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  • Shielding Kinley by Susan Stoker

    Shielding Kinley by Susan Stoker

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 32 ratings
    When Kinley Taylor witnesses what was possibly the last few minutes of a young girl’s life while in Paris, she realizes exactly how alone she is in the world. The only person she has to turn to for help is the one man who she feels is completely out of her league. Gage “Lefty” Haskins liked the personal assistant the first time he met her...
  • Code Name: Libra by Janie Crouch

    Code Name: Libra by Janie Crouch

    Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    My code name is Libra. The stars say I’m charismatic, intelligent, charming.The one with the easy smile.Zodiac Tactical has been the biggest part of my life for the past three years. We guard, protect, rescue...eliminate the threat when nobody else can. And I’ve always been at the front lines—first to help in whatever way was needed.Until I took a bullet to the chest...
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  • 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 hereHe’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...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • Home Coming by Cat Johnson

    Home Coming by Cat Johnson

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Bailey Knowles needs a fake boyfriend, not a bodyguard, to teach her cheating ex a lesson, even if everyone insists she hire one to fend off the threats she's been getting. Luckily it looks like one unsuspecting Navy SEAL will be perfect to step into the role of both.Quinn Baldwin takes the long road home to visit his family, but instead finds TikTok sensation Bailey Knowles. She needs protection...
  • Protecting Tex by Susan Stoker

    Protecting Tex by Susan Stoker

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 6 ratings
    Who does a consummate savior turn to when he finds himself in need of saving?

For years, former SEAL John “Tex” Keegan has been the literal port in every storm, saving the lives of countless men, women, and children—soldiers, sailors, and civilians—all around the world, working alone from the safety of his basement. He never expects thanks. Doesn’t do it for gratitude or accolades...
  • I Want to Hold Your Hand by Marie Force

    I Want to Hold Your Hand by Marie Force

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    For the Abbott siblings, the Green Mountain state has always been an idyllic place to call home...
  • Murdock by Elle James

    Murdock by Elle James

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 9 ratings
    Ex-Navy SEAL, Sean Murdock, is done with the Navy, done with being a bodyguard and ready to embrace construction as his new vocation. When he offers to ride shotgun with the local mobile veterinarian to deliver a horse to a client, he doesn’t expect the trip to turn into a rescue mission.Gabbie Myers grew up on a ranch in Montana and knew from her first pony that she would become a veterinarian...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • My Last - Riley & Chelle by Melanie Shawn

    My Last - Riley & Chelle by Melanie Shawn

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 25 ratings
    He was the bad boy... After twelve years in the Marines Special Forces Riley Sloan is more than ready to start his new civilian life. No one to answer to. No one depending on him. No more dangerous rescues...he thought. After receiving a distress call he is sent on a recon mission to check on the one girl that is completely off limits and the only girl that ever made him question his loyalty...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • 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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  • Take Me to the Valley by Kaci Rose

    Take Me to the Valley by Kaci Rose

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    He’s her brother’s best friend. She’s never had a thing for single dads or younger men… until him. Evan I’ve built my life around two things: protecting my daughter, Skye, and serving Whiskey River as a detective. Love? It’s off the table. I can’t have both—it’s not fair to Skye, and I’ve already been burned once...
  • 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 BoxsetHailey 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...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • Two of a Kind by Susan Mallery

    Two of a Kind by Susan Mallery

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 33 ratings
    New York Times bestselling author Susan Mallery welcomes readers back to Fool's Gold, where a one-time fling could become the real thing... Felicia Swift never dreamed she'd hear a deep, sexy voice from her past in tiny Fool's Gold, California. The last time Gideon Boylan whispered in her ear was half a world away...on the morning after the hottest night of her life...
  • Devoted to Love by Shayla Black

    Devoted to Love by Shayla Black

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    He was sent to guard her body… he didn’t expect her to steal his heart. Her sister’s wedding was hardly the place to find a hook up, but after one look at friend-of-the-groom and special operative Josiah Grant, small-town Texas beauty Magnolia West immediately fell in lust. After a stunningly sensual night together, Maggie is prepared for the two of them to go their separate ways...
  • Save Me by Heidi McLaughlin

    Save Me by Heidi McLaughlin

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Tucker McCoy thought the hardest mission of his life was over. After being deployed for six years, all he wanted to do was return home to his wife and daughter. But when he arrives home with roses in his hand, the last thing he expects is to be welcomed by a stranger. Being presumed dead for six years doesn’t help his cause as no one is giving him the answers he needs...
  • 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..
  • 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...
  • The Wild One by Janet Gover

    The Wild One by Janet Gover

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Can four wounded souls find love? Iraq war veteran Dan Mitchell once disobeyed an order – and it nearly destroyed him. Now a national park ranger in the Australian outback, he’s faced with another order he is unwilling to obey ... Photographer Rachel Quinn seeks out beauty in unlikely places. Her work comforted Dan in his darkest days...
  • Hot for a Cop by Whitley Cox

    Hot for a Cop by Whitley Cox

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Drawn together by the future, torn apart by the past. Welcome to Seattle, the Emerald City and home to The Single Moms of Seattle. Three sexy single ladies who drink a ton of wine every Saturday night, bitch about life, have each other's backs, are the ultimate mama bears, and hope to one day, just maybe find love again. This is Lauren's story ... Being a single mom was never the plan for Lauren...
  • Mountain Man's Redemption by Sadie King

    Mountain Man's Redemption by Sadie King

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Does a trained killer deserve love?When I meet Ewan, the mysterious Scottish recluse who lives in the mansion on the side of the mountain, he seems too good to be true.He’s a chicken farmer living a quiet life, working the land.I fall into that idyllic life with him, growing vegetables and sipping scotch in front of an open fire...
  • Coming Home by Denise Latham

    Coming Home by Denise Latham

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Coming Home may be the biggest battle he has faced…Fourteen years ago, Jake Burrows enlisted in the military after the sudden death of his wife, leaving an infant son behind. When he is injured overseas, he decides to recuperate in the small town where he grew up and use the time to try and connect with his son...
  • Hot Alpha SEALs by Anne Elizabeth, Cat Johnson

    Hot Alpha SEALs by Anne Elizabeth, Cat Johnson

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    12 New York Times, USA Today or Award-winning bestselling Hot Alpha Authors brings you this Military Romance Megaset for your reading pleasure: THE KISS OF A SEAL by Award-winning Author Anne Elizabeth — Jessa Grainger’s world is rocked by the kiss of a SEAL, SO-1 Link Tyler...
  • Brothers in Blue: Matt by Jeanne St. James

    Brothers in Blue: Matt by Jeanne St. James

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Meet the men of Manning Grove, three small-town cops and brothers, who meet the women who will change the rest of their lives. This is Matt’s story… As a former Marine, Matt Bryson has dealt with PTSD ever since coming home from the Middle East. He finds himself fortunate to be able to return to his job as a cop at the local police department with his brothers Max and Marc. Dr...
  • Love, Tussles, and Takedowns by Violet Duke

    Love, Tussles, and Takedowns by Violet Duke

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    He’s a better fighter...but she has all the weapons. After his combat injuries retire him from the military career he wasn't ready to give up, battle-scarred Hudson Reyes now spends his new life as a movie industry fight scene and weapons specialist simply doing what he knows best: surviving. Until he meets her . The one woman who makes him want to live again...
  • 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...
  • In the Air Tonight by Stephanie Tyler

    In the Air Tonight by Stephanie Tyler

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    With danger closing in, all they have is each other. Haunted by a mission he barely survived, Delta Force operative Mace Stevens still carries a soldier’s burden. Running a small bar in upstate New York, he remains a stone cold warrior who guards dangerous secrets and stays ready for anything...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • Tempt Me by Melissa Schroeder

    Tempt Me by Melissa Schroeder

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    The man who could be general. Jesse Johnson is a man everyone assumes will be a general. Everyone, that is, but Jesse himself. He isn’t sure if he wants to give that much to the military. His father has spent most of his life surviving a lonely existence with only his work for comfort. Jesse doesn’t want that—he wants it all. The woman who tempts him to misbehave...
  • This Time Around by Catherine Mann

    This Time Around by Catherine Mann

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Air Force flight surgeon Grayson Clark and NGO worker Lori Rutledge shared a romantic summer full of promise and ultimately heartbreak. But after his turbulent childhood, Gray’s ill-equipped to offer Lori the security she craves. Separate is better. Or so he thinks until they’re paired on a military rescue operation to an overseas orphanage...
  • Snowed in with Four Firemen: A Forced Proximity Reverse Harem Romance by Tess Chase

    Snowed in with Four Firemen: A Forced Proximity Reverse Harem Romance by Tess Chase

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 9 ratings
    My car broke down in the middle of a snowstorm...And now I’m snowed in with four sizzling hot firefighters.What started as a light snowfall turned into a brutal blizzard. One wrong turn, and bam—I’m wrapped around a tree.No signal.No way out.No better time for a miracle.But just when I’m at the end of my rope…Not one, but four devastatingly gorgeous firemen come to my rescue...
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