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Summary: a very good SB's book
Review: I like the books where the hero is so fragile : even if he's a SEAL, he's a tormented man. Is he mad or not when he saw a terrorist in the Boston airport and begins to believe in a terrorist attack in town ? he's been badly wounded on his head and must recover and no one of his superior believe him when he tells them his fear.
And then, he meets again Kelly, "the girl next door". He had feelings for her and he still has.
Unfortunately, Kelly wants only sex for a while and the hero doesn't follow her on that and they battle very often.
There are two other love stories and the one of the young people is the great : it was so sweet to read, I think it was the best part of the book...
Well, read it, it's a good book even if the heroine is not so sympathetic...
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Summary: Heros! We need more of them.
Review: I loved this book. It was historical, romantic, and full of action and mystery. There was a love story at all age groups. I could not put it down and spent most of one night reading. This is a book that would make a great movie that I would pay to go see. The many subplots were interwoven into one seamless story. Another Brockmann masterpiece to treasure and reread until her next book is puyblished. We need to be reminded that there has been and still are people keeping the world safe!
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Summary: This book rung my heart out
Review: I read probably 200 books every year, but this is one of the most powerful and touching books I have ever read. A keeper..no way I am going to sell this book! My coworkers give me grief for reading what they refer to as
"fluffy romance novels" but this book had nothing fluffy about it at all. I laughed, I cried like a baby at the end and throughout the book I was hooked. This is a "romance novel" with so much more. This book is a totally gripping, mysterious, intrieguing, captivating story...that also contains a measure of romance. Read this! You will learn a lot, care more and, if you are anything like me, you will cry like a baby at the end and be a better person having read it!
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Summary: Powerful...totally touching book!
Review: I read probably 200 books every year, but this is one of the most powerful and touching books I have ever read. A keeper..no way I am going to sell this book! My coworkers give me grief for reading what they refer to as
"fluffy romance novels" but this book had nothing fluffy about it at all. I laughed, I cried like a baby at the end and throughout the book I was hooked. This is a "romance novel" with so much more. This book is a totally gripping, mysterious, intrieguing, captivating story...that also contains a measure of romance. Read this! You will learn a lot, care more and, if you are anything like me, you will cry like a baby at the end and be a better person having read it!
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Summary: A REAL WINNER!!!
Review: I really don't know why this is the first (The Unsung Hero) Suzanne Brockmann I have read. It was nothing short of marvelous!!! I have many favorite romance writers (Nora Roberts, Susan Elizabeth Phillips, Catherine Coulter, Susan Anderson, to name a few.), and now I can also add Suzanne Brockmann to that list! The Unsung Hero has such a variety of characters that you just had to identify with one of them. The plot is set in a town in Boston when the hero Tom Paoletti, a Navy SEAL lieutenant is sent home from duty due to a head injury he incurred while on a mission. While at home he sees a blast from his past. A terrorist he was once tracking, and also believed dead walking around town. He thinks he is seeing things, even thinks he's losing it, due to his head injury, this sends him into a tail spin. As if this is not enough, when he notifies his superiors they don't believe him. What a way to start a vacation right? he also gets the chance to visit with a love cut short from his adolescent past Kelly, now a respected pediatrician who most definitely still has the hots for Tom and she does what ever she can to get under his skin. He is determined to ignore her advances believing that his job makes him one of the worst candidates for Kelly, the sweet girl next door. Kelly doesn't care. And she also shows him just how sweet she is not! At the same time there are few flashbacks about Kelly's father Charles(and to be quite honest I usually do not like a series of flashbacks in a book, but believe me the way they are woven into the story is truly a work of art)Charles was once a military man himself, but now he is ill, and mad at the world, and so hell bent to keep everyone who cares for him shut out of his world, including his best friend Joe, who has stuck by his side every since the war. There is also Tom's niece Mallory, who was labeled as the town jezebel, but is actually far from it. Along with David the computer geek, complete with taped glasses, and a bad haircut, make one of the most sensual, and at the same time sweetest couples in the book (My fav anyway! :-)) and although there are three story lines (all of which I must say were impressive) going on at once in the beginning, they all come together at the end, and so very well at that, you feel the pages getting thinner, and you hate for it all to end. This one I had a hard time putting down, but at the same time I wanted it to keep going. If you have never read Suzanne Brockmann before you must try this one. As for me, I am off to print out a list of her books and get everyone of them. :-)
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Summary: Brockmann is a real hero!
Review: I really like books that have depth and great writing and Brockmann has both. Her series based on the SEAL's is one of the best around. Each book has a tremendous plot line with a sizzling guy and great action intertwined that keeps you reading to the end and still wanting more.
Tom is a hero with real flaws, but when he meets the girl next door all grown up it is strictly sizzle! Add to the main story a sweet and sad love story based on during WWII and it seems to make the current day seem more poignent. I cried at the end but it was a happy tear.
Get hold of any of Brockmann's books and devour them you won't be disappointed in her very real 'guy next door who just happens to be a SEAL' romances.
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Summary: Wonderful!!
Review: I recently discovered Suzanne Brockmann and I am pleasantly surprised. Originally, I thought the idea of reading about Navy SEALs as romantic leads was absurd. My idea of a SEAL was an arrogant misogynist. Shame on me. I could not be happier to be proven wrong!
The characters of Brockmann's novels are extremely appealing. The women are intelligent and strong, and the men are powerful and vulnerable. I love that Brockmann is not afraid to have her heroes cry. While no one really wants a man (or a woman) who cries constantly, there are many romance novels where horrible things happen to the leading man, but he doesn't shed a tear. Not so with Brockmann, and I applaud her for this. The men I know cry; her characters are fully fleshed out individuals with real human emotions.
The story of Kelly and Tom is wonderful, but so is the story of Tom's niece, Mallory, and David, a graphic novel artist and "geek-boy". I loved the description of David's geekiness, beyond being dead on accurate (my husband could be David's twin) as to the style of dress and lack of concern over his appearance, his intellect and brilliance really stood out. This secondary love story was as moving as the primary love story.
The WWII story was not as impressive for me. Maybe it was because I didn't really get a feel for why Joe and Charles were both in love with Cybele. Or maybe it was because I knew it ended badly from the get go - after all, they are both alone. With so many well-rounded and fully realized characters, Cybele never came to life for me. She seemed a caricature of a WWII heroine. I did love the way Joe and Charles thought about the world and interacted with each other.
Definitely worth the read!!! I am looking forward to Defiant Hero, the next in this series.
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Summary: Kept me up reading
Review: I thought that this was a great book. The characters were very human and realistic. What made this alittle different from some other books was that the author let us into the heads of the characters and the inner dialogue was what alot of people say to themselves. Made it easy to relate to the characters. I started reading before I went to sleep and ended up staying up all night!
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Summary: Unsung Hero
Review: I thought that this was one of Suzanne Brockmann's better books. While there were some definite weaknesses, they didn't take away from the story or maybe I should say stories, since there were actually three stories in one book.I don't want to give away any of the book but the characters were excellent and the story line was very smooth, considering that there were so many plots between the covers. This is not a book to be missed, especially if you are a Suzanne Brockmann fan. I have to say that I am a total bonafide fan of Ms. Brockmann's. It seems that when I read one of her books, it's even better then the last one. I'm looking forward to the next book in this series and feel it will be even better than this one.
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Summary: The Unsung Hero
Review: I thought the book was well written and kept me in suspence, I just love all the seal characters
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