Action, romance, and four more sexy Navy SEALS await in Part 2 of the Tall, Dark and Dangerous collection by New York Times bestselling author Suzanne Brockmann. Bundle includes Harvard’s Education, It Came Upon a Midnight Clear, The Admiral’s Bride, and Unknown.
After childhood plans to become the captain of a starship didn’t pan out, Suzanne Brockmann took her fascination with military history, her respect for the men and women who serve, her reverence for diversity, and her love of storytelling, and explored brave new worlds as a bestselling romance author.
Over the past thirty years she has written sixty-three novels, including her award-winning Troubleshooters series about Navy SEAL heroes and the women—and sometimes men—who win their hearts. Her personal favorite is the one where her most popular character, gay FBI agent Jules Cassidy, wins his happily-ever-after and marries the man of his dreams. Called All Through the Night, this mainstream romance novel with a hero and a hero hit the New York Times hardcover fiction bestseller list. In 2007, Suz donated all of her earnings from this book, in perpetuity, to MassEquality, to help win and preserve equal marriage rights in Massachusetts.
In addition to writing books, Suz writes and produces indie movies and TV including the award-winning romantic comedy The Perfect Wedding. Her recent feature, Out of Body, is streaming on Amazon Prime.
In 2018, Suz was given the Nora Roberts Lifetime Achievement Award from the Romance Writers of America. Her latest projects are Blame It on Rio (Tall, Dark & Dangerous # 14), available in print and e-book from Suzanne Brockmann Books, and Marriage of Inconvenience, a six-episode LBGTQ rom-com TV series, streaming on Dekkoo in April 2023.
I am pretty amazed with what this author can do with what is basically a rehash or the same plot device. In spite of that each of the books are stand alones and the heroes are the types of men that any woman with a pulse would want in their lives. The heroines too are not the TSTL types and each have their own distinct selves and are not waiting for a man to save them. That's great news since that type of woman would surely be left in the dust with any of these Alpha males.
This compilation of the TDD2 is comprised of
Harvard's Education It Came Upon a Midnight Clear The Admiral's Bride and Identity Unknown
Of the four my favorite was the Admiral's Bride because of the heroine who is totally kick ass and the hero is drool worthy but much older Admiral Jake Robinson. I loved the was that Zoe did not care about the age difference and that the author did not treat the character of Jake as if he needed his nightly "blue" pill in order to get the girl. Also outstanding was that by reading It Came Upon a Midnight Clear we see first hand Jake's backstory.
I still have TDD 3 to go but I need a break from all this testosterone.
Harvard's Education: I enjoyed this story so much I ended up reading it twice :) There's just something about the Senior Chief's. Harvard & P.J. were a great couple, and it was interesting to see H struggle to come around to P.J.'s way of thinking.
It Came Upon a Midnight Clear: Crash & Nell ... what a story. As heartbreaking as Daisy & Jake's story was, it was a great catalyst for Crash & Nell.
The Admiral's Bride: OK ... I LOVED this one. Jake & Zoe ... wow, what great chemistry. While I'm not a huge fan of the May/September romances, this one was really great.
Identity: Unknown.: I liked this one, but it wasn't my favorite in this series. I think it was Becca that I wasn't a huge fan of. I really like Shaw though.
Read this book years ago. I am a big fan of Suzanne Brockmann and with her new book out in days I thought I would revisit the series prior to Troubleshooters. Pleased to say that they are still a good read even after all this time although it seems odd in 2017 that pagers were more common back in the th 1990's than cell phones.
Overall, a fun series, but some stories are stronger and more affecting than others. And some require a pretty healthy suspension of disbelief - rescuing your girlfriend with a whole team of SEALs in a Blackhawk, in the suburbs, anyone?