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  • Fractured by Riley Edwards

    Fractured by Riley Edwards

    Rated: 4.69 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    Loving Echo Kent was painful. Not the falling in love part, that was easy. One look at the tall, blond-haired, blue-eyed narcotics detective and I knew I wanted him. A few months later I knew I couldn’t live without him. But my Echo, he had demons and secrets and a mountain of guilt. His love was selfish and one-sided—he could love but he refused to allow others to love him...
  • Against All Odds by Brittney Sahin

    Against All Odds by Brittney Sahin

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    An undercover operative must choose between his mission and the woman who could be his downfall in this passion-fueled romantic suspense novel by Wall Street Journal bestselling author Brittney Sahin. Rescuing Seraphina Torres wasn’t part of Delta Shield Security’s plan, until an undercover operation gone sideways changed that...
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  • 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...
  • Code Name: Libra by Janie Crouch

    Code Name: Libra by Janie Crouch

    Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    My code name is Libra. The stars say I’m charismatic, intelligent, charming. The one with the easy smile. Zodiac Tactical has been the biggest part of my life for the past three years. We guard, protect, rescue. .. eliminate the threat when nobody else can. And I’ve always been at the front lines—first to help in whatever way was needed. Until I took a bullet to the chest...
  • Protecting Hawk by Jane Blythe

    Protecting Hawk by Jane Blythe

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    It was only supposed to be one night. When Madeline Montgomery finds out she's carrying her one night stand's baby she's shocked, but without his name she can't find him, and determines to raise her child alone. With a stalker upping his ante and the cops refusing to take her seriously, she runs to Prey Security for help...
  • Hero's Heart by Janie Crouch

    Hero's Heart by Janie Crouch

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    He was out of the game. He should've stayed that way. When a former FBI colleague asks Callum Webb to rescue the kidnapped daughter of an American bigwig in eastern Europe, Callum’s just got one word for him. .. No. Okay, actually two words: hell, no. Callum is out of the international law enforcement game and has been for a long time...
  • 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. ****...
  • Rescuing Casey by Susan Stoker

    Rescuing Casey by Susan Stoker

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    One minute Casey Shea was minding her own business, doing her job, teaching entomology to college students, and the next she was in the middle of the Costa Rican jungle fighting for her life. Troy “Beatle” Lennon had watched his friends fall head over heels in love, but never thought it would happen to him. Until he sees a picture of one of his teammates’ sisters. That was it...
  • Just One More Chance by Maryann Jordan

    Just One More Chance by Maryann Jordan

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    The Baytown Boys Mysteries. Military duty called them away to war zones, but after tours overseas, the group of friends found their way back home as men, seeking the peaceful little seaside town. Now, the band of brothers, together once more, work to provide a place for less fortunate veterans to call home...
  • Vanished by April Wilson

    Vanished by April Wilson

    Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Fans of the McIntyre Security Bodyguard series will love this follow-up story about Dominic and Sophie. Sophie is due to give birth to their baby any day. When she goes missing, Dominic goes on a rampage as he searches for his wife. Lots of McIntyre family members and friends make an appearance in this book, including a few unexpected surprise guests...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  pregnancy  military  contemporary  m-f
  • Jersey by Marie James

    Jersey by Marie James

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Same story, different day. That seems to be the theme of my life. My new job with Cerberus is no different than the one I left before working for ICE. People always blur together, nothing special about any of them. Of course, my luck runs out when I'm assigned to an establishment that caters to peoples' deepest fantasies. There should be nothing special about the woman...
  • Rooster by Marie James

    Rooster by Marie James

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I never wanted to draw a line between good and evil. Yet, hoping my twin brother would change has gotten me nowhere. I'm always his target, the mark in his game of retribution, but that doesn't keep him from hurting others to get to me. I've kept from getting close to others because I knew that put them in his line of sight...
  • Hot & Bothered by Lynn Raye Harris

    Hot & Bothered by Lynn Raye Harris

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    He can never have her. Having her means the end of his career in the Hostile Operations Team. But when he learns she’s carrying his child, he’ll have to make a choice…. Ryan “Flash” Gordon has been drawn to Emily Royal bin Yusuf since the first moment he met her. But she’s a terrorist’s widow, which means she’s completely off-limits...
  • Defending Home by Caitlyn O'Leary

    Defending Home by Caitlyn O'Leary

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Will Two Tormented Souls Have The Courage To Reach For Love? The only family Nolan O’Rourke ever claimed were his Navy SEAL brothers, they had never let him down. His childhood wasn’t rough, it wasn’t hard, it was hell, and now any mission that he was assigned to was a cakewalk in comparison...
  • 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...
  • Home Base by Abbie Zanders

    Home Base by Abbie Zanders

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    This is the third installment of the 2022 season of The Long Road Home series. No matter the road we travel, we're always heading for our Home Base. After fourteen years in the army, Dylan Grant is more than ready to come home, settle down, and seriously consider starting a family of his own. Thanks to one stolen, forbidden moment long ago, he might already have...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  military  secret child  contemporary  m-f
  • Toxic by Cathleen Cole, Frank Jensen

    Toxic by Cathleen Cole, Frank Jensen

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 15 ratings
    She’s willing to die to protect her family’s ranch, but he’ll take on every threat just to keep her safe…. Billie. I've poured my heart and soul into keeping my family's ranch running, but someone's determined to take it all away. When they nearly kill my grandfather, I'm forced to accept help from an unexpected source—a ruggedly handsome biker who rides in like a dark knight on a Harley...
  • 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...
  • Atlas' World by Darlene Tallman

    Atlas' World by Darlene Tallman

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Beck ‘Atlas’ Crandall is a combat veteran, just like the majority of his club brothers that started Poseidon’s Warriors MC. A trained medic, it was his responsibility to head into missions in an effort to hopefully rescue those involved. Sadly, most ended up being recovery situations instead, which started causing him extreme mental duress...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  military  bikers  contemporary  mafia
  • Jericho by Marie James

    Jericho by Marie James

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    I knew there was no point in looking back at what could've been when she couldn't even lift her eyes to me when her father ordered my death. She didn't fight for me, didn't fight for us. I knew better than to get tangled with a mafia princess. I knew how it would end, only instead of dead, I was left in a much worse situation, having to know she was still alive and being unable to go to her...
  • Blade by Sybil Bartel

    Blade by Sybil Bartel

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Battle born. SEAL. Loner. Ringing out of BUD/S was never an option. Third generation Navy SEAL, the Teams were in my blood. I earned my Trident, and a year later my brother earned his. As Tier One operators, the battlefield was our playground. Then I got a cryptic call. Enemy combatants, coordinated attack, no survivors, catastrophic loss—my brother was dead...
  • Greyson by Anna Blakely

    Greyson by Anna Blakely

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 10 ratings
    Tragedy brought them together. A killer will stop at nothing to tear them apart. For former SEAL Greyson Frost, nothing is more important than loyalty. It’s why this Charlie Team operative keeps his feelings for his best friend’s little sister hidden. But when tragedy strikes and Taylor becomes a killer’s target, all bets—and past promises—are off. Taylor Russell is used to devastation and loss...
  • TJ: Sins of the Father by Nicole James

    TJ: Sins of the Father by Nicole James

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    FROM WALL STREET JOURNAL BEST SELLING AUTHOR NICOLE JAMES COMES A ONE-NIGHT STAND, SURPRISE PREGNANCY, MC ROMANCE! TJ—The beautiful tattoo artist told me to leave her alone after what I thought was an amazing night together. Maybe she was just trying to get her bad boy fill...
  • Wrath by L. Wilder

    Wrath by L. Wilder

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Wall Street Journal and USA Today Best Seller L. Wilder brings you a new addition to the Satan’s Fury MC series. Stitch was stepping down. And he was preparing me to take his place. He’d seen the darkness in me. He knew I could use my demons the way he’d used his. And he was right. I used them, and I used them well. They’d helped me keep everyone at a distance— including her...
  • Orion's Universe: A Poseidon's Warriors MC novel by Darlene Tallman

    Orion's Universe: A Poseidon's Warriors MC novel by Darlene Tallman

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Ky “Orion” Stanford, Treasurer for the Poseidon’s Warriors MC, is content with how his life has turned out. During his military tenure, he met a group of men who are now family, and since he never plans to get tied down with an old lady or wife, he enjoys playing the field...
  • Faith's Tears by E.C. Land

    Faith's Tears by E.C. Land

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Life is never as easy as they make it out to be. Faith. Finding my way back to Axel, well, him finding me, it’s been as if we’re sailing on cloud nine. But what happens when another woman comes into the picture claiming she’s Axel’s and that they share a child together...
  • Kilo by Sybil Bartel

    Kilo by Sybil Bartel

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Breacher. Navy SEAL. Mercenary. Being a breacher on the Teams wasn’t a job, it was my drug of choice. Detonating charges, the blast waves going through me, I lived for the rush of tactical explosive breaching. As long as I kept my brothers safe and didn’t eat a piece of frag, I never looked past my next mission. .. until I screwed up. Miscalculating a blast zone, I took a hit...
  • Protecting Kiera by Susan Stoker

    Protecting Kiera by Susan Stoker

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    This book was previously published in Kindle Worlds and even though it has a new cover, has not changed significantly. Cooper Nelson’s SEAL career was cut drastically short when an explosion left him almost completely deaf...
  • Twisted Mercy by Elaine Levine

    Twisted Mercy by Elaine Levine

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Hope Townsend has spent long years searching for the brother she was brutally separated from when their mother was murdered. Now, thanks to help from a mysterious source, she’s found him deep in the Medicine Bow Mountains on the remote compound of the notorious White Kingdom Brotherhood motorcycle club and prison gang—a viper's nest of drug runners, murderers, and thieves...
  • Wild Desire by Sadie King

    Wild Desire by Sadie King

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She needs a date, I need her…. Cassie’s trying to get the attention of her parents. And she thinks dating an older bearded biker will make them take notice. Problem is, this hairy biker wants the real deal. I agree to a fake relationship but only until I can convince Cassie she belong with me. Now she has her parents attention and they don’t approve of me running around with their little girl...
  • Raine by K.J. Dahlen

    Raine by K.J. Dahlen

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    RAINE. Fate…. She’s an ugly b%tch. An ugly b%tch who loves to strike when you least expect it. We’d hoped Cordy’s problem would die with her,. But then Bane came back, and he brought an ugly truth with him:. Even in death, Cordy’s work was unfinished;. She took something…. And left Cricket to take the blame. Cricket…. The woman I love, the woman I’d chosen to be mine,...
  • All American Bad Boy by Weston Parker

    All American Bad Boy by Weston Parker

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    One hot night changed everything. As a kid, all I ever wanted to do was fly. I was born a pilot. And I’m the best fighter pilot in the world. They call me Dice because of my dicey aerial maneuvers. Safety and security aren’t my first concern. Living big is. Right before our next big show, we’re forced to work with a new inspector. You know, the nerdy guys in Levi’s and New Balance sneakers...
  • Isaac by Lane Hart, D.B. West

    Isaac by Lane Hart, D.B. West

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Isaac Perry has spent the majority of his life wearing the Devil Hounds MC patches. As president, he’s used to making tough decisions, even the occasionally vicious ones. He doesn’t have to take orders from anyone anymore. He never bends, never breaks, until she literally stumbles into his life. Holly Garrison is young. Too young and innocent for an outlaw like Isaac to lay a hand on her...
  • Bear by Harley Wylde

    Bear by Harley Wylde

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Faith – I fell for Spade when I was only sixteen. He got me pregnant, and moved me into a house with him. Then I saw his true colors. He beat me. Made me lose my baby. It’s been eighteen years and I’m still trapped, until I find the courage to take my girls and run. I didn’t count on finding another biker. This one seems different. He’s kinder. Gentler. And I think he may be just what we need...
  • Mack by Aria Ray

    Mack by Aria Ray

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    A young woman forced into a marriage with her secret crush—a dream come true? Or a nightmare in the making? Small-town life can be a challenge—especially if your mother runs a strip club for curvy girls. Between dealing with money-grubbing mafiosos and renegade bikers who are tearing up our bar, we’ve got our hands full. And then, Mom gets sick...
  • Wild Love by Sadie King

    Wild Love by Sadie King

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    He’s the young damaged ex-soldier and she’s the older woman who’s off limits. Can she show him how to love? Wild Love is Davis and Mel's story, a contemporary instalove steamy romance featuring an ex-military hero and the curvy woman he falls hard for.
  • Beast by Carol Dawn

    Beast by Carol Dawn

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Beast: I'm instantly judged at first sight because of my size. Women back away in fear, which isn't a good thing when my job is to protect them. And men tread water carefully for fear of a broken face. Which works in my favor. I'd rather not break their faces unless I deem it necessary. Then I meet Callie. Wonderful, beautiful, curvy, Callie, and I know that my life has just shifted...
  • 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...
  • Beast by C.M. Steele

    Beast by C.M. Steele

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A witness to a crime, Mary Stark lands herself in Steeleville, under the care and protection of DA William “Beast” Brandon and the Steele Riders. Unbeknownst to her, she’ll be living with Beast until the trial. She’s been warned of his gruff and surly behavior when it comes to people invading his home and messing it up, but accidents happen...
  • Love, Loyalty & Mayhem: A Motorcycle Club Romance Anthology by Ryan Michele, Chelsea Camaron

    Love, Loyalty & Mayhem: A Motorcycle Club Romance Anthology by Ryan Michele, Chelsea Camaron

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Bad Boy Alpha Alert! Nineteen of your favorite MC authors come together to bring you brand new, never released stories from some of your favorite motorcycle clubs. Love-. Life with a biker is an adventure full of twists and turns. When love is involved, MC men never back down from what they want—they fight for it. Loyalty-. Loyalty is the foundation in any motorcycle club...
  • Grimm by E.C. Land

    Grimm by E.C. Land

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    If only for one night she were mine. Grimm. I’ve done everything in my power to keep away from the one woman I want most. Not only because she’s a brother’s daughter but because she’s too young. To have her, she would have to give up everything else. Danger comes to our doorstep, and not for the first time...
  • Jake by Nicole James

    Jake by Nicole James

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    We shared one crazy mistake of a night. Now she just walked back into my life in a sexy little string bikini. .. And her son has my crooked smile and dimples. On leave one night thirteen years ago, I slept with my battle brother’s little sister. Layla was wild, uninhibited, and everything I could ever want, but nothing I could have. So I walked away...
  • Barefoot with a Stranger by Roxanne St. Claire

    Barefoot with a Stranger by Roxanne St. Claire

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Francesca Rossi might be the youngest in a long line of badass siblings, but this computer whiz would rather hack a database than pack a pistol for the family business in Barefoot Bay.   When an assignment forces her out of her comfort zone and into the field, Chessie decides to amp up the excitement quotient and has her first one night stand with a sexy stranger she’ll never see 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...
  • Death's Devotion by Erin Osborne

    Death's Devotion by Erin Osborne

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Kelsey Brown. I made the biggest mistake of my life and trusted the wrong man. Now I’m on the run with my young son. We’re continually on the run and moving. Secrets come out, fate intervenes, and life changes again. Do I have what it takes to stay in one place? Nolan ‘Death’ Whittaker. Being the Sergeant at Arms for the Knight’s Rebellion is my entire focus...
  • Long Way Down by Lauren Gilley

    Long Way Down by Lauren Gilley

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    When she was six, a horrific crime against a family member determined the course of Melissa Dixon’s life. It eventually drove her away from her tiny, Mississippi home town, away from her family, and into a career in law enforcement. Living and working in NYC, she keeps the past locked away tight, memory relegated to rare nightmares...
  • My Mountain Man Returns by Sadie King

    My Mountain Man Returns by Sadie King

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    A secret baby and a second chance. .. Suzie gets a shock when her ex turns up all the way from England. But it's nothing compared to the shock he gets when he finds out what she's been keeping from him. My Mountain Man Returns is a secret baby, second chance romance featuring an ex-military hero and the curvy girl he tracks halfway across the world.
  • 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...
  • Lies and Liars by K.J. Dahlen

    Lies and Liars by K.J. Dahlen

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Everyone has secrets they wish didn’t exist. My worst secret is one I wished I’d never remembered, a man named Bane. Cricket. The MC is up against a man no one wants to face…Bane Jessin. Only I hold the key to saving them all. He’s ruthless. A cold-blooded killer. And the source of my nightmares. Now, there’s something he wants. Something my parents took from him a lifetime ago...
  • Hell's Fury by K.J. Dahlen

    Hell's Fury by K.J. Dahlen

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I thought I’d found my forever. She decided to tear it apart. Deke. My MC is my world. She is my centre. My children are everything I live for. Walking a street of contentment I hadn’t known before,. I thought the bad was finally over. I should have known better…. I didn’t see her coming - a vengeful figure from my past with a score to settle...
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