by Janie Crouch
Publisher: Independent
Pub Date: January 18, 2022
Genre: Adult, Romance, Suspense
Format: eBook
Source: Bought
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Guilty as charged.
Zodiac Tactical is the company that gave me a second chance. We guard, protect, rescue...eliminate the threat when nobody else can. And as a former SEAL, I’m good at those things. Good with weapons, good with missions.
But with people...not so good.
So when a gruesome enemy takes Bronwyn Rourke, one of Zodiac’s newest young recruits—with blue eyes that take up nearly her whole damn face—I shouldn’t take it personally. Shouldn’t allow her to consume my every thought and become my only mission.
They took her because they thought she was alone. Easy prey. That no one would fight for her.
They were wrong.
My code name is Virgo. And I will grind my enemy to dust to bring her home.
I've read many many similar style books and have loved them. But this particular one, while good, it was a bit hard to deal with the age gap. Typically, I like a good age gap book, however, I think the gap was a bit more than I'm used to reading. Plus Sarge being into Bronwyn since she was a late teenager was a little bit unnerving. If he wasn't in his 30s at the time it probably wouldn't have bothered me as much.
There were a few other things that irked me, from what was done to Bronwyn without any real background to mostly glazing over her recovery process without much detail there either.
However, it doesn't mean that I didn't like the book, because that's aside, I still finished it and did enjoy it.
I do like both characters.
Sarge is kind, strong, compassionate and overall a really good guy. He could've easily done his mission and call it a day. But he noticed someone in need and offered to help her out and give her a break from her current situation. Could've left it then and there but he remembered her and a few years later had helped again by offering her a way out and a job.
Bronwyn is smart. She knew what needed to be done in order to survive. The worst of it, she just did her best to get through the hell parts. Despite everything, she gets out with help from Sarge and thrives. She's got a little place of her own, books, a good job and is doing just fine for herself.
A lot happens to Bronwyn. She go throughs so much that despite Sarge never giving up on her and finally rescuing her, she may never full become 100% again. But together they can get through anything.
