Review: Entertaining (although not realistic)
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 11 18, 2012
Trauma nurse Summer Sheldon is desperate. Six months ago her brother-in-law, an investigative journalist, died in a suspicious car accident and now her sister, who is also a journalist, has been kidnapped during a journalistic expedition that was covered as a humanitarian aid mission. In her brother-in-laws notes Summer comes across the name of Tate Maddox. Without knowing him personally she knows that her brother-in-law's notes could clear Tate and his team of all the doubts that has led them to hide from their superiors and forced them to lead a "shadow existence" as mercenaries.Tate and his team were framed for something they didn't do. However, they can't prove their case and ever since they're leading a "parallel life", hoping that someday they can prove their innocence and return to their regular lives and careers. Tate is surprised to find out that a young woman was able to track them down and offer them the chance to clear their names. In return for this evidence Summer asks them to find her sister and free her. And if this wasn't already enough, the young woman wants to actively participate in the rescue mission.A nicely written military romance that had a lot of action and many up and downs, with likeable main characters. However, neither the plot nor its elaboration was anything special. There were many exaggerations that made the whole book unrealistic. Furthermore, some threads weren't enough elaborated such as the relationship between the sisters, for instance.  Another point that disappointed me somehow was the fact that Tate and Summer acted  and reacted very late concerning their attraction. More specifically, their first "encounter" was towards the end of the book! Why? Wouldn't it have been much more entertaining if they acted earlier according to their feelings?Anyway, if you're looking for a nice and "lightly digestive" military romance, then this might just be your afternoon's read.