Top new action-adventure books in April 2024
Last updated:
April 30, 2024
April 2024 featuring new releases by David Baldacci, Douglas Preston, James Patterson, Candice Fox, Kristen Ashley, J.R. Ward, Penelope Sky, Brynne Asher, Sara Donati, Marc Cameron, Taran Matharu and many more.
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A Calamity of Souls by David Baldacci
Set in the tumultuous year of 1968 in southern Virginia, a racially-charged murder case sets a duo of white and Black lawyers against a deeply unfair system as they work to defend their wrongfully-accused Black defendants in this courtroom drama from #1 New York Times bestselling author David Baldacci...mystery · fiction · historical-fiction · suspense · legal · social-commentary · 20th-century · historical · audiobook · law-enforcement -
![Extinction by Douglas Preston]()
Extinction by Douglas Preston
Erebus Resort, occupying a magnificent, hundred-thousand–acre valley deep in the Colorado Rockies, offers guests the experience of viewing woolly mammoths, Irish Elk, and giant ground sloths in their native habitat, brought back from extinction through the magic of genetic manipulation...fiction · sci-fi · mystery · action-adventure · horror · suspense · audiobook · animals · contemporary · killer -
![The Murder Inn by James Patterson, Candice Fox]()
The Murder Inn by James Patterson, Candice Fox
Returning to the rocky shores of Massachusetts, Bill Robinson has to solve a string of murders if he wants to save his inn. Murder House, The Beach House, Honeymoon --James Patterson is the master of thrills on the water.The Inn at Gloucester is the lone structure on a rocky Massachusetts shoreline...mystery · fiction · action-adventure · audiobook · law-enforcement · police-procedural · murder · thriller · suspense · crime -
![Avenging Angel by Kristen Ashley]()
Avenging Angel by Kristen Ashley
Rachel Armstrong has a burning need to right the world’s wrongs. Thus, she becomes the Avenging Angel. And maybe she’s a bit too cocky about it. While riding a hunch about the identity of a kidnapper, she runs into Julien “Cap” Jackson, who was trained by the team at Nightingale Investigations in Denver. Now he’s a full-fledged member at their newly opened Phoenix branch...romance · contemporary · humor · audiobook · crime · suspense · steamy · alpha-mc · found-family · insta-love -
![The Beloved by J.R. Ward]()
The Beloved by J.R. Ward
The thrilling and highly anticipated next installment in the bestselling Black Dagger Brotherhood series!When Zsadist’s daughter, Nalla, falls in love, the Black Dagger Brotherhood’s deadliest fighter has to confront the future and the reality that he can’t protect his young forever...romance · paranormal · vampires · fantasy · contemporary · audiobook · action-adventure · fiction · book · adult -
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![It Ruins Me by Penelope Sky]()
It Ruins Me by Penelope Sky
I married you because I was in love with you.Those words have echoed in my mind ever since he said them, and despite the way my heart races for him every time he steps into the same room, I can't say it back. Not after he hurt me. Not after he betrayed me.Every time I feel us come close together, my heart pulls away...romance · contemporary · dark · organized-crime · angst · steamy · sad · drama · action-adventure · crime -
![Exposed by Brynne Asher]()
Exposed by Brynne Asher
One day, I was chugging along at life as a wedding planner. The next, I’m a confidential informant and fake engaged to the grumpiest DEA agent on earth. Hit the brakes. Let’s back up. You know those sappy made-for-TV movies where the leading lady gets the unsuspecting knock on the door and is the beneficiary of a massive inheritance? That’s me. I’m that heroine...romance · contemporary · suspense · military · crime · grumpy-sunshine · cheerful-mc · grumpy-mc · fake-relationship · forced-proximity -
![The Sweet Blue Distance by Sara Donati]()
The Sweet Blue Distance by Sara Donati
In 1857 a young midwife braves the perilous journey west from New York City to Santa Fe, New Mexico Territory in this captivating epic from Sara Donati, the international bestselling author of Where the Light Enters .Carrie Ballentyne’s life was upended in 1845 when she had to leave the only home she’d ever known in the mountains of upstate New York...romance · historical-fiction · fiction · historical · western · indigenous-mc · medical · action-adventure · industrial-era · victorian -
![Bad River by Marc Cameron]()
Bad River by Marc Cameron
From a remote village perched on Arctic permafrost to the Badlands of South Dakota, searching for answers about his brother sets Arliss Cutter on an icy trail of murder and madness into the darkest heart of the Alaskan wilderness. New York Times bestselling author and former U.S... -
![Dragon Rider by Taran Matharu]()
Dragon Rider by Taran Matharu
New York Times bestselling author Taran Matharu's debut adult fantasy series introduces an immersive story written in the tradition of the viral cultivation genre... -
![Matterhorn by Christopher Reich]()
Matterhorn by Christopher Reich
A sudden family death and an old nemesis bring retired agent Mac Dekker in from the cold in this alpine thriller .Robbie Steinhardt lives a peaceful life. A fixture of his small alpine village, he tends cattle, minds his own business, and doesn’t dwell on his former life and the family and lover he left behind—back when he was Mac Dekker, CIA...fiction · contemporary · espionage · thriller · action-adventure · terrorism · military · conspiracies · suspense · murder -
![The British Booksellers by Kristy Cambron]()
The British Booksellers by Kristy Cambron
Inspired by real accounts of the Forgotten Blitz bombings, The British Booksellers highlights the courage of those whose lives were forever changed by war—and the stories that bind us in the fight for what matters most.A tenant farmer’s son had no business daring to dream of a future with an earl’s daughter, but that couldn’t keep Amos Darby from his secret friendship with Charlotte Terrington .romance · historical-fiction · christian · fiction · ww2 · historical · audiobook · ww1 · family · drama -
![Keres by Sadie Kincaid]()
Keres by Sadie Kincaid
Are you ready for the next explosive instalment of the Chicago Ruthless series. The Moretti's might think they have it all, but there's one more Moretti out there who wants to take it from them...She was born in captivity and raised in hell. While her siblings lived in a golden palace and slept on feather pillows, Keres Sideris fought to survive horror and fear and pain...romance · dark · contemporary · reverse-harem · polyamory · mlm · suspense · organized-crime · enemies-to-lovers · forced-proximity -
![Dragonfruit by Makiia Lucier]()
Dragonfruit by Makiia Lucier
From acclaimed author Makiia Lucier, a dazzling, romantic fantasy inspired by Pacific Island mythology.In the old tales, it is written that the egg of a seadragon, dragonfruit, holds within it the power to undo a person’s greatest sorrow. An unwanted marriage, a painful illness, and unpaid debt ... gone...romance · fantasy · young-adult · myths · dragons · retellings · fiction · high-fantasy · magic · audiobook -
![I Cheerfully Refuse by Leif Enger]()
I Cheerfully Refuse by Leif Enger
Set in a not-too-distant America, I Cheerfully Refuse is the tale of Rainy, an aspiring musician setting sail on Lake Superior in search of his departed, deeply beloved, bookselling wife. An endearing bear of an Orphean narrator, he seeks refuge in the harbors, fogs, and remote islands of the inland sea... -
![All Secrets Die by Andrew Watts, Dale M. Nelson]()
All Secrets Die by Andrew Watts, Dale M. Nelson
When a techno-terrorist group threatens to break encryptions on a global scale, a CIA officer must take matters into his own hands to save a world held hostage.A massive security breach in China. CIA operations compromised in Turkey. Undercover ops breaking down the world over. A techno-terrorist group dubbed “Archon” has unleashed a terrifying new technology that can break any encryption...fiction · technothriller · thriller · politics · espionage · political-intrigue · military · action-adventure · book · adult -
![Rules Of An Assassin by Emily March, Steven Vasquez, Mariah Vasquez]()
Rules Of An Assassin by Emily March, Steven Vasquez, Mariah Vasquez
Cain Diaz highly trained, extremely deadly, and now a father?Cain, a professional international assassin became an instant father. Now we all know there is no such thing as a perfect parent. But when Cain was learning his many ways to hurt people, there was definitely no parenting course. Cain usually follows his own set of rules, but he might have to change them up now that he’s a dad... -
![Cage of Ice and Echoes by Pam Godwin]()
Cage of Ice and Echoes by Pam Godwin
Frankie’s story continues in this second book in the Frozen Fate trilogy by Pam Godwin. Frankie and her ruthless protectors conquered unspeakable evil. But their fight to escape the hills of shivers and shadows is far from over. Stranded in Alaska, survival becomes paramount against starvation, hypothermia, and the dangerous predators lurking outside their isolated cabin...romance · reverse-harem · dark · mental-illness · contemporary · forced-proximity · suspense · enemies-to-lovers · survival · mystery -
![The Book That Broke the World by Mark Lawrence]()
The Book That Broke the World by Mark Lawrence
Two people living in a world connected by a vast and mysterious library must fight for those they love in the second book in a new trilogy from the international bestselling author of The Book That Wouldn’t Burn.The Library spans worlds and times. It touches and joins distant places. It is memory and future. And amid its vastness Evar Eventari both found, and lost, Livira Page...fantasy · high-fantasy · fiction · magic · epic · romance · sword-sorcery · action-adventure · book · adult -
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![Targeted by Kathleen Brooks]()
Targeted by Kathleen Brooks
Hunter Townsend loves his new home in the small town of Shadows Landing. It’s his sanctuary when he comes home from a mission as part of his Special Forces team. Maggie, the infuriating, monogram loving, bright color wearing, cuter than she should be woman, who loves to tease him was the only issue in Shadows Landing. Until a mission goes wrong . .romance · suspense · mystery · contemporary · sports · fiction · humor · military · action-adventure · book -
![The Royal Librarian by Daisy Wood]()
The Royal Librarian by Daisy Wood
A royal palace. A closed book. A betrayal that will echo through generations…Windsor, 1940: War rages, and as bombs rain down across Britain, nowhere is safe: not even a royal palace.Secretly tasked with foiling a suspected plot, Sophie Klein is placed in the Royal Library at Windsor castle, where the princesses reside...historical-fiction · fiction · historical · ww2 · royalty · magic · war · 20th-century · romance · alternate-history -
![Escape to the Irish Village by Ann O'Loughlin]()
Escape to the Irish Village by Ann O'Loughlin
Can she finally find the home she’s always wanted?Emma Wilson is running from a broken marriage after her life has been torn apart, and she’s desperate to start over. Escaping to a small Irish village, Emma begins working for seventy-five-year-old fashion enthusiast Judith McCarthy in her beautiful manor house at the heart of the tight-knit community...romance · family · enemies-to-lovers · contemporary · action-adventure · fiction · female-mc · suspense · friendship · book -
![Midnight Salvation: A Small Town Why Choose Romance by Penelope Black]()
Midnight Salvation: A Small Town Why Choose Romance by Penelope Black
The thrilling conclusion to the Rosewood series... -
![His Treasured Bride by Jody Hedlund, Patti Stockdale]()
His Treasured Bride by Jody Hedlund, Patti Stockdale
In twenty-four hours, marriage, mystery, and mayhem.After recently arriving in Vancouver Island on a bride ship, aspiring seamstress Daisy Harper is determined not to rush into a hasty and quarrelsome marriage, a mistake her parents made. To avoid choosing the wrong man, she creates a rigorous list of ten requirements for a potential husband... -
![Lake of Souls: The Collected Short Fiction by Ann Leckie]()
Lake of Souls: The Collected Short Fiction by Ann Leckie
Hugo, Nebula, and Arthur C. Clarke award-winner Ann Leckie is a modern master of the SFF genre, forever changing its landscape with her groundbreaking ideas and powerful voice. Now, available for the first time comes the complete collection of Leckie's short fiction, including a brand new novelette, Lake of Souls. Journey across the stars of the Imperial Radch universe... -
![The Study of Magic by Maria V. Snyder]()
The Study of Magic by Maria V. Snyder
Frankly, I think death is the best cure for stupidity.As Chief of Ixia’s Security, Valek’s work is never done. After rescuing Commander Ambrose with, Yelena, his heartmate’s, help and seeing her off to Sitia, Valek discovers the nefarious scheme to overthrow their country is far more complex and far reaching than anyone could have guessed...romance · fantasy · new-adult · magic · high-fantasy · action-adventure · fiction · paranormal · book · adult -
![Tangled Innocence by Nicole Fox]()
Tangled Innocence by Nicole Fox
“What do you mean, ‘You gave me the wrong sperm sample’?!”But the doctor says he isn’t joking.Instead of being my sister's surrogate...I'm accidentally carrying my boss's baby.A few months ago, I agreed to be my sister's surrogate.Then she died in an unsolved accident.I swore I'd keep her child and raise it on my own.But as it turns out, there was a mix-up at the clinic... -
![Chaos by Luna Mason]()
Chaos by Luna Mason
Everything is falling into place. A new life in a new state, living up to my name ‘The King of Chaos’. This is our new Bratva empire where we take what we want. And what a perfect way to leave behind my old life, by sleeping with my brother's new wife … on the night of their wedding. The only problem is, I may have left my heart with her...romance · dark · mental-illness · fiction · suspense · contemporary · fighter · organized-crime · forced-proximity · steamy -
![The Widow Spy by Megan Campisi]()
The Widow Spy by Megan Campisi
The author of the “magnificent…complex, vivid” (New York Journal of Books) Sin Eater returns with a rousing and propulsive novel based on the astonishing true story of the first female Pinkerton detective whose next assignment could end the Civil War.Kate Warne is many the country’s first female detective, a Pinkerton agent, and a union spy... -
![The Stone Home by Crystal Hana Kim]()
The Stone Home by Crystal Hana Kim
“It is a privilege to read Crystal Hana Kim’s fiction, which both edifies and enlightens.” —Min Jin LeeA hauntingly poetic family drama and coming-of-age story that reveals a dark corner of South Korean history through the eyes of a small community living in a reformatory center—a stunning work of great emotional power from the critically acclaimed author of If You Leave Me...historical-fiction · fiction · historical · coming-of-age · literary-fiction · abuse · poc-author · feminism · family · religion -
![That One Touch by Carrie Elks]()
That One Touch by Carrie Elks
Presley and Cassie's story... -
![Burning Crowns by Catherine Doyle]()
Burning Crowns by Catherine Doyle
Twin queens Rose & Wren survived the Battle for Anadawn and brought back magic to their kingdom. But danger lurks in Eana’s shadows.Wren is troubled. Ever since she performed the blood spell on Prince Ansel, her magic has become unruly. Worse, the spell created a link between Wren and the very man she’s trying to forget: Icy King Alarik of Gevra. A curse is eating away at both of them...romance · fantasy · young-adult · high-fantasy · magic · fiction · action-adventure · historical · witches-wizards · paranormal -
![Vanishing Legacy by Lynette Eason, Kate Angelo]()
Vanishing Legacy by Lynette Eason, Kate Angelo
For this Elite Guardian, protecting her client’s daughter just got personal.Elite Guardian Alana Flores, former LAPD underwater dive detective, just wants a fresh start in Savannah, Georgia, with her son, Rocco...romance · christian · suspense · contemporary · fiction · mystery · bodyguard · children · kidnapping · friendship -
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![There's Going to Be Trouble by Jen Silverman]()
There's Going to Be Trouble by Jen Silverman
A woman is pulled into a love affair with a radical activist, unknowingly echoing her family's dangerous past and risking the foundations of her future in this electrifying novel.The course of your life can change with one split-second decision.Minnow has always tried to lead the life her single father modeled—private, quiet, hardworking, apolitical...fiction · historical · historical-fiction · literary-fiction · lgbtq · audiobook · action-adventure · politics · family · book -
![Otherworldly by F.T. Lukens]()
Otherworldly by F.T. Lukens
New York Times bestselling author of Spell Bound and So This Is Ever After.Seventeen-year-old Ellery is a non-believer in a region where people swear the supernatural is real. Sure, they’ve been stuck in a five-year winter, but there’s got to be a scientific explanation. If goddesses were real, they wouldn’t abandon their charges like this, leaving farmers like Ellery’s family to scrape by...romance · fantasy · young-adult · lgbtq · paranormal · magic · supernatural · audiobook · fiction · urban-fantasy -
![Flashpoint by Susan May Warren]()
Flashpoint by Susan May Warren
SECRETS. BETRAYAL. SACRIFICE.THIS TIME, THEY'RE NOT JUST FIGHTING FIRE.An original series created by bestselling authors Susan May Warren and Lisa Phillips.The Hollywood heartthrob and the firefighter with a secret…Rookie firefighter Emily Micah is determined to prove herself as a new recruit to the elite Jude County Hotshots wildfire team...romance · contemporary · suspense · action-adventure · fiction · christian · spirituality · book · adult -
![Where We Promise by Ashley Munoz]()
Where We Promise by Ashley Munoz
In a tangled mess of betrayal and chaos, I was moved almost overnight onto rival territory under the protection of the one man I never wanted to be a burden to.Jameson King.In order to keep me safe, he handed me a ring and told me I’d become his wife. It’s a marriage made of convenience, but there’s a thread of truth neither of us want to examine... -
![Behind The Gates 3 by Bobby Akart]()
Behind The Gates 3 by Bobby Akart
The rolling blackouts were coming all too frequently.With darkness, the attempts to penetrate the gates increased.Their food and water supplies were dwindling.Some elected to leave the walls that protected them.Only a few were able to return.America’s government was on the verge of collapse and her geopolitical foes smelled blood...fiction · apocalyptic · post-apocalyptic · male-mc · dystopia · fantasy · action-adventure · disaster · book · adult -
![Toll of Honor by David Weber]()
Toll of Honor by David Weber
A NEW SOLO NOVEL IN DAVID WEBER'S NYT BEST-SELLING HONORVERSE“It is our duty to pay for our liberty with our own blood. The freedom that we shall win through our sacrifice and exertions, we shall be able to preserve with our own strength.” —Subhas Chandra BoseLieutenant Brandy Bolgeo has come home from the Battle of Hancock station wounded in both body and spirit... -
![A Beginner's Guide to Demonic Possessions by Shannon Mae]()
A Beginner's Guide to Demonic Possessions by Shannon Mae
The dreaded Valentine's Day is coming next week, and Trent can’t stomach the thought of another holiday alone. Hiding in the restaurant bathroom from his terrible date, he wishes for a way to skip V-Day all together. Alien abduction? Demonic possession? Coma? Anything else sounds good right about now. When he looks in the bathroom mirror, Trent suddenly realizes he isn’t in charge anymore...romance · fantasy · mlm · paranormal · supernatural · lgbtq · humor · demons · action-adventure · insta-love
