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  • One Year Home by Marie Force

    One Year Home by Marie Force

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    He came home a hero and lost the only woman he’s ever loved... Navy Captain John West has no idea how to survive without his beloved Ava, who moved on with her life during John's six-year deployment and has now married Eric...
  • One Night at Finn's: A Finn's Pub Romance by R.G. Alexander

    One Night at Finn's: A Finn's Pub Romance by R.G. Alexander

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    **A standalone romance from the Finn Factor World of New York Times and USA Today Bestselling author R.G. Alexander.** Ever been on a bad date? Hold my beer… My dry spell isn’t voluntary. It just happened. Or didn’t happen. And then... it didn’t happen some more...
  • Scandalous by Sybil Bartel

    Scandalous by Sybil Bartel

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Bodyguard. Babysitter. Chauffeur. Not what the hell I thought I’d be doing with my life. Especially not for a spoiled Hollywood actress on location in Miami Beach. But triple pay and carrying a gun had its advantages. I’d shove away paparazzi and screaming fans for a lot less...
  • Diamond in the Rough by Charlie Cochet

    Diamond in the Rough by Charlie Cochet

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    When the cards are stacked against you, the Kings will even the odds. For Ward “King” Kingston the role of protector, forged by fire and tragedy, is one he takes seriously. When King is asked to safeguard the son of a four-star general and friend, he is pulled back into the world of government black ops on a mission that raises painful memories from his past...
  • SEAL's Sky by Lynne St. James

    SEAL's Sky by Lynne St. James

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    SEAL's Sky is book four in the exciting Black Eagle series and features John "Tex" Keegan from Susan Stoker's SEALs of Protection series.Navy SEAL Drew "Murph" Murphy was determined to stay single and win the bet with his SEAL team. Until he met Sky. Her damaged heart and undeniable strength ignited his need to protect...
  • Safe Haven by Red Phoenix

    Safe Haven by Red Phoenix

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Love has no limits… At eighteen, I suffered a heartbreaking loss and began exploring my submissive side to escape the pain with kinky pleasure. A chance meeting sets me on an exciting new path as a student of the Submissive Training Center. There I find Captain, a distinguished Dom I’ve totally fallen for—my safe haven. But I have a problem. Captain won’t collar me...
  • Fearless by Sybil Bartel

    Fearless by Sybil Bartel

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Bodyguard. Sniper. Morally corrupt. I didn’t care who I aimed at. You paid me, I pulled the trigger. I sold my skills to the highest bidder, and trust me, I had skills. The Marines trained me to aim a sniper rifle, but life taught me to get the job done—at any expense. Except hostage recovery wasn’t on my short list...
  • Crazy For You by J.H. Croix

    Crazy For You by J.H. Croix

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A steamy, full-length, standalone romance with a guaranteed HEA from Bestselling author J.H. Croix! If you like smoking hot romance with alpha men and strong women, you’ll love this series! Sawyer Hamilton is all kinds of sexy packaged in a mouth-watering body honed from years as a Navy SEAL. He lands in Diamond Creek on the heels of a brush with death while on a mission...
  • A Chosen Man by Jaime Reese

    A Chosen Man by Jaime Reese

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    For Wall McCormack, actions speak louder than words. He’s giving and protective, loyal to his friends, and devoted to his job. While confident and powerful enough to conquer any challenge, his greatest strength lies in his calm nature. Until an unexpected assignment sends his world into a loud and colorful chaos he never could have anticipated. Rejection...
  • Cold Blooded Lover by Eliza Lentzski

    Cold Blooded Lover by Eliza Lentzski

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Former Marine, Cassidy Miller knew what it took to be a good soldier and even a decent beat cop. She was starting to figure out how to be a girlfriend as her relationship with Julia Desjardin progressed, but what did she know about being a cold case detective? Buried under paperwork in the basement of the Fourth Police Precinct, she was going to have to figure it out...
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    lgbtq  wlw  military  steamy  age-gap  war  romance  fiction
  • Daring Daddy by Laylah Roberts

    Daring Daddy by Laylah Roberts

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    She’s the spoiled princess living a life of reckless fun. . . Or that’s what she wants people to believe. Because for years Eden has been hiding her pain from the people who love her the most. All of her true emotions and feelings are tucked away in a safe place where no-one can reach them. Except for him. . . Because when Zeke touches her heat fills her. Longing. Want...
    Categorized as:
    age-gap  military  steamy  war  action-adventure  adult  alpha-mc  book
  • Sniper by Giulia Lagomarsino

    Sniper by Giulia Lagomarsino

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Chance "Sniper" Hendrix is all about a good time. He was married when he was serving as a Navy SEAL and it didn't work out so well for him. When his wife left him, he decided that he was going to enjoy life and do what he loved. He knows that marriage can be good, but he just doesn't want to go there again. He never intended to sleep with a stripper. He never intended to get involved in her life...
  • Rocco and Mandy: A Red Team Wedding Novella by Elaine Levine

    Rocco and Mandy: A Red Team Wedding Novella by Elaine Levine

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Pregnant and alone—not a situation Mandy Fielding ever expected to find herself in, especially not while living with the man who owns her heart and is her baby’s father. Rocco isn’t a whole man, and hasn’t been since his return from Afghanistan. Just where they go from here, she doesn’t know. The past is more real than the present in covert operative Rocco Silas’ mind...
  • Assassin's Promise by Elaine Levine

    Assassin's Promise by Elaine Levine

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Traumatized by her unusual childhood, sociologist Dr. Remington Chase, has made a career out of her lifelong obsession with American cults. Her research often results in pushback from the groups she studies, but not like what’s happening now, with the White Kingdom Brotherhood biker gang shadowing her every move...
  • Rampage by Reese Knightley

    Rampage by Reese Knightley

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Explosive action, bullets flying, heroes, villains, and love, you don’t want to miss this next installment in Reese Knightley’s Out for Justice series. Read Ricochet and Collide before diving into the next story! -Rampage - Three strong, independent, and protective badasses are on the cusp of romance when tragedy and disaster come at them like a landslide...
  • Box Set: Rescue Me Saga, Books 1-3 by Kallypso Masters

    Box Set: Rescue Me Saga, Books 1-3 by Kallypso Masters

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    ON SALE FOR A LIMITED TIME! More than 1,300 pages in three full-length novels, each with a happy ending! Need an escape from it all? To immerse yourself in a series that sucks you in and doesn’t let go? This set includes USA Today bestselling author Kallypso Masters’ first three Rescue Me Saga full-length novels, plus the introduction Masters at Arms...
  • Callous by Sybil Bartel

    Callous by Sybil Bartel

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Bodyguard. Tracker. Silent observer. Life was in the details. The weight of a government issued rifle, the trajectory of a bullet, the speed of the wind—those details were crucial in the Marines. But outside the military, that level of observation was currency, and I was selling my skills to the best security firm in south Florida...
  • Rekindled by Kaylea Cross

    Rekindled by Kaylea Cross

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    He left her when she needed him most... Four years ago, Dr. Grace Fallon lost everything that mattered in a terrorist attack she barely survived. Now she’s stronger than ever and in Pakistan with a UN-sanctioned team for the most important assignment of her career...
  • The Marine's Baby by Rogenna Brewer

    The Marine's Baby by Rogenna Brewer

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    "The baby I'm carrying is not my husband's?" In just a few months Caitlin Calhoun went from a wife to a widow to a mother-to-be. All she'd wanted was to honor her dead husband by having his baby. But that's not what she got. Thanks to an unfortunate mix-up, her child's father is her husband's half brother, Lucky...
  • Mastered by Angel Payne

    Mastered by Angel Payne

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    To save a friend’s life, she’ll sacrifice anything. Even herself. Brynna Monet is on a man diet for the rest of her life. No more G-men, spies, or soldiers, period. Willpower comes easily from the scars left on her heart by a string of dominant bad boys who have all asked too high a price for her passion—her trust...
  • Rescuing Karina by Hope Ford

    Rescuing Karina by Hope Ford

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    An old threat sparks a new love… Karina I thought my nightmare was over. The threat was eliminated. Yet even after five years, I still look over my shoulder and feel like I can’t trust anyone. So when a familiar face from my dark past appears, I know danger has found me again. Fleeing is the only option, the only way I can protect myself and those I love...
  • A Home For Christmas by Ann Vaughn

    A Home For Christmas by Ann Vaughn

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Single mom, Jenna Blackwell wasn't having a very good start to the Christmas season; her purse got stolen on Black Friday. She's cursing her luck and herself for even being out in the Black Friday madness when the store manager brings in Riley Stanton, a former Navy SEAL who chased down the thieves and recovered her purse...
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    age-gap  military  steamy  war  action-adventure  adult  alpha-mc  book
  • Healing Home by J.M. Madden

    Healing Home by J.M. Madden

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    BB Jones has a very nice life, if it’s a little lonely. When her sister calls her to take a job in a pinch, she’s not enthused. She doesn’t need the money and the job itself seems a little dirty- greet a Navy SEAL home, pamper him for three days, then leave. The fact that the man has no one else to welcome him home sways her to take the job...
  • Before Sunrise by Sienna Mynx

    Before Sunrise by Sienna Mynx

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    For military wife Kennedy Flanagan, starting over had not been easy. Learning to let go after the tragic killing of her Navy Seal husband in the Afghan War proved to be mission impossible. But after five long years and countless hours of tears and healing, Kennedy has moved on. KIA? No...
    Categorized as:
    age-gap  military  steamy  war  action-adventure  adult  alpha-mc  book
  • Zac's Mulligan by Ann Lister

    Zac's Mulligan by Ann Lister

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Zac Mulligan is a former Marine now providing personal security for the infamous rock band, Black Ice. Seeing all the guys around him in committed relationships reminds him of his childhood best friend . . . the only person Zac has never managed to get out of his head or his heart. Ben Holland is an artist...
    Categorized as:
    bodyguard  lgbtq  military  steamy  war  action-adventure  adult  angst
  • Roar by Kallypso Masters

    Roar by Kallypso Masters

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Haunted by a tragic accident that yanked his beloved wife from his side, Kristoffer Roar Larson has been going through the motions in life. But when he meets the dedicated surgeon and humanitarian, Pamela Jeffrey, he feels an undeniable connection to her, stirring feelings he’d buried long ago...
  • When Angels Fall by Sherryl D. Hancock

    When Angels Fall by Sherryl D. Hancock

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Skyler Boche' survived the war, and a crash that should have killed her and her entire crew. What the crash didn't do, PTSD kept loosely at bay, is working on doing damage to what remains of Skyler's heart. But when she meets headstrong, beautiful and wild Devin James, she's met someone she can't push away or put off...
    Categorized as:
    lgbtq  military  war  wlw  action-adventure  adult  audiobook  book
  • Neil by Sybil Bartel

    Neil by Sybil Bartel

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Ex-Danish Military Special Forces, built like a legend, and uncompromising in every way—Neil Christensen didn’t walk into my life. The Viking-sized warrior crashed it like a hurricane. The moment he showed up at my strip club, my life fell to shit. South Florida's most ruthless motorcycle gang, the cops, the Feds—they all want something I don’t have, something the Viking took from me...
  • His to Protect by Carly Phillips, Lexi Blake

    His to Protect by Carly Phillips, Lexi Blake

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Talia Shaw has spent her adult life working as a scientist for a big pharmaceutical company. She’s focused on saving lives, not living life. When her lab is broken into and it's clear someone is after the top secret formula she’s working on, she turns to the one man she can trust...
  • Don't Call Me Hero by Eliza Lentzski

    Don't Call Me Hero by Eliza Lentzski

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    It’s been over a year since Cassidy Miller retired from the United States Marine Corps, but try telling that to her nightmares. She knew that coming back after eight years in a war zone wouldn’t be easy, but she’d underestimated the real difficulties of transitioning back to civilian life. War is hell, but the aftermath is endless...
    Categorized as:
    lgbtq  wlw  military  steamy  age-gap  war  slow-burn  romance
  • SEAL'd Perfection The Complete Collection: A Navy SEAL Romance by K.B. Winters

    SEAL'd Perfection The Complete Collection: A Navy SEAL Romance by K.B. Winters

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Get all five novellas in the best selling series, SEAL'd Perfection by KB Winters all in a box set! PLUS a never-before-released Exclusive Bonus only found in this Collection! Two years after a brutal divorce, Kat Ryan is making the best of her new life and focusing on being the best mom to her three year old son, Jax...
  • SEALs of Summer 3: Military Romance Superbundle~Navy SEAL Style by Lynn Raye Harris, Cora Seton

    SEALs of Summer 3: Military Romance Superbundle~Navy SEAL Style by Lynn Raye Harris, Cora Seton

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    HOT SEAL SEDUCTION (HOT SEAL Team) by NYT and USAT Bestselling Author LYNN RAYE HARRIS. Navy SEAL Cody "Cowboy" McCormick gets a whole lot more than he bargained for when a gorgeous woman with a gun abducts him in broad daylight.  A SEAL's OATH (SEALs of Chance Creek) by NYT and USAT Bestselling Author CORA SETON. Wanted: one wife, one baby. Love not required...
  • Western Dreams by Kallypso Masters

    Western Dreams by Kallypso Masters

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Kallypso Masters, three-time USA Today bestselling author of the Rescue Me Saga and author of ROAR, has been hailed by devoted readers as “a reader’s writer,” one who interacts with readers, does meticulous research, and gives readers what they want (although not always when they want it)...
  • Echoes in the Storm by Max Henry

    Echoes in the Storm by Max Henry

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    “Behind those eyes, a battle rages. One that’s not fought overseas with guns and tanks, but one that wreaks havoc in the homeland with harshly spoken words and misguided beliefs.” One week is all we were supposed to share. One week as strangers. Yet you became so much more. You were the echo in my storm. All the little things you did differently irked me...
  • Protecting New York by Lainey Reese

    Protecting New York by Lainey Reese

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    ***This book was previously published in Amazon Kindle Worlds***
 When New York is under attack, a Navy SEAL, a group of Doms, and their feisty subs are there to save the day. Navy SEAL Faulkner ‘Dude’ Cooper and his wife Cheyenne are in New York City for a working holiday. Lectures at the police conference by day and exploring the local BDSM clubs by night...
  • Meant To Be by Tory Baker

    Meant To Be by Tory Baker

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    After being medically discharged from the SEALS, Liam Stevens worked himself to the bone to make a good life. He thought he had it all planned out, but those plans changed when he saw a blonde beauty stranded along the side of the road. Everly wasn’t your usual damsel in distress. She had an independent streak a mile long...
    Categorized as:
    age-gap  military  steamy  war  action-adventure  adult  alpha-mc  book
  • Red, White & Hers by Ember Flint

    Red, White & Hers by Ember Flint

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    31-year-old Truman Cox doesn’t really like the glitz and the glamour of the business world, he’s a real man with a Marine past that weighs heavily on his shoulders, but he cares about his family’s company too much not to be involved in it and as the Head of Security he feels his duty to keep everybody safe keenly...
  • Perfect Picture by Avery Gale

    Perfect Picture by Avery Gale

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Noah Drummond left Iliana Red Cloud’s bed in the middle of the night to help a group of kidnapped young women. He didn’t return to Colorado, fearing his love for Ilaina would target the woman who became an international modeling sensation. Now they have both returned to their small hometown in Colorado, and he intends to win back her trust and her heart...
  • Kane by Kali Hart

    Kane by Kali Hart

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    An Insta-love Alpha Military Man and Curvy Younger Woman RomanceAudraI fell for Kane the first moment I met him.Fell hard.He fell for me, too.But he kept a big secret from me.When I found out, I walked away.But now that he’s heading on a deployment, he’s trying hard to win me back.I planned to stay mad at him forever.Too bad my stupid heart starts to feel things again...
  • Dal Segno by Jax Meyer

    Dal Segno by Jax Meyer

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    On the verge of turning 40, former Marine Cameron ‘Cam’ Warren didn’t expect to be walking onto a community college campus to spend a year playing music. Instead of enjoying her career, Cam is still mourning the tragic death of her partner and fellow Marine Sharon. Five years have now passed but she is no further forward in dealing with her grief. Cam knows she needs to change so she can heal...
    Categorized as:
    wlw  age-gap  military  lgbtq  war  slow-burn  romance  fiction
  • The Kiss of His Blade by Romeo Alexander

    The Kiss of His Blade by Romeo Alexander

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    For an assassin like Tristan, life is straightforward. You get offered a contract or two, take the one you want, execute it to the best of your abilities, and move on to the next. Of course, things can get a little messy when you have a conscience and you’re picky about your targets. But hey, in a world with plenty of corrupt people, it’s not that hard to make a good living...
  • My Kind of Christmas by Romeo Alexander

    My Kind of Christmas by Romeo Alexander

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Nick: Team Maelstrom is my family as much as the family who raised me. That includes Matt, my partner in crime, and the closest I have to a soulmate. We get each other, and that’s all we’ve ever needed. But there’s a part of me that won’t be silent, the part that wants so much more with Matt. Yeah, I’m in love with my best friend and I had no idea a fun family Christmas would change everything...
  • SEALed With A Kiss: Heroes With Heart by Sharon Hamilton, Teresa J. Reasor

    SEALed With A Kiss: Heroes With Heart by Sharon Hamilton, Teresa J. Reasor

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Anthology of 8 Navy SEAL novellas by New York Times, USA Today and award-winning bestselling authors: Marliss Melton, Gennita Low, Teresa Reasor, Elle James, Delilah Devlin, Stephanie Tyler, J.M. Madden and Sharon Hamilton. Code of Silence by Award-winning Internationally Bestselling author Marliss Melton : Navy SEAL Vinny DeInnocentis has no idea his news reporter wife is keeping secrets...
  • A Santini Christmas by Melissa Schroeder

    A Santini Christmas by Melissa Schroeder

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Join the Santinis as they gather together not for the joy of the season, but in crisis. One major event throws everything they hold dear into jeopardy, causing Joey to travel back to the memories of when she and Papa first fell in love. Joey Antonio doesn’t have time for men. Her focus is on saving money for art school. She definitely doesn’t need some jarhead Romeo bothering her...
  • Jenna's Submission by Avery Gale

    Jenna's Submission by Avery Gale

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    [Ménage and More: Erotic Rubenesque Consensual BDSM Ménage a Trois Romance, M/F/M, flogging, sex toys, HEA for M/F] Jenna Lamont has kept a secret for seven years to protect her brothers who have retired from the Special Forces to operate their own BDSM club. Colt Matthews has known Jenna since she was a teenager...
  • SEALed with a Kiss by Makenna Jameison

    SEALed with a Kiss by Makenna Jameison

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    He won’t let anything stand in their way…not even her. Alison Garrett doesn’t do relationships. Especially with a younger man. After her heart’s been trampled on in the past, she’s reluctant to give the handsome Navy SEAL she met a shot at anything other than friendship. A barbeque with friends, couple of beers, and rock-hard abs aren’t enough to change her mind...
  • Jace by Kali Hart

    Jace by Kali Hart

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Jace: Alpha Company Renegades Book 3 An Insta-love Alpha Military Man and Curvy Younger Woman Romance Zoey I meet him at my friend’s wedding. He arrives late, but Jace sweeps me off my feet from the very first moment. He’s an Army guy, just like my late brother. I tell myself to let go of my fears, to give what might very well be true love a chance...
  • Glittered by Sean Ashcroft

    Glittered by Sean Ashcroft

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Logan’s boss warned him this job was unusual, but he wasn’t expecting the client to be an upbeat drag queen with a strip of pink lace showing above the waistband of his jeans. Logan’s straight, but he’s left trying not to think about how nice Ashley’s butt is while he pretends he’s got this bodyguarding thing all figured out—despite having no experience with this kind of situation...
  • Possessing Liberty by Nichole Rose

    Possessing Liberty by Nichole Rose

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Falling in love never hurt so good.KillianI'm a military man…rough, demanding, and used to being obeyed.I don't do love. I don't date. I don't have time for either.But Liberty Connor has me rethinking everything.One kiss from those sweet lips, and I'm hers.How do you convince an angel to fall for the devil?You possess her.LibertyKillian Thorne is my worst nightmare.Bossy, scarred…and hot as Hades...
  • Bringing It Home by Reese Knightley

    Bringing It Home by Reese Knightley

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The heart wants what the heart wants. Diesel Gannon doesn’t mind attending a BDSM party or two, but he draws the line at inflicting pain. That might seem odd because he has a dominant personality, but it’s just not who he is. He’s seen enough war and pain to last a lifetime. Out on medical leave, and as a favor for a friend, Diesel heads to the Triple R to check on Triton...
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