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Reaper's Salvation by Jamie Begley
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsHave you ever wondered: if soulmates were meant to be together for eternity, then why do they have to search for each other over and over?Reaper didn’t think it was possible to be deceived by anything, or anyone, after the hell he had gone through. Ginny had proven him wrong. Not only wasn’t she the woman he believed her to be, but she had also sacrificed herself to pay for his crimes... -
The Hero I Need by Nicole Snow
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWall Street Journal bestselling author Nicole Snow returns with a hilariously intense small-town love story where two star-crossed hearts and one snarly tiger ignite a romance up-roar.He knew I was trouble the instant I showed up with a stolen Bengal tiger.But Grady McKnight didn't flinch like a sane person—he took us in.Bruce the tiger found shelter. I met a hero grump. And Grady got a hot mess...Categorized as:
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Filthy Truth by Serena Akeroyd
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsConor's my lifeline.He doesn't know it.I need him to find me.I need him to chase me.I need him to love me.If I haven't already destroyed what we might have had, he's crazy enough to take me on.My Fecker.Mine...Categorized as:
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Dangerous Rescue by Riley Edwards
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsJust friends. I’d repeated the lie so many times I’d almost convinced myself it was the truth.Our friendship was accidental. A lost phone, a string of text messages that led to a once-a-year birthday text. The real trouble started when we upped the game and called each other. Those phone calls strengthened our connection and solidified our bond...Categorized as:
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The Hero She Wants by Anna Hackett
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe last thing he wants is to trek into the jungle to save the President’s daughter.Shepherd “Shep” Barlow left the military behind. All he wants is to stay on his Colorado mountain—alone, with no interruptions, and no people. He especially likes to avoid people.Then his former commander arrives, asking him to risk his life on a deadly mission to Central America...Categorized as:
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Billionaire Unreachable ~ Wyatt by J.S. Scott
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhat happens when the man you think you despise turns out to be a completely different guy beneath the surface? I didn't like Wyatt Durand. He might be my friend's older brother, but he was unpleasant, sarcastic, and the grumpiest guy on the planet. It didn't matter to me that he was a breathtakingly gorgeous, ultra-wealthy billionaire with the very prestigious Durand last name...Categorized as:
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Serve 'N' Protect by Tee O'Fallon
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAmbushed and left for dead, U.S. Secret Service K-9 Officer Markus York is on the mend and laying low in a safe house while his team tracks down his attacker. But Markus isn’t good at sitting still. Even with his K-9, Ghost, for company, he gets restless and decides now is the perfect time to do some repairs around the house…and inadvertently tears open his wounds...Categorized as:
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Protecting Falcon by Jane Blythe
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSparks fly when opposites attract.When Hope Delancey showed kindness to another slave, she never expected it to put her in the crosshairs of a dangerous man. After weeks of being held captive she's rescued by a gruff, grumpy, intimidating soldier who obviously wishes he was anywhere but in Colombia rescuing her...Categorized as:
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Papi's Savior by Laylah Roberts
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsShe went looking for answers, and instead she found him . . .Loving an overprotective, bossy Daddy Dom comes with its challenges.When he’s also the most powerful, dangerous man in the city . . . yeah, things become even more complicated.Add in a wedding, family issues, a new bodyguard, and life definitely isn’t quiet.One thing is certain, though...Categorized as:
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Papi's Protection by Laylah Roberts
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHe’s the deadliest man in the city. Ruthless. Powerful. Wicked.And Cat needs to get his attention.Because Alejandro De Leon might have information about how her father died. And why her mother disappeared.Only problem is . . . the closer she gets to him, the more he draws her in.And when he claims her, she doesn’t exactly want to tell him no.No one tells Alejandro De Leon no...Categorized as:
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Ivory's Fight by Jane Blythe
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFalling in love has no place in a mission of revenge.Abducted as a baby, Ivory Smith was trained to be one thing; a killer. Rescued before she could fulfil her captor's purposes now she works for Prey Security's Artemis Team taking down human traffickers...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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Hawk by Serena Akeroyd
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAMARATo the rest of the world, I'm broken.Unfixable.But when he looks at me, I know what he sees.A woman, not a doll.A fighter, not a victim.A Survivor. Maybe, he sees underneath that.Maybe, just maybe, he sees what I was always born to be—a predator.They took my innocence from me. They stole my adolescence.Now I'm going to reap upon them what they sowed in me.Vengeance... -
Ivy's Delta by Elle James
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAfter years of resisting his teammates’ good intentions, big, bad and cranky Delta Force soldier, Magnus “Duff” McCormick, agrees to a blind date. Memories of his wife who died on their honeymoon derail his date with the beautiful redhead his friends introduce him to. When his date is attacked and almost stolen away, Duff comes to the rescue and sticks to her like glue, memories be damned...Categorized as:
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The Fallen One by Brittney Sahin
Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom Wall Street Journal and Amazon Charts bestselling author Brittney Sahin, comes a sizzling love story between a morally gray hero who doesn’t believe in second chances, and the woman who will make him question everything. Five years ago, a phone call forever changed my life as I listened to my wife being murdered half a world away...Categorized as:
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Exposed by Brynne Asher
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsOne day, I was chugging along at life as a wedding planner. The next, I’m a confidential informant and fake engaged to the grumpiest DEA agent on earth. Hit the brakes. Let’s back up. You know those sappy made-for-TV movies where the leading lady gets the unsuspecting knock on the door and is the beneficiary of a massive inheritance? That’s me. I’m that heroine...Categorized as:
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Bad Boy Bachelor Christmas by Ali Parker, Weston Parker
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe Grinch ain’t got nothing on me.The only good and green thing about Christmas is the money it rakes in.I’m not interested in carols, candies, or dealing with extra-Christmassy type people.Until I hire one. A hot college student joins my design team.She makes up for her annoying jovial spirit with her sexy curves.And her willingness to give herself to me.If only that was enough...Categorized as:
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Damaged Grump by Nicole Snow
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWall Street Journal bestselling author Nicole Snow returns with a hysterical office romance where the grumpiest boss claims the good girl and loses his scorched heart.Our meet cute was one big sip of ugly.He pushed my hell-no buttons, wearing an indestructible smirk.I offended his warped morals in front of his starry-eyed minions.Then I got my sweet reward for doing the right thing...Categorized as:
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On the Line by Brittney Sahin
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsOn the day of Adam and Anna’s wedding, she won’t be there, and he’ll lay everything on the line to get her back. With the help of former covert operatives, Adam works to track down Anna’s last steps to discover what happened to her, never believing her to be a “runaway bride...Categorized as:
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Hauling Ashe by L.B. Dunbar
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsLife might be a highway but the last thing this grumpy silver fox expected was a cross-country road trip with a ray of sunshine."My sister is driving to California. She could give you a ride.""What?" Tucker Ashe and I say in unison.Mae FoxSurely, my older sister has lost her mind. There is no way I'm driving her insufferable – albeit sexy silver fox – boss two thousand miles...Categorized as:
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Operation: Fallen Angel by Margaret Kay
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsShepherd Security Operative, Doc, accepted he was going to die…now, he has to remember how to live. Shepherd Security has its mental health protocols in place for a reason. PTSD is real. Returning from a mission to Africa that should have ended him, Doc finds out firsthand how real it is. He has a past that only Dr... -
The Five Minute Mistake by Hannah Shield
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHe's my instructor. He's off limits.And he's the twist I never saw coming.On paper, Nash Jennings is intimidating as hell. Former Navy SEAL, notorious loner, and the grumpiest sniper on the West Oaks SWAT team. But I don't buy it. I think he's actually a nice guy under that armor he wears, and I'm determined to draw him out. Make him my friend. Perhaps even make him smile...Categorized as:
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Home Sweet Home by Lacey Black
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsLeoEveryone has a past they’re trying to outrun, myself included. My time in the military left me with scars, both physically and emotionally, which is why I keep to myself. Since returning home to Stewart Grove, I work a lot so I have little time to think. To remember. I’m just content to make it through the day.Then I meet Kallie Carpenter...Categorized as:
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The Lightkeeper by Rebecca Sharp
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAurora Cross just got the educational opportunity of a lifetime—to complete her coastal biology thesis at one of Maine’s most iconic lighthouses. She didn’t realize the toughest, most reclusive creature inhabiting the keep was a broody artist with more secrets than the sea.Kit Kinkade has had enough of the world...Categorized as:
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Wolf by Kate Oliver
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsLucyLucy thought her life couldn’t get any worse after becoming homeless - until she found herself forced to sleep alone at a dark and scary construction site after being beaten and robbed of her last few possessions. All she’d ever wanted was a normal life - whatever that meant - and to be loved and cared for. Sadly, she’d discovered early that she wasn’t likely ever to get what she wanted...Categorized as:
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Make Me Your Villain by Lani Lynn Vale
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsBook 2 of the Battle Crows MC with Shine and Iris.Flaws—he has them.Laws? He breaks them.Dues? He’s paid them.Scars? He bares them proudly.Lessons? He’s learned them.Problems? He has one.Her name is Iris, and she’s the one thing in his life that he can’t control...Categorized as:
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The Hero She Craves by Anna Hackett
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe last thing he expects on his ship is the off-limits woman he can’t stop thinking about—his best friend’s daughter.After a tough military career as a Navy SEAL, and a member of a covert Ghost Ops team, Lorenzo “Ren” Santoro now calls a research ship home. The ocean, very few people, and solitude…it’s all he needs...Categorized as:
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My True Love by Melissa Foster
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsCan a man who resents the hand he’s been dealt and a woman who spends her days grateful for every little thing find true love in each other’s arms—or are their differences stronger than both of them? Find out in this funny, sexy, heartfelt romance, and fall in love with Grant and Jules on the sandy shores of Silver Island, home to coffee shops, boat races, and midnight rendezvous...Categorized as:
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The Runaway by Jess Mastorakos
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCould rescuing a runaway bride would be the detour I never knew I needed?I had a plan. But then, my cross-country road trip to my new duty station started with me getting dumped. Two seconds later, I got roped into bringing a family friend’s niece, Nikki, and her teenage daughter on the road with me.To make matters worse, I’m aiding Nikki’s escape from her own wedding...Categorized as:
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One Bossy Disaster by Nicole Snow
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsA wild twist of fate throws together two total opposites in this steamy and hysterical grumpy sunshine romance from Wall Street Journal bestselling author Nicole Snow.Trust me, I'm not falling for a human porcupine.I don't do older men with baggage a mile long.Billionaires? Nope, I'm Miss Independence, thank you very much...Categorized as:
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The Best of Us by Brittney Sahin
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsA man driven by duty and a woman who never gave up hope are thrust together by fate and a secret he never saw coming in a captivating novel of love, danger, and sacrifice by Wall Street Journal bestselling author Brittney Sahin.Constantine Costa has spent his life shielding others from harm... -
Wrapped Up with a Ranger by Kait Nolan
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCan a grumpy former Ranger find lasting happiness in a marriage of convenience with a sunny single mom?After losing his leg, former Army Ranger Holt Steele is building a new life and a new business with his friends. Sure, he never expected to put small-town baker on his resume, but he finds he likes the quiet, simple life...Categorized as:
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Sterling Brick by L.B. Dunbar
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLove wasn’t part of the blueprint when high school sweethearts reunite in their small town. But this former military man never forgot the girl he left behind and he’s more determined than ever to rebuild their relationship brick by brick and heart by heart.Getting locked in the men’s restroom during my mother’s funeral wasn’t exactly how I expected to run into my high school sweetheart...Categorized as:
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Moments for You by Carrie Ann Ryan
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTwo widows. One wedding dress. And a promise of forever in the next installment of the Wilder Brothers from NYT Bestselling Author Carrie Ann Ryan.A wedding dress is meant to be worn only once.When a stranger finds herself in need of a miracle at the last minute, I do the unthinkable: I offer mine to her.The same one I wore down the aisle for my late husband...Categorized as:
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Ex-SEAL Billionaire by A.J. Summers
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsGiving up your V-card to your fake fiancé might not be the best way to keep things professional. One moment, I’m an up-and-coming influencer taking a solo hike.The next, I'm face-to-face with a bear, my life flashing before my eyes.Just then, a grouchy hero appears, sending the beast packing and my heart pumping...Categorized as:
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Tactical Bear by Candace Ayers
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsParker is fighting extinction— Of her own shifter species! She’d already be mated. If not for those bullying polar bears. They've scared away all decent prospects. Maxim has met the one But, she’s an activist with silly notions. And she wants nothing to do with him. As a Tactical Bear, he’ll need all his strategic skills... -
Wolf Soldier by Candace Ayers
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThis is the third book in the She-Shifters of Hell’s Corner series. This series is a spin-off of the Bears of Burden series, although each book can be read as a standalone. Wolf shifter Holt Monroe has a big decision to make...Categorized as:
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Mistletoe Summer by Abby Tyler
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAn alternative cover edition for this ASIN B07TRXGPD8 can be found hereIt was love at first sight. For their dogs.Cody Jones didn't expect to ever return to Applebottom, planning a long life of military service and world travel. But a devastating injury in Iraq narrows his options, so he begrudgingly helps his mother expand her doggy bakery until he figures out what’s next... -
Savage Storm by Naomi Porter
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsMayhem is coming for the Knight's Legion MC…Madeline. My Angel. The light to my darkness. As President of the Knight’s Legion MC, death and destruction come with the territory—this club is my life. Then she comes along and casts a spell on me with her innocent blue eyes. A healing balm to my soul. Powerful enough to chase away my demons... -
Jaxon by Kate Oliver
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsLeahWho knew buying a run-down house would be so much work? It was hers, though, and while it might not be much, to Leah Day, it was perfect because it meant she was free from her cheating ex-husband. What she wasn’t prepared for was the roof to leak into her bedroom… She also wasn’t expecting her hot neighbor to come marching over to scold her for climbing onto the roof...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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Unbreakable Bond by Hope Ford
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsShe’s my best friend’s daughter and I have no business wanting her the way I do. Especially since it’s my fault that her dad died. Call it survivor’s guilt, if you must, I just know, I’m to blame.Still when she comes to me for help, I can’t refuse her. Which means sleeping on my sofa so she can take my bed.Emerson is temptation personified... -
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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Wild Heart by Ivy Layne
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsSometimes you need the dark to protect the lightQuinn Sawyer is a mystery.She’s an heiress. She’s a backcountry guide.She has a suite in a mansion, but she sleeps in the woods.I can’t make sense of her. I shouldn’t care.My job is to keep her safe, not get to know her.She’s my best friend’s little sister. She’s a client.And she can never be mine...Categorized as:
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Diverted by Lori Matthews
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratings"I couldn't put it down. I read the whole book in one setting." From the bestselling author of the Callahan Security Series. A steamy enemies to lovers, military, second chance, protector romance...Categorized as:
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Come To Me by J.H. Croix
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA broody ex-military pilot and a sassy yoga teacher collide in a small town.Diego is distracting. He shows up in my yoga class with his smokin’ hot bod and enough brawn to set the world on fire. Cue the melting.He oozes the rugged hero vibe, rides a motorcycle and flies planes in the wilds of Alaska. He’s all man and then some...Categorized as:
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All My Broken Pieces by Kali Hart
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsJulietI traveled to Alaska to meet and thank the brave soldier who saved my brother’s life on an overseas tour.I may have become a little obsessed with him.Planned our wedding and named our babies obsessed.But it’s okay.I have a plan for the perfect meet-cute that’ll lead to him falling madly in love with me... -
Dauntless Protector by Jade Dollston
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFormer Navy SEAL, Beau “Shark” Atwood, is the epitome of the three Bs: bossy, brawny, and broody. For years he’s been focused on his military career and then building his security business. The rest of the time he spent taking care of his younger sister, Blaire, and her daughter, Carrie. But his girls are good now... -
Good Time Boyfriend by Carrie Ann Ryan
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA new town. A new bar. A new life.At least, that’s what I’m hoping for.I moved to Denver to try to piece my family back together, but I have no idea how to do that.Then the most beautiful woman I’ve ever seen walks into my bar, and I think things are looking up.She needs a fake boyfriend for the night and I’m all too eager to play along...Categorized as:
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Erik's Redemption by Nyssa Kathryn
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe difference between delight and devastation…a single moment.Until recently, Hannah Jacobs thought she was living. One look at her new neighbor, and she knows she was simply surviving. Going through her days hiding behind a mask, similar to the broken man next door. Together, they slowly realize they want more…happiness, love, a future...Categorized as:
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