Best Military Romance Romance Audiobooks

The highest-rated romance audiobooks featuring military romance, ranked by listeners. Browse 23 titles.

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The best romance audiobooks featuring the military romance trope, ranked by listener and reader ratings from Audible and Goodreads.

Military Romance shows up across many genres, but it plays out differently in romance — these are the highest-rated examples.

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    If I Don't Ask cover

    If I Don't Ask

    Ask, Tell • Book 4

    by E.J. Noyes

    Narrated by Abby Craden

    4.54 ABR Score (2.7K ratings)
    ★ 4.59 Goodreads (1.8K) ★ 4.9 Audible (878)
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    Abby Craden captures every suppressed longing as Rebecca's armor cracks under forbidden desire and military duty. It's absolutely devastating.

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    Ask Me Again

    Ask, Tell • Book 2

    by E.J. Noyes

    Narrated by Abby Craden

    4.49 ABR Score (4.2K ratings)
    ★ 4.46 Goodreads (3.0K) ★ 4.81 Audible (1.2K)
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    Off Limits

    Off • Book 2

    by Sawyer Bennett

    Narrated by Charlotte North, Matthew Holland

    4.35 ABR Score (14.1K ratings)
    ★ 4.15 Goodreads (11.3K) ★ 4.66 Audible (2.8K)
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    Charlotte North and Matthew Holland perform two people so thoroughly convinced they don't deserve love that their gradual trust feels genuinely earned.

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    Dangerous Games

    Takeback • Book 3

    by Riley Edwards

    Narrated by Maxine Mitchell, Teddy Hamilton

    4.32 ABR Score (3.4K ratings)
    ★ 4.55 Goodreads (3.2K) ★ 4.78 Audible (175)
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    Former SEAL meets bakery owner in this romance where both have sworn off relationships — dual narrators Mitchell and Hamilton handle the sexual tension perfectly.

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    Brooks

    Gold Team • Book 1

    by Riley Edwards

    Narrated by Maxine Mitchell, Lee Samuels

    4.28 ABR Score (3.9K ratings)
    ★ 4.48 Goodreads (3.7K) ★ 4.68 Audible (253)
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    A battle-scarred ex-soldier meets a Navy SEAL-turned-mercenary in this steamy romantic suspense that balances genuine trauma recovery with heart-racing action. Mitchell and Samuels create distinct voices that capture both vulnerability and strength.

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    The Cornerstone

    The Walshes • Book 4

    by Kate Canterbary

    Narrated by Christian Fox, Lucy Rivers

    4.26 ABR Score (6.1K ratings)
    ★ 4.31 Goodreads (5.9K) ★ 4.77 Audible (182)
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    Navy SEAL meets demanding businesswoman in a hotel room encounter that redefines both their expectations. Christian Fox and Lucy Rivers capture the sexual tension and emotional vulnerability beneath the power struggle.

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    The Hero and the Hacktivist

    The Girl Band • Book 4

    by Pippa Grant

    Narrated by Teddy Hamilton, Maxine Mitchell

    4.21 ABR Score (10.9K ratings)
    ★ 4.2 Goodreads (9.7K) ★ 4.53 Audible (1.2K)
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    Angel Fire

    Hunter • Book 4

    by Gerri Hill

    Narrated by Abby Craden

    4.18 ABR Score (1.8K ratings)
    ★ 4.13 Goodreads (1.1K) ★ 4.71 Audible (660)
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    Dallas cops Tori and Sam's mountain vacation turns deadly when they stumble into an FBI manhunt involving Cameron's dangerous ex-teammate. Abby Craden handles the ensemble cast expertly, maintaining distinct voices during intense action sequences.

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    Keeping Zita

    Rescue Angels • Book 3

    by Susan Stoker

    Narrated by Maxine Mitchell, Teddy Hamilton

    4.18 ABR Score (980 ratings)
    ★ 4.54 Goodreads (878) ★ 4.88 Audible (102)
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    Night Stalker pilot Obi-Wan trades routine military missions for Hollywood movie consulting, only to face real danger on set. Maxine Mitchell and Teddy Hamilton's dual narration captures both the fish-out-of-water comedy and mounting suspense.

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    Dear Aaron

    by Mariana Zapata

    Narrated by Callie Dalton, Teddy Hamilton

    4.14 ABR Score (60.0K ratings)
    ★ 3.9 Goodreads (57.3K) ★ 4.51 Audible (2.7K)
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    Dual narration transforms each letter into intimate conversation; Zapata's precision makes this epistolary romance feel like falling in love in real time.

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    The Wilder Brothers Collection

    The Wilder Brothers #0.5-2

    by Carrie Ann Ryan

    Narrated by Jacob Morgan, Emma Wilder, Joe Arden, Maxine Mitchell

    4.13 ABR Score (1.0K ratings)
    ★ 4.49 Goodreads (751) ★ 4.62 Audible (281)
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    Ten military brothers start over in a new town, meeting ten women who won't back down from protecting what they love.

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    Some Kind of Hero

    Troubleshooters • Book 19

    by Suzanne Brockmann

    Narrated by Bahni Turpin, Patrick Lawlor

    4.08 ABR Score (3.8K ratings)
    ★ 4.12 Goodreads (3.3K) ★ 4.52 Audible (539)
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    Navy SEAL trainer Pete Greene can handle elite soldiers but not his fifteen-year-old daughter—until she disappears and his military skills become desperately relevant.

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    Dear John, Nicholas Sparks

    by Nicholas Sparks

    Narrated by Holter Graham

    4.08 ABR Score (621.4K ratings)
    ★ 4.04 Goodreads (619.9K) ★ 4.33 Audible (1.5K)
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    Holter Graham reads the letter that destroys a life with perfect emotional precision. Sparks delivers real heartbreak, not sentimentality.

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    Blood Hunt (Midnight Hunters)

    Midnight Hunters • Book 2

    by L.L. Raand, Radclyffe

    Narrated by Maxine Mitchell

    4.07 ABR Score (2.5K ratings)
    ★ 4.15 Goodreads (2.0K) ★ 4.54 Audible (441)
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    Wolf Alpha Sylvan teams up with Vampire-heir detective Jody Gates against rogue supernatural forces threatening their uneasy coalition. Maxine Mitchell handles the dual romantic tensions with conviction.

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    Croc and the Fox

    Furry United Coalition • Book 3

    by Eve Langlais

    Narrated by Abby Craden

    4.06 ABR Score (4.4K ratings)
    ★ 4.07 Goodreads (4.0K) ★ 4.53 Audible (375)
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    Military croc Viktor meets his match in persistent fox Renee after a lab raid goes sideways. Abby Craden brings just the right mix of humor and heat to this shifter romance.

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    Rev It Up

    Black Knights Inc. • Book 3

    by Julie Ann Walker

    Narrated by Abby Craden

    4.05 ABR Score (8.5K ratings)
    ★ 4.11 Goodreads (8.4K) ★ 4.49 Audible (156)
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    Jake broke Michelle's heart four years ago to protect her from his dangerous life—now he wants her back. Craden captures the emotional reunion and high-stakes action with equal intensity.

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    In Rides Trouble

    Black Knights Inc. • Book 2

    by Julie Ann Walker

    Narrated by Abby Craden

    4.05 ABR Score (10.5K ratings)
    ★ 4.09 Goodreads (10.2K) ★ 4.44 Audible (305)
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    Motorcycle mechanic Becky "Rebel" Reichert gets tangled up with Frank Knight's elite ops team using her shop as cover. Romantic suspense with military action and a tough heroine who can handle herself.

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    Unbroken

    Amber Ridge • Book 4

    by Nyssa Kathryn

    Narrated by Maxine Mitchell, JF Harding

    4.02 ABR Score (1.9K ratings)
    ★ 4.19 Goodreads (1.9K) ★ 4.66 Audible (67)
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    A marriage imploding over infertility and military deployment gets complicated when the wife's cancer diagnosis forces both to reconsider their split. The dual narration by Maxine Mitchell and JF Harding captures both perspectives.

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    In the Company of Wolves

    SWAT: Special Wolf Alpha Team • Book 3

    by Paige Tyler

    Narrated by Abby Craden

    3.99 ABR Score (2.5K ratings)
    ★ 4.02 Goodreads (2.2K) ★ 4.51 Audible (273)
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    SWAT werewolf Eric Becker faces a ruthless new criminal organization while navigating his attraction to a dangerous woman pointing an MP5 at him.

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    Gold Team Box Set 1, Books 1-3

    Gold Team Series • Book 1

    by Riley Edwards

    Narrated by Maxine Mitchell, Lee Samuels

    3.98 ABR Score (466 ratings)
    ★ 4.71 Goodreads (444) ★ 4.77 Audible (22)
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    Three full romantic suspense novels featuring overprotective military heroes facing everything from Saudi princes to cyber warfare. Maxine Mitchell and Lee Samuels create distinct voices for the Gold Team's high-stakes world of romance and danger.

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    The Busiest Shop on Main

    Shops on Main • Book 2

    by Laura Ann

    Narrated by Maxine Mitchell, Sebastian York

    3.81 ABR Score (283 ratings)
    ★ 4.31 Goodreads (268) ★ 4.27 Audible (15)
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    Gold Team Box Set 2, Books 4-5

    Gold Team Series • Book 4

    by Riley Edwards

    Narrated by Maxine Mitchell, Lee Samuels

    3.71 ABR Score (32 ratings)
    ★ 4.78 Goodreads (18) ★ 4.79 Audible (14)
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    Dual narrators Mitchell and Samuels capture both the military precision and romantic heat as elite mercenaries protect a cyber genius and investigate a Cabinet member's suspicious death.

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    Girl On The Edge

    The Edge #0.5-4

    by C.D. Reiss

    Narrated by Maxine Mitchell, Joe Arden

    3.62 ABR Score (1.3K ratings)
    ★ 4 Goodreads (969) ★ 3.97 Audible (349)
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    Greysen's husband Caden returns from deployment fundamentally changed into someone dangerously seductive. Maxine Mitchell and Joe Arden capture the tension of a marriage where love battles against an unknown transformation.

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