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Protecting Wren by Susan Stoker
She’s no stranger to dangerous situations, but she’ll never make it out of this one alive without the help of her Navy SEAL. Bo “Safe” Cyders was born to protect. He loves his job as a Navy SEAL and takes his oath to protect his country and the men on his team seriously. So when a woman literally stumbles into his arms at Aces Bar and Grill, begging for help, he doesn’t hesitate to act...Categorized as:
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![Deserving Reese by Susan Stoker]()
Deserving Reese by Susan Stoker
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...Categorized as:
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Ken by Kris Michaels
When you can’t resurrect the past…As a teenager, Deputy Ken Zorn made mistakes that cost him his first love, a hard lesson he’s taken his sweet time learning. Now, the woman he thought he’d spend his life with has told him ‘no’ for the last time. So be it. He’s grown, he’s matured, and learned to admit when he’s wrong. Thankfully, his realization came just as a strong, sexy woman entered his life... -
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Delaney's Desert Sheikh by Brenda Jackson
Delaney Westmoreland refused to let a mix-up in her vacation plans postpone the R and R she craved. But when she reluctantly agreed to share a secluded cabin with an arrogant sheikh bent on seduction, she found herself enrolled in a crash course in human sexuality. Unfortunately, commitment and love were misplaced pages in her darkly handsome mentor's manual...Categorized as:
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![Riding The Storm by Brenda Jackson]()
Riding The Storm by Brenda Jackson
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsWomen called him the perfect storm because he could sweet-talk any woman into his bed, and regularly did so. Firefighter Storm Westmoreland used lovemaking the way other men used a long, hot shower-to blow off steam. Until a torrid weekend with a too-hot-to-handle virgin left a certain legendary player craving something other than mere physical gratification...Categorized as:
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![Thorn's Challenge by Brenda Jackson]()
Thorn's Challenge by Brenda Jackson
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsThorn Westmoreland was not enough to convince Tara Matthews to risk her heart in love again...or was it? The beautiful pediatrician and the hard-riding motorcycle tycoon mixed like oil and water. Why, then, couldn't Tara burn the sexy racer from her head or the memory of his passionate caresses from her body? Thorn had wanted Tara since the day they'd met...Categorized as:
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![Shielding Kinley by Susan Stoker]()
Shielding Kinley by Susan Stoker
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...Categorized as:
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![The Safe Bet by Brittney Sahin]()
The Safe Bet by Brittney Sahin
She's there to plan the military ball - not to fall for the Marine in charge.Michael Maddox thinks he has his life under control. No attachments, no relationships - he's too busy transforming his knack for military intelligence into a multi-million-dollar enterprise. But when headstrong event planner Kate Adams comes barreling into his life, everything changes... -
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Rekindled by Kaylea Cross
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsHe 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...Categorized as:
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Engaged to the EMT by Piper Rayne
Luca Bianco is a jerk. There I said it.He thinks he’s so suave and sexy, walking around in his paramedic uniform stretched out by all his hard muscles and saving lives every day. I swear he thinks every woman in the world would kill for a chance to be with him.Men like Luca are good for one thing only—a one-night stand—not commitment... -
![Disavowed by Kaylea Cross]()
Disavowed by Kaylea Cross
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsThe 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... -
![Love Above Law by Sandy Alvarez, Crystal Daniels]()
Love Above Law by Sandy Alvarez, Crystal Daniels
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAgent Lex Taylor My assignment—take down human and drug trafficker Miguel Santino and rescue Leyna Martinez, the sister of an outlaw MC member. One look. That's all it took. My center of gravity shifted, and I knew; she was going to be mine. I take down criminals; the rats of society. I eat, sleep and breathe the law, but I'm willing to risk it all—my badge and my life to protect her...Categorized as:
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![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... -
![Burn Me by Shantel Tessier, Kaylee Ryan]()
Burn Me by Shantel Tessier, Kaylee Ryan
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThirteen authors have joined forces to bring you their sizzling stories-some sweet, some five-alarm hot, but all for a good cause. Burn Me is an anthology to raise money for Hope For Heroes Foundation, which helps military, fire, police, and EMS personnel who've experienced life-altering disabilities while in the line of duty...Categorized as:
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![Captured (The Everyday Heroes World) by S. Nelson]()
Captured (The Everyday Heroes World) by S. Nelson
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTo say I survived the unimaginable isn’t exactly accurate, because I didn’t.I’m alive.But I’m not living.I’m existing, clawing my way from one day to the next.My only saving grace is my job as a police officer, and it’s during a routine traffic stop one evening when the threads of my isolated existence begin to unravel.One glance from Quinn Harris and I feel like I’m dreaming...Categorized as:
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![Fear No Evil by Allison Brennan]()
Fear No Evil by Allison Brennan
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsIn 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... -
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Collateral Damage by Kaylea Cross
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsPride tore them apart… Warrant Officer Honor Girard made the worst mistake of her life in walking away from the man she promised to marry—and she knows it. An attack on base unexpectedly pushes them together and in the aftermath she realizes she can’t let him go a second time. Only he’s not willing to let her back in...Categorized as:
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![No Turning Back by Kaylea Cross]()
No Turning Back by Kaylea Cross
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsCIA 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... -
![Hello Darling by Kayley Loring]()
Hello Darling by Kayley Loring
Millions of women all over the world would drop their knickers for British movie star Evan Hunter. Now he’s falling for the one American woman who won’t…Yet...Categorized as:
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![Relentless by Kaylea Cross]()
Relentless by Kaylea Cross
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsFormer 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...Categorized as:
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Capture by June Gray
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThe 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... -
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His Package by Penelope Bloom
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsHis package ended up inside my box. Calm down, perv. My mailbox. As soon as I saw what was inside, I knew two things: It belonged to my hot neighbor, and he had a dirty secret. Normally, I was more of a cat person. As in, if I had to choose who lives, I’m going to take the cat nine times out of ten. It’s not that I particularly like cats, I just don’t particularly like most people... -
![Burned by Kaylea Cross]()
Burned by Kaylea Cross
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsA 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... -
![Breaching the Billionaire: Alethea's Redemption by Ruth Cardello]()
Breaching the Billionaire: Alethea's Redemption by Ruth Cardello
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsNew York Times & USA Today Bestselling Author! Breaching the Billionaire: Alethea's Redemption (Book 6 of the Legacy Collection) Alethea is at a crossroad. For as long as she could remember, it was her and her best friend, Lil, against the world... -
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![Mercy by Julie Garwood]()
Mercy by Julie Garwood
#1 New York Times bestselling author Julie Garwood takes readers from New Orleans' exclusive Garden District to the backwoods of Louisiana's mysterious bayou country in an unforgettable novel of passion and suspense that cuts straight to the heart. When esteemed Justice Department attorney Theo Buchanan is struck ill at a New Orleans gala, Dr. Michelle Renard works fast to save his life...Categorized as:
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![Love at First Write by Kat Baxter]()
Love at First Write by Kat Baxter
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsI had a crush on my best friend’s older brother even before he joined the SEALs and became a hometown hero. I didn’t fall in love with him until I started sending him care packages and exchanging letters. The bond we’ve built over the past two years made me believe he was my soulmate.But then the man I thought I was writing just returned from overseas with no recollection of our letters... -
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Engage by June Gray
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsPART FIVE OF JUNE GRAY'S DISARM SERIES The past has a way of catching up... A long time has passed since Elsie's heart was broken, since the person who always shielded her from pain broke her heart. Just when she begins to rebuild, Henry returns and upends everything all over again... -
![The MacGregors: Serena & Caine by Nora Roberts]()
The MacGregors: Serena & Caine by Nora Roberts
Playing the Odds: Serena MacGregor had been looking for a little independence and some much-needed adventure, but Justin Blade was not what she had in mind. The stakes were high, and Justin was betting on changing Serena's mind about him. But when this fiery heiress upped the ante on the cool Comanche gambler, steamy didn't begin to describe the results... -
![Operation: Endeavor by Christi Snow]()
Operation: Endeavor by Christi Snow
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsColton 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... -
![Under the Wire by Cindy Gerard]()
Under the Wire by Cindy Gerard
Because of Her, He Lost Everything. Manny Ortega is a man without a country, and he has one woman to thank for it. She was his first and only true love, and when she left, she took more than his heart - she took his life as he knew it...Categorized as:
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Styled by Piper Lawson
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsI have a type. Tall. Blond. Sarcastic. Awkward as hell.That’s right, my type is me. Because I’m better off spending my time alone than with a guy.Which doesn't matter since this month, I’m on an open-ended ticket to LA to find a new boutique for TRAVESTY. Not to find a rebound for the breakup that blew my mind. I’m ready to forget all about dicks... -
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Retreat by June Gray
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsReturn to the place where it all began… Elsie surprises Henry in California in the sexiest way possible, and inadvertently reveals the secret of their relationship to their families. But just when she thinks everything is finally falling back into place, a revelation changes everything… ~ RETREAT is a 13,000 word erotic romance novelette. FOR MATURE AUDIENCES ONLY PLEASE...Categorized as:
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![Sexy Filthy Boss by Piper Rayne]()
Sexy Filthy Boss by Piper Rayne
He’s the sexy alpha male in the corner office who goes through assistants faster than free donuts in the breakroom.I’m the assistant who was chosen to cover for his last fire.The owner of the company is clear—hook the biggest client in our firm’s history and there’s a partnership for him and a promotion for me. Stipulation—we do it together...Categorized as:
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![Unforgivable by Laura Griffin]()
Unforgivable by Laura Griffin
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsTracing 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... -
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![The Henry Sessions by June Gray]()
The Henry Sessions by June Gray
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsPART FOUR OF JUNE GRAY'S DISARM SERIESIn eighteen days, a life can change... Henry talks about the past during his therapy sessions but one night puts everything into question, including his relationship with the woman he's loved all his life...Categorized as:
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![Bad Boys After Dark: Dylan by Melissa Foster]()
Bad Boys After Dark: Dylan by Melissa Foster
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe Bad Billionaires After Dark are a series of stand-alone romances that may also be enjoyed as part of the larger Love in Bloom series. Indulge your inner vixen with these sexy billionaires! Meet the Bad Boys... Four fiercely loyal, sinfully sexy, uber alpha brothers, about to fall head over heels for their leading ladies. Everything's naughtier after dark.. -
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Never Too Hot by Bella Andre
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsA TOUCH IGNITES. A FIRE BURNS. AND THE HEAT HAS JUST BEGUN. Deep in the cool green mountains of the Adirondacks, wounded firefighter Connor MacKenzie has come to rebuild the 100-year-old MacKenzie family cabin - and to be alone...Categorized as:
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![Don't Let Go by Marliss Melton]()
Don't Let Go by Marliss Melton
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsDON'T GIVE UP. It's love that keeps teacher Jordan Bliss up at night: the lost love for a Venezuelan orphan named Miguel...and the memory of a Navy SEAL tearing him from her arms. Now in the U.S. and longing for her child, Jordan vows to somehow, some way, bring Miguel home. DON'T LOOK BACK. To Navy SEAL Solomon McGuire, orders are orders...Categorized as:
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![Besiege by June Gray]()
Besiege by June Gray
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsThe continuing story of Elsie and Henry… Elsie has waited six long months for Henry to return from his deployment to Afghanistan...Categorized as:
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![In the Air Tonight by Stephanie Tyler]()
In the Air Tonight by Stephanie Tyler
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsWith 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... -
![Can't Help Falling in Love by Bella Andre]()
Can't Help Falling in Love by Bella Andre
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 46 ratingsGet ready for another Sullivan bad boy to fall in love in the third book of Bella Andre's bestselling contemporary romance series! Gabe Sullivan risks his life every day as a firefighter in San Francisco. But after learning a brutal lesson about professional boundaries, he knows better than to risk his heart to his fire victims ever again...Categorized as:
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![Honk If You Love Real Men by Carrie Alexander, Pamela Britton]()
Honk If You Love Real Men by Carrie Alexander, Pamela Britton
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsWanted: Real Men. Must be irresistible, good with his hands, and know how to handle any situation... in or out of the bedroom. Honk If You Love Real Men is a contemporary erotic anthology featuring some of the brightest up and coming names in contemporary romance and erotic romance...Categorized as:
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![Small Town Girl by LaVyrle Spencer]()
Small Town Girl by LaVyrle Spencer
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsEighteen years ago, young Tess McPhail left tiny Wintergreen, Missouri, for Nashville and never looked back. Now one of country music's brightest lights, "Mac" McPhail is a millionairess many times over, whose career is her life. At thirty-five, Mac has no time for marriage, children, or kinfolk - until her sisters insist she come home to help care for their widowed mother... -
![Down and Dirty by Liliana Hart]()
Down and Dirty by Liliana Hart
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsWedding plans are in full swing in Bloody Mary, Virginia. J.J. Graves is ready to walk down the aisle and start a new life—despite the fact her father is still on the loose, blood money is stashed in her closet, and an unidentified body is missing from her parents’ bunker. But it isn’t her personal life that’s threatening her chance to say “I Do... -
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![A Crown of Bitter Orange by Laura Florand]()
A Crown of Bitter Orange by Laura Florand
Childhood friends. Tristan Rosier might have asked Malorie Monsard to marry him when he was five years old, but things had only gone downhill from there. She’d spent the rest of their lives ignoring him, abandoning him, and destroying his perfumes. Now she was back, to wreak who knew what havoc on his life. Lifelong enemies... -
![Night Moves by Stephanie Tyler]()
Night Moves by Stephanie Tyler
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAnything can happen under the cover of darkness. Kell Roberts has walked the thin line between life and death for so long that it now feels like home. He is a soldier, a survivor, and a loner. Still, Kell cannot turn his back on the beautiful woman caught in his firefight against the drug lords of Mexico... -
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I Own the Dawn by M.L. Buchman
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsName: 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.. -
![In the Dark by Marliss Melton]()
In the Dark by Marliss Melton
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsIn the second of Melton's series, Hannah Geary wants revenge against the rogue SEAL commander who betrayed her, killed her partner, and is trafficking stolen weapons. But to catch a bad SEAL, she needs a good one--one like Lieutenant Luther Lindstrom. Original... -
![Sands of Betrayal by A.B. McKinley]()
Sands of Betrayal by A.B. McKinley
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHot passionate sex! That was the last thing on Scott Maclaren's mind as he traveled across the Atlantic to visit family. The tough Scotsman had been a Special Forces soldier until he had been terribly injured on duty in Afghanistan. Shortly after that his wife had left him for another man while he was in the hospital... -
![When Love Intrudes by Christi Snow]()
When Love Intrudes by Christi Snow
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsToni 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...
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