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Long Road Home


Maya Banks - 2007
    Manny is shocked by the change in the woman he once knew. Kidnapped by a shadowy organization, Jules has been forced to become the very thing he’s pledged his life to defeat—a terrorist assassin. Knowing her testimony will finally bring down the organization, Manny races to get her to Washington, D.C. in one piece. Just when there’s a glimmer of hope of overcoming her past, Jules must pull off one last job or Manny’s life will be forfeit. It’s a mission she must complete…even if it means betraying the only man she has ever loved. Warning, this title contains the following: Explicit sex, adult language, violence.

Full Exposure


Tracy Wolff - 2008
    Closing herself off from a traumatic past, photographer Serena Macafee likes sex with no strings attached? no commitment, just pure pleasure. Her new subject, sculptor Kevin Riley, is the perfect man to fulfill her hottest fantasies. Where better than the torrid wetlands of Baton Rouge where Riley works?and plays? But as their sessions heat up, so do Serena?s intimate feelings for Kevin. And as her guard breaks down, her fears are aroused. She?s opening herself up to emotions she never wanted, and making herself vulnerable to a past she thought she?d escaped. One that has followed her to the sweltering Southern bayou, exposing her to the twisted fantasies of someone in the shadows, and to dangers beyond her control.

Being Lost (Satan's Devils MC San Diego #1)


Manda Mellett - 2020
    Once, I lost everything. Failure seems to follow me around.I didn’t spot what a snake Snake was—he had planned a mutiny right under my nose. Yeah, he did well when he appointed me as his VP. I followed him blindly, never suspecting a thing.Now Snake is dead and I’m the prez. I still spend my days doubting myself, but I’ve got the whole MC depending on me. If I get it wrong, it won’t just be me who goes down. Then I meet her, a woman who needs me to keep her safe. I should warn her to stay far away, tell her I’m not a man she should lean on. I’m not a person to trust when I don’t have faith in myself. PatsyChoices, always choices. I thought I did right when I left everything behind to make a new life, choosing which of my two adult children now needed me the most. We should have been safe in our new life—nobody knew who we were. But we’ve been found. Luckily, before danger strikes, the Satan’s Devils ride up to our door. I’m no spring chicken. I’m not looking for a man in my life. But I need protection, I need help. It’s time to make a stand and not run anymore. There’s only one man I can depend on to keep us safe. The trouble is, he’s Lost.

The Narrow Path


Alexis Abbott - 2015
    But he's back, beefed up from prison and wanting to make amends for dumping her.He's still the same dominant man she'd fallen in love with, but with a calmer head on his shoulders. He promises to protect her from her bad decisions and wild past, and with the mob indebted to him over his time, she believes him.When he offers her the chance to manage his strip club and answer to nobody but him, the temptation is more than she can ignore. But can they get over all of the secrets and lies they've told one another while avoiding being sucked back into a life of crime?

Dangerous Grounds


Shelli Stevens - 2008
    The Seattle Steam series. Madison's needs are simple. All she wants are two things: Make Ooo La Latte the newest trend in espresso, and seduce the sexiest cop in Seattle. But things aren't going exactly as planned. First, Gabe's a little hung up on the fact that she's his best friends little sister, and he's determined to keep his hands off. Second, her shop gets robbed by the increasingly violent Espresso Bandit, and now she's the only one who can identify him. Gabe whisks her into hiding for her own protection, but soon finds his heart is under assault by the luscious and persistent Madison. But no matter where they hide, danger follows. On such dangerous grounds, the trick will be to live long enough to keep the flame alive.

Falling Hard


Blair Babylon - 2014
    She’s been having a good time in college and working at The Devilhouse, but something is missing in Lizzy’s life, a very obvious something. At a Devilhouse party, she meets Theo, a handsome, bright lawyer who wants to takes things slowly, too darn slowly, and Mannix, an ex-pro-football player with a taste for the disturbing. In this first episode, no one is quite who they seem to be. Romantic and suspenseful, Falling Hard sizzles with sex and explores the power of love to heal the deepest wounds.

The MacKenzie Family Security Series


Liliana Hart - 2013
    

Endgame


Dee Davis - 2005
    FBI criminal profiler Madison Harper understands dangerous minds. Tough, tenacious, with nerves of steel, she’s the best of the best. So is her new partner, Gabriel Roarke, a crack CIA operative who likes to do things his way. When the two are forced to jointly head up a task force investigating murder in high places – it’s no surprise that sparks begin to fly. As they race through a shadow world of power, politics and deadly secrets, the passion that simmers between Madison and Gabriel soon ignites. But a clever killer at the top of his game has challenged Madison to play to the very end. Now all she can trust is her instincts—and Gabriel, the one man reckless enough to keep her alive... Rio Award winner, Endgame is the first novel in Dee Davis's newly re-released Last Chance Series. Don't miss the other books in the series: Enigma and Exposure.

Selling Scarlett


Ella James - 2013
    Dragged out of seclusion by her best friend Suri, Elizabeth is merely playing dress-up, rubbing elbows with a crowd that banished her troubled family years ago.Hunter West is tired. Tired of parties, tired of pretending, and tired of trying to right a wrong that haunts him every day. Bourbon heir and professional poker player by day, by night Hunter is gambling with his life in a high-stakes game of crime and blackmail. When Elizabeth stumbles into Hunter's den of vices, she's a light in the darkness, a flame in the void. And, just like everything he touches, Hunter mars her in a record time. To rectify the damage done, Elizabeth needs money she doesn't have, and she's come up with a foolproof way to get it.Follow Elizabeth - code-named Scarlett - to the lush Nevada brothel where she'll auction her virginity and risk the only thing that's not for sale: her heart. The highest bidder is a familiar face, with wicked hands and the devil's mouth. And a secret so dark that it could cost her life.

Protecting His Pretend Family


Katie Knight - 2021
    Until she discovers it’s former Navy SEAL Jackson Sheppard…The same gorgeous man she just had an unforgettable one-night stand with…Aurora figures she's ruined her big chance by sleeping with her future boss. But just as she’s about to put in her two-weeks notice, one of Jackson’s former SEAL mates arrives with a baby, and everything changes. Despite being assigned to protect the infant, none of these SEALs know the first thing about taking care of babies.Lucky for them, Aurora comes from a big family and she’s eager to help. Escaping to a safe house in the suburbs, Jackson, Aurora, and the baby go undercover, posing as a loving family. But the more time he spends with Aurora, the more Jackson realizes how nice it would be to build a life with her, after the mission ends…As danger closes in, can these two survive long enough to find out if their love is more than just a deception?

Linear Tactical Boxed Set 1: Cyclone / Eagle / Shamrock


Janie Crouch - 2019
    Military codename: CYCLONE. He's a widower, a protector, a hero. And the person who could destroy Anne's life.*** EAGLEFinn Bollinger. Military codename: EAGLE. A single dad, a warrior, a hero. For Charlotte Devereux he's also the man whose heart she broke years before. And now, he's her only chance for survival.*** SHAMROCKAiden Teague. Military Codename: SHAMROCK. The lucky one. But all luck runs out eventually. Every mission has a price. He never meant for her to pay it.*****Meet the former military men of Linear Tactical, and the women who bring them to their knees: The strongest fall the hardest.

Drive Me To Distraction


Caitlyn Nicholas - 2012
    Alex Radford has a choice – borrow the money to treat her mother’s rare and aggressive cancer from sleazy moneylender Hamish MacCameron. Or do nothing and watch her die.MacCameron has an agenda. He wants Alex in his bed, and he wants her to help him exact revenge on his sworn enemy, Robert Dryden. He is only too happy to lend her what she needs, but the strings attached form a tangled web from which Alex has little hope of escape.It’s not all bad. Since she was a girl Alex has had one dream: to become a Formula 1 driver and show the boys how to drive a race car. MacCameron’s money gives her a shot at fame, and in a move that scandalizes the F1 racing fraternity she becomes the new driver for Rob Dryden’s struggling F1 team, Prometheus.Alex tries to keep her distance from Rob, knowing that one day she will need to betray one of the few people who ever had faith in her. But things begin to unravel when Hamish MacCameron is murdered and she and Rob are the top suspects on the list …

Stone Security #1-5


Glenna Sinclair - 2017
     Enjoy the complete Stone Security series. Romance, Suspense, Mystery and a touch of Comedy. 5 Books. No Cliffhangers. More than 1,000 pages :) JACK Running from her past, Raelyn ends up at the doorstep of security firm owner, Jack. Needing help and shelter, Jack offers her both. Under attack, they can’t help the connection that builds between them. With the past breathing down her neck, she has to do her best to survive, no matter what. BRENT He was wearing street clothes. That’s how I knew he didn’t fit in and, in lieu of the attacks that had been happening to the girls at the club, I knew he was either trouble or salvation. When he came to talk to me, he wouldn’t look me in the eye. What kind of a man does that? But when he did…was it possible to see your future in someone else’s eyes? REMY There was no excuse he could offer that could convince me that we weren’t meant to be together. I mean, he did work for my big brothers and they could be a huge obstacle in any relationship I was involved in. And his best friend was my other brother. Then there was my crazy boss, spouting insane stories about the chief of police. Oh, and the warrant that was issued for his arrest was an issue, too. But those weren’t real obstacles, were they? AIDEN Wasn’t it just inviting trouble to bring someone into my life, someone who wanted to go out and be social, when I was hiding from dangers that could be lurking around the corner, or hundreds of miles away? He was hot, a former Navy SEAL, the kind of man who could clearly take care of himself. And I needed a little of that in my life. Was it really wrong to crave the safety of a man’s arms? GENTRY I had a secret I needed to tell, but when I saw him at the airport, my tongue twisted in my mouth. And when I saw his fiancée standing behind him, my heart shattered and the words were lost. How could I tell him now, now that the evidence that he’d gone on with his life was standing in front of me in the persona of a living, breathing German doll? I couldn’t do it. But then a vendetta some motorcycle club held against his brothers came to roost on my doorstep and we were thrown together, forced to breathe the same air again for the first time in ten years.

Impossible [The Original Trilogy]


Julia Sykes - 2013
    Monster, Traitor, and Avenger, available in one collection! My life was irrevocably changed that night. The night I was taken. I saved a man's life, but at what cost to myself? Can I convince him to save me in return? I hate him for what he's done to me. But the longer I'm trapped with him, the harder it is to cling to that hatred. He is an enigma of a man, one who is shockingly arrogant, sweetly contrite, and frighteningly aggressive by turns. And the pain in his eyes is a mirror for my own. The longer I remain in his grip, the more confused I become. Is my freedom worth betraying him? This collection includes all three original Impossible novellas: Monster, Traitor, and Avenger. Note: This series contains strong language and scorching sex scenes involving light BDSM.

Hostile Territory


Marie James - 2020
    Can you call someone an enemy if you haven’t seen them for the better part of a decade?Deacon Black is perfectly content with the status quo—work, sleep, repeat.Who cares if he’s rigid, structured, and set in his ways?It’s a job requirement that keeps his men safe and his company’s doors open.One phone call is all it takes to upend his life and land him right back into a past he has tried to forget.Revisiting old ghosts is the last thing he needs.Especially when the forced trip down memory lane includes the only woman he never wanted to see again.Annalise Grimaldi hit the jackpot with her life—from her trust fund to her best friend, she has it all.But her world comes crashing to a halt when her best friend vanishes— leaving behind an apartment in tatters and more questions than answers.There’s only one person she can think of that can help in a situation like this.She hates to make the call, but there isn’t a thing she wouldn’t do to make sure her friend is found.Even setting aside her hatred for Deacon Black.