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Featuring: Elijah Prescott; Ava Monroe
384 pages ISBN: 0373801963 EAN: 9780373801961 Kindle: B01MU29FSL Mass Market Paperback / e-Book Add to Wish List
Navy SEAL Elijah Prescott is back with his elite team,
the Poseidon, after a few months; he was injured in a
mission gone horribly wrong, he still has nightmares and
the physical pain isn't all gone either, and his scars
are there forever. But it's not over, as the traitor is
still at large, and it seems he wasn't working alone, and
the investigation isn't over. Someone wants Poseidon
sunk, and it seems someone wants to make Elijah the fall
guy. Elijah is given his first mission since coming back,
but he doesn't feel up to it, he needs more time. He gets
three weeks off, and he goes off to crash at his cousin
Mack's. Mack books Elijah for a massage at his gym, but
doesn't tell Elijah who the masseuse is: Ava, Elijah's
ex-wife.
While the romance is a standalone, the story arc started
in the first book, but Ms. Weber provides all the details
necessary to understand what happened previously, without
superfluous rehashing. CALL TO ENGAGE is written in the
third person, but I marvelled at how Ms. Weber was able
to create individual voices for Ava and Elijah, as well
as paint their particular inner selves with such clarity:
Ava has finally regained some control over her life, and
I got a clear sense of her guarded optimism and her
boundless energy, and her renewed, if precarious
confidence; she has come a long way from her country club
princess days. Elijah is stuck in a gray, dark,
oppressive place, where the flames of the explosion that
caused all his grief are only a noise or a shadow away.
He cannot pretend, even to himself that only his
unsightly scars on his legs bother him, and he can hardly
wrap his head around what he perceives as a failure;
Elijah Prescott never fails. And it took Tawny Weber to
finally make me grasp what PTSD is really like, those
were not empty words merely telling me Elijah was in
mental agony, I was experiencing Elijah's horror through
his eyes, in his mind.
CALL TO ENGAGE just might be the ultimate second chance
romance; there were extremely serious and painful issues
for Ava and Elijah's divorce, they had much growing up to
do, even though they had worked on themselves while they
were apart. There was always so much love between them,
but still so much pain remains, and too many things were
left unresolved, and both were guilty. The Team
Poseidon series has been excellent from the onset,
but with CALL TO ENGAGE, Tawny Weber goes for broke and
shows what an insightful writer she is, how deeply she
can feel her characters. CALL TO ENGAGE is a very
serious, intense, and powerful look at a couple who must
decide if they love each other enough to compromise, to
let go of the past, and start anew, or just move away.
Their relationship was such a mess, I had no idea how
they could ever pick up the pieces, they really seemed
doomed to fail. The lack of communication and the
stubbornness from both characters was real, not one of
those ridiculous misunderstandings we too often see; the
pain and hurt was so real, I felt it deep inside. Elijah
and Ava are incredibly conflicted, complex, and
multifaceted characters, the best that Ms. Weber has ever
written. I know I will make myself a few enemies here,
but I thought there were just a tad too many sex scenes,
although some were essential to the growth of the
characters and the relationship. Some felt a touch too
fluffy; Elijah and Ava's story is so mesmerizing, I
thought it detracted a bit from their evolution as a
couple, but it is a very minor issue. On the other hand,
I loved Chloe, Ava's receptionist and friend, and I hope
there is a story for this lovely character in the future.
CALL TO ENGAGE is not only the couple's heart-wrenching
story, but also an amazingly well-crafted suspense that
had me turning the pages as quickly as I could. I will
always love Tawny Weber's light, sexy, sweet-as-candy
stories, but I think she has finally shown to the world
she is also a fabulous romantic suspense author, as well
as an extremely astute observer of human nature.
The Poseidon team are hard-bodied, fiercely competitive
Navy SEALs. But when a sensitive mission goes disastrously
wrong, three of the team's finest will have to trust their
hearts and instincts to uncover the truth…
Lieutenant Elijah Prescott should be spending his precious
leave somewhere with sun, surf and scantily clad women.
Instead, he's heading home with two goals in mind. Figure
out exactly how his last assignment went to hell and almost
killed him—and reconnect with the woman who might offer
salvation.
Ava Monroe has streamlined her life, eliminating every
source of pain—including a marriage touched by tragedy. One
glimpse of her ex and those good intentions turn to bad-girl
desires. Her strategy: get over Elijah by getting under him
again, sating herself until she can finally let go. But as
betrayal within the rank of the SEALs turns deadly, there's
no denying that her heart and her life are on the line.
Elijah is the only man who can protect both…
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