Military Violence

Joseph Alec Keith Robicheaux, better known as Jak, has fought a lot of bad men in his day. Terrorists, drug lords, traffickers, rapists, and more, as an Army Ranger, more importantly, a Robicheaux Ranger, he's now fighting one he can't really see. Haiti is falling apart. There is no government, no police to speak of, tourists are murdered, and children are disappearing. When one of his own men is found hanged and mutilated, Jak knows he might need more help than he has at his fingertips. He never imagined that he would have, not one, but two old women to guide him in this mission. He also ...

Tyler "Tango" Green is as alpha as they come...confident in everything he does in his life. He's produced some of the finest motorcycles in the world; women always said yes; and he can hold his own in any fight. So when he finally works up the nerve to ask the little blonde pixie out and then she gets kidnapped, he is lost as to what to do. He knew he loved her from the moment he saw her and now he has to save her, not once but twice. Now he has her in his home, but she is so skittish, inexperienced, and more than a little broken it's taking all his patience. He needs to seriously control ...

Retirement is supposed to be comfortable. No one expects to be rich beyond their imaginations. They also don't expect to find themselves homeless, food deprived, and without the ability to get medication or healthcare. For one group of seniors, they're about to hit a lucky jackpot. On the verge of being charged with shoplifting, Annie happens to meet two of the nicest 'young' men she's ever seen. Promising to help her and her situation, they rescue her friends and listen to their story. For the men of the Gray Wolf team, this hits very close to home. All around the same ages of these people...

Ezekiel 'Kiel' Wolfkill was finally home for good. Finally. Finally, he could reveal his feelings for Liz Robicheaux. Finally, he could make her his own. First, he had to be sure that she had adult feelings for him as well. They'd danced this dance for fifteen years, tip-toeing around one another. He was tired of it, and he was damn tired of not having Liz in his bed. When they find out that someone has an obsession with Liz, Kiel goes insane and will stop at nothing to find his woman. Absolutely nothing. Elizabeth 'Liz' Robicheaux has been loved and shown love by the best men in the world....

Christian Joseph 'CJ' Abbott is nearing the end of his career as a SEAL. Taking a temporary assignment near D.C., he's shocked to find that his neighbor just might be the woman he's meant to spend his life with. Of course, the magic of Belle Fleur is sprinkling wide and far. Seeing her at a family wedding was the shock of his life. And the greatest joy. But with her ex-fiancé, an Army Ranger, is found dead literally on her doorstep there's a lot more to unpack than they expected. With the help of his friends, brothers, and teammates, he helps to uncover the mystery of one very odd black ...

They call it The Violence: a strange epidemic that causes the infected to experience sudden bursts of animalistic rage, with no provocation and no memory of their crimes. While it tears the nation apart, one woman sees something unlikely in the chaos—an opportunity.

Orson Scott Card is a master storyteller, who has earned millions of fans and reams of praise for his previous science-fiction and fantasy works. Now he steps a little closer to the present day with this chilling look at a near-future scenario: a new American Civil War. The American Empire has grown too fast, the fault lines at home are stressed to the breaking point, and the war of words between Right and Left has collapsed into a shooting war.

What draws our species to war? What makes us see violence as a kind of sacred duty, or a ritual that boys must undergo to "become" men? Newly reissued, Blood Rites takes listeners on an original journey from the elaborate human sacrifices of the ancient world to the carnage and holocaust of 20th-century "total war." Ehrenreich sifts deftly through the fragile records of prehistory and discovers the wellspring of war in an unexpected place - not in a "killer instinct" unique to the males of our species, but in the blood rites early humans performed.

“Silenced No More: Voices of Comfort Women” weaves the unforgettable stories of the suffering voiceless with themes of forgiveness, conciliation, and unflagging hope, together with the author’s own investigative journey into a tapestry that will open your eyes to one of the largest human rights tragedies in the 20th century: hundreds of thousands of girls and women were trafficked into Imperial Japanese military sex slavery before and during World War II. History infects the present and determines our future. It is this untold history that the author explores. The author, S.J. (Sylvia...

Mike Redhawk is thrilled to be with his family, needing a little quiet time after serving as a Delta Operative. Like his twin brother, twin cousins, father, uncle, and grandfather, Mike is a warrior. Mardi Gras at Belle Fleur is almost as big as Christmas. The ball is always the party of the year. He hates it. Nothing about dressing up is appealing to him. Promising his brother that he'll make an appearance, dance a few dances, he never expects that the woman he practically trips over, is the one that will steal his heart. The problem is, she's been thrust into one of the teams strangest ...

With the new team members settling in, and the old team members getting used to their gifts, things are getting stranger and stranger. For one new face he finds himself looking at an old friend that is experiencing more trouble than she deserves. With the boys in the bike shop taking a keen interest in this one, there are more than enough able-bodied men and women to handle this issue. Of course, it never hurts to have the animals on your side, as well as Mama Irene and Matthew. How could anything possibly go wrong?

Eric Ryan 'Chief' Stanton is ready to leave the SEAL teams, even if his brother isn't. Coming home means big changes for him, but he never expected one of those changes to include a scientist. A soil scientist. A beautiful, gorgeous, hot, sexy soil scientist. When Belle Fleur begins to show signs of literally slipping away, he and the team must figure out what's happening and the beautiful scientist just might be key to it all. Rachel Davis has always been the weird girl. Beautiful, smart, sexy, and loves to play in the dirt. Men find her perplexing, her mother finds her baffling. When she ...

Wes Jordan was one-third of the Jordan triplets. As a Navy SEAL, he'd encountered every type of bad guy out there. The one thing that always kept him grounded was knowing that he would go home to Virginia Divide. When she started to become distant, he suspected something was wrong, but he never suspected she was going to run off and risk her life in an African nation at war. He also never suspected that she would walk away from him. One thing she didn't know, a Jordan doesn't go away that easily. Virginia Divide was finishing her residency and ready to make her decision to go home and ...

Alexander Lemons is a Marine Corps scout sniper who, after serving multiple tours during the Iraq War, returned home seriously and mysteriously ill. Joshua Howe is an environmental historian who met Lemons as a student in one of his classes. Together they have crafted a vital book that challenges us to think beyond warfare's acute violence of bullets and bombs to the "slow violence" of toxic exposure and lasting trauma.

Adam Robicheaux has never loved any woman the way he loves Jane Wolfkill. Since she started her own pediatric practice in Baltimore, it feels as though she's slipping away. When his grandmother asks him to go to Baltimore and check on her, he never dreams that he'll find Jane in the fight of her life. He doesn't waste a second calling in the troops and getting her home, but there's an evil lurking around Belle Fleur and they need to find out who or what it is. Jane Wolfkill has loved Adam Robicheaux for as long as she can remember. When he was deployed he sent her the most beautiful letters...

Tobias Franklin Redhawk may be a twin to JB, but he's a completely different man. He enjoys playing the field, giving the ladies what they really want with no ties, no promises, and no returns. He never expected to meet Gail. A friend of his brother's fiancée, she's different, yet the same as him. When she calls him out of the blue, beaten and dying in an alley, he does what any VG man would do. He saves her. But discovering the evil that led her to this place may be the last straw for Tobias. Either way, Gail was going home with him. Gail Mackenzie didn't want permanent. She didn't want ...

Tyran Eagle O'Neal, better known as Bone, is finally home with family and friends. Excited to begin his new life with RP, he's also a bit excited when he meets the new dentist. Londyn Vacarro is smoking hot, sexy, smart, and definitely hiding something. She might think she has the others fooled, but Bone is calling B.S. Just when he thinks he has her convinced to tell him the truth, she's attacked and left for dead. Thanks to Parker, she's alive, but for how long? Londyn Vacarro has never wanted anything except to be a dentist. Leaving her gang-leader father in Houston was the smartest ...

Retired SAS Major Joe Slater, together with his partner, Dr Sarah Grainger, and the Russian billionaire, Andreas Kolzaidy, have attracted the attention of the British, American and Russian militaries with their AI-enhanced upgrades for elite soldiers. However, Joe is not satisfied with simply becoming a contractor to the world's military. He and those closest to him have the full AI enhancement, not the standard package they sell to Special Forces teams. His mission is to keep the brilliant Dr Grainger and Andreas safe, but Joe dreams of doing more. When Sarah becomes interested in robotics...

Benjamin Scott 'Hoot' O'Neal is one-third of the O'Neal triplets. Prolific members of MARSOC, the triplets are now retiring and heading home to Belle Fleur. With their father and uncle, Eagle and Hawk, they will become members of the RP team. But when his first op finds him carrying a dying woman into an emergency room, Hoot is starting to doubt the wisdom of leaving the Corps. Denied proper treatment for her breast cancer, the young woman is whisked away to Belle Fleur and the amazing medical team. But every time he sees her, something stirs inside of Hoot. Everything in his being is ...

Devin Parker joined the military trying to escape the tremendous guilt surrounding his mother’s death. He never expected to find happiness and family in doing so. He was big, strong, and on one of the most respected teams. Stepping on that IED seemed the end of any chance he had for happiness. Except when the girlfriend of a former teammate showed up at his door. Now, he’s sitting at Belle Fleur, finding his place in the world once again. Feeling more prepared every day to move forward, he’s starting to feel settled. Until Dani MacMillan walks into his life. Danielle ‘Dani’ Marie ...