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  • Maximus by Riley Edwards, Operation Alpha

    Maximus by Riley Edwards, Operation Alpha

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    What happens when a woman who’s done the unthinkable needs protection—can a man who’s lost his belief in humanity keep her safe? Max Brown doesn’t trust anyone but his team. The former SEAL learned early in life that people let you down—they lie, they steal, and they lie some more. Love is a word that is used to manipulate. Family is meaningless. Max is an island and he prefers it that way...
  • Securing Jane by Susan Stoker

    Securing Jane by Susan Stoker

    Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Susan Stoker comes a new story in her SEAL of Protection: Legacy Series…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...
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  • A Hero's Chance by Maryann Jordan

    A Hero's Chance by Maryann Jordan

    Rated: 4.78 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Ryan Coates does it all. Single dad with an ex who needs a reminder to spend time with their kids. Chief of the Baytown Station of the Virginia Marine Police. Sergeant at Arms for the local American Legion. Son. Brother. Coach. Friend.What he’s not doing is looking for a woman to add to his already busy life.Then he met her. Again.She’s the new doctor in town. And she remembers Ryan...
  • Deserving Henley by Susan Stoker

    Deserving Henley by Susan Stoker

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Years of adversity have molded Henley McClure into the attentive, conscientious psychologist she is today. She lives for her daughter, Jasna, and her work at The Refuge, an exclusive retreat for victims of PTSD. Her life is fulfilling…if a little lonely. But the only man who’s captured her interest, the most standoffish of the mountain retreat’s seven owners, lives in self-imposed isolation...
  • Controlled Burn by Marie James

    Controlled Burn by Marie James

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 11 ratings
    As the mechanic for Blackbridge Security, when I make a mistake things don’t work properly.Correcting that mistake is the only way to get things operational.I meet issues in my personal life with the same mindset.How was I to know the woman I’ve been flirting with at the gym is the same woman I called a noise complaint on?I got her kicked out of her condo.My first response: Move in with me...
  • Rescuing Wendy by Susan Stoker

    Rescuing Wendy by Susan Stoker

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Aspen “Blade” Carlisle is the last of his Delta Force team to find love…and he’s pretty bummed about that fact. Which might explain why he finds himself chatting up a telemarketer as if she’s a long-lost friend. But Wendy is surprisingly easy to talk to, so when they go from occasional calls during her work, to nightly conversations on their cells, it somehow feels right...
  • 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...
  • Ethan’s Obsession (Special Forces: Operation Alpha) by Anna Blakely, Operation Alpha

    Ethan’s Obsession (Special Forces: Operation Alpha) by Anna Blakely, Operation Alpha

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    A former SEAL who wants what he can’t have. An artist who’s afraid to follow her heart. Danger lurking in the shadows, waiting for the perfect time to strike.Ethan “Apollo” McAllister’s world is filled with controlled chaos. As a former Navy SEAL and member of Tac-Ops, he’s used to running headfast into danger. He’s also damn good at keeping secrets...
  • Ethan’s Obsession by Anna Blakely, Operation Alpha

    Ethan’s Obsession by Anna Blakely, Operation Alpha

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A former SEAL who wants what he can’t have. An artist who’s afraid to follow her heart. Danger lurking in the shadows, waiting for the perfect time to strike. Ethan “Apollo” McAllister’s world is filled with controlled chaos. As a former Navy SEAL and member of Tac-Ops, he’s used to running headfast into danger. He’s also damn good at keeping secrets...
  • Counting Miracles by Nicholas Sparks

    Counting Miracles by Nicholas Sparks

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    From the acclaimed author of The Longest Ride and The Notebook comes an emotional, powerful novel about wondering if we can change—or even make our peace with—the path we’ve taken.Tanner Hughes was raised by his grandparents, following in his grandfather’s military footsteps to become an Army Ranger. His whole life has been spent abroad, and he is the proverbial rolling stone . .
  • Static by Cathleen Cole, Frank Jensen

    Static by Cathleen Cole, Frank Jensen

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    He'll break every law known to man to keep her safe…StaticAs a lawyer and prospect in a motorcycle club, I walk the line between two worlds.But when I met Gwen, a single mother with a heart of gold and a past full of pain, everything started to change.I no longer care what side of the law I’m on, I’ll do whatever it takes...
  • The Summer Getaway by Susan Mallery

    The Summer Getaway by Susan Mallery

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    "The perfect escape for readers wanting to get away."—Booklist One woman takes the vacation of a lifetime in this poignant and heartwarming story about the threads that hold a family together from #1 New York Times bestselling author Susan Mallery.Single mom Robyn Caldwell needs a new plan for her future.  She has always put her family first.  Now, with her kids grown, she yearns for a change...
  • Dark Memento by Katie Reus

    Dark Memento by Katie Reus

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Welcome to Verona Bay, a small coastal town where the secrets just won’t stay buried—and people aren’t always who they seem. She was the one that got away… Eight years ago Serenity Washington watched as her twin sister was murdered. She was lucky to escape the same grisly fate. With her sister’s killer in jail, she relocated and tried to move on with her life...
  • Colorado Cold Case by Elle James

    Colorado Cold Case by Elle James

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Sole survivor of a mission gone wrong, Griff left the Navy to recover from his wounds and grief. The one person he’d loved had left San Diego while he'd been on a mission and hadn't returned or reached out. She’d said she was from Colorado...
  • Finding Summer by Suzanne Halliday

    Finding Summer by Suzanne Halliday

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Protector Alpha and a Sunshine Girl He's not what he seems and she's an open book. Arnie Templeton is NIGHTWIND’s resident clown He has a big corner office and the swagger that comes with nobody, except his bosses, having a clue what he did with his time. But that's only part of his story. Inherited wealth coupled with a messed up childhood almost derailed his life...
  • Beyond the Badge: Nox by Jeanne St. James

    Beyond the Badge: Nox by Jeanne St. James

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    This ride with the Blue Avengers MC ends with Bradley Lennox aka “Nox.”Nox * Member of the Blue Avengers MC* Police officer with the Shadow Valley PD* Member of the Tri-State Federal Drug Task Force* Widower* Army VeteranHeroine * Single mother and widow* Daughter of a member of an outlaw MCDescription coming soon! Beyond the Nox is the sixth and final book in the Blue Avengers MC series...
  • HOT SEAL Devotion by Lynn Raye Harris

    HOT SEAL Devotion by Lynn Raye Harris

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 10 ratings
    She’ll ask him to marry her. And pray he says yes…Kayla wants a daddy for her little girl. Navy SEAL Zack is perfect for the job. Kayla’s made wrong choices before, but she knows this one is right. Zack’s a strong, honorable man who will keep her baby safe. Zack’s been twisted up inside from the moment he laid eyes on Kayla. It’s been months, and he still can’t untangle his feelings...
  • Bayou Sweetheart by Lexi Blake

    Bayou Sweetheart by Lexi Blake

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Sparks fly in Louisiana's Butterfly Bayou when a Hollywood starlet falls for a local deputy in a small-town contemporary romance from New York Times bestselling author Lexi Blake. After leaving the military, Major Blanchard moved to Papillon, Louisiana, to be with his aging father, where he's taken a deputy position with the sheriff’s department...
  • Cold Spite by Toni Anderson

    Cold Spite by Toni Anderson

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 12 ratings
    A disgraced former Navy SEAL is looking for revenge in this romantic thriller from author Toni Anderson.When FBI Agent Delilah Quinn survives an attempt on her life, she pretends to be dead in order to outwit her attacker. There is only one person she can turn to for help—a man she never wanted to see again…a man who abandoned her five years ago and left her heartbroken...
  • 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...
  • Air Force Hero by Weston Parker

    Air Force Hero by Weston Parker

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    There’s only been one woman for me, and she’s never truly been mine. But I don’t have much time for anyone anyway, with my focus on my career. I’m a military man through and through, from generation to generation. This one girl, though. She stole my heart when we were kids, but it’s taboo, forbidden. She’s my best friend’s little sister, and he’d kill us both...
  • Disavowed by Kaylea Cross

    Disavowed by Kaylea Cross

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    The government trained her to kill… Briar Jones has lived most of her life in the shadows, carrying out secret ops to eliminate some of the United States’ most dangerous enemies. She’s devoted her life to serving her country so when a faceless enemy targets her and kills someone close to her, she’ll stop at nothing to bring them down...
  • Saving Sophia by Jenna Gunn

    Saving Sophia by Jenna Gunn

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Everything about Sophia makes the alpha in me snap at the chain I keep it on.And that’s trouble I don’t want or need.Because the single mom with M.D. behind her name...Is the last person I need to be fixated on.I need to channel that kind of energy into fighting wildfires.Not fighting my need to own her.I’m jacked enough as is...
  • Beyond Just Us : A Single Parent Marriage of Convenience Romance by Kimberly Kincaid

    Beyond Just Us : A Single Parent Marriage of Convenience Romance by Kimberly Kincaid

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Remington’s most cynical doctor is about to get upended by two little words:I DO.Tess Michaleson runs her ER like she runs her life—no pretenses, no exceptions.As a single mother, she can’t afford anything less.As a woman who’s been burned by love?She can’t believe in anything more.Her son and her job are the center of her world.That’s all Tess needs...
  • Playing Along: A Small Town Second Chance Romance by Cassie-Ann L. Miller

    Playing Along: A Small Town Second Chance Romance by Cassie-Ann L. Miller

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When I came back to Sin Valley, the mission was simple—avoid the ex-girlfriend who broke my heart. At all costs.Too bad I just (accidentally) moved in next door to her. And her battery-operated boyfriend(s). Plural.Crap! No matter how hard I try to steer clear of Desiree Grant, fate keeps tossing us together.And, so far? It’s not going too well for me...
  • A Wild Heart by Amie Knight

    A Wild Heart by Amie Knight

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I lost a huge piece of myself the day my husband was killed in action. In the months that followed, I felt like my grief would swallow me whole.My only solace was my daughter, whose bright light guided me through the darkest of times.I never wanted to meet someone else.I vowed to never fall in love again, especially with a marine.It was supposed to be no strings attached and for a while it was...
  • Guarded Dreams by L.J. Evans

    Guarded Dreams by L.J. Evans

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    "Just like the moon called the tides, she had called me home. To her."Serious, by-the-book Eli Wyatt has life all figured out. He’s got a five-year plan, his future in the Coast Guard, and friends who always have his back.And then Ava Abrams breezes into his life, tempting him in ways he can’t shakeA free spirit, Ava’s on the run, heading in the direction of her dreams...
  • The SEAL’s Surprise Baby by Leslie North

    The SEAL’s Surprise Baby by Leslie North

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Navy SEAL Anderson Park and agency operative Violet DiPaula didn’t like each other, but that didn’t diminish the spark between them. On a mission together in Russia, they gave in to the red-hot chemistry between them...
  • Breaker by Jules Ford

    Breaker by Jules Ford

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Welcome back to Hambleton, Wyoming, home of the Speed Demons MC.BreakerYears ago, while on leave from the military, I went to the city of sin and unknowingly left two things behind. Twins!Now they’re back in my life, along with their mother, the woman that I’ve never forgotten, and I have big decisions to make...
  • 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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    men in uniform  military  contemporary
  • 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...
  • Love on a Summer Night by Zoe York

    Love on a Summer Night by Zoe York

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Never say never. Especially not to a determined bad boy. Zander Minelli is exactly the wrong kind of man. He’s dark, dangerous, and knows far too much about sawed-off shotguns. Faith Davidson finds him irresistible. The widowed single mother knows she should dip her toe back in the dating pool with someone solid and dependable. Definitely no tattoos...
  • Captivating In Love  (The Maverick Billionaires) by Bella Andre, Jennifer Skully

    Captivating In Love (The Maverick Billionaires) by Bella Andre, Jennifer Skully

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Gideon Jones came back from war a changed man. Though the Maverick Billionaires claim he’s one of their own, he knows he doesn't deserve to be part of their tightly knit unit. Just like he doesn't deserve Rosie Diaz—an amazing mother…and an utterly captivating woman that he can't stop dreaming about...
    Categorized as:
    military  single-mother  humor  contemporary
  • Showing off the Goods by Weston Parker

    Showing off the Goods by Weston Parker

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    My guy best friend needs a best man, and he’s asking me—a girl.Not that I’m surprised. We’ve been inseparable since birth. Who else was he going to ask?Juggling this wedding and being a single mom is going to be a feat. But I got this. All is rolling smoothly until my friends shake up another tradition. Seems the bride is asking a guy to be her maid of honor. And not just any guy either...
  • Finding Happiness in a Hoax by Claire Cain

    Finding Happiness in a Hoax by Claire Cain

    Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    One thing being captured and held by terrorists does for a man? It makes him think. Especially about the past.Five years ago, I married a woman to help her out of a desperate situation. But we’ve hardly seen each other since. And if that doesn’t change soon, my command team is going to get suspicious of our arrangement...
  • Code Name: Ghost by Sawyer Bennett

    Code Name: Ghost by Sawyer Bennett

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    I knew the risks of this job when I signed on with Jameson Force Security. Knew my time as a marine would prepare me for the danger I would face. But no amount of training could have ever prepared me for the helplessness of watching my teammates die, the agonizing mental and physical pain of torture, or the despair of captivity...
  • Twice in a Lifetime by Jessica Prince

    Twice in a Lifetime by Jessica Prince

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    When I moved away from Hope Valley at eighteen years old, I told myself it was for good. There were too many unpleasant memories, too much history, and too many reminders of the boy who had broken my heart.Years passed and I built a life and a family with a man I loved...
  • Operation: Endurance by Christi Snow

    Operation: Endurance by Christi Snow

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 13 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...
  • Capture by June Gray

    Capture by June Gray

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 24 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...
  • Matt - The Black Tuxedos MC by Darlene Tallman

    Matt - The Black Tuxedos MC by Darlene Tallman

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    When Matt Ferguson got severely injured during his last deployment, he thought he’d come home and marry his high school sweetheart and they’d live happily ever after. That dream crashed and burned when she left him after cruelly hurling words that still impact him to this day. Eventually, he finds a home with the Black Tuxedos MC and is now running the construction company that the MC owns...
  • Second Chance by L.B. Dunbar

    Second Chance by L.B. Dunbar

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Another romance for the over 40. Can one sexy silver fox face the woman he once left behind but never let go? Her. A widow at forty-four, her husband left her a letter. Contact Denton. Once upon a time, the three of them had been best friends. Mati Rath isn’t sure she should look back. Her heart isn’t ready, or so she thinks. Him. A pleading phone call forces him to make a decision...
  • 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..
  • Waiting for Willa by Kristen Proby

    Waiting for Willa by Kristen Proby

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Waiting for Willa From New York Times Bestselling Author Kristen Proby comes the newest installment in her beloved Big Sky Series… Max Hull left Cunningham Falls a long time ago. Thanks to his killer instincts and business smarts, he’s come back to town richer than anyone’s wildest imagination...
  • Gambled by Cristin Harber

    Gambled by Cristin Harber

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Brock Gamble’s epic fall from the Titan Group labeled him a traitor. He betrayed his men. He failed his family. And when he thought he’d hit the lowest point, his wife walked out with their children, leaving him alone to drown himself in the bottle. Surviving an abduction didn’t end the nightmare for Sarah Gamble. The aftershocks of post-traumatic stress disorder hit her hard...
  • Westin's Chase by Cristin Harber

    Westin's Chase by Cristin Harber

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    THE MASTER OF EVERYTHING HAS FOUND HIS MATCH Jared Westin knows his reputation and likes it. He gets the job done. No emotion. No baggage. That’s why his elite ops company, The Titan Group, is better than the best. They complete projects classified as mission impossible. And then, in walks a woman as tough as she is sexy. His counterpart in every way, should he choose to admit it...
  • Engage by June Gray

    Engage by June Gray

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 23 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...
  • Remember When by R.C. Boldt

    Remember When by R.C. Boldt

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Remember When is the third book in the Teach Me series, but can be enjoyed as a full-length, standalone romance. The third installment of RC Boldt’s Teach Me series returns with two people who once had it all… Over a decade ago, fourth grade teacher Tate Donnelly was attending college with the love of her life by her side...
  • If I Return (The 12 NA's of Christmas) by Sawyer Bennett

    If I Return (The 12 NA's of Christmas) by Sawyer Bennett

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    If I Return is proud to be a part of The 12 NA's of Christmas 12 New Adult Novellas. 12 Best Selling Authors. November 2013. Would you wait? College student, Hope Camden, is relentlessly serious, awkwardly shy and in complete need of taking a walk on the wilder side...
  • A Beautiful Purpose by Alicia Rae, Jovana Shirley

    A Beautiful Purpose by Alicia Rae, Jovana Shirley

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    All Blake Johnson knows is the life of a Marine. After serving his country for eight years, he returns to his family for some rest and rehabilitation. Fighting an internal war, he battles the debate of extending his time in the military to keep serving alongside his brothers and sisters or transitioning back to civilian life and finding a new purpose...
  • Touch Me by Melissa Schroeder

    Touch Me by Melissa Schroeder

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A man trying to forget. Jackson Johnson had always planned to spend his life in the Marines serving his country—that is until he came back from a mission with memories he’d rather not have. He feels like he’s circling the drain until he meets the new tenant next door. An altercation with her unruly dog has them at odds. That is until he finds himself kissing her...
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