Blog Tour: Review & Giveaway: SEAL of Honor by Tonya Burrows

Today I'm excited to be part of the Blog Tour for SEAL of Honor by Tonya Burrows hosted by Entangled Publishing.  Click HERE for complete list of tours stops.  Don't forget to scroll down after my review and enter the giveaway for a chance to win a SIGNED copy of SEAL of Honor, plus swag, and have a character named after you in one of Tonya's new releases!  Awesome!

SEAL of Honor by Tonya Burrows

Publication Date: May 28th 2013 by Entangled Select

Purchase Links: Amazon | Barnes & Noble

About the book: It’s a good thing Gabe Bristow lives and breathes the Navy SEAL credo, “the only easy day was yesterday,” because today, his life is unrecognizable. When his prestigious career comes to a crashing halt, he’s left with a bum leg and few prospects for employment that don’t include a desk.

That is, until he’s offered the chance to command a private hostage rescue team and free a wealthy American businessman from Colombian paramilitary rebels. It seems like a good deal—until he meets his new team: a drunk Cajun linguist, a boy-genius CIA threat analyst, an FBI negotiator with mob ties, a cowboy medic, and an EOD expert as volatile as the bombs he defuses. Oh, and who could forget the sexy, frustratingly impulsive Audrey Van Amee? She’s determined to help rescue her brother—or drive Gabe crazy. Whichever comes first.

As the death toll rises, Gabe’s team of delinquents must figure out how to work together long enough to save the day. Or, at least, not get themselves killed. Because Gabe’s finally found something worth living for, and God help him if he can’t bring her brother back alive.

My thoughts:

SEAL of Honor felt like a movie plot starring some hunky (or group of hunky actors, as is the case here!) actor parading through South America on a rescue mission. There was danger, lots of suspense and of course, a steamy romance!

Gabe Bristow is forced to take an early retirement from the Navy SEALS because of an injury.  Being Lieutenant Commander was very much part of his identity so he doesn’t quite know what to do with himself until his best friend and former teammate, Travis Quinn, serves up an offer he can’t refuse.  Not that he’s completely excited to become part of the HumInt Inc. Hostage Rescue and Negotiation Team, aka HORNET, a group privately funded, but he doesn’t want to sit behind a desk for the rest of his life either. So he agrees to become the man in charge, the Commanding Officer of their task force.

There is no wait time for action because they already have a time sensitive mission.  A wealthy American has been taken hostage in Bogotá, Columbia and the FBI refuses to send in a team to rescue him.  They’re hired by the insurance company to retrieve Bryson Van Amee before they have to pay out the hefty ransom. HORNET’S newly formed team of rag tag experts better get their act together quickly, because Van Amee’s life is in their hands, and time is running out.  Another wrench in the works is Van Amee’s sister, Audrey who flies down to Columbia to look for her brother after getting no help from any government organization.

I wasn’t expecting to be thrown into this much action pretty much right off the bat, and I was quickly clicking through the pages to find out what happened next! Gabe and Audrey meet in this adrenaline charged situation and it’s basically lust at first sight, but the dangerous situations that they’re thrown into causes them to rely and lean on each other in very intimate ways!

His breath tickled her ear.  “I have another injury that needs kissing.”

She smiled into the gathering dark. “Do you?” 

“Mm.” He rolled her over and propped himself up on one elbow, bending down until his mouth hovered millimeters above hers. “Right…” He bussed his lips over hers, caught her lower lip in a gentle tug that she felt all the way to her womb. “…here.”

Oh, my!

The romance was sweet and spicy, and interspersed throughout this nail-bitingly suspenseful read.  Even though I had my suspicions about who was behind the kidnapping plot, it still unraveled in a mysterious way and there were heart pounding scenes right up to the end!

This was a quick and entertaining read, and really didn’t feel like 352 pages long.  You could easily get through this in one sitting.  I think we’ll probably have stories coming centering on the other hunky members of HORNET, because this is book one in a series, and SEAL of Honor wraps up nicely.  I think any sequels will be just as entertaining, because each member has their own troubled past hinted at, and I want to know their secrets!

A copy was provided by Entangled Publishing in exchange for an honest review.  Thank you!

4 Suns



About Tonya Burrows: Writing has always been my one true love. I wrote my first novel-length story in 8th grade and haven't stopped since. I received a B.A. in creative writing from SUNY Oswego and I'm now working on a MFA in popular fiction at Seton Hill University.

When I'm not writing, I spend my time reading, painting (badly), exploring new places, and enjoying time with my family. Give me a good horror movie over a chick flick any day. (And, let's be honest, I'll take a bad horror movie too!) I'm a geek at heart and pledge my avid TV fandom to Supernatural and Doctor Who. I'm also a big fan of The Voice. What can I say? Guilty pleasure.​​

I share my life with two dogs and a ginormous cat. We live in a small town in PA, but I suffer from a bad case of wanderlust and usually end up moving someplace new every few years. Luckily, my animals are all excellent travel buddies.

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Just released today, and also by Tonya Burrows:
 

Wilde Nights in Paradise

(Wilde Security #1)

By Tonya Burrows

About the Book:

He’ll guard her body all night long.

Former Force Recon marine Jude Wilde’s motto has always been “burn bridges and never look back,” so nobody is more surprised when Wilde Security is hired to protect assistant district attorney Libby Pruitt, the woman he loved and left. Although she makes it clear she wants nothing to do with Jude, they’re forced to fake a relationship for her safety. He can’t ignore the heat still simmering between them, and when her stalker’s threats escalate to attempted murder, he’s left with no choice but to whisk her away to a friend’s safe house in Key West, FL.

Cooped up in paradise together, Jude begins to chip away at Libby’s resolve to hate him. But even as she gives in to his proximity and her body’s demands for his, she refuses to fall for his charms again. Maybe a torrid affair in the sun is exactly what she needs to get him out of her system. But when her stalker tracks them down, can they escape the steamy Key West night without anyone getting hurt?

Wilde Nights in Paradise (Wilde Security #1) by Tonya Burrows

Publication Date: June 10th 2013 by Entangled Brazen

Purchase Links: Amazon | Barnes & Noble