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  • 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 [?] · 28 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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    military  bdsm  m-f  contemporary  alpha male
  • Baby Makes 3: A wedding and a surprise baby story by April Wilson

    Baby Makes 3: A wedding and a surprise baby story by April Wilson

    Rated: 4.65 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Fans of the McIntyre Security Bodyguard Series will love this follow-up to Imperfect, Jamie and Molly's heartwarming story (book 5 in the series). Blind, former Navy SEAL Jamie McIntyre is finally getting what he's wanted for a long time, and that's to get his girlfriend, Molly, to walk down the aisle with him. But that's not the only thing he wants...
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  • Baby Makes 3 by April Wilson

    Baby Makes 3 by April Wilson

    Rated: 4.65 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Fans of the McIntyre Security Bodyguard Series will love this follow-up to Imperfect, Jamie and Molly's heartwarming story (book 5 in the series). Blind, former Navy SEAL Jamie McIntyre is finally getting what he's wanted for a long time, and that's to get his girlfriend, Molly, to walk down the aisle with him. But that's not the only thing he wants...
  • Guarded by Helena Newbury

    Guarded by Helena Newbury

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    From the author of Saving Liberty comes a scorching, standalone romantic suspense packed full of emotion. He’s a grumpy Texan bodyguard who lost everything he cared about. She’s the single mom who melts his frozen heart. She and her son might just be his shot at a second chance...if he can keep them alive.I swore I’d never love again. After my wife and son were torn from me...
  • Second Chance Love by Hope Ford

    Second Chance Love by Hope Ford

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    I was his wife… but he left me.He broke my heart once, and if given the chance, he’d probably do it again.Which is why I’ve tried to get over him.I’ve dated, I’ve tried to let loose, but no matter how hard I try, my thoughts always return to Nash.Every guy I meet I compare to him.He was always overprotective and possessive...
  • 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...
  • Dare by Chelle Bliss

    Dare by Chelle Bliss

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Austin Moore found his purpose in the military, but there was always something missing. He wanted what everyone in his family had…someone to call his own. But his life didn’t make it easy to find a soul mate, someone to be his forever.Sage Hill enlisted to follow in the footsteps of her father, but never wanted to be in his shadow...
    Categorized as:
    mature couple  military  contemporary
  • 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...
  • Snow's Addiction: A Demented Sons MC Novel by Kristine Allen

    Snow's Addiction: A Demented Sons MC Novel by Kristine Allen

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    They call me Snow.The Demented Sons MC is my family and I am their president.A short stint in the military after my brother’s death taught me discipline, loyalty, and how to kill without remorse. But it did nothing for my guilt.My brother died because of me and my choices. I didn’t deserve to be loved, nor did I want it. Casual sex was enough because I was married to my grief...
  • Cici's Protector by Janie Crouch, Regan Black

    Cici's Protector by Janie Crouch, Regan Black

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Griff Fowler left his career as a cop after a tragedy he couldn’t shake. Now nearly fifty, he’s a Guardian Agency protector. His job is to shield and to safeguard. And he does whatever it takes to get that job done.So going undercover at a resort in Key West to help take down a drug dealer is business as usual for him...
  • Ilsa's Protector by Janie Crouch, Regan Black

    Ilsa's Protector by Janie Crouch, Regan Black

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    After ten years as an Army medic, Max Crosby became a bodyguard to stay closer to his family. As a personal protector, there are fewer medical crises, but plenty of challenges and surprises.The latest surprise? Ilsa Lambert, the curvy Ellington Cove wedding planner with the perpetual smile who handles event details with military precision...
  • Wild Love by Sadie King

    Wild Love by Sadie King

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    He’s the young damaged ex-soldier and she’s the older woman who’s off limits. Can she show him how to love?Wild Love is Davis and Mel's story, a contemporary instalove steamy romance featuring an ex-military hero and the curvy woman he falls hard for...
  • Protecting the Soul by Annabella Michaels

    Protecting the Soul by Annabella Michaels

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    For Landon Greene, managing the band Carter’s Creed is more than just a job. It also means being there to keep his brother safe. When someone begins sending threatening letters to Carter, Landon feels overwhelmed with the need to protect him...
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    military  bdsm  m-m  contemporary  queer  length-short
  • Dirty Daddies by Maren Smith, Maggie Ryan

    Dirty Daddies by Maren Smith, Maggie Ryan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Strong, sexy, dirty as hell... twelve Daddy Doms who know what they want.Twelve women who just don't stand a chance. Dirty Daddies is a sultry anthology of panty-melting romances starring twelve commanding Daddy Doms who won't accept anything less than total surrender...
  • Master Key Resort by Samantha A. Cole

    Master Key Resort by Samantha A. Cole

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    An exciting, new, private resort is opening in the Florida Keys, and you’re invited to join the fun. That is if you like kinky sex and are either a Dominant or a submissive!The Sawyers have had much success with their elite lifestyle club in Tampa, and they’ve decided to invest in a second one...
    Categorized as:
    military  bdsm  contemporary  length-novella
  • Robyn's Guardian by Josie Jade, Regan Black

    Robyn's Guardian by Josie Jade, Regan Black

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A paradise island doesn’t erase a lifetime of living through hell... Robyn Hartmann escaped to Heartbreak Key to disappear after sending her abusive ex to prison. She stayed in that marriage far too long, and now, at 51, is a shell of the woman she once was. But she’s made a life for herself here—friends, a home, working at an animal shelter... And Jake Laww...
  • Wilde Forever by Suzanne Halliday

    Wilde Forever by Suzanne Halliday

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    After an ugly divorce, Brynn Baron-Wilde swore off men and created a new life in a quaint upstate touristy town where she runs a successful bakery and tearoom. Brynn has everything mapped out and she’s got no time for distractions. And then along came Jackson Merrill – former Army medic turned talented renovation specialist...
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    military  bdsm  humor  contemporary  length-long
  • Forsaken: A Dark Romance by B.B. Hamel, Willow Winters

    Forsaken: A Dark Romance by B.B. Hamel, Willow Winters

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    She’s safe in her cage. But she can’t stay in there forever. Depravity. Murder. Darkness. As a hitman, I’m comfortable with all three. I don’t need anything else. Until turning down a hit grants me a bonus I wasn’t expecting. Grace Rossi. A mafia princess. She’s a temporary gift to break and mold into an obedient slave for my employers...
  • My Mountain Man Military Hero by Sadie King

    My Mountain Man Military Hero by Sadie King

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Wild Heart Mountain is heating up when an ex-military hero meets his match with a young curvy volunteer firefighter.Since being discharged from the military I’ve lost my purpose in life, until I find Erika…She’s feisty, curvy, and strong...
  • Black Light: Worthy by Stella Moore

    Black Light: Worthy by Stella Moore

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Handling bossy, demanding millionaires is just a regular Tuesday for Katherine Callahan, one of the most in-demand financial planners on the east coast. Austin Barrick may be baseball’s biggest star, but she figures there’s not much difference between him and the rest of her clients. That is, until he walks into her office, flashes his million-dollar smile, and asks her to dinner...
  • Valentine's Rebellion by Dani Elias

    Valentine's Rebellion by Dani Elias

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Fourteen Shades of Day 4 Lizzie I loathe Valentine’s Day, no, I downright despise it. This year, it feels like it's on steroids. But I refuse to let it get the better of me. There's only one escape. I manage to persuade my best friend, Coop, to ditch England and embark on a trip to a secluded Canadian village...
  • Rock by Kimberly I. Belle

    Rock by Kimberly I. Belle

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Rock: I’m the treasurer of my MC the Corrupted Saints. When my club needs help with anything tech related, money or security I’m their man. The Corrupted Saint’s is my life, I live and breathe for them. My brothers always give me sh*t for not messing with the club whores but I won’t touch one with a 10 foot pole...
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    military  bdsm  bikers  contemporary  length-short
  • Jasmine's Guardian by Josie Jade, Regan Black

    Jasmine's Guardian by Josie Jade, Regan Black

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Jasmine Campbell may live on a paradise island, but she keeps her suitcase packed—ready to run at a moment’s notice.She doesn’t correct her fellow islander’s assumptions that she’s some middle-aged woman recovering from relationship problems. No one knows the truth: she’s running for her life from people who want her dead for witnessing a murder...
  • Playing His Way by Erika Wilde

    Playing His Way by Erika Wilde

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    HE'S READY TO PLAY . . . ARE YOU? As the new owner of The Players Club, Brent "Mac" MacMillan is all about dirty sex, wicked sin and carnal pleasure . . . served up his way...
  • Finding Ky by Luna David

    Finding Ky by Luna David

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Partners in every sense of the word, Sawyer and Jackson have been a unit since they were young teenagers. Growing up together in the same foster home, they learned they could depend only on each other. But when Kyler—a boy barely half their age—arrived heartbroken and scared, the young men took him under their wings, vowing to take care of him and protect him...
    Categorized as:
    military  bdsm  contemporary  m-m  queer
  • Rascal: A Later In Life MC Romance by Nat Logan

    Rascal: A Later In Life MC Romance by Nat Logan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    He’s given up finding his love. She’s always hoped for a hero. When their chemistry ignites will they give love a chance?Thomas “Rascal” Carter is all about his brotherhood and family. As a veteran of the military, he’s helped to build a motorcycle club he can be proud of...
  • 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...
  • Loved by the Mountain Man by Hallie Bennett

    Loved by the Mountain Man by Hallie Bennett

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 12 ratings
    Marine veteran, James McCoy's future is unclear. He's ready to settle down and start a family after years serving abroad. Returning home to Suitor's Crossing to work for his family's security company makes sense, but can he leave behind the shy, curvy girl he just met?Quiet Shiloh thought moving to be closer to her family would provide the support system her life's been missing. But she's wrong...
  • Curves and Cars by Kat Baxter

    Curves and Cars by Kat Baxter

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    From the author of Real Men Love Curves comes your next sweet and steamy read about mistaken identities and a hot one-night stand that just might lead to forever.What happens when you meet the girl of your dreams only to discover she’s your brother’s runaway bride?Yeah, I can actually answer that one...
  • Leo by Silvia Violet

    Leo by Silvia Violet

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    I used to be CIA. Now I'm a tattoo artist and a vigilante.When a new hire at my shop gets too curious about my less-than-legal activities, he needs all the protection I can give him.He wants a lot more. More than I should be willing to give. And yet, the longer I keep him close for his own safety... the more I want him in my bed...
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    bdsm  military  contemporary  m-m  queer  length-medium
  • Alaska's Lady by Hallie Bennett

    Alaska's Lady by Hallie Bennett

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    ALASKAHe's a hardened military veteran who's returning to his mountain MC to deal with family issues.FAITHShe's the innocent preacher's daughter searching to escape her controlling father...
  • Hiker Seeking Mountain Man by Marley Michaels

    Hiker Seeking Mountain Man by Marley Michaels

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    After traveling to the Moose Mountain Romance Readers Retreat, Sadie Parker decides to take a few days of R&R to spend more time exploring the captivating Alaskan mountain she’s read about...
  • Can't Help My Shelf by Frankie Love, Kaylin Evans

    Can't Help My Shelf by Frankie Love, Kaylin Evans

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    There’s one thing in life I’ve always, always wanted.And I’m tired of waiting for my prince charming to sweep me off my feet to help make that happen.On my 26th birthday I make a life altering decision.But before the deed is done, Army officer Nash Nichols walks into the children’s section of the library where I work, changing my trajectory forever...
  • Redeeming the Hitman by Kat Baxter

    Redeeming the Hitman by Kat Baxter

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    HaileyI’ve never been good at taking what I want …I have a long history of making life choices solely on what my rich extended family expects of me. I am trying to change, though. I’m ready for a fresh start, a new career, and a love life that involves fewer trust funds and pedigrees. I want someone real. Someone not afraid to get his hands dirty. Someone maybe even a little bad...
  • Mister Demanding by Lucky Moon

    Mister Demanding by Lucky Moon

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    an age play, ddlg, instalove, standalone, romance (daddies mountain rescue book...
  • Live Wire by R.J. Gray

    Live Wire by R.J. Gray

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Plus size fashionista Natasha Melton is Grand Ridge’s local event planner. From first birthday parties to seventy-fifth wedding anniversaries and everything in between, if there is an event happening in Grand Ridge, she’s planning it. When her computer system crashes at work, a friend calls in a favor. A tall, dark and handsome favor named Jaymison Carothers...
  • A Banging New Year by Ellis O. Day

    A Banging New Year by Ellis O. Day

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    It’s New Year’s Eve and Adrian and Ellie meet again for another hot holiday.After Ellie’s disastrous breakup with her boyfriend, she’s done with alpha males. It’s a new year and time for her to find a new type of man. Until, sexy as sin Adrian enters her life once again.Adrian has no intention of letting Ellie get away from him...
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    bdsm  military  contemporary  humor  length-short
  • A Curvy Girl for the Cadet by Sugar Jamison

    A Curvy Girl for the Cadet by Sugar Jamison

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Clayton Calhoun had been a soldier his entire life, but after nearly dying in an explosion, he decided to give up his military career and return to his hometown. But being back home isn't as easy as he thought it would be, and soon he starts to miss the action that the Army Rangers provided. Feeling unsatisfied, he's considers taking a job overseas and risking his life to do what he does best...
  • Spy On Me by Marina Vivancos

    Spy On Me by Marina Vivancos

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Agent Matteo can admit that sleeping with his handler might not be the brightest idea he’s had. After all, Nikolas is the only one that’s ever stuck by him—the person he trusts the most.Matteo has never been good at taking orders—until Nikolas. Now, all Matteo seems to want is Nikolas’s voice in his head. Telling him what to do…even if that’s getting on his knees for Nikolas...
  • Camp Daddy by Ava Sinclair

    Camp Daddy by Ava Sinclair

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Shelby and Elana have a lot in common. They're best friends. They're both under a lot of stress. They're both married to gorgeous ex-Marines. And both their marriages are on the rocks. When it's time for their annual couples' retreat, the women expect a routine weekend at the late. But this won't be any ordinary vacation...
  • Unraveled: Corwin & Belle's story by Christa Wick

    Unraveled: Corwin & Belle's story by Christa Wick

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    I’ve got a giant phobia I need to get over by a very important deadline, along with a best friend gunning for meddler of the year. Her mission? To get me over my fear—and under her brother—in a two-birds-one-stone plan I could strangle her for executing. This right here is why I’ve never told her how I’ve felt about her older brother all these years. This exact, disturbing reason...
  • Breath on the Wind by Catherine Johnson

    Breath on the Wind by Catherine Johnson

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Charlie “Chiz” Davis is a committed brother of The Priests MC, but even within the world of the outlaw motorcycle club, he’s considered to be a little extreme. His little quirks weren’t an issue in his role as Enforcer; in fact they were downright useful, although, occasionally they caused a problem or two...
  • Our Bratty Queen by Kameron Claire

    Our Bratty Queen by Kameron Claire

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Brat Tamer Times ThreeI’m the bad twin, the loud one, the one dancing on the tables while my critics condemn me. My family rarely knows where I am, much less what kind of trouble I’m starting, which has left me a lonely shell that I fill with my antics.My sister is my polar opposite in every way. Quiet and in the shadows, she has everyone convinced she’s the good twin, but I know better...
  • Teach Me Daddy: A Mountain Man’s Secret Baby Romance by Rye Hart

    Teach Me Daddy: A Mountain Man’s Secret Baby Romance by Rye Hart

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I welcomed the isolation of the stony mountains.But there's one woman that haunts me to this day.For one night, I owned her. Her innocence. Her purity.It's been years and she has something that belongs to me: our daughter. Rose The icy cold mountains have nothing on Camillo. He has a thirst for dominance. Control. Power. Three years ago, I got a taste of what it meant to be with a real man...
  • Protecting His Curvy Girl, by Sadie King

    Protecting His Curvy Girl, by Sadie King

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    How far would you go to feed your obsession?When a client shows me Kayla’s photo, I’m intrigued by the carefree blonde with the wide smile.Her father is worried some creep will violate his little girl, and he employs me to keep watch over her.He doesn’t realize he’s feeding my obsession, or how far I’ll go to get Kayla in my life...
  • 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...
  • His Best Friend's Girl by Cathryn Fox

    His Best Friend's Girl by Cathryn Fox

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    With a little help—and a little kink—from her friend, she might just get her man. Skylar Redmond’s Sky Bar is regularly wall-to-wall hot soldiers. Yet she is alone—and getting tired of it. Forget about finding a man who’ll rock her world in the bedroom. She’ll settle for a guy who’s stable, kind and compassionate...
  • The Widow's Dom by Lila Fox

    The Widow's Dom by Lila Fox

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Nick and his friends were alpha Doms home from war, trying their best to find a place in the U.S. where they could fit in. A relative invited them to their town, and what they all saw was encouraging. It would be a great place to build his dream of having a ranch. The thing that would make his life perfect was a woman, but he had no time, and women were scarce...
    Categorized as:
    military  bdsm  contemporary  humor  length-novella
  • Finding Bliss by Abby Brooks

    Finding Bliss by Abby Brooks

    Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    She’s running for her freedom. He might be everything she’s running from. Can a chance encounter help them both find Bliss?After finding herself in too deep with a dangerous man, Juliet Lane walks away from everything: her job, her clothes, even her best friend. As she whispers her final goodbye to New York City, she makes a promise…no more controlling men. Period. The end...
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