Review: editing required
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 16, 2014
Alaina is in a bind.  She is working two jobs, 7 days a week, 22 hours a day, trying to support herself and her 8 year old daughter.  Her husband left 6 months ago after 11 years of marriage.  He told her he wants to be with other women.  Alaina found kiddie porn on their home computer after he left, so she really does not feel that bad about him leaving.  But it would be great if the authorities could find him and force him to pay child support.Brody and Leland are retired Special Forces, who walked away from the Army after 12 years.  They are tired of standing by, and being told to do nothing by their superiors, just in case their superiors "might" be able to use one of the "thugs" in the desert areas for some other reason.Brody and Leland are traveling through the small town where Alaina lives, and want to check into the motor inn where she works.  Alaina, burning the candle at both ends, has fallen asleep at the registration desk.  So of course, Brody has to wake her up, and falls for her instantly.  But so does Leland.  They manage to convince her to go out to dinner with the both of them, and to bring her 8 year old daughter, too.The plot from here is a little contrived at times.  We have a special forces team, that ALL walked away at the same time ( 7 men and a woman).  They band together to assist Alaina when her husband kidnaps her daughter.  They all go to live together on Leland's family farm.  They decide to form a vigilante justice band, to take out mideastern baddies that the U.S. does not want to touch.  Oh, and Leland, Brody, and Alaina form a ménage, that no one on the team blinks an eye at.There are some really good secondary characters introduced here, including all the team members. They are funny, witty, and the interaction between all of them is really adorable.  And how all these big, bad men ( and woman) take to an 8 year old little girl is absolutely heartwarming.  The sex scenes with Alaina, Brody, and Leland are really hot. This series could go really far, but I had issues with some of the editing. And I am still having issues as to how a 1st LT can out-rank a Capt.  The grammatical use of words like Peak for Peek, and things like that need to be edited out.  In all honesty, I did download the second book in the series, because I really want to see where she takes these characters.  I cannot give this 5 stars, just because of the editing issues.