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  • Echo Road by Kendra Elliot, Melinda Leigh

    Echo Road by Kendra Elliot, Melinda Leigh

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 33 ratings
    When two cross-country cases collide, Bree Taggert and Mercy Kilpatrick join forces to catch a serial killer in an addictive novel of suspense by bestselling authors Melinda Leigh and Kendra Elliot.During a vicious heat wave, a county maintenance worker stumbles upon two suspicious suitcases abandoned by the side of the road...
  • 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...
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  • In the Air Tonight by Marie Force

    In the Air Tonight by Marie Force

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    I was there. I saw what you did.BlaiseI wasn’t supposed to be there that night, but my friend Sienna talked me into going to the party in Land’s End so she could spy on her boyfriend. While hiding out in the woods, we witnessed an unspeakable crime. And we did everything wrong afterward.Connections run deep in our small town...
  • In the Garden Collection by Nora Roberts

    In the Garden Collection by Nora Roberts

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    Now available in one deluxe box set— Blue Dahlia , Black Rose ,  and  Red Lily —all three novels in #1  New York Times  bestselling author Nora Roberts’ In the Garden Trilogy.Against the backdrop of a house steeped in history and a thriving new gardening business, three women unearth the memories of the past and uncover a dangerous secret..
  • Secrets Never Die by Melinda Leigh

    Secrets Never Die by Melinda Leigh

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    Morgan Dane and PI Lance Kruger fight for the innocence of a young murder suspect—if only they could find him. When a retired sheriff’s deputy is shot to death in his home, his troubled teenage stepson, Evan, becomes the prime suspect. Even more incriminating, the boy disappeared from the scene of the crime. Desperate to find her son, Evan’s mother begs PI Lance Kruger for help...
  • Billionaire Unreachable ~ Wyatt by J.S. Scott

    Billionaire Unreachable ~ Wyatt by J.S. Scott

    Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    What happens when the man you think you despise turns out to be a completely different guy beneath the surface? I didn't like Wyatt Durand. He might be my friend's older brother, but he was unpleasant, sarcastic, and the grumpiest guy on the planet. It didn't matter to me that he was a breathtakingly gorgeous, ultra-wealthy billionaire with the very prestigious Durand last name...
  • Securing Jane by Susan Stoker

    Securing Jane by Susan Stoker

    Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Susan Stoker comes a new story in her SEAL of Protection: Legacy Series…Over the years, Storm North has witnessed two teams of Navy SEALs under his command find true love. He doesn’t expect the same for himself. He’s too old. Too jaded. Too set in his ways...
  • Dirty Little Midlife (fake) Date by Lilian Monroe

    Dirty Little Midlife (fake) Date by Lilian Monroe

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Brooding, grumpy Des has a problem. He needs a date to his family's Thanksgiving reunion for reasons he'd...rather not say.Single mother and all-around hot mess Mia has an even bigger issue: She can't afford her rent, and her new landlord Des is a major you-know-what.So, they make a deal. One simple weekend away in exchange for a serious rent reduction...
  • Line of Resistance by Jemma Westbrook, Janice Whiteaker

    Line of Resistance by Jemma Westbrook, Janice Whiteaker

    Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Getting stranded in the snow without cell service wasn’t the worst thing that could have happened to Eloise Rivers.Being saved by the man who’d led her on more than once was...
  • Searching for Khloe by Susan Stoker

    Searching for Khloe by Susan Stoker

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 25 ratings
    She thought secrets would tear them apart; instead, they brought them together.Khloe Moore has secrets. She came to Fallport, Virginia, under false pretenses, only intending to stay for a short while...
  • Beowolf by Fiona Quinn

    Beowolf by Fiona Quinn

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    They weren’t looking for love. But fate—and a dog named Beowolf—had other plans…Retired military pilot Thaddeus (Nutsbe) Crushed deserves peace and quiet. If his work in tactical operations for Iniquus’s Panther Force hadn’t earned him that right, the fact that he lost his legs in the service of his country should’ve...
  • Rescuing Wendy by Susan Stoker

    Rescuing Wendy by Susan Stoker

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

    Remy by Elle James

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Retired Navy SEAL Remy Montagne left the Navy to take on a career where he could make a difference. After a short vacation to his old hometown of Bayou Mambaloa and a casual hookup with local woman, Shelby Taylor, he joins Hank Patterson’s Brotherhood Protectors in Montana...
  • Pretend You're Mine - The Wedding (Benevolence) by Lucy Score

    Pretend You're Mine - The Wedding (Benevolence) by Lucy Score

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    A Small Town Love Story I only wanted to protect you... Luke Garrison is a hometown hero, a member of the National Guard ready to deploy again. Strong, sweet, and sexy, he doesn't have a girlfriend and doesn't want one. When the wildly beautiful Harper stumbles into his life, though, he realizes that she's the perfect decoy...
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    military  mystery  contemporary  length-long
  • One Last Shot by Susan May Warren

    One Last Shot by Susan May Warren

    Rated: 4.72 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    When country music star Oaken Fox joins survivalist Mike Grizz's new adventure show in the Alaskan wilderness, he just wants to boost his fan base. But when tragedy strikes and Air One Rescue must save them, Oaken wants to quit. Too bad his producer has other plans--signing him on with Air One Rescue as a recruit and making a reality show...
  • Relentless by Rebecca Deel

    Relentless by Rebecca Deel

    Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    A friend's desperate plea launches Piper Reece on a quest to bring down a crime boss. But bringing a killer to justice will take more than determination. When she's attacked, Piper realizes she needs a defender as relentless as he is deadly. Good thing she knows the perfect man for the job...
  • Honor by J.L. Drake, Joe Arden

    Honor by J.L. Drake, Joe Arden

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    The Broken trilogy continues here.... Bullets fly during a dangerous mission, and Major Mark Lopez is critically injured....  A Blackstone soldier, Mark is transferred to the North Dakota hospital with the security clearance to treat members of the elite covert team.  The pretty new nurse assigned to his case knows her stuff, but Mark soon discovers she knows more than just how to save lives...
  • Hot Rebel by Lynn Raye Harris

    Hot Rebel by Lynn Raye Harris

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    A rebel on the run… Victoria Royal is a traitor. Or so the U.S. government believes. Victoria was once a promising sniper in the Army, but now she’s gone rogue—worse, she’s just landed in the middle of a Hostile Operations Team mission in the desert and blasted it all to hell. Nick “Brandy” Brandon doesn’t expect to run into Victoria when he’s bugging out from a mission gone wrong...
  • Disconnect by Traci Hunter Abramson

    Disconnect by Traci Hunter Abramson

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Brent Miller is still trying to get past the nightmares of his last mission into Nicaragua when a new commander takes charge of his Navy SEAL team. Commander Gardner has just one to further his career. And the so-called Saint Squad is in his way...
  • Guarded by Helena Newbury

    Guarded by Helena Newbury

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    From the author of Saving Liberty comes a scorching, standalone romantic suspense packed full of emotion. He’s a grumpy Texan bodyguard who lost everything he cared about. She’s the single mom who melts his frozen heart. She and her son might just be his shot at a second chance...if he can keep them alive.I swore I’d never love again. After my wife and son were torn from me...
  • Fatal Risk by Jane Blythe

    Fatal Risk by Jane Blythe

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    He doesn’t do emotion, she lives by her emotions, how can they ever work as a couple?Julia Garamond is a reporter who won't let go once she catches a hint of a story, and this one is personal to her. When she crosses paths with one of Prey Security's teams she knows together they can take down the powerful Mikhailov Bratva who she believes is involved in a plot to overthrow the government...
  • 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...
  • A Third Moment in Time: A Collection of Short Stories by Susan Stoker

    A Third Moment in Time: A Collection of Short Stories by Susan Stoker

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A Third Moment in Time is a collection of stories by Susan Stoker, including 3 short stories that have been published previously in recent anthologies, a story written specifically for social media, and a brand new, never been published novella featuring a beloved character from the Silverstone series.The Bully: When a bully at school targets the seventh-grader, Annie Fletcher is on her own...
  • Valentin: Small Town, Protective Hero, Romantic Suspense by Elle James

    Valentin: Small Town, Protective Hero, Romantic Suspense by Elle James

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Valentin Vachon, former Navy SEAL, loves women but is allergic to commitment. Trained and highly effective in extraction operations, he left the military when the Navy decided he should be a training instructor for fresh recruits to the BUD/S program...
  • Onyx's Awakening by Heather Slade

    Onyx's Awakening by Heather Slade

    Rated: 4.68 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    He’s an alpha pilot for K19 Security Solutions.She's a grieving sister, determined to get answers.With ONYX by her side, their dark and blackened pasts may have a brighter future.ONYXA crash and a coma has grounded me. Without flight, I’m a pilot without wings. I refuse to give up, give in. I need to be back in the air with nothing but gravity threatening me...
  • Deadly Risk by Jane Blythe

    Deadly Risk by Jane Blythe

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    The last thing he wants is to fall for her.Mackenzie Arden knows she'll never be free of her brother's violent obsession with her, and now she's his prisoner and an unwitting pawn in his plot. When she’s rescued by a man who is as intriguing as he is intimidating, she finally starts to feel safe for the first time in her life, only he wants nothing to do with her...
  • Yakuza Fiance: Raise wa Tanin ga Ii Vol. 6 by Asuka Konishi

    Yakuza Fiance: Raise wa Tanin ga Ii Vol. 6 by Asuka Konishi

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Ripples travel out from the battle in Osaka, and Renji is none too happy with Shouma and Kirishima for involving his granddaughter. When a fight breaks out, Yoshino grabs a bat and breaks it up. But corporal punishment is not her style, never mind that Kirishima would absolutely take it and beg for more...
  • Lucas by Elle James

    Lucas by Elle James

    Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Former Delta Force Operator, Lucas LeBlanc, has lost everyone he’s ever loved and is afraid to commit his heart to anyone. He believes he’s the black cloud, the bad luck killing off the people he dares to love as family, friend or lover. After leaving the military, he joins Brotherhood Protectors where he hopes he can put his combat training and skills to work helping others...
  • Jenner by Dale Mayer

    Jenner by Dale Mayer

    Rated: 4.66 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Heading to Ashland, Kentucky, where his ex-wife’s family lives, is not in Jenner’s plans anytime soon. But, given a War Dog is potentially in trouble, well, Jenner will even face his past. Arriving at a small bed-and-breakfast, he meets a woman more interesting than anyone he’d met in a long time...
  • Collateral Damage by Lynette Eason

    Collateral Damage by Lynette Eason

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Honorably discharged from the Army after an explosion nearly killed her, former military psychiatrist Brooke Adams has set up shop to help others--but her days of helping military personnel are over. She's got her own battles to fight from her time overseas, and she's not equipped to take on more...
  • Static by Cathleen Cole, Frank Jensen

    Static by Cathleen Cole, Frank Jensen

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

    Valentin: Small Town, Protective Hero, Romantic Suspense by Elle James

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Valentin Vachon, former Navy SEAL, loves women but is allergic to commitment. Trained and highly effective in extraction operations, he left the military when the Navy decided he should be a training instructor for fresh recruits to the BUD/S program...
  • Fallout by Rebecca Deel

    Fallout by Rebecca Deel

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Waking up with amnesia next to a dead body means big trouble for Willow Knox. Worse, the police believe she's a cold-blooded killer. On the verge of being arrested, Willow asks a black ops warrior for help. But someone wants Willow dead at any cost. If they're not careful, Willow and Max will lose everything, including their lives...
  • Jager by Dale Mayer

    Jager by Dale Mayer

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Jager Hannover, a former SEAL, has recovered from the damage done when his squad's truck drove over an antitank landmine more than two years ago. Six other team-mates were also badly injured, the seventh--Mouse--dead, in what their team leader Badger Horley realized later had to be a trap...
  • CC: REAPER Patriots - Book Twenty-Eight by Mary Kennedy

    CC: REAPER Patriots - Book Twenty-Eight by Mary Kennedy

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Charles Corbett Reilly served his country faithfully, waiting and biding his time until he could come home and convince Eva Harris that they belonged together. He’d kept his distance, given their age separation, but it was different now. She was a grown woman with a grown woman’s mind and body. But when he approached her to ask her out, she pushed back, something she’d never done before...
  • Corbin by Dale Mayer

    Corbin by Dale Mayer

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Corbin is tracking a cabinet minister’s pregnant daughter, who’d been snatched off the streets several days ago. The incident followed several other missing women’s cases, except those women already had given birth, and their children were also kidnapped at the same time...
  • HEX: REAPER-Patriots: Book Thirty-Seven by Mary Kennedy

    HEX: REAPER-Patriots: Book Thirty-Seven by Mary Kennedy

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Hex Vernon resigned himself to the life of a bachelor. A retired Marine, he vowed to never take up arms again unless circumstances required it. Circumstances require it. The first woman he's had any interest in, since his divorce, is in danger and he won't just sit by and watch. With the help of his brothers, he'll travel to Dallas to rescue Gwen and find a killer...
  • TORRO: REAPER-Patriots: Book Forty-FIve by Mary Kennedy

    TORRO: REAPER-Patriots: Book Forty-FIve by Mary Kennedy

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Nic Torres, known to his teammates as Torro, has a terrible secret. A secret that might endanger the life of a woman and her child, as well as his teammates. But it's a secret he's held close to his heart for almost half his life. Facing the evil in his past, he must now find a way to reconcile his feelings, while recognizing the love that's growing for the woman in his arms...
    Categorized as:
    military  mystery  contemporary  length-short
  • JT: REAPER-Patriots: Book Forty-Six by Mary Kennedy

    JT: REAPER-Patriots: Book Forty-Six by Mary Kennedy

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    JT Stanton is a happily single Navy SEAL. His convenient relationship with a woman he barely knows is fast turning into something he doesn't want, and she is striving for. As gently as possible he lets her go, on the same night, finding the woman that makes his heart skip a beat. When fate delivers a cruel blow, he does what he does best. Protects...
  • CHASE: REAPER-Patriots: Book Forty-Seven by Mary Kennedy

    CHASE: REAPER-Patriots: Book Forty-Seven by Mary Kennedy

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Chase Green and his team drop into Russia to see what their old enemies are up to. He never expects to get shot, lose his memory, and be saved by a woman. When he finally remembers who he is, he realizes just how much danger they're both in. The only way out, is with the help of his family. The problem is, he can't move...
    Categorized as:
    military  mystery  contemporary  length-short
  • WILL: REAPER-Patriots: Book Forty-Eight by Mary Kennedy

    WILL: REAPER-Patriots: Book Forty-Eight by Mary Kennedy

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    William Pechkin is home for his friends wedding. He plans to see everyone. His parents, his sisters, his new nephew. He'll see all the old guard, but most importantly, he'll see her. The woman he can't get out of his head. Brooke. She's worked at the diner for years now and he never misses a chance to go in and see her. Speaking is another matter...
  • MO: REAPER-Patriots: Book Fifty-Two by Mary Kennedy

    MO: REAPER-Patriots: Book Fifty-Two by Mary Kennedy

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Moses 'Mo' Baird spent a lifetime loving a woman he was told he couldn't have. Letters written, but never returned, told him all he needed to know. She wasn't interested. Becoming a SEAL filled his life with good friends and brothers, then coming to RP made everything all the sweeter. Helping the team in Jakarta, he never dreamed he'd run into the woman who'd haunted him for more than a decade...
  • GATOR: Voodoo Guardians: Book Two by Mary Kennedy

    GATOR: Voodoo Guardians: Book Two by Mary Kennedy

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Ian William Dougall, known as Gator to his SEAL teammates, is coming home. At least until he decides if he wants to reenlist or not. When he finds himself in the middle of a kidnapping and a plot against the office of the President, he's wondering if he'll ever escape all the action. With the new Voodoo Guardians, it seems business is as busy as ever...
    Categorized as:
    military  mystery  suspense  contemporary
  • Declan by Dale Mayer

    Declan by Dale Mayer

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Doing a wellness check on a War Dog—now in the care of a woman who trains therapy dogs—Declan sees the aftermath of an attack. The trainer hopes for some assistance in how to work with the War Dog, Shelby, but apparently someone didn’t want Carly working with Shelby at all. Or was the attack connected to something else in Carly’s past?Carly has been through enough heartache for a lifetime...
  • RUSH: Voodoo Guardians: Book Nine by Mary Kennedy

    RUSH: Voodoo Guardians: Book Nine by Mary Kennedy

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Rush Anders made one of the biggest mistakes of his life, walking away from the only woman he's ever loved. Now, he's just one mission away from being able to go home and tell her how he really feels. That is, if he can survive this solo mission. Shot and bleeding, he never expected to find his angel inside the monkey caves of the zoo. But there she was, giving him an earful...
  • CHRISTIAN: Voodoo Guardians: Book Ten by Mary Kennedy

    CHRISTIAN: Voodoo Guardians: Book Ten by Mary Kennedy

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Christian Martin is ready to retire and head home to work with the family. But he's given one final mission and it's a doozy. A MARSOC brother is dead from an apparent opioid overdose. Except, no one is buying it. Too convenient. Too typical. Too everything. Sent to investigate and find the killer, he never expected to be saved by the Marine's sister. Everything should be easy, simple...
  • Broken Crown by T.K. Leigh

    Broken Crown by T.K. Leigh

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    After a decade of allowing his guilt to burden him, Creed Lawson is finally ready to move on from his past and only focus on his future. A future with Esme.Until a ghost from his past shows up and makes him question everything he’s believed to be true...
  • 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...
  • Silent Sins by Edie James

    Silent Sins by Edie James

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Rescuing his black-sheep younger brother from yet another mess is nothing new for former SEAL and current Redemption Creek operative Mason Ortiz. Being forced to team up with a brilliant––and seriously controlling––FBI agent absolutely is, though. Mason will do anything to get his brother out of danger, but Special Agent Avery Ellis is only going to compromise this mission, in every way possible...
  • No Hard Feelings (Birch Harbor: Coming Home) by Rue Lennox

    No Hard Feelings (Birch Harbor: Coming Home) by Rue Lennox

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    He watched her throw away their future, and swore to win her back.My brother died and I threw a grenade into my life, breaking two hearts in the process. The man I left? My dead brother’s best friend, and a member of his military unit.I may be miserable, but at least I’m not going to bury another person I love.There’s only one little problem with my current situation...
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