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  • Chasing Fortune by Brittney Sahin

    Chasing Fortune by Brittney Sahin

    Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Echo Team has a new addition—a K-9, and he’s in need of training . . .Eight-plus years as Echo Three and Chris Hunter is still as mission-focused as ever, continuing to fight for his country as part of a secretive team of operatives serving the President.When Chris decides to rescue a dog for the team, he soon discovers he and the guys are far from K-9 whisperers, and they need help...
  • Tainted by Riley Edwards

    Tainted by Riley Edwards

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Former Navy SEAL sniper Matthew Kessler thought his life was charmed. He was wrong. He thought his father had amassed the family’s wealth through hard work. He was wrong again. He thought the battlefield had taught him everything he needed to know about strength and courage. He was absolutely wrong. In the blink of an eye, everything he thought he knew about his family became a lie...
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    suspense  military  m-f  contemporary  audiobook
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  • Maximus by Riley Edwards, Operation Alpha

    Maximus by Riley Edwards, Operation Alpha

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    What happens when a woman who’s done the unthinkable needs protection—can a man who’s lost his belief in humanity keep her safe? Max Brown doesn’t trust anyone but his team. The former SEAL learned early in life that people let you down—they lie, they steal, and they lie some more. Love is a word that is used to manipulate. Family is meaningless. Max is an island and he prefers it that way...
  • Chasing the Knight by Brittney Sahin

    Chasing the Knight by Brittney Sahin

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 30 ratings
    She's the admiral's daughter . . . and the one woman bad-boy Wyatt Pierson can't resist. When Wyatt left England, he said goodbye to his privileged upbringing and forged his own path. After years of running operations for an elite unit of Navy SEALs, he's satisfied with his mission-focused life until a messy entanglement walks through the door...
  • Securing Avery by Susan Stoker

    Securing Avery by Susan Stoker

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    Navy Nurse Avery Nelson never dreamed she’d be taken hostage during her deployment in Afghanistan. She’s assisting local women with healthcare, not fighting in a war. But digging her way out of her would-be grave turns out to be the battle of her life...
  • Code Name: Aries by Janie Crouch

    Code Name: Aries by Janie Crouch

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    My code name is Aries.The stars say I’m aggressive, dominant, first in line to lead.The stars aren’t wrong.Zodiac Tactical is my company. It’s run by those I’ve chosen for their skills and ability to outmaneuver adversaries. We guard, protect, rescue…assist on the side of the angels.We eliminate the threat when nobody else can...
  • Malice by Kris Michaels

    Malice by Kris Michaels

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 17 ratings
    Whatever it takes, as long as it takes .In the icy northern tundra of Siberia, a lethal game of life and death unfolds. Malice, an assassin who works for Guardian Security, stands at the far side of his latest mission. When the operation takes a dangerous turn, he becomes certain of one chilling Guardian has been infiltrated...
  • Shielding Kinley by Susan Stoker

    Shielding Kinley by Susan Stoker

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 34 ratings
    When Kinley Taylor witnesses what was possibly the last few minutes of a young girl’s life while in Paris, she realizes exactly how alone she is in the world. The only person she has to turn to for help is the one man who she feels is completely out of her league. Gage “Lefty” Haskins liked the personal assistant the first time he met her...
  • Dangerous Games by Riley Edwards

    Dangerous Games by Riley Edwards

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Reese Turmel has sworn off women. Commitment wasn’t something he was willing to consider again after his wife cheated on him while he was on deployment. However, not even a man as jaded as the former SEAL could deny the instant attraction that sizzled to life the first time he walked into Treats Bakery and saw the beautiful woman behind the counter—and he tried...
  • Uncaged by Harper Sloan

    Uncaged by Harper Sloan

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 55 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...
  • Rescuing Rosalie by Ellie Masters

    Rescuing Rosalie by Ellie Masters

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    In the Nicaraguan jungle, I'll battle dangerous wildlife, treacherous terrain, and my growing attraction to Rosalie as we outrun a madman and survive.When a hostage rescue mission intended to save innocent lives takes a devastating turn, Hayes, a Guardian Hostage Rescue Specialist, leaps into action and plunges headlong into danger to save Rosalie...
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    military  suspense  m-f  contemporary  angst  audiobook
  • Checkmate by Emilia Finn

    Checkmate by Emilia Finn

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    Bishop men are nothing but a plague on this planet, a disease that needs eradication before it spreads. They’re murderers. Liars. Thieves. The day I met Colum Bishop, I thought my life was finally turning around. I was led to believe he would be our saviour. He was supposed to be our hero, a long awaited reprieve from the hardships life insisted on throwing at my mom and me...
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    military  suspense  m-f  sports  new adult  contemporary
  • Deserving Reese by Susan Stoker

    Deserving Reese by Susan Stoker

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 18 ratings
    He never expected to fall for his best friend's sister, but now that he has...he'll do whatever it takes to keep her safe.Having a crush on one of your brother’s friends is so cliché. But Reese Woodall isn’t too worried…it’s not as if she’d ever have a chance with the former Delta Force Operative. For one thing, he lives in New Mexico, and she’s in Missouri...
  • Shelter for Penelope by Susan Stoker

    Shelter for Penelope by Susan Stoker

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    Dubbed the “American Princess” after her rescue from months in the hands of ISIS, soldier and firefighter Penelope Turner has struggled silently since her return to Texas. The media, the danger of her job, the pressure of knowing lives are in her hands…all of it and more has combined to slowly fill Penelope with seething guilt and doubt...
  • Charlie Foxtrot by Giulia Lagomarsino

    Charlie Foxtrot by Giulia Lagomarsino

    Rated: 4.73 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Mummies.Yeah, you heard me right. That’s my next job—protecting a mummy.It wouldn’t be a problem, except someone doesn’t want this particular mummy to make it to the museum.Not to mention one of my teammates thinks this particular mummy is cursed.On top of this ridiculous job, I’ve also met the most gorgeous woman in the world...
  • Kyle by Riley Edwards, Operation Alpha

    Kyle by Riley Edwards, Operation Alpha

    Rated: 4.78 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Anaya Baker knows pain—she got her first taste when she was orphaned and put into foster care. Then it was forever embedded into her soul when she was sold to a sex trafficking ring. Nearly two decades later the stench still clings to her. It coats her skin and burns her gut...
  • Marrying Emily by Susan Stoker

    Marrying Emily by Susan Stoker

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Few people know better than Delta Force soldiers that life is unbearably short and achingly precious. So Cormac Fletcher isn’t waiting one more day to marry the love of his life, Emily. Fletch has already adopted her daughter, Annie. Now it’s time to officially make Emily his too...
  • Code Name: Virgo by Janie Crouch

    Code Name: Virgo by Janie Crouch

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    My code name is Virgo. The stars say I’m practical, honest, stubborn as hell.Guilty as charged.Zodiac Tactical is the company that gave me a second chance. We guard, protect, rescue...eliminate the threat when nobody else can. And as a former SEAL, I’m good at those things. Good with weapons, good with missions.But with people...not so good...
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    suspense  military  m-f  contemporary  audiobook
  • Eden by Nyssa Kathryn

    Eden by Nyssa Kathryn

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    She thought he’d be happy to see her……but all she found was anger.Why did Eden hate her?The memory of that day haunted her. Eden told her to stay at the safe house while his team went on their mission. Then she found out he was being setup. Shylah didn’t have a choice, she had to do something.It was a risk.And she paid dearly.Eden and his team had aborted just in time...
  • Vanished by April Wilson

    Vanished by April Wilson

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Fans of the McIntyre Security Bodyguard series will love this follow-up story about Dominic and Sophie. Sophie is due to give birth to their baby any day. When she goes missing, Dominic goes on a rampage as he searches for his wife. Lots of McIntyre family members and friends make an appearance in this book, including a few unexpected surprise guests...
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    suspense  m-f  military  contemporary  pregnancy
  • Ares Infidels in New York by Ciara St. James

    Ares Infidels in New York by Ciara St. James

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The Ares Infidels, along with their half of the Crazy Coven, are off to New York City for a rich, high-society wedding. They’re going to enjoy the wedding of their friends, Santa and Frankie, from the Time Served MC. It’s not just any wedding either. It’s a huge event put on by and attended by some of the biggest mobster families in the States...
  • Luca by Nyssa Kathryn

    Luca by Nyssa Kathryn

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    Scared, alone, on the run. And his to protect, no matter the cost. Former Navy SEAL, Luca Kirwin, is both well trained and deadly. Recruited into a non-government sanctioned project, he was turned into a weapon. Now, with the help of his team, Luca must find every last soul who was responsible for the project and make them pay...
  • Thaddeus by Riley Edwards, Operation Alpha

    Thaddeus by Riley Edwards, Operation Alpha

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    There had been a time, I’d been happy—blissfully happy—then a single act of brutality tore Thaddeus Bench from my life. But not from my heart. I never thought I’d see him again. But I did. In a cantina in Mexico. And when he looked over at me with so much hatred in his stare, it pulverized what was left of my heart. Emerson Pierce was my own personal hell...
  • Home Base by Abbie Zanders

    Home Base by Abbie Zanders

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    This is the third installment of the 2022 season of The Long Road Home series. No matter the road we travel, we're always heading for our Home Base.After fourteen years in the army, Dylan Grant is more than ready to come home, settle down, and seriously consider starting a family of his own.Thanks to one stolen, forbidden moment long ago, he might already have...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  military  m-f  secret child  contemporary
  • Colton's Mission by Kendall Talbot

    Colton's Mission by Kendall Talbot

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When Kat Reynolds, a spirited yet feisty nature photographer, traces a clue to her father's disappearance seven years ago to Tulum, Mexico, she's determined to get answers. Armed with her father's last mysterious photo, her clue leads her to a massive underground cave system. But to enter the subterranean maze, she needs the expertise of grumpy scuba diving expert Colton Henderson...
  • Delta Force Heroes Box Set One by Susan Stoker

    Delta Force Heroes Box Set One by Susan Stoker

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Start out the New York Times Bestselling Delta Force Heroes series with the first four books all in one giant collection! Rescuing Rayne: As a flight attendant, Rayne Jackson is used to cancellations, but she never dreamed her latest would lead to a whirlwind tour of London with a handsome stranger…or a life-altering night in his bed...
  • Brooks by Riley Edwards, Operation Alpha

    Brooks by Riley Edwards, Operation Alpha

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Tatiana Jones is no stranger to the battlefield. One look at her scarred flesh tells the tales of her time in captivity. But it’s not only her skin the bears the marks her failures, doubt and a healthy dose cynicism now clouds her vision. She has also mastered the fine art of deception. In her line of work it is a necessity...
  • Rekindled by Kaylea Cross

    Rekindled by Kaylea Cross

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 19 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...
  • Justice For Angie by Cara Carnes

    Justice For Angie by Cara Carnes

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    She’s never met a fight she couldn’t win…until now. 

After brutally murdering someone in Angie Bierman’s dojo, the killer targets her first and then people she cares about to scare her off the investigation. Determined to prevent further tragedy, she does the one thing she can to keep them safe—run...
    Categorized as:
    military  suspense  m-f  contemporary
  • Ethan by Dale Mayer

    Ethan by Dale Mayer

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    When one door closes … second chances open another …Ethan was lost after a major accident abruptly shifted him from a military life to a civilian one, from working with dogs to odd jobs … In that time, he’d spent months healing from his physical injuries. When he connects with Badger and the rest of his Titanium Corp. group of former SEALs, Badger offers Ethan an opportunity he can’t refuse...
  • Home Coming by Cat Johnson

    Home Coming by Cat Johnson

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Bailey Knowles needs a fake boyfriend, not a bodyguard, to teach her cheating ex a lesson, even if everyone insists she hire one to fend off the threats she's been getting. Luckily it looks like one unsuspecting Navy SEAL will be perfect to step into the role of both.Quinn Baldwin takes the long road home to visit his family, but instead finds TikTok sensation Bailey Knowles. She needs protection...
  • Tall, Dark and Daring by Suzanne Brockmann

    Tall, Dark and Daring by Suzanne Brockmann

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Experience two classic tales of heroes facing danger and falling in love from New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Suzanne Brockmann’s Tall, Dark and Daring series — collected here in one volume! The Admiral’s Bride When six canisters of a lethal nerve agent are stolen from a military testing lab, Admiral Jake Robinson must recover the chemicals—by any means necessary...
  • Dark 'N' Deadly by Tee O'Fallon

    Dark 'N' Deadly by Tee O'Fallon

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 9 ratings
    ATF Special Agent Eric Miller and his explosives detecting K-9, Tiger, pull over a truck, the contents of which are explosive. Literally. More shocking, the driver is the kid brother of a woman he left behind. One who still haunts his days and his nights. They’d never so much as kissed, but Tess McTavish never forgot the handsome, dangerous agent who vanished in a shroud of mystery...
  • Dangerously Hot by Lynn Raye Harris

    Dangerously Hot by Lynn Raye Harris

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    By USA TODAY Bestselling Author Lynn Raye Harris Available Today! The next explosive story in the Hostile Operations Team Series! The world’s most wanted man is back from the dead. And only one woman can stop him… Former Army linguist Lucky San Ramos escaped with her life, but the scars an evil terrorist leader left on her skin are a constant reminder of her captivity...
  • Disavowed by Kaylea Cross

    Disavowed by Kaylea Cross

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    The government trained her to kill… Briar Jones has lived most of her life in the shadows, carrying out secret ops to eliminate some of the United States’ most dangerous enemies. She’s devoted her life to serving her country so when a faceless enemy targets her and kills someone close to her, she’ll stop at nothing to bring them down...
  • Capture by June Gray

    Capture by June Gray

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 24 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...
  • Operation: Endurance by Christi Snow

    Operation: Endurance by Christi Snow

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    They had a single night of passion before he deployed on a risky mission. 18 hours on a mission gone very wrong was all it took to shatter all their hopes and dreams. The hero: He survived 6 months of captivity and torture, kept alive by dreams of her. The heroine: She thought he was dead and moved on only to have her world fall apart once again...
  • Betrayed by Kaylea Cross

    Betrayed by Kaylea Cross

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Torn apart by lies and a hail of bullets… Georgia Randall is a government-trained killer with nothing left to live for except the burning need for revenge. She’s lost everything she cared about, including the only man she ever loved, and now her past has caught up with her. Shadowy enemies are on the move, determined to silence her before she can kill her remaining targets...
  • Avenging Victoria by Cara Carnes

    Avenging Victoria by Cara Carnes

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Law and order is in her blood and she bleeds blue…FBI Agent Victoria Blevins has devoted her career to upholding the law and never shies away from a challenge...
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    suspense  military  m-f  contemporary  length-short
  • 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...
  • Wanted by Kaylea Cross

    Wanted by Kaylea Cross

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    She thought her past was behind her. After nearly dying at the hands of a madman in New Orleans a year ago, Zoe Renard has worked hard to put that trauma behind her and move on. With her man at her side she’s focused on her writing career and building a future together. Things are almost perfect between them, until a series of shocking events turns her world upside down again...
    Categorized as:
    military  suspense  m-f  contemporary  length-short
  • Burned by Kaylea Cross

    Burned by Kaylea Cross

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 23 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...
  • 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...
  • Exposed by Kaylea Cross

    Exposed by Kaylea Cross

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Sometimes the one you were meant to be with… Marisol Lorenzo landed her dream job as an Assistant U.S. Attorney and is working on the case that could make her career; now she’s determined to put away the most dangerous drug lord in the country. But his incarceration has opened up a lethal turf war among his lieutenants...
  • Protecting Tex by Susan Stoker

    Protecting Tex by Susan Stoker

    Rated: 4.69 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Who does a consummate savior turn to when he finds himself in need of saving?For years, former SEAL John “Tex” Keegan has been the literal port in every storm, saving the lives of countless men, women, and children—soldiers, sailors, and civilians—all around the world, working alone from the safety of his basement. He never expects thanks. Doesn’t do it for gratitude or accolades...
  • Pursuing Dace by Stephanie St. Klaire

    Pursuing Dace by Stephanie St. Klaire

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The O’Reilly brothers are back with a vengeance in another riveting novel overflowing with mayhem and murder. Dace O’Reilly is in for the fight of his life to clear the name of the woman who stole his heart...
  • Smoky Mountain K-9 by Ashley A. Quinn

    Smoky Mountain K-9 by Ashley A. Quinn

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    For Mara Roth, too many memories and reminders of what was and what would never be haunted her after her husband’s death. Needing space, she packed up and moved east to North Carolina. Fast-forward three years and time has blunted the pain. With a push from her friends, she reenters the dating world in dramatic fashion at a Valentine’s bachelor auction...
  • Dangerous Ties by Jenna Gunn

    Dangerous Ties by Jenna Gunn

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    To save the woman who treats him like he's the enemy, he'll have to risk his life against an army of criminals. The former Force Recon Marine knows that his teammate’s younger sister-in-law-to-be is the definition of off-limits.Not to mention he’s breaking protocol and could lose his new job...
  • Ranger Creed by Elle James

    Ranger Creed by Elle James

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Native American of the Blackfeet tribe, Lani Running Bear ends her service in the Army and returns to the reservation to help her family after her father's death. When members of her tribe turn up dead, she doesn't know who she can trust and calls on the Brotherhood Protectors for help...
  • Guarded Dreams by L.J. Evans

    Guarded Dreams by L.J. Evans

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    "Just like the moon called the tides, she had called me home. To her."Serious, by-the-book Eli Wyatt has life all figured out. He’s got a five-year plan, his future in the Coast Guard, and friends who always have his back.And then Ava Abrams breezes into his life, tempting him in ways he can’t shakeA free spirit, Ava’s on the run, heading in the direction of her dreams...
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