The SEAL's Angel by Petie McCarty (Excerpt, review and GIVEAWAY) GFT

The SEAL's Angel

by Petie McCarty

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BLURB:

The SEAL's Angel is the third story in the Mystery Angel Romance [MAR] series. Each stand-alone love story in the series has an angel hidden in the plot, and the angel's identity isn't revealed until the finale -- unless the reader figures it out first.

In The SEAL's Angel, Navy SEAL Sean MacKay's teammate is murdered after stealing a deadly nerve-gas formula from Syrian terrorists. Naval Intelligence believes MacKay's teammate was a traitor and shipped the stolen formula to his sister in the states for safekeeping. MacKay is given orders to find the sister before the terrorists do and to retrieve the stolen formula at all costs.

Foreclosure looms for Cory Rigatero as she fights to keep her rustic resort near Mt. St. Helens afloat after her brother deserted her to join the SEAL Teams. Cory's whole world dives into a tailspin when Sean MacKay shows up at her resort with the news of her brother's death and the wild suspicion her brother may have sent her traitorous classified documents. No way will Cory trust MacKay -- the man who once seduced her and then vanished into the night without a trace.

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EXCERPT

"I thought I'd go out front and see if Vern needed any help," Cory said.

"He's all done," Cook said and handed Garth a dog biscuit from a jar on the counter. "He had a young man out front helping him when I peeked out the window."

"A young man? You mean Jasper?"

"No, I've never seen this one around here before." Cook went back to her pot. "Handsome, though," she added. "They headed for the barn."

"I better go see who it is," Cory said, already striding for the back door.

She called out as soon as she reached the barn, and Vern hollered from his small office at the back. Cory threaded her way through all the equipment in the back half of the barn and stopped dead in the doorway of the shop that doubled as Vern's small office.

Cook's stranger stood up when she appeared in the doorway and literally took Cory's breath away.

Shaggy hair and dark brown curls perfectly teamed with a matching beard was her first thought. Her second thought was broad -- really broad -- shoulders beneath his black flannel shirt, and hips so narrow his black jeans sagged a bit on his frame. His sleeves were rolled up, and those forearms and biceps belonged to a working man.

Good grief! Stop staring Cory!

She jerked her gaze to his face, and blue eyes stared back. Blue eyes that caught her gaze like a predator traps prey. Blue eyes that twinkled with just enough devilment to cause a wicked flutter in her belly. Blue eyes that looked startlingly familiar.

Maybe she just wanted them to look familiar, so she could already know this handsome man.

"Mac here is our new help."

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AUTHOR Bio and Links:

Petie spent a large part of her career working as a biologist at Walt Disney World -- "The Most Magical Place on Earth" -- where she enjoyed working in the land of fairy tales by day and creating her own romantic fairy tales by night. She eventually said good-bye to her "day" job in order to write her stories full-time.

Petie is a member of Romance Writers of America, and she shares homes in Tennessee and Florida with her horticulturist husband, a spoiled-rotten English Springer spaniel addicted to pimento-stuffed green olives, and a noisy Nanday conure named Sassy who made a cameo appearance in Angel to the Rescue.

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My review:

3.75 out of 5 stars

The SEAL's Angel is a contemporary romance with military elements that combines a reunion story with a mystery and features a sexy SEAL, Lt. Sean MacKay, who has several goals and the determination to achieve them.  Unfortunately, what he wants and what he gets may be two different things, especially since he has to deal with not only his superior officer’s expectations but also his own feelings of guilt, and the lack of cooperation from the woman he is determined to protect—from himself as well as from those who seek to harm her.  There are some things that even a SEAL can’t solve, but maybe with a little help from someone with even more pull, anything can be possible. 

There are a lot of good elements in this exciting story, plenty of conflict, an alpha male (or three), a second chance at love, loyal friends and a wonderfully protective dog.  The danger continually ramps up, and the relationship between the main characters heats up nicely.  UnfortunateIy, I wasn’t thrilled about several elements of the story, including the erratic behavior of almost all of the males in the area and the unexpected twist at the end which threatens to change the genre of this story (although the blurb should have given me that clue), and somehow, I expected a little more competency given the backgrounds and advanced training of several of the men.  Despite this, the story was a fun light read and I can’t help hoping there will be a chance to read about some of Sean’s teammates also.

 A copy of this title was provided to me for review