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  • Sinner: A Military Romance by Giulia Lagomarsino

    Sinner: A Military Romance by Giulia Lagomarsino

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Sinner is the first book in the Reed Security Series. It is preceded by the series For The Love Of A Good Woman and it is recommended that the series be read in order, as characters from the first appear in the second. “I could maybe get some information out of him. Maybe I could-” “No, Freckles. You’re not a field agent.” “But I’m a woman. I could talk with-” “No...
  • Her Passionate Hero by Caitlyn O'Leary

    Her Passionate Hero by Caitlyn O'Leary

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Aliana Novak spent most of her school years being bullied. Her only refuge, was Hunter Diaz, until the day he graduated and left her to deal with the tormentors herself. But that was then, this is now. Those horrific experiences molded her into what she is today and made her the perfect candidate for Vice Principal of one of the toughest, schools in East LA...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • Blaze by Janie Crouch

    Blaze by Janie Crouch

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Kendrick and Neo's love story, plus the exciting start of the family Dorian and Ray never thought they'd have...Ivy League graduate and computer genius Kendrick Foster, aka Blaze, never expected to find himself putting down permanent roots in a tiny town in Wyoming.But family isn’t always blood, and the Linear Tactical team is very definitely his family. He’s not going anywhere...
  • 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...
  • A Moment in Time: A Collection of Short Stories by Susan Stoker

    A Moment in Time: A Collection of Short Stories by Susan Stoker

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Three short stories by Susan Stoker, including The Boardwalk, The Other Side of the Story, and The Gift.The Boardwalk- Walking along the beach one day a man meets a woman sitting on a bench. They talk and he takes her to lunch. But as most things in life, there's always more to the story than what meets the eye. The ultimate love story...
  • 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...
  • Spec by Lilly Atlas

    Spec by Lilly Atlas

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Scott survived hell serving his country. After more than two decades of service, the man honorably discharged from the army isn’t the same man who went in. Instead, he’s angry, violent, guilt-ridden, and in agony. The only thing keeping him going is the brotherhood he’s found in the Hell’s Handlers MC. Until she shows up, ruining his safe space...
  • 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...
  • Rescuing Eve by Ellie Masters

    Rescuing Eve by Ellie Masters

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When a moment of defiance turns into a living nightmare, Eve Deverough will do whatever it takes to survive.EVEDaughter of a shipping mogul, Eve leads a charmed life. She wants for nothing, except for the love of her cold and distant father. In a moment of defiance, she runs off to Cancun, shedding her private security detail for some fun in the sun over spring break.Only there is no fun...
  • SEAL's Harmony by Lynne St. James

    SEAL's Harmony by Lynne St. James

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    SEAL’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...
  • 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...
  • Intentional Risk by Anna Blakely

    Intentional Risk by Anna Blakely

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    He thought he’d lost his chance to be with her. Now, he'll move Heaven and Earth to keep her safe. As a former SEAL and now Alpha Team’s technical analyst, Derek West is all about the numbers. But, when this Texas native unexpectedly bumps into the one that got away, he’s determined to beat the odds...
  • 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...
  • Jobe: Alvarez Security Series by Maryann Jordan, Andrea Michelle

    Jobe: Alvarez Security Series by Maryann Jordan, Andrea Michelle

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Jobe Synopsis Alvarez Security Agency Former Special Forces brothers-in-arms now working together to provide an elite security service in the southern city of Richland. Jobe Delaro served proudly with his Special Forces squad, but to focus on his duties he gave up the one woman he had planned on spending his life with...
  • 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...
  • Carson's Choice by Dale Mayer

    Carson's Choice by Dale Mayer

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Carson is pleasantly surprised by the job Levi assigns him, until Carson hears all the details. An elderly friend of Ice’s believes someone is out to kill her. But she has no proof, no suspects, no motives. The police think she’s imagining things and won’t look into the case any further. However, after meeting this lady … and her granddaughter, Carson has his own suspicions...
  • 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...
  • Liam by Maddie Wade

    Liam by Maddie Wade

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Since that fateful day when couldn’t save his best friend, Liam Hayes had coasted through life, going from one deadly mission to another, not caring if he lived or died. His only goal is to protect his team members and those he cares about from getting hurt—even if it costs him his life...
  • 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...
  • SEAL's Angel by Lynne St. James

    SEAL's Angel by Lynne St. James

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Navy SEAL Jake Warner, leader of the Black Eagle team, has witnessed the worst of the world firsthand. After losing faith in everything but his teammates, he meets Dawn Randolph, and she is everything good he’s forgotten.Dawn has lived her own hell over the last few years since her Army Ranger husband died in action...
  • Saving Penni by Nicole Flockton

    Saving Penni by Nicole Flockton

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Knox “Fort” Porter never thought a trip to the convenience store could change his life, but that’s exactly what happened. Saving a woman from a gunman is all in a day’s work given his job. However his immediate and uncharacteristically protective reaction to her is something else entirely...
  • The SEAL Next Door by Makenna Jameison

    The SEAL Next Door by Makenna Jameison

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Rule #1. You don’t chase after your best friend’s sister… Brianna Miller’s life is in complete chaos. She’s moonlighting as a cocktail waitress after getting laid off, her older brother was seriously injured in Afghanistan, and the man she’s pined for since she was a teenager is back in her life, hotter than hell and more tempting than ever...
  • Iceman by Zoe Dawson

    Iceman by Zoe Dawson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Master Chief Christopher “Iceman” Snow and his team are tasked with gathering intel on a terrorist group that is targeting American citizens overseas. They have hit several targets in Paris. It’s a tragic and volatile mission when he comes face-to-face with the tantalizing woman who has been heavy on his mind. He wonders how he can keep his hands off her to focus on the job at hand...
  • Rugged Fox by Elizabella Baker

    Rugged Fox by Elizabella Baker

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Rugged Fox is a small town romantic suspense with a silver fox hero and a single mother who has given up on finding pleasure with anything other than her toys. A new town. A new job. A new love?! That last one certainly wasn’t part of the plan. Retirement left me floundering and unsure how to adjust to civilian life...
  • Reclaimed by Kaylea Cross

    Reclaimed by Kaylea Cross

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Sometimes love isn’t enough. Summer Blackwell has endured her own private hell and fought her way through to the other side. She’s lost so much and her marriage has crumbled, but she refuses to give up hope. Just as she thinks there might be a chance to reconcile with her husband, things go terribly wrong during a job in Jordan when she and her team are captured by the enemy...
  • Love's Trusting by Maryann Jordan

    Love's Trusting by Maryann Jordan

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    ***Due to language that some will consider crude and sexual scenes of an explicit nature, readers need to be 18+ *** When trust is broken by loss and grief, can it ever be repaired? High school sweethearts and young lovers, Brad and Suzy had vowed to stay together forever. “I’ll always be here for you. Trust me,” Brad promised but loss separated the young lovers...
  • Ace by Jaime Lewis

    Ace by Jaime Lewis

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Orphaned at a young age, Alex Hardesty was raised by her Navy SEAL uncle. As a military brat, she naturally gravitated to the military life.Two years ago, as a former National Security agent, Alex nearly died in an explosion during a covert operation...
  • The Protector by Cristin Harber

    The Protector by Cristin Harber

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Jane Singleton stumbled her way into the perfect nannying job. She cared for the sweetest little boy, adding a sense of ordinary into the eccentric billionaire family—until the family is abducted. Chance Evans has a simple code. Do what's right and don't ask for trouble. Until the Thane family abduction, he'd never struggled with a mission..
  • Kellan by Anna Blakely

    Kellan by Anna Blakely

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    She thought she was free, but he won’t ever let her go.Mia Devereaux escaped from hell, and she has the scars to prove it. Two years later, she’s still looking over her shoulder, afraid to let her guard down or open her heart to the possibility of more. Then she meets Kellan McBride.Former Marine Kellan McBride is a man who knows danger...
  • Save Me by Tiffany Snow

    Save Me by Tiffany Snow

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    In this fast-paced romantic suspense, China Mack will make one final choice. Computer genius China Mack may be the former head of Vigilance, the government’s clandestine spy program, but she can still be knocked off balance. And two back-to-back personal blows have thrown her into a tailspin...
  • Danger Close by Kaylea Cross

    Danger Close by Kaylea Cross

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The most dangerous threats of all… Partway through her third deployment to Bagram, Army nurse Lt. Erin Kelly is burned out and headed for a well-deserved leave back home in Montana. But when a mysterious stranger shows up and unintentionally drags her into harm’s way with him, she suddenly finds herself an unwitting target of the U.S...
  • Falling for the Delta by Susan Stoker, Riley Edwards

    Falling for the Delta by Susan Stoker, Riley Edwards

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    When Delta operatives Dash and Magic officially meet Holly and Stella—the women they’ve had their eyes on—it’s hardly a conventional moment, but the fireworks are undeniable. Both men fall hard, fast, and deep, each planning a Valentine’s Day their women will never forget. And they don’t…but for reasons no one saw coming...
  • Her Ruthless Protector by Caitlyn O'Leary

    Her Ruthless Protector by Caitlyn O'Leary

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    It Only Took a Moment for Him to Know She Was HisNavy SEAL Kane McNamara has his mission. Four potential terrorist targets in Oman. His job is to keep everyone safe and try to figure out where al-Qaeda will strike next. Guarding an International Music Show is on the bottom of Kane’s list until he meets the woman organizing the event, then all bets are off...
  • Gunny by MariaLisa deMora, Kayla Robichaux

    Gunny by MariaLisa deMora, Kayla Robichaux

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Shattered following a devastating betrayal that results in the death of his friends, Lane Robinson finds himself in Fort Wayne, Indiana, a world away from his previous life as a Marine. Robinson is trying to forget the past, but healing from the deadly deceit that cut blood deep is hard, and memories of that treachery taint every interaction in his life...
  • Fighting For Nadia by Nicole Flockton, Operation Alpha

    Fighting For Nadia by Nicole Flockton, Operation Alpha

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A Fresh start. One Chance encounter. The storm of the century.

 Ex-Army surgeon, Mitchell ‘Buff’ Alexander has returned to his family ranch to try and rebuild his life. He lost a lot in the war, but not everything. He can still help at the Tarpley Volunteer Firefighter Department. Now, relationships, that’s a battle he’s not prepared to fight. He knows he’s better off alone...
  • Tall, Dark and Dangerous Collection Volume 1: Prince Joe / Forever Blue / Frisco's Kid by Suzanne Brockmann

    Tall, Dark and Dangerous Collection Volume 1: Prince Joe / Forever Blue / Frisco's Kid by Suzanne Brockmann

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    3 Bestsellers-Reprinted by popular demandPrince JoeVeronica St. John is facing the challenge of a lifetime. The media consultant has two days to teach a rugged Navy SEAL to impersonate a European prince who has been targeted by terrorists. It's a tough assignment, but Veronica is sure she's up to the task -- until she actually meets Joe...
  • SEAL the Deal by Cat Johnson

    SEAL the Deal by Cat Johnson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    As more wedding invites pour in, veteran SEAL and security specialist Zane Anderson is happy that he and his girlfriend Missy don’t need a legal document to prove their love. Or at least he didn’t think they did...
  • Billy's Baby by Annie J. Rose

    Billy's Baby by Annie J. Rose

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She came here for a vacation.So I gave her the full package.Her review would mean a boost for my business.So I told myself to keep it professional.Too bad her smart mouth and sweet body are keeping me up at night.She’s only here for a couple of weeks.We have a fling, and now I want more.In the middle of our stupid fights and explosive makeup sex,I make sure to let her know that she’s mine...
  • HOT Heroes: A HOT Series Starters Collection by Lynn Raye Harris

    HOT Heroes: A HOT Series Starters Collection by Lynn Raye Harris

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Heroes who do the right thing. No matter the price!Get FOUR full-length novels in this collection that includes the first book in each of Lynn’s series! If you haven’t been sure where to start, start here and enjoy stories about four military special ops teams set in Lynn’s Hostile Operations Team® world...
  • SEAL's Love by Leslie North

    SEAL's Love by Leslie North

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    An island mystery and Navy SEAL’s chance at love…Former Navy SEAL Colin Parks III comes from money—a background that’s both a blessing and curse. When he and his pals return from lunch one day to the private security firm they own, they find employee, Harper Bell, freaking out. Her sister is missing from an island resort…the one Colin’s family happens to own...
  • Coming In Hot by Jennifer Bernard

    Coming In Hot by Jennifer Bernard

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Tobias has always been the strongest of Jupiter Point’s sexy Knight brothers, stubborn, intense…protective to the core. Which is why he rides to the rescue when he thinks an older woman has ensnared his starry-eyed baby brother. But one look at Carolyn Moore, and Tobias understands why a man might fall instantly under her spell...
  • SEAL for Hire by Trish Loye

    SEAL for Hire by Trish Loye

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    He was hired to hunt her down. Former Navy SEAL Commander Ryan Marchetti hates the fancy consulting job he’s taken after retirement from the Teams. So when the Assistant Director of the DHS offers him a contract to hunt down an assassin, he leaps at the chance, even if it means hunting down his former lover...
  • Red Team 3.5 - 4.5 Boxed Set by Elaine Levine

    Red Team 3.5 - 4.5 Boxed Set by Elaine Levine

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Red Team 3.5 - 4.0 - 4.5 Boxed Set is a collection of two wedding novellas and one novel in the sexy romantic suspense series, the Red Team--a combined page count of over 650 pages, including: --------Kit and Ivy: A Red Team Wedding Novella-------- Ex-spec ops solider Kit Bolanger tried hard to forget Ivy Banks, the only woman he ever loved...
  • Against All Odds by Elizabeth Knox, Erin Trejo

    Against All Odds by Elizabeth Knox, Erin Trejo

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Kenna My father shocked not only me, but everyone around him when he announced his retirement. He isn’t just any man - he’s Jorge Vernon and Miami bows down to him. In most cases, his role would pass down to his son, however he doesn’t have any, and that leaves only one heir - me. He knows how much this city means to me, it fuels my fire and the people here matter to me more than anything...
  • Baytown Boys Box Set Books 1-3: Baytown Boys by Maryann Jordan

    Baytown Boys Box Set Books 1-3: Baytown Boys by Maryann Jordan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Don't miss the special edition of the first 3 books in the Baytown Boys Series, now at a special price! 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...
  • Knight's Queen by Dorothy Ewels

    Knight's Queen by Dorothy Ewels

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    ♣️ Book 1 in the Operation Checkmate series - a part of Susan Stoker's Special Forces: Operation Alpha world ♣️Indigo Jones has a devastating secret, one that’s kept her isolated and alone for far too long. Merrick “Knight” Kane is a Navy SEAL determined to succeed on the hardest mission he’s ever undertaken—earning Indigo’s trust...
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