Happy Book Birthday Anne Elizabeth – your SEAL romance is a must read!
A SEAL Forever (West Coast Navy SEALs Book 3) by Anne Elizabeth is sensual, captivating and absolutely amazing. I’m always up for a SEAL story and this must read delivered a spicy dose of punch from the amazing cover to the last page. Yes, I love a great cover. Especially when it is done so well ;).
Right away we meet our heroine Maura Maxwell who has a few issues that need to be worked through. First order of business is confronting her issues and actually talking to her sexy neighbor. Beyond a grunt or head nod she’s been unable to have a conversation until she finds herself in need of rescuing.
Master Chief Declan Swifton is part of SEAL Team Five and focused on his job. It’s not often that a women captures his attention for more than a night. When his thoughts are consumed by his sexy neighbor will it affect his concentration on the job?
Both desire each other but will Maura survive his sudden silent departure? Can she survive his job? When a mission goes terribly wrong can Declan come to terms with what happened? How will Maura react?
This sensual and intense story shows us just how strong love can be and how deep we need to look to find what truly matters.
Both Maura and Declan must come to terms with their past. Hopefully they can lean on each other.
I am absolutely in love with the men of SEAL Team Five and need to do some serious catching up.
There is intense heat in this must read story in this spicy late, two peppers hot 
delight. There is just enough sizzle to make you tingle and for mature readers 18+.
I received this ARC from the publisher for a fair and honest review and look forward to the next installment in this series.
*****A Navy SEALs Fun Fact from Anne Elizabeth*****
Kindness matters—whether it is shown in a simple act or with a smile. Coming home is sweeter when the heart answers the door.
Take a quick peek with this excerpt.
Master Chief Declan Swifton of SEAL Team Five rolled over the side of the Rigid-hulled Inflatable Boat and slid soundlessly into the Pacific Ocean. The RIB took off without even a comment from the operator, leaving Declan to sink farther into the drink.
The temperature cooled as he swam away from the surface. Fish skirted the edges of his thighs, small shimmers of movement against his skin. He scissor-kicked his way forward. The ocean currents caught him, dragging him in the direction they wanted to go, toward shore. He lay with his arms at his sides, frog-kicking only. Above him, he could see the afternoon sunlight glistening and frothy foam chasing away the glassy surface. Down here things were different…calmer. Peaceful, in a way few souls would understand, and yet he knew that even he would have to surface soon.
His lungs would start to ache and burn, his gut would begin to feel as if it would cave in, and that would force him to either head topside or drink in the salt water. But there was still time. This was the water in front of Imperial Beach and the apartment he lived in. He knew it very well.
Scanning the ocean floor, he gauged it would be about thirty seconds until he reached one of the many rocky sandbars out here. He’d have to pull up before then, or the force of the current would smack him against the side.
As his body began to complain, he used both arms and legs to draw himself upward. Breaking the surface, he opened his mouth and drew in air like a thirsty man would gulp water.
The waves bounced him like a buoy. The tide was coming in and the wind was picking up momentum. Looking at the sky to the east, he could see that there would most likely be a storm today. Over his should, to the west, he spied a wave coming his way large enough to take him to shore. It would reach him in about thirty seconds.
Dec took a long, slow breath and appreciated the sun dropping into the horizon. The colors were extraordinary; orange and gold dappled the horizon as the blazing ball of light attempted to sink before the moon lifted higher in the sky.
His hands flexed, cupping the water. It had been a hot day, and the sun’s rays had heated the top of the ocean, making the surface feel like a warm bath, loosening his muscles. Three months ago, he’d been in waters so frigid, with actual ice caps—the memory still made him cold. But here, the Pacific Ocean off California’s Imperial Beach, was a slice of heaven.
Coming in from the east were some nasty-looking cumulonimbus clouds. Seeing the lightning arc way off toward the distant desert, he decided it was time to go in, and right on cue, here came a perfect wave.
Swimming at top speed, Declan pushed his way through another changing current, one that sought to drag him into faster-moving waters. He went over a higher sandbar, having no intention of going to Mexico today, and increased the reach of his stroke. With single-mindedness he worked his way into the more placid surf as he homed in on a large stretch of beach.
The SEAL felt a few sea lions swimming around him, and one nosed him in the gut and another in his back a few times, assessing whether or not he’d play. Not this time, my friends. He continued swimming without engaging. If he stopped to play, he’d be out there for hours.
Switching to the breaststroke, his arms protested. His platoon had switched their training this month to desert-warfare techniques, and he’d been sweating his balls off in the heat. He managed to learn a thing or two, even now, after all of his years in the Teams. But it felt good to be back in the ocean, his element. He’d live in the deep blue like a Jules Verne character if he could.
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Author Info:
New York Times bestselling author Anne Elizabeth is an award-winning romance author and comic creator. With a BS in business and MS in communications from Boston University, she is a regular presenter at conventions as well as a member of The Author’s Guild and Romance Writers of America. Anne lives with her husband, a retired Navy SEAL, in the mountains above San Diego.
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