Review: Very Good
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 6, 2014
I had read the excerpt from the first book, The Only One Who Knows, and had planned to buy it but then I saw that the sequel, The Only One Who Matters was available so I decided to read the sequel without reading the first book.  Although I probably didn't get the David (Sr. Chief) and Josh (Lt. Commander) whole history of how they came to be together, the sequel tells me enough about their story that I could follow the evolution of their relationship.First, they are both Navy SEALS which is an interesting dynamic of two Alpha males getting together, especially since David was Josh's instructor when he was training to be a SEAL.  The story shows how difficult it is for the families who are left behind and also for the SEALs who have to be able to focus only on their upcoming mission and then try to leave the horrors of what they went through behind when they come home.  The love and strength these families have to have to be in a relationship with a SEAL is inspiring.  To not be able to know when a loved one is going to have to leave, for how long and where they are going takes a special kind of person and a very strong, committed love. David's career was ended by a bullet during the first and only mission he and Josh were on and he is having difficulty coming to terms with his injuries, the loss of his Navy SEAL career, and watching Josh being deployed frequently while he remains at home.  The story shows their struggles to handle things a Navy SEAL experiences and do that the ordinary person would not have a chance of being able to handle.  I was routing for them to find a way to be together and would like to see how they are doing in a future book, if there is one.