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  • Enemy at the Gates by Kyle Mills, Vince Flynn

    Enemy at the Gates by Kyle Mills, Vince Flynn

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Mitch Rapp, the CIA’s top operative, searches for a high-level mole with the power to rewrite the world order.Mitch Rapp has worked for a number of presidents over his career, but Anthony Cook is unlike any he’s encountered before. Cunning and autocratic, he feels no loyalty to America’s institutions and is distrustful of the influence Rapp and CIA director Irene Kennedy have in Washington...
  • Shadows by Melody Anne, John Henley

    Shadows by Melody Anne, John Henley

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Shadows opens up with Jon Eisenhart, aka, Eyes, and Carl Schwartz, aka, Sleep on a mission that goes all wrong and will forever change their lives. When they make it out, they’re eventually invited into a new team, where they come together with Tyrell Rice, aka, Smoke, Steve Bregon, aka, Brackish, and Hendrick Meeks, aka, Green...
  • Eye for an Eye by Ben Coes

    Eye for an Eye by Ben Coes

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    In Ben Coes' latest, Eye for an Eye, Dewey Andreas faces the toughest odds of his life as one of China's most powerful men has decided to do whatever he must to take down Dewey—and inflicts a horrifying loss.When Dewey Andreas uncovers the identity of a mole embedded at a high level in Israel's Mossad, it triggers a larger, more dangerous plot...
  • Ice's Icing by Dale Mayer

    Ice's Icing by Dale Mayer

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Ice wanted only one thing in her life, and that was Levi—and maybe someone who was a blend of both of them. When he asked her to marry him, she was thrilled, but now she’s struggling to pin down a wedding date for fear he’d been caught up in the moment and didn’t really want to go through with it...
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    crime  military  suspense  war  action-adventure  adult  book  drama
  • Anders's Angel by Dale Mayer

    Anders's Angel by Dale Mayer

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    He’s all about second chances… Anders loves winter and the wilderness, so a trip to the Swiss Alps to retrieve a glaciologist is right up his alley. When he realizes who he’s picking up, he can’t help but smile at fate...
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    crime  military  suspense  war  action-adventure  adult  alpha-mc  book
  • Her Captivated Hero by Caitlyn O'Leary

    Her Captivated Hero by Caitlyn O'Leary

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    WHEN IS THE PRICE FOR LOVE TOO HIGH? The fate of thousands comes down to one woman. A critical mission in the Middle East demands more than just the skills of the Black Dawn Navy SEAL team, it requires a scientist who can crack the code on a deadly virus. Navy SEAL, Lieutenant Gray Tyler is fiercely protective of those he loves...
  • Her Loving Hero by Caitlyn O'Leary

    Her Loving Hero by Caitlyn O'Leary

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Wyatt has hidden his pain for years, does he have it in him to trust again?Can two broken souls save one another?AT LAST! Book 8 in the Black Dawn Navy SEAL Series is...
  • Clive Cussler's Condor's Fury by Graham Brown, Clive Cussler

    Clive Cussler's Condor's Fury by Graham Brown, Clive Cussler

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    A freighter carrying top-secret computers of unparalleled capability disappears in the Western Pacific. While searching for a lost treasure that once belonged to the famous pirate queen, Ching Shih, Kurt Austin and Joe Zavala are redirected to look for the missing vessel...
  • Clive Cussler's The Devil's Sea by Dirk Cussler

    Clive Cussler's The Devil's Sea by Dirk Cussler

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Another fabulous read featuring heroes Dirk Pitt and Al Giordano from the most beloved series from the #1 New York Times-bestselling grand master of adventure Clive Cussler.The next adventure featuring NUMA Director Dirk Pitt...
  • Once A Pilgrim by James Deegan

    Once A Pilgrim by James Deegan

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    John Carr has recently left the SAS, after a long and distinguished career, and is now working for a Russian oligarch in the murky world of private security.But an incident from his past – in which three terrorists were brutally killed – suddenly comes back to haunt him.Tracked by a hitman out for revenge, John Carr is forced to step over the line to defend himself and his family...
  • War Shadows by Brian Andrews, Jeffrey Wilson

    War Shadows by Brian Andrews, Jeffrey Wilson

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    John Dempsey, former Navy SEAL and Tier One operator, is back. Only a few months into his new life as an operative for Ember, the United States’ most covert counterterrorism entity, he must stop an old nemesis who’s resurfaced after ten years of operating in the shadows...
  • The Angry Sea by James Deegan

    The Angry Sea by James Deegan

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    ‘Brutal and brilliant’ Tom Marcus, author of SOLDIER SPY Former SAS Sergeant Major John Carr is relaxing on a Spanish beach, when a man with dark eyes attracts his attention. Fixated on a group of young Britons, the man doesn’t notice Carr and soon moves on.Within the hour, the Costa del Sol will be plunged into one of the most audacious and horrifying terrorist attacks Europe has ever seen...
  • Beau by Dale Mayer

    Beau by Dale Mayer

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    What happens when the very men—trained to make the hard decisions—come up against the rules and regulations that hold them back from doing what needs to be done? They either stay and work within the constraints given to them or they walk away. Only now, for a select few, they have another option: The Mavericks...
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    crime  military  suspense  war  action-adventure  adult  book  drama
  • FROST by Jaime Lewis

    FROST by Jaime Lewis

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Following the death of her military husband, Autumn Kauffman and her son, Cody, are seeking a fresh start in a new town. Between her full-time job as a physical therapist and keeping up with her active ten-year-old son, the last thing on her mind was dating. But when a new patient lands on her rotation schedule, she is knocked for a loop at their first meeting...
  • Breaking Away by Elle James

    Breaking Away by Elle James

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Delta Force Operative Sean “Mac” McDaniels fell in love early on in his Army career. The girl, though she loved him, wanted to pursue her career in journalism before she settled down and married. Knowing he couldn’t hold her back, he let her go. In the years to come, no other woman ever held that place in his heart.Kylie Adams loved Mac but chose to pursue her love of journalism first...
  • Badge of Honor: Texas Heroes Collection One by Susan Stoker

    Badge of Honor: Texas Heroes Collection One by Susan Stoker

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Books 1-4 in the Badge of Honor: Texas Heroes Series Justice for Mackenzie Daxton Chambers, a member of the oldest and most distinguished law enforcement agency in the state of Texas, never understood why people killed. But this new case, where someone was kidnapping and burying women alive, is a whole new level of depravity...
  • SEALs of Honor: Devlin by Dale Mayer

    SEALs of Honor: Devlin by Dale Mayer

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The right place at the right time… or the very wrong place… As part of a group helping to training Iraq soldiers, Devin is doing additional training on how to use the latest drones. But when a murder is committed on the base and suspicion is thrown on the drone’s designer, he can’t stop himself from helping her. When they return stateside, another employee in the same company is murdered...
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    crime  military  suspense  war  action-adventure  adult  alpha-mc  book
  • Brandon's Bliss by Dale Mayer

    Brandon's Bliss by Dale Mayer

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Brandon, the newest member of Levi’s team at Legendary Securities, heads to Africa. Bullard purchased a new holding there, but, shortly after arriving, went missing. Kasha has worked for Bullard for five years. She's familiar with most of those who work for Legendary as well...
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    crime  military  suspense  war  action-adventure  adult  alpha-mc  book
  • Hollywood by Zoe Dawson

    Hollywood by Zoe Dawson

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Jude “Hollywood” Lock loved the ladies, but commitment, not so much. Getting burned at love was been there, done that enough for him. But when his Hollywood looks gets him tasked by the brass to pose for an artist as part of the Warrior Angel charity project, he has no choice but to follow orders...
  • SEAL's Revenge by Makenna Jameison

    SEAL's Revenge by Makenna Jameison

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A hostage rescue gone wrong. A woman in fear of her life. And a Navy SEAL who’ll stop at nothing to save her.Navy SEAL Ethan “Everglades” Flannigan feels an instant draw toward the woman his team is tasked with rescuing from the mountains of Afghanistan. Kidnapped and held by a terror cell, her condition is unknown...
  • Fallen Pride by Wayne Stinnett

    Fallen Pride by Wayne Stinnett

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    In this third installment of the Jesse McDermitt series, Jesse faces an antagonist unlike any other. A friend’s son, who was dishonorably discharged from the Corps, is suffering from post-traumatic stress. With Jesse’s help he learns to cope with his demons and gets his discharge overturned, so that he can once again serve the country he loves...
  • Sleepers by Mark Dawson

    Sleepers by Mark Dawson

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    When a Russian defector is assassinated in a sleepy English seaside town, Group Fifteen agents John Milton and Michael Pope find themselves in a rush to uncover the culprits and bring them to justice.Their investigation leads them to Moscow and a confrontation with Directorate S, the agency responsible for seeding Russian sleeper agents around the world...
  • The Fix by Robert White, Nicholas Camm

    The Fix by Robert White, Nicholas Camm

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    In the winter of 1996, on the orders of HM Government, the SAS stole the contents of a safe belonging to the Provisional IRA.Rick Fuller headed that team.Days later Fuller’s wife was brutally murdered at his home.Convinced he was betrayed from within, Fuller begins a relentless search for her murderers and the men who gave the order...
  • Full Black by Brad Thor

    Full Black by Brad Thor

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    #1 New York Times bestselling author Brad Thor brings readers his darkest and most intriguing thriller yet—a terrifying story of espionage and betrayal—brilliantly paced with superb nonstop action.Born in the shadows and kept from heads of state, there are some missions so deadly, so sensitive, that they simply don’t exist...
  • Red Metal by Mark Greaney, Hunter Ripley Rawlings

    Red Metal by Mark Greaney, Hunter Ripley Rawlings

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    From the New York Times bestselling author of the Gray Man series comes a startlingly realistic novel of World War III.A desperate Kremlin takes advantage of a military crisis in Asia to simultaneously strike into Western Europe and invade east Africa in a bid to occupy three Rare Earth mineral mines that will give Russia unprecedented control for generations over the world's hi-tech sector...
  • The Colonels by W.E.B. Griffin

    The Colonels by W.E.B. Griffin

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    They were the professionals, the men who had been toughened by combat in the mine-laden fields of Europe, in Korea, in Greece, in Indochina. Now, in the twilight of a dying decade, they must return to the United States to forge a new type of American soldier--one to be tested on the beaches of Cuba and in a new war yet to come..
  • The Wolf's Bite by David Archer

    The Wolf's Bite by David Archer

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Noah and the Camelot team are handed their most unusual mission yet: Sarah must infiltrate the infamous Bangkok Hilton women's prison in order to make contact with and plan the rescue of a young American woman. Noah, Neil and new team member Marco are tasked with planning their escape, but something goes terribly wrong...
  • Choosers of the Slain by James H. Cobb

    Choosers of the Slain by James H. Cobb

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    In the fall of 2006, the Argentines invade a scientific outpost in Antarctica and begin stripping the continent's precious minerals, and only the USS Cunningham, commanded by Amanda Lee Garrett, is in a position to stop them...
  • Ryker by Dale Mayer

    Ryker by Dale Mayer

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    After his last assignment, Ryker is ready for a rest. And he gets it—but only a few hours …That’s even too long for a geologist kidnapped by guerrillas in the Columbian jungle. Ryker has plenty of experience in jungles around the world but, keeping Manila safe—along with the two men she’s traveling with and their injured guide—exposes them for who they are...
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    crime  military  suspense  war  action-adventure  adult  book  drama
  • Miles by Dale Mayer

    Miles by Dale Mayer

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When his call came, the mission was the opposite of what he expected…Returning to his hometown of London, UK, was a happy surprise, until he realized what—and who—was involved. Out of his comfort zone when dealing with women sold into sexual slavery or even “collected,” regardless Miles was determined to dig in deep, when he realized he knew the latest kidnapped victim...
  • Axel by Dale Mayer

    Axel by Dale Mayer

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Life was never boring, but, for Axel, things kick up a notch when he helps in an underwater rescue of a downed submarine that’s low on oxygen. What they find is nothing like what they expected. All the crew but one was dead—as in shot to death. The last remaining crew member was alive but in rough shape...
  • Pitbull by Zoe Dawson

    Pitbull by Zoe Dawson

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Errol "Pitbull" Ballentine is tasked to work with an NCIS agent who is on the trail of one of their own missing agents. He and the team meet up with NCIS and Pitbull discovers it's special agent Makayla Littlestar who looks like a delicate flower. He soon discovers that her looks are the only soft thing about this driven woman...
  • Zack's Zest: A SEALs of Honor World Novel by Dale Mayer

    Zack's Zest: A SEALs of Honor World Novel by Dale Mayer

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Zack's Zest, book 24 in the Heroes for Hire Series.Zack wasn’t someone to focus on his mistakes, but he’d made a big one, and it was hard to move on from it. Still he was determined to work with Levi’s team to find new meaning in his life and to get his head on straight. At least that was the plan...
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    crime  military  suspense  war  action-adventure  adult  book  drama
  • Keane by Dale Mayer

    Keane by Dale Mayer

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Heading out on a last-ditch rescue mission to Puget Sound one day after two women go overboard in a sailing accident isn’t exactly what he’d expected … But Keane is nothing if not adaptable. He can only hope the two women are alive and doing everything they can to stay that way...
  • Catalyst by J.M. Madden

    Catalyst by J.M. Madden

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Raine Walters loves her nursing position at the Elton building. Though she hasn’t been on the job long, she’s seen and done some amazing things. Because the men at the Elton building are not your average military men. They’re elite soldiers that have been tortured and experimented upon with an incredibly dangerous drug...
  • SEAL's Command by Makenna Jameison

    SEAL's Command by Makenna Jameison

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Commander Slate Hutchinson's book...
  • Driving Force by Elle James

    Driving Force by Elle James

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    With no identity, memory or past…She must trust a stranger in order to survive.When a woman is caught shadowing the team leader of Declan’s Defenders, she slams right into the man’s protection detail—and a former elite Force Recon marine. Gus Walsh’s instincts tell him she is dangerous in more ways than one...
  • Rising Tide by Wayne Stinnett

    Rising Tide by Wayne Stinnett

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    When a small homemade boat drifts under the Seven Mile Bridge, Jesse McDermitt doesn’t hesitate to jump in and pull the boat ashore on Pigeon Key with an injured boy aboard. The boy provides more questions than answers. He’s believed to be a Cuban refugee, yet when he regains consciousness, he speaks perfect English, but can’t even remember his name...
  • Rising Moon: A Jesse McDermitt Novel by Wayne Stinnett

    Rising Moon: A Jesse McDermitt Novel by Wayne Stinnett

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    On Grassy Key, things aren’t as idyllic as they seem. The quiet, sleepy community has been awakened. A young woman with strong ties to the community is missing.A local craftsman, the last person to see the girl, is questioned and released. The girl’s friends are interviewed. Nobody knows what happened to Cobie, except that she left for work one day and didn’t arrive...
  • Fallen Tide by Wayne Stinnett

    Fallen Tide by Wayne Stinnett

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Coral branches rarely wear a wristwatch. That was Jesse McDermitt’s first thought when he found a partially denuded human arm, teeming with crab, lobster, and fish life, during his morning ocean swim...
  • Typhoon Fury by Clive Cussler, Boyd Morrison

    Typhoon Fury by Clive Cussler, Boyd Morrison

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Hired to search for a collection of paintings worth half a billion dollars, Juan Cabrillo and the crew of the Oregon soon find themselves in much deeper waters...
  • Fallen Palm by Wayne Stinnett, Nick Sullivan

    Fallen Palm by Wayne Stinnett, Nick Sullivan

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Jesse McDermitt lives alone on an isolated island in the Florida Keys where he runs a charter fishing business. Retired from the Marine Corps for six years, he wanted nothing more than to relax, fish, dive and enjoy the laid back lifestyle of the islands. Russ, his former Platoon Sergeant and old friend, dies unexpectedly in a mysterious scuba diving accident and Jesse becomes suspicious...
  • Griffin by Dale Mayer

    Griffin by Dale Mayer

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    What happens when the very men—trained to make the hard decisions—come up against the rules and regulations that hold them back from doing what needs to be done? They either stay and work within the constraints given to them or they walk away. Only now, for a select few, they have another option: The Mavericks...
  • Stone by Kathy Coopmans, Hilary Storm

    Stone by Kathy Coopmans, Hilary Storm

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    What happens to a person when they're literally brought to their knees? Captain Beau Harris' entire world came crumbling down. His own guilt consumed him to the point he was confined to the tortures of his own mind and faced with the reality of his own fate. Until her. The one woman he should run from...
  • Fast Justice by Kaylea Cross

    Fast Justice by Kaylea Cross

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Sacrifice is a requirement of the job. Rowan Stewart walked away from the love of a lifetime to focus on the demands of her job as Assistant US Attorney. Now she’s working on the biggest case of her career, prosecuting one of the Veneno cartel’s most notorious members. Except the case presents unexpected challenges—including the man she can’t forget…and a threat she could not foresee...
  • Kanen by Dale Mayer

    Kanen by Dale Mayer

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    His best friend’s wife is in trouble… A panicked phone call sends Kanan flying across the ocean to find that she’s been held captive in her apartment, tortured for something her dead husband supposedly hid...
  • Spring UnVeiled by KaLyn Cooper

    Spring UnVeiled by KaLyn Cooper

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Is a bittersweet tragedy enough to bring exes back together?Navy Captain Evan Hubbard returns to the West Coast to take command of Group 1 Navy SEALs at Coronado. His mission to clean up the team’s tarnished reputation. When a sex trafficking ring involving SEALs comes to light, Evan must decide who he can trust to help him clean house and restore honor and pride...
  • STITCH by Jaime Lewis

    STITCH by Jaime Lewis

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Stitch would never act on his feelings for Mia. But with her life in danger, he’ll do whatever it takes to keep her safe.As a Navy Seal, Evan ‘Stitch’ Watson has faced danger in all forms. He’s not afraid of much. Except maybe his team leader’s reaction when he finds out he’s got it bad for his sister Mia Chambers...
  • The Last Refuge by Ben Coes

    The Last Refuge by Ben Coes

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    With time running out to stop the nuclear destruction of Tel Aviv, Dewey Andreas must defeat his most fearsome opponent yet.Off a quiet street in Brooklyn, New York, Israeli Special Forces commander Kohl Meir is captured by operatives of the Iranian secret service, who smuggle Meir back to Iran, where he is imprisoned, tortured, and prepared for a show trial...
  • Sentinels of Fire by P.T. Deutermann

    Sentinels of Fire by P.T. Deutermann

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    P.T. Deutermann's World War II navy series began with the award-winning Pacific Glory, followed by the brilliantly reviewed Ghosts of Bungo Suido. His new novel Sentinels of Fire tells the tale of a lone destroyer, the USS Malloy, part of the Allied invasion forces attacking the island of Okinawa and the Japanese home islands...
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