Leah Giancarelli makes balancing her new role as a single mom look easy, but she’d have crumbled if not for her late husband’s best friend, Marcus. She has her issues with HORNET, an elite hostage rescue team—after all, Danny would still be alive if he’d never accompanied them on their last mission—but Marcus has always been by her side, a strong shoulder to lean on…
Until, after one impulsive kiss, he’s so much more.
Eaten alive by guilt, Marcus takes off, leaving both HORNET and Leah behind. Alone is easier. Safer. Because his feelings for Leah are all kinds of wrong, the worst kind of betrayal, and he can’t trust himself not to act on them.
But Danny’s death was only the beginning. Whoever hired the hitman is looking for something, and they think Leah knows where it is...
Each book in the HORNET series is a standalone story that can be enjoyed out of order.
Series Order:
Book #1 SEAL of Honor
Book #2 Honor Reclaimed
Book #3 Broken Honor
Book #4 Code of Honor
Book #5 Reckless Honor
Book #6 Honor Avenged
“Honor Avenged was an utterly gripping story that was packed full of action, twists, suspense, heat, grief, intrigue and edge of your seat moments.” --Mags N., Goodreads
“This is a fast-paced scary ride of emotion and danger.” ---n My Humble Opinion Reviews
“High octane romance.” --Sally B., Goodreads
“HORNET is back, so strap yourself in for a fast paced, adrenaline fueled love story about two broken people finding their way back to each other after tragedy had ripped them apart and allowing them to heal in ways that only the other can make happen.” --Rachel H., NetGalley
“This is a great story with edge of your seat action and suspense with a nice size helping of tender and emotional.” --Marybeth H., Goodreads
“Honor Avenged by Tonya Burrows is an action-packed romance with the Hornet team we came to love so much from previous stories, featuring a hero tortured with guilt.” --Maria S., Goodreads
“This book just grabbed me from the beginning and didn't let me go till the end. It's full of adventure, suspense, drama and romance!” --Terry L., NetGalley
“I loved this story! The action and the romance were absolutely on point!” --Tina P., Goodreads
Marcus Deangelo has spent most of the last eight months drowning his guilt and grief in a bottle since the death of Danny Giancarelli, his best friend, former partner and surrogate brother. The guilt is because he believes he was the sniper’s intended target and after looking out for Danny’s widow a ...more
Y yo que pensaba que aquí termina la saga... Pero todo parece indicar de que no será así.
Cuando vi que iba a haber un libro sobre Marcus y Leah, me picó mucho la curiosidad. Quería saber como se iba a desarrollar todo teniendo en cuenta las circunstancias de la muerte de Dani. La historia no defrau ...more
ARC received for review
This one had more angst than the previous books, but still just as much action and adventure as the previous books. It was great to see all the previous peeps. Ms. Burrows made me cry,again, or maybe I'm just becoming a sap. Now will the next book be Ian or him, and if it's hi ...more
3.5 stars rounding up...
Getting back into Tonya Burrows’s HORNET—a private military group made up of disastrous misfits—series is always a treat.
‘Honor Avenged’ shows how far these men have come as a team as an emergent threat looks to carry the team’s missions into a potential abyss. But the answe ...more
Advanced Reader Copy (ARC) provided by the Author and Publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an fair and honest review.
I have really enjoyed this series. The characters are a group of good guy mercenaries that work for a former child star billionaires. The plots are inventive, the romance hot and t ...more
LOVED this book! This is fast paced romantic suspense at its best. After Leah's husband's funeral, his best friend kissed her, then ghosted her. While he wallowed in his grief and guilt, Leah struggled to raise her three children and transition through all the changes necessitated by her husband's d ...more
After the death of Danny, his best friend and his teammate, Marcus is struggling and his only driving force is exposing who was behind it and ensure that they pay the consequences. The guilt and regret that he feels not only about Danny’s death but the feelings he is developing for his widow Leah ha ...more
I came a little late to the party in this series but after this book you better believe I'll go back and catch up.
A beautiful friendship has turned into a need for revenge. Whoever killed Danny, his best friend, was going to pay. He would personally put a bullet in his or her head. How could he not? ...more
This was an awesome introduction to this author! I loved this story front to back! If I could have read it one day, I would have!
There was sadness and excitement throughout this story. Oh, and let’s not forget to add in a love story!
I highly recommend this one! ...more
Honor Avenged is a paramilitary best friends widow tale that will have you wanting to smack an obstinate stud upside his head. This book features some horrible things, the loss of a husband/best friend, betrayal, and really nasty bad guys. It also features moving on and living life. Well once Marcus ...more
Review written: May 17, 2020
Star Rating: ★★★★½
Heat Rating: ☀☀☀☼☼
An Advanced Reader Copy (ARC) of this book was received free via Netgalley for an honest review.
Well, OH MY GOD! Burrows has really done it this time. She's been steadily getting better and better and the HORNET series just keeps t ...more
At long last we get Marcus Deangelo's story in this high action, romantic suspense, paramilitary series. I really enjoy this series with it's brotherhood of team members and their adventures into finding love. It is a close fellowship that were concerned when their teammate Marcus went off the rails ...more
Hello, I’m NICUnurse Stephanie and I’m a romantic suspense book junkie…and darn proud of it! Tonya Burrows is a new-to-me author, but I’m always up for new adventures with new friends, and if you add hot, tortured heroes with guns, I’m definitely all in.
Honor Avenged can be read as a standalone. I ...more
Honor Avenged is book six in the HORNETS Series Tonya Burrows. It is a romantic suspense that has characters carrying around a tremendous amount of emotional baggage in addition to the danger that comes their way. The characters are realistic in that tough men like Marcus would seem likely to hide t ...more
WOW. This one hit me in all the feels.
Marcus is drowning in grief after his best friend Danny’s death and has gone off to lick his wounds. Leah, Danny’s widow, tracks him down months later to ask for his help after she is attacked in relation to a case Danny was working on. They end up working with ...more
This is a fantastic Romantic Suspense. I could not put it down so read it in one day. Leah is a young widow and mother of three, her husband having been killed during a mission with HORNET...a top secret hostage rescue team. Since his death, she wants nothing to do with HORNET. She even accepts the ...more
HORNET Agent Marcus Deangelo, former FBI, was there when his best friend and former partner Danny Giancarelli was murdered. He was unable to save Danny and now Danny’s wife, Leah, is left to raise their three children. Marcus is determined to find the man who killed Danny as well as those that order ...more
This was my first book by this author, but it definitely won’t be my last. While I dropped into the middle of a series, I didn’t feel lost or confused because she does an excellent job of introducing (or reintroducing) characters without detracting from the current main characters and their story.
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To say I loved this book is putting it mildly. This story is SO good. You won't be able to put it down. Marcus and Leah's story is so amazing. So many emotional aspects to this story: heartbreak, sorrow, grief, anger, friendship, love. I guarantee you will love it. Just when I think I have found my ...more
We waited a fair bit of time for this story and boy was it worth the wait! Tonya once again pulls us into the world of Hornet with an action packed love story. The angst these two have over solving the crime and being together is an exciting journey.. Another win by one of my favorites! ...more
Honor Avenged
This book was very good. It's been quite a while since I had read one of Tonya Borrows HORNET books. While Marcus and Leah were the main characters and story, I can't wait to read more about Ian, Mercedes and Xander. ...more
This story has absolutely everything you could possibly want in a fast paced, tension filled, action packed adventure. I was hooked from start to finish with this extremely well written, enjoyable and entertaining book which I highly recommend. ...more
Brilliant book
Fantastic book loved Marcus and Leah's story it was action packed from the start. I can't wait for Ian's story ...more
loved it and this series...each book gets better, each story line gets better! definitely would recommend all her books! ...more
Full review appeared at Reader's Edyn on 05/23/20
Leah is in very real danger – except she has no idea just how much or just how close it is. Reeling from the death of her husband and a newfound attraction to their best friend, she is just trying to take things a day at a time as a single mom to thre ...more