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***3 Stars*** It’s taken me a few days since finishing A SEAL’s Strength to sort out how I feel about the book and I’m still waffling over a few things, but if I don’t attempt to put the words down they’ll never come, so here goes nothing… Overall, I liked the book. Hell, if I’m honest I had a hard time putting it down, but I found that as much as liked it, I didn’t love it like I wanted to based on how much I’ve enjoyed the books I’ve already ready by Ms. Stewart. A SEAL’s Strength was, as all of Ms. Stewart’s books have been for me, a fun, quick and easy to get lost in read, but something was just off for me while reading it and even at the end I felt like I needed more. I liked Gabe and Steph, but I didn’t fall in love with them. Steph has had her heartbroken (twice) and yet she still has hope that she’ll get her HEA. She’s sassy, comfortable in her own skin and with her sexuality and, for the most part, isn’t afraid to speak her mind when necessary.  Gabe is in limbo...

  ***4 Stars*** Having read and really enjoyed Ms. Stewart’s Seattle Bachelor’s series it didn’t much for me to reach out and grab this one (though I do apologize for taking so long to read it, life sometimes just sticks it to you) and I was totally hooked from the first page. The feels I had towards the characters and their struggles were a lot more intense than I thought they’d be and though there weren’t many surprising twists or turns in Lauren and Trent’s journey, I really enjoyed watching as everything played out between them. I really liked Trent and Lauren. Trent is a good man who is doing his best to live his life now that he is out of the army. He is still plagued by all that he saw while in the army, especially what happened on his last mission that ended his military career and guilt weighs heavily on him. But he’s worked though most of it and is intent on living and honoring the memories of those he lost. Lauren is working on stepping out of the box ...

***4 ‘All the Feels’ Stars*** After reading the preview/first chapter at the end of Bargaining for the Billionaire I knew two things. 1) I needed the book like yesterday (I know unrealistic, but it’s okay to be delusional every once in a blue moon) and 2) That it was going to be a major emotional roller coaster ride and dear lord was it. But it was totally worth it because what would you do if the man you love came back from the dead and wanted your heart back? I loved Tyler and Cassie, I did, but holy hell did these two bring out all the feels ~ the good, the bad and the ugly ~ as they struggled with their new reality and the sins of their past. Cassie is sweet & sassy with an interesting quirk that comes out in certain situations, but she has abandonment issues that have her wrapping her heart in kevlar to keep the pain away. Tyler is trying to find his feet after being a POW/MIA for three years and surviving hell, but between the horrors he witnessed and sur...