Books like 'Scarred'

Readers who enjoyed Scarred by Twyla Turner also liked the following books featuring the same tropes, story themes, relationship dynamics and character types.

contemporary  romance  military, war & conflict  action / adventure  war  military  dark  steamy  angst  sad 

  • Fighting with Honor  (Men of Honor) by K.C. Lynn

    Fighting with Honor (Men of Honor) by K.C. Lynn

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Once a man pledges his honor to his country, that sacrifice is embedded in his soul forever. For years he’s trained to fight, kill, and do whatever necessary to protect his country and its freedom, even if it means giving his own life. He becomes more of a machine than human—one that’s built to destroy the enemy. When it’s time to turn in his weapons, he never forgets the skills he learned...
    Categorized as:
    angst  dark  military  steamy  war  action-adventure  adult  alpha-mc
  • Adoring Delaney by Riley Edwards

    Adoring Delaney by Riley Edwards

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Carter Lenox has two regrets—hesitating on a mission in Afghanistan with disastrous consequences and pushing away Delaney Walker. When he gets word the love of his life is in trouble and she needs him more than ever, the decision to go home is an easy one.Delaney Walker has loved Carter since they were children...
    Categorized as:
    dark  military  sad  steamy  war  action-adventure  adult  alpha-mc
  • One Year Home by Marie Force

    One Year Home by Marie Force

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    He came home a hero and lost the only woman he’s ever loved... Navy Captain John West has no idea how to survive without his beloved Ava, who moved on with her life during John's six-year deployment and has now married Eric...
  • A Dead Man's Pulse by Samantha A. Cole

    A Dead Man's Pulse by Samantha A. Cole

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Marine First Sergeant Logan “Cowboy” Reese was rescued hours before he would’ve met the same fate as his five murdered teammates in Afghanistan. Returning to the US and civilian life hadn’t been part of his plans at this stage of his career, but dealing with PTSD forced his hand...
    Categorized as:
    angst  dark  military  steamy  war  abuse  action-adventure  adult
  • Chasing Shadows by Brittney Sahin

    Chasing Shadows by Brittney Sahin

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    From the hunters . . . to the hunted.When former CIA officer, Harper Brooks, joined an elite unit of special operators, her mission was to serve and protect, not to fall in love. But Roman Riviera was like no one she’d ever met.Echo Four was the quiet one. A broody genius. And that intense and gorgeous Navy SEAL stole her heart...
  • Her Wild Coast Outlaw: A Small Town Contemporary Romance by Dakota Davies

    Her Wild Coast Outlaw: A Small Town Contemporary Romance by Dakota Davies

    Rated: 5.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A wild attraction. A forbidden passion. Will two kindred hearts surrender to their fiery chemistry?   Hunter:  She should be off-limits to me. Not only is she too sweet, too innocent, her uncle is the boss of this operation. I’m in Storm Harbor to secretly find out why he's stealing from the town’s dock construction project...
    Categorized as:
    military  war  steamy  dark  romance  contemporary  suspense  fiction
  • Ask Me Again by E.J. Noyes

    Ask Me Again by E.J. Noyes

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    What do you do when the source of all your problems is the one thing you don’t know how to fix? With Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell nothing more than an unpleasant memory, US Army surgeon Sabine Fleischer is ready to move on with her life―if she can just figure out how to move past her PTSD...
    Categorized as:
    angst  dark  military  sad  war  action-adventure  adult  age-gap
  • The 707 - The complete Series by Riley Edwards

    The 707 - The complete Series by Riley Edwards

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    FREE Faking my own death came with a higher price tag than I expected. I joined the Army and left behind everything. A life I hated. And the only woman I had ever loved. I thought I was doing the right thing, but my good intentions quickly turned into my biggest regret. One night. One kiss. One final farewell was all I was allowed before I was sent overseas never to return...
  • Infinite by Corinne Michaels

    Infinite by Corinne Michaels

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Book 2 of 2 in Indefinite DuetI was right. I never should've fallen back in love with Quinn. I always knew we wouldn't make it. And to make matters worse, not only did I lose my soulmate--I lost myself as well. Everything was stripped away, leaving me bare and unable to breathe. No one told me it could hurt this much. I was unprepared for this level of agony from the horrible weight of grief...
    Categorized as:
    angst  military  sad  war  action-adventure  adult  alpha-mc  audiobook
  • Cannon by Marie James

    Cannon by Marie James

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I’m the fun guy.The one always quick with a joke.The guy who is crazy enough to do wild things to make people smile.That’s how people see me.That’s who I’ve presented myself to be.That’s how I introduced myself to Rivet.The first female Cerberus team member wasn’t impressed with my corny pickup lines and wide smile like the other women I use it on...
  • His Lady by Leah Sharelle, Colleen Snibson

    His Lady by Leah Sharelle, Colleen Snibson

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A place without you, Lady, ain’t anywhere I want to be. I love you, Rainn. MANNIX Mannix Steel lives by one rule—loyalty always. It helped him through one hellish deployment where he lost an eye, friends died, and his twin lost his leg, and worst of all, when he lost his family. The Wounded Souls’ enforcer decided life is easier without letting his heart make the decisions...
    Categorized as:
    angst  dark  military  sad  war  action-adventure  adult  biker
  • Whiskey: Steel Patriots MC: Book Three by Mary Kennedy

    Whiskey: Steel Patriots MC: Book Three by Mary Kennedy

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Wade "Whiskey" English served more than fifteen years as an elite Marine sniper and now serves with his brothers in the Steel Patriots. He carries a heavy burden of the deaths of twelve innocent little girls and seeing the vision in front him, he feels like he should make-up at least for some of it. He has no clue what he's stepping into. Drugs, weapons, trafficking, bondage and more...
  • Tap'd Out by Harley Stone

    Tap'd Out by Harley Stone

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Serving as an intelligence officer taught Tap how to listen, but nobody warned him about hearing too much. Now, he skates the line between paranoid and prepared, afraid to fully trust anyone, even his club brothers. Sasha Petrov believed in the system. She devoted her life to serving and protecting, only to find that justice is a greedy whore that sways toward the best paying client...
    Categorized as:
    military  war  poc-mc  dark  contemporary  suspense  abuse  biker
  • Fast Vengeance by Kaylea Cross

    Fast Vengeance by Kaylea Cross

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    She’s learning to live with her demons. Victoria Gomez had a successful career as an investigative journalist, until a cartel boss she exposed destroyed her entire world in retaliation. She lost everything, including her family and her freedom...
    Categorized as:
    angst  dark  military  poc-mc  war  action-adventure  adult  alpha-mc
  • Cuff's Enchainment by Ciara St James

    Cuff's Enchainment by Ciara St James

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Cuffs never expects that a rescue of some women will lead him to finding the woman he thinks he could spend the rest of his life with. She’s everything he doesn’t know he’s looking for. However, things are never simple. Her horrific experience has him trying to tiptoe around her. He’s working to wait until she’s ready to let a man into her life. He knows she needs time to heal...
  • Fast Fury by Kaylea Cross

    Fast Fury by Kaylea Cross

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    She’s a woman worth fighting for. Abby McKinley misses her sexy former neighbor from across the hall more than she expected—because he means more to her than she was ready to admit. When she learns the feeling is mutual, she balks at the idea of getting involved with a man who is sure to break her heart. But the pull between them is too strong to deny...
  • Safe Haven by Red Phoenix

    Safe Haven by Red Phoenix

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Love has no limits… At eighteen, I suffered a heartbreaking loss and began exploring my submissive side to escape the pain with kinky pleasure. A chance meeting sets me on an exciting new path as a student of the Submissive Training Center. There I find Captain, a distinguished Dom I’ve totally fallen for—my safe haven. But I have a problem. Captain won’t collar me...
    Categorized as:
    dark  military  steamy  war  abuse  action-adventure  adult  age-gap
  • Fearless by Sybil Bartel

    Fearless by Sybil Bartel

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Bodyguard. Sniper. Morally corrupt. I didn’t care who I aimed at. You paid me, I pulled the trigger. I sold my skills to the highest bidder, and trust me, I had skills. The Marines trained me to aim a sniper rifle, but life taught me to get the job done—at any expense. Except hostage recovery wasn’t on my short list...
  • Crazy For You by J.H. Croix

    Crazy For You by J.H. Croix

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A steamy, full-length, standalone romance with a guaranteed HEA from Bestselling author J.H. Croix! If you like smoking hot romance with alpha men and strong women, you’ll love this series! Sawyer Hamilton is all kinds of sexy packaged in a mouth-watering body honed from years as a Navy SEAL. He lands in Diamond Creek on the heels of a brush with death while on a mission...
  • Ruled by her Daddies by Laylah Roberts

    Ruled by her Daddies by Laylah Roberts

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    One was a friend.One was a former lover.And the other was her nemesis.Hurt, alone and out of options, they’re her last hope. And her every desire.Three gorgeous, sexy men to crave. Three alpha personalities to navigate. Three daddies to cherish and indulge her…And discipline her.Welcome to Escana, where the men are gorgeous, dominant and they like to share their women...
  • Wreaking Havoc by Harley Stone

    Wreaking Havoc by Harley Stone

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    ***2nd edition with bonus content, no cheating, HEA, 18+ for language and sexual situations... Fresh out of jail, the Dead Presidents MC Sargent at Arms, Marcus “Havoc” Wilson, is trying to lay low and keep his PTSD-induced temper under control while helping other military veterans rejoin society...
    Categorized as:
    military  poc-mc  steamy  war  action-adventure  adult  alpha-mc  biker
  • At Your Service by Lexi Blake

    At Your Service by Lexi Blake

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Juliana O’Neil’s promising future was burned away in the heat of battle. She had been an officer with a bright future in the military, but now she is struggling to survive. Her husband gone and her career in shambles, she finds a job at Top as a hostess and tries to put together the pieces of her life...
  • Nightstalker by Riley Edwards

    Nightstalker by Riley Edwards

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    asmin I was blissfully living my life as a tier one security contractor, shooting guns and killing bad guys. My life was perfect. Almost. I was missing something; a missing piece of time to be exact. For the last two years I have tried to remember the details of my capture and torture. Two years willing my brain to remember. Nothing. I could remember nothing...
    Categorized as:
    dark  military  steamy  war  action-adventure  adult  alpha-mc  amnesia
  • Hot Shot by Lynn Raye Harris

    Hot Shot by Lynn Raye Harris

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    **AVAILABLE TODAY!!** Cool under pressure… Until now. Hostile Operations Team sniper Jack “Hawk” Hunter is cool, methodical, and utterly lethal. Nothing rattles Jack’s calm. But that was before he learned he fathered a child three years ago—a child who has just been kidnapped. Gina Domenico is a superstar, a pop sensation with a string of hit records...
    Categorized as:
    dark  military  sad  steamy  war  action-adventure  adult  alpha-mc
  • Conquered by Angel Payne

    Conquered by Angel Payne

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Can one turn of fate be their conquering destiny? Jen Thorne is the resident book geek at Nellis Air Force Base, though she's strict about keeping her fictional men separate from her real-life expectations. It's safer, for her heart and soul, to maintain her personal life as a no-fly zone. Until she stumbles onto Sam Mackenna's radar...
  • Jules: A Reed Security Romance by Giulia Lagomarsino

    Jules: A Reed Security Romance by Giulia Lagomarsino

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Jules is the 12th book in the Reed Security Series. It is recommended that they are read in order. Julian swore he would always love her. He said he would never leave her. He's about to break that promise. If only she would listen. If only she would trust him. But how much crap can one man take? It's time to move on...
    Categorized as:
    angst  military  sad  steamy  war  action-adventure  adult  amnesia
  • Sniper by Giulia Lagomarsino

    Sniper by Giulia Lagomarsino

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Chance "Sniper" Hendrix is all about a good time. He was married when he was serving as a Navy SEAL and it didn't work out so well for him. When his wife left him, he decided that he was going to enjoy life and do what he loved. He knows that marriage can be good, but he just doesn't want to go there again. He never intended to sleep with a stripper. He never intended to get involved in her life...
  • After MidKnight by Em Petrova

    After MidKnight by Em Petrova

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    At the tender age of seventeen, Roades Knight was caught eloping. His parents put a swift end to that, and Roades was forced to break ties with the young Puerto Rican beauty. Five years later, he’s a member of the elite Knight Ops team and his family is once again disappointed in his behavior, after he’s muddled up a mission...
  • Healed by Twyla Turner

    Healed by Twyla Turner

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Lexi and Sloan have narrowly escaped one of their demons, only to face another. One that neither of them could've ever expected. Their issues continue to threaten their fragile relationship. Pulling them further apart and possibly pushing them into another's arms...
    Categorized as:
    angst  military  poc-mc  sad  war  abuse  action-adventure  adult
  • Thunderbird by Sable Hunter, Ryan O'Leary

    Thunderbird by Sable Hunter, Ryan O'Leary

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Continuing the Hell Yeah Series with book 13 – Equalizers Soulmates. Twin souls. Two people destined to be together. Their journey to love is never an easy one, but when they meet – their hearts beat only for one another. Kyle Chancellor is a hero, an honest to God hero. After winning the Heisman, he turns down a lucrative career as a professional football player to fight in Afghanistan...
    Categorized as:
    military  sad  steamy  war  action-adventure  adult  book  contemporary
  • Songbird Caged by Lisa Edward

    Songbird Caged by Lisa Edward

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Tara has made a promise. A promise to wait six months for Riley to come home from his tour of duty, so they can be together. But as secrets and lies are uncovered, it leads Tara to question their commitment, and she is finding it difficult to keep that promise. The distance between them is growing, and only one person can fill the void, Tara’s best friend Cole...
  • Wicked Intentions by A.D. Justice

    Wicked Intentions by A.D. Justice

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A ruthless killer is on the loose, threatening an innocent woman’s life. Painful secrets from Rebel’s past will be exhumed and put on full display. Desperation drives him to save the only woman he’s ever loved. Tragedy strikes in the most unexpected ways, reducing once strong walls to mere rubble. One man’s breaking point is where another man finds his stride. True love can’t be bound...
  • Rocco and Mandy: A Red Team Wedding Novella by Elaine Levine

    Rocco and Mandy: A Red Team Wedding Novella by Elaine Levine

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Pregnant and alone—not a situation Mandy Fielding ever expected to find herself in, especially not while living with the man who owns her heart and is her baby’s father. Rocco isn’t a whole man, and hasn’t been since his return from Afghanistan. Just where they go from here, she doesn’t know. The past is more real than the present in covert operative Rocco Silas’ mind...
  • Wicked Shadows by A.D. Justice, Marisa Shor

    Wicked Shadows by A.D. Justice, Marisa Shor

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Devon “Shadow” Kane chose a life of anonymity the moment he entered the clandestine world of the CIA. His training made him a killer, a skill he has no qualms using. Elle Sinclair, the younger sister of his childhood friend, is far from the girl next door. She’ll be the next big star. She’s also the one he can’t have...
    Categorized as:
    angst  dark  military  steamy  war  action-adventure  adult  alpha-mc
  • Fast Justice by Kaylea Cross

    Fast Justice by Kaylea Cross

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Sacrifice is a requirement of the job. Rowan Stewart walked away from the love of a lifetime to focus on the demands of her job as Assistant US Attorney. Now she’s working on the biggest case of her career, prosecuting one of the Veneno cartel’s most notorious members. Except the case presents unexpected challenges—including the man she can’t forget…and a threat she could not foresee...
  • Lost and Found Series Box Set by J.M. Madden

    Lost and Found Series Box Set by J.M. Madden

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    WARNING- The Lost and Found Series pulls no punches. As always, there are ups and downs. Readers need to be aware that I deal with PTSD issues, suicide, and miscarriage, amputations, and a wide range of other things...
  • Hunter by Giulia Lagomarsino

    Hunter by Giulia Lagomarsino

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Hunter is the sixth book in the Reed Security Series. It is recommended that they are read in order. Hunter "Pappy" Papacosta can't get Lucy Grant out of his head. He's had a casual relationship with her for awhile, but when she almost dies in a fire, everything changes in his eyes. He'll do anything to prove to her that he can be the man she needs...
    Categorized as:
    angst  military  steamy  war  abuse  action-adventure  adult  bodyguard
  • Love Through Pain by Ancelli

    Love Through Pain by Ancelli

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Javier Martinez tries to please everyone around him, but never himself. As a Navy Chief, he’s seen a lot, overseas and at home. But, nothing could prepare him for what he found the night of his birthday. Jazmine O’Neal was a vibrant woman, living her life to the fullest...
    Categorized as:
    dark  military  poc-mc  steamy  war  abuse  action-adventure  adult
  • Knot a Chance by Samantha A. Cole

    Knot a Chance by Samantha A. Cole

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Lieutenant Commander Stefan Lundquist is more than happy with his life. As a member of the US Coast Guard, he gets to work in the Gulf of Mexico, saving lives. As a Dominant in the BDSM lifestyle, he gets to play with submissives who are under no illusions their relationship will go beyond a D/s one...
    Categorized as:
    military  sad  steamy  war  action-adventure  adult  book  contemporary
  • The Problem with Peace by Anne Malcom

    The Problem with Peace by Anne Malcom

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Everyone expects the fairy tale from me. Because on the outside, I look like I live in a fantasy. I'm a hopeless romantic. I fall in and out of love. I change careers, zip codes and hair colors on a whim. I'm a free spirit without a care in the world. I'm the one that loves everyone and hates no one. But I've got a secret... I'm not a free spirit. Not really...
    Categorized as:
    dark  military  sad  war  action-adventure  adult  book  contemporary
  • Box Set: Rescue Me Saga, Books 1-3 by Kallypso Masters

    Box Set: Rescue Me Saga, Books 1-3 by Kallypso Masters

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    ON SALE FOR A LIMITED TIME! More than 1,300 pages in three full-length novels, each with a happy ending! Need an escape from it all? To immerse yourself in a series that sucks you in and doesn’t let go? This set includes USA Today bestselling author Kallypso Masters’ first three Rescue Me Saga full-length novels, plus the introduction Masters at Arms...
  • Callous by Sybil Bartel

    Callous by Sybil Bartel

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Bodyguard. Tracker. Silent observer. Life was in the details. The weight of a government issued rifle, the trajectory of a bullet, the speed of the wind—those details were crucial in the Marines. But outside the military, that level of observation was currency, and I was selling my skills to the best security firm in south Florida...
  • Black Tie by Lynn Raye Harris

    Black Tie by Lynn Raye Harris

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Abducted while on a business trip to Europe, Tallie Grant quickly realizes she’s a commodity to be sold—and there’s no way out. Determined not to surrender to the man who buys her, she’ll soon discover he’s not what he seems. Mercenary Brett Wheeler has one task: infiltrate a human trafficking operation and get as much information as possible...
  • Depths of Destruction: A Military Romance by Maggie Cole

    Depths of Destruction: A Military Romance by Maggie Cole

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    She’s a Secret Treasure of War...It’s a routine mission in Belize. Get in, get out, save the women.Then I see Naomi’s photo and watch her hostage video.A stirring...an ache...a desire so deep for her heats up my blood and annihilates me.And then I meet her.It accelerates my thirst, riling up my inner beast.She’s an investigative reporter and knows things she shouldn’t...
  • Undercurrent by Kaylea Cross

    Undercurrent by Kaylea Cross

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    She’s looking to reinvent herself.After the worst two years of her life, Aspen Savich has just moved across the country to the Outer Banks, looking to start over and leave her painful past behind. But it follows her anyway, bringing consequences she never could have imagined. Someone is watching her. Targeting her—and they don’t care who gets in the way...
  • Tempt My Heart by Danielle Jamie

    Tempt My Heart by Danielle Jamie

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    New York Times & USA Today bestselling author brings you a standalone that will be sure to top your favorite books list for years to come...
    Categorized as:
    angst  military  sad  steamy  war  action-adventure  adult  book
  • Savage Love by Lisa Renee Jones, Jason Clarke

    Savage Love by Lisa Renee Jones, Jason Clarke

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    They say all is fair in love and war, but I really don't give a damn about fair. In fact, when protecting those I love, fair is the last thing on my mind. Now that I'm back in Candace's life, those who have used her to try to control me may well put up a final fight, but they will not win. They will lose and badly...
  • Knight: A Club Alias Novel by K.D. Robichaux

    Knight: A Club Alias Novel by K.D. Robichaux

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Clarice He’s been my best friend for eleven years, ever since I witnessed his heroism in Afghanistan and nursed him back to health. The young soldier grew into a man I could spend the rest of my life with. But I can never let him know just how much I love him, because not even a hero who lived through a war can survive my past. Brian She knows every little detail about me...
  • Nobody's Dream by Kallypso Masters

    Nobody's Dream by Kallypso Masters

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    An alternative cover edition for this ASIN can be found here.One broken heart.One battered soul.No one said life would be fair or easy. Quiet, Peruvian-born artist Cassie Lopez learned this the hard way. Betrayed by the man she planned to marry, she shut herself off as far away from all but her closest friend from college..
    Categorized as:
    angst  dark  military  sad  steamy  war  abuse  action-adventure
  • Savage Hunger by Lisa Renee Jones

    Savage Hunger by Lisa Renee Jones

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The first book in a new savagely intense trilogy from New York Times bestselling author Lisa Renee Jones. Rick Savage, but they call him Savage and for a reason. He can make you laugh and then rip your heart out. No one knows that more than me, Jasmine Marks, the woman he left bleeding from the heart. I loved him. Lord help me, I’ve never stopped loving him...
    Categorized as:
    angst  dark  military  steamy  war  abuse  action-adventure  adult
Fantastic book recommendations by book lovers for book lovers.
Find out more about thebooknaut.com.



Looking for more inspiration? Enter another book title to get more suggestions on what to read next.


Or - use our amazing romance book finder to get recommendations based on your favorite content tropes and themes. Mix and match at will.