Top new action-adventure books in July 2023
Last updated:
July 31, 2023
July 2023 featuring new releases by Fiona Valpy, Daniel Silva, Dean Koontz, Brad Thor, James Patterson, Brian Sitts, Stuart Woods, Lauren Parvizi, Suzanne Wright, S.A. Chakraborty, Matt Dinniman and many more.
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The Cypress Maze by Fiona Valpy
In this haunting tale from the bestselling author of The Storyteller of Casablanca, Beatrice kept a wartime secret to protect the innocent. Now, could telling it set her free?Tuscany, 1943. Stranded in war-ravaged Italy, Beatrice’s dream of an escapist year teaching English is shattered...historical-fiction · fiction · ww2 · historical · war · audiobook · drama · season-summer · grief · journey -
![The Collector: A Novel by Daniel Silva]()
The Collector: A Novel by Daniel Silva
#1 New York Times bestselling author Daniel Silva delivers another stunning thriller in his action-packed tale of high stakes international intrigue...espionage · fiction · thriller · suspense · historical · action-adventure · female-mc · political-intrigue · book · adult -
![After Death by Dean Koontz]()
After Death by Dean Koontz
A modern-day Lazarus is humanity’s last hope in a breathtaking novel about the absolute powers of good and evil by Dean Koontz, the #1 New York Times bestselling master of suspense...suspense · horror · mystery · fiction · fantasy · sci-fi · crime · action-adventure · male-mc · conspiracies -
![Dead Fall by Brad Thor]()
Dead Fall by Brad Thor
Lethal operative Scot Harvath is dispatched to avenge the killing of American citizens abroad in #1 New York Times and #1 Wall Street Journal bestselling author Brad Thor’s new pulse-pounding thriller.In the war-ravaged borderlands of Ukraine, a Russian military unit has gone rogue...fiction · espionage · thriller · terrorism · suspense · politics · military · political-intrigue · conspiracies · action-adventure -
![Circle of Death: A Shadow Thriller by James Patterson, Brian Sitts]()
Circle of Death: A Shadow Thriller by James Patterson, Brian Sitts
When a ruthless killer seeks to overturn the world order, our only hope is vigilante justice.Since Lamont Cranston - known to a select few as the Shadow - defeated Shiwan Khan and ended his reign of terror over New York one year ago, the city has started to regenerate.But there is evil brewing elsewhere. And this time the entire world is under threat...mystery · fiction · fantasy · crime · audiobook · paranormal · action-adventure · super-powered · futuristic · noir -
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![Obsession by Stuart Woods]()
Obsession by Stuart Woods
Teddy Fay finds his skills put to the test in the latest thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Stuart Woods.While filming on location in scenic Santa Barbara, California, Peter Barrington and Ben Bacchetti look to expand Centurion Picture’s business by making a deal with a young Croatian billionaire...mystery · fiction · suspense · audiobook · crime · kidnapping · thriller · action-adventure · espionage · political-intrigue -
![La Vie, According to Rose by Lauren Parvizi]()
La Vie, According to Rose by Lauren Parvizi
A heartfelt novel about self-discovery, grief, and a once-in-a-lifetime chance to start over. Rose Zadeh pleases everyone, except herself. Memories of her late Iranian-immigrant father, who valued hard work and family, keep Rose in a dead-end job as a Silicon Valley copywriter, and tethered to her guilt-trippy mom and needy sisters. As much as it would disappoint her father, Rose needs an escape...romance · fiction · contemporary · womens-fiction · audiobook · coming-of-age · family · action-adventure · female-mc · book -
![Hunted by Suzanne Wright]()
Hunted by Suzanne Wright
Larkin is tired of her friends constantly trying to play Cupid. Just because they are all happily mated doesn't mean she needs to be. And she definitely doesn't need the over-protective men in her life vetting potential partners for her. In a bid to get them off her back, the harpy turns to the one person she knows they would never approve of . . .Teague Sullivan...romance · paranormal · fantasy · demons · urban-fantasy · shapeshifters · magic · contemporary · friends-to-lovers · humor -
fantasy · historical-fiction · fiction · outlaws · historical · young-adult · action-adventure · book
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![The Eye of the Bedlam Bride by Matt Dinniman]()
The Eye of the Bedlam Bride by Matt Dinniman
A pantheon of forgotten gods. An old grudge between a talk show host, an heiress, and the man they shattered along the way. A rapidly deteriorating AI system. An inconvenient tiara upon the head of a friend.It is bedlam on the eighth floor.As management reels from the unexpected conclusion of the seventh level, the surviving crawlers stumble onto the eighth and find themselves scattered...fantasy · fiction · humor · audiobook · magic · post-apocalyptic · aliens · action-adventure · dystopia · litrpg -
![An Honest Man by Michael Koryta]()
An Honest Man by Michael Koryta
From the New York Times bestselling author of Those Who Wish Me The murder of several politicians at sea has shattering implications for a local lobsterman and a young boy in this action-packed thriller. Israel Pike was a killer, and he was an honest man. They were not mutually exclusive... -
![Sleepless City by Reed Farrel Coleman]()
Sleepless City by Reed Farrel Coleman
Every cop in the city knows his name, but no one says it out loud.In fact, they don't talk about him at all. He doesn't wear a uniform, but he is the most powerful cop in New York. Nick Ryan can find a criminal who's vanished. Or he can make a key witness disappear. He has cars, safe houses, money, and weapons hidden all over the city...mystery · fiction · crime · suspense · noir · audiobook · law-enforcement · thriller · action-adventure · legal -
![Imperial Wizard by J. Parsons]()
Imperial Wizard by J. Parsons
An age has passed, a blight curses the land, and one hero stands above the rest to restore the balance.Verdan Blacke is an Imperial Wizard, a researcher by preference but soldier by necessity. Surviving an intense battle, Verdan is cursed by a hex witch in her final moments...fantasy · epic · witches-wizards · paranormal · litrpg · male-mc · progression-fantasy · magic · action-adventure · fiction -
![Long Time No Sea by Portia MacIntosh]()
Long Time No Sea by Portia MacIntosh
There’s trouble in paradise... Moving home in her 30s was not the life plan Jas had in mind. So when her best friend gets in touch to say she's arranging a long overdue reunion with their high school friends, Jas is very much up for the escape...romance · fiction · womens-fiction · contemporary · audiobook · friends-to-lovers · humor · law-enforcement · action-adventure · book -
![Chasing Secrets by Sloane Kennedy]()
Chasing Secrets by Sloane Kennedy
LincolnI was just there to do my job and then he arrived, and I knew in my gut everything was about to change...romance · mlm · abuse · contemporary · lgbtq · mental-illness · military · small-town · age-gap · angst -
![Theo by Riley Edwards]()
Theo by Riley Edwards
Is seven days long enough to build a forever love?I was living a nightmare of my own making.My life had been erased. My past rewritten. My name changed. I had nothing from my previous life. I was no longer Bridget Keller.I was promised federal protection. I was promised a new life. I was promised I would be safe...romance · suspense · military · bodyguard · forced-proximity · second-chances · action-adventure · mystery · contemporary · fiction -
![Touch the Lightning by N.R. Walker]()
Touch the Lightning by N.R. Walker
Without a working office, Jeremiah is tasked with repairing the automated weather station on Oxley Island. It’s remote, only accessible by boat, and with there being a good chance of crocodiles, he’s dreading it. Tully, on the other hand, can’t wait. With a boat licence, his dad’s boat, and two days alone with Jeremiah—and with thunderstorms likely—to Tully, it’s another perfect adventure...romance · mlm · contemporary · lgbtq · action-adventure · suspense · audiobook · fiction · small-town · natural-disaster -
![Finding Jodelle by Susan Stoker]()
Finding Jodelle by Susan Stoker
Sometimes the safest place to be is together.Older and set in his ways, Baker Rawlins never thought a relationship was in the cards, let alone love. Especially when years in the military and continued work for the government keep him on the radar of nefarious people all over the world...romance · military · contemporary · friends-to-lovers · slow-burn · suspense · grief · drama · womens-fiction · fiction -
![In the Likely Event by Rebecca Yarros]()
In the Likely Event by Rebecca Yarros
When Izzy Astor gets on a plane to go home, she isn’t expecting much. It’s the usual holiday travel experience: busy, crowded, stressful.Then she spots her seatmate, who is anything but ordinary. Nate Phelan sports dark hair, blue eyes, and a deliciously rugged charm that Izzy can’t resist. Their connection is undeniable. Izzy never believed in destiny before, but she does now...romance · contemporary · politics · military · fiction · audiobook · female-mc · action-adventure · book · adult -
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![Impact Winter Season 2 by Travis Beacham]()
Impact Winter Season 2 by Travis Beacham
The hit Audible Original series from executive producers of The Walking Dead and the writer of Pacific Rim returns for its highly anticipated second season.Six months have passed since the Vampire Queen fell silent, and the world balances on a knife’s edge...fantasy · audiobook · horror · vampires · post-apocalyptic · paranormal · fiction · dystopia · urban-fantasy · supernatural -
![Cast in Shadows by Alice Winters]()
Cast in Shadows by Alice Winters
AndrasWhen the light-magic users known as Casters took everything from me, I vowed to make them pay.Little did I know the perfect opportunity would show up in the form of a sweet Caster the moment I took his arrow to the heart… literally. Bastian knows that I’m made of dark magic, the very thing he’s been taught to destroy...romance · mlm · magic · fantasy · paranormal · urban-fantasy · action-adventure · supernatural · enemies-to-lovers · audiobook -
![Winds of Courage by Melanie Cellier]()
Winds of Courage by Melanie Cellier
Delphine possesses great power—too much power for the daughter of farmers. The Mage’s Guild would eagerly take her, but she wants nothing to do with its arrogant and self-centered members. That is, until her friend is abducted in front of her.Now Delphine needs her power, but to access it, she’ll have to apprentice herself to a traveling master...romance · fantasy · young-adult · high-fantasy · audiobook · fiction · retellings · action-adventure · middle-grade · christian -
![Return of the Vengeful Queen by C.J. Redwine]()
Return of the Vengeful Queen by C.J. Redwine
Return of the Vengeful Queen has descriptive copy which is not yet available from the Publisher...romance · fantasy · historical · young-adult · sword-sorcery · outlaws · fiction · action-adventure · book -
![The Militia House by John Milas]()
The Militia House by John Milas
Stephen King meets Tim O’Brien in John Milas’s The Militia House, a spine-tingling and boldly original gothic horror novel.It’s 2010, and the recently promoted Corporal Loyette and his unit are finishing up their deployment at a new base in Kajaki, Afghanistan...horror · fiction · mystery · war · contemporary · military · audiobook · haunted-places · suspense · gothic -
![Dead of Winter by Darcy Coates]()
Dead of Winter by Darcy Coates
From bestselling author Darcy Coates comes Dead of Winter, a remote cabin in the snowy wilderness thriller that will teach you to trust no one. There are eight strangers. One killer. Nowhere left to run.When Christa joins a tour group heading deep into the snowy expanse of the Rocky Mountains, she's hopeful this will be her chance to put the ghosts of her past to rest...horror · mystery · suspense · fiction · survival · psychological · thriller · season-winter · outdoors · action-adventure -
![Cursed by Lindsay Buroker]()
Cursed by Lindsay Buroker
The final installment in the Legacy of Magic series!Matti Puletasi has defeated her enemies, rescued her parents, fallen in love with the elf of her dreams, and even started thinking of having children...romance · urban-fantasy · fantasy · paranormal · dragons · fae · audiobook · magic · humor · shapeshifters -
![Wayward by Mary Calmes]()
Wayward by Mary Calmes
Maksim Lenkov is certain he’s not a good man. His father isn’t, and since Maks is his second in command, then certainly, he’s just as evil. The list of sins is long, and there’s no getting around that...romance · mlm · contemporary · crime · lgbtq · family · suspense · organized-crime · law-enforcement · second-chances -
![Doomsday Match by Jeff Wheeler]()
Doomsday Match by Jeff Wheeler
A vacationing family becomes pawns in an ancient ritual designed to bring about a Mayan apocalypse in a riveting thriller by Wall Street Journal bestselling author Jeff Wheeler.A Mayan prophecy has waited for five centuries to be fulfilled. That time has come. Sacrifices will be made. Let the games begin...mystery · fantasy · horror · fiction · myths · supernatural · paranormal · audiobook · suspense · action-adventure -
![The Woman with the Secret by Jessica Gadziala]()
The Woman with the Secret by Jessica Gadziala
Emilio needed a house manager. Or so his mother thought, setting up appointments with women she’d vetted for the task. All of whom were polished and professional.Except for the woman who came literally tripping into his life, spilling her coffee over her paperwork, and cussing like a sailor.Avery was everything a house manager shouldn’t be. Inexperienced, clumsy, and way, way too tempting...romance · contemporary · crime · organized-crime · forced-proximity · workplace · family · dark · alpha-mc · humor -
![Seth by Jessica Gadziala]()
Seth by Jessica Gadziala
He was supposed to be focusing on his new businesses. But he couldn’t help it if the first client to walk through the doors was the most beautiful woman he’d ever seen. One who had a desperate need to learn to use a gun. One who also wanted to rent out his guest house...romance · contemporary · children · biker · on-the-run · family · suspense · magic · action-adventure · demons -
![Knighthunter by Anna Hackett]()
Knighthunter by Anna Hackett
She vows to bring her abducted queen home…even if she has to work with the man she hates.Knightmaster Nea Laurier is tough, dedicated, and lives to be the best Oronis knight she can be. All her life, she’s worked hard to live up to her prestigious family name...romance · sci-fi · aliens · fantasy · action-adventure · forced-proximity · fiction · steamy · paranormal · galactic-empire -
![Callum by Nyssa Kathryn]()
Callum by Nyssa Kathryn
One wedding, one fake relationship, and a threat no one saw coming.Attending a wedding is dead last on Fiona Lock’s list of priorities. She has two options: stay home and let the family gossip mill speculate on why she isn’t there; or attend the wedding and pretend she’s just fine. The decision is obvious. Not only does she choose option B…she may have mentioned a boyfriend she doesn’t have...romance · military · contemporary · mystery · small-town · fake-relationship · fiction · fantasy · enemies-to-lovers · suspense -
![Hard Knocks by Nathan Lowell]()
Hard Knocks by Nathan Lowell
It pays to take a second look.In the Deep Dark, it's a long walk home.The Marva Collins runs into unexpected problems a long way from port. Faced with some hard decisions, and uncertain about the choices, Ishmael has to roll the dice with inadequate information... -
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![Break of Day by Colleen Coble]()
Break of Day by Colleen Coble
Annie Pederson’s happily ever after is finally within sight . . . if she can stay alive long enough to grasp it. Law enforcement officer Annie Pederson’s life has been rocked by tragedy, but things finally seem to be heading in the right direction...romance · christian · suspense · fiction · mystery · action-adventure · audiobook · amateur-sleuth · cozy · female-mc -
![A Witch's Sin by Daniel B. Greene]()
A Witch's Sin by Daniel B. Greene
What would you do to keep your dreams ad-free?Bruised, stoned, and still adjusting to her latest wear implants, apprentice enforcer Taya Mint plunges into the darkest depths of Megastructure Seven Zero Three, challenging everything she thought she knew about life within the walls she has never stepped beyond...sci-fi · cyberpunk · fiction · young-adult · mystery · vampires · dystopia · magic · audiobook · supernatural -
![The First and Last Adventure of Kit Sawyer by S.E. Harmon]()
The First and Last Adventure of Kit Sawyer by S.E. Harmon
In the archaeology community, Christopher “Kit” Sawyer’s family is a legacy. And while he may be a historian, not a treasure hunter, he thinks he does a pretty good job of living up to the Sawyer name. He's a book-smart research fanatic and does his best work at his tidy desk. No fedora and whip for him, if you please—a nice cup of coffee and a comfy chair will do...romance · mlm · paranormal · contemporary · action-adventure · lgbtq · disability · humor · fantasy · fiction -
![Diablo by Cora Rose]()
Diablo by Cora Rose
After my honorable discharge from the Marine Corps, it only made sense to put my skills to good use as a personal bodyguard. The contracts keep me moving and traveling, and the money is good. All I’ve ever wanted was to make sure my mother and sister were taken care of after my father passed away...romance · mlm · contemporary · lgbtq · crime · military · age-gap · bodyguard · organized-crime · forced-proximity -
![Mark of the Fool 4 by J.M. Clarke]()
Mark of the Fool 4 by J.M. Clarke
The Fool has returned to a realm in chaos.As Generasi recovers from the wrath of a demon knight, Alex Roth travels to Thameland to uncover the mysteries of the Ravener. He and his friends have grown in power, ready to take on any threat lurking in the hills of Greymoor, where their university mounts their expedition.But some things await Alex that no amount of training can counter...fantasy · magic · fiction · audiobook · mystery · young-adult · epic · high-fantasy · litrpg · progression-fantasy -
![Pressure by Stacy Lynn Miller, Brian Christopher Shea]()
Pressure by Stacy Lynn Miller, Brian Christopher Shea
They call him the Raven.His mistake was picking the wrong agent to cross.Now the hunt is on.Fresh off her victory over Tony Belcher and his Aryan extremists, seasoned ATF agent Lexi Mills finds herself in the crosshairs of a new and deadly enemy—a killer who uses intricate weapons of destruction as his signature calling card...fiction · crime · thriller · mystery · hard-boiled · law-enforcement · police-procedural · action-adventure · book · adult -
![Touch Her and Die by Jolie Vines]()
Touch Her and Die by Jolie Vines
A grumpy Scottish bodyguard with an iced-over heart, and the sunshine woman who might just melt it.DaisyPhoneless, carless, and trapped by my relatives, I make a daring escape in just my fancy underwear. Right as a grouchy but gorgeous bodyguard arrives to rescue me.Enemies pursue us on our West Coast road trip, so Ben whisks me away to a snowed-in cabin in Scotland...romance · contemporary · suspense · bodyguard · forced-proximity · age-gap · steamy · organized-crime · audiobook · found-family
