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  • Rescuing Macie by Susan Stoker

    Rescuing Macie by Susan Stoker

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    Love might be the only thing stronger than her anxiety. After years of estrangement, Mercedes Laughlin has finally reconciled with her older brother. It should be the happiest time of her life, getting to know Truck and his new wife…and it would be, if an ex wasn’t causing her trouble...
  • Hero's Heart by Janie Crouch

    Hero's Heart by Janie Crouch

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    He was out of the game. He should've stayed that way. When a former FBI colleague asks Callum Webb to rescue the kidnapped daughter of an American bigwig in eastern Europe, Callum’s just got one word for him. .. No. Okay, actually two words: hell, no. Callum is out of the international law enforcement game and has been for a long time...
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  • Deserving Reese by Susan Stoker

    Deserving Reese by Susan Stoker

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 19 ratings
    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...
  • My Kind of Christmas by Robyn Carr

    My Kind of Christmas by Robyn Carr

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 39 ratings
    Welcome back to Virgin River with the books that started it all…. While the Riordan brothers have a reputation for being rough-and-tumble, Patrick has always been the gentle, sweet-natured one. But his easygoing manner is tested by his high-octane career as a navy pilot, and for the Riordan men, when the going gets tough…the tough find the love of a good woman...
  • Fearless Mountain Man by Lilah Hart

    Fearless Mountain Man by Lilah Hart

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 5 ratings
    She came to close a deal. But meeting him has her questioning everything. Everyone has a price. That's what my client told me when he sent me to North Carolina to talk a guy into selling his property. It's just an empty strip of land next to his cabin, so why wouldn't he sell it? But within minutes of meeting him, it's clear that he has no interest in selling...
  • Cursed Mountain Man by Lilah Hart

    Cursed Mountain Man by Lilah Hart

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 5 ratings
    She's a hard-working real estate agent. He's a former buyer, angry over his purchase. When sparks fly, can they set aside their differences? He thinks his cabin is cursed. As Seduction Summit's hardest-working real estate agent, I'm working alone when he comes into the office, angry over the house he bought five years ago...
  • Possessive Mountain Man by Lilah Hart

    Possessive Mountain Man by Lilah Hart

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 5 ratings
    She's in town for a girls' weekend. But when her friends desert her, a hunky lumberjack is all too willing to show her around. It was supposed to be an adventurous vacation with my friends. But while I want to enjoy the great outdoors, everyone else just wants to get drunk and dance on bars. Even our rappelling adventure, which wasn't even my idea, ends up being a bust...
  • Devoted Mountain Man by Lilah Hart

    Devoted Mountain Man by Lilah Hart

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 5 ratings
    She's facing writer's block in a cabin. Her neighbor's puppy gives her a reason to spend time with a hot lumberjack. Writer's block is no fun. I've isolated myself in a cabin in a small mountain town to write my thriller. When I hear a spooky scratching sound, I think about incorporating it into my book. But it soon goes from inspirational to downright scary...
  • My Mountain Man Boss by Sadie King

    My Mountain Man Boss by Sadie King

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She's his daughter's best friend, half his age and off-limits. But that won't stop this alpha hero claiming what's his. Amy. I’m never falling in love. I’ve seen what love can do, and it’s not for me. But that doesn’t mean a girl can’t have a little fun. Only the man I want to have fun with is twice my age, my boss, and my best friend’s dad. He should be off limits. But I can’t resist Landon...
  • 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...
  • My Only - Alex & Jamie by Melanie Shawn

    My Only - Alex & Jamie by Melanie Shawn

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 25 ratings
    The Firefighter…. With his sexy good looks, natural born charisma, and playful sense of humor, firefighter Alex Sloan is Harper's Crossing's most eligible bachelor. Since returning home from serving his country as a Navy SEAL women have been lining up to be with him. Alex works hard and plays even harder...
  • Love Blooms by Jennifer Faye

    Love Blooms by Jennifer Faye

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    An alternative cover edition for this ASIN can be found here. He’s an injured firefighter. She bakes the most delightful treats. When their worlds collide will the baker help heal the firefighter with a mix of blueberry muffins and her caring way? The elegant baker, Hannah Bell, has always lived on Bluestar Island with her family...
  • Undertow by Jana Deleon

    Undertow by Jana Deleon

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When Jill Morgan left Tempest Island after high school, she didn’t know what she wanted to do the rest of her life. The only thing she’d ever loved was writing fiction, but that was a pursuit with no financial guarantees. So she did the responsible thing and got her college degree, then a job that provided a good living, and she wrote in her free time...
  • Colton's Mission by Kendall Talbot

    Colton's Mission by Kendall Talbot

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When Kat Reynolds, a spirited yet feisty nature photographer, traces a clue to her father's disappearance seven years ago to Tulum, Mexico, she's determined to get answers. Armed with her father's last mysterious photo, her clue leads her to a massive underground cave system. But to enter the subterranean maze, she needs the expertise of grumpy scuba diving expert Colton Henderson...
  • Blade by Sybil Bartel

    Blade by Sybil Bartel

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 9 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...
  • Delta Force Heroes Box Set One by Susan Stoker

    Delta Force Heroes Box Set One by Susan Stoker

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Start out the New York Times Bestselling Delta Force Heroes series with the first four books all in one giant collection! Rescuing Rayne: As a flight attendant, Rayne Jackson is used to cancellations, but she never dreamed her latest would lead to a whirlwind tour of London with a handsome stranger…or a life-altering night in his bed...
  • My Everything - Seth & Amber by Melanie Shawn

    My Everything - Seth & Amber by Melanie Shawn

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Strong. Sexy. Skilled. Seth Sloan is returning to Harper’s Crossing a decorated war hero. As the leader of a Special Forces Marine Elite Unit Seth is trained to handle any situation…except one. An injury sustained in combat forced him to accept a medical discharge. Now he’s heading back to his hometown to reconnect with his family and a world he doesn’t recognize...
  • Saving Logan by Kaci Rose

    Saving Logan by Kaci Rose

    Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    He's lost his voice. She's here to teach him to speak to the world again. Faith. I love helping people communicate that can't. It’s why I became an ASL teacher. Getting to work with military men and women who were injured in action? Sign me up. I can’t think of a better way to help. I pride myself on keeping things professional…until him...
  • Home Fires by Cat Johnson

    Home Fires by Cat Johnson

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Navy SEAL Cal Swenson's going home has been a long time coming. Too bad his homecoming was based on a lie. And why did Granny feign dying to get him back to New York? That's the big question...
  • Protecting Kiera by Susan Stoker

    Protecting Kiera by Susan Stoker

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    This book was previously published in Kindle Worlds and even though it has a new cover, has not changed significantly. Cooper Nelson’s SEAL career was cut drastically short when an explosion left him almost completely deaf...
  • Tormented Mountain Man by Lilah Hart

    Tormented Mountain Man by Lilah Hart

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 5 ratings
    A wedding brings them together. .. but only for a weekend. Can love find a way to keep her in his life? I didn't realize how much I missed my hometown until I returned for my friend's wedding. It helped that I got the best welcome imaginable. A hot mountain man meets me at the town's diner, and it turns out he's going the same place I am...
  • Rough Mountain Man by Lilah Hart

    Rough Mountain Man by Lilah Hart

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 5 ratings
    She's a woman on a mission. He can help. .. or just distract her. My best friend is missing. She came to this small mountain town to work on her book, but within 24 hours, she was calling to say she wouldn't be coming back. She's fallen in love. But something isn't right. She's gone off the grid, not responding to my texts and calls...
  • Mountain Man's Mail Order Runaway by Lilah Hart

    Mountain Man's Mail Order Runaway by Lilah Hart

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 5 ratings
    She ran from a life she never chose and straight into the arms of a man who never expected her. He didn’t ask for a bride, but now that she’s here, he’s never letting her go. I escaped in the middle of the night with nothing but a fake name, a one-way ticket, and a promise of tacos. No, seriously—tacos. I didn’t know who I could trust. I just knew I had to run. From the compound...
  • Mountain Man's Mail Order Temptress by Lilah Hart

    Mountain Man's Mail Order Temptress by Lilah Hart

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 5 ratings
    She came to Wildwood Valley to marry a stranger. She just didn’t expect to fall for the wrong mountain man. I thought I was signing up to marry a rugged mountain man named Blade—the strong, silent type who stole my heart through a screen...
  • Protector of Misty Mountain: An ex-military, age gap, mountain man romance by Eve London

    Protector of Misty Mountain: An ex-military, age gap, mountain man romance by Eve London

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She walked into my world like she belongs here… but I don’t let people stay. Juniper. The mountains were supposed to be my escape—a place to rebuild, to breathe, to prove to myself that I could make it on my own. But from the moment I set foot in Misty Mountain, one mountain man has made it his mission to send me packing. Griffin Calloway...
  • Wild Desire by Sadie King

    Wild Desire by Sadie King

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She needs a date, I need her…. Cassie’s trying to get the attention of her parents. And she thinks dating an older bearded biker will make them take notice. Problem is, this hairy biker wants the real deal. I agree to a fake relationship but only until I can convince Cassie she belong with me. Now she has her parents attention and they don’t approve of me running around with their little girl...
  • Scarred Mountain Man by Lilah Hart

    Scarred Mountain Man by Lilah Hart

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 7 ratings
    When her car battery dies, her hunky lumberjack neighbor jumpstarts her car. .. and her heart. A gorgeous lumberjack lives in the cabin next door. Last night, I caught him doing something very, very private. And now it's the next morning, and my car won't start. He agrees to give me a jumpstart, but I can't stop thinking about him naked...
  • Faithful Cowboy by Hope Ford

    Faithful Cowboy by Hope Ford

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR Hope Ford brings you a steamy cowboy romance about a romance author that doesn’t believe in love until she meets a wounded warrior that teaches her that real all-consuming love can withstand anything. Hailey. I’m a romance novelist who no longer believes in love. My agent keeps calling it writer’s block, but I think what I have is more permanent...
  • Healing the Warrior by Violet Rae

    Healing the Warrior by Violet Rae

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Can the younger, bubbly paramedic heal the battle scars of this older, gruff ex-soldier? Fletcher. When I'm honourably discharged from the British Army on medical grounds following a brutal tour in Afghanistan, I use my skills as a combat medic to continue to save lives as a paramedic. I'm confident there's no situation I can't handle . .. until I'm teamed up with chirpy Grace Newton...
  • Gunner by Rebecca Joyce

    Gunner by Rebecca Joyce

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Sarah~. I am the only daughter of Beth and Mike Brewer (the town of Rosewood’s only coffee shop owners) and I have been in love with Cord ‘Gunner’ Montclair since my parents moved to Rosewood, Virginia. The problem? The beautiful man is eighteen years older than me and refuses to give me the time of day. To make matters worse, my father has openly threatened to kill Gunner if he even looks at me...
  • Tall, Dark and Daring by Suzanne Brockmann

    Tall, Dark and Daring by Suzanne Brockmann

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Experience two classic tales of heroes facing danger and falling in love from. New York Times. and. USA Today. bestselling author Suzanne Brockmann’s Tall, Dark and Daring series — collected here in one volume! The Admiral’s Bride. When six canisters of a lethal nerve agent are stolen from a military testing lab, Admiral Jake Robinson must recover the chemicals—by any means necessary...
  • Dark 'N' Deadly by Tee O'Fallon

    Dark 'N' Deadly by Tee O'Fallon

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 9 ratings
    ATF Special Agent Eric Miller and his explosives detecting K-9, Tiger, pull over a truck, the contents of which are explosive. Literally. More shocking, the driver is the kid brother of a woman he left behind. One who still haunts his days and his nights. They’d never so much as kissed, but Tess McTavish never forgot the handsome, dangerous agent who vanished in a shroud of mystery...
  • Capture by June Gray

    Capture by June Gray

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    The 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.
  • Operation: Endurance by Christi Snow

    Operation: Endurance by Christi Snow

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    They had a single night of passion before he deployed on a risky mission. 18 hours on a mission gone very wrong was all it took to shatter all their hopes and dreams. The hero:. He survived 6 months of captivity and torture, kept alive by dreams of her. The heroine:. She thought he was dead and moved on only to have her world fall apart once again...
  • Moonlight Road by Robyn Carr

    Moonlight Road by Robyn Carr

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 40 ratings
    WITH HER BELOVED YOUNGER SIBLINGS SETTLED AND HAPPY, ERIN FOLEY HAS EMPTY NEST SYNDROME. AT AGE THIRTY-FIVE. So she's hitting the pause button on her life and holing up in a secluded (but totally upgraded --- she's not into roughing it! ) cabin near Virgin River. Erin is planning on getting to know herself . .. not the shaggy-haired mountain man she meets...
  • Barefoot with a Stranger by Roxanne St. Claire

    Barefoot with a Stranger by Roxanne St. Claire

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Francesca Rossi might be the youngest in a long line of badass siblings, but this computer whiz would rather hack a database than pack a pistol for the family business in Barefoot Bay.   When an assignment forces her out of her comfort zone and into the field, Chessie decides to amp up the excitement quotient and has her first one night stand with a sexy stranger she’ll never see again...
  • Issued to the Bride: One Airman by Cora Seton

    Issued to the Bride: One Airman by Cora Seton

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Airman Connor O’Riley never believed in love until he saw proof of it in the most unlikely place--a battlefield in the middle of the Syrian civil war. Now he's in hot water with the Air Force, and if he wants to clear his name he'll have to put his new-found belief in love to the test--by convincing his superior officer's daughter to marry him. Sadie Reed is done with love...
  • My Mountain Man Returns by Sadie King

    My Mountain Man Returns by Sadie King

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    A secret baby and a second chance. .. Suzie gets a shock when her ex turns up all the way from England. But it's nothing compared to the shock he gets when he finds out what she's been keeping from him. My Mountain Man Returns is a secret baby, second chance romance featuring an ex-military hero and the curvy girl he tracks halfway across the world.
  • The Seal's Squid by Layne Daniels

    The Seal's Squid by Layne Daniels

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Meet the girl of my dreams? Check. Have the best night of my life? Check. Get called away for weeks with no contact? Check. Unfortunately. I never expected life post-active duty to be more adventurous than when I was still with my SEAL team, but here we are. A simple freelance contract for the government, and I come home to find my organized life is in chaos. Thankfully, my girl is waiting for me...
  • Savage Cowboy by Hope Ford

    Savage Cowboy by Hope Ford

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR Hope Ford brings you a steamy cowboy romance about forbidden love and the lengths a cowboy will go to for the woman he loves. Amanda. I might be young and naïve, but I’m not stupid enough to fall in love with my family’s enemy. You know that old story about the Hatfields and McCoys? Well, in our case, we’re the McCoys and they’re the Bryants...
  • Home Town by Cat Johnson

    Home Town by Cat Johnson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Exciting. Fast-Paced. Steamy. She was the good girl next door. He was the bad boy who proved too tempting to resist. Years have passed but old feelings die hard proving time can't heal all wounds. Corey Jacobs is not a good man. Not then when he was the hockey star next door who he took her V-card then walked away...
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  • Ghost by Sybil Bartel

    Ghost by Sybil Bartel

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Navy SEAL. Tier One Operator. Pawn. It started as an order from the Vice Admiral. A Black Ops mission for a woman from a government acronym no one ever spoke about. The brunette slid me a smile and said the parameters were simple. One high-value target, a HALO jump, my sniper skills, and a coordinated exfil. Double-tap the HVT, then I’d be back with my Team in time to spin up...
  • My Mountain Man Valentine: A Steamy Curvy Girl Romance by Sadie King

    My Mountain Man Valentine: A Steamy Curvy Girl Romance by Sadie King

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Stranded in a cabin and there’s only one bed! I’m a cynical divorcee, she’s a shy schoolteacher with killer curves, and we’re stranded together in a cabin on Valentine’s Day. But this schoolmarm has a proposal. She wants to lose her v-card, and she thinks I’m the man for the job. Sign me up! I’ll be the man she needs for one night only...
  • My Mountain Man Recluse by Sadie King

    My Mountain Man Recluse by Sadie King

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    She’s his best friend’s daughter. She’s off limits. She’s half his age…. …and she’s totally irresistible…. My Mountain Man Recluse is a forbidden love, short and steamy romance featuring an ex-military recluse and the curvy innocent woman he can't stay away from.
  • Delta Rogue by Elle Boon

    Delta Rogue by Elle Boon

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Previously released as part of The Cuffed And Claimed Boxset. Hailey joined the Navy as a way to finally have a place to belong. Being a California girl, she always loved the water and saving lives. As a teenager she'd been swimming in the ocean when she'd nearly drowned and had been saved by a Navy SEAL. It was then she'd decided that was what she'd become...
  • Engage by June Gray

    Engage by June Gray

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    PART 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. Don't miss Capture, part six of the Disarm series!
  • Mason (Mail-Order Brides For Christmas) by Hope Ford

    Mason (Mail-Order Brides For Christmas) by Hope Ford

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    He’s a scarred, gruff, military man that wants to be left alone. But he’s also a man that will step up when he needs to. When his mother tells him and his brothers they have to marry to save Snow Valley, he figures he’ll do it. He’ll get married, save the town and then get divorced. But then he met his wife...
  • 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. When we get stuck in a cabin together for the night, I’ll show her that I might be a retired Special Forces captain, but I still know how to command…...
  • Tall, Dark and Fearless by Suzanne Brockmann

    Tall, Dark and Fearless by Suzanne Brockmann

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    New York Times and USA TODAY Bestselling Author SUZANNE BROCKMANN returns with two more classic tales of tall, dark and dangerous men who face the msot daring adventure of all -- FALLING IN LOVEFRISCO'S KIDBeing a Navy SEAL is more than a career to Alan Frisco Francisco--it is his whole world. So when a bullet wound threatens his future in the Navy, he is determined to achieve a full recovery. .
  • Wild Promises by Sadie King

    Wild Promises by Sadie King

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    This ex-military biker will do anything to protect the people of Wild Heart Mountain but this runaway bride will test him in ways that will either heal him or break him in two…Wild Promises is a runaway bride, age gap, protector hero romance featuring an OTT ex-military man in uniform and the curvy younger woman who runs away with his heart.
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