Which authors/books would you consider required reading for dangerous hero lovers?

[Danny]

Oh, and I love Swagger in Stephen Hunter's series
Pike and Elvis Cole in Robert Crais' series
Repairman Jack in F. Paul Wilson's series

But they are not romances at all. Thrillers, but very good ones.

[Michelle]

Danny wrote: "Oh, and I love Swagger in Stephen Hunter's series
Pike and Elvis Cole in Robert Crais' series
Repairman Jack in F. Paul Wilson's series

But they are not romances at all. Thrillers, but very good o..."

These look very good. I've added them. Thanks!

[Danielle The Book Huntress , Loves 'Em Lethal]

If you make suggestions for the list, please list the genre of the book, and ideally post a Goodreads link. I'm getting older, so it's easier to read posts when there are links. Please check the list first, because I may have already added the suggested books/series. Thanks!

[Suzie]

Fire and Fangs Totally loved this book. Unknown author but she delivered what I was looking for..

Paranormal Romance

[Kelly]

Nashira wrote: "Amy Blankenship!!!! I highly recommend.."

Which series are you recommending? I look over her page and found three different series with multiple books in two of them.

[Bethany]

Hands down, the Fever series by Karen Marie Moning
BDB series

[Katya]

Danielle The Book Huntress (Angels Weep For Goodreads) wrote: "Are those both PNR, Katya?"

sorry for replying so late....from post 89...yes both PNR. (Vampire)

[Katya]

How about these? Food for thought:

Nikolie
Michel & Julian
Justice
Raphael
Drago
Brodrick
Sin
Jamie
Jonathan
Lucien
Mirren
Rev
Cullen

[Geraldine]

I would have to recommend J R WARD Her Black Dagger Brotherhood series has some serious testosterone!!! Book 3, Zsadist is my favorite!

[Missyb]

it's 2 series, but the first leads into the 2nd, and the characters cross over.

[Zeecé]

Definitely Kressley Cole's IAD series, and Ward's Black Dagger Brotherhood novels. But I've also loved heroes in Feehan's Dark Carpathian series such as Jacques in Dark Desire and Rafael De La Cruz in Dark Secret, and Gregory in Dark Magic. Dark Desire,Dark Secret,Dark Magic. And Karen Marie Moning's Highlander series started it all for me.Kiss of the Highlander,The Dark Highlander

[Janice]

Danielle The Book Huntress (Angels Weep For Goodreads) wrote: "You can list as many as you want, but please provide links on Goodreads and why you recommend them. I will add your suggestions to the final list that I create here.

**Please also indicate catego..."

Cherry Adair A lot of her books have dangerous heros.
Romantic Suspense and some also have Paranormal (TFLAC) series.

[Katya]

is another one - sure is dangerous

[Danielle The Book Huntress , Loves 'Em Lethal]

Thanks to continuing to submit books. I will try to add them to the list when time allows!

[Lovebooks]

A classic: Heathcliff from Wuthering Heights. i'd put this under Historical.

[S.]

I've loved all the men in the Elite series by Rachel Van Dyken. We finally got to have Sergio's story in the recently released, Elude. OMG! I still can't get that one off my mind.

Also, Smother, by Lindy Zart is a different twist on the dangerous hero, but worth the read.

[Darcy]

S. Jackson wrote: "I've loved all the men in the Elite series by Rachel Van Dyken. We finally got to have Sergio's story in the recently released, Elude. OMG! I still can't get that one off my mind.

Also, Smother, ..."


I just read Elude this week and (view spoiler)[ I still can't believe Andi died. I also don't know what to think about her giving him permission to go after Luca's daughter. What gives me pause is how is she going to feel knowing Sergio married and loved Andi and now is going after her. I would feel like the red-headed stepchild, second or even sixth best. (hide spoiler)]

[S.]

Darcy wrote: "S. Jackson wrote: "I've loved all the men in the Elite series by Rachel Van Dyken. We finally got to have Sergio's story in the recently released, Elude. OMG! I still can't get that one off my mind..."

Yeah, that part was weird. My first thought was, "Oh, you give me permission?" But as I thought about it, she wasn't really offering Valentina as someone to love as much as handing over the keys for him to become a family boss. I think that will be Sergio's next story. He gets to go through it all again, marriage of convenience which develops into more, at least, I hope. I want more Sergio. He's always been my favorite.

[Darcy]

S. Jackson wrote: "Darcy wrote: "S. Jackson wrote: "I've loved all the men in the Elite series by Rachel Van Dyken. We finally got to have Sergio's story in the recently released, Elude. OMG! I still can't get that o..."

I surprisingly like Phoenix once we got to his book. I didn't like him all that much up until then though and it took a lot to win me over.

[S.]

Darcy wrote: "S. Jackson wrote: "Darcy wrote: "S. Jackson wrote: "I've loved all the men in the Elite series by Rachel Van Dyken. We finally got to have Sergio's story in the recently released, Elude. OMG! I sti..."

I was the same after Ember. Phoenix did redeem himself. I find myself in love with whomever the book I just finished was about. I loved Nixon for the first two, but not so much anymore. I love Tex, since #3 and Sergio since Bang Bang. For some reason, Sergio is the one I stay in love with which ever book I read.

[Katie]

I think we are missing and the Darkest London crew. I think it would fall into "Fantasy Romance"? I like that the heroines are a match for the heros!

[Midniteillusion]

Oleander wrote: "Historical PNR The Wild Wulfs of London trilogy...everything good about historicals and they are werewolfs too [bookcover:The Cursed O..."

I loved these books and was so sad that Thompson passed away before she could write more for the series.

[Andrea]

I have to add Zeus from On the Edge of Love.
That dude is certifiable. Before he met the heroine, he related better to his knives and blades than to human beings. He had to remind himself not to kill the other members of his special ops type group, when the killing spirits possessed him. And he learns to recognize love without diminishing that edginness much at all.

Category: contemporary thriller.

[Nene]

Most of what I was going to recommend has alredy been listed by other members, so I'll just add the following: Last Hit, Last Breath and Last Kiss from the Hitman series by Jessica Clare and Jen Frederick. Theres's also a 4th book in the series Last Hope, but I haven't read it yet - it however hasn't gotten as many good reviews as the first 3 books in the series so I'm not in much of a hurry to read it.

. . .

They are Mob Romance books so I'm not too sure where they fit in the genre department, Crime Romance? Or is Mob Romance a genre unto itself?

[Danny]

I loved all the Special Forces by Aleksandr Voinov.
Special Forces is an epic work of military gay erotic fiction, which is available for free online.

The three cycles are finished and published: Soldiers, (Ch 1–19) and Mercenaries (Ch 20-53) and Veterans (Ch 54-70). Special Forces has 70 chapters in total.

It is the epic story of a Scottish SAS soldier and a Soviet spetsnaz soldier. Two enemies who meet in the line of duty during the early days of the Soviet Union's last war in Afghanistan. Behind enemy lines respect and finally love grow ... but that's only the official version.

The reality of these two men is dark, brutal, fuelled by aggression and insane lust. Steeped in pain and killing, with death as their shoulder companion, these Special Forces soldiers meet in 1980. Their intense hatred caused by rape, revenge and torture turning into fucked-up lust and years of secret encounters in the rat-infested labyrinth of Kabul and the Afghan mountains. Time, despair and desolation smoothing down the sharpness of hatred, its venom drained with each physical encounter, the lust helping to form an understanding that only two men of the same kind can share. Enemy Mine and Brothers in Arms - on two different sides.

This novel spans across over twenty-five years of their lives. It's harsh and violent, but life is cruel and they just do what they need to survive.

The Director's Cut of Special Forces - Soldiers and the original/old versions of all the books can be downloaded from Vashtan's website here:

http://vashtan.weebly.com/

I don't know if the first books are still free, but they were when I read them.

[Mary]

Other than what's already listed here, I gotta nominate Noah Riddick:

[Stevie]

Okay, I read the entire thread and didn't see a couple of my #1s, so I apologize if I missed them and they have already been posted.
For Contemporary Callie Hart's Blood and Roses series
Zeth- you will always be my true book boyfriend, sigh... and sigh again

For Historical, and for the sake of the book ONLY (not the Stars sad version mini-series) Diana Gabaldon's

For Erotica Jodi Ellen Malpas

For PN J.A. Akin's Dragon Kin series
the entire series brilliant to me

[Michelle]

I like Zeth too. I'll add Lauren Gilley's Dartmoor series -- starting with Mercy;

Mariana Zapata; Kulti

Cora Carmack's Rusk University series, starting with Carson;

Cindy Miles Stupid Girl's Brax;

I could go on, but here are a few. I seem to like a lot of hard work required to love someone. These girls had to work hard on this love thing.

[Heather LiteratureChick]

The BDB series by JR Ward. The Midnight Breed Series by Lara Adrian. The Ultimate series by Lori Foster. The Reaper's MC series by Joanna Wylde.

[Heather]

I was excited about this list until I saw Twilight. 😪

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The Lotus Keeper by Leeann Mays. She is a new author but I absolutely couldn't put it down. I was consumed the entire weekend, reading the book.

https://www.amazon.com/Lotus-Keeper-B...

[Jana]

Author Naomi Lucas -Sci Fi Romance- Gunner is definitely dangerous . Very Slow Burn Romance that I have read a few times. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...

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