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The Protector

The Protector, January 2017
Sons of Texas #2
by Donna Grant

St. Martin's Press
Featuring: Cullen Loughman; Mia Carter
304 pages
ISBN: 1250083400
EAN: 9781250083401
Kindle: B01H03I8LC
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"Hard hitting, contemporary drama"

Fresh Fiction Review

The Protector
Donna Grant

Reviewed by Annetta Sweetko
Posted January 3, 2017

Romance Contemporary

Orrin Loughman has been kidnapped and his sons are pulled from their missions and plunked down on their family ranch. Now they must work together to find him and protect the world from a bioweapon that could cause havoc on every nation. Good thing that one of the brothers is considered THE PROTECTOR. Marine Recon Captain Cullen Loughman must team up with the pilot and last person to see his father alive and well. Mia Carter is an ex-Air Force pilot who has done work for the government with various freelance work on the side. But, she respects Orrin Loughman and wants to help find him, even if it means working with his very distracting youngest son. THE PROTECTOR takes readers back to the hard hitting, contemporary drama of the Sons of Texas by author Donna Grant. The tension between Cullen and Mia is just right, they don't "fall in love" and jump into bed, they have a lot happening around them and that takes precedence over emotion. Not to say they don't enjoy a good hit of romance and attraction and it is well written in Ms. Grant's amazing style and is a perfect blend of sweet and steamy. The introduction of new characters that you aren't sure you should trust and some that you are sure you shouldn't but then things get twisted around so you find yourself rethinking your earlier opinion. This aspect adds to the plot line perfectly, making it even harder to put down. I find seeing both sides of the action to be great, in THE PROTECTOR you have Cullen and Mia and the brothers trying to solve the mystery of who has Orrin and where he is being held and Orrin's side as he tries to escape. The mystery of all that is happening is very engrossing ... who's the real bad guys (who are oddly, to my way of thinking, called the Saints) and will they manage to not get the military or their own government after them? Just when you think things are going one way, you will find yourself twisted into a completely new direction. This is a serial and comes to a somewhat abrupt ending but Cullen and Mia getting their HEA and I am impatiently waiting for the next one in this series that promises to be just as exciting as this one. Looking for a sexy hero, tough and determined heroine, action, drama, good guys that surprise you and bad guys who don't then THE PROTECTOR is that book.

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SUMMARY

EVERYTHING’S HOTTER IN TEXAS When Marine Force Recon captain Cullen Loughman learns that his father’s been kidnapped, he will do whatever it takes to find him. In order to achieve his mission, Cullen will need to team up with the best of the best—someone who just happens to be the most stunning woman he’s ever laid eyes on… This isn’t the first rodeo for ex--Air Force pilot Mia Carter. Still, Cullen’s bad-boy good looks and charm are distracting her from duty. . .and it appears that the feeling is mutual. As Mia and Cullen make their descent into a dark, dangerous world, their attraction reaches the boiling point. But is their desire worth the risk when a ruthless enemy is waiting in the wings—or will their Lone Star love conquer all, in The Protector, the next Sons of Texas novel by New York Times bestselling author Donna Grant.


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