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  • Men of Honor, Books 1-4 by K.C. Lynn, Callie Dalton

    Men of Honor, Books 1-4 by K.C. Lynn, Callie Dalton

    Rated: 4.65 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 25 ratings
    This military romance boxed set series includes all four Men of Honor stories: Fighting Temptation, Sweet Temptation, Resisting Temptation, and The Final Temptation. Best if in order, but all can be listened to as standalones! You will not break me for I am unbreakable. I will live with integrity, fight with honor and die for what's right...
  • It'll Be An Adventure by Cherise Sinclair

    It'll Be An Adventure by Cherise Sinclair

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 29 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...
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  • Rescuing Casey by Susan Stoker

    Rescuing Casey by Susan Stoker

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    One minute Casey Shea was minding her own business, doing her job, teaching entomology to college students, and the next she was in the middle of the Costa Rican jungle fighting for her life. Troy “Beatle” Lennon had watched his friends fall head over heels in love, but never thought it would happen to him. Until he sees a picture of one of his teammates’ sisters. That was it...
  • 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 BOYDuty 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..
  • Protecting Cheyenne by Susan Stoker

    Protecting Cheyenne by Susan Stoker

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 41 ratings
    Living in Southern California, Cheyenne was used to seeing hot military men as she went about her daily business. An anonymous encounter at the grocery store cemented her crush on one such man. He was big, built, and incredibly easy on the eyes, but it wasn't as if he would ever really notice her. Always in control of any situation, Faulkner “Dude” Cooper knows explosives...
  • Honor by J.L. Drake, Joe Arden

    Honor by J.L. Drake, Joe Arden

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    The Broken trilogy continues here.... Bullets fly during a dangerous mission, and Major Mark Lopez is critically injured....  A Blackstone soldier, Mark is transferred to the North Dakota hospital with the security clearance to treat members of the elite covert team.  The pretty new nurse assigned to his case knows her stuff, but Mark soon discovers she knows more than just how to save lives...
  • Just One More Chance by Maryann Jordan

    Just One More Chance by Maryann Jordan

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    The Baytown Boys MysteriesMilitary duty called them away to war zones, but after tours overseas, the group of friends found their way back home as men, seeking the peaceful little seaside town. Now, the band of brothers, together once more, work to provide a place for less fortunate veterans to call home...
  • Freedom by J.L. Drake

    Freedom by J.L. Drake

    Rated: 4.78 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Rain pelted my face as I pushed through the roar of the storm. Deep in the belly of Mexico, my team and I were on the hunt. One of the cartel’s mules flipped and wanted a ticket to freedom. The information they held could be our game-changer. Returning home to a civilian lifestyle was always an adjustment, even if it was temporary...
  • Sizzle by Liliana Hart

    Sizzle by Liliana Hart

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    A killer who taught her everything she knows… A mission that pits her skills against his… And a new partner that makes her body…Sizzle When Declan MacKenzie asks Archer Ryan to do a special job for MacKenzie Security, Archer has no choice but to say yes. He owes Declan his life, and Declan more than has his hands full with his own family problems...
  • Protecting Dakota by Susan Stoker, Suspense Sisters

    Protecting Dakota by Susan Stoker, Suspense Sisters

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    The Sleeper SEALs, are former U.S. Navy SEALs recruited by a new CIA counter-terror division to handle solo dark ops missions to combat terrorism on U.S. soil. PROTECTING DAKOTA Dakota James's life has become the stuff of nightmares. The leader of the Ansar al-Shari'a terrorist group has become obsessed with her, determined to take her as his wife...
  • Rescuing Kassie by Susan Stoker

    Rescuing Kassie by Susan Stoker

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Graham "Hollywood" Caverly feels the chemistry with Kassie Anderson in the emails they've been exchanging through a dating site. When they finally meet in person, and that online chemistry proves to have real-life sizzle, he knows she's the one. He couldn't be happier when their first date, at an annual Army Ball, goes better than he could have imagined. Until Kassie drops a bomb...
  • Bottom Line by Abbie Zanders

    Bottom Line by Abbie Zanders

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    Control. Aidan Harrison likes it. Needs it. As CEO of the hugely successful Celtic Goddess franchise, he wields it as skillfully in the boardroom as he does the bedroom. It’s made him millions and put him at the top of his game. He wants for nothing. Except a woman who is more interested in him than his bottom line...
  • 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...
  • On the Double by Giulia Lagomarsino

    On the Double by Giulia Lagomarsino

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Edward Markinson.You’ve read about them in Reed Security.You’ve come to know a little about who the men of OPS are.But everything you thought you knew is a lie—smoke and mirrors.The truth of OPS is hidden deep inside, waiting to be revealed.Owens Protective Services.Defend. Investigate. Secure...
  • Celebrating Love by Maryann Jordan

    Celebrating Love by Maryann Jordan

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Saints Protection & Investigation A private investigation business, pulling together men from the CIA, FBI, ATF, DEA, Border Patrol, SEALs, and police, devoted to the missions that no one else wanted or could solve. Nick Stone - a stoic, dedicated FBI agent. His life was neat and orderly, just the way he liked it...
  • Greyson by Anna Blakely

    Greyson by Anna Blakely

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 10 ratings
    Tragedy brought them together. A killer will stop at nothing to tear them apart.For former SEAL Greyson Frost, nothing is more important than loyalty. It’s why this Charlie Team operative keeps his feelings for his best friend’s little sister hidden. But when tragedy strikes and Taylor becomes a killer’s target, all bets—and past promises—are off.Taylor Russell is used to devastation and loss...
  • The MacKenzie Family Security Series by Liliana Hart

    The MacKenzie Family Security Series by Liliana Hart

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Three MacKenzie Security books in one! SHADOWS AND SILK Agent Brant Scott knows when a battle is lost. He’s been an integral part of hunting down members of the del Fuego cartel for years, but it’s not the violent criminals that have the ability to bring him to his knees. That honor belongs to one woman...
  • Orion's Universe: A Poseidon's Warriors MC novel by Darlene Tallman

    Orion's Universe: A Poseidon's Warriors MC novel by Darlene Tallman

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Ky “Orion” Stanford, Treasurer for the Poseidon’s Warriors MC, is content with how his life has turned out. During his military tenure, he met a group of men who are now family, and since he never plans to get tied down with an old lady or wife, he enjoys playing the field...
  • Sweet Revenge by Christy Reece

    Sweet Revenge by Christy Reece

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Jamie Kendrick went on a trip to hell at the hands of Stanford Reddington, a monster protected by money and power. Now, asking for Last Chance Rescue’s help, Jamie makes plans for her revenge. And Dylan Savage, one of LCR’s most skilled operatives, is given an assignment he despises but can’t refuse—to train the lovely Jamie but thwart her revenge plot at all costs...
  • Kilo by Sybil Bartel

    Kilo by Sybil Bartel

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Breacher.Navy SEAL.Mercenary.Being a breacher on the Teams wasn’t a job, it was my drug of choice. Detonating charges, the blast waves going through me, I lived for the rush of tactical explosive breaching. As long as I kept my brothers safe and didn’t eat a piece of frag, I never looked past my next mission... until I screwed up.Miscalculating a blast zone, I took a hit...
  • Westin's Chase by Cristin Harber

    Westin's Chase by Cristin Harber

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 28 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...
  • Finally Home by Ann Vaughn

    Finally Home by Ann Vaughn

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    This will be the 4th and final book in the Home Series, and focuses on Commander Michael Casiano and Lainey Riley. Mike Casiano has lived his life by a certain creed: take care of all those who depend on you and leave no man behind. He wanted more for his life than joining his family's law firm when he graduated college...
  • Innocent Salvation by Maddie Wade

    Innocent Salvation by Maddie Wade

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Sabine ‘Snow’ Goubert grew up thinking that all families were like hers. She had a mother who’d abandoned her for the sake of her political career, and a father who’d taught her that deception was love. Then she meets the operatives of Shadow Elite and is drawn into a team that would give her the family and values she craved...
  • Blade by Sybil Bartel

    Blade by Sybil Bartel

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Battle born.SEAL.Loner.Ringing out of BUD/S was never an option. Third generation Navy SEAL, the Teams were in my blood. I earned my Trident, and a year later my brother earned his.As Tier One operators, the battlefield was our playground.Then I got a cryptic call. Enemy combatants, coordinated attack, no survivors, catastrophic loss—my brother was dead...
  • Abigail by Angela Rush

    Abigail by Angela Rush

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Abigail Miller’s life had been anything, but easy. Watching her mother die during a police raid on a drug house, left a lasting impression. She’d survived the night with the help of Robbie an older boy who sheltered her from the chaos. She’d never seen him again...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • Peace Under Fire (Special Forces: Operation Alpha): Operation: Hot Spot, book #7 by Trish McCallan, Operation Alpha

    Peace Under Fire (Special Forces: Operation Alpha): Operation: Hot Spot, book #7 by Trish McCallan, Operation Alpha

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A grumpy/sunshine, experienced/inexperienced, girl next door, enemies to lovers, second chance at love romance—with psychics!With a missing—possibly dead—teammate, and a traitor running amok in SEAL command, Jacob Moore, aka Squish, doesn’t have time for complications. Certainly not a traumatic brain injury or a sexy, inexperienced neighbor...
  • 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...
  • Chased by Cristin Harber

    Chased by Cristin Harber

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    Jenny Chase has loved Asher McIntyre, her best friend’s older brother, since she first laid eyes on him. But their flirting over the years never progressed as well as his career. He’s the Asher McIntyre, Mr. Rising Star Politician, the congressman who is soon to be the senator to New York State. He holds a spot on every magazine’s most handsome, most powerful, and most unattainable list...
  • Mark - The Callahan Brothers by Emily March

    Mark - The Callahan Brothers by Emily March

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    They are the Bad Boys of Brazos Bend—Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John Callahan. Members of Mark Callahan’s old military unit are being murdered. To discover who’s responsible and why, the former intelligence officer must partner with the only team member more dangerous than he is…Annabelle Monroe, his ex-wife...
  • Collide by Megan O'Brien

    Collide by Megan O'Brien

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    After years working for Talon Security, Sarah Scott has settled into her life in Los Angeles. Her friendships are growing stronger, and that spark with a certain former SEAL... well, it just might be worth exploring. That is, until her ugly past becomes her present and Sarah sees no other choice but to disappear. Letting her go isn't an option...
  • Deeper by M. Malone, Nana Malone

    Deeper by M. Malone, Nana Malone

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I fell in love with the boogey man. For ten years I have plotted and planned my revenge against the man who was all shadow and death. He took the most important thing in my life away from me and I meant to return the favor. Except, I was wrong... Now, because of my mistakes, there are men intent on hurting him. But I will not run from this...
  • False Perceptions by Michelle Heard

    False Perceptions by Michelle Heard

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    From International Bestseller Michelle Heard, comes a stand-alone, dark and gritty Military Romance. Conspiracies and lies lead to a secret that was never supposed to be uncovered. Six months ago we rescued Emilie Swanson, the daughter of retired Navy Admiral George Swanson - now a senator running for the presidency...
  • 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...
  • Take Me by Stacey Kennedy

    Take Me by Stacey Kennedy

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 5 ratings
    In the secret world of the Phoenix club, inhibitions are left behind, fantasies become reality, and lust can lead to love in this intoxicating romance from USA Today bestselling author Stacey Kennedy.Nessa Hale is a hopeless romantic. Growing up, she witnessed her grandparents and parents’ epic love stories. But Nessa hasn’t been as lucky...
  • 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...
  • Hold Me If You Can by Jordan Silver, R+M Photography

    Hold Me If You Can by Jordan Silver, R+M Photography

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Mancini finds himself in the stickiest situation yet. After hunting down the worse criminals known to man, he finds himself caught by the special agent who’d been hand picked to bring him down. No sooner had he staked his claim than he was being called away to take down the man responsible for the biggest child trafficking ring in South East Asia...
  • Out of Love by R.C. Boldt

    Out of Love by R.C. Boldt

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Foster Kavanaugh, former Navy SEAL, knows what it’s like to be the top dog, the man in charge, the one calling the shots. Now that he’s running his own security consulting firm, not much has changed. Except the curvy blonde he hired as his office manager. Noelle Davis has been through the damn ringer...
  • 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...
  • 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 ..
  • Weather The Storm by Monette Michaels

    Weather The Storm by Monette Michaels

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 12 ratings
    Vanko fights to save the life of the woman who holds the key to revealing a traitor. From the streets of New York to the Bahamas, Vanko, the ultimate alpha male, struggles against all odds as assassins converge from all sides. Without support and distracted by feelings long buried, Vanko must Weather the Storm in Book 3 of Security Specialists International to find a love he never expected...
  • Out of Control by Shannon McKenna

    Out of Control by Shannon McKenna

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    In Behind Closed Doors and Standing In The Shadows, you met the dangerously sexy and rugged McCloud Brothers. Now it’s Davy McCloud’s turn to encounter a woman who will put him to the test on every level…Don’t get too close…That’s P.I. Davy McCloud’s unwavering rule when it comes to women. He likes to keep his world strictly under control...
  • Singed by Kaylea Cross

    Singed by Kaylea Cross

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 27 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...
  • Smoke and Shadows by Victoria Paige

    Smoke and Shadows by Victoria Paige

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    When someone close to Viktor Baran becomes a target of an assassin, he vows a hellfire of a payback. But the enemy is cunning and avoids the trappings of the digital web, preferring to strike out from the shadows. Drawing on old-fashioned cloak and dagger methods to investigate the enemy’s hatred for the Guardians, he uncovers a link to a past he is reluctant to revisit...
  • Odin by Michelle McLoughney

    Odin by Michelle McLoughney

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Navy SEAL Odin Byrne believes in two things, the SEAL code of honor and the ability of his Team. When he loses one of his brothers-in-arms, he loses a part of himself. Starting afresh with his Team and back home in Boston, Odin has only one focus, his uncle Declan's security and detective agency, 'The Gods of Wrath...
  • Sinful Seconds by Elisabeth Naughton, Alexandra Ivy

    Sinful Seconds by Elisabeth Naughton, Alexandra Ivy

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    From the six USA Today and New York Times bestselling authors who brought you WICKED FIRSTS, comes an all new contemporary set of six sexy, suspenseful and very SINFUL SECONDS. Sinful Surrender by Elisabeth Naughton He's been watching her, and now he's here, in the dimly lit bar of the swanky Vail resort, pretending not to notice her...
  • Karma's Bite by K.J. Dahlen

    Karma's Bite by K.J. Dahlen

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    She melted my cold heart. Showed my body what it craved. Now, she carries my unborn child, and I ran away. I ran. But not for the reason she thinks… Sam Life has a way of biting you in the ass when you least expect it. Now it’s my turn to feel the chomp of karma’s teeth… My oldest daughter is sick. My old lady is pregnant. I have a habit of running away from being a father...
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