Mystery & Thrillers, Romance
Description
Spending a lifetime in the SEALs can teach a man a lot about himself. Getting shot several times trying to protect a pregnant woman can change a lot of the things you think you know… if you survive.
Commander Timothy “Stone” O’Reilly did survive and now knows that he wants more from this life than a successful career and his ten-year marriage to the intelligent and beautiful Dr. Cassidy O’Reilly. He wants the family he’d never desired before. Finding out that nearly losing him has made Cass feel the same way, the two decide it's time to make a baby.
With Tim recovered enough to return to his men, life is as good as it can be and about to get better with the thought of becoming a father. That is until a close friend and former SEAL teammate ends up dead under suspicious conditions.
No one knows why Bishop was targeted until the killer decides to play a game with the two remaining members of the long-time trio, Commander O’Reilly and CEO Dillan “Warden” Knot.
Invoking the name of a SEAL that died seventeen years ago, Bishop’s killer uses his vast reach to cast all of Tim's world into chaos before making his final move.
Tim soon finds out that he’s the target on a chess board full of power players determined to destroy him. And if the enemy can’t get to Stone O’Reilly, they’ll gladly start picking off the most important people in the commander’s life.No one is safe.
4 STARS
The opening chapter of Tim and Cassidy's (Cass) meeting made me smile. It was unusual and funny! I would have liked to see more of their "courtship" before we get into ten years later. I did appreciate that a few things do come up from time to time about their earlier days.
A really good and often emotional foundation is made in the story. Tim has had quite the military career and a really solid "family" of people that he cares about there. He's a well respected Commander and he's earned it. That is clearly shown too.
Cass was such a good match for Tim and it didn't take long to really like her. Not only that but she was really smart and it comes in handy when she is able to use some of the warrior techniques that Tim had been training her in. I enjoyed that. Just a reminder that Tim and Cass are married so there were be married sex shared here too.
It was good to see how strong Cass was as well as loving. And about her being strong? She's going to need to be for what's coming. Because when the action hits, it's tense and doesn't let up. Not with enemies that just seemed to be one step ahead of them almost all of the time. Tim and his team were the best of the best but something powerful was at work against them too. The author did a really good job with all the twists, surprises and battle scenes that were done against our heroes.
It all comes to an explosive, spectacular ending with a good Epilogue which I always appreciate.
“I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.”
(Netalley)
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