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A Few Good Men (Red, Hot & Blue #7)

by Cat Johnson (Goodreads Author)

4.09 of 5 stars 4.09 · rating details · 190 ratings · 18 reviews

He has met the enemy…but he’s never fought desire like this.

Red, Hot & Blue, Book 7

Deployed in the deadliest place on earth, Army Staff Sergeant John Blake relies on caffeine, adrenaline, years of training and sheer force of will to get through his days. He has no problem with his tank crew passing around a sexy romance novel, but John’s a fighter, not a lover. He’ll p...more

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Published June 19th 2012 by Samhain Publishing, Ltd. (first published July 1st 2007)

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Feb 15, 2009 Kathrynn rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: romance-contemporary, theme-uniform, series-task_force_johnson, 2009, reviewed

This book was too slow for my tastes. It took a very long time to set the characters up to get the story rolling. There was too much fluff and it was filled with too many useless details about life in Iraq, military jargon as well as the heroine’s life in the States being humdrum and boring. I thought the writing from Maureen's life in the States and switching to John's life in Irag was too choppy. Felt jerked out of the moments and it became very frustrating reading chatter amongst the two's co...more

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Jul 28, 2008 Eastofoz rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Recommended to Eastofoz by: Auntee

Shelves: erotica, contemporary

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. This is more of 2.5 star read than a 2 for me. It’s as if there are separate pieces written by different people that have been stuck together haphazardly so it ends up lacking fluidity at some points I thought.

The story is slow to start and the h/h don’t really meet until you’re a good ways into the book which is annoying. You wonder when the romance is actually going to start. Maureen and John go from being pen pals to suddenly having cyber sex in the blink of an eye which felt like some steps...more

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Mar 05, 2008 Auntee rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: Romance fans, Military romance fans, Erotic romance fans

Shelves: erotic-romance

This was a steamy, but sweet, romance. Erotic romance novelist Maureen Mullen becomes 'pen pals' (via email) with deployed Army Staff Sergeant John Blake. The emails get hotter and hotter as the book goes on, and when they finally meet and get together--wow!
This was a really quick read for me--it's not an overly long book (only 157 pages), but there was not one dull moment--and I really enjoyed the ending!

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Nov 19, 2012 Linda Bsss rated it 5 of 5 stars

Maureen Mullen edited books full time for Peterman Publishing and she hated her job but more than the job she hated her boss Pam with a vengeance, if pam only knew that she wrote erotic romance novels as Summer Winters she would be tossed out of her butt. Maybe working at her job paid the bills but her book was selling well but not so that she could quit her nine to five yet. Looking around to see if Pam was near, Maureen placed a call to her long time friend Peter he answered in a foul mood ,bu...more Maureen Mullen edited books full time for Peterman Publishing and she hated her job but more than the job she hated her boss Pam with a vengeance, if pam only knew that she wrote erotic romance novels as Summer Winters she would be tossed out of her butt. Maybe working at her job paid the bills but her book was selling well but not so that she could quit her nine to five yet. Looking around to see if Pam was near, Maureen placed a call to her long time friend Peter he answered in a foul mood ,but she did not care one wit; Peter was gay and she had him beat with being catty! Maureen's love life was nonexistent and she had not had a date in months while Peter's lover had just recently left him so that he could not be as horny as her! After work, Peter had come to her excuse of an apartment to bagger her into dating again as if her last bad date had flown through her mind, since then she had sworn off men telling him all of the decent ones were either gay, married, or in the service. Some how they ending up agreeing to double date with a gay guy for him and a straight guy for her and they giggled as they thought about male bashing their dates over breakfast!! Peter knew her so well and they both had many things in common that it was a shame that he was gay. With his good looks, Maureen could easily fall for him.

Sgt. John Blake sat with three of his men eating what passed as chow at mess. Jazzy was telling them all about a romance novel that his pen pal had sent him, how steamy the love scenes were and Morales snatched the book as Jazzy laid it down to grab some thing as John had his head down shoveling gray food in his mouth and did not look up until he heard his name, Morale's forehead beaded with sweat as he read a pasage before Jazzy took it back then promptly called dibs on being the next to read it. Jazzy then offered it to John but he was having none of it, the idea of reading romance novels just made him shiver and not from the cold of being in Iraq either! Jazz friend was probably a little old woman in disquise like those 900 numbers who only showed you delicious babes but in reality they were all probably ugly as sin. Jazzy offered to get him a pen pal but John refused the offer he had more than enough paperwork as it was with being the leader of his tank crew and as far as he was concerned woman were good to get relief but not his heart.

Cat Johson takes readers on a trip of what is like of being a soldier in the Iraq war and through the eyes of John Blake we capture a glimse of what our soldiers go through, the unity and love of team players who give it their all to watch each other's back when facing enemy fire and of their courage to save their own using the tanks. A Few Good Men is one erotic read with cyber sex that keeps John awake as Jazzy pleads with him to let Summer know that he is okay as he is on bed rest. John mistakenly thinks that Summer is grandmotherly but he e-mails her. Things get hot as these two message back and forth and little by little they fall in love though thousands of miles seperate them, John is determined come hell or high water to get back to the states. A Few Good Men is a must read and a book to be enjoyed!! Encore!(less)

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Aug 08, 2012 Jenn Shanks Pray rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: romance-2012

Cat Johnson has been a long time favorite of mine - I actually read this series in e-book when it was originally released in trilogies several years ago. The original idea of novellas that lead into other stories made each story that much stronger and the characters that much deeper because there were references to previous characters (This applies to Trey, Jack, Jimmy, Jared, Cole and Bobby). A Few Good Men is actually a new one in this military series with (squeals of joy) more to come in the...more Cat Johnson has been a long time favorite of mine - I actually read this series in e-book when it was originally released in trilogies several years ago. The original idea of novellas that lead into other stories made each story that much stronger and the characters that much deeper because there were references to previous characters (This applies to Trey, Jack, Jimmy, Jared, Cole and Bobby). A Few Good Men is actually a new one in this military series with (squeals of joy) more to come in the next year!

As fitting tribute to our military men and women and those who support and love them, A Few Good Men hits that sweet spot with a sexy, long distance romance between a jaded soldier and an even more jaded but hopeful erotic romance writer. The sassy email exchanges between author and soldier, slowly breaking down his barriers and evolving into sexy phone calls makes the reader simply drool for their first face to face encounter. Readers will not be disappointed - this author knows how to spin tension with humor and sweetness with the right touch of spice!

The characters themselves, both main and secondary, are so very real and human, it is easy to forget you are reading a book and not hearing about a story or reading an email from a friend. In fact, it is easy to become as obsessed with the building romance between Maureen and John as the pair are with one another. This pair's imperfections make them believable. However, it is John's strength and dedication to his service and Maureen's genuine kindness and support of our troops fighting far away that makes the reader want to leap inside this story with complete abandon and cheer for their HEA. As romantic as it is sexy, this military romance has this Cat-fan hoping to find a Few Good Men of her own (or just one, not picky, although it might be hard to choose among the heroes she has created!!)

RATING: FIVE Chocolate-Dipped Strawberries. This review was originally written for the Guilty Indulgence Bookclub: http://guiltyindulgencebookclub.blogs...(less)

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Aug 02, 2012 Maxie rated it 5 of 5 stars

A Few Good Men by Cat Johnson
Jumping for joy that there are a few good men besides the Tom Cruise and Denzel Washington and Michael DeLorenzo, Jason Bourne, Boris Kojoe. Hmmm, talk about a few good men.

Cat Johnson in her novel A Few Good Men does a superior job in her novel bringing to life the military's influence on our safety here in the US and to whom I am forever grateful. The setting Ms. Johnson uses for the troops in the field are in the ravage areas of Iraq.
In Ms. Johnson's book, A Few...more

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Jun 10, 2012 Guilty Pleasures rated it 4 of 5 stars

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This is the latest in Cat's Red Hot and Blue series, and I've got to tell you, this is a very sweet, heartfelt story.

Staff Sergeant John Blake is at the tail end of his second back to back tour in Iraq when he gets stuck writing to a pen pal that he had no intension of communicating with.

Maureen Mullen us a New Yorker that has supported the troops by becoming a pen pal with soldiers overseas. This puts her in contact with John through another man that she...more

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Feb 09, 2013 Lai Mckinney rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2013-books-read

I loved this one. And it was longer so we could really see how John and Maureen took some time to get to know other first. No declarations of love after 24 hours or so. This was more drawn out and I loved it. John is your military man. Confident in himself and what he does. He doesn't need a woman to mess anything up. Maureen is Summer Winters in hiding. Summer Winters is a pseudonym she uses to pen erotic romance books. I felt these two really make a connection. You could feel the agony of when...more

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Mar 30, 2009 Elisa Ramblings added it · review of another edition

How do you imagine an erotic romance writer? Sexy, gorgeous and uninhibited? Or better plain jane type, petite and single? Maybe the answer is simple cause a bombshell can't have the time to write romance and instead plain jane yes, so Maureen, our heroine, is a white collar by day and a writer by night. She has also a tender heart and a pen pal, a soldier stationed in Iraq. She writes to him and sends him gifts and goodies and also her latest book: a romance only for women but Jazzy, the soldie...more How do you imagine an erotic romance writer? Sexy, gorgeous and uninhibited? Or better plain jane type, petite and single? Maybe the answer is simple cause a bombshell can't have the time to write romance and instead plain jane yes, so Maureen, our heroine, is a white collar by day and a writer by night. She has also a tender heart and a pen pal, a soldier stationed in Iraq. She writes to him and sends him gifts and goodies and also her latest book: a romance only for women but Jazzy, the soldier, reads it and likes it and passes it to his mates. And Maureen, better Summer, her pen name, becames a legend among the men. John, Jazzy's boss, images her like an old granny with kinky thought. But then he has to write her about an accident occurs to Jazzy and they start a steamy online relationship. An ocean and a war separate them, but hope never dies...

This is the "classic" romance: Maureen is sweet and a dreamer, she dreams the perfect man. She is maybe like a lot of modern women, charming but not stunning, clever but not a genius, nice but not overwhelming... in other words she is the typical woman that you must have the time to appreciate, a quick date of a night is not enough. John is not a man of strong passion: oh, he is passionate, when he decides that he has found the right woman, but she has to be THE RIGHT one. But he is somewhat the last romantic on earth: he can fall in love without never meeting his lover.

Another "classical" side of the romance is the "crescendo" plot: the love between the two characters starts fast in the beginning of the book to grow slowly afterwards till the hot happily ever after ending; a right dose of "hot" candy in the middle maintain hight the attention of the reader, but not fully satiate him till the end.

This is a book that appeals to who wants to read about sweet romance and good feelings, who believes in the happy end and in the true love, and maybe who has an old fashioned way of think.

The book will be out on July 1 from Linden Bay Romance

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Jun 23, 2012 Tamara rated it 4 of 5 stars

4 and 1/2 stars, couldn't decide between 4 and 5, It was really good, but I expected something a little bigger for the ending. There was great build up and when John and Melissa finally meet it was kind of anti climactic.

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Jan 25, 2013 Michele rated it 5 of 5 stars

Beautiful love story, with humor and a little suspense thrown in. You really want to root for the characters, they are so realistic and believable.

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Jan 05, 2013 Heather in FL rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: ee-review-author, a-i-own-it, elements-erotic-smut, elements-military, elements-romance, mix-m-f

I really enjoyed this one. I just went to go confirm, but this one was a lot longer than much of the rest of the series. Which was definitely good! I really enjoyed seeing how John and Maureen first started talking. I thought it was cute that this gruff military guy halfway around the world started to look forward to even the mundane conversation sent by Maureen. And I thought it was really sweet (or should that be hot?) when they finally met in person. Oh, and the phone sex before meeting in pe...more

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Jul 06, 2012 Jp rated it 4 of 5 stars

I couldn't resist this one for a fast 4th of July read. Tank commander falls for pen pal romance writer!

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Mar 30, 2013 Cacophony rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: contemporary-read

I can't say what is wrong with this story. There wasn't any glaring problems. It just didn't convince me that these two characters had really fallen in love long distance. If I had to pin point anything I would say it relies to heavily on character tropes. Strong silent military man meets quirky single city girl.

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Dec 08, 2012 Lilah Chavez rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: adult, chick-lit, contemporary, contemporary-romance, default, ebook, nook, owned, military, romance, series, favorites, military-romance

heehee steamy phone sex ;)
will be placing this one on my favs shelf.

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Jul 22, 2012 Lori rated it 4 of 5 stars

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3.75 stars

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Aug 28, 2010 Maldivianbookreviewer rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Could have been so much better! :(
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Nov 17, 2012 Marge rated it 5 of 5 stars

Enjoyed this book.

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