I cant emphasize subplot. Maybe romantic might be to strong but at least have a love interest and not the main focus of the over all plot . Male protagonist preferred, and I don't want him to be one of those hansom sexy Fabio type of character. I want an honest to goodness badass. I cant tell you how hard and frustrating it is trying to find a novel that meets this criteria, all of the google searches Ive gone through would give me books that would be..... too feminine? That's not it well let me put it this way almost all the cover art had a bare chested guy on it. I don't want to read those. Well hope you guys answer soon.