Military Violence

**This book contains graphic sexual content and may be sensitive to some readers. Wade Slater is a soon-to-be retired SEAL who has always tried to do the right thing. That's all he was doing when he agreed to help out a dying teammate, but it got messed up fast. The only woman he ever loved is angry and missing, his parents are furious with him, and if his luck keeps going like it has, he'll be court-martialed. When his world rights itself, he finds that family and love really does conquer all. Hannah Evers is a budding music major, whose abilities as a lyricist shine through in everything ...

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 ...

“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...

Ben Robicheaux has made it his personal mission to work his way through the female population. He was doing just fine until he met a woman trying to get away from a wet t-shirt contest. Normally, he’d be pushing her onstage with the other women, but something about this one makes his heart stop, his head fuzzy, and his gut do the right thing. Even though he’s waved goodbye, he’s praying she’ll walk back into his life. He just never dreamed she’d walk back into his life needing help from him again. Only this time, it’s life or death. Harper Miller was warned about men like Ben ...

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 ...

Ian Robicheaux never expected to run smack into the one woman that could flip his hard heart. He especially never expected her to be the daughter of a United States Senator, potentially the next President. And he damn sure never expected her to be the daughter of one RPs most trusted and long-time friends. None of that matters when she's in danger and so is her father. None of it matters when his heart says he cannot survive without her. He just needs to be sure they have some things perfectly clear before they take one more step. Aspen Bodwick is the daughter of Michael Bodwick, one of the...

It has been a year since the initial outbreak of an infection resulting from a failed terrorist attack. No corner of the globe was spared. Millions simply died during the early days of the outbreak, many more survived with most of those survivors turned into permanently brain-damaged feral creatures. All forms of modern society had collapsed, governments no longer functioned, and electric lights and running water become a thing of the past. A handful of survivors with natural immunity to the virus are alone in a world that now belongs to the infected. Hunter Ashcroft, a wounded vet of the ...

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 ...

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.

Brax Pechkin has been carrying a secret with him for all of his adult life. A secret that he can't bring himself to tell the only woman he's ever loved. But when her life is threatened, and she's nearly taken from him, he knows that he can't allow her to leave again. However, things are never what they seem. Just when they were all prepared to go on the war path and kill her attacker, something changes their plans. Compassion. Stephanie doesn't even have a last name. Why would she? She's different, she's odd, she's a damn clone. Nothing about her is original. Or at least that's what she ...

Diego "Razor" Salcedo is in a dark pit of despair and struggling to find a way out from the sick, dark things he heard. With one horrible job behind him, the thoughts still staining his soul, now he was charged with protecting the sister of a man incarcerated for multiple counts of murder. He thought he could push the responsibility to someone else, let them handle this small detail. But when a killer makes an attempt on her life, he can't just let it go. He never expected Isabella Castro. Never expected to fall in love with her and he certainly never expected to have to fend off a deranged...

Luke O'Hara is struggling to overcome the guilt associated with the suicide of his teammate and friend, Garcia. Rory Baine, his fellow teammate with REAPER understands and is helping him to work through some of his emotions. When they're selected to take down the man responsible for Garcia's suicide, neither expects to meet the women that will change their lives. Lucia Salavado is a tiny dynamo of pure sex that sets O'Hara's heart racing. Piper Colley is the one mark on Rory's perfect record. Both women will change their lives forever...but can they survive the dark, seedy world of Aquinos?

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 ...

A failed biological attack ravaged the population of the world. Millions dead, and millions more turned into feral creatures that spend their time hunting down survivors who are desperately trying to rebuild society and make a life for themselves. Several years have passed since the majority of the infected population suddenly dropped out of sight. With the threat seemingly abated, Hunter Ashcroft and other survivors begin to branch out in an effort to find other pockets of civilization. During an expedition to explore the remnants of Nashville, Tennessee, they are surprised to find a ...

As part of those with strange gifts, Nash has intentionally never taken a wife or life-partner. He couldn't deceive someone when he was in love with another. Seeing Jenna walk into the offices of Gray Wolf Security, was almost more than his heart could take. Finding out what happened to her, was far worse. Now, he has to rebuild their relationship, prove that he is trustworthy and help her to find herself again. That proves to be a greater task than he anticipated. Jenna Brooks isn't who she thought she was. How is she supposed to heal and find herself again when the someone she once was, ...

Mature readers only: intense combat, graphic violence, horror elements, some sex, some language. In future America, the downloaded consciousnesses in the Ten Sigma Program fight endless battles. The struggles span all possibilities: face-offs with knives and clubs, skirmishes as Roman legionaries, pitched WW1 trench warfare, duels with ultra-modern hypersonic weapons, and everything in between. The combatants who live are rewarded with another battle until they reach the unreachable score of ten sigmas. Those who die are expunged from the system, gone forever. The methods, so harsh they go ...

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.

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 ...

Paxton Pechkin is finally home for good. After a stellar career as a Navy SEAL, he finds himself staring at a very familiar face. He'd always felt that Deanna was the one that got away, although he was responsible for letting her go. This time, he wasn't going to allow her to go anywhere without him. After suffering a horrible beating, Dee hides away in a place that Pax knows all too well. Finding her, loving her, is the easy part. Figuring out what the hell is happening off the coast of San Diego is something very different. Deanna Trehorn has loved Pax since they were children. She ...

Once, Tomas Piety looked after his men, body and soul, as best he could. Then those who ran his country decided his dark talents would better serve in the corridors of power. Crushed by the power of the Queen's Men and with the Skanian menace rising once more on the streets of Ellinburg, Tomas Piety is forced to turn to old friends, old debts and untrustworthy alliances. Meanwhile in the capital city of Dannsburg, Dieter Vogel is beginning to wonder if the horror he has unleashed in the Martyr's Disciples might be getting out of control.