.A few months ago, I agreed to be my sister's surrogate.Then she died in an unsolved accident.I swore I'd keep her child and raise it on my own.But as it turns out, there was a mix-up at the clinic... -
Keep by Anna Hackett
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsMy boss is a tough, grumpy bounty hunter—and a hot single dad—and now he’s sworn to keep me safe, whether I like it or not.My name’s Macy, and I always look on the bright side of things. Life’s too short not to. Super grump extraordinaire Colton Fury is the total opposite. Luckily for him, along with the muscled bod, tattoos, and rugged face, it works for him... -
SEAL's Sky by Lynne St. James
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSEAL's Sky is book four in the exciting Black Eagle series and features John "Tex" Keegan from Susan Stoker's SEALs of Protection series.Navy SEAL Drew "Murph" Murphy was determined to stay single and win the bet with his SEAL team. Until he met Sky. Her damaged heart and undeniable strength ignited his need to protect... -
Fearless by Sybil Bartel
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBodyguard. Sniper. Morally corrupt. I didn’t care who I aimed at. You paid me, I pulled the trigger. I sold my skills to the highest bidder, and trust me, I had skills. The Marines trained me to aim a sniper rifle, but life taught me to get the job done—at any expense. Except hostage recovery wasn’t on my short list... -
SEAL's Harmony by Lynne St. James
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSEAL’s Harmony is the kick-off to the Red Falcon Team introduced in SEAL’s Angel.The first time Navy SEAL Ryder “Ry” Purcell sees Harmony Taylor, he's rushing to her rescue as she’s about to fall into his friend’s wedding cake. Ry soon finds himself smitten by this accident-prone beauty. But issues from his past still linger, and he doesn’t know how far he’s willing to take things...Categorized as:
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The Protector by Susan Stoker
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFrom New York Times bestselling author Susan Stoker comes a sizzling suspense about the romance that blossoms between two strangers during a snowstorm and the stalker who threatens them both.Riggs “Chappy” Chapman didn’t expect to be disrupted at his remote cabin in the woods... -
Hung Up by Hannah Shield
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsHe’s her brother’s ex-best friend…And the only man who can protect her.Former Navy SEAL Noah Vandermeer has few regrets. But Danica is one of them. She’s the girl he never forgot, even though he was supposed to. Even though her brother was once Noah’s best friend—and now considers Noah his sworn enemy... -
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Controlling Chloe by Kate Oliver
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsBlurb coming soon! This is Bash Gilroy's story... -
Beneath Your Beautiful by Adaline Winters
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsPassion is a perilous game.HonorMy ruthless husband hunts me across the country and in my dreams. If he catches me, I'll lose not only my freedom, but my sanity. I have to stay one step ahead, but he's closing in. So I keep running, straight into the arms of a man who whispers seductive promises of protection and safety. One way or another, this race will end... -
Wolf.e by Paisley Hope
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAlways ride faster than your angel can fly.-Gabriel Wolfe As president of the Hounds of Hell motorcycle club, my life has been infused with darkness and trauma since the day I was born. Chaos is my birthright. I crave it to feel stable. Secure. Whole.The only people I care about are the ones who don my cut. Women are just a tool. Never to covet, only to use, each face blending into the next... -
Going Under (A Titan World Novel) by Anna Bishop Barker
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEVERYTHING IS DIFFERENT UNDERWATER Clinical researcher Rebecca Shaughnessy’s life has always been planned, ordered, controlled, logical. She isn’t a damsel and she doesn’t need a hero. What she needs is a decent day planner and some really good ice cream. And to stop looking at the hot new therapist’s backside. Ex- Army Ranger Max Lawrence has had his course plotted, focused, laid in... -
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
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... -
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... -
Pretend: A Dark Military Romance by Lexie Axelson
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAlessia ValentínShe’s an intelligence officer on orders to go overseas on her first deployment. Despite who her parents are, she’s determined to prove she belongs there. After getting informed by her step-father, Admiral Ravenmore, that she’s a target for multiple enemies, he assigns Operator Creature as her personal security to watch over her while she’s on deployment... -
The Souls We Claim by Scarlett Cole
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratings🧡 Age gap🌶️ Daddy dom vibes👧🏼 Accidental parent☠️Touch my girls and you d!e🔥 I know what's best for you🫂Hurt/comfort❤️Afraid to commitFrom USA Today best selling author Scarlett Cole, writing as S. Cole, comes an electrifying MC, age gap romance.ArianneLeaving my abusive husband was hard. Attending the funeral of my murdered sister is harder... -
Dangerous Affair by Riley Edwards
Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsDangerous Affair is a one-night-stand-turned-friends to lovers, age gap, alpha protector romantic suspense novel with a tortured hero and a take-no-sh!t heroine who has a feisty, opinionated grandmother who likes to butt into other people's relationships. It was supposed to be a fantasy-fueled, one-night stand, something to make me shed my good girl inhibitions...Categorized as:
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The Long Con by Lexxi James
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTrust me. Some men are made for the con. He's hot. Charming. Sexy.And don't forget wealthy.He can have any woman he wants.Except one.Most women look at him like a sugar daddy. Or a baby daddy.But the way she looked at him was different.Like he wasn't worth her time.Well, she just became worth his.She's smart. Sassy. Slated to be the next CEO.Her head is on business.Her curves beg to be touched...Categorized as:
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Condor's Vow by Maddie Wade
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHe hunts serial killers, she saves lives. When their worlds collide, he must use all his skills to save her from becoming a killer’s prey.Clay ‘Condor’ East was ready for a change and heading up a new serial killer task force, Ryoshi Delta, was just the challenge he needed... -
Trident's Enjoyment by Ciara St. James
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTrident gave thirty years of his life to his country. He enjoyed that life and after searching for two years, he thinks he’s found a new family. However, it isn’t just a new family he finds, but a woman who affects him like no other. He finds love. If only the woman in question will give him the time of day.He’s battled for months to get her to see him as something more than a player... -
Falling for the Ice Queen by Cynthia Eden
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHe’s more than a little rough around the edges…Memphis Camden isn’t a nice guy. He’s big, dangerous, and has an extremely low tolerance for BS. A former bounty hunter, Memphis now has a deadly new target…a serial killer. Memphis has been tracking the guy for months, and he may just have found the way to drag the monster into the light... -
Played by Cara Dee
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe Auctioned Series is a journey packed with action, nail-biting suspense, family, and love. In Gray and Darius’s fight for freedom and a future where they aren’t haunted by the ghosts of their pasts, they’ll make you laugh, cry, possibly yell at your e-reader, and swoon just a little bit. One last mission. One last operation—and the stakes had never been higher... -
Wanted by Kaylea Cross
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsShe thought her past was behind her. After nearly dying at the hands of a madman in New Orleans a year ago, Zoe Renard has worked hard to put that trauma behind her and move on. With her man at her side she’s focused on her writing career and building a future together. Things are almost perfect between them, until a series of shocking events turns her world upside down again... -
Cole by Nyssa Kathryn
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsShe’s a single mom with a secret. He’s a former Delta who doesn’t let people too close.Aria Callas understands struggle and sacrifice. Getting pregnant at sixteen, she’s spent more than a decade and a half ensuring her and her son’s safety the only way she knows how—by staying on the move... -
Reign by Cassandra Robbins
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWHAT HAPPENS WHEN TWO LEGENDS COLLIDE?From USA Today bestselling author Cassandra Robbins comes her latest sinfully hot rockstar romance. A scorching, enemies to lovers, deliciously addictive stand-alone about rock ‘n’ roll royalty and burning obsessions.They call him a legend.One of the greatest guitarists of our time.The mighty Ace of Spades brought in to produce my album and save the day... -
Smokehouse by Cathleen Cole, Frank Jensen
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsHe vowed to never let a woman hurt him again, but she came along and ruined everything…SmokehouseI didn’t know what I was getting into when I stumbled out of the bar and into bed with the not-so-innocent girl of my wet dreams.Our one night together made me question everything.But when she snuck out of bed before I could ask her to stay, I figured I’d never see her again...Categorized as:
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One Little Heartbreak by Avery Maxwell
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsSethI never realized getting adopted at thirty-two years old was a thing, then I met the Westbrooks. They’re a family that grows every time a wayward soul crosses their path, and now I’m an honorary member. A former spy, I was married at twenty-two—a father at twenty-six and a widow by thirty. To say my life is in transition would be an understatement...Categorized as:
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Smith by Riley Edwards
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsShe’s the last woman in the world he’s allowed to fall for. And the only woman he wants.There I was minding my own business, building my real estate empire, and loving life. So the last thing I needed was a series of threatening letters as I worked on my latest fix and flip sending my loving, protective dad into over-the-top-protective dad mode from the other side of the world...Categorized as:
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Detained by Luna Mason
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsFrankieI don’t have to hide behind a mask anymore.I rule New York, and now all I have to do is finish what I started ten years ago. To destroy the man who took my life from me. No one can get in my way. That is until I am arrested for murder and have my first taste of Detective Zara O’Reilly.The woman hell bent on ruining my plans... -
My Cruel Salvation by J. Kenner
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDon’t miss the final exciting and romantic chapter in Devlin and Ellie’s love story.He’ll keep her safe, no matter the price.Investigative reporter Ellie Holmes has uncovered billionaire Devlin Saint’s dark and dangerous secrets, and he has both stripped away her protective armor and tamed the wildness within her... -
Kane by Lynn Raye Harris
Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsNotorious charmer Kane “Demon” Fox learned the hard way that love is a liability. Since losing his wife, he's built walls no one can breach—keeping his focus on the mission and his team. Feelings are a risk he can't afford to take ever again.Until a stranded beauty with haunted eyes makes him question everything.Daphne Bryant thought Sutton's Creek was far enough to outrun her past... -
Black Light: Brave by Maren Smith
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt started with Piggy. It escalated with Kitty. It ends with Puppy. For almost a year, Ethen O’Dowell has been locked behind bars and yet Puppy is far from free. A legal ward of her parents, she shares her bedroom with Pony, the only part of her old, submissive life that she has left... apart from the guilt, the fear, and the weekly punishments Ethen dishes out every time they visit him... -
Max by Anna del Mar
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMax Battleson can’t outrun the memories or the agony of his former life as a Marine. That part of his past has left scars, both mentally and physically. But when his brothers force him to take on a new mission, he finds himself facing more than just a mysterious enemy. He discovers the only woman who has a chance to save him from himself...
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