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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...
  • One Tuesday Morning by Karen Kingsbury

    One Tuesday Morning by Karen Kingsbury

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 39 ratings
    I m a firefighter, God, so I know I ve been in some tough places before. But this . . . this not knowing the people I love . . . this is the hardest thing I can imagine. The last thing Jake Bryan knew was the roar of the World Trade Center collapsing on top of him and his fellow firefighters. The man in the hospital bed remembers nothing...
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  • Nixon's Promise by Riley Edwards

    Nixon's Promise by Riley Edwards

    Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 20 ratings
    Former Navy SEAL Nixon Swagger is home. After twelve years of service and twice as many deployments, all Nix wanted was quiet. He’d sought the solace of the land he’d grown up on and found the peace he needed to silence the noise and figure out his next move. Nixon’s stay was supposed to be temporary...
  • After Glow by Autumn Jones Lake

    After Glow by Autumn Jones Lake

    Rated: 4.78 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    One uncovered truth shines a light on the throne of lies I’ve been sitting on for years. A revelation with the power to test the bonds of brotherhood like never before. My ruthless obsession to protect what’s mine burns hotter than ever. Promises I’ve made to my brothers I burn to keep. Vows made to my wife I swear to honor. Through the web of tangled loyalties, one thing remains clear...
  • The Memory Library by Kate Storey

    The Memory Library by Kate Storey

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    For forty-two years, Sally Harrison has been building a library. Each year, on her daughter’s birthday, she adds a new book to her shelves – with a note in the front dedicated to her own greatest work. But Ella – Sally’s only child – fled to Australia twenty-two years ago after a heated exchange, and never looked back...
  • The Memory Library by Kate Storey

    The Memory Library by Kate Storey

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    For forty-two years, Sally Harrison has been building a library. Each year, on her daughter’s birthday, she adds a new book to her shelves – with a note in the front dedicated to her own greatest work. But Ella – Sally’s only child – fled to Australia twenty-two years ago after a heated exchange, and never looked back...
  • Sinful Justice by Emilia Finn

    Sinful Justice by Emilia Finn

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 14 ratings
    Murderer?Vigilante?Or seeker of justice?The choice is yours.I’m Minka Mayet, Copeland City’s newly appointed chief medical examiner.My position demands I bring justice to those who can no longer fight, but my true calling is to honor the dead...
  • Igniting Vic by Freya Barker

    Igniting Vic by Freya Barker

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Victoria “Vic” Paige thought she was firmly back in the saddle since returning to her job as a firefighter after a three-year hiatus. These past twelve months with her new crew at Station 3 have rebuilt her confidence. That is until they are called to a motel fire where she stumbles onto the scene of a murder, which has her shaken to the core...
  • Defensive Alliance by Jemma Westbrook, Janice Whiteaker

    Defensive Alliance by Jemma Westbrook, Janice Whiteaker

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Jamison was just doing his job.Protecting the woman his friend loved.But unintended consequences are everywhere. It doesn’t matter how careful you are, eventually they will find you.And what finds him is a woman with dark hair and haunted eyes.A woman who has no idea where she’s from or who she is.It’s information Alaskan Security needs.And there’s only one way to get it...
  • Captivating Anika by Freya Barker

    Captivating Anika by Freya Barker

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Anika Jones has her future carefully plotted out and is checking the boxes, one by one, despite the bumps thrown in her path. This last one is a challenge, but she manages to stay on track; her salon is thriving, and she just bought a house. Unfortunately, when one of her employees runs into trouble, she inevitably gets sucked in, throwing her carefully paced life off-balance...
  • Divine Future: A Divine Cozy Mystery Romance by Hope Callaghan

    Divine Future: A Divine Cozy Mystery Romance by Hope Callaghan

    Rated: 4.88 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    As Jo prepares for her upcoming wedding, she becomes increasingly concerned that a close friend’s life may be in danger and enlists the help of Raylene Baxter, former bounty hunter and current Second Chance resident, to investigate...
  • HOT Limit by Lynn Raye Harris

    HOT Limit by Lynn Raye Harris

    Rated: 4.65 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    HOT soldier Ryder “Muffin” Hanson didn’t plan on diving into a frigid lake on a freezing day, but finding an unconscious woman in the water leaves him no choice.Single mom Alaina Montgomery does the best she can to take care of her six-year old son, working as a cleaner in a women’s crisis center. It doesn’t pay a lot, but it’s enough to keep them going...
  • Edge Of Reality by Freya Barker

    Edge Of Reality by Freya Barker

    Rated: 4.78 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Horsepower and green thumbs meets justice and flip-flops.I’m a late bloomer.A geek, an introvert, an enigma, and a watchdog. My name is Paco.I’m determined enough to bide my time, yet too clever to pass up on opportunity. I’m a steadfast rebel.An outcast, a defender, a hothead, and an eccentric.My name is Mel.I’m resolute enough to carve my own way, but not too blind to see a better path...
  • Chasing Fire by Pamela Clare

    Chasing Fire by Pamela Clare

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    For fans of Pamela Clare’s acclaimed I-Team and Colorado High Country series…An I-Team/Colorado High Country Crossover NovelFire chief Eric Hawke knows it’s only a matter of time until the next big wildfire. He’s done everything he can to prepare his crews for the inevitable...
  • Dice by Teagan Brooks

    Dice by Teagan Brooks

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    DaphneMy life took a drastic turn when my husband of three years told me he was leaving me. He’d been having an affair, and the woman had just given birth to his child. To say I was shocked would have been an understatement, but not for the usual reasons. What surprised me was the overwhelming feeling of relief I felt when he said he was leaving...
  • Sinful Summer by Emilia Finn

    Sinful Summer by Emilia Finn

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Summer has arrived, and the honeymoon I’ve been scheming over for months is finally here. I’ve been married to the workaholic, medical examiner, Minka Mayet for nearly half a year already. But it took a lost bet and a metric ton of coercion to get her out of her cold office and into a bikini on the deck of a multi-million-dollar boat.Time well spent, if you ask me...
  • The Women of Fishers Wharf by Tracy Baines

    The Women of Fishers Wharf by Tracy Baines

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Can you leave the past behind and embrace the future? - A brand new series from Tracy BainesGreat Grimsby, 1912Newlywed fisherman Alec Hardy decides to make a fresh start with his young wife Letty and move to the thriving fishing port of Grimsby in search of a brighter future...
  • Fender by Crystal Daniels, Sandy Alvarez

    Fender by Crystal Daniels, Sandy Alvarez

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Sawyer Huntington, better known as Fender to his brothers, always knew he wanted more from life than his small town had to offer. He dreamt of fame and sold-out crowds screaming his name. The one person he loved more than music was Jo.She was his inspiration.His muse.Until an act of betrayal ripped them apart.Sawyer walked away and never looked back.His journey took him to New Orleans...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  single-mother
  • Bear's Beloved by Ciara St James

    Bear's Beloved by Ciara St James

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Bear has lived more than half his life for his club. He’ll gladly do it again. He has never regretted starting this club with Bull and a few others years ago. However, seeing his brothers finding love and settling down to have families when he knows he’ll never have that is taking its toll on him. He takes off to get his head straight...
  • Hot SEAL, A Forever Dad: (A Hope City Crossover Novel / SEALs in Paradise) by Maryann Jordan

    Hot SEAL, A Forever Dad: (A Hope City Crossover Novel / SEALs in Paradise) by Maryann Jordan

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Benjamin "Pops" Popovich has just finished his last mission and said goodbye to his SEAL team. At thirty, he figured he had a few more good years left in him, but when family responsibilities call, he leaves the familiar to move back to Hope City. After years of missions and living in close quarters with his team, he is looking forward to a little peace and quiet...
  • 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...
  • Every Beautiful Mile by Ashley Manley

    Every Beautiful Mile by Ashley Manley

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A widowed bartender, a summer road trip, the detour she never expected.Penelope ‘Nel’ Crawford is stuck. At least that’s what her family tells her. A year after losing her husband of seventeen years, she’s still so deep in her grief that she’s barely hanging on, let alone living. She hardly recognizes her teenage kids and finds no joy in doing the things she once loved...
  • The Cottage Café by Sage Parker

    The Cottage Café by Sage Parker

    Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    She’s 70 years old and about to experience the best autumn of her life…Monica, who just celebrated her 70th birthday is spending the fall with her daughter’s family off the coast of Maine.Since her husband died 10 years ago, she’s given up all hope of a new happily ever after and tells herself she’s content just being grandma to two beautiful boys...
  • 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...
  • Carter by Maryann Jordan, Hopeful Heroes

    Carter by Maryann Jordan, Hopeful Heroes

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    One City...Countless Stories. Detective Carter Fiske has a homeless man’s death to investigate. Opioids are in the man’s system, but it is the bag of prescription drugs in his pocket that has Carter’s interest. Especially considering this is the third death of a homeless person this month with a bag of drugs in their possession...
  • Edge Of Fear by Freya Barker

    Edge Of Fear by Freya Barker

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Ink and sawdust meets brisket and moxie.I’m a tattooed casualty.A charmer, a fraud, a skeptic, and a carpenter.My name is Tse.I’m cocky enough to believe my own lies, but too oblivious to see the truth is already out there.I’m a cautious perfectionist.A sister, a scrapper, a dreamer, and a workhorse.My name is Sophia.I’m capable enough to plan ahead, yet too powerless to avoid getting blindsided...
  • 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...
  • Ransom: Gray Wolf Corp Texas by Crystal Daniels, Sandy Alvarez

    Ransom: Gray Wolf Corp Texas by Crystal Daniels, Sandy Alvarez

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Former military man Ransom Rockwell joined forces with his two best friends, becoming bounty hunters, and forming Gray Wolf Corp.Ransom is dedicated to hunting down the lawless and bringing them to justice.You run, he will find you.When Ransom isn't chasing a bounty, he's busy being a single father.He doesn't have time for distractions.All that changes when Genesis McKenna moves to town...
  • Kill Shot by Liliana Hart

    Kill Shot by Liliana Hart

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    Grace Meredith is the CIA's most deadly assassin. Too bad she's gone off the grid and become a mercenary for hire. After the death of her daughter by a sniper's bullet, Grace can no longer stomach the demands of agency life or keep herself from blaming the only man she's ever loved. Her mind and body are fragile, and she knows she's just a step away from breaking down completely...
  • Heartbreaker by Logan Chance

    Heartbreaker by Logan Chance

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    From bestselling author Logan Chance comes a new, standalone, contemporary romance. On sale for only 99 cents for a limited time. They call me a heartbreaker. I’ve constructed the exact type of life I want for myself--isolated from feelings, and numb to the world around me. Running from my own fears. Pretending I own the world. I get paid to be an a$$hole...
  • Widow's Undoing by L. Wilder

    Widow's Undoing by L. Wilder

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Frankie Sullivan was everything I wasn’t.She was good, beautiful and strong.She hadn’t let her past break her. She’d held on to the hope for a better tomorrow, not only for herself but for her two boys.She was a woman who wanted...who deserved more. I wasn’t a man who could give more.I was cold, broken and full of rage. My past had broken me.I never allowed anyone get too close...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  single-mother  length-medium
  • Defying Our Forever by Claudia Y. Burgoa

    Defying Our Forever by Claudia Y. Burgoa

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    USA TODAY Bestselling Author Claudia Burgoa delivers a funny, heartfelt, sometimes angsty romantic comedy where love begins anew. Fresh out of Vet school, I married Pierce Aldridge. Gorgeous, sexy, and smart. He’s a philanthropist with a heart of gold, or so I thought.After a while he became distant, self-centered, and callous. The man I married disappeared before my eyes...
  • The Getaway Cabin by Sage Parker

    The Getaway Cabin by Sage Parker

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Her greatest fear came true. Now what? 53-year-old Valerie Schuster was a great mother and wife for over 30 years…until she wasn’t.When her husband decides to leave her days before their anniversary, and their kids move across the country, her sister suggests it’s time for a change. So, Valerie decides to hide away in her parent’s old run-down cabin...
  • Hold Me Close by Rosalind James

    Hold Me Close by Rosalind James

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Kayla Chambers knows what love is—and what it isn’t. When her boyfriend turns abusive, she and her son escape to a new life in a place where he’ll never find them. The idyllic town of Paradise, Idaho, has everything she needs to get back on her feet. Survival is her only goal, and the last thing she wants is another man in her life...
  • A Distant Shore: A Novel by Karen Kingsbury

    A Distant Shore: A Novel by Karen Kingsbury

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    “Inspirational fiction superstar” (Publishers Weekly) and #1 New York Times bestselling author of life-changing fiction returns with this high-stakes love story of danger, passion, and faith.She was a child caught in a riptide in the Caribbean Sea. He was a teenager from the East Coast on vacation with his family...
  • Never Too Close by Chelle Bliss

    Never Too Close by Chelle Bliss

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Vito Bianchi had given up on love years ago after his wife walked out the door. He immersed himself in his work, letting one day pass into the next so he didn’t dwell on what was missing in his life. But when he’s called out to a fire at the home of Star Falls newest resident, he couldn’t stop himself from being sucked in to her world...
  • Rekindled by Kaylea Cross

    Rekindled by Kaylea Cross

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    He left her when she needed him most... Four years ago, Dr. Grace Fallon lost everything that mattered in a terrorist attack she barely survived. Now she’s stronger than ever and in Pakistan with a UN-sanctioned team for the most important assignment of her career...
  • Rogue Survivor by Patricia D. Eddy

    Rogue Survivor by Patricia D. Eddy

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Connor Davis After a beating that almost killed me, I’m one failed fitness test away from losing my FBI career. I should be focused on grinding out the reps to rebuild my broken body. Not on the pretty brunette at the gym.Sparkling brown eyes, a laugh like birdsong, and curves for days. I never thought a beauty like her would notice a busted-up guy like me. But she does...
  • 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...
  • Flint's Battle: Brotherhood Protectors World by Kris Norris, Brotherhood Protectors World

    Flint's Battle: Brotherhood Protectors World by Kris Norris, Brotherhood Protectors World

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Sidelined. Not the direction U.S. Navy SEAL Flint O’Connell thought his career would take. But he hadn’t imagined his team’s new recruits would be skimming drug money, either. The reason he and his three buddies are sequestered to the Big Island — waiting — while their CO gathers evidence.Being in paradise and training with the Brotherhood Protectors takes the sting off a bit...
  • Cash by Megan O'Brien

    Cash by Megan O'Brien

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    From the moment Cash Walker encounters Layla West, it's clear she's different than any woman he's ever met. Her bright green eyes and strong will have him captivated. She's his. Now he just has to convince her. After losing her nan, Layla relocates to Hawthorne, Nevada, with her five-year-old daughter and the desire for a fresh start...
  • Murder in Santa Monica by Dianne Harman, Andrew Thomas

    Murder in Santa Monica by Dianne Harman, Andrew Thomas

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Why would the body of a dead truck driver who was drowned in Santa Monica, California, be found in a hotel parking lot in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho?There doesn’t seem to be a rational reason for it, but Homicide Detectives Luke Falconer and Matt Greene have to find one...
  • To Hold and Protect by Sandra Owens

    To Hold and Protect by Sandra Owens

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    "With realistic characters, witty banter, a well-written storyline, and a bit of action thrown in, Keeping Guard will draw readers in from the first page until the last." — Harlequin JunkieIt’s a deadly game of cat and mouse…Willow Landry only plans to humor the adorable little girl playing matchmaker one door down...
  • Sunset Cabins by June Woods

    Sunset Cabins by June Woods

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    She hasn’t seen him since the day she died. Until now. Sally Swift almost married James Hart at the age of 21, until she faked her death and never looked back. But 32 years later, she finds herself buying a run-down Inn in the quiet beach town of Havre de Grace, Maryland. She’s grown accustomed to life on her own, and the new business is just another adventure...
  • Cici's Protector by Janie Crouch, Regan Black

    Cici's Protector by Janie Crouch, Regan Black

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Griff Fowler left his career as a cop after a tragedy he couldn’t shake. Now nearly fifty, he’s a Guardian Agency protector. His job is to shield and to safeguard. And he does whatever it takes to get that job done.So going undercover at a resort in Key West to help take down a drug dealer is business as usual for him...
  • Ilsa's Protector by Janie Crouch, Regan Black

    Ilsa's Protector by Janie Crouch, Regan Black

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    After ten years as an Army medic, Max Crosby became a bodyguard to stay closer to his family. As a personal protector, there are fewer medical crises, but plenty of challenges and surprises.The latest surprise? Ilsa Lambert, the curvy Ellington Cove wedding planner with the perpetual smile who handles event details with military precision...
  • Flashback by Michelle Sass Aleckson

    Flashback by Michelle Sass Aleckson

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    SECRETS. BETRAYAL. SACRIFICE.THIS TIME, THEY'RE NOT JUST FIGHTING FIRE.An original series created by bestselling authors Susan May Warren and Lisa Phillips.He’s the last person she wants to see…Allie Monroe is desperate for a fresh start. Grieving the loss of her first SAR dog, she’s gone to Montana to train her new K9, Scout...
  • The Forgotten Summer by Sage Parker

    The Forgotten Summer by Sage Parker

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    It was a summer to remember…so why did she forget everything? Summer of ‘99 - At her family’s holiday beach cabin, Abigail Clement spent her days falling in love with a local boy, Jacob Givens. It was a whirlwind romance, until the two of them saw something they shouldn’t. The next day, Jacob disappeared. A mystery that shook the town to its core. Abigail hasn’t been back to the cabin since...
  • The Forgotten Summer by Sage Parker

    The Forgotten Summer by Sage Parker

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    It was a summer to remember…so why did she forget everything? Summer of ‘99 - At her family’s holiday beach cabin, Abigail Clement spent her days falling in love with a local boy, Jacob Givens. It was a whirlwind romance, until the two of them saw something they shouldn’t. The next day, Jacob disappeared. A mystery that shook the town to its core. Abigail hasn’t been back to the cabin since...
  • Fireline by Kate Angelo

    Fireline by Kate Angelo

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    SECRETS. BETRAYAL. SACRIFICE.THIS TIME, THEY'RE NOT JUST FIGHTING FIRE.An original series created by bestselling authors Susan May Warren and Lisa Phillips.She was born to be a smokejumper…As the niece of a legendary smokejumper, Nora Burns is tough as nails. When their crew chief Tucker Newman breaks his leg, Nora longs for the opportunity to helm the team, ready to take risks and prove herself...
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