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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...
  • Checkmate by Emilia Finn

    Checkmate by Emilia Finn

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    Bishop men are nothing but a plague on this planet, a disease that needs eradication before it spreads. They’re murderers. Liars. Thieves. The day I met Colum Bishop, I thought my life was finally turning around. I was led to believe he would be our saviour. He was supposed to be our hero, a long awaited reprieve from the hardships life insisted on throwing at my mom and me...
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    military  new adult  suspense  sports  contemporary  m-f
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  • Fall On Me by Chloe Walsh

    Fall On Me by Chloe Walsh

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 28 ratings
    "Kyle Carter knew every inch of my body. Every fraction of my soul. He was the first man I'd ever been with intimately. The first to break my heart. The first to put it back together again. He was my first, my last and my everything that came in between." In the aftermath of Rachel's vicious attack, Lee and Kyle must once again pick up the pieces of their broken world and move forward...
  • 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...
  • Say I Do by Cynthia Eden

    Say I Do by Cynthia Eden

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 16 ratings
    She hates him.Dexter Ryan is smug. Arrogant. Manipulative. And he is also…Lacey Amari’s new partner. Well, her partner on one case. A case she doesn’t even want to take, but when Dex—CIA super operative and all around puppet-master—basically blackmails her, she has no choice. Then he asks her the big question…Will you marry me?The proposal isn’t real. It’s just an undercover assignment...
  • 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...
  • Ryder by Amanda McKinney

    Ryder by Amanda McKinney

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I killed a man.Paid ten years of my life for it.Then she blew through my front door, all trainwreck and temptation.A broken soul.… An invitation to danger...
  • Angel Fire: Boxed Set Books 4-7 by Ellie Masters

    Angel Fire: Boxed Set Books 4-7 by Ellie Masters

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Dive into USA Today Bestselling Author, Ellie Masters' Angel Fire Rock Romance Series second Boxed Get Hearts Divided, Hearts Entwined, Forest's Fall, and the Last Beat.Hearts DividedTrue love only comes once in a lifetime...but what if they're wrong?Bash fell hard for his childhood sweetheart. She was the one, his forever, until she taught him the truth about love.Love fails. Love lies...
  • 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...
  • Holding Mia by Terri Anne Browning, Sara Eirew

    Holding Mia by Terri Anne Browning, Sara Eirew

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    They call me the rocker’s princess, some even call me the dance prodigy, but none of them knows the real Mia Armstrong. Now that dancing is no longer my future, I don’t know either. All I want is the opportunity to find out, to have some time to try being just a little normal. To discover who this new girl is. I fought for the chance to go to college on my own...
  • Rowe by Jessica Gadziala

    Rowe by Jessica Gadziala

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    She was just going to stay away from him.That was the only way to deal with the outcomeof a particularly devastating conversation with the guyshe’d been crushing on for years.She’d been doing okay, even.Well, not okay. But coping.But when a bad situation hit the club, and a cousincalled in a favor, Billie found herself face-to-face withsomeone she thought she never wanted to see again...
  • STONE SECURITY: The Complete 5 Books Series by Glenna Sinclair

    STONE SECURITY: The Complete 5 Books Series by Glenna Sinclair

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A Kindle Unlimited Bundle... Enjoy the complete Stone Security series. Romance, Suspense, Mystery and a touch of Comedy. 5 Books. No Cliffhangers. More than 1,000 pages :) JACK Running from her past, Raelyn ends up at the doorstep of security firm owner, Jack. Needing help and shelter, Jack offers her both. Under attack, they can’t help the connection that builds between them...
  • Code Name: Omega by Sawyer Bennett

    Code Name: Omega by Sawyer Bennett

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    I joined the team at Jameson Force Security three months ago and it’s one of the best decisions I’ve made. Leaving behind the Marine Corps together, my dog Omega and I made the cross-country trek to Pittsburgh for an exciting new career...
  • Xtreme Measures by Em Petrova

    Xtreme Measures by Em Petrova

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The mafia, a smuggling ring and the wilds of Alaska are no match for Special Operative Elias Gasper. But a brazen redhead might be.Gasper’s known as the do-it-all guy. From HALO jumps to calming hostages, he’s on it. When he stumbles across a woman in hiding, he meets a new challenge in getting her to talk...
  • 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...
  • Billionaire’s Sins by L. Steele

    Billionaire’s Sins by L. Steele

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    On your knees...Father Edward Chase.Brooding. Growly. And... unavailable.He's the hot priest.I am a belly dancer.He's haunted by his past.I am trying to carve out a future for my studio.He’s at war with himself, and I am the casualty.There is nothing he will put before his calling.No stone he will leave unturned for his flock...
  • The Billionaire’s Bride by L. Steele

    The Billionaire’s Bride by L. Steele

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    You are mineThat's what they tell me.EdwardMy first love, who turned his back on me.The hot ex-priest turned bad boy with the dangerous smile and the now unleashed passionate temper that thrills me to my core. I thought I'd lost him, but he's back and his dark molten gaze follows me possessively wherever I go.BaronMy savior. My second chance...
  • 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...
  • Stolen by Truths by Ella Miles

    Stolen by Truths by Ella Miles

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Stolen by Truths is book 4 in the Truth or Lies series. It continues Enzo and Kai's story...
  • Runaway: Wolfes of Manhattan Three by Helen Hardt

    Runaway: Wolfes of Manhattan Three by Helen Hardt

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Riley Wolfe is finally free from her past.So why is she still running?Coming to terms with her father’s death and her own implication in his murder has sent Riley reeling, so she does what she does best. She runs. Not only from her home but from herself, ending up in a small town in Montana...
  • 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...
  • The Trouble With Us by Kat T. Masen

    The Trouble With Us by Kat T. Masen

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    The trouble with love is timing is everything…AmeliaI was never supposed to fall in love with an older man. Let alone a man who is practically family.We were too much, too soon.  Our families were caught in the crossfire of our forbidden affair. So, we said our goodbyes.Four years have passed, and my ex is back from London.He’s just as devastatingly handsome as I remember...
  • 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...
  • Saving Madeline by Nicole Flockton

    Saving Madeline by Nicole Flockton

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    When doing the right thing endangers her lifeMadeline Dawson has always had a crush on her best friend's brother, Kaleb, but she won't cross the line because, you know, "girlfriend code". The day she overhears a conversation, not meant for her ears, though, all bets are off. Now she'll need Kaleb and his Navy SEAL skills to keep her safe...
  • Meant to Be by Ajme Williams

    Meant to Be by Ajme Williams

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    I needed a bodyguard to protect me from my violent ex – the one that got me pregnant.Dax seemed like the perfect man for the job... at first.It’s obvious that I have a “type” in men.Alpha, dominant, and... hot as hell? Dax’s strong arms cover and protect me everywhere I go.He’s ex-military and quite intense.The way he looks at me when I’m in danger tells me all I need to know about him...
  • Out of The Blue by Carina Adams

    Out of The Blue by Carina Adams

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Putting others needs before his own was all Mike Carson had ever done. First, it was the friends he loved more than family. Then it was his country. By nineteen, he was a father, a husband and fighting in a war not many people believed in...
  • 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...
  • Salvation by Ahren Sanders

    Salvation by Ahren Sanders

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Her innocence is masked with vulnerability. Until her walls crumble… Undeniable Desire His world is full of despair. Until he finds her light… Unyielding Chemistry Falling in love seemed to heal them both. Until their haunting pasts threatens to destroy… Unrelenting protection Robbie Hayes’s life changed the day a horrific accident shook his foundation...
  • Alpha Wolves Motorcycle Club: The Complete Series by Violet Blaze, C.M. Stunich

    Alpha Wolves Motorcycle Club: The Complete Series by Violet Blaze, C.M. Stunich

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The Alpha Wolves Motorcycle Club owns my sleepy coastal hometown. Their inked-up a**hole president owns my heart. But I’m the mayor’s daughter, his righthand in the office. My whole life, all I’ve ever wanted is to succeed in politics...
  • The Rules We Break by Ava Gray

    The Rules We Break by Ava Gray

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    3 rules for protecting your best friends’ little And we broke them all…Sierra Beckett is so off-limits I’ve never even looked at her twice. I’m best friends with her four brothers, and I do not have a death wish.Unfortunately, Sierra and I are stuck in a safe house with one bed and a set of rules we can’t help but break…I know I should resist the temptation but I don’t want to...
  • Billionaire’s Promise by L. Steele

    Billionaire’s Promise by L. Steele

    Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    You're in my way...With those words... Baron Masters had crashed into my life.Gorgeous devil. Hate-worthy. Instant enemy who was sent to protect me.He's an ex-soldier.I am the woman his friend turned his back on.He's trying to escape his demons.I am trying to get over being abandoned.The connection between us is intense.Forbidden... and all wrong.My heart belongs to someone else...
  • Triumph by Cecilia London

    Triumph by Cecilia London

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    “All of your ideals, your hopes and dreams…they cease to matter if you abandon them in your darkest hour. We have to see this through to the end.”Jack McIntyre and Caroline Gerard have never shied away from a challenge. As dual commanders of the American rebel forces, they now face the greatest adversity of their lives. Every decision has permanent consequences...
  • Retaliation: An Alpha Billionaire Romance by Lauren Landish

    Retaliation: An Alpha Billionaire Romance by Lauren Landish

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Andrea His charm is contagious... and I've just been infected. For years I've been abused by my father, ruthless billionaire Peter DeLaCoeur. Now he wants me dead. If I want to survive, I need to surround myself with those I trust. Simple right? Not if sexy heir Carson Sands has anything to say about it. He shows up out of nowhere, armed with family secrets...
  • Retribution by Lauren Landish

    Retribution by Lauren Landish

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Melissa I spent years shutting myself off from the world, haunted by the tragedies of my past... until Nathan Black comes along. Tall, built like Adonis, with jet black hair and startling green eyes, he makes me go weak in the knees. He saved me from sure death, and I'm grateful for that. But I want more. I want him.  I've never had a crush before...
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    military  new adult  suspense  contemporary
  • Letting You Go by Jordan Marie, Sarah Hansen

    Letting You Go by Jordan Marie, Sarah Hansen

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I met Luna Marshall when I was seventeen. She was a force of nature that I wasn’t ready for. She was gravity and I was caught in her pull— Powerless while she held me in a world I was desperate to escape. They say you never forget your first love. I believe they’re right. I’ll always remember the sound of her laughter...
  • Broken Beauty by Stella Andrews

    Broken Beauty by Stella Andrews

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    “I ran from the beast into the arms of the Devil.”Sophia Moretti MaverickIt takes a special kind of glue to mend a broken Angel.She came to the right place—or so she thought.Broken, traumatized and scared.Her past was a place that had no business in her future.But she ran to me.She should have kept running...
  • Lumberjack's Baby: A Single Daddy Romance by K.C. Crowne

    Lumberjack's Baby: A Single Daddy Romance by K.C. Crowne

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    "Once you go Lumberjack, you never go back."My heart belongs to a lumberjack.Single daddy. Dark. Rebel.Some see a hard criminal, incapable of love.But my instincts tell me there's much more to Axel than meets the eye.He saved my life.And the way I feel around the ruggedly handsome woodsman is indescribable.His 'take charge' attitude makes me wonder what he's like behind closed doors...
  • 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...
  • Winter Dads: A Crescent Cove Cozy bundle by Taryn Quinn

    Winter Dads: A Crescent Cove Cozy bundle by Taryn Quinn

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Snuggle in with 7 hot single dad or dad-in-the-making tales to keep you warm this winter.Seven different dads from suited heroes to cops to mechanics and race car drivers to tech geniuses to contractors to teachers—all full-length stories with sigh-worthy happily-ever-afters and small town shenanigans! Along with a baby...or seven...
  • The Sheik's Marriage Contract by Elizabeth Lennox

    The Sheik's Marriage Contract by Elizabeth Lennox

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    By law, Sheik Tazir el Mitra knew that time was running out.He had to find a wife. Fast!Unfortunately, he was still infatuated with someone from his past. So he was stunned when that woman walked into his office, even more beautiful than he remembered. The lovely Lila stood in front of him, talking about…something. And all he could think about was how gorgeous she looked...
  • The Everest Brothers by S.L. Scott

    The Everest Brothers by S.L. Scott

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    The Everest Brothers is a compilation of contemporary romance, royal romance, and romantic suspense bestselling novels. These alphas fall hard and love harder while sweeping the women in their lives off their feet.You will fall head over heels for these billionaire heroes with hearts of gold while cheering for the confident women who steal their hearts...
  • We Shouldn't by Katy Kaylee

    We Shouldn't by Katy Kaylee

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Hunter Raven: A force of nature, the epitome of a broody alpha male. Enigmatic, broody alpha male. Guess I gotta push that out because I am his therapist now. Turns out, he is going to be my most challenging client ever! Everything about this relationship is wrong. He’s ex-military, running away from demons of his past, And I’m supposed to be treating him...
  • Ice Cold Kiss by Cynthia Eden

    Ice Cold Kiss by Cynthia Eden

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The son of a serial killer. A devil in the flesh. Midas Monroe knows that his big size intimidates plenty of people, and when they learn about his twisted past? Most folks go running. But he’s not like his dear old monster of a dad, despite the stories that still circulate in the press. He’s a bodyguard. Protecting and defending is his bit. No emotional attachments, ever. And no mistakes...
  • You Know I Need You: Book 2, You Know Me duet by Willow Winters

    You Know I Need You: Book 2, You Know Me duet by Willow Winters

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I married the bad boy from Brooklyn.The one with the tattoos and the look in his eyes that told me he was bad news.The look that comes with all sorts of warnings.I knew what I was doing.I knew by the way he put his hands on me; how he owned me with his forceful touch.I couldn’t say no to him, not that I wanted to. That was then, and it seems like forever ago...
  • Asher by Alex Wolf

    Asher by Alex Wolf

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Asher Grayson is a billionaire, a publishing powerhouse.He crushes the competition and absorbs them into his empire.Mara Monroe is a small-town journalist whose company verges on bankruptcy.Destroying the little newspaper should be less than a day’s work. A speck on Asher’s radar. But, there’s something about her.She makes him weak—peels back layers he didn’t know existed...
  • Bishop's Queen by Katie Reus

    Bishop's Queen by Katie Reus

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 12 ratings
    Return to the Endgame trilogy where blood is thick, but passion is thicker…He doesn’t believe in fairy-tale endings… They used to call Evan Bishop the golden boy. He had it all and was about to close the business deal of a lifetime, then marry the woman of his dreams. But everything goes to hell when a faceless enemy wants to destroy his family’s empire and see him dead...
  • Secret Baby Next Door by K.C. Crowne

    Secret Baby Next Door by K.C. Crowne

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    We met on a bumpy flight.But it was nothing compared to the night we shared. No regrets. Except one. I didn't get her contact info.Now Piper's my new next door neighbor.And her sweet little girl has my eyes. As a surgeon I crush all obstacles.But I'm falling for a woman I barely even know - all over again.Her smile, her lips, the way her luscious curves make my mouth water...
  • More Than Sexy by Carly Phillips

    More Than Sexy by Carly Phillips

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    He’s sexy and brooding. She’s sweetness and light. Owning a nightclub has its advantages, and for alpha billionaire Jason Dare, the perks of enjoying a woman's company without any expectations works perfectly for him . . . until he rescues Faith Lancaster from the side of the road and is tempted by more than just her sweet treats...
  • 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...
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