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La misión de Rox by Laura Gallego García
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsRox ha partido a la región del oeste, devastada por los monstruos, en busca de una aldea perdida habitada por Guardianes. Mientras una riada de supervivientes acude a la Ciudadela en busca de un refugio seguro, tras sus muros florece un nuevo movimiento filosófico, la Senda del Manantial, cuyo líder predica el fin del mundo conocido… para bien o para mal...Categorized as:
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The Lucky One (Main Theme): Piano Solo, Sheet by Mark Isham
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsMark Isham's theme to the film adaptation of Nicholas Sparks' romantic drama makes a beautiful piano solo. This official sheet music edition allows pianists to bring it to life... -
Persona normal by Benito Taibo
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsUna grandiosa e increíble aventura para ser todo... excepto normal. Tenía un par de padres divertidos y jóvenes, llenos de sueños y de planes...Categorized as:
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Walker: Lighthouse Security Investigations by Maryann Jordan
Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsLighthouse Security Investigations The Lighthouse SI Keepers were men and women from the SEALs, Rangers, Special Forces, Deltas, and AF Special Ops. All having been trained in CIA Special Ops, the Keepers were the best of the best and ready to take on any mission. Julie Baxter, chaperone to three teenage girls to the Mayan ruins in Mexico was having the vacation of a lifetime... -
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Possession by Florencia Bonelli
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsMatilde Martinez and Eliah Al-Saud are fighting hard to forget each other. After watching their love crumble before their eyes in the perilous Congo, the kind, beautiful pediatric surgeon and the rich, handsome soldier struggle to move past their pain and acknowledge the romance was doomed from the start. Matilde, as always, seeks solace in helping others... -
Darius' Promise by Jen Talty
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsCaptain Darius Ford has done his best to put the past where it belongs. He and his team have a new gig with the Brotherhood Protectors, and starting over never looked so good. That is until the woman who has haunted his dreams comes waltzing into his office as if she wasn’t the reason his military career ended. Special Agent Fenmore Harley has never for a second believed that Darius was a liar...Categorized as:
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Jewell by Jamie Begley
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsOne by one, she watched The Last Riders find their happily ever after with women who weren’t her.The one that hurt the most was Reaper.But, even with the dagger that had been lodged deep in her heart, she still held hope that this time, finally, she would be given the winning hand.And what do you think she was given?Not the hot, badass biker she was expecting. He wasn’t bad, nor was he a biker... -
Wilder by LeAnn Ashers
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsJoslyn My life was an absolute mess, and it was slowly killing me. Dismay and anguish defined my everyday life. Until Wilder. He became what I’d never known I craved. He was my world, my best friend. For once…I was happy. Until it all started crashing down around us. Wilder From the moment I’d met Joslyn, she’d been my everything... -
Black: Triple Crown Publications Presents by Tracy Brown
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWho said the streets don't love nobody? Black is the novel that shatters the myth. Kaia didn't choose the streets. The streets chose her. Tossed from a broken home, Kaia is forced to learn the hard way just how grimy street life can be. Shedding her innocence, Kaia, overnight it seems, goes from being an often overlooked, stepped upon and crushed little girl, to a woman... -
Tate by Maryann Jordan
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCountry music, his parents, cold beer, and apple pie…just a few of the things Frank Tate loves. The former SEAL, now a Lighthouse Security specialist also loves his job and lives for the next mission. But when a call from home sends him back to the mid-west, the past and present collide as danger follows the girl he left behind years before... -
Troy by Dale Mayer
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSEAL of Honor: TroyWhen a friend of Tesla's sends out an SOS on the lowdown on an oil rig in trouble, Troy has a good idea what he's getting into. As far as he is concerned, the maximum danger, the potential for betrayal, and the chances of not coming home sounded like the right kind of job for him.After all, he lived alone... -
Some Bright Someday by Melissa Tagg
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHe’s torn between love and honor...Lucas Danby has always regretted the decisions that caused his dishonorable discharge from the military—and he’s never stopped trying to redeem his honor. He's spent the past decade taking on dangerous short-term missions as an elite private soldier—the only part of his life that's ever gone right. But the high-risk work never cures his shame... -
A Third Moment in Time: A Collection of Short Stories by Susan Stoker
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA Third Moment in Time is a collection of stories by Susan Stoker, including 3 short stories that have been published previously in recent anthologies, a story written specifically for social media, and a brand new, never been published novella featuring a beloved character from the Silverstone series.The Bully: When a bully at school targets the seventh-grader, Annie Fletcher is on her own...Categorized as:
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Jayden by Maryann Jordan
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsJayden Chapman may have always been the quieter twin, but deep inside lay the heart of a protector. When he came upon a young woman stranded on the side of the road, he recognized her as someone he had seen before…and not been able to help. Determined to not let history repeat itself, he befriended her, as well as took care of her car... -
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Lethal Secrets by Jenna Gunn
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsEli’s first mission after the SEALs is FUBAR. Gather intel? That’s a negative. Save a woman and claim her as his to protect? Roger that. ~Mia BaileyWomen like me don’t get fairytale endings.We get abusive brothers.Liars and cheating.We get scars.Damage so deep it will never be shaken.Until a gigantic battle-hardened SEAL decides to prove otherwise.Vows to avenge me.Puts his life on the line... -
Parker by Dale Mayer
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWelcome to the all new K9 Files series reconnecting readers with the unforgettable men from SEALs of Steel in a new series of action packed, page turning romantic suspense that fans have come to expect from USA TODAY Bestselling author Dale Mayer. Pssst.. -
This is the End, Baby by K. Webster
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratings***This is the seventh and final book in the series. First six books must be read in order to fully understand this story line. THIS STORY IS A NOVELLA AND SHORTER THAN THE REST.*** They say the king is the most powerful piece on the board. However, they haven’t met me. This queen knows all the rules. She plays the game better than him... -
The Woman in the Scope by Jessica Gadziala
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsI made a deal with a devil in a black suit.Stuck in a life that had been nothing but misery, when I saw an opportunity to break free, I grabbed it with both hands. That opportunity came in the form of Lucky Grassi—a capo in the New Jersey mafia, and the one man who could help me navigate the dangers of my plan. I never planned for it to be anything more than a professional arrangement... -
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... -
Murder Girl by Lisa Renee Jones
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsNew York Times bestselling author Lisa Renee Jones returns with the second book in her electrifying series featuring Lilah Love, an FBI profiler who doesn’t fight her dark side—she embraces it.It’s Lilah Love’s job to inhabit a killer’s mind. The unapologetically tough FBI profiler is very comfortable there. But her latest case is making her head spin... -
Random & Rare by Cat Porter
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsDreams can come true for lost souls, even in the most broken way Years ago one impetuous decision, one random act of kindness changed their lives forever, Only Grace had no idea how deep those consequences ran. Now she’s about to find out Grace’s happy ever after doesn’t turn out the way she’d hoped Overwhelmed with guilt and regret she retreats from everyone, even her beloved husband, Lock... -
Rescuing Gracelynn by Anna Blakely
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsBravo Team’s technical analyst and confirmed bachelor, Nathan Carter, is happy being single and has no intention of falling under the spell of a woman. Ever. Then, he meets Gracelynn. Before he knows it, the sweet, tenacious woman has Nate questioning his long-standing doubts about love, soul mates, and happily ever after. Gracie McDaniels is happy with her new life and loves her new job... -
No Greater Loyalty by S.K.
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOrder of books in the series: Buried Secrets(1), Twisted Obsessions(2), Beginning of an Eclipse(Prequel), No Secrets No Lies (3), Angel’s Wrath(4), Shadows of Deceit (5) *Warning: NO GREATER LOYALTY is an erotic romance drama and not intended for anyone under the age of 18 years old. Contents include explicit language, explicit scenes and adult sexual situations (MMF)... -
Killian by Dale Mayer
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsKillian is called up to retrieve a woman who’s been kidnapped, then escaped, only to be captured again.With a sketchy SOS coming in, he’s tracking her from Vancouver to Alaska, where the intel finally stops.The apple of her father’s eye, Cisco was a late gift in his life. But when it counted, he wasn’t there for her, leaving her alone and unprotected... -
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Corbin by Dale Mayer
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCorbin is tracking a cabinet minister’s pregnant daughter, who’d been snatched off the streets several days ago. The incident followed several other missing women’s cases, except those women already had given birth, and their children were also kidnapped at the same time... -
Diesel by Dale Mayer
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDiesel book 13 in The Mavericks series.Traveling to China to retrieve a kidnapped scientist shows Diesel the depths of human depravity. Not that he needs more proof. He's been doing this type of work for a decade. This is the first time though the person he was rescuing was this interesting... -
Haven by K.A. Merikan
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratings— Not the same river, not the same man. —After seven years away, Seth and Domenico are back in Sicily with one goal in mind.Revenge.The man who’d hounded their family is still alive, and as untouchable as he’s always been. While they wait for the right moment to strike, reality clashes with fond memories of home... -
Gilded Agony by K.A. Merikan
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratings“We are two halves of the same rotten apple.”Deep in the Amazonian jungle, there is a mansion with a rose garden and a hen house where juicy tomatoes are the perfect shade of red, and marble countertops glisten.Inside, where even the shadows don’t reach, something is rotting, and the perfect facade can only hold the stench for so long... -
SEAL Together by Maryann Jordan
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAfter twenty-five years of active duty, US Navy SEAL Commander Eric Lopez chaffed at his forced medical retirement. Bored, he jumped at the opportunity to work for a DHS Secret Division Command. The new National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility had just opened and was already embroiled in controversy. One group protesting the facility want it shut down due to safety concerns... -
Treasure and Protect by Lori Ryan
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsShe's finished waiting. Cora Walker is tired of waiting for Justin Kensington to open his eyes and see that they could be great together. No worries. She's got a Man Plan, More specifically, a Get-Over-The-Man Plan. Or maybe she'll call it the Move-on Method. Whatever. It involves online dating and sorting through the losers to find her winner... -
Rule by C.D. Reiss
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsTheresa and Antonio.They've been through hell. Antonio has a price on his head for turning his back on a marriage deal, and Theresa has no intention of turning her back on him. They're devoted and strong, ready for anything.... A Love Tested To The LimitAnd then, someone from Antonio's past reappears. Someone who can give him everything he ever wanted, and who can shake them to their very core... -
Edge of Forever by Jacob Chance
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAfter suffering an unexpected and devastating loss, I return to my job with the FBI and focus on finding the answers I need.Now, forced to live without the person I've come to love the most, I feel more alone than ever.And if missing Belfast and trying to navigate my life without him isn't difficult enough, every direction I turn danger lurks--waiting for me... -
Lennox by Dale Mayer
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsPlanning to meet his sister in Germany, but, when she’s a no-show, Lennox has his first inkling that trouble has come home in a big way … When his sister and her best friend go missing, Lennox is determined to find and to keep his only family member safe … and her best friend. They were both doctors, traveling the globe with the UN. Lennox was proud of his sister’s accomplishments... -
The SEAL's Pregnant Ex by Leslie North
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLove brought them together, but will the past tear them apart?When one of his brothers in arms is revealed to be a traitor, Navy SEAL Alex Vale just wants some time alone, to put the past behind him. But when he gets home, he’s shocked to find his ex-girlfriend, Soledad Hayes, is in his house... -
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Winning the Queen's Heart by Carol Moncado
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsChristiana Elizabeth Marissa Abigail has been queen of Ravenzario since her family died in a horrific car accident when she was five. Her uncle acted as her regent until she was of age. In the last year, the uncovering of his duplicity shook the country’s faith in her - and her faith in herself. At least she is finally going to get to marry her secret boyfriend... -
A Warrior to Love by J.M. Madden
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDear Vixen,Please help me!My hunky and reclusive next door neighbor is a true hero. When my ex busted down my door and attacked me, my neighbor Booker saved me, at extreme cost to himself. He knocked the guy out and watched over me until the police could haul my assailant away. Then he let me patch him up, but the caring led to more... -
Hatch by Dale Mayer
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHatch is more than happy to step up and to rescue the missing father-and-daughter archeological duo. Now if only it were that easy. They’d been questioned by the Egyptian government and released, with a warning to not leave Cairo. But, when their hotel room is found empty, most believe they took off ahead of punishment—but not Hatch’s team... -
Shadow in the Desert by Becca Jameson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAfter a disastrous career-ending mission, he never expected to be sent back into the shadows.For months Ajax has been languishing on his sister’s couch, drowning himself in beer and whiskey. It was the only way to bury the pain of losing his entire SEAL team during a mission he does not remember. Until he discovers everything he’s been told about that day was a lie... -
Devil Dick by Glenna Maynard
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA chance encounter. No names. One night. They both agreed that was all it would ever be, but three months later Camreigh is in for the shock of her life. On her own, she has no choice but to turn to her family for help. She thinks she has everything figured out—that is until her one-night stand decides maybe he wants something more... -
Reno by V. Theia
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEveryone thought Reno was a happy-go-lucky biker.But in truth, the Diablo Disciples MC’s SAA had many personal issues on his shoulders.His co-dependent twin, for one.They’d relied only on each other for years.Now their sadistic older brother was back in their lives to cause trouble for the club.And then a knock-out woman changed Reno’s entire outlook on life.He wanted more... -
Fated to the Mountain Man by Lilah Hart
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe's trapped in a storm. He comes to her rescue. But by the end of it, maybe she'll be the one to rescue him.Camping in the middle of nowhere seemed like a good idea. It let me attend the nearby conference without paying for a room.But when a storm blows through, knocking a tree over and blocking my way out, I only have one choice. I have to call for help... -
What We Won't Do For Love by Mz. Robinson
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsOctavia Ellis is a sexy and independent woman who plays it safe when it comes down to relationships. She lives by one rule: keep it strictly sexual. Octavia is living her life just the way she wants. No man. No issues. No drama. When she meets the handsome Damon Whitmore, everything changes. Octavia soon finds that Damon has become a part of her world and her heart... -
Not So Goode by Jasinda Wilder
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsI’ve done everything right, my whole life. I never snuck out, never partied, never drank, never even had a high school boyfriend. Got all the best grades, got into all the best schools. I received not one, but TWO Ivy League University degrees. Had the paper-perfect fiancé, the paper-perfect life. And then it all fell apart. My fiancé cheated on me with my boss... -
Night Sky by Colbie Kay, Jennifer Siegel
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsJaxon 'Writer' Slade had everything he ever wanted. He had a family within his club brothers and he had the girl he loved. Everyone including him thought they were the perfect couple until everything came crashing down around him. The day Ever told Writer she was leaving for New York changed him and not for the better. One year later Ever Porter is back from New York... -
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Badd Medicine by Jasinda Wilder
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsRamsey Badd, last of the triplets— the wild man. An explorer, hunter, outdoorsman, and avowed, die-hard bachelor, Ramsey has watched his brothers fall one by one for Alaskan beauties. He’s determined to resist. Isadora Styles—Izzy to those know her well. She’s gorgeous, sassy, and impossible. She’s wild and untamable. She’s smart, successful, and evasive... -
To Have and to Hold by Fern Michaels
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsBestselling author Fern Michaels has won the hearts of readers worldwide with her sweeping novels of women coping with the challenges of love. In To Have and to Hold, she tells the compelling story of a woman who harnesses tragedy and grows courageously—strong, independent, and free to love. TO HAVE AND TO HOLD It is 1970 and Kate Starr is the perfect wife and the perfect mother... -
The Cobbler's Kids by Rosie Harris
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsReturning from the war, handsome Michael Quinn the cobbler is a changed man. He moves his family from their comfortable home to live over a shop in Liverpool’s notorious Scotland Road. Admired and liked by his customers, he is a tyrant at home, ruling his family with a rod of iron and a fist of steel... -
Always by Leeanna Morgan
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhen the only way forward is to confront your past. After living most of his life in one battleground after another, Grant Byers craves normal. He’s a Search and Rescue volunteer, cattle rancher, and ex-Navy SEAL. He’s not looking for trouble, but when he meets Mallory Fraser, he knows trouble has found him. Mallory is a U.S. figure skating champion... -
Scars and Stripes by Tiffany Reisz
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe Last Good Knight: An Original Sinners novella told in five parts.Part I: Scars and StripesIt's lust at first sight when Mistress Nora encounters a sexy newcomer to The 8th Circle. She's happy for the distraction, since she left her lover, Søren, but her session with Lance is cut short when her boss, Kingsley Edge, reveals they're all in danger…... -
Family is Forever by S.C. Stephens
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsJulian Adams would give anything to rewind the last few months. His sister has been forever altered, a man he distrusts is now a permanent part of his family, and the woman of his dreams no longer remembers him. The only thing left for Julian to do is start over.Nika Adams is finally content with her life...
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