S.M. Butler

What I loved the most about this bundle was that all the books had one thing (other than featuring SEALS) in common--strong heroines. Few things aggravate me more than when a heroine is weak and whiny, sitting back and expecting other people to solve their problems. In these stories the women stand up and, in a few cases, face life-threatening situations head-on.

It's rare for me to rate a bundle as five stars because there's usually always one or two stories that I don't like or enjoy as show more much as the others. This is not the case here. I loved each story.

These are a part of an existing series by each author, but I haven't read any of the other books prior to this and I didn't feel like I was missing any of the backstory for any of them. I enjoyed these so much though that I'd like to go back and read some of the prior books.

**A free copy was provided by one of the authors (Kimberley Troutte) via LibraryThing in exchange for an honest review.** show less

This was a real page turner. Cadence Long is a great character, she is strong and determined in her goals but she needs someone to care for her, she just doesn't realize it. Dylan Urban and Cady have been sleeping together, but their friends with benefits has gone a little further for him, he want's something a little more permanent. He is younger Cady but he seemed to be more mature at times.
Cady had a lot of trust issues after her mentor nearly killed her, she had to learn to trust Dylan show more as a partner and then with her heart. The issues that Cady had were very understandable and Dylan was a saint when he had to chase of after her.
I enjoyed this action, thriller, suspense, hot romance very much, it was a very exciting read, I couldn't put it down.
This was the #3 book in the Lucky Thirteen series, and there were plenty of additional characters for more books. I can't wait! show less

I've been reading this series from the beginning and really liked the first two books, but I just thought this one was okay. I didn't really like Cady. She was too busy putting Dylan down for being younger than her and trying to help her with her mission. I'm sorry, but being only four years younger than someone does not mean you're robbing the cradle. And she kept running towards Jack and thinking or telling people how horrible and ruthless he was, wanting revenge, but then she talked show more herself and others into believing he was doing things for a good cause. I just think she was too undecided about her feelings for both Jack and Dylan. And I have no idea why Dylan kept putting up with her crap. Him, I actually liked for some odd reason. Watching someone self-destruct isn't fun and that's exactly what he was doing and even helping her. I'll probably read the next book through I'm not sure.

Thanks to Netgalley for the ARC. show less

I really wanted to like this. I like a good story with military heroes, but reading this anthology was a chore. Frankly. I couldn't get through the second story. I understand they aren't full length novels, but I couldn't get over the meet and fall in live in two days concept. Maybe it would have been better if the stories were developed into full length novels and the characters could actually foster story. This was like getting a sugar high from a pixie Stick.