Dangerous Hero Addict Support Group discussion

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 category the books fall into.**

Dangerous Hero Required Reading List--Divided into Categories:

Paranormal Romance
Nalini Singh--Psy/Changeling Series
Kresley Cole--Immortals After Dark Series and Dacians series
Gena Showalter--Lords of the Underworld
Thea Harrison--Elder Races
Karen Marie Moning--Highlander/Druid series
Feral Sins by Suzanne Wright
Larissa Ione--Demonica
JR Ward--Black Dagger Brotherhood
Lara Adrian--Midnight Breed
Shannon K. Butcher--Sentinel series
SL Jennings--Dark Light series
Donna Grant--Dark Sword series
Son of the Morning by Linda Howard (time travel)


Urban Fantasy
Karen Marie Moning--Fever Series
Darynda Jones--Charley Davidson Series
Jeaniene Frost--Night Huntress World
Nalini Singh--Guild Hunters series
Ilona Andrews--Kate Daniels/The Edge series
Lindsay J. Pryor--Blackthorn
Patricia Briggs--Mercy Thompson/Alpha and Omega
Laurell K. Hamilton--Merry Gentry
Stacia Kane--Downside Ghosts
Mortal Instruments--Cassandra Clare (YA)

Historical Romance
Wild Wulfs of Londons by Ronda Thompson (also PNR)
Lord of Scoundrels by Loretta Chase
Lady of Fire by Gaelen Foley
Lisa Kleypas--Wallflowers series
Monica McCarty--Highland Guard series
Lords of Vice--Alexandra Hawkins
Claiming the Courtesan by Anna Campbell
House of Rohan--Anne Stuart
Sweet Revenge--Zoe Archer

Contemporary Romance
Kristen Ashley
Medlov Series by Latrivia Nelson
Fifty Shades of Grey by EL James
Real by Katy Evans
Beautiful Bastard by Christina Laurens
Wallbanger by Alice Clayton
Gabriel's Inferno by Sylvain Reynard
Crossfire series by Sylvia Day
After Hours by Cara McKenna

Romantic Suspense
Ice Series--Anne Stuart
Cry No More by Linda Howard
Black Ops--Cindy Gerard
Men Who Walk the Edge of Honor--Lori Foster
McCloud and Friends--Shannon McKenna
Elite Ops--Lora Leigh
On Every Street--Katrina Halle

Fantasy Romance
Lords of Avalon by Kinley McGregor
London Steampunk by Bec McMaster
Twilight Saga by Stephanie Meyer
The Golden Dynasty by Kristen Ashley

Erotica/BDSM
Captive in the Dark by CJ Roberts
Master at Arms series by Kallypso Masters
Master of the Shadowlands by Cherise Sinclair
Undeniable by Madeline Sheehan
Alluring Indulgence and Club Destiny series by Nicole Evans
Out of Uniform series by Elle Kennedy
Darthmouth Cobra series by Bianca Sommerland
Breakneck series by Crystal Spears
Blind Obsession by Ella Frank


Action-Adventure/Thriller/Suspense
Shane Schofield/Scarecrow series by Matthew Reilly
Joe Pike series by Robert Crais
Jack Reacher series by Lee Child
Court Gentry series by Mark Greaney
Will Robie series by David Baldacci
Joe Ledger series by Jonathan Maberry

Well, any from Psy-Changeling series: , , to name a few.

Amy Blankenship!!!! I highly recommend..

Not to over-do the paranormal, but any one of Sherrilyn Kenyon's Dark Hunter Heroes-- These three are my favorites

The Fever Series ; Jericho Barrons is just everything. He is amoral and fine with it.

Kresley Cole's Immortal After Dark, especially because they are very alpha and ethically challenged immortals.

because Caleb is the scariest guy you could ever imagine yourself attracted to.

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

Can you reference a book(s) for her and why you suggested her?

Bones or Mancheres Gregori & the De La Cruz brothers. The Morriseys (Annwyl might be more fearsome then the dragons) the 3 brothers and their other brother & sister & The 4 horsemen. (Some of the female wolf are more feared then the males) Raphael

They'd all be paranormal romance, but some might be urban romance

I second the recommendation for the Fever series and Barrons (yummy!)

I also recommend the Grave series by Darynda Jones (paranormal romance). Reyes Farrow is second only to Barrons in my book!

Her teen series is pretty good too although I can't remember the name of it off the top of my head.

Paganalexandria wrote: "The Fever Series ; Jericho Barrons is just everything. He is amoral and fine with it.

Kresley Cole's Immortal After Dark, especially [bookc..."

Cole's series is full of dangerous men, and women (The Valkyrie). Great series.

Romantic Suspense
Dmitry Medlov from the Medlov Series. I'm obsessed with the Medlov men!!! All I can say is that Dmitry is oh sooooo HOT!
Tattoos, 7ft tall, full of sinewy muscles, plus he's always dressed so dapper and charming. And everyone knows that I love a well-dressed man! And I can just imagine his sexy Russian accent; just makes me tremble. I love me some powerful Alpha Males! I would not mind being married to the mob if it means that I can have a man like Dmitry Medlov!

Historical PNR The Wild Wulfs of London trilogy...everything good about historicals and they are werewolfs too

Fantasy Romance - These boys are very bad. They need redeeming

I have added the nominations through post 14.

Fashionista wrote: "Dmitry Medlov from the Medlov Series. I'm obsessed with the Medlov men!!! All I can say is that Dmitry is oh sooooo HOT!
Tattoos, 7ft tall, full of sinewy muscles, plus he's always dressed so dappe..."

I'd never heard of these so I looked up the first one. Sounds interesting. I'll have to add it to my "to be read" pile.

PNR---these series are both must reads

Lords of the Underworld
Midnight Breed

BDSM

Masters at Arms Series----this is a good "starter" series if you're new to this genre. Four soldiers come back from war & start a bdsm club together. This is the stories of their friendships and the women they fall in love with.



The Master's of the Shadowland Series is also a classic. Lot's of different "master" types.

Oops---almost forgot my boyfriend Dragos. Another classic pnr/uf.

OOOh so many come to mind! I love the ones people have listed that I've read and I'm looking forward to reading the ones that have been mentioned I haven't read. My faves no one has listed so far would include:

Paranormal

Karen Marie Moning's Highlander series though
is especially good. But I love them all.

Kresley Cole's IAD series is great, as is her new book
of her spin-off series The Dacians

Larissa Ione's Demonica series. This one was really good, about an assassin. But they're all great.

Historical Romance

Very naughty and scary hero! Loved him! Don't need to read the first two in the series.

Another good one. Good series.

Lisa Kleypas Wallflower series. It's really good, but this one has the bad boy and it's the best in the series:

Monica McCarty's Highland Guard series is excellent. This is my fave so far in the series (I'm 4 books in, there are 7 out) and he is definitely the bad boy and outcast of the bunch

Added, Elizabeth!

Hi,

I also recommend:

Nicole

for PNR--just first book listed for these series


Black Dagger Brotherhood

Lords of the Underworld

Feral Sins

Midnight Breeds

Vampires in America

for UF

Night Huntress

Kate Daniels

Guild Hunter

I agree anything by Kristen Ashley and Kallypso Masters for sure!!!

(sorry didn't know how to link)

I would also include:

(All mostly contemporary erotic romance)

Madline Sheehan: Undeniable series (biker)

Bianca Sommerland: Dartmouth Cobra series (hockey)

Nicole Edwards: Alluring Indulgence series & Club Destiny series (both BDSM) and/or multiple partners or polyamory)

Recently read Seize Me by Crystal Spears..part of Breakneck series. The epitome of dangerous bad boy biker. Excellent read!


Also love Elle Kennedy's out of uniform series maybe we don't hear a lot about the danger but damn they are Navy SEALs!! (Military)She has other series but I haven't read them yet.

Anne Stuart Has wonderful heroes. is the first one. These are romantic suspense.

Hi Elizabeth. To add a book link, click on add book/author above the comment box. It will pull up a search screen where you can select the title or cover for books. Hope that helps.

Forgot to mention my all time favourite. James Diaz is a wonderful hero. I have read this one several times. It is a romantic suspense.

Awilk -will work for books- wrote: "Forgot to mention my all time favourite. James Diaz is a wonderful hero. I have read this one several times. It is a romantic suspense."

I hear you there. I just re-read it over the weekend by audio.

Oh my, I absolutely love Dias. I was a little bit obsessed with him after reading the book.

You're not alone, IMHO-C!

I'm rather partial to Cindy Gerard's Black Ops Inc books. Gabe from can take me home any time he wants.

I'm a might psrtial to Cindy Gerard myself. She's one of the better military type hero writers along with Marliss Melton, Shannon K Butcher, Stephanie Tyler and Lisa Marie Rice.

Oh how could I forget Lori Foster's Men Who Walk The Edge of Honor series and

Hi,

Here are some more I thought of:

Nicole

Alisa wrote: "Oops---almost forgot my boyfriend Dragos. Another classic pnr/uf.

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Yes, one of my favorite dangerous fantasy heroes too. Such a sexy and scary Dragon ;-) So relieved he did not eat the heroine - well not literally anyway 8-)

SØREN of the Original Sinners scares the daylights out of me - in more ways than one.

Elizabeth wrote: "OOOh so many come to mind! I love the ones people have listed that I've read and I'm looking forward to reading the ones that have been mentioned I haven't read. My faves no one has listed so far w..."

Lord of Scoundrels is an absolute favorite of mine! Loved Sabastian and the heroine! Nether hero nor heroine are held to impossible ideals of physical appearance or wealth. And the story conflicts are more realistic real life challenges (of the historical time) such as lost reputation, gambling addiction, illegitimate children, false friends, family dis-function, etc.

Elizabeth wrote: "OOOh so many come to mind! I love the ones people have listed that I've read and I'm looking forward to reading the ones that have been mentioned I haven't read. My faves no one has listed so far w..."
Loved Devil in Winter and the whole Wallflowers series too! The lovers chose to become more through the motivation of love - not less. A little bit of history and culture with bad boys, hot sex, AND hearts and flowers.

Lords of Underworld series by Gena Showalter is a perfect fit for paranormal romance dangerous hero categoryLords of the Underworld Collection

I think under CR you should add:

ok don't hate on me but seriously whether you liked it or not it's a classic. It's spurned countless other similar books & opened a bunch of discussion about women, romance novels, etc etc







I haven't read the following but it seems like everyone else has & that they are super popular:


Crossfire series

Keandra wrote: "Lords of Underworld series by Gena Showalter is a perfect fit for paranormal romance dangerous hero categoryLords of the Underworld Collection"


One of the best IMO

MaryReads wrote: "Alisa wrote: "Oops---almost forgot my boyfriend Dragos. Another classic pnr/uf.

"
Yes, one of my favorite dangerous fantasy heroes too. Such a sexy and scary Drago..."

Did you say Dragos & eating in the same sentence? I'll be fantasizing all day now. LOL

Alisa wrote: "I think under CR you should add:

ok don't hate on me but seriously whether you liked it or not it's a classic. It's spurned countless other similar book..."

I have to respectfully disagree. Since the first book was literally Twilight fan fiction, you could argue that Twilight was really the book that spawned countless others. I give EL James (or whatever her name is) zero credit for that. And on a personal note, I disrespect her too much to even bother linking to her in this post.

for dangerous heroes I have to say Lisa Marie Rice takes the cake.... not sure if these are in the proper order, but for dangerous heroes that are totally hot, this is my rec!

I added Fifty Shades of Grey based on your recommendation, Alisa. With all due respect, Kim, I don't think we all have to agree with choices for them to be added to the list. The parameters aren't quite that narrow for this list. We're bound to have differing tastes, but I think any members who would like to suggest titles are entitled to have books added to the list.

I didn't mean to suggest that it shouldn't be added. I think I was confused about the topic of the thread. Too many for me to keep up with I guess. :) Apologies if I offended anyone.

I also added the Twilight Series by Stephenie Meyer in light of your point about it being influential to a new subgenre of romantic fiction.

Kim wrote: "I didn't mean to suggest that it shouldn't be added. I think I was confused about the topic of the thread. Too many for me to keep up with I guess. :) Apologies if I offended anyone."

I was in no way offended by your remarks Kim. I agree we are bound to have differing tastes as Lady D had suggested and I thought this was the forum to express our opinions. My sensibilities get 'offended' when I see erotica suggested as required reading for a topic such as "required reading for dangerous hero lovers". But Lady D. is correct when she suggests we are not all going to agree. I just wanted to let you know that (I felt) you were in no way offensive in your comment.

Kim wrote: "I didn't mean to suggest that it shouldn't be added. I think I was confused about the topic of the thread. Too many for me to keep up with I guess. :) Apologies if I offended anyone."

It's no problem. I wasn't offended. I just want to make sure the everyone knows their opinions are considered valid, so long as the hero/supporting characters qualify for the broad definition of dangerous hero.

Hope my response wasn't poorly worded. My brain is uber-fried after working a long day today and little sleep. :(

Thank you LibraryLass!

Not at all Lady Danielle. I just thought I'd better make sure. I know all too well how easy it is to be misunderstood when posting online.