Reviewed by Vicki
Unexpected Series Review
AUTHOR: Silvia Violet
PUBLISHER: Silvia Violet Books
BOOK ONE TITLE: Unexpected Rescue
LENGTH: 95 pages
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Shrapnel from an explosion tore up Jackson’s leg and ended his career as a Navy SEAL. Being forced into the civilian world was bad enough, but being told he’s crazy is intolerable. No matter what the doctors or anyone else tells him, he knows a supposed ally was responsible for his injury, and that same man is determined to shut Jackson up for good
When Jackson sees a kayaker clinging to his boat from the balcony of his beach house, his instincts tell him something dire is about to happen. Jackson rescues the injured man and insists on hiding him until a former SEAL teammate arrives. As Jackson struggles with separating reality from soul-shattering flashbacks, the injured man’s compassion and growing trust tear down his barriers, and Jackson begins to wonder if his heart is as dead as he’d assumed.
REVIEW:
Oh I like a story about a damaged man, even better when they are military!
Jackson is a nicely damaged hero, both physically and mentally. He’s a former Navy SEAL, injured during a mission gone bad and now living with a permanently damaged leg, no more SEAL brotherhood, no job, and some serious PTSD. And he’s possibly paranoid and delusional about some people that may be out to get him. Or they are real, we aren’t really sure for a bit. He’s hiding out on the coast, hiding from the guys who he thinks are after him for seeing something during the mission that went so bad. He’s staring aimlessly out at the water when he notices a kayaker in trouble and his inner SEAL takes over. No matter how bad he’s feeling, or how much more damage it may do, he’s going to save the man.
Addison, a local wilderness tour guide, is out in his kayak minding his own business when he is chased by men in a boat and shot at. He is rescued by a crazy man, who strips him naked, wraps him in blankets, tells him a story about bad guys being after him, and won’t call the police or let him go to a hospital. After a bit of SEAL first-aid, a brief nap, and seeing proof that Jackson may not be quite so crazy, we have a nice little story!
Silvia Violet does this type of book very well. No muss, no fuss, just a good quick story. Addy and Jackson bond quickly, once Addy realizes Jackson isn’t the crazy person he initially seems, they actually like each other. It all takes place in an evening, mostly, with a bit of a follow up later for some sex. Jackson and Addy are great characters, it is from Jackson’s perspective so we know him much better, seeing what’s going on in his crazy brain. Addy is a bit of a mystery, we don’t learn much about him, other than that he is stubborn in his wanting of Jackson. Not a lot of additional characters, just Sport, one of Jackson’s SEAL brothers who comes to his rescue. Jackson and Addy seem like a good pair, Jackson begins to act rationally by the end of the book, Addy being a good man for him. They have a good physical connection, the drama of the story was interesting, and the ending was satisfying. I would like to know what comes next for them, what will be their plan after this incident?
So this is a well written little bit of drama, action, and some yummy sex. I liked it just fine…
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BOOK TWO TITLE: Unexpected Trust
LENGTH: 175 pages
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Special Agent Hugh Cranford, better known as Sport, is conducting an off-the-record investigation. He’s after Danny O’Sullivan, a spy rumored to have assisted in the ambush of Sport’s former SEAL team. Danny claims he and Sport are on the same side, and the real traitor is the man Sport is working for. But Danny is a master manipulator. He’s also the most seductive man Sport has ever met. Sport can’t help being attracted to him, but that doesn’t mean he’s willing to trust him.
In his quest to bring down a few highly-placed traitors in the US government, Danny O’Sullivan has been keeping tabs on Sport. When Sport comes looking for him, Danny decides to bring Sport in on his secret mission and into his bed. Sport may not trust Danny, but he wants him. As the two men risk their lives to complete Danny’s mission, they discover neither is as strong as they like to pretend.
REVIEW:
Yeah! Sport gets his own adventure…. And what an adventure it is!
Sport is a former SEAL, now FBI agent, who just manages to follow the rules. Barely. He went running to Jackson’s rescue with a team of FBI agents, even though he thought he was crazy. Now he knows Jackson wasn’t imagining things, something did happen in the jungle. But there’s not much he can do about it. Until his boss sends him to work under the Assistant Director of the Counterterrorism Division, Mike Arthurs. Arthurs sends him out on his own, on a secret mission to stalk Danny O’Sullivan, who may be involved in the jungle mess. Sport heads out, but it all smells a bit fishy to him. He tracks down the man he is told is hip deep in the mess, to see what he’s up to. Danny O’Sullivan, super spy, and club owner. He finds Danny at the club he owns, breaks in to his office, and promptly gets caught.
Danny is a sneaky dude and was harder to pin down… He’s a spy, working for someone doing something. He’s a bad-ass, lots of training like Sport and Jackson, super sneaky, but we don’t really get to know much about him. He somehow was involved in the mess in the jungle that hurt Jackson and killed their SEAL team mate, and wants to bring down the men who are responsible. He has been working on his own a long time, building up evidence and watching Sport. He’s watched him, and is attracted to him, but needs him as part of this takedown plan he’s been building. Unfortunately Sport jumps the gun and breaks in to his office, forcing Danny to involve him sooner than he would have. They don’t have quite enough evidence so will need to work together to get more. But Sport doesn’t believe Danny is on his side and will take some convincing.
I had a hard time getting in to this book and I’m not really sure why. I liked Sport and Danny for the most part, they are a good match physically, both had some similar emotional baggage, and their sex was pretty explosive. I liked that Jackson and Addy were in it so much. I liked Simon, the new addition to the story. I think it was the plot that was the problem for me. It was a lot of story that never went anywhere, lots of talking about what to do, but not a lot of doing. Everything was too easy. Danny walks in to the the FBI headquarters, goes in the Arthurs office and walks right out. Even with FBI agents after him, he doesn’t get caught. I didn’t buy it. Then after all the talk about trying to bring down the bad guys the solution was too easy and anticlimactic. I didn’t understand why Danny needed Sport, why he waited so long, then why he freaked out and took off on his own.
I liked the tension between Sport and Danny, they walked that line between like and hate for quite a while. I wasn’t sure about Danny, you think he’s a good guy, but there was this little bit of a question in my mind, wondering if he really was. Sport questions it too, repeatedly, adding to the tension. The sex between them was pretty intense, mostly I liked it, but the dialog got a little cheesy now and then. But it was hot and naughty! I think I liked watching the relationship between them aside from the plot better than I liked the plot. The plot influenced them, created the tension, and the anger, but the emotional relationship that grows between them, and their need for rough sex was more interesting and enjoyable for me than the big plot. I’m not sure if that makes sense or not.
It wasn’t a bad story, it was good, it just wasn’t great. I almost feel like the plot was too big, I liked the first book better because it was tight and easy to follow. I did like it though. I liked Sport and Danny very much, I liked the sex, I liked the concept of the plot, it was just the details I had an issue with…
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