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Synopsis:
He wants just one night…
After growing up with an abusive, alcoholic father, Army Special Forces Sgt. Brady Scott vowed never to marry or have kids. Sent stateside to get his head on straight—and his anger in check—Brady’s looking for a distraction. He finds it in his beautiful new neighbor’s one-night-only offer for hot sex, but her ability to make him forget is addictive. Suddenly, Brady’s not so sure he can stay away.
…what they need is each other.
Orphaned as a child, community center director Joss Daniels swore she’d never put herself in a position to be left behind again, but she can’t deny herself one sizzling night with the sexy soldier who makes her laugh and kisses her senseless. When Joss discovers she’s pregnant, Brady’s rejection leaves her feeling abandoned. Now, they must overcome their fears before they lose the love and security they’ve found in each other, but can they let go of the past to create a future together?
My Review:
This is the second book in The Hero Series by Laura Kaye and focuses on Brady Scott, the older brother of Alyssa Scott from the first in The Hero Series, Her Forbidden Hero. After loving Her Forbidden Hero, I knew I would love this book as well, and let me say…Laura delivered yet again!
Army Special Forces Sgt. Brady Scott is back in the States and is trying to get his life back on track and his head on straight. His current mission is to deal with the mess of emotions when it comes to his father…his abusive, alcoholic and poor-excuse-for-a-parent father. How is he supposed to do that when it’s what he’s been avoiding since as long as he can remember? After going for a run, yet another unsuccessful attempt to release some stress, he finds a welcomed distraction in a beautiful young woman sitting on a blanket in the park. Luckily for Brady, the Memorial Day fireworks happening that night in that very same park seems like the perfect excuse to introduce himself, ask her to share dinner and maybe find that welcomed diversion he needs.
Joss Daniels is trying to enjoy a nice day at the park after seeing her ex and his new fiancé at the store that morning. Unfortunately she can’t shake the sadness that had crept in since realizing the “I’m not ready to commit” excuse he gave her when they broke up wasn’t exactly right…it was more like he couldn’t commit to her. And that hurt. So when a sexy solider in nothing but a pair of running shorts and dog tags asks her to share dinner and her blanket for the fireworks in the park she really doesn’t see why she should refuse…after all, it would be a nice distraction from her current gloomy mood.
But fate has something in store for these two. Joss and Brady turn out to be neighbors, and after a few hot and heavy sessions (and I mean HOT with all capitals and tons of exclamation points), Joss soon finds out she’s pregnant and let’s just say, things kind of get a little rocky from there.
I knew going in to this story that I was going to love Brady. I mean, he is the loving and protective older brother of Alyssa and best friend to Marco…what’s not to love? Well, I will admit, I wanted to kick his ass a few times while reading. I still loved him, but man, he really needed to get his rear in gear! His immediate reaction and behavior to Joss’s pregnancy was, um, well, yeah….not great. The emotional struggles Brady had to go through killed me. It was a journey I know he had to make but it didn’t make it any easier to read. Joss is an amazing character and put up with so much adversity and challenge her whole life and now, has to decide what to do with Brady and the baby. She is one tough cookie. Luckily for both of them, Brady finds his way and eventually, after a LOT of begging and apologizing (and the cutest damn gifts in the history of all baby gift giving) Joss relents and lets him back into her life.
What makes me love Laura’s writing so much is her characters have to earn their happy ending. They always deserve it, but they have to find their own ways, and sometimes it’s not an easy road….but I know it will it end perfectly. That’s the magic of what she does…it’s in how she pulls emotions from the reader and connects them to the words on the pages. This story was no exception. I loved every second of this book. Every laugh, every cry and of course, every hot and steamy moment!
So, thank you once again, Laura, for bringing us characters we adore and I look forward to more stories!
