Looking at the
title of this romance novel you may be thinking a few things:
1. Oh great,
another Cowboy romance novel.
2. Oh great,
another Military romance novel.
3. Oh great,
another Cowboy Military romance novel.
4. YES, another
Cowboy Military romance novel.
Now, don’t get
me wrong. I’ve got nothing against Military
romance novels. Hell, they’re one of my
favorite subgenres. Cowboy romances on
the other hand are not typically the novels I seek out as a reader. I picked up Nicole Helm’s Cowboy Seal Homecoming with some hesitation.
I ended up
pleasantly surprised.
Alex Maguire
never thought he’d go home again. The
perfect soldier, the perfect leader, he’s spent his whole life running away
from Blue Valley, Montana—but when a tragic accident bounces him and two of his
men out of the SEALs, there’s nowhere left to turn but the ranch he used to
call his own… and the confusing, innocently beguiling woman who now lives
there. Becca Denton’s like nothing he
could have imagined. She’s far too
tempting for her own good, but when she offers to help turn the ranch into a
haven for injured veterans, he can’t exactly say no. He’ll just need to keep his distance. But something in her big green eyes makes
Alex want to set aside the mantle of the perfect
soldier and discover the man he could have been… safe and whole within the
shelter of her arms.
This book had
all the makings of your average, every day romance novel, but I was happy to
see the idea for a rehabilitation ranch thrown in there. It made it something different. The effects of life after the military aren’t
often explored in romance novels and it was rather refreshing to see an alpha
male struggle as Alex and his friend did.
Alex was all alpha, but he was still a man in a dark place who needed to
reach out for the olive branch Becca was offering him.
Becca was quite
a character as well. She brought some
uniqueness to the table with her childhood illness, nervous nature,
inexperience, and wacky nature. I
thought she was a great counterpart to the overbearing Alex. She was innocent without being annoying about
it and once she broke through her initial awkwardness she turned into an
empowered, sexually confident woman.
I will say that
if you’re not a fan of the somewhat cheesy romance novels where the main focus
is the relationship (i.e. no outside drama, no suspense, no mystery, nada) then
this probably isn’t your scene. However,
if you love the romantic notions of cowboys and the moody men associated with
military romances then you’re going to love the first book in what’s sure to be
a fun series (the other men Gabe and Jack are even more surly and complicated
than our friend Alex).
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