Military Violence

The stories of World War 2 will forever be imprinted in our collective human mind. Unrivaled in loss of life, boundless destruction, and decisions that changed the world as we knew it, these stories have gone down in history. From concentration camps to aerial strikes, the war waged in increasingly brutal ways as it progressed. But how much do you really know about what happened during those years? These are the stories you won’t read about in any textbook. The Wanton massacre of civilians and the torture of prisoners of war was only the beginning. It can be easy to forget the horrors ...

Sean Liffey was well on his way to becoming a two-bit hood in a rundown neighborhood of Chicago. That is, until fate stepped in. Stealing the car of a gang leaders wife is a sure way to get yourself killed; joining the Army is the way to get out of it. He never anticipated making it his career, but the Rangers came calling and Liffey found his best friends in Eric and the other team members. When their mission in Michigan has him crossing paths with the beautiful Shay Lewis, he can't get her off his mind. But she's a hard one to catch. Finally back at Belle Fleur where she belongs, she's ...

At the start of 1991, 11-year-old Ali Fadhil was consumed by his love for soccer, video games, and American television shows. Then, on January 17, Iraq's dictator, Saddam Hussein, went to war with 34 nations led by the United States. Over the next 43 days, Ali and his family survived bombings, food shortages, and constant fear. Ali and his brothers played soccer on the abandoned streets of their Basra neighborhood, wondering when or if their medic father would return from the war front. Cinematic, accessible, and timely, this is the story of one ordinary kid's view of life during war.

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 ...

Charles Corbett Reilly served his country faithfully, waiting and biding his time until he could come home and convince Eva Harris that they belonged together. He’d kept his distance, given their age separation, but it was different now. She was a grown woman with a grown woman’s mind and body. But when he approached her to ask her out, she pushed back, something she’d never done before. CC wasn’t about to give up, chasing her all the way back to her apartment. But when she tells him the ‘why’, there’s only one alternative. Marry him. Eva Irene Harris has been in love with CC ...

Hawk Gunner "HG" O'Neal is feeling a bit left out when his brothers and AJ are married within weeks of one another. He never thought he'd be the one to want a family. He also never thought a woman would show up claiming the child in her arms was his. HG knew immediately that the boy didn't belong to him, but he also knew that the woman was stirring something inside him he couldn't ignore. When he finds out she's in trouble, he can't turn her away. Fighting terrorist drug dealers, traffickers is a walk in the park compared to what they have to fight with this villain. It will change the RP ...

Dominic Quinn is settling into his life with RP after serving, what seemed, a lifetime in the Marine Corps. On one of his first assignments, he's sent to guard an actress in town for a movie premier. Initially, he dreads the detail, but it turns out that Livvi Downs is a lot more than meets the eye. She's funny, kind, smart, and sexy; seriously sexy. Their paths are not meant to cross again, except when Dom and his teammates see the news that she's in trouble, he can't help but worry about her. Leaping into action, he rescues Livvi from one fate, only to have to save her from another. Livvi...

1983: the United States Marine Corps experiences its greatest single-day loss of life since the Battle of Iwo Jima when a truck packed with explosives crashes into their headquarters and barracks in Beirut, Lebanon. This horrifying terrorist attack, which killed 241 servicemen, continues to influence US foreign policy and haunts the Marine Corps to this day. Now, the full story is revealed as never before by Jack Carr and historian and Pulitzer Prize finalist James M. Scott.

In the 1950s, an obsessive firearms designer named Eugene Stoner invented the AR-15 rifle in a California garage. High-minded and patriotic, Stoner sought to devise a lightweight, easy-to-use weapon that could replace the M1s touted by soldiers in World War II. What he did create was a lethal handheld icon of the American century.

Hunter Michaels has watched both of his brothers find their place and their wives at REAPER-Patriots. He has zero interest to follow in their footsteps, but he is committed to protecting them all. When a suspicious woman steps foot in the compound asking for protection, he doesn't believe a word of it. Worse, she's gorgeous and makes his body feel things he shouldn't! Finding her voluptuous body naked in front of him was the worst possible thing that could happen to him. Or maybe, it was the best. Megan Scott is out to avenge the death of her sister and to bring down the motorcycle club ...

Eric Bongard has served his country faithfully for more than ten years. Leading a team of Rangers they're mission quickly turns from a hunt, to a rescue. Worse, it's a rescue of disabled children. But to do that, he has to break every rule in the book, knowing that he'll be court-martialed. He just has two goals. Get the children to safety and get back to the only woman he's ever loved. If he can do that, he'll be able to deal with whatever comes. Sophia Ann Redhawk has been in love with Eric since the fifth grade. He's always been somewhat shy, but lately he seems almost reluctant to ...

Dexter Lock was a SEAL for twenty years before his final mission that destroyed his hips. Lost and drowning in an endless pool of alcohol and women, he needed to take control of his life before it was too late. Taking a random safari, he encountered the heinous act of poaching and was forever changed. His life now had a new mission. When his work takes him to Louisiana and the home of his old friends from REAPER, he finds the one thing he never expected...a woman that leaves him speechless. Marie Robicheaux is the oldest sister of the Robicheaux clan. Once married and living away from home,...

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 ...

Patrick 'Saint' Humphreys is struggling with the idea of the young woman before him being, well, a woman and not a child. He's known her since she was just a child, and his morality was keeping him from pursuing a relationship with her. Seeing her as a grown woman, prepared to leave the safety of Belle Fleur changes his mind. That and the fact they now have more than a dozen new people on the property who are directly tied to Marilisa and the other geniuses. Someone is chasing them, determined to harness their gifts at all costs. Dead or Alive. Saint can't run from Marilisa. Now when he ...

Losing a member of the family is never easy. When this loss hits so close to home, the men and women of Gray Wolf decide to take it head on and find the persons responsible. Except nothing makes sense at all. The animals are behaving strangely, the genius kids are acting odd, and everyone seems to act as if something big is going to happen. For Trak, it become personal when he saves the life of a young woman who brings back memories he didn't need or want. As with everything at Belle Fleur, there is magic in the air and this times, its genuine magic. Things are about to change for the ...

Griffin "Griff" James, Jr. is an elite, albeit retired, Navy SEAL. Leaving the SEALs was the most difficult decision he'd ever made. Joining the Steel Patriots MC was not difficult. When he walked into Club Steel and saw the gorgeous woman standing behind the bar, he knew he was in the right place. It didn't matter that he thought she belonged to another man; she was his. When Amanda disappeared, he thought his chance was gone until a trip to Daytona changed his world. Now she was in his arms to stay. All he had to do was get her healthy, let her heal, allow her to get all the sleep she ...

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...

Kingston Miles felt lost after leaving the Army, but a chance meeting with the men of the Steel Patriots gave him a new lease on life. Always smiling, always in good humor he's surprised by his own abrasiveness when he meets Claire Evers, the sister of his brother, Tristan. Once he realizes there's no way around his feelings for the woman, he's all in. The question is, will Claire be all in as well?Claire Evers is the little sister of SPMC's, Tristan. When she calls to ask if she can stay with him, he's more the welcoming. What she didn't expect to find was King. He's beautiful; tall, ...

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...

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 ...