Sunday, February 2, 2020

22. Steadfast by Shirleen Davies

Listened to audio/Chirp
narrated by Markham Anderson (with an incredibly deep voice)
Unabridged audio (5:44)
2019 Avalanche Ranch Press
180 pgs.
Adult CRF
Finished 2/2/2020
Goodreads rating: 4.49 - 145 ratings
My rating: 2
Setting: Contemporary Arizona desert

First line/s:  "Lieutenant Commander Caiden Isaac McCord stood ramrod straight, arms at his sides, a slight twitch in his leg from an injury during his team's last mission."

My comments:  A group of Navy SEALS have been commanded to become bikers in a biker group in the desert of Arizona, deeply undercover, to infiltrate other biker groups doing illegal activities.  They are led by a hunk named Wrath.  It sounds like they're all hunks, incredibly tough and smart and ...well...hunky.  Into their midsts comes a beautiful unattached attorney and of course head hunk falls for her.  As expected, the feelings are mutual.  Most of this book is made up strategies and antagonism between three biker gangs, one very bad, one good, and one in between.  The romance between the two protagonists is steamy but only for a couple of short segments.  There's more "story" than a lot of these sorts of books, but also a lot of fighting and reconnaissance and "war" types of things that I don't really care about.

Goodreads synopsis:  He’s secretive and commanding. She’s having none of it.
          Steadfast, Book One, Eternal Brethren Military Romantic Suspense Series
          Caid “Wrath” McCord never anticipated being tapped to lead a deep cover Navy SEAL team. Never one to shirk his duty, the transition from sea-loving warrior to president of an undercover motorcycle club is as smooth as a ride on his beloved Harley. Nothing interferes with his devotion to his men and their missions…until he meets a fiery, mysterious, motorcycle-riding woman who has all his senses on high alert.
          Cara Mortensen considers herself a survivor. With three older brothers, she became a fighter at an early age. Following the death of her SEAL husband and the discovery of his hidden life, starting over in Liberty Lake is a welcome change. No one knows about her past, which is how she wants to keep it. Except she can’t shake the determined president of a local motorcycle club, a man who could be perilous to her life as well as her heart.
          Even as walls between them begin to tumble, dangers exist which threaten not only Wrath and his men, but the woman he can’t push from his thoughts. Only his steadfast determination will keep her safe and in his life.
          Can he shelter her from danger and his secret life without losing the trust she so fiercely guards?
          Steadfast is book one in the Eternal Brethren Military Romantic Suspense Series by best seller Shirleen Davies. It is a stand-alone, full-length novel with no cliffhanger and a guaranteed HEA.
     Book 1: Steadfast     
     Book 2: Shattered
     Book 3: Haunted
     Book 4: Untamed

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