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SEAL of Honor
SEAL of Honor by Tonya Burrows is $1.99! This is the first book in her romantic suspense HORNET series, which I’m guessing has nothing to do with the insect. I’m assuming that the other titles in the series will follow the rest of the hero’s team members, at least that’s what I’m hoping! Readers thought Burrows captured a great balance between romance and suspense, though some felt the plot got a little bit muddled halfway through the book. It has a 4-star rating on GoodReads.
It’s a good thing Gabe Bristow lives and breathes the Navy SEAL credo, “the only easy day was yesterday,” because today, his life is unrecognizable. When his prestigious career comes to a crashing halt, he’s left with a bum leg and few prospects for employment that don’t include a desk.
That is, until he’s offered the chance to command a private hostage rescue team and free a wealthy American businessman from Colombian paramilitary rebels. It seems like a good deal—until he meets his new team: a drunk Cajun linguist, a boy-genius CIA threat analyst, an FBI negotiator with mob ties, a cowboy medic, and an EOD expert as volatile as the bombs he defuses. Oh, and who could forget the sexy, frustratingly impulsive Audrey Van Amee? She’s determined to help rescue her brother—or drive Gabe crazy. Whichever comes first.
As the death toll rises, Gabe’s team of delinquents must figure out how to work together long enough to save the day. Or, at least, not get themselves killed. Because Gabe’s finally found something worth living for, and God help him if he can’t bring her brother back alive.
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Hard to Come By
Hard to Come By by Laura Kaye is $1.99 everywhere but Barnes & Noble and Kobo! Let’s hope they’ll jump on the bandwagon. This is book is the third installment in the Hard Ink series and it a romantic suspense about a group of ex-military dudes who run a tattoo parlor. Readers stress that it’s important to read the series in order since there is an overarching plot line, so if you’re looking to start it, the first book is also on sale for 99c, Hard As It Gets ( A | BN | K | G | AB | Au | Scribd ).
Caught between desire and loyalty…
Derek DiMarzio would do anything for the members of his disgraced Special Forces team—sacrifice his body, help a former teammate with a covert operation to restore their honor, and even go behind enemy lines. He just never expected to want the beautiful woman he found there.
When a sexy stranger asks questions about her brother, Emilie Garza is torn between loyalty to the brother she once idolized and fear of the war-changed man he’s become. Derek’s easy smile and quiet strength tempt Emilie to open up, igniting the desire between them and leading Derek to crave a woman he shouldn’t trust.
As the team’s investigation reveals how powerful their enemies are, Derek and Emilie must prove where their loyalties lie before hearts are broken and lives are lost. Because love is too hard to come by to let slip away…
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Tall, Dark and Deadly Boxed Set
Tall, Dark and Deadly by Lisa Renee Jones is $2.99! This is a set of three romantic suspense stories, plus a little bonus novella. Readers enjoy the headstrong heroines nearly as much as the sexy heroes, who all happen to be brothers. A few found a couple of the heroes to be on the verge of alphole territory, but the series seems to be well-enjoyed overall. It has a 4.2-star rating on GoodReads.
HOT SECRETS: Book 1 Royce Walker
Royce Walker, a former FBI Agent, who’s opened a private security firm with his brothers, has always had the hots for the prim, proper Assistant District Attorney, but considered her hand’s off because of a family connection. However, when danger threatens Lauren, he isn’t willing to stand by and watch her get hurt. Now the passion for survival is only rivaled by the passion burning between them. And that passion, might just be the death of them both.
DANGEROUS SECRETS: Book 2 Luke Walker
Being a divorce attorney for the rich and famous isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. Julie Harrison has learned that love doesn’t last, and she’s sworn never to make the same mistakes as her mother, or her clients. She uses the games men play to keep them at a distance. The only man who managed to break down her walls was Luke Walker, a Navy SEAL who loved her and left her, and changed her forever.
When Luke arrives back in New York, running Walker Security with his brothers and having left his Navy SEAL days behind, he sets his sights on Julie, the woman he’s always wanted and couldn’t have. Except, she runs from him every time he gets close.
But now, one of Julie’s clients, a powerful judge, gets involved with a dangerous cartel, and his soon-to-be-ex wife ends up dead. Julie’s next on the list, and she finds herself on the run from those who believe she knows too much, and counting on Luke to keep her alive. In the deepest, darkest moments of the night, passion will bring them together while danger threatens to tear them apart. Can Julie and Luke trust each other and find their happy ending before they find … the end?
BENEATH THE SECRETS: Book 3 Blake Walker
Two will paths collide. Two people who will do anything, including sleeping with the enemy, to avenge or save someone they love. But what if everything isn’t as it seems and the enemy isn’t the enemy at all? Can these two broken people drawn together by their sizzling hot attraction see beyond their pain and their need for vengeance Undoubtedly, they will face the ghosts of their pasts, but will those ghost destroy them or forever bind them?
SECRETS EXPOSED: A bonus story lightly connected
Attorney Lindsey Paxton is about to have a brutal case from her past come back to haunt her in the most dangerous of ways. To survive she will end up in the arms of a man she considers her enemy, but might just be her only salvation.
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Black Knights Inc. Boxed Set: Volumes 1-3
The Black Knights Inc. Boxed Set by Julie Ann Walker is $9.99 and features the first three books in her romantic suspense series. For those who can’t math, that comes out to $3.33 per book. Readers loved immersing themselves in a new series and being able to binge read. They also say that the main characters are all very distinct and individual, so there’s no threat of one book being too similar to another. Any series fans out there?
Behind the facade of their tricked-out motorcycle shop is a covert team comprised of the most elite ex-military specialists. New York Timesbestselling author Julie Ann Walker has thrilled readers with her sexy Black Knights, Inc. romantic suspense series. Now, get the first three books for one low price: Hell on Wheels, In Rides Trouble, and Rev It Up.
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1. Hell on Wheels
Ex-Marine Nate Weller is an expert at keeping his cool, which is how he keeps his feelings for Ali Morgan in check. Sweet, sexy Ali is his best friend’s sister…and totally off limits. Ali’s never seen anything sexier than Nate straddling his custom Harley-or the flash in his eyes when she tells him she’s in trouble. With Nate, her life is in his capable hands–but her heart is another story.2. In Rides Trouble
Trouble tends to find Becky Reichert. Like the day ex-SEAL Frank Knight showed up, wanting to use her shop as a cover for his special ops team. Becky prides herself on being able to weld and shoot just as well as the big boys. But while munitions and mayhem are Frank’s way of life, the last thing he needs is Becky in the way. Yet it’s just his luck when she ends up in a hostage situation. Come hell or high water, he will get her back…3. Rev It Up
Ex-SEAL Jake “the Snake” Sommers was known for striking quickly, quietly, and lethally. That’s also how he broke Michelle Carter’s heart. It was the only way to keep her safe-from himself. Four years later, Jake wants another chance, but Michelle has never forgiven him. But when her brother ticks off a mobster, she must do the unimaginable: place her life in Jake’s hands. And once she does, he’ll never let her go…Add to Goodreads To-Read List →
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I will admit to loving the Black Knights books. I’ve noticedI have an odd fondness for romances with military lead characters–odd because I was raised as a pacifist and am very strongly anti-military overall. I think my fondness is probably for them as action movies in book form–which I also love (things go boom!) but have problems with them that the books tend to not have–they’re careful about collateral damage, and they tend to be changed by their actions (PTSD or more subtle influences)
Amy Tan’s The Valley of Amazement is $1.99 on Amazon. And has anyone ever read a Kathryn Le Veque book? I’ve seen her books countless times on the bestselling historical romance list but have never read her. Anyway, her Tender Is The Knight is free right now.
Just a word of thanks. Sometime after a discussion about Amazon’s Smile program in the comments several weeks ago, I noticed that SBTB started rigging the Amazon links so they’re directed to my Smile account when I click. Very nice. 🙂
I really, really like that guy on the cover of Seal of Honor. Nice but normal bod without overdoing the biceps or the mantitty.
Yep, agree with Karin about the cover of Seal of Honor – unlike the cover of Hard To Come By – that guy looks kinda freakish!
I want to love romantic suspense so much, and it tends to not work out for me. I’ve liked some Anne Stuart and some Carolyn Crane, but otherwise I keep striking out. I think a lot of romantic suspense misses for me because it’s more suspense than romance, but the suspense is often… not great. Right now, I’m reading “Playing Dirty”, by HelenKay Dimon, and I like the romance, but I find myself aggressively skimming the suspense chapters. They have the same issues I’ve run into in romantic suspense generally: the suspense is extremely talky, extremely “a terrorist is on the run with a vial of toxin”, a ton of talky office politics in the private military company… all the other dudes at the private military company are obsessed with each other’s romantic lives. I so want this genre to work for me, because I love both components, but it isn’t happening yet.
@ Corey
Try Allison Brennan. Her good guys are mostly cops and other law enforcement types. There are some military and private security types as well but they’re mostly drawn very realistically. Her bad guys are mostly criminals, some murderers, some rapists, some stalkers, and I think an arsonist. And, of course, there’s always the happily ever after. Most of her romantic suspense is connected at least a little bit. It starts with the Predator trilogy which starts with The Prey. She has several trilogies, all connected, and then it starts into the Lucy Kincaid series.
She’s gritty and awesome.
Mariah Stewart also does some FBI type suspense. Hers are more loosely connected without a real overarching theme but characters in common. I believe hers start with the Dead books, Dead Wrong is the first one, and there are several trilogies and sets but there are also stand alone novels. After a while she stared writing the Chesapeake Diaries, not suspense but are still connected loosely and very good.
I’m also really enjoying the Aftershock series by Jill Sorenson. Perhaps a bit less realism but lots of fun and no terrorism. There is a case of amnesia though. And she writes a lot of “recovering criminals” as heroes and I find that interesting. Her new series about the Dirty Eleven Motorcycle Club follows the Aftershock series with some connections. Those will be erotic romantic suspense.
And I have loved everything by Sandra Brown.
Everything.
Ditto for Julie Garwood.
These are the authors that I can’t get enough of. This is my crack.
I hope that helps.
And of course, it goes without saying that there are triggers. Triggers, triggers, triggers everywhere.
@Coco – thanks so much for the recs! I’m going to try some Allison Brennan, that sounds interesting.
I read the first Aftershock book, and thought it was quite good! The characters were slightly flat, but I remember being pretty impressed by how tight the plot was – it was much closer to how a movie plot would be than some of the other more talky/office-chatter suspense I’ve read, if that makes any sense.
I also read the first (I think) book in her MC series, with the ex-con hero and the psychologist heroine. I thought a lot of that book was really good, I was only bothered by the heroine’s casual attitude toward behavior that might cause her to lose her license. (I know too many people getting a PhD, I think. Heh.)
@ Corey
Yes! I just finished Riding Dirty this week and the whole time I was reading it I was conflicted over the idea of a therapist doing the things this therapist did. It was necessary for the plot but it was just wrong. (I know too many people getting therapy I think.)
I wonder if that won’t be a real big issue for some people. Thankfully, I was able to get past it and enjoy the book. Such a chore.
Sorry! That was @ Cordy but I can’t type.
Oh, no, it’s my autocorrect.
Off to change my settings.
@Susan:
You’re welcome! That was reprogrammed by request of some readers, and I’m glad you like it!
Also – today’s podcast might be of interest to those of you who are looking for suspense that you enjoy. Elyse and I interviewed HelenKay Dimon about action/adventure romance, and the difference between what she writes and the more gritty suspense with more peril (and triggers).
Right now A Town Called Valentine by Emma Cane and When Lightning Strikes by Brenda Novak are free on Amazon. Both are very good first books in thier series.