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Originally Posted by abookreader
What you are describing is fairly representative as what is known as the "Boddice Rippers" which were huge in the 1970's/1980's. There are still books written like that, but it isn't as popular now as it used to be.
It's kind of hard to say what is written aimed at men, because men (just like women) like different things. If you wanted to talk action/adventure type they you might check out Romantic Suspense. Navy Seals went through a huge run over the past 5 or 6 years but it is dying down now. Special Forces type men and women take on terrorists or a rescue mission or something like that. The earliest Suzanne Brockmann Troubleshooters books get good reviews.
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The Troubleshooters series is one that has been recommended to me. I'm getting ready to start it as soon as I finished Jacquelyn Frank's Nightwalker series. I have the Troubleshooter books staring at me so I agree it might be good for men they seem to be one that has good plots.
As for Bodice rippers publishers wont even touch those today. They are not P.C. and everything must be fluffy in all romance historical books. They are so cookie cutter now. So tame. I prefer the historical in the 90s but I do own quite a few Bodice Rippers from the 80s.