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  • One Tuesday Morning by Karen Kingsbury

    One Tuesday Morning by Karen Kingsbury

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 39 ratings
    I m a firefighter, God, so I know I ve been in some tough places before. But this . . . this not knowing the people I love . . . this is the hardest thing I can imagine. The last thing Jake Bryan knew was the roar of the World Trade Center collapsing on top of him and his fellow firefighters. The man in the hospital bed remembers nothing...
  • Protecting the Future by Susan Stoker

    Protecting the Future by Susan Stoker

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Wolf and his fellow SEAL team members have saved many lives, and been in even more harrowing situations, but their latest mission might prove the most difficult of all. Charged with rescuing American soldier, Sergeant Penelope Turner, from the clutches of ISIS, the men infiltrate the refugee camp where she’s believed to be held...
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  • Cold Fear by Toni Anderson

    Cold Fear by Toni Anderson

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 23 ratings
    A relentless FBI profiler hunts a vicious killer. When old evidence turns up on a fresh corpse, ASAC Lincoln Frazer is determined it won’t delay the execution of a convicted serial killer. But when more young women are brutally slain, it becomes clear—this new killer is intimately familiar with the old murders. A dedicated emergency physician hides a dark secret. Former Army Captain Dr...
  • Chasing Fire by Pamela Clare

    Chasing Fire by Pamela Clare

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    For fans of Pamela Clare’s acclaimed I-Team and Colorado High Country series…An I-Team/Colorado High Country Crossover NovelFire chief Eric Hawke knows it’s only a matter of time until the next big wildfire. He’s done everything he can to prepare his crews for the inevitable...
  • The Magnolia Murders by Aimee Nicole Walker

    The Magnolia Murders by Aimee Nicole Walker

    Rated: 4.68 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 12 ratings
    Everything old is new again in love and murder.Work together, live together, and play together is the name of the game for Royce Locke and Sawyer Key. But one of those things changes when Chief Mendoza taps Sawyer to lead the newly formed cold case unit. His first task: solve the Magnolia Murders that spanned three decades and suddenly stopped in 2000...
  • Black Mail: A Black's Bandits Novel by Lynn Raye Harris

    Black Mail: A Black's Bandits Novel by Lynn Raye Harris

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Tyler “Ty” Scott finally gets his book! When Cassie Dixon gets threatening letters, there’s only one person who can help - her best friend’s sexy cousin...
  • Unsanctioned by Kaylea Cross

    Unsanctioned by Kaylea Cross

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Star-crossed lovers…Driven by her traumatic past, Nadia Bishop has dedicated her life to helping children orphaned by war around the globe. She won’t let anything stand in her way—not even the sexy former soldier she left back in the U.S...
  • Captivating Anika by Freya Barker

    Captivating Anika by Freya Barker

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Anika Jones has her future carefully plotted out and is checking the boxes, one by one, despite the bumps thrown in her path. This last one is a challenge, but she manages to stay on track; her salon is thriving, and she just bought a house. Unfortunately, when one of her employees runs into trouble, she inevitably gets sucked in, throwing her carefully paced life off-balance...
  • A Distant Shore: A Novel by Karen Kingsbury

    A Distant Shore: A Novel by Karen Kingsbury

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    “Inspirational fiction superstar” (Publishers Weekly) and #1 New York Times bestselling author of life-changing fiction returns with this high-stakes love story of danger, passion, and faith.She was a child caught in a riptide in the Caribbean Sea. He was a teenager from the East Coast on vacation with his family...
  • Marry Your Best Friend by Hope Ford

    Marry Your Best Friend by Hope Ford

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    I love all the foster boys I was raised with. But there’s always been something special about Gabriel Gray.For years I’ve tried to hide my attraction to him, because I know it’s one-sided.Gabe is fiercely protective of me, but that’s as far as his affections go.He’s older than me–something he reminds me of often - and he takes his role of caring for me seriously...
  • The Slow Burn of Silence by Loreth Anne White

    The Slow Burn of Silence by Loreth Anne White

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    From the crossroads of small town mystery and dark suspense comes a romance that explores the bonds of family, the power of love, and the potentially explosive collateral damage of the secrets we keep... Sometimes a contract to forget can be as powerful as a promise to remember..
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • Now You Die by Roxanne St. Claire

    Now You Die by Roxanne St. Claire

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 24 ratings
    Former Bullet Catcher and lone wolf investigator Jack Culver is on a mission. Thirty years ago, an innocent woman was convicted of murder. Jack believes he's found the real killer -- but to take down one of the highest legal authorities in the land, he needs access. Serious access...
  • To Hold and Protect by Sandra Owens

    To Hold and Protect by Sandra Owens

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    "With realistic characters, witty banter, a well-written storyline, and a bit of action thrown in, Keeping Guard will draw readers in from the first page until the last." — Harlequin JunkieIt’s a deadly game of cat and mouse…Willow Landry only plans to humor the adorable little girl playing matchmaker one door down...
  • 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...
  • Mine to Crave by Cynthia Eden

    Mine to Crave by Cynthia Eden

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    New York Times best-selling author Cynthia Eden continues her dark and sexy “Mine” romantic suspense series with…MINE TO CRAVE. HE TAKES WHAT HE WANTS. From the moment that billionaire casino owner Drake Archer sees Jasmine Bennett, he’s obsessed. Consumed by desire for the mysterious redhead, Drake will do anything necessary to claim her...
  • Fear No Evil by Allison Brennan

    Fear No Evil by Allison Brennan

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    In cyberspace, no one can hear you scream. Instead of preparing for her high school graduation, Lucy Kincaid is facing a vicious execution. Lured by an online predator, she’s destined to die horribly–live on the Internet–while hundreds of heartless viewers watch and vote on the method of her slaughter...
  • Operation: Endurance by Christi Snow

    Operation: Endurance by Christi Snow

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 13 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...
  • Tall, Dark and Fearless by Suzanne Brockmann

    Tall, Dark and Fearless by Suzanne Brockmann

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    New York Times and USA TODAY Bestselling Author SUZANNE BROCKMANN returns with two more classic tales of tall, dark and dangerous men who face the msot daring adventure of all -- FALLING IN LOVEFRISCO'S KIDBeing a Navy SEAL is more than a career to Alan Frisco Francisco--it is his whole world. So when a bullet wound threatens his future in the Navy, he is determined to achieve a full recovery..
  • Gambled by Cristin Harber

    Gambled by Cristin Harber

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Brock Gamble’s epic fall from the Titan Group labeled him a traitor. He betrayed his men. He failed his family. And when he thought he’d hit the lowest point, his wife walked out with their children, leaving him alone to drown himself in the bottle. Surviving an abduction didn’t end the nightmare for Sarah Gamble. The aftershocks of post-traumatic stress disorder hit her hard...
  • Westin's Chase by Cristin Harber

    Westin's Chase by Cristin Harber

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    THE MASTER OF EVERYTHING HAS FOUND HIS MATCH Jared Westin knows his reputation and likes it. He gets the job done. No emotion. No baggage. That’s why his elite ops company, The Titan Group, is better than the best. They complete projects classified as mission impossible. And then, in walks a woman as tough as she is sexy. His counterpart in every way, should he choose to admit it...
  • Tipsy by Cambria Hebert

    Tipsy by Cambria Hebert

    Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    Julie Preston is an artist. But her canvas isn’t paper or clay. It’s hair. She spends her days coloring, blow drying and styling her clients hair at the Razor’s Edge salon. Julie is also annoyed. She went out on a date and had a great time, gave the guy her number and the jerk never called...
  • 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: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 10 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...
  • Hot Alpha SEALs by Anne Elizabeth, Cat Johnson

    Hot Alpha SEALs by Anne Elizabeth, Cat Johnson

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    12 New York Times, USA Today or Award-winning bestselling Hot Alpha Authors brings you this Military Romance Megaset for your reading pleasure: THE KISS OF A SEAL by Award-winning Author Anne Elizabeth — Jessa Grainger’s world is rocked by the kiss of a SEAL, SO-1 Link Tyler...
  • Taking the Heat by Kathryn Shay

    Taking the Heat by Kathryn Shay

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Things are heating up at Bailey’s Pub... Working as the cook at his family’s pub, Liam O’Neil has nothing but respect for his firefighter regulars. But when firefighter Sophie Tyler takes a part-time job at the pub, Liam must be cautious. A widower with two young sons, he can’t put his heart on the line for someone who walks into burning buildings...
  • Cold Day in Hell by Jerrie Alexander

    Cold Day in Hell by Jerrie Alexander

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Ex-Army Ranger Tyrell Castillo’s first mission for Lost and Found, Inc. goes awry when his contact is kidnapped, and he’s left scrambling for weapons and explosives. He’ll have to blow up a drug cartel’s compound, rescue the woman, and keep her safe while they cross the sweltering hot Colombian jungle. Driven by the need for revenge, Ana Maria Vega Cisneros doesn’t want to be rescued...
  • America's Bravest by Kathryn Shay

    America's Bravest by Kathryn Shay

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The Rescue Squad in the Hidden Cove Fire Department deals with all kinds of emergencies: blazing fires, horrific car accidents and a myriad of medical calls. Like most firefighters, they also have complicated personal relationships due to the nature of their jobs...
  • Nothing More to Lose by Kathryn Shay

    Nothing More to Lose by Kathryn Shay

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    USA TODAY bestselling author Kathryn Shay spent five years riding fire trucks with a large city fire department, eating in their firehouses and interviewing hundreds of America's Bravest. Read the novels that resulted from her intense relationship with firefighters! “Shay writes an emotion-packed story. With angst and some hot sex, this dramatic tale also has a nice touch of humor...
  • Save Me by Heidi McLaughlin

    Save Me by Heidi McLaughlin

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Tucker McCoy thought the hardest mission of his life was over. After being deployed for six years, all he wanted to do was return home to his wife and daughter. But when he arrives home with roses in his hand, the last thing he expects is to be welcomed by a stranger. Being presumed dead for six years doesn’t help his cause as no one is giving him the answers he needs...
  • I Can See You by Karen Rose

    I Can See You by Karen Rose

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 40 ratings
    "New York Times" bestselling author Karen Rose delivers her latest pulse-pounding suspense novel, where the line between the virtual world and everyday reality blurs when it comes to murder. Eve Wilson's face was once scarred by a vicious assault. Terrified and ashamed, she escaped to the online realm, where she could choose the face she allowed people to see...
  • Tall, Dark and Deadly by Suzanne Brockmann

    Tall, Dark and Deadly by Suzanne Brockmann

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Navy SEAL Lucky was used to women swooning at his feet. So how could it be that feisty journalist Sydney seems immune to his charms? Working a dangerous case together, Lucky’s determined to turn her frosty attitude around – and make her fall head over heels for him. Protecting the innocent is Navy SEAL Bobby’s passion. That’s why his best friend asked him to look out for his little sister...
  • Unforgivable by Laura Griffin

    Unforgivable by Laura Griffin

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Tracing Killers is Mia Voss's Business. And Her Work Just Got Personal.At first, Mia Voss thinks it’s just bad luck when her already lousy day ends with a carjacking, but what seems like a random incident is followed by another sinister episode. A DNA expert, Mia has made it her mission to put away vicious criminals. Suddenly, she’s become the target of one...
  • Dangerous Desires by Dee Davis

    Dangerous Desires by Dee Davis

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    As the extractions expert for A-Tac, an elite CIA black ops unit masquerading as faculty at an Ivy League college, Drake Flynn knows how to survive behind enemy lines. But he’s about to meet one adversary he can’t subdue . . . or resist...
  • Take Over at Midnight by M.L. Buchman

    Take Over at Midnight by M.L. Buchman

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Name: Lola LaRue Rank: Chief Warrant Officer 3 Mission: Copilot deadly choppers on the world's most dangerous missions Name: Tim Maloney Rank: Sergeant Mission: Man the guns and charm the ladies The Past Doesn't Matter, When Their Future is Doomed Nothing sticks to "Crazy" Tim Maloney, until he falls hard for a tall Creole beauty with a haunted past and a penchant for reckless flying...
  • So This Is Love by Barbara Freethy

    So This Is Love by Barbara Freethy

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Emma Callaway, a hot fire investigator clashes with Max Harrison, a cool homicide detective in SO THIS IS LOVE, the second book in the Callaway Series, by #1 NY Times Bestselling Author Barbara Freethy For Max Harrison, love seduces and then destroys. His brother went to prison for love. His father left his family for love...
  • In the Air Tonight by Stephanie Tyler

    In the Air Tonight by Stephanie Tyler

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    With danger closing in, all they have is each other. Haunted by a mission he barely survived, Delta Force operative Mace Stevens still carries a soldier’s burden. Running a small bar in upstate New York, he remains a stone cold warrior who guards dangerous secrets and stays ready for anything...
  • Code Name Ghost by Natasza Waters

    Code Name Ghost by Natasza Waters

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Kayla is intent on leaving her past north of the border. Hired as a Canadian liaison by the US Navy, she finds the Coronado SEALs tough but amiable. Their Commander is another matter. With eyes like blue steel and a body carved from it, Kayla resists the hungry attraction between them for good reason. Navy SEAL Commander Thane Austen (Ghost) treats his women like his missions: in, out and gone...
  • Devil and the Deep by Julie Ann Walker

    Devil and the Deep by Julie Ann Walker

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    The former SEALs of The Deep Six return in a sizzling series from New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Julie Ann Walker. A COVERT MISSIONMaddy Powers's life revolves around cocktail parties, political fundraisers, and charity events - but she can't forget the daring former SEAL who appropriated her father's yacht a few months ago ..
  • 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..
  • Under Fire by Catherine Mann

    Under Fire by Catherine Mann

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    A decorated hero, pararescueman Liam McCabe lives to serve. Six months ago, he and Rachel Flores met in the horrific aftermath of an earthquake in the Bahamas. They were tempted by an explosive attraction, yet parted ways. Still, Liam has thought about Rachel every day—and night—since...
  • Perfect Fit by Carly Phillips

    Perfect Fit by Carly Phillips

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    Carly's NY Times Bestselling SERENDIPITY series was such a hit with readers, she brings you back to the picturesque upstate NY town, where three siblings have grown up in the shadow of their proud and respected police chief father...
  • Teasing You by Samantha Chase

    Teasing You by Samantha Chase

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A Small Town, Second Chance, Firefighter, standalone romance by New York Times bestselling author, Samantha Chase She’s being suspected of setting her workplace on fire. He needs to prove it wasn’t her. Now he’s on a mission to convince the one that got away that they belong together.Ashlynn Donovan’s life just hit rock bottom...
  • Armed and Devastating by Julie Miller

    Armed and Devastating by Julie Miller

    Rated: 3.81 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    When did plain, mousy personal assistant Brooke Hanford sprout miles of long, smooth, creamy legs? And more important, why did Detective Atticus Kincaid suddenly notice? Their relationship had always been the "good friend" variety. But now Brooke was in his thoughts and under his skin...
  • This Time Around by Catherine Mann

    This Time Around by Catherine Mann

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Air Force flight surgeon Grayson Clark and NGO worker Lori Rutledge shared a romantic summer full of promise and ultimately heartbreak. But after his turbulent childhood, Gray’s ill-equipped to offer Lori the security she craves. Separate is better. Or so he thinks until they’re paired on a military rescue operation to an overseas orphanage...
  • When Love Intrudes by Christi Snow

    When Love Intrudes by Christi Snow

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 11 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...
  • 11 by Kylie Brant

    11 by Kylie Brant

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Eleven. For three long years that’s what she was called by The Collector, the sexual sadist who enslaved her. Mia Deleon fought the odds and escaped only to discover that no one would believe her about the ordeal she’d endured. Not the police. Not her family or friends. Even the investigators she hired couldn’t find a trace of the sexual predator...
  • Tempted by a SEAL by Cat Johnson

    Tempted by a SEAL by Cat Johnson

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Loner. Biker. SEAL. Stepbrother?Known only as Mack to his SEAL teammates, he’s a stone cold killer when he needs to be, but he’d rather just straddle his Harley and escape from everything and everyone. The only person who calls James MacIntyre by his given name is his father, the one family member he has left. . . that is until his widowed father meets a woman and decides to remarry...
  • Profile of Evil by Alexa Grace

    Profile of Evil by Alexa Grace

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Carly Stone is a brilliant FBI agent who’s seen more than her share of evil. Leaving the agency, she becomes a consultant for Indiana County Sheriff Brody Chase. He needs her help to catch a savage killer who is luring teenaged girls to their death in the handsome sheriff’s community. The two are determined to stop a dangerous predator before he takes another life — at any cost...
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