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  • Securing Jane by Susan Stoker

    Securing Jane by Susan Stoker

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    She never thought she deserved a hero—until one makes her his mission. 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. Until a woman who’s been right in front of him for years manages to impress Storm in a way very few women—or men—ever have...
  • 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...
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  • Rescuing Sadie by Susan Stoker

    Rescuing Sadie by Susan Stoker

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    She doesn’t need a hero—but she’ll take a protector who believes in her strength. Sadie Jennings was used to being protected. As the niece of Sean Taggart, and the receptionist at McKay-Taggart Group, she was constantly surrounded by Alpha men more than capable, and willing, to lay down their life for her...
  • Meddling Under the Mistletoe by Melissa Grace

    Meddling Under the Mistletoe by Melissa Grace

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Five years ago, Dr. Lindsey Haggerty inherited her late father’s veterinary clinic, and with it, a constant reminder of how quickly she could lose those she loves most. So when a handsome new client asks her out, she's quick to shut it down...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • Catch and Release by Lori Matthews

    Catch and Release by Lori Matthews

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Callahan Security is Back! !! Jake Boxer wants a vacation, but when Jameson Drake calls and asks for a favor, he has no choice. Drake's accountant is in trouble and needs protection, so Jake agrees to take on the job. Little does he know the accountant is not only brilliant but drop-dead gorgeous...
  • Eats for Free by Danielle Allen

    Eats for Free by Danielle Allen

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Eats for FreeA Veterans Day Hot Holiday HookupThe sign said Veterans eat for free. And that’s exactly what I let him do.
  • 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...
  • SEAL's Chance by Makenna Jameison

    SEAL's Chance by Makenna Jameison

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 8 ratings
    Tyler "Trigger" Howard's book. Official blurb coming soon!
  • 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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  • 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!
  • Shattering Trinity by Terri Anne Browning, Lisa Hollett

    Shattering Trinity by Terri Anne Browning, Lisa Hollett

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    He let me fall for him, knowing he wasn’t free. When I needed him most, he was with his family, and I had to face the most heartbreaking moment of my life alone. Now he’s back, demanding I let him explain. But how can I forgive him, when I can’t even forgive myself for being so stupid to waste my heart on him to begin with?
  • 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. .
  • Snow's Woman by Hallie Bennett

    Snow's Woman by Hallie Bennett

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Curvy and responsible Caroline never strays outside the line. .. until a rugged mountain man steps into her path. But he's no ordinary man–he's a military veteran and president of a motorcycle club. Drawn to his commanding presence, Caroline finds herself torn between the intoxicating desire that ignites between them and the apprehension of delving into his dangerous world...
  • Fox by Tarin Lex

    Fox by Tarin Lex

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Emelia:. I married a man with the best heart and soul on Earth. Or so I thought. Eighteen months later, we were divorced. Or so we thought. Now he’s asking me to finish what I assumed was already signed and sealed. In my mind, it was already done. So why is it so hard to do it again? Fox:. I’ll never stop loving Emelia. I loved her so much I let her go...
  • All the Afters by J.H. Croix

    All the Afters by J.H. Croix

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A brand new, swoony small town firefighter series from USA Today Bestselling Author J. H. Croix! I’m falling in love with a firefighter, and I’m pregnant. Big It’s not his baby. When I met Griffin Cannon, I fainted. He saved me from face-planting into the gravel. He’s the rescue-y, protective type, which fits seeing as he’s a hotshot firefighter. I didn’t think I’d ever see him after that...
  • 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...
  • Rugged Savior by Lana Love

    Rugged Savior by Lana Love

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    One rugged mountain man + One curvy babe on the run from and needing protection + One overprotective dog = An alpha protector mountain romance that will make you fan yourself! It's been a long-a** summer up here on King Mountain. The end of the rental season can't come fast enough. Especially when I find out the city kids at the cabins have started a fire. During a burn ban...
  • Dear Gage by K.L. Donn

    Dear Gage by K.L. Donn

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A match made. .. by an 8-year-old? Dear Paisley,. I wasn’t looking for love. I was fine with the life I had. Then you wrote me and a whole new world opened up. Dear Gage,. I’ve been alone so long. Lost, scared, raising a son who needed a real man. Then you came along. Opening our hearts to your loyalty.
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • Wish Upon a SEAL by J.M. Madden

    Wish Upon a SEAL by J.M. Madden

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Weddings suck and Navy SEAL Drake Hardwick, or Zero to his teammates, is totally out of his element at the wedding reception of a fellow SEAL. Too much pink is annoying. Too much crowd puts him in a dangerous mood. When he bumps into Izzy Greer, for a few brief seconds, he forgets everything else around him...
  • 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...
  • Unlocking Hope by Linzi Baxter

    Unlocking Hope by Linzi Baxter

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    The fight of their lives could bind their hearts…or kill them both. A few months ago, Zoey jumped at a new job offer with an outsized salary. Now she’s jumping from one abandoned house to another, subsisting on stale granola bars, hiding a thumb drive with enough information to bring down a crime boss—or get her killed...
  • Dangerous Desires by Dee Davis

    Dangerous Desires by Dee Davis

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    As the extractions expert for A-Tac, an elite CIA black ops unit masquerading as faculty at an Ivy League college, Drake Flynn knows how to survive behind enemy lines. But he’s about to meet one adversary he can’t subdue . . . or resist. A RACE FOR SURVIVAL...
  • I Own the Dawn by M.L. Buchman

    I Own the Dawn by M.L. Buchman

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    Name: Archibald Jeffrey Stevenson III. Rank: First Lieutenant, Dap Hawk Copilot. Mission: Strategy and execution of special ops maneuvers. Name: Kee Smith. Rank: Sergeant, Night Stalker Gunner and Sharpshooter. Mission: Whatever it takes to get the job done. You Wouldn't Think It Could Get Worse, Until It Does. .
  • A Santini Christmas by Melissa Schroeder

    A Santini Christmas by Melissa Schroeder

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Join the Santinis as they gather together not for the joy of the season, but in crisis. One major event throws everything they hold dear into jeopardy, causing Joey to travel back to the memories of when she and Papa first fell in love. Joey Antonio doesn’t have time for men. Her focus is on saving money for art school. She definitely doesn’t need some jarhead Romeo bothering her...
  • 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...
  • His Curvy Dream: A BBW Holiday Romance by Erin Havoc

    His Curvy Dream: A BBW Holiday Romance by Erin Havoc

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    An Older Man Younger Curvy Woman Romance. NATHAN. From sworn bachelor to obsessed with her…. In one single afternoon. Columbus Day is just around the corner, and that’s the limit I have to convince her before I leave town. She’s my new dream, and I’m not letting her go. ALLYSSA. I have the biggest deal I could hope for right in front of me. All I have to do is nail my job…...
  • Rugged Loner by Lana Love

    Rugged Loner by Lana Love

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    One shy mountain man + One curvy woman who needs a fake boyfriend = A friends-to-lovers mountain man romance with all the feels! It was supposed to be another Tuesday night. Meet with the guys at King Tap, discuss business, drink some beer, and shoot the sht. Maybe stare at Marian, the bartender I've been in love with since the moment I saw her. Then Marian, tells her parents I'm her boyfriend...
  • Love, Honor, Sacrifice  (Heart of a Wounded Hero) by Jessa Joy

    Love, Honor, Sacrifice (Heart of a Wounded Hero) by Jessa Joy

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Don. I've lost myself in these mountains for a reason. Being out here, deep in the woods, I've created a life for myself as a mountain man. I don't get close to anyone. It's just me and my dog, Pete. I thought I liked it that way, until I met Lily. She's curvy, funny and gorgeous. But now she's asking questions, baking me treats and I bump into her almost every day...
  • When Love Intrudes by Christi Snow

    When Love Intrudes by Christi Snow

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Toni Vincent’s last relationship ended with violence. Since then, she’s decided she’s better off without men. But when she finds her young seventeen year old neighbor, Nathan, unconscious and beaten, this is one man she can’t abandon. But helping Nathan means trusting Detective Brian Barnes, another man who hurt her in the past. It’s something she’s just not sure she can do...
  • Dawson by Kali Hart

    Dawson by Kali Hart

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Alpha Company Renegades Book 4 An Insta-love Alpha Military Man and Curvy Younger Woman Romance Dawson While deployed overseas, my girlfriend sent me a Dear John letter. Now that I’m back stateside, the last thing I’m thinking about is getting tangled up with another woman. Instead, I decide to adopt a dog. Can’t ask for more loyalty than that...
  • Sweet Redemption by Lana Love

    Sweet Redemption by Lana Love

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    One wounded vet + One curvy dog trainer + One rambunctious dog = One heartwarming romance. Coming home from war isn't easy. I saw things that were. .. messed up is the polite way to put it. There isn't much I want to do with the rest of humanity. My therapist has other ideas. He says I need to have the responsibility of caring for someone other than myself. So he suggests I get a rescue dog...
  • Bred by The Lumberjack by Dee Ellis

    Bred by The Lumberjack by Dee Ellis

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Shepard Black's entire world fell apart at once. When he can't stand how the rest of the world goes on living while he struggles to move on, he decides to live out in the wild. Out here on his mountain, he can stay away from watching a world go on without him. Sami Long thought she had a good life until she finds she doesn't like her life at all...
  • Declan: Small Town Romance by Kali Hart

    Declan: Small Town Romance by Kali Hart

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Daisy Hills Volunteer Firefighters Book 2. A Small Town Sweet and Steamy Romance. Cassidy. When my great-aunt asks me to move to Daisy Hills, the timing couldn’t have been better. I leave my stalker behind bars and jump on the chance for a fresh start. Now I’m opening my dream business—The Book Cellar. Life seems to finally be going my way...
  • Peace of My Heart: Heart of a Wounded Hero by Brynn Hale

    Peace of My Heart: Heart of a Wounded Hero by Brynn Hale

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    RYDER. As an ex-Marine, I've seen things. Things I won't and can't tell anyone. Things that haunt my dreams. But when I stand up for a woman at the Hard Brake Bar in Kildare, Nevada and become enraged almost to the point of violence, my brother vows to help me get whatever demons are controlling my heart out for good. I don't think there's help out there, and I'm not looking to be fixed or saved...
  • Brody: One Night with a Soldier by Eve London

    Brody: One Night with a Soldier by Eve London

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Samantha. I wasn’t expecting to see my brother’s best friend on the auction block. But there he is, his chiseled muscles and surly attitude on full display. He’s only home for a few days on leave from the military, but that should be plenty of time to find out if there’s anything more to the childhood crush I’ve had on him for years. Brody...
  • The Santini Collection by Melissa Schroeder

    The Santini Collection by Melissa Schroeder

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    THE SANTINIS COLLECTION. Four brothers who believe in service before self and the women who will bring them to their knees. The Santinis: Leonardo, Book 1. Joint Base San Antonio. Army Medic Leo Santini doesn’t know what hit him when he runs into prickly physical therapist Maryanne Johnson. The Santinis: Marco, Book 2. Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam...
  • Fallen (The Everyday Heroes World) by Rebecca Barber

    Fallen (The Everyday Heroes World) by Rebecca Barber

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    When Zach Higgins rolled out of bed to go start his shift at the firehouse this morning, he never thought he’d end his day falling in love. All it took was one flutter of her tiny eyelashes and Zach was wrapped around her chubby little finger. The last thing Zach wanted to do was hand her over to a stranger...
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