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  • Flack by Kris Michaels

    Flack by Kris Michaels

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Surprises come in small packages .The assassin known as Flack wasn’t expecting to become the guardian of his fourteen-month-old niece. His life as an assassin wasn’t exactly family-friendly. Plus, he had no idea how to take care of a baby. How could he work for Guardian Security with a kid in tow? Flack needed help, like yesterday.Surprises come in unexpected situations...
  • Kyle by Riley Edwards

    Kyle by Riley Edwards

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Anaya Baker knows pain—she got her first taste when she was orphaned and put into foster care. Then it was forever embedded into her soul when she was sold to a sex trafficking ring. Nearly two decades later the stench still clings to her. It coats her skin and burns her gut...
  • Maliki by Kris Michaels

    Maliki by Kris Michaels

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Betrayal.When it comes at the hands of family, betrayal destroys lives. His reputation destroyed and career as a surgeon shattered, Harrison M. Boswell, VI, vanishes, and the alter-ego of Dr. Maliki Blue arises. His employer, Guardian Security, knows who he had been—but they are the only ones. Too bad pasts don’t stay buried...
  • Brothers in Blue: A Bryson Family Christmas by Jeanne St. James

    Brothers in Blue: A Bryson Family Christmas by Jeanne St. James

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Welcome back to Manning Grove... Enjoy a trip back to the quaint town in Northern Pennsylvania, where the Bryson brothers are celebrating Christmas in this special holiday edition of the Brothers in Blue series...
  • Alibi by Nicole Edwards

    Alibi by Nicole Edwards

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Travis Walker has been battling dark urges since the day Juliet Prince kidnapped his six-year-old daughter four months ago. Although Kate was returned safely, the woman responsible vanished.When their attempts to find her keep coming up empty, Travis let his need for retribution consume him and it nearly cost him his relationship with his family...
  • Bishop by Marie James

    Bishop by Marie James

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
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  • IRISH: REAPER-Patriots: Book Fifty-Four by Mary Kennedy

    IRISH: REAPER-Patriots: Book Fifty-Four by Mary Kennedy

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Connor 'Irish' Kelly has spent most of his life fighting for what he wanted. When he decides that Lucinda Harwell is who he wants, he makes the mistake of doing the one thing she can't tolerate. He tells an innocent, little, white lie...
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    military  romance  action-adventure  fiction  book  adult
  • The Hardest Goodbyes by D.L. Roan, Kathryn Lynn Davis

    The Hardest Goodbyes by D.L. Roan, Kathryn Lynn Davis

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Some goodbyes are cathartic—a good riddance to those things that hold us back. Some are bitter-sweet. It hurts to say the words, but we know the pain is only temporary, and we’ll soon be reunited. Some goodbyes are forever . Those are the hardest to say...
  • Our Time by Maryann Jordan

    Our Time by Maryann Jordan

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    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...
  • Hot SEAL, A Forever Dad by Maryann Jordan

    Hot SEAL, A Forever Dad by Maryann Jordan

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Benjamin "Pops" Popovich has just finished his last mission and said goodbye to his SEAL team. At thirty, he figured he had a few more good years left in him, but when family responsibilities call, he leaves the familiar to move back to Hope City. After years of missions and living in close quarters with his team, he is looking forward to a little peace and quiet...
  • Zone of Action by A.J. Sherwood

    Zone of Action by A.J. Sherwood

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Ren’s homecoming wishlist includes:•Arman not bashing everyone’s heads together (at least not without him)•Getting the fortress built before the Mongs attack (not at the rate they’re going with all the thefts happening)•Going home without incident (also, again, not likely)What it did not include was:•Social reform•A child•A raiding party•Arman actually using his wordsLife once again proved...
  • Montana Guardian: A Guardian Security Novella  (The Kings of Guardian) by Kris Michaels

    Montana Guardian: A Guardian Security Novella (The Kings of Guardian) by Kris Michaels

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Van Wheeler was an elite team leader of Guardian's Sierra Team. He'd fought in wars, survived firefights in forsaken hell-holes and moved like a ghost in foreign countries. His team performed missions flawlessly. He'd never regretted an assignment, until he met her. The sweet, brilliant code breaker who'd devastated not only the enemy’s communication cyphers, but also his heart...
  • Perfectly Paired by Lexi Blake

    Perfectly Paired by Lexi Blake

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    A table for two Waitress Tiffany Hayes knows what she wants and she wants Sebastian. Top’s grumpy sommelier calls to her in a way no man has before. She simply needs to show him that they belong together. Finding an opportunity to spend some quality time with him turns out to be the easy part. Convincing Sebastian to look beyond his damaged heart and soul is far more difficult...
  • Zeke: Heroes at Heart by Maryann Jordan

    Zeke: Heroes at Heart by Maryann Jordan

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The true measure of a man is not in the mistakes he makes…but in how he handles those mistakes. Zeke left the Army and joined his brother's bar, Grimm's, as a bouncer before convincing Zander to open a restaurant next door. Now, as co-owner of Grimm's Bar and Grill, he shared his success by working as a cook at the local homeless shelter...
  • Between Heaven and Hell by Sherryl D. Hancock

    Between Heaven and Hell by Sherryl D. Hancock

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Sinclair Christensen’s life is a mess. While working as an undercover cop she met River and the two struck up a relationship, but River knows nothing about Sinclair’s real work or her failing marriage. Parker Gaines’ marriage is on the outs, and to make matters worse an injury meant she was reassigned from her K9 unit, to become media liaison to actress Talon Valois...
  • Arguing for Alexa by Elizabella Baker

    Arguing for Alexa by Elizabella Baker

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Now she can't outrun those lies when she's caught standing over her informant. Her very dead informant.Charged with murder. Then released on bail. Alexa will have to try and discover who set her up. She will have to learn to trust the prison guard, Colt, who first thought the worst about her.Colt Allen wasn't looking for love. Not after his first disastrous marriage...
  • Centering Kaos by Harley Stone

    Centering Kaos by Harley Stone

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A determined mother, her wayward son, and their unexpected shot at happiness. Army veteran and former hockey center, Darius “Kaos” Ariti was searching for a new challenge when he joined the Dead Presidents Motorcycle Club. While earning his member patch, he’s compelled to shelter an imperiled woman and her fierce little boy. Now, he's gained a temporary family but is in danger of losing his heart...
  • Christmas Panther Style by Annabella Stone

    Christmas Panther Style by Annabella Stone

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Their world was turned upside down... With booms, kabooms, and bullets flying after a mad dash across continents on a rescue mission in a plane painted like Santa's sleigh. Join some friends old and new as they chase the enemy none of them ever wanted. One of their own...
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    mlm  military  children  romance  suspense  lgbtq  contemporary  sad
  • Charmed Mate by Candace Ayers

    Charmed Mate by Candace Ayers

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Fern Day is barely holding it together most days. The single, fully-human mom of a fifteen-year-old-shifter-with-an-attitude has no time for herself. Her life is chaos, she’s a hot mess, and her daughter is her first priority. Sunkissed Key’s handsome pediatrician sure is tempting, though. When he offers to teach her daughter how to handle her animal side, Fern can’t refuse...
  • To Trust a Duke by Alexa Aston

    To Trust a Duke by Alexa Aston

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Book 3 in the exciting new Soldiers and Soulmates series has arrived. A soldier returning from war. A war widow who’s created a new life for herself. An attraction that brings them together... Forced to marry a stranger after one chaste kiss, Lady Ashlyn Dunwood spends a single night with her new husband before his regiment ships off to war...
  • Anselm by Jasinda Wilder

    Anselm by Jasinda Wilder

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I’m a thirty-nine year old single mother to a sweet little blond seven year old girl. An ER nurse just barely scraping by, working sixty-plus hours a week to make ends meet. I’m no stranger to ugly sights, but I keep all that locked away in a tiny dark little box where it’ll never affect my baby girl...
  • His Redemption by Hope Ford

    His Redemption by Hope Ford

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    His Redemption – Alpha Security 4 An Alpha Man and Curvy Woman Romance Olivia My whole life is my daughter. And when I can’t protect her, Johnny does. He’s everything I could ever want in a man. Even though he tells me he’s not a good man, I just laugh at him. I have come to learn that he is one of the best. Johnny I meet her daughter first...
  • True Hero by Amy Knupp

    True Hero by Amy Knupp

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A one-night fling won't change anything, right?After suffering a terrible loss, fighter pilot Zane North walks away from his military career and returns home to start a new life -- one he's determined to control. Instead, he's confronted by his sister-in-law's unpredictable best friend, the one woman he can't ignore.Hayden Henry, an up-and-coming designer, has devoted herself to her job...
  • Micah's Promise by Annabella Stone

    Micah's Promise by Annabella Stone

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Micah Kennedy has lived with PTSD for years. He is an expert at hiding his struggles behind the quick wit and snark that is very much a part of his makeup. His need to keep a promise to a dying comrade feeds his nightmares and invades his dreams—until that promise brings him military K-9 Delta. Hawk McKinnon has spent most of his life kicking trouble’s ass in every hotspot around the globe...
  • Some Like It Hot: An Erotic Romance Anthology by Olivia Cunning, Nicole Edwards

    Some Like It Hot: An Erotic Romance Anthology by Olivia Cunning, Nicole Edwards

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The heat is on... Five bestselling authors have come together to bring you five smoking hot, never before seen novellas that will test the limits of your internal thermostat. What could be hotter than sizzling firefighters, sultry cowboys, sexy bodyguards and scorching bad boys?Nothing, that's what...
  • Aaron by Dale Mayer

    Aaron by Dale Mayer

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Former Navy SEAL Aaron Hammond has no idea how he wound up at Hathaway House, Texas. Nor does he particularly care. All he can see is his anger. Anger at the betrayal that destroyed his physical body and at the loss of the future he wanted but that he’ll never have now. He’s a cripple, less than half a man, and all he can look forward to is a half life, alone with himself and his pain...
  • Fire's Mate by C.W. Gray

    Fire's Mate by C.W. Gray

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Welcome back to Charybdis Station!Fire may be a deadly Crellic Element, but he much prefers napping and snacking to murdering armies. After centuries of being used as a weapon, he's finally able to live peacefully on Charybdis Station. While he's content to spend his days visiting his friends and raiding their homes for food, he longs for one more thing. A mate to call his own...
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    children  military  mlm  abuse  action-adventure  adult  aliens  book
  • Holt's Hope by Pandora Pine

    Holt's Hope by Pandora Pine

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Former Army pilot Quentin Harding has finally gotten his life back on track after a devastating injury ended his military career. Flying has always been his greatest dream come true, a dream he thought was over after his helicopter was shot down. Qualifying as an Angel Flight pilot, Quentin can take to the skies once again, helping people receive care unavailable in their hometowns...
  • Marking Time by Sherryl D. Hancock

    Marking Time by Sherryl D. Hancock

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Raine Mason has never been in a relationship with a woman… or anyone for that matter. Then she meets Natalia, the feisty Latina dance teacher. A dancer-turned cop, Raine captivates the eyes of the dance teacher and with a little push from their friend, they embark on a whirlwind romance...
    Categorized as:
    military  mlm  action-adventure  adult  angst  book  fiction  lgbtq
  • Water under the Bridge by Sherryl Hancock

    Water under the Bridge by Sherryl Hancock

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Shenin and Tyler have been happily married for four years. Well, almost happily. Shenin, currently living alone in LA, is struggling with some dark secrets that are tearing their marriage apart. Those secrets end up landing her in hospital before the situation goes from bad to worse. Her friend, Jet, ends up in a nightmare crash with Skyler and Sebastian that leaves her fighting for her life...
    Categorized as:
    military  mlm  romance  wlw  lgbtq  angst  action-adventure  fiction
  • Beloved Sacrifice by Lila Dubois, Mari Carr

    Beloved Sacrifice by Lila Dubois, Mari Carr

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A woman with nothing to lose. A man who knows too much. A secret that could destroy them all. Rose Hancock is no stranger to danger, fear, or pain. Her whole life has been shaped by the purists--a shadowy splinter group within America’s most powerful secret society. When the leader of the Trinity Masters has her partner-in-crime shot, Rose has nothing left to live for except revenge...
  • Vendetta by Sherryl Hancock

    Vendetta by Sherryl Hancock

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    At only twenty-two, Cody Falco has been through more than anyone should in a lifetime. Brought back from the depths of despair by her mothers, Lyric and Savanna, she now spends her days working to stop other young girls going down the same terrifying path that she once did. While working undercover she meets McKenna, the wife of her latest suspect, and there is an instant connection...
    Categorized as:
    military  mlm  romance  wlw  lgbtq  action-adventure  fiction  book
  • Lightning Strykes by Sherryl Hancock

    Lightning Strykes by Sherryl Hancock

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Former marine and MMA fighter Remington LaRoché doesn’t quite know what she’s letting herself in for when she agrees to take on some bodyguard work for BJ Sparks. Her charge is the famous pop star Wynter Kincade. On a packed tour, it isn’t long before the two become friends, much to the annoyance of Wynter’s girlfriend...
    Categorized as:
    military  mlm  romance  wlw  lgbtq  action-adventure  fiction  book
  • Roman by Annabella Stone

    Roman by Annabella Stone

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Fact: Six years ago, former Force Recon Marine Roman Walsh made the biggest mistake of his life and chose duty to his country over love. Fact: He was an idiot. Now the one he loves is missing, and Roman has only one thing on his mind. Get him back alive...
  • Death's Mate by C.W. Gray

    Death's Mate by C.W. Gray

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Welcome to Charybdis Station!Dr. Verion Morrick is complicated. No, really. Not too long ago, Verion was simply a divorced research scientist on Frost Veil who wanted to reconnect with his estranged son. Now, a few years, one death and resurrection later, Verion is a new person -- both Death, the Crellic Element, and Verion Morrick. One being that helped protect the galaxy from an insidious evil...
    Categorized as:
    children  military  mlm  action-adventure  adult  aliens  book  fiction
  • Where There’s Smoke… by Romeo Alexander

    Where There’s Smoke… by Romeo Alexander

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Matt:I’m proud to be a Port Dale firefighter but it isn’t all excitement and sitting around eating homemade meals. It’s also dealing with your work “family” in ways you never expected. I love my real family, and I love my work “family”. Well, most of them...
  • Call It Quits by Reese Knightley

    Call It Quits by Reese Knightley

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    HoldenThe last time Beckett walked out on him, Holden knew it was time to let him go.Since the day they’d met, he’d known they were meant for one another, but Beckett doesn’t feel the same. Now, it’s time to call it quits, only Beckett is in trouble and Holden can’t walk away until the man is out of danger. If truth be told, maybe not even then...
  • Honor by Reese Knightley

    Honor by Reese Knightley

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    They really are perfect for each other with zero bullshit between them.Oliver Rains joined Pegasus after the military to keep doing what he loves—helping out the innocent and putting scumbags in the ground where they belong. He was supposed to find a new team, not fall in love, but what he hadn’t counted on was former chief of police Parker Johnson walking into his life...
  • Detonate by Reese Knightley

    Detonate by Reese Knightley

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The love of a lifetime hasn't always been easy…Stefano – Phoenix Commander He’d waited around long enough. They’d known each other for over thirty years, been together for a good portion of those years, and had lived in the same house for the past two. And still, Giovanni Rossi wouldn’t tell people they were a couple...
  • To Love a Ghost by Annabella Stone

    To Love a Ghost by Annabella Stone

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    After playing his part in Operation Perth in Afghanistan, former Australian Special Forces Commando Cade Kelly was officially declared dead. Recruited by Rock and Grif to join their elite team of Black Ops Operators, The Ghost Protectors, he has built a new life for himself as the team’s top intel analyst...
  • Found by Jayne Rylon

    Found by Jayne Rylon

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Jayne Rylon comes a steamy new multi-partner standalone series set in the Powertools universe.The Shields security team accepts missions in the grey area of both law and morality that no one else wants or can handle...
  • Owen by V.H. Nicolson

    Owen by V.H. Nicolson

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I was born into privilege.I had it all; the house, the car, more money than I knew what to do with.But it came at a price.Expectation.An arranged marriage to a woman who couldn’t bear to look at me to grow the family empire.As I stood at the altar, the weight of that burden became too much.So, I did the only thing I could. I ran.To another country and straight into the arms of another woman...
  • Fighting for Magnolia by Katie Reus

    Fighting for Magnolia by Katie Reus

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    He promised forever, but then he left…Magnolia fell fast and hard for the boy her parents warned her about. He told her that he wanted to give her the world, but then vanished. Now she runs a successful company in New Orleans and her son is picking out colleges—but someone is lurking in the shadows, stalking her every move. And they won’t stop until she’s six feet under...
  • Imagoes by N.R. Walker

    Imagoes by N.R. Walker

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When Jack receives a phone call from a colleague in the southeast of Tasmania with news of a newfound butterfly habitat, he and Lawson head off on another adventure. It’s not an easy trek to the location. The Franklin-Gordon National Park is famous for wild rivers, rainforests, and rocky cliff faces, and they’ll need to hike and abseil—in the dead of winter—to get to the site...
  • Convincing the Alpha by C.W. Gray

    Convincing the Alpha by C.W. Gray

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Story takes place in the Omegaverse. Hobson Hills Omegas: Book EightInjured in the army over three years ago, Noah Wilson walked away with his life, but lost his hearing. It's taken him years and the support of his family and friends to adapt to a new normal...
    Categorized as:
    children  military  mlm  abuse  action-adventure  adult  alpha-mc  book
  • Noah by Cristin Harber

    Noah by Cristin Harber

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Fall in love with seven sexy and irresistible soldiers who find their courage and heart tested like never before in the battle for love! This multi-author collaborative series of contemporary romance novels is brought to you by bestselling authors Barbara Freethy, Roxanne St. Claire, Christie Ridgway, Lynn Raye Harris, Julia London, Cristin Harber and Samantha Chase...
  • Home in Austin by Susi Hawke

    Home in Austin by Susi Hawke

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Take one pregnant omega who’s all alone in the world… After accidentally getting pregnant by his best friend and occasional hookup buddy, Owen Grant finds himself on his own… again. After being abandoned at birth and growing up in the foster system, he’s used to having to say goodbye. If he's learned one lesson in life, it's this: people don't stay...
  • In Moonlight and Memories: Volume One by Julie Ann Walker

    In Moonlight and Memories: Volume One by Julie Ann Walker

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Julie Ann Walker comes an epic story about sacrifice, friendship, and the awe-inspiring power of love. Maggie: Ten years ago, Cash Armstrong stole my heart. Then he promptly joined the army—dragging my best friend with him—and left me crying on the front porch in a red sequined prom dress. Now he's back. They're both back...
  • Rough by Reese Knightley

    Rough by Reese Knightley

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    After circling around each other for so long, are they ready to take it to the next level? Mason can admit that he’s had the hots for rough and gruff Gage Hillcrest for well over a year now. Only Gage is bossy and overbearing as all hell. Not to mention that Gage is a closed book and Mason doesn’t know anything about the man...
  • Waiting for Derek by Izaia Winter

    Waiting for Derek by Izaia Winter

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Derek knew his life was about to become very interesting. Derek Astor knows next to nothing about BDSM, but when Foster Hayes, the co-owner of the local BDSM club, walks into his photography studio and offers him a job, he can’t refuse. And after seeing a photo of one of the club’s dungeon monitors on the website, Derek doesn’t want to...
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