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The Hardest Thing

James Lear · 256 pages

Once a major in the U.S. Army, Dan Stagg fell foul of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell. In his late 30s, tall, and muscular, Dan is prone to violence, always upholding what he views as justice. He’s offered a great deal More...of money to protect the young male “secretary” of a powerful real estate broker. The vain, shallow—but most of all hot—young man’s idea of protection includes sex. Dan quickly realizes

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Bound by Honor

S.E. Jakes · 284 pages

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Brothers In Arms

Kendall McKenna

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Shock & Awe

Abigail Roux · 110 pages

After barely surviving a shootout in New Orleans, Sidewinder medic Kelly Abbott has to suffer through a month of recovery before he can return home to Colorado. He’s not surprised when fellow Sidewinder Nick O’Flaherty stays with him in New Orleans. Nor is he surprised when Nick travels home with him to help him get back on his feet—after all, years on the same Marine Force Recon team bonded the m

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Hot Target

Suzanne Brockmann · 534 pages

When Navy SEAL Chief Cosmo Richter's mother falls and breaks both of her wrists, he applies for a month of leave to care for her. Soon it becomes clear that she's comfortable and happy with her nursing care, and needs little from him besides a daily visit.  Unused to idle time, Cosmo approaches former SEAL Tom Paoletti, founder of civilian security organization called Troubleshooters Incorporat

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Hard to Let Go

Laura Kaye · 366 pages

"Five dishonored soldiers. Former Special Forces. One last mission. These are the men of Hard Ink. Beckett Murda hates to dwell on the past. But his investigation into the ambush that killed half his Special Forces team and ended his Army career gives him little choice. Just when his team learns how powerful their enemies are, hard-ass Beckett encounters his biggest complication yet--a seductive,

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The Darkest Hour

Maya Banks

The Kelly Group International (KGI): A super elite, top secret, family-run business. Qualifications: High intelligence, rock hard body, military background. Mission: Hostage/kidnap victim recovery. Intelligence gathering. Handling jobs the US government can't… It's been one year since ex-Navy SEAL Ethan Kelly last saw his wife Rachel alive. Overwhelmed by grief and guilt over his failures as

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The Scottish Prisoner

Diana Gabaldon · 560 pages

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Maverick

Lora Leigh · 368 pages

"Micah Sloane knows almost everything there is to know about Risa Clay, including the vicious betrayal she endured years ago and the distrust she's harbored ever since. The only way for the Elite Ops agent to uncover an assassin--and banish the ghosts of his own dark past-- is to use Risa as bait. But nothing has prepared him for her disarming blend of innocence and sensuality, or for his overwhel

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True Believer

Jack Carr · 485 pages

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Striking Distance

Pamela Clare · 384 pages

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Fool Me Once

Harlan Coben · 400 pages

If your husband was murdered And you were a witness How do you explain it when he appears on your nanny cam? You thought you trusted him. Now you can't even trust yourself.

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Forged in Smoke

Trish McCallan · 382 pages

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Paladin's Hope

T. Kingfisher · 300 pages

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The Lotus Empire

Tasha Suri · 494 pages

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Lover at Last

J.R. Ward

"Qhuinn, son of no one, is used to being on his own. Disavowed from his bloodline, shunned by the aristocracy, he has finally found an identity as one of the most brutal fighters in the war against the Lessening Society. But his life is not complete. Even as the prospect of having a family of his own seems to be within reach, he is empty on the inside, his heart given to another ... Blay, after ye

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Absolution

Sloane Kennedy · 256 pages

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Sticks & Stones

Abigail Roux, Madeleine Urban · 322 pages

Six months after nearly losing their lives to a serial killer in New York City, FBI Special Agents Ty Grady and Zane Garrett are suffering through something almost as frightening: the monotony of desk duty. When they're ordered to take a vacation for the good of everyone's sanity, Ty bites the bullet and takes Zane home with him to West Virginia, hoping the peace and quiet of the mountains will gi

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Special Forces - Soldiers

Aleksandr Voinov, Marquesate, Vashtan

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A Forced Silence

Cate Ashwood · 179 pages

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Enemies of the State

Tal Bauer · 442 pages

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Wolfsbane

Ronie Kendig · 346 pages

"In Venezuela, Danielle Roark and her Army Corps of Engineers team is captured. After six months of captivity, Dani escapes, only to end up charged with espionage and forced to return to the jungle to prove that a nuclear facility exists. On the mission she feels abandoned by God and country. Will she live long enough to make those responsible pay? Haunted by memories of a mission gone bad, former

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Maiden Rose, Volume 2

Fusanosuke Inariya · 200 pages

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Honor Bound

Radclyffe · 247 pages

Second in the Honor series - Secret Service Agent Cameron Roberts made a promise to Blair Powell, the President's daughter--not to place her own life in danger protecting Blair--but a request from the Commander in Chief forces her to break her word. In this sequel to Above All, Honor, Cameron places duty before love and accepts reassignment as the chief of Blair's security detail, despite knowing

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