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  • Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku, Vol. 6 by Fujita

    Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku, Vol. 6 by Fujita

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 31 ratings
    THE TRUE END, OR JUST THE BEGINNING? Narumi slips up in front of her work friends, and the anxiety of outing herself as an otaku forces her to retreat inward. While Hirotaka is quick to console her, a difference in opinion devolves into an argument...
  • Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku, Vol. 3 by Fujita

    Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku, Vol. 3 by Fujita

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 34 ratings
    A tall, quiet gamer boy and a geeky girl whose life revolves around yaoi manga are old friends, but when they start working in the same office, they decide to date...
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  • Maybe Don't Wanna by Lani Lynn Vale

    Maybe Don't Wanna by Lani Lynn Vale

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 34 ratings
    Peter Parker Penn. Unlike the superhero his mother named him after, Parker is no good guy. In fact, if there’s a picture in the dictionary under anti-hero, it’s his. Parker’s spent his life trying to get back on the right side of the tracks, but each step he takes forward, he takes two more steps back. To save one, he hurts others. To make this good, he turns that bad...
  • The Lost Letters by Brittney Sahin, Joseph Cannata

    The Lost Letters by Brittney Sahin, Joseph Cannata

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    From Joseph Cannata and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Brittney Sahin comes the love story of Jesse and Ella told from a unique perspective in this companion novella to the international bestselling novel The Broken One.Step back into the Falcon Falls Security world and experience it like never before...
  • Crazy, Wicked Love by Melissa Foster

    Crazy, Wicked Love by Melissa Foster

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Scorching heat, laugh-out-loud humor, and swoon-worthy moments abound in this sexy new standalone romance by New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Melissa Foster.What happens when the player gets played?Sidney Carver has a big problem, and he goes by the name of Dwayne “Gunner” Wicked: six-plus feet of muscular, motorcycle-riding, animal-loving deliciousness...
  • Bishop by Marie James

    Bishop by Marie James

    Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    In the grand scheme of things five years isn’t a very long time. It goes by in a blink, literally. Waking up with no recollection of the last five years is devastating. The woman I remember loving is with someone else. The only family I had is gone, and I’m forced to relive those losses all over again...
  • Nobody Knows by Lani Lynn Vale

    Nobody Knows by Lani Lynn Vale

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 32 ratings
    All he ever wanted was to matter to someone.What he didn’t know was that he did matter to someone.Someone that worried about him every single day that he was gone.Malachi Gabriel Gnocchi was missing for two years. Thanks to a mission gone wrong, not only had he been captured, but his best friend along with his fellow teammates had been taken, too...
  • The Convent Girl by Tania Crosse

    The Convent Girl by Tania Crosse

    Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    A compelling tale of secrets and betrayal, friendship and trust in a time of war.1941. Bombs are falling all over Plymouth. Young Maisie O’Sullivan must make a choice that will change her life for ever.Maisie yearns for a family of her own. Raised as a charity orphan in a Catholic convent in Ireland, she believed she was all alone in the world...
  • Rescued by Kathleen Brooks

    Rescued by Kathleen Brooks

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Kane Townsend was with the FBI Behavioral Analysis Unit until one case changed everything. Hampered by the red tape preventing him from saving an innocent life, Kane left the FBI and started his own private contracting company. Kane was called in to rescue people all over the world when the government couldn’t or wouldn’t get involved...
  • Gray Wolf Security by Glenna Sinclair

    Gray Wolf Security by Glenna Sinclair

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    This best selling series is now bundled together for the first time! Enjoy all 5 Gray Wolf Security books. No cliffhangers...
  • Clown Motel by Lani Lynn Vale

    Clown Motel by Lani Lynn Vale

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    It’s not every day you meet a man at the bar, stare at him for hours, and then right when you decide to make a move, he gets up to leave. Worse, when you follow him outside, you see him completely change his appearance by shucking a wig and a button down shirt, dropping them into the nearest trash can...
  • Once Upon A Sure Thing by Lauren Blakely

    Once Upon A Sure Thing by Lauren Blakely

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    A sexy, standalone best-friends-to-lovers romance from #1 NYT Bestseller Lauren Blakely! It's so easy being best friends with a gorgeous, talented, charming guy. Said no woman ever. Except me. My friendship with Miller is a sure thing — he’s my plus one, my emergency contact, and my shoulder to lean on...
  • Die Romanze beginnt by Hannah M. Lynn

    Die Romanze beginnt by Hannah M. Lynn

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Noch nie hat Romantik so süß geschmeckt ...Obwohl es Holly Berry endlich geschafft hat, »Just One More« zu kaufen und mit einem der begehrtesten Junggesellen in Bourton-on-the-Water auszugehen, ist ihr Leben alles andere als ein Zuckerschlecken.Ein bekanntes Gesicht aus ihrer Vergangenheit droht, Hollys frisch erblühende Beziehung zu zerstören, noch ehe sie richtig beginnen kann...
  • Forever Notorious by Kathleen Brooks

    Forever Notorious by Kathleen Brooks

    Rated: 4.79 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Abigail Mueez knows all about being something you’re not. Everyone knows she works security in Washington D.C., but that wasn’t exactly the truth. There are many layers of deception in Abby’s life from her job to the man she’s with—a man she doesn’t have time to fall in love with when her life and so much more was on the line. Too bad she didn’t tell her heart that...
  • Dragon Security: The Complete Series by Glenna Sinclair

    Dragon Security: The Complete Series by Glenna Sinclair

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    I went to his sister because that’s what he told me to do. But when his brother, Cole, accused me of being a gold digger, I knew I couldn’t trust them. I didn’t realize she would send Cole to watch over me. Or that he would carry me out of my trailer when he saw how bad it really was...
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    military  mystery  suspense  humor  new adult
  • Charlie Foxtrot: An OPS Protector Romance Novel by Giulia Lagomarsino

    Charlie Foxtrot: An OPS Protector Romance Novel by Giulia Lagomarsino

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Mummies.Yeah, you heard me right. That’s my next job—protecting a mummy.It wouldn’t be a problem, except someone doesn’t want this particular mummy to make it to the museum.Not to mention one of my teammates thinks this particular mummy is cursed.On top of this ridiculous job, I’ve also met the most gorgeous woman in the world...
  • Engaging the Billionaire by Ivy Layne

    Engaging the Billionaire by Ivy Layne

    Rated: 4.69 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    If we can’t outrun the past, we won’t have a future. The rock on her hand is real, but our engagement is a fake. Once upon a time, I dreamed of buying her a ring, until everything blew up in my face. That was the past, and this is business. At least, it is until I kiss her. It's supposed to be part of the act — and it is — right until my lips touch hers. I forget where we are...
  • Maybe We Should by Melissa Foster

    Maybe We Should by Melissa Foster

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    An emotional and sexy novel about guarded hearts, finding love, and families lost and found by Melissa Foster, the New York Times bestselling author of Maybe We Will.After spending years wondering who she was, tattoo artist Cait Weatherby finally found her answers on the sandy shores of Silver Island...
  • Bite the Bullet by Giulia Lagomarsino

    Bite the Bullet by Giulia Lagomarsino

    Rated: 4.74 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Jack Cox. You’ve read about them in Reed Security. You’ve come to know a little about who the men of OPS are. But everything you thought you knew is a lie—smoke and mirrors. The truth of OPS is hidden deep inside, waiting to be revealed. Owens Protective Services. Defend. Investigate. Secure...
  • Join the Club by Lani Lynn Vale

    Join the Club by Lani Lynn Vale

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 31 ratings
    There are a few lessons one has to learn for themselves. Then there are the lessons that most people don’t have to learn because it’s just not done. For instance, most people know instinctively that they shouldn’t crave the mother of their brother’s child. Bourne Pena isn’t most men...
  • Not a Role Model by Lani Lynn Vale

    Not a Role Model by Lani Lynn Vale

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    You better watch out for people that bounce back from everything that’s meant to destroy them.Those were the words that Coreline King learned to live by when it came to dealing with Tide ‘Rook’ Crow, member of the Battle Crows MC, general surgeon, and all-around jerk who lived to make her life a living hell...
  • The Fool by Lani Lynn Vale

    The Fool by Lani Lynn Vale

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    I don’t know who needs to hear this but take a day off from being the bigger person. Fuck some shit up.Those words were said to him by a stranger in the airport. And from that moment on, he’s only had eyes for her.Too bad they met when she was taking off for three months to parts unknown. Otherwise, Keene Day—yes, that was really his godforsaken name—would’ve tried a little harder to get her info...
  • Queen of Klutz by Samantha Garman

    Queen of Klutz by Samantha Garman

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    Choose the best phrase to describe Sibby Goldstein's 1) Sucky. 2) Really sucky. 3) Major suck-fest. D) All of the above. I started my day with a boyfriend and a job. I ended my day with a bottle of tequila. I'll let you connect the dots. Somehow, I wound up working as a waitress at an Italian restaurant. I have no idea what I'm doing. And I'm not just talkin' about life...
  • Depends On Who's Asking by Lani Lynn Vale

    Depends On Who's Asking by Lani Lynn Vale

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 33 ratings
    It was the night before Christmas, and all through the house, not a creature was stirring…nope. No. Nuh-uh. That’s a lie. The moment that Caro wakes up, she knows that she’s not alone. One thump-thump from the living room and she quickly moves into action. One 9-1-1 call later, and she’s ready to defend herself...
  • The Worst Best Friend by Nicole Snow

    The Worst Best Friend by Nicole Snow

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    Wall Street Journal bestselling author Nicole Snow returns with a hilariously uplifting standalone romance where two jaded friends next door bring their lost hearts home.It's all sunshine and butterflies until your brother's best friend dropkicks your heart.I knew I had it coming with Weston McKnight.The Adonis next door. The fever crush. The always protector...
  • 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...
  • Hot SEAL, Silent Knight by Kris Michaels

    Hot SEAL, Silent Knight by Kris Michaels

    Rated: 4.78 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Forced to take his 'Use or Lose' vacation days, Romeo Platoon Leader Ted (Bear) Black begrudgingly heads home to Hope City and all the nonsense surrounding Christmas. He'd rather stay in San Diego and spend his downtime working, especially when he's unexpectantly reunited with the woman who was the star of the worst date he'd ever experienced.Noel Laurent is heading home for Christmas...
  • The Keeneston Roses by Kathleen Brooks

    The Keeneston Roses by Kathleen Brooks

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    The Bluegrass book everyone has been asking for is finally here. The Rose sisters have survived the lows and enjoyed the highs throughout their lives. See what events shaped Keeneston's most beloved siblings. Lily Rae Rose has been headstrong since she was a child. She was the oldest, after all. Maybe that’s why she fell for the bad boy next door...
  • Dark of Night by Suzanne Brockmann

    Dark of Night by Suzanne Brockmann

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 33 ratings
    Taking on the world's deadliest criminals is what the elite security force Troubleshooters Incorporated does best. But now they face a new and powerful threat from their most lethal enemy yet--a shadowy government outfit known only as The Agency...
  • The Wisteria Tree Cottage by Holly Martin

    The Wisteria Tree Cottage by Holly Martin

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 15 ratings
    Get swept away to the sparkling Welsh coast this summer, where the sea glitters in the sunshine and love is in the air. From the bestselling author of The Blossom Tree of Dreams, this is the perfect romantic treat to escape with this summerMeadow has only ever loved one man – the very gorgeous Bear Brookfield...
  • Embrace The Suck by Giulia Lagomarsino, Reggie Deanching

    Embrace The Suck by Giulia Lagomarsino, Reggie Deanching

    Rated: 4.68 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Embrace The Suck is book 8 in the OPS Protector Romance series and should be read in order.I should have just stayed home. I thought I could get away and relax. But that was scrapped the first day when Dash and FNG followed me on vacation. It was supposed to be a trip to reset my brain...
  • Pop Smoke: An OPS Protector Romance Novel by Giulia Lagomarsino

    Pop Smoke: An OPS Protector Romance Novel by Giulia Lagomarsino

    Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Pop Smoke is book 4 in the OPS Protector Romance series and should be read in order.I am the shadow that moves in the night, the one that has you constantly looking over your shoulder.I work within the bounds of the law when it suits me, but make one wrong move and I’ll throw the rule book out the window to end you...
    Categorized as:
    military  suspense  humor  length-medium  m-f
  • Cocky Cop : Wyatt Cocker by Faleena Hopkins

    Cocky Cop : Wyatt Cocker by Faleena Hopkins

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Brand New Release in the Cocker Brothers Series! Wyatt Cocker Southern storms are no joke. She shouldn't have been out in one. If she'd stayed home, she'd be safe. But then we never would've met... Her clothes plastered to her body. My uniform drenched, every muscle defined. Her snarky mouth forcing me to throw her over my shoulder. Show her what a real man is like...
    Categorized as:
    military  sports  new adult  humor  length-medium
  • Words with Friends: A Mason Family Novella by AshleyNicole

    Words with Friends: A Mason Family Novella by AshleyNicole

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    She’s offering to teach him a few things. He’s willing to learn...
  • Upside Down by N.R. Walker

    Upside Down by N.R. Walker

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 29 ratings
    Jordan O’Neill isn’t a fan of labels, considering he has a few. Gay, geek, librarian, socially awkward, a nervous rambler, an introvert, an outsider. The last thing he needs is one more. But when he realises adding the label asexual might explain a lot, it turns his world upside down.
 
 Hennessy Lang moved to Surry Hills after splitting with his boyfriend...
  • The Lost Letters of Ireland: A heart-warming and unforgettable Irish romance by Susanne O'Leary

    The Lost Letters of Ireland: A heart-warming and unforgettable Irish romance by Susanne O'Leary

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    A totally captivating story about long-lost family secrets and new beginnings, that will whisk you away to the village of Sandy Cove on the gorgeous Irish coast.Heartbroken and feeling lost after the end of her last relationship, Edwina is looking for a fresh start. And when she hears that a coastguard cottage in the tiny village of Sandy Cove is for sale, she knows it could be her chance...
  • Brothers in Blue: A Bryson Family Christmas by Jeanne St. James

    Brothers in Blue: A Bryson Family Christmas by Jeanne St. James

    Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Welcome back to Manning Grove... Enjoy a trip back to the quaint town in Northern Pennsylvania, where the Bryson brothers are celebrating Christmas in this special holiday edition of the Brothers in Blue series...
    Categorized as:
    military  contemporary  humor  length-short
  • More than Beauty by Olivia Michaels

    More than Beauty by Olivia Michaels

    Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Retired Navy SEAL and movie buff Eric Armstrong is living the dream -- working as a bodyguard and kennel master for Watchdog Security in Los Angeles. Sparks fly when he tangles with the beautiful and headstrong Samantha Collins, daughter of the biggest actress in Hollywood, during an impromptu assignment...
  • Vivian, Midnight Call Girl by Danielle Norman

    Vivian, Midnight Call Girl by Danielle Norman

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Drunk dialing at it's finest...All it took was a couple bottles of champagne...And a fully charged cellphone,For me to go from widow to call girl.Talking to a stranger in the middle of the night was the push I needed.To feel something again.Something safe.It’s not like I will ever run into him.We don’t even know each other... yet...
    Categorized as:
    military  suspense  humor  sports  length-short
  • Dare by Chelle Bliss

    Dare by Chelle Bliss

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Austin Moore found his purpose in the military, but there was always something missing. He wanted what everyone in his family had…someone to call his own. But his life didn’t make it easy to find a soul mate, someone to be his forever.Sage Hill enlisted to follow in the footsteps of her father, but never wanted to be in his shadow...
  • Heavy Petting by Erin Nicholas

    Heavy Petting by Erin Nicholas

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    He’s her best friend.A reformed bad boy turned hot teacher.And after one spur-of-the-moment Vegas wedding... her husband. Jordan Benoit and Fletcher Landry have been best friends since they were six. He’s always been The Guy. When she needed picked up, cheered up, or lifted up — like literally, to see the stage at a concert — Fletcher was the guy...
  • Ace by J.E. Daelman

    Ace by J.E. Daelman

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Satan's Guardians MC are not hard-core reads. Each book covers a character of the MC, and although you can read as a standalone, it is best to read in order to know the characters previously mentioned.ACEIvy is Dollar's niece. She's a natural beauty, loves her bike, and a solid mechanic.My specialty is in the security room, managing the cameras and accounts of clients...
    Categorized as:
    military  contemporary  bikers  humor  length-short
  • The Billionaire's Angel by Ivy Layne

    The Billionaire's Angel by Ivy Layne

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    He thought the fight was over until his heart was on the line. I thought coming home would solve all my problems. I’ve never been more wrong. After a decade in the military, I’m more at home in the desert than the mansion where I grew up. I want to pretend that six months as a captive didn’t change me, but ever since I escaped, I haven’t slept. Nightmares. Flashbacks...
    Categorized as:
    military  humor  new adult  suspense  contemporary  m-f
  • Imperfect Heart by Tarina Deaton

    Imperfect Heart by Tarina Deaton

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    It’s not a mid-life crisis if you’re finally doing something you love, right? Separating from the Air Force after thirteen years may seem drastic to some, but Zoe Acevedo is finally doing something for herself. Opening an independent bookstore in Haven Springs, North Carolina is a major undertaking, but Zoe has a plan and a list...
    Categorized as:
    military  humor  contemporary  length-short
  • Tomas's Trials (SEALs of Honor) by Dale Mayer

    Tomas's Trials (SEALs of Honor) by Dale Mayer

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Tomas is excited about this new direction in his life. Working for Levi allows him to use his vast array of skills in new and varied ways. He doesn’t expect to be sent undercover in a supremacy group, loaded with weapons. Yet what he finds is much more complicated than that...
  • Guarding Hannah by Delilah Devlin

    Guarding Hannah by Delilah Devlin

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    An ex-Special Forces soldier and his four-legged partner n ex-soldier who prefers dogs to most humans must protect a nature photographer from an extremist group hunting wolves in Yellowstone.Nate "The Edge" Edgerton prefers dogs to humans, like Pierce, the retired war dog who saved his life in Afghanistan, because he prizes loyalty above all else...
    Categorized as:
    military  humor  suspense  length-short
  • Assume the Position by Giulia Lagomarsino

    Assume the Position by Giulia Lagomarsino

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Johnny Wood.You’ve read about them in Reed Security. You’ve come to know a little about who the men of OPS are. But everything you thought you knew is a lie—smoke and mirrors. The truth of OPS is hidden deep inside, waiting to be revealed. Owens Protective Services. Defend. Investigate. Secure...
  • Steven's Solace: A SEALs of Honor World Novel by Dale Mayer

    Steven's Solace: A SEALs of Honor World Novel by Dale Mayer

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Finding out that an old friend was kidnapped, tortured, then deep-sixed in the harbor, complete with cement boots—and survived—sends Steve rushing to California to help. Also Opal and her mother had appealed to Levi to find Steve and to send him to help, if possible.Opal has been through the worst possible scenario, but it’s not over, as her kidnapers were looking for something she didn’t have...
  • ...And A Wake-Up by Giulia Lagomarsino, Reggie Deanching

    ...And A Wake-Up by Giulia Lagomarsino, Reggie Deanching

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I should be on Island Time right now.They say no man is an island.Well, let me tell you something. I was born for island living.I like to drink, smoke my cigars, and sleep under my favorite hat.That’s my idea of a good time.Island living isn’t for everyone, especially the guys at OPS.You would think as former military that I would fit right in...
  • The Lost Letters of Ireland by Susanne O'Leary

    The Lost Letters of Ireland by Susanne O'Leary

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A captivating story about long-lost family secrets that will whisk you away to the village of Sandy Cove on the gorgeous Irish coast.Edwina is looking for a fresh start. So when a friend suggests she renovates a series of coastguard cottages in the tiny village of Sandy Cove, she wonders if the beautiful Irish seaside town might be her chance for a new beginning...
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