His to Protect
Uniformly Hot!
By: Karen Rock
Releasing October
1, 2016
Harlequin Blaze
Harlequin Blaze
Blurb
Subject: Lt. Commander Mark Sampson
Subject: Lt. Commander Mark Sampson
Mission: Keep his eyes on the skies…despite
one sexy distraction!
There are things a man can never undo. For
Coast Guard search and rescue pilot Mark Sampson, it was the agonizing decision
that cost him a teammate—and his faith in himself. But an unbelievably sexy
blonde on a secluded beach may help him forget…if only for a night.
Cassie Rowe needed a distraction—and, boy,
did she get one! How was she to know the brooding stranger who rocked her world
was the pilot who'd left her brother to die? And now they're on the same
mission. She should hate him. But she can't fight the storm of desire
threatening to pull them under…
My Thoughts:
Yes, I did want to read this book, because of the cover. Who wouldn't want to read this book, because the dude is hot. He's also a pretty decent guy in the story. Basically, we have Mark and Cassie. Mark is helicopter pilot for US Coast Guard. Yum! Then you have smokin' hot Cassie who is a nurse, and she came out to help with hurricane relief in the Virgin Island. Girl meets boy and they hit off, but there's a hitch...he was the pilot when her brother died while serving in the Coast Guards. OH NO! Doom I tell you, doomed. There is a little tension to say the least. However, grief can blind a person to all the facts.
Both Cassie and Mark are dealing with the grief of the loss of Jeff (Cassie's brother). They both have to work on the issues throughout the story otherwise the relationship is doom. Overall, a pretty good read and fairly fast. I adore Mark, but I had a little trouble with Cassie. This my personal problem with Cassie, she's not a bad character. Had I not been married to a military guy I would completely understand her situation, but I am and her character drove me nuts. However, I like how she worked on her grief and found a way to channel it into something good. So, if this sounds like your kind of read, you might consider His To Protect a go.
Copy provided by author via Tasty Book Tours
Yes, I did want to read this book, because of the cover. Who wouldn't want to read this book, because the dude is hot. He's also a pretty decent guy in the story. Basically, we have Mark and Cassie. Mark is helicopter pilot for US Coast Guard. Yum! Then you have smokin' hot Cassie who is a nurse, and she came out to help with hurricane relief in the Virgin Island. Girl meets boy and they hit off, but there's a hitch...he was the pilot when her brother died while serving in the Coast Guards. OH NO! Doom I tell you, doomed. There is a little tension to say the least. However, grief can blind a person to all the facts.
Both Cassie and Mark are dealing with the grief of the loss of Jeff (Cassie's brother). They both have to work on the issues throughout the story otherwise the relationship is doom. Overall, a pretty good read and fairly fast. I adore Mark, but I had a little trouble with Cassie. This my personal problem with Cassie, she's not a bad character. Had I not been married to a military guy I would completely understand her situation, but I am and her character drove me nuts. However, I like how she worked on her grief and found a way to channel it into something good. So, if this sounds like your kind of read, you might consider His To Protect a go.
Copy provided by author via Tasty Book Tours
Excerpt:
“Abandon ship!
Abandon ship!” Dylan hollered as the boat shuddered and lifted before crashing
smack down on its side.
Cassie leaped into
the whirling water and kicked hard against the sucking drag, her life preserver
no match for the powerful force. Coughing and spitting out salt water, she
flailed, trying to keep her head above the enraged ocean intent on swallowing
everything. Including her.
Dylan reached her,
cradled her head in his arm and began kicking them backward, hard, keeping her
mouth above water. When she looked skyward, she didn’t spot the Jayhawk and her
heart seized.
Had they lost them?
Would she and Dylan
drown?
“Keep kicking!”
urged Dylan and she put her shaking muscles into it. The injured swimmer wasn’t
giving in and neither would she.
Several seconds,
minutes, hours seemed to pass— she’d lost count—as she and Dylan battled the
waves before, miraculously, a rescue strop dropped directly in front of them.
In a flash, Dylan
had them hooked. Air whistled around her as they swung toward the helicopter.
Larry snatched them into the cabin the moment her toes grazed the side of the
aircraft.
The cabin door
slammed shut. She blinked at the crying, shaking and staring survivors and her
thoughts tumbled. A deep shudder started in her gut and rattled her to her
toes. She pressed her hand against the Jayhawk’s side, not trusting that she
really was out of the water and here.
Safe.
When she caught
sight of her v-fib patient, she crouch-walked to his side as the helicopter
wheeled then sped. What a relief to see the IV still attached to the litter.
She checked his
vitals and tourniquet.
Stable. Critical,
but stable. Hopefully enough to get to the airport then medevac to a major
hospital.
A life saved. One
for her and how many more for these extraordinary men? She looked around the
cabin, deeply impressed as Dylan shrugged off any fussing over his dangling arm
and began checking passengers alongside her.
“Swimmers.” Larry
rolled his eyes at Dylan. “Crazy sons of bitches.”
“Or looking for
some shirt candy,” put in Rob with a sheepish glance behind him.
“It’s an Air Medal
for sure. You, too, Cassie, if you were in the Coast Guard.” Dylan’s cocky grin
was firmly back in place.
Her gaze swerved to
the cockpit and a spark, like the shock off an electric fence, went through her
as she met Mark’s eyes. They stared at each other for a moment before he turned
back, but the glimpse of his anguished expression tormented her. Made her want
to reassure him she was fine. Not scared after all, she suddenly realized.
She’d been so intent on her job, so focused on her survival, that she hadn’t
been meek at all.
The change swept
through her skin, whirling in the vast spaces between her atoms, reconfiguring
her into someone else—or perhaps, as Jeff had pointed out, the person she was
meant to be all along.
Author
Info
Award-winning
author Karen Rock is both sweet and spicy—at least when it
comes to her writing! The author of both YA and adult contemporary books writes
red-hot novels for Harlequin Blaze and small-town romances for Harlequin
Heartwarming. A strong believer in Happily-Ever-After, Karen loves creating
unforgettable stories that leave her readers with a smile.
She enjoys returning to her teaching roots when speaking at regional and
national writing conferences and interacting with other writers. She has a
Master of Fine Arts in English and has continued to learn and grow professionally
through her work with YA co-author, fellow romance author, friend and
sister-in-law, Joanne Rock.
When she’s not writing, Karen is an avid reader who’s typically immersed
in three different books at a time, all in different genres. She also loves
cooking her grandmother’s Italian recipes, baking, Christmas (no need to
specify—she loves every bit of it), and having the Adirondack Park wilderness
as her backyard, where she lives with her husband, daughter, dog and cat who
keep her life interesting and complete..
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