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  • MILO: REAPER-Patriots: Book Forty-Four by Mary Kennedy

    MILO: REAPER-Patriots: Book Forty-Four by Mary Kennedy

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Milo Abbott always knew he would become a Navy SEAL. Leaving his religious upbringing and doing what he’s always wanted is more than he thought possible. Being placed on the same team as Garrett Robicheaux was the best thing that ever happened to him. Until he met her. Lia Goodwin is beautiful, smart, funny, and in more danger than she can possibly imagine...
    Categorized as:
    military  length-short  paranormal  mystery
  • Dirty Justice by Em Petrova

    Dirty Justice by Em Petrova

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    He’ll do whatever it takes to win her back—even if it means fighting dirty…When Navy SEAL AJ Apollo vanished, everyone thought he was dead. Even his girlfriend. But now, he’s back and ready to pick up where they left off...
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  • Radar by Dale Mayer

    Radar by Dale Mayer

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Welcome to book 1 of the brand new Terk's Guardian series. More information coming soon...
  • Delta Salvation by Elle Boon

    Delta Salvation by Elle Boon

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    FAILURE IS NOT AN OPTION…For Navy SEAL Kai, he takes that vow seriously. Keeping Alexa safe is his number one priority, even if it means his heart is laid bare. A NAVY SEAL ‘Failure is never an option’ and Kai lives by that SEAL code. He and his team have rescued Alexa not once, but twice, and now he is faced with the biggest challenge of his life...
    Categorized as:
    military  suspense  length-short  paranormal
  • Extraction by Brenda Cothern

    Extraction by Brenda Cothern

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Routine training for the Mad Dogs turns out to be anything but routine for Brian Hay. Finally bonded to the rest of the pack, there is only one last step to make him an official Mad Dog: meet the Council representatives...
  • Ripple of Secrets by Denise Grover Swank

    Ripple of Secrets by Denise Grover Swank

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    After her Assistant DA boyfriend’s near brush with death, Rose Gardner hopes to make it through the holiday season with a minimal amount of drama. But she can’t forget the promise she made to the king of the Fenton County underworld in exchange for Mason’s life...
  • Missing in Mudbug by Jana Deleon

    Missing in Mudbug by Jana Deleon

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Jana DeLeon, a new release in the Ghost-in-Law series. After an eventful first week on the job, Game Warden Jadyn St. James is happy the small bayou town of Mudbug, Louisiana, seems to have fallen back into its normal routine. But when FBI agent Raissa Bordeaux is kidnapped, Jadyn is certain the short-lived peace has come to an abrupt end...
  • Moonshine & Masquerades by Kathleen Brooks

    Moonshine & Masquerades by Kathleen Brooks

    Rated: 4.88 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A traitor, a love taken, a family destroyed all for power. A masquerade hiding evil has been in place too long. It’s time to reveal who is under the mask.The human residents of Moonshine Hollow have learned about the presence of real, finger-wiggling, magic-casting witches. It’s now up to them to decide if the witches stay to defeat the evil or if the witch trials come to Moonshine Hollow...
  • Finding Hope by Kathi Daley

    Finding Hope by Kathi Daley

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Rescue Alaska is a warm yet fast moving mystery series with a light paranormal twist. Harmony Carson, a search and rescue volunteer, has a unique gift which she often considers a curse. She is able to 'see' the individuals she is meant to rescue, and more often than not, she can feel their fear and their pain as well...
  • Delayed Departures by Terri Reid

    Delayed Departures by Terri Reid

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Mary O'Reilly has absolutely no plans to meet with anyone on Black Friday as she sets up her office for the annual Christmas Walk that is to be held the following weekend in downtown Freeport. So, nearly eight months pregnant, she dresses for comfort-sweats, thick socks and a flannel shirt...
  • Gunner by Harmony Raines

    Gunner by Harmony Raines

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    A bear shifter in need of redemption. A mate in need of revenge. Something called to Gunner. Something he could not describe. A need to go into the mountains. He’d heeded the call even though he had no idea what he’d find. Certainly, he’d never expected to find his mate. Gunner had long stopped hoping she would walk into his life. Not that Sadie did walk into his life...
  • Blackstone Ranger Scrooge by Alicia Montgomery

    Blackstone Ranger Scrooge by Alicia Montgomery

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Her Best Christmas PresentSanta arrived early for J.D. McNamara and brought her the best gift of all - her own fated mate. Polar bear shifter Cameron Spenser checks off everything on her list: sexy as sin, hot as hell, and a dynamite in the sack. There’s just one little problem: he hates Christmas. But that’s not going to stop the feisty feline shifter...
  • Love of the Dragon by Anna Lowe

    Love of the Dragon by Anna Lowe

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Dragons, duty, destined mates, and a deadly rival... Silas Llewellyn, the last of a once-mighty dragon clan, doesn’t have time for anything but work and duty. He certainly doesn’t have time for love — not with a ruthless enemy plotting to destroy everything he holds dear...
  • A Very Venom Christmas: RBMC: Ankeny IA by Kristine Allen

    A Very Venom Christmas: RBMC: Ankeny IA by Kristine Allen

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I’m Decker “Venom” Pruitt—President for the Ankeny RBMC. I'm a fair man, but those who've crossed me know my retaliation is swift and lethal. Venom runs through my veins.After the Army, all I needed was my club. Emotionally bankrupt, I had nothing to offer a woman. She wanted me to show her who I really was, but that was impossible. I was her worst nightmare.Two pink lines changed everything...
    Categorized as:
    military  length-short  paranormal  fantasy
  • Sweet Thanksgiving by J.A. Whiting

    Sweet Thanksgiving by J.A. Whiting

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    This is book 21 in the Sweet Cove paranormal cozy mystery series by USA TODAY Bestselling Author J.A. Whiting.A cozy mystery with recipes.It is November in the seaside town of Sweet Cove, Massachusetts and Ellie and Jack 's wedding is fast approaching. But first, there's a mystery to solve.A well-known author and celebrity chef is in town for book signings when something unexpected happens...
  • Bojan by Dale Mayer

    Bojan by Dale Mayer

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Haunted by a painful and unimaginable past, Bojan sought refuge in his work to keep the memories—and Lacy—at bay. But, when she raises the alarm over Bullard’s family, Bojan is forced to step into fray. Bullard is particularly wary of these ”special” skills, except for those of Terk’s team. Plus ignoring the offer of these skills can be dangerous—especially when a threat involves his family...
  • INVASION: Gray Wolf Security: Book Six by Mary Kennedy

    INVASION: Gray Wolf Security: Book Six by Mary Kennedy

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Secrets will be revealed, stories told, and murders solved. All over Belle Fleur, ghosts are seeking peace and suddenly the men of Gray Wolf are completely overwhelmed. Finding a murderer from yesterday is a piece of cake, but finding who killed a man almost four-hundred years ago might be beyond their skills. More than ever, they deserve answers from Irene and Matthew...
    Categorized as:
    military  length-short  paranormal  angels  fantasy
  • Sanders by Dale Mayer

    Sanders by Dale Mayer

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Sanders hadn’t been expecting a rescue from his own captivity. Now free, he can do no less than help Ania, another captive, someone he barely knows. Yet his connection to her had kept Sanders alive during his darkest times. He can do no less than help her now. Ania must escape her father’s total control...
  • SCAMMED: Gray Wolf Security: Book Seven by Mary Kennedy

    SCAMMED: Gray Wolf Security: Book Seven by Mary Kennedy

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Scammers are becoming more clever and more persistent. But when they decide to target the Belle Fleur team and all that they do for others, they’ve messed with the wrong group of people.When a young woman is ready to take her own life instead of enduring shame for something she has not done, it’s the most unlikely of our heroes who saves her...
  • MAJOR: Voodoo Guardians: Book Twenty-Five by Mary Kennedy

    MAJOR: Voodoo Guardians: Book Twenty-Five by Mary Kennedy

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Major Carson and his former team of Rangers were home. At least they would be home eventually. Right now, it seemed as though nothing was going his way. Leaving Egypt without Elena was the most difficult thing he'd ever done. Ever bone in his body was telling him to stay; telling him to make her come home with him. But he wanted it to be her decision...
  • Reid by Dale Mayer

    Reid by Dale Mayer

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Reid Cocheran is eager to see Venialla again, after losing contact years ago when they were in the same research group. Finding out that MI6 lost her and her mother in a secret operation, while moving them both back to England, has him volunteering immediately.Veni Baronov and her mother were caught escaping Russia where her mother, more prisoner than employee, had been working for the government...
  • Animal Rescue Bear by Harmony Raines

    Animal Rescue Bear by Harmony Raines

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    When closure threatens the animal sanctuary in Bear Creek, Ronni knows she has to act. And act fast. But finding the money needed to buy the land before it’s sold seems impossible. However, she soon realizes she is not alone. Especially when fate steps in and her mate walks into her office—in the heavenly form of Lucas Chance. Tall, dark, and handsome..
  • Taming of the Tabby by Kathi Daley

    Taming of the Tabby by Kathi Daley

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    A murder, a wedding, and a teenager in danger, all collide in this fast paced mystery set on magical Madrona Island. Cait is in a terrible accident resulting in a temporary loss of memory. She can remember the events leading up to the accident but cannot remember what occurred or how she came to be on a remote part of the island in the middle of the night...
  • Rebel Alpha by Anna Lowe

    Rebel Alpha by Anna Lowe

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Dragon heiress and her bad boy wolf shifter get a second chance at forbidden love. Is it too late? All dragon shifter Cynthia “Brown” wants is a safe place to raise her child and heal from bitter betrayal. When Cal — her first love, her only love, and her destined mate — unexpectedly appears on Maui, he stirs up all kinds of other desires too. But trouble — as usual — is hot on his heels...
  • Chains: RBMC: Ankeny IA by Kristine Allen

    Chains: RBMC: Ankeny IA by Kristine Allen

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    This is the fourth book in the RBMC: Ankeny IA series... the story you've all been waiting for... Chains and Jasmine are going to rip your heart out, then stitch you back together.I’m Nico “Chains” Trinidad—Tail-Gunner for the Ankeny RBMC. I'm not a good man, but I’m loyal to the core. I won’t hesitate to protect my club.I wanted Jasmine more than my next breath...
  • Royal by Dale Mayer

    Royal by Dale Mayer

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A prisoner of the Kremlin and of a failed exchange several years ago, Royal is losing hope of ever being free again—particularly when the firing squad date is already set for his execution. He has exhausted all avenues of escape...
  • Fire Maidens: Ireland by Anna Lowe

    Fire Maidens: Ireland by Anna Lowe

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Magic, shifters, and a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. Inheriting a cottage in Ireland seems like a stroke of pure luck to Grace Connolly — as is a chance meeting with her mysterious (and hot) new neighbor. Soon, Boston’s most up-and-coming harpist finds herself mixing business with pleasure and getting to know Finn Hurley — intimately...
  • Fire Maidens: Scotland by Anna Lowe

    Fire Maidens: Scotland by Anna Lowe

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Passion, hope, and forbidden desire…Holly Jennings wasn’t planning on another trip to Scotland. And she certainly wasn’t planning on a trip down memory lane with the hot Highlander who broke her heart. But she’s never been much of a planner — more like a roll-with-the punches country gal. A good thing too, because “one last request” may not be the only thing a beloved mentor left her in his will...
  • Not Quite Gone by Lyla Payne

    Not Quite Gone by Lyla Payne

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Life in Heron Creek is looking up for Graciela Harper, despite the fact that every ghost within a fifty mile radius seems intent on sticking to her like glue - and not the weak Elmer's kind, either But with a sexy boyfriend, her old friends back in her life, and a great job prospect at one of the oldest plantations in the country, it's hard to complain..
  • Lure of the Fox by Anna Lowe

    Lure of the Fox by Anna Lowe

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The steamy, passionate, and thrilling series finale! Desert fox shifter Ella Kitt is better at risking her life than her heart. Not that she's expecting to do either when she flies to Maui to help her Special Forces comrades with an easy security job. Or maybe not such an easy job, because she’s forced to work — and live — in close quarters with smoking hot army hero, Jake McBride...
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