Reviewed by Becca
TITLE: Oath of Valor
SERIES: Personal Protectors #3
AUTHOR: Brittany Cournoyer
PUBLISHER: self-published
LENGTH: 266 pages
RELEASE DATE: January 2, 2019
BLURB:
If asked, Larry Armstrong would say that failure isn’t in his DNA, but you only have to look at his relationship with his son to know it’s a lie. Going undercover to catch the country’s worst criminals is far easier than fixing the mistakes he’s made with Brice. It didn’t help his situation any when he unknowingly sleeps with his son’s best friend.
If asked, Elliot Pritchard would say that he has a type, and its name is Trouble. From hookups gone wrong to being in the wrong place at the wrong time, Elliot can’t catch a break. After a brutal attack nearly kills him, he finds himself staying with the last person he ever expected to—Larry.
Complicated doesn’t begin to describe the situation the two men find themselves in, and things only get harder when Elliot witnesses a violent crime and needs Larry’s expertise to keep him alive. Tempers and tension build as Larry and Elliot try to ignore the chemistry burning between them, but they’d have a better chance of finding a snowball in hell. The two men realize they could have something special if not for two important things: Brice’s feelings and a madman with Elliot in his sights.
Oath of Valor is Book 3 of the Personal Protectors series. It is intended for a mature audience with adult situations and language.
REVIEW:
I hope you’ve been keeping up with this series so far. It’s hella good and this book made it even better. If you have been keeping up, then you know the cast of characters. You know in the last book some things went down. Brice and Elliot and Rusty all almost died. Elliot worse off than anyone. And you know Larry is still coming to terms with his son, and his fling with Elliot one drunken night. If you haven’t read, ignore the and go read.
Larry is such a hardheaded, hard-nosed, stubborn ass dickhead that most people fear. With the exception of two people. His boss. And sexy Elliot, who he runs from as much as he can. Denial, much? While Elliot was recovering he stayed at Larry’s house. Which was awkward as hell. But he had nowhere else to go. And now Larry was on forced vacation for three weeks. Thank goodness in Elliot’s mind, he has a job finally. Working the switchboard for the hospital is actually kind of tough, but Elliot is ready to move. Even though Elliot loves yanking Larry’s chain, he doesn’t feel welcome.
But one bad phone call at work changes everything. Elliot hears something he shouldn’t when the phone was accidentally butt dialed and now the bad guy plans to come after Elliot. After being beaten and stabbed before and barely recovering, he can’t go through that again. He tries to shake it off, but Larry finds out. And eventually finds out who it is after several more calls that threaten Elliot’s life. During all of which, the bitching, snarking, hurt feeling, and anger are getting pounded out through hot sex. Not exactly the healthiest, but such is life. But vacation or not, Larry knows this guy is coming and he hopes and prays to anything that listens, that he can keep Elliot and his son safe again.
Ok so we’ve got a tough a hell situation here. Elliot being threatened over something he heard. He didn’t mean to but it was just there. That is definitely not funny. Especially after all he’s just gotten over. And he’s still not completely back to normal yet. What was funny is the way Larry and Elliot go at each other. The snark, the bitchiness, just downright rudeness sometimes is quite funny. Because Elliot loves to push Larry’s buttons. Hard. At least until Larry goes too far. Some comments should never be made. But all that snark covered up how bad these two wanted to hump each other lol. But being in this intense situation also made Larry realize some things that brought him to his knees. With Elliot. With Brice. And himself.
One hell of a story. It couldn’t be an easy one with it involving Larry. But poor Elliot just can’t seem to catch a break. Maybe soon things will die down and they will be ok. Will have to read to find out.
RATING: 
BUY LINK: