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  • It'll Be An Adventure by Cherise Sinclair

    It'll Be An Adventure by Cherise Sinclair

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 31 ratings
    From NYT & USA Today Bestselling author Cherise Sinclair comes an outstanding addition to the beloved Masters of the Shadowlands series. The secret of author Murphy’s success is hands-on research. Murphy loves writing popular Regency thrillers and jumping into new adventures under the guise of research. For one novel, she’d joined a K9 search-and-rescue group—and liked it so much she stayed...
  • Uncaged by Harper Sloan

    Uncaged by Harper Sloan

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 59 ratings
    Greg Cage’s life is more fulfilling than he ever could have imagined. He’s married to the love of his life, has an amazing son, and in a few short months, his family will grow again with the birth of his twin girls. The past year has been a tough one for the Cage family, but they are now on the road to healing by learning to let go of the past and looking forward to their future...
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  • Brie's Russian Fantasy by Red Phoenix

    Brie's Russian Fantasy by Red Phoenix

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    Russian intrigue, startling revelations, and submissive enlightenment… Brie’s trip to Russia exceeds her wildest dreams. The bond between Master and Brie grows deeper as he opens up about his mysterious past. While the Russian Dom, Rytsar Donkova, reveals his true nature, introducing the young submissive to a different side of BDSM...
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    bdsm  menage  alpha male  m-f  contemporary  m-f-m  poly
  • The Nauti Boys Collection by Lora Leigh

    The Nauti Boys Collection by Lora Leigh

    Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 15 ratings
    Get to know the irresistibly sexy Nauti Boys in this collection of novels from #1 New York Times bestselling author Lora Leigh. NAUTI BOY. Duty as a U. S. Marine put a safe distance between Rowdy Mackay and the temptation of a nubile Kentucky vixen. Now he's back home and ready to engage in the kind of erotic games that have earned him and his two cousins a Nauti-boy reputation in three counties...
  • Rescuing Sadie by Susan Stoker

    Rescuing Sadie by Susan Stoker

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    She doesn’t need a hero—but she’ll take a protector who believes in her strength. Sadie Jennings was used to being protected. As the niece of Sean Taggart, and the receptionist at McKay-Taggart Group, she was constantly surrounded by Alpha men more than capable, and willing, to lay down their life for her...
  • HOOT: REAPER-Patriots: Book Fifty-Five by Mary Kennedy

    HOOT: REAPER-Patriots: Book Fifty-Five by Mary Kennedy

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Benjamin Scott 'Hoot' O'Neal is one-third of the O'Neal triplets. Prolific members of MARSOC, the triplets are now retiring and heading home to Belle Fleur. With their father and uncle, Eagle and Hawk, they will become members of the RP team. But when his first op finds him carrying a dying woman into an emergency room, Hoot is starting to doubt the wisdom of leaving the Corps...
  • Burned by Kaylea Cross

    Burned by Kaylea Cross

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    A woman with a dark past. .. Forced into hiding after her NSA-sanctioned task force lands on a terrorist cell’s hit list, cryptologist Zahra Gill must rely on the skill and experience of her ex-Special Ops Titanium Security teammates to keep her safe—including former Force Recon Marine Sean Dunphy...
  • Atlas by Becca Jameson

    Atlas by Becca Jameson

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    “Baby girl, I’m going to count to three…”. Carlee is doing just fine on her own. She doesn’t need a man in her life. They never treat her right anyway. She certainly doesn’t need her best friend’s brother to swoop into town and take over like he never left her. It takes him less than one day to cause her to lose her car, her job, and her apartment. Now she’s furious...
  • Capture by June Gray

    Capture by June Gray

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    The future beckons. .. Elsie has given Henry three chances to win back her trust, but before he is able to complete the challenge, she finds herself faced with a life-changing decision. Elsie must ask herself an important question: is Henry just a thing of the past or does he have a place in her future? The conclusion to the story of Henry and Elsie.
  • Walkout by Lila Rose

    Walkout by Lila Rose

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    In Living Without, Melissa and Dallas’s chemistry skyrocketed. It’s finally time to get up close and personal with this hot couple in their very own novella, Walkout. Get ready to discover what happens when Dallas chases Melissa all the way to Sydney to claim her back. From her one visit to Melbourne and the Hawks MC compound, Melissa Stevenson knows Dallas is who she wants...
  • Fast Kill by Kaylea Cross

    Fast Kill by Kaylea Cross

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    The past has come back to haunt her. Having battled long and hard to put her painful past behind her, DEA Special Agent Taylor Kennedy has done everything in her power to make a new life for herself. She never dreamed that same past would suddenly show up on her doorstep one night, or that its reappearance would threaten everything she’s built for herself...
  • Falling Hard by Pamela Clare

    Falling Hard by Pamela Clare

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    A Gold Star wife alone…. Ellie Meeks promised her pilot husband that if he was killed in combat, she would live her life to the fullest. Three years later, she is still alone, raising the twins he never met. She has no interest in dating or meeting men—until one snowy night when a stranger helps her get her sick kids safely home...
  • Relentless by Kaylea Cross

    Relentless by Kaylea Cross

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    Former Delta Force operator Rhys Sinclair defied the odds by recovering from a traumatic brain injury that should have killed him. Given the chance to repay the beautiful doctor who saved his life by guarding hers, he can't say no--even if it means facing an unknown threat from the cunning terrorist his CIA-sanctioned team had been hunting in Afghanistan...
  • No Turning Back by Kaylea Cross

    No Turning Back by Kaylea Cross

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    CIA communications expert Samarra Wallace is on the run from a faceless enemy when she learns terrorists have kidnapped and threatened to execute her cousin. She will do whatever it takes to free her, including breaking cover to contact the former teammate she is dangerously attracted to. Now all she has to do is convince him she's not working for the bad guys...
  • Engage by June Gray

    Engage by June Gray

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    PART FIVE OF JUNE GRAY'S DISARM SERIES. The past has a way of catching up. .. A long time has passed since Elsie's heart was broken, since the person who always shielded her from pain broke her heart. Just when she begins to rebuild, Henry returns and upends everything all over again. Don't miss Capture, part six of the Disarm series!
  • A Home For Christmas by Ann Vaughn

    A Home For Christmas by Ann Vaughn

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 10 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...
  • Gage by Cami Carlisle

    Gage by Cami Carlisle

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Gage Montgomery learned early that life is a battle. Now, he's a warrior for those he is called to protect, and ready to fight for the Little one who was taken from him years ago. The one he is no longer willing to live without. Breezy Boucher knows loss. Intimately. Now all she wants is to live her Little life in peace. When that peace is shattered, her long-lost daddy takes charge...
  • Call Sign: King by Livia Grant

    Call Sign: King by Livia Grant

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    He got cocky. Let his guard down. Now the love of his life is paying the price. For a moment he'd forgotten there were men who wanted him dead. Men who lived their lives in the dark, who could reach out of the shadows he used to live in, and he'd been naive to think the light inside her would keep her safe...
  • Singed by Kaylea Cross

    Singed by Kaylea Cross

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    She walked away from him once…. Struggling to live with her decision to walk away from the only man she ever loved and watching helplessly while her brother succumbs to his battle with severe PTSD, NSA analyst Claire Tierney’s life is at an all time low. The final hit comes when she accesses classified information at work that might get her fired...
  • Operation: Endeavor by Christi Snow

    Operation: Endeavor by Christi Snow

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Colton Robertson left his career in the Air Force…. … to come home and help his family heal. Unfortunately, his reception was not quite what he’d hoped for and he ended up as roommate to hippy dippy yoga instructor Penelope Pruitt. Penelope has spent her life under the restrictive thumb of her parents and she doesn’t want to do the same with the straight-laced, serious Colton...
  • Extinguished by Kaylea Cross

    Extinguished by Kaylea Cross

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    She’s wanted him forever. .. For years former Marine Jordyn Bridger has been in love with a man who refused to see her as anything but his best friend’s little sister. A mind-blowing kiss finally changed that, but then he disappeared from her life. Now he’s back, to recruit her for a job with his NSA-sanctioned Titanium Security team...
  • Hard to Get by Sam Crescent, Stacey Espino

    Hard to Get by Sam Crescent, Stacey Espino

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Shadow keeps to himself, never mixing business with pleasure. Business is killing. Pleasure is the girl next door. Riley never had help growing up, but she’s determined to make something of her life. She used her own blood, sweat, and line of credit to buy her home and bakery. Everything is perfect—only it’s not. She’s lonely and can’t stop obsessing over her sexy, mysterious neighbor...
  • I Own the Dawn by M.L. Buchman

    I Own the Dawn by M.L. Buchman

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    Name: Archibald Jeffrey Stevenson III. Rank: First Lieutenant, Dap Hawk Copilot. Mission: Strategy and execution of special ops maneuvers. Name: Kee Smith. Rank: Sergeant, Night Stalker Gunner and Sharpshooter. Mission: Whatever it takes to get the job done. You Wouldn't Think It Could Get Worse, Until It Does. .
  • When Love Intrudes by Christi Snow

    When Love Intrudes by Christi Snow

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Toni Vincent’s last relationship ended with violence. Since then, she’s decided she’s better off without men. But when she finds her young seventeen year old neighbor, Nathan, unconscious and beaten, this is one man she can’t abandon. But helping Nathan means trusting Detective Brian Barnes, another man who hurt her in the past. It’s something she’s just not sure she can do...
  • Cade by Liliana Hart

    Cade by Liliana Hart

    Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    Cade MacKenzie is prepared to give his life to destroy the cartel that killed his lover, but the only way to draw them out is to present them with the perfect bait. Bayleigh Scott has no idea who her new neighbor is, only that her body is drawn to him in ways she can’t explain, and the danger that surrounds him isn’t the deterrent she knows it should be...
  • Night Moves by Stephanie Tyler

    Night Moves by Stephanie Tyler

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Anything can happen under the cover of darkness. Kell Roberts has walked the thin line between life and death for so long that it now feels like home. He is a soldier, a survivor, and a loner. Still, Kell cannot turn his back on the beautiful woman caught in his firefight against the drug lords of Mexico...
  • The Santini Collection by Melissa Schroeder

    The Santini Collection by Melissa Schroeder

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    THE SANTINIS COLLECTION. Four brothers who believe in service before self and the women who will bring them to their knees. The Santinis: Leonardo, Book 1. Joint Base San Antonio. Army Medic Leo Santini doesn’t know what hit him when he runs into prickly physical therapist Maryanne Johnson. The Santinis: Marco, Book 2. Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam...
  • Too Hot to Hold by Stephanie Tyler

    Too Hot to Hold by Stephanie Tyler

    Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    HE’S AN ELITE NAVY SEAL LIVING A RISKY DOUBLE LIFE. SHE’S THE GORGEOUS REPORTER HOT ON HIS TRAIL. Nick Devane’s life is one big classified secret. Until Kaylee Smith busts his covert world wide open, threatening to blow his cover...
  • Pinch Me by Tymber Dalton

    Pinch Me by Tymber Dalton

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    When Laura Spaulding awakens in a hospital to learn a vicious attack has stolen her memories, all she has are her strong, instinctive emotions for close friends and her fiancé, Rob. Rob Carlton is more than just Laura’s fiancé—he’s also her Master...
  • Cocky Marine by Faleena Hopkins

    Cocky Marine by Faleena Hopkins

    Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    This stand-alone series about six brothers can easily be enjoyed out of order. The Cocker Brothers of Atlanta, Georgia have earned their nickname -- The Cocky Brothers. Their daddy taught them to be REAL men. Their momma told them, "HOLD OUT for a different kind of woman. ". They have one thing in common: Sexy ARROGANCE. "Cocker Brothers of Atlanta" stand-alone series with steam to spare...
  • Men of Danger by Lora Leigh, Red Garnier

    Men of Danger by Lora Leigh, Red Garnier

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    LORA LEIGH. “Hannah’s Luck”. When burglars try to break into her home, kindergarten teacher Hannah Brookes is lucky to have Sheriff Rick Grayson on her side. Especially when their mutual attraction leads to distraction…. RED GARNIER. “Reckless”...
  • Faithfully: A Club Decadence Novella by Maddie Taylor

    Faithfully: A Club Decadence Novella by Maddie Taylor

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    In the summer of 1979, single, smart, college-bound Joanna Beckett has her eye on the future. She isn't looking for love, but when she runs into Captain Peter Davis, who is nearly ten years her senior, she is smitten and falls for his warm heart, sharp mind, and commanding embrace. Despite his commitment to his career, Peter can't resist funny, flirtatious Joanna...
  • Breaking Through by Teresa J. Reasor

    Breaking Through by Teresa J. Reasor

    Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    What happens when a Navy SEAL wakes from a month-long coma to discover he’s being investigated for murder? When Ensign Brett Weaver is accused of murder, he knows he’s innocent, but how can he prove it with Naval Investigators breathing down his neck? A chance meeting with reporter Tess Kelly offers him an opportunity to get the press on his side...
  • Tuck & Cover by S.J.D. Peterson

    Tuck & Cover by S.J.D. Peterson

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    *This title is no longer available for purchase. It has been combined with Battle Buddy and re-released Dreamspinner Press. Tuck & Cover. You may have read Tuck’s diary entries, but they don’t tell the whole story. Tuck will argue the point, but he definitely got a few details wrong—not that I blame him. He was, if you remember, a little sexually frustrated at the time...
  • From This Day Forward: A Sex & Vows Novella by Fiona Davenport, Elle Christensen

    From This Day Forward: A Sex & Vows Novella by Fiona Davenport, Elle Christensen

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Quinn Evans knew Jenna Davis was the woman for him the moment he spotted her. Five years, a stint in the military, and the longest engagement in the history of mankind hasn’t changed his mind. It’s a good thing there are only three months to go until their wedding because he’s about ready to toss her over his shoulder for a quick ceremony at the courthouse...
  • Protected by a SEAL: Hot SEALs by Cat Johnson

    Protected by a SEAL: Hot SEALs by Cat Johnson

    Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    As a Navy SEAL, Rick Mann fought his way to hell and back, but he’s never faced a challenge quite like protecting Sierra Cox. She’s spoiled, she’s annoying . . . and he’s never wanted a woman more. That’s a problem for so many reasons...
  • Flash Fire by Elle Kennedy

    Flash Fire by Elle Kennedy

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Giving up control has never been so hard…. Navy SEAL Cash McCoy knows all about danger—he lives and breathes it on a daily basis. When it comes to the love of his life, though, this alpha soldier does everything in his power to keep Jen Scott happy and safe. But when the tables are turned and Jen places herself in harm’s way for her job, their relationship is put to the test...
  • Blacklist Hookup by Sadie Haller

    Blacklist Hookup by Sadie Haller

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Looking to hook up with a kinky fellow celebrity near you when nobody--literally nobody--can know you're the opposite of vanilla? There’s an app for that. Quietly warn a fellow actress not to be alone with a certain producer and… BOOM. I’m dumped from Hollywood’s A-list to everyone’s blacklist in the blink of an upload...
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  • Silver Fire by Victoria Paige

    Silver Fire by Victoria Paige

    Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Sophie Marie Leroux is a genius nuclear physicist who runs Silver Fire Research, a laboratory that has developed the technology that can be used as an infinite power source. It is also rumored that she has a blueprint to a device that can destroy an entire city. Certain factions want to see that research buried, and the only way to make it happen is to get rid of Sophie...
  • Need: A Rough Romance by Trent Evans

    Need: A Rough Romance by Trent Evans

    Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When he ordered me to bare myself for him, I should have done anything other than obey. But as I stand here watching him devour me with his eyes, what I feel isn't merely shame. It is need. Need for his gaze wandering over my quivering body like a beast about to pounce on his prey...
  • Coming Up For Air by Karen Foley

    Coming Up For Air by Karen Foley

    Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Subject: Army Major Chance Rawlins, Helicopter Pilot. Current Status: Soon-to-be-deployed to Afghanistan. Mission: Report to Captain Jenna Larson for a sexy, one-night inspection. Obstacle: She's mistaken him for another man! Major Chance Rawlins has a bit of a reputation, both in and outside of the helicopter cockpit. He's a hotshot, and he knows it...
  • Blue Forever by Nina Bruhns

    Blue Forever by Nina Bruhns

    Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Dashing and devilish Major Kiptyn Llowell is the opposite of reasonable. But when his top secret mission on exotic Hainan Island, China, goes belly up, Kip throws himself on the mercy of the eminently sensible (and irresistibly sexy) DeAnne Lovejoy to hitch a ride to his rendezvous point. But he gets far more than he bargained for? As an officer of the U...
  • A Major Seduction by Marie Harte

    A Major Seduction by Marie Harte

    Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Major Mike Cava has done his best not to see Maria Thompson as anything but his baby sister’s best friend. Not an easy feat when Maria’s done her best to throw herself at him for years. But now that’s he’s returned to the East Coast and with his family again, he feels easier about handling little Maria. Except in the two years since he’s seen her last, Maria has grown way up...
  • SEAL Encounter by Sharon Hamilton

    SEAL Encounter by Sharon Hamilton

    Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    This is a short piece written to introduce you to my characters, Kyle and Christy. It is a small investment of time and money on your part, like the first course to a much larger meal. This is a private glimpse into the hearts and minds of these fictional SEALs, their community, and the women who are lucky enough to be loved by them...
  • The Brat, the Bodyguard, and the Bounty Hunter by Loki Renard

    The Brat, the Bodyguard, and the Bounty Hunter by Loki Renard

    Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    When runaway heiress Fiona Fayrefield hires bodyguard Harris Kingsley to protect her from her meddlesome father, Harris decides that his job includes putting the spoiled twenty-four-year-old brat over his knee for a long, hard spanking when he feels it necessary. For the first time in her life, Fiona discovers that doing whatever she wants, whenever she wants, is no longer an option...
  • Born on the 4th of July by Jill Shalvis, Karen Foley

    Born on the 4th of July by Jill Shalvis, Karen Foley

    Rated: 3.84 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    These guys have it all–on the battlefield and in the bedroom…. Friendly Fire by Jill Shalvis. Permanently injured on black-ops mission, Cord Vladden is furious at the world. Then Lexi McGowen reappears in his life to nurse him back to health. Little does he guess that’s she’s about to reveal a whole new world to him, one touch at a time…. The Prodigal by Rhonda Nelson (Men Out of Uniform, #6...
  • Lonely is the Night by Stephanie Tyler

    Lonely is the Night by Stephanie Tyler

    Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    A thrilling novella of betrayal and redemption from national bestselling author Stephanie Tyler. Recently retired Delta Force Operator Reid Cormier utilizes his special skills by working black ops jobs all around the world with his former teammates and their wives. Reid’s career keeps him busy, but he can’t get his last job—or the woman involved—out of his head...
  • Worth Fighting For by Zoe Blake

    Worth Fighting For by Zoe Blake

    Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    She wasn't interested in dating a domineering Marine. He wasn't taking no for an answer. When you agree to help your best friend break into her ex-boyfriend’s apartment, you can expect a few complications. A half-naked, hot-as-hell Marine bursting in, demanding to know what is going on, is not one of them! Sage is an intelligent, independent woman...
  • Kissing Cowboy by J.C. Wilder

    Kissing Cowboy by J.C. Wilder

    Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    "Their first kiss melted her resistance, their second one melted his heart. ". She s a woman with a plan. From childhood, Payton Pip Whittier has loved Jeff Cowboy Diver. Even after he publicly humiliated her and forced her to leave town, he s the one man she can t erase from her heart. Nine years have passed and Pip has returned to the scene of the crime, her hometown of Haven, Ohio...
  • Geoffrey's Rules by Emily Tilton

    Geoffrey's Rules by Emily Tilton

    Rated: 3.60 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    For as long as she can remember, Chloe has imagined what it would be like to be utterly and completely dominated by a man. When she meets Geoffrey—a man who can make her blush red with shame and quiver with lust at the same time with nothing more than a word or a glance—Chloe begins to wonder if her fantasy could become reality. As hot as her desire burns, though, Chloe struggles with herself...
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