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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 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...
  • 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...
  • Temptation Ridge: A Virgin River Novel by Robyn Carr

    Temptation Ridge: A Virgin River Novel by Robyn Carr

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 41 ratings
    Welcome back to Virgin River with the books that inspired the hit Netflix series…. Shelby McIntyre has big plans—plans that include finding Mr. Right. Her dream man will have a clean-shaven jaw, creases in his pants and hopefully an advanced degree. What she gets is rugged Luke Riordan...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • 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.
  • Axing For Trouble by Jessa Joy

    Axing For Trouble by Jessa Joy

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Can this older, ex-military woodsman find love with a curvy girl hiding a big secret? Georgia. Everything about my life has to change. So I run to the woods of Snowflake Falls to hide out. Except I've let myself in for way more than I bargained for. Trouble finds me as soon as I set foot on the mountain. Rescue comes in the intimidating shape of Declan Connor...
  • Reaching For Normal by Jemi Fraser

    Reaching For Normal by Jemi Fraser

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    After a childhood spent in hospitals and foster homes, Myla’s freelance adventure writing suits her perfectly. A couple of weeks trying out new things then move on. Now, if she can only get her guide to all things winter interested in helping her lose her V-card. Sawyer’s lost his parents, his SEAL team, and his legendary Spidey senses...
  • SEAL's Vow by Makenna Jameison

    SEAL's Vow by Makenna Jameison

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 6 ratings
    Mark “Mayhem” Covington's book. Official blurb coming soon!
  • Coming Home: (Home Series, Book Two) by Melissa Whitney

    Coming Home: (Home Series, Book Two) by Melissa Whitney

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    One night. One kiss. That’s all it took for everything to change between them. Dr. Nat Owens has come home to join her family’s medical practice. In the sleepy village, she struggles to be seen as a medical professional. Patients want her father. Staff go to her mother. Village residents respect her older brother. To everyone, she’s just the youngest Owens sibling...
  • Rebel Boss by Lana Love

    Rebel Boss by Lana Love

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    One blue-collar boss and confirmed bachelor + One curvy babe with an unexpected inheritance + One vintage Mustang = A searing romance about the power of family and forgiveness! The day a woman brings a vintage Mustang in for restoration, I'm a goner. The car is beautiful, but the woman bringing the car in makes my heart rev like it never has. Thing is, I'm a bachelor...
  • October is for Owen by Kaci Rose

    October is for Owen by Kaci Rose

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    When a rockslide strands them in the mountains, he's her only chance at safety. .. Kennedy. It was meant to be a solo trip—a tribute to my grandparents, and a final memory before a new chapter in my life. Only, I wasn't alone at the lake. I hadn't planned on meeting a mountain man that made my heart race or the rockslide that left the path back to town unpassable...
  • Under Fire by Catherine Mann

    Under Fire by Catherine Mann

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    A decorated hero, pararescueman Liam McCabe lives to serve. Six months ago, he and Rachel Flores met in the horrific aftermath of an earthquake in the Bahamas. They were tempted by an explosive attraction, yet parted ways. Still, Liam has thought about Rachel every day—and night—since...
  • Tall, Dark and Deadly by Suzanne Brockmann

    Tall, Dark and Deadly by Suzanne Brockmann

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Navy SEAL Lucky was used to women swooning at his feet. So how could it be that feisty journalist Sydney seems immune to his charms? Working a dangerous case together, Lucky’s determined to turn her frosty attitude around – and make her fall head over heels for him. Protecting the innocent is Navy SEAL Bobby’s passion. That’s why his best friend asked him to look out for his little sister...
  • Farmer Finds a Bride by Cassi Hart

    Farmer Finds a Bride by Cassi Hart

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Melissa My dad hasn’t been the same since my mom left us several years ago. He’s obsessed with gaining political power, going so far as to promise my hand in marriage to one of his important campaign donors. My groom is a scumbag, but I can’t get my dad to see my side at all. He won’t even let me apply to college so I can follow my dreams...
  • Grumpy Suits: An Office Romance Collection by Cassie Mint

    Grumpy Suits: An Office Romance Collection by Cassie Mint

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    They’re stern and bossy. Rich and powerful. They rule the city…. And these girls will bring them to their knees. This collection brings three steamy office romances, where the grumpy bosses fall HARD. Settle in for…. Silver Fox. He’s older and wiser. A king in a three-piece suit. And there’s a secret side to him that only I see. Sweet Tooth. I’m an ambitious lawyer. She’s a cake pop delivery girl...
  • Looking For Love by Stella Starling

    Looking For Love by Stella Starling

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Micah Finn Rawlings has lived most of his life blind, sheltered, and craving adventure. Now, at twenty-two, an operation has given him his sight back and he’s ready to take on the world. Well, sort of. His newly restored vision isn’t exactly all that he’d hoped it would be, but he’s definitely not going to let that stop him…...
  • SEALed With A Kiss: Heroes With Heart by Sharon Hamilton, Teresa J. Reasor

    SEALed With A Kiss: Heroes With Heart by Sharon Hamilton, Teresa J. Reasor

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Anthology of 8 Navy SEAL novellas by New York Times, USA Today and award-winning bestselling authors: Marliss Melton, Gennita Low, Teresa Reasor, Elle James, Delilah Devlin, Stephanie Tyler, J. M. Madden and Sharon Hamilton. Code of Silence. by Award-winning Internationally Bestselling author Marliss Melton : Navy SEAL Vinny DeInnocentis has no idea his news reporter wife is keeping secrets...
  • When Worlds Collide by Jordan Silver

    When Worlds Collide by Jordan Silver

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    He was the son of an old family, a family not only of wealth but a great history going back hundreds of years. As such his future had been mapped out at birth. He knew his duty and had never given it much thought. Until his years in the marines showed him a different world. Still, he was more than happy to follow the status quo, until he met her...
  • Alaska's Lady by Hallie Bennett

    Alaska's Lady by Hallie Bennett

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    ALASKA. He's a hardened military veteran who's returning to his mountain MC to deal with family issues. FAITH. She's the innocent preacher's daughter searching to escape her controlling father...
  • Cold Day in Hell by Jerrie Alexander

    Cold Day in Hell by Jerrie Alexander

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Ex-Army Ranger Tyrell Castillo’s first mission for Lost and Found, Inc. goes awry when his contact is kidnapped, and he’s left scrambling for weapons and explosives. He’ll have to blow up a drug cartel’s compound, rescue the woman, and keep her safe while they cross the sweltering hot Colombian jungle. Driven by the need for revenge, Ana Maria Vega Cisneros doesn’t want to be rescued...
  • Take Over at Midnight by M.L. Buchman

    Take Over at Midnight by M.L. Buchman

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Name: Lola LaRue. Rank: Chief Warrant Officer 3. Mission: Copilot deadly choppers on the world's most dangerous missions. Name: Tim Maloney. Rank: Sergeant. Mission: Man the guns and charm the ladies. The Past Doesn't Matter, When Their Future is Doomed. Nothing sticks to "Crazy" Tim Maloney, until he falls hard for a tall Creole beauty with a haunted past and a penchant for reckless flying...
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