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  • Kvinnene by Kristin Hannah

    Kvinnene by Kristin Hannah

    Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 87 ratings
    From the celebrated author of The Nightingale and The Four Winds comes Kristin Hannah's The Women—at once an intimate portrait of coming of age in a dangerous time and an epic tale of a nation divided. Women can be heroes. When twenty-year-old nursing student Frances “Frankie” McGrath hears these words, it is a revelation...
  • The Dark of the Moon by Fiona Valpy

    The Dark of the Moon by Fiona Valpy

    Rated: 4.65 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    From the bestselling author of The Dressmaker’s Gift. She’s spent a lifetime searching for him. Is this her last chance to find the truth? Philly Delaney risked everything during the war...
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  • Beard Up by Lani Lynn Vale

    Beard Up by Lani Lynn Vale

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 39 ratings
    Ghost [gohst] noun: the soul of a dead person, a disembodied, vague, shadowy spirit wandering among or haunting living persons; a mere shadow or semblance; a trace. That noun sums up Ghost and what his life has become with painful precision. He is barely living, merely existing but never thriving. There wasn’t much that could pull him from the darkness he willingly inhabits…except one thing. Her...
  • Flack by Kris Michaels

    Flack by Kris Michaels

    Rated: 4.72 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 24 ratings
    Surprises come in small packages. The assassin known as Flack wasn’t expecting to become the guardian of his fourteen-month-old niece. His life as an assassin wasn’t exactly family-friendly. Plus, he had no idea how to take care of a baby. How could he work for Guardian Security with a kid in tow? Flack needed help, like yesterday. Surprises come in unexpected situations...
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    military  suspense  m-f  open-door  audiobook
  • Chasing the Storm by Brittney Sahin

    Chasing the Storm by Brittney Sahin

    Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars
    · 33 ratings
    From Wall Street Journal bestselling author Brittney Sahin comes a sizzling new romantic suspense. Cold one minute. Hot the next. She gives him whiplash, and he’s either going to ditch his duties . . . or make her his. She was only supposed to be a quick assignment for Dalton “Finn” Finnegan—bodyguard for the sister of a friend, kind of gig...
  • Life and Fate by Vasily Grossman

    Life and Fate by Vasily Grossman

    Rated: 0.00 of 5 stars
    · 0 ratings
    Vasily Grossman, who was on the battlefield and accompanied Russian soldiers in Stalingrad, composed a work with the dimensions of Tolstoy and Dostoevsky, touching, at the same time, on one of the crucial moments of the 20th century. This is one of the few novels that seems to encompass the whole of life...
  • Ground Zero by Christy Barritt

    Ground Zero by Christy Barritt

    Rated: 4.79 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Some betrayals detonate in code. Others explode at ground zero. Blackout operative Maverick Adams’s surf session on Lantern Beach is cut short when an FBI agent blasts into his world, arresting him for crimes he didn’t commit. When he learns that his digital fingerprints implicate him in a recent terror attack, he knows someone in his inner circle has set him up...
  • Chasing Fortune by Brittney Sahin

    Chasing Fortune by Brittney Sahin

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    Echo Team has a new addition—a K-9, and he’s in need of training . . . Eight-plus years as Echo Three and Chris Hunter is still as mission-focused as ever, continuing to fight for his country as part of a secretive team of operatives serving the President. When Chris decides to rescue a dog for the team, he soon discovers he and the guys are far from K-9 whisperers, and they need help...
  • Chasing Daylight by Brittney Sahin

    Chasing Daylight by Brittney Sahin

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 33 ratings
    Trusting a traitor is dangerous--but falling in love with one is the deadliest sin of all. After eight years of completing missions around the world, A. J. Hawkins is ready for more--he's ready for love. The one person in his sights? A gorgeous redhead, a woman who isn't interested in a commitment after recently going through a divorce. And the last thing A. J. wants is to be a rebound...
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    military  suspense  length-long  m-f  audiobook  open-door
  • Jonas by Riley Edwards

    Jonas by Riley Edwards

    Rated: 4.65 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    She’s the assignment I can’t walk away from. He’s the danger I can’t resist. Jonas. I live by three trust my gut, stay in control, and never let anyone close enough to be a weakness. Then Derrika Layne walked into my life—big blue eyes, a smile that could outbluff the devil, and trouble written all over her and blows my rules to hell...
    Categorized as:
    military  suspense  length-medium
  • The Secret Midwife by Soraya M. Lane

    The Secret Midwife by Soraya M. Lane

    Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    London, 1995: When on the fiftieth anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz a news broadcast runs an appeal for information on the identity of a midwife who saved hundreds of lives, Emilia knows it is time to finally tell her story...
  • Alec's Dream by Riley Edwards

    Alec's Dream by Riley Edwards

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 26 ratings
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  • Splendor of the Land by Connilyn Cossette

    Splendor of the Land by Connilyn Cossette

    Rated: 4.74 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    "A triumphant story in which flawed characters face real choices and must rely on a real God to save them. "--MESU ANDREWS, bestselling and award-winning author. Gavriel, a soldier in the elite company of Yonatan--son of King Saul--dreams of forging his destiny through crafting weapons with his own hands...
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    military  christian  historical  audiobook
  • Critical Mass by Christy Barritt

    Critical Mass by Christy Barritt

    Rated: 4.84 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    She thought she knew the man she was falling for. She was wrong. Natalie Ravenscroft believed she’d found her perfect match in Timothy Shaw—charming, loyal, everything she ever wanted. But when her father starts asking questions she can’t answer, Natalie follows her instincts . . . and her boyfriend. What she uncovers shatters her world. Timothy Shaw isn’t real...
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    military  suspense  christian
  • Tainted by Riley Edwards

    Tainted by Riley Edwards

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Former Navy SEAL sniper Matthew Kessler thought his life was charmed. He was wrong. He thought his father had amassed the family’s wealth through hard work. He was wrong again. He thought the battlefield had taught him everything he needed to know about strength and courage. He was absolutely wrong. In the blink of an eye, everything he thought he knew about his family became a lie...
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    military  contemporary  suspense  m-f  audiobook
  • Surviving the Fall by Brittney Sahin

    Surviving the Fall by Brittney Sahin

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 33 ratings
    Gone was the man Jake Summers had become; in his place, there were only questions . . . After having been abducted from an FBI operation, Jake Summers wakes up the victim of an explosion in London a week later. He is perhaps the sole witness to the start of a massive terrorist plot, but his memory of the event--and of the last twelve years of his life--have been erased...
  • The Siege, Part 2 by Kris Michaels

    The Siege, Part 2 by Kris Michaels

    Rated: 4.84 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 17 ratings
    For years Guardian Security has protected the world against evil. They were an offensive weapon against monsters that sought to prey on the unprotected. Until now. Attacked at the heart of their operations, both in Washington D. C. and the South Dakota Annex, the Kings of Guardian go on the offense to protect the lives of their families, friends, and innocents caught in the crossfire. This is War...
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    military  suspense  m-f  open-door
  • Steinbeck by Susan May Warren

    Steinbeck by Susan May Warren

    Rated: 4.78 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 9 ratings
    There's Trouble in the North. .. The last person she can trust is the man she left for dead…but he’s the only one who knows she’s alive, so…. Emberly "Phoenix" Hart has spent years proving herself as one of the Black Swans' most capable operatives...
  • Montana Whispers by Josie Jade, Janie Crouch

    Montana Whispers by Josie Jade, Janie Crouch

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Categorized as:
    military  suspense  contemporary  m-f
  • Jonas by Riley Edwards

    Jonas by Riley Edwards

    Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    She’s the assignment I can’t walk away from. He’s the danger I can’t resist. Jonas. I live by three trust my gut, stay in control, and never let anyone close enough to be a weakness. Then Derrika Layne walked into my life—big blue eyes, a smile that could outbluff the devil, and trouble written all over her and blows my rules to hell...
    Categorized as:
    military  contemporary  suspense  length-long
  • The Siege, Part 1 by Kris Michaels

    The Siege, Part 1 by Kris Michaels

    Rated: 4.86 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 16 ratings
    For years Guardian Security has protected the world against evil. They were an offensive weapon against monsters that sought to prey on the unprotected. Until now. Attacked at the heart of their operations, both in Washington D. C. and the South Dakota Annex, the Kings of Guardian go on the offense to protect the lives of their families, friends, and innocents caught in the crossfire. This is War...
    Categorized as:
    military  suspense  length-medium  open-door
  • Tarnished by Riley Edwards

    Tarnished by Riley Edwards

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    Some men are born protectors, some are forged by the tragedies of their past, some are tempered and toughened by the atrocities they witness on the battlefield. Former Navy SEAL Logan Haines was a combination of all three. From a young age, he was taught that love hurt—it came with fists, lies, guilt, and blame...
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    military  suspense  length-medium  m-f  audiobook
  • Keeping Quinn by Riley Edwards

    Keeping Quinn by Riley Edwards

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 27 ratings
    He liked fast and loose—she was sweet and innocent. Firefighter Brice Lancaster lived his life by a set of rules: No commitments, no attachments, no promises. Three rules that were easy to follow—rules that kept his heart safe, rules that should’ve kept his best friend’s cousin out of his bed...
  • Raven's Curse by Elle James, Kris Norris

    Raven's Curse by Elle James, Kris Norris

    Rated: 0.00 of 5 stars
    · 0 ratings
    Some ghosts don’t haunt—they hunt. The first body appears in Raven’s Cliff on a night thick with fog and fear. Marked with a single number and staged with ritualistic care, it's only the beginning. Sheriff Greer Hudson has seen violence before, but nothing like this. Each new victim carries another number. Each number another piece of a pattern she can’t yet decipher...
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    military  suspense  length-long
  • Raven's Nest by Elle James, Kris Norris

    Raven's Nest by Elle James, Kris Norris

    Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Some wrecks are meant to stay buried. Some secrets refuse to drown. A year ago, the Vigilant vanished off the Oregon coast during a classified mission. All hands were presumed lost—until Coast Guard officer Saylor O’Conner was found days later, half-frozen and barely alive in a battered Zodiac...
    Categorized as:
    military  suspense  length-medium
  • Imperfect by Riley Edwards

    Imperfect by Riley Edwards

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    Sergeant Shiloh Kent has never quit anything in her life. She’s had to claw her way out of poverty. Fight to inch her way up the professional ladder. But after a barricade situation ends in tragedy, she’s rethinking her position on the SWAT team she fought so hard to join. The ugly seed of self-doubt has planted itself deep in her belly, and with each day, it grows and flourishes...
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    military  suspense  m-f  length-medium  audiobook
  • Hope's Delta by Riley Edwards

    Hope's Delta by Riley Edwards

    Rated: 4.68 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Hope Mitchell lived her life on the outskirts, no attachments, no friends, no family. All of this by design. All of it because she knew the pain that came when you lost someone who meant something to you. She’d sworn off men long ago, the last time she fell in love she’d invited the devil into her heart and she’d lost, huge...
  • Crew by Melody Anne

    Crew by Melody Anne

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Crew Anderson has been keeping a secret from his family — a huge secret that he doesn’t know how to handle. But soon he learns he can’t face this situation alone. So he goes to Darla, the best friend of his brother’s fiancé, Daisy, who happens to be a social worker...
  • The Dance Teacher of Paris by Suzanne Fortin

    The Dance Teacher of Paris by Suzanne Fortin

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    'But how will I look after them? Where can I hide them? ' She looked up at me and didn't try to stop the tears from falling. 'I'm begging you. Please, save our children. '. Paris, 1942. As the Germans occupy the city she calls home, Adele Basset is determined to keep her pupils' spirits up. Their dance class offers a moment of solace in the dark days of occupation...
  • More Than a Hero by Maryann Jordan

    More Than a Hero by Maryann Jordan

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    He’s dedicated to protecting his county. She’s devoted to caring for its most vulnerable. When danger strikes close to home, their worlds collide in ways neither saw coming. Pete Bolton doesn’t say much—he lets his work as a drug task force detective do the talking. But behind his quiet strength is a man burdened by the toll of stopping the influx of drugs and gangs in their county...
  • Betrayal In Calusa Cove by Elle James, Jen Talty

    Betrayal In Calusa Cove by Elle James, Jen Talty

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A haunted past. A fragile truce. A betrayal that changes everything. Baily Mitchell has spent her life anchoring Calusa Cove—managing the marina, guarding her family’s legacy, and staying out of trouble she can’t afford. But lately, trouble has been creeping closer...
    Categorized as:
    military  suspense
  • Steinbeck by Susan May Warren

    Steinbeck by Susan May Warren

    Rated: 0.00 of 5 stars
    · 0 ratings
    There's Trouble Up North. .. The greatest heist of all…. A thief behind bars, a soldier seeking redemption. Together, they embark on a daring quest to infiltrate a Russian stronghold, retrieve the plans, and dismantle the cyberman prototype. Failure is not an option. The Minnesota Kingstons. Book 1: Jack. Book 2: Conrad. Book 3: Doyle. Book 4: Austen. Book 5: Steinbeck.
  • Betrayal In Calusa Cove by Elle James, Jen Talty

    Betrayal In Calusa Cove by Elle James, Jen Talty

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A haunted past. A fragile truce. A betrayal that changes everything. Baily Mitchell has spent her life anchoring Calusa Cove—managing the marina, guarding her family’s legacy, and staying out of trouble she can’t afford. But lately, trouble has been creeping closer...
    Categorized as:
    military  suspense  length-medium
  • Gemini Group Boxset, Books 1-4: A Former Military Romantic Suspense Collection by Riley Edwards

    Gemini Group Boxset, Books 1-4: A Former Military Romantic Suspense Collection by Riley Edwards

    Rated: 4.78 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 16 ratings
    Jump into USAT & WSJ Bestselling Author Riley Edwards' Gemini Group with this collection of the first four books in the series. Set in a small town six former Navy SEALs find their forever loves while battling a dirty local sheriff, a corrupt land developer, home grown terrorists, and an ex-husband who doesn't want to be an ex...
  • Harbinger by Kris Michaels

    Harbinger by Kris Michaels

    Rated: 4.74 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 17 ratings
    Whatever it takes. As long as it takes. Alone. Harbinger extinguished any thought of a serious relationship due to the dangers of his profession. Yet he’d fallen hard for Ysabel Archambeau, and she rejected him without reason. He tried to escape the haunting memories of Ysabel by returning to the States, but the romantic connections surrounding him isolated Harbinger from his team...
  • Delighted by Lexi Blake

    Delighted by Lexi Blake

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Brian “Boomer” Ward believes in sheltering strays. After all, the men and women of McKay-Taggart made him family when he had none. So when the kid next door needs help one night, he thinks nothing of protecting her until her mom gets home. But when he meets Daphne Carlton, the thoughts hit him hard. She’s stunning and hardworking and obviously in need of someone to put her first...
  • Harpers Heroes by Rosie Clarke

    Harpers Heroes by Rosie Clarke

    Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    From the bestselling author of the Welcome to Harpers Emporium and The Mulberry Lane Series. The Harpers Girls come face to face with the harsh reality of the cruelty of war. Oxford Street, London 1915. Sally Harper quietly battles to keep Harpers afloat in the difficult days of the war, whilst husband Ben is working all hours for the War Office...
  • Falling For You by T'Lyn

    Falling For You by T'Lyn

    Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    For Xavier Goodwin, life had been a constant rotation of set backs. At a young age he had to learn some tough lessons, but through it all he never let any obstacle thrown his way stop him. Knowing that his mother and brother depended on him to make things happen Xavier became the blueprint for by any means necessary...
  • Bear by Kris Michaels

    Bear by Kris Michaels

    Rated: 4.65 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 20 ratings
    An explosive blast from the past. A former mission rears its head and places Bear McGowen in the middle of an impossible situation. His old friend is missing, but he left a trail to follow. As Bear investigates, the twisting turns of the past meld with the present investigation. It necessitates specialized help from his employer, Guardian Security. A scholarly peace shattered...
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    military  suspense  m-f  behind-doors  audiobook
  • Flawed by Riley Edwards

    Flawed by Riley Edwards

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    A career-ending mission sends Trey Durum’s life into a death spiral. Out of control, scarred, and with his spirit broken, he tries to adjust to civilian life. His plan to fade into the background goes up in smoke when Adalynn Walker crashs into his life. The sexy physical therapist has everyone fooled. She’s not sweet. She’s not shy. She’s not patient and kind...
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    military  suspense  m-f  length-medium  audiobook
  • Declan by Riley Edwards

    Declan by Riley Edwards

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    Declan Crenshaw went from orphan, to Special Forces soldier, to the CIA’s golden child. Life was perfect—almost. He shouldn’t have pushed his luck and simply enjoyed the bounty fate had given him—a beautiful wife, sweet baby girl, and more love than he ever dreamed he’d know. Until a threat he never saw coming obliterated his world. His wife and child murdered...
    Categorized as:
    military  suspense  length-medium  m-f  audiobook
  • Before and After: Special Edition by Anna Hackett

    Before and After: Special Edition by Anna Hackett

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    I never expected to become a single mom. Back in my Colorado hometown, all I have time for is work and raising my grieving nephew. I don’t have time for a man. Especially a tall, dark, and broody one. Allie. I’ve swapped city life for small town. Designer suits for a housekeeping uniform. And don’t get me started on my lack of sleep...
  • Guts & Glory: Brick by Jeanne St. James

    Guts & Glory: Brick by Jeanne St. James

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 23 ratings
    "That city is well fortified which has a Brick instead of a wall of men. ". Former Navy SEAL sniper, Brick, has no idea what hits him when a woman bursts into his life unexpectedly. So not only is he dealing with this female whirlwind, he’s dealing with his own past coming back to haunt him...
  • Raven's Nest by Elle James, Kris Norris

    Raven's Nest by Elle James, Kris Norris

    Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Some wrecks are meant to stay buried. Some secrets refuse to drown. A year ago, the Vigilant vanished off the Oregon coast during a classified mission. All hands were presumed lost—until Coast Guard officer Saylor O’Conner was found days later, half-frozen and barely alive in a battered Zodiac...
    Categorized as:
    military  suspense
  • Malice by Kris Michaels

    Malice by Kris Michaels

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 17 ratings
    Whatever it takes, as long as it takes . In the icy northern tundra of Siberia, a lethal game of life and death unfolds. Malice, an assassin who works for Guardian Security, stands at the far side of his latest mission. When the operation takes a dangerous turn, he becomes certain of one chilling Guardian has been infiltrated...
  • Securing Jane by Susan Stoker

    Securing Jane by Susan Stoker

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    She never thought she deserved a hero—until one makes her his mission. Over the years, Storm North has witnessed two teams of Navy SEALs under his command find true love. He doesn’t expect the same for himself. He’s too old. Too jaded. Too set in his ways. Until a woman who’s been right in front of him for years manages to impress Storm in a way very few women—or men—ever have...
  • Guts & Glory: Hunter by Jeanne St. James

    Guts & Glory: Hunter by Jeanne St. James

    Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 19 ratings
    When what should be a simple assignment becomes a whole lot more. .. For Hunter, what should be an easy job of finding another veteran’s long-lost brother has turned up nothing but dead ends. Even worse, it uncovered problems his team thought had long since been buried. Down to his last lead, he tracks down a woman who has his protective instincts kicking in for reasons he can’t fully understand...
  • Only for You by Melissa Foster

    Only for You by Melissa Foster

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Love only works when your heart is in the right place. Hers could be right next door…. Single mom Bridgette Dalton doesn’t have time to stop and smell the roses—not even in her own flower shop. But that doesn’t mean she hasn’t noticed Bodhi Booker. Her ruggedly handsome next-door neighbor would be the perfect candidate for a no-strings fling...
  • Lycos by Kris Michaels

    Lycos by Kris Michaels

    Rated: 4.76 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 12 ratings
    To prevent their imminent murder, Bethanie Clark flees New York City with her eleven-year-old son, Ethan. Her destination— a remote cabin isolated high in the Smoky Mountains. A city dweller her entire life, she never realized there was more threatening their lives than the enemies of her son’s father...
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