Minx Montgomery’s only light in a terrible childhood was her neighbor and best friend, Mouse. When he left Texas at the age of seventeen, she never heard from him again, though she’s never forgotten him either. She moved in with her uncle, went to college and became a counselor. Her supervisor at the clinic sexually harassed her. Reporting him backfired. Demoted, she’s transferred to another … branch in the city–to the same district she’d finally managed to escape.
Laszlo Jensen, a former SEAL, has spent the last two years recovering from the damage done when his squad’s truck drove over an antitank landmine. Six other team-mates were also badly hurt, the seventh–Mouse–dead, in what their team leader Badger Horley realized later had to be a trap set to take them out. He and his team-mate Geir are trying to learn more about Mouse’s history. Was the whole squad targeted with that landmine, or just their youngest, newest member? The truth is more disturbing and senseless than they’d anticipated. Who was Mouse really?
Minx may be the only person who knew the boy that later became a dangerous, hunted man…
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Love Love Love Laszlo. Suspense, mystery, intrigue and romance. I really like how the plot thickens. Where oh where is this going to end up with Mouse. I think I might have an idea, but I keep waffling. This story pulled me and kept me with it. I was befuddled right along side Laszlo and Gier as they learned more of the past history with Mouse. I loved how they came to meet and interact with Minx and was thrilled that she was a strong, yet vulnerable woman. And what about Agnes and Bart? Such a great plot line, twists, and surprises and the cherry on top was the romance, right where it needed to be. Thank you Dale Mayer and Booksprout for this arc. All thoughts and opinions are my own and were unsolicited.
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The continuing search for answers lead Laszlo and Geir to Dallas, Texas where they think Mouse grew up. They immediately connect with a childhood friend of his. Minx Mahoney who left the neighborhood to live with an Uncle in Maine where she completed college and became a counselor. Moving back to her old neighborhood to be closer to her newly assigned job post.
After spending some time with Laszlo and Geir, Minx heads home only to discover she is being followed. This opens a whole new side to what is going on with a sexual harassment complaint she has filed that not only gets her assigned to the sleazy part of Dallas but it appears her life is being threatened.
This book adds more questions than answers to who Mouse was and at the same time gives Laszlo and Geir a chance to help Minx thus adding to the mystery surrounding her situation as well as giving the electricity between her and Laszlo a chance to become more than a passing acquaintance.
Mystery and murder for hire are the center focus of this book but with some help from Levi and his crew all is settled and another one bites the dust as Laszlo and Minx seem to be headed to a permanent arrangement.
Fabulous .
I really enjoyed reading Laszlo .
This is book five of Seals of Steel series .
I think they just get better and better .
I love all the books in the series .
This story seems more emotional and has a heartbreaking past at least I think so . It’s just as suspenseful and intriguing as the others . So very intense . I was captivated from the start . I love the strength and soul of Minx and Laszlo is a strong in mind and body a true hero . I cannot forget Geir he is a total all around bada_ _ ! The storyline is action packed and full of suspense fantastic characters including behind the scenes . I couldnot put this story down . I highly recommend taking the time to stop and read and fall in love with this book and the series .
A must read .
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As previous reviewers have summarized the story so well, I will skip that and get right to my favorite scene. Laszlo decides to sleep on Minx’s couch in case the bad guys break in to her apartment to get her which they do. Laszlo jumps in before the bad guy hurts Minx too badly. Laszlo hasn’t had any real physical action since his his multiple surgeries. Even with just one leg and a pretty much useless left hand, Laszlo subdued the guy. Laszlo compares his present actions to his previous ones and comes up short but Minx praises him and insists she would be dead if he hadn’t taken action. I think this was a turning point for Laszlo where finally accepts himself and his different body when he views himself through Minx’s eyes.
Ms. Meyer’s characters always pull at my heart strings and keeps me coming back for more
I was kindly provided this book as an ARC; in exchange for my honest review. This is book 5 in the SEALs Of Steel series.
“SEALs of Steel” were an eight-man SEAL team unit that was misled/ambushed/given “bogus” orders that caused them to hit a landmine in their transport. All the men were grievously injured and one man (“Mouse”) died. The remaining seven SEALs are investigating to find out what happened and why; and hopefully in the end they will avenge Mouse’s death.
You certainly must read this series in order or you will be lost. This is definitely a series with layers of stories within a STORY.
This book centers around Laszlo & Minx. The only other team member that is represented in this story is Geir. There is reference to Levi/Ice & also Mason. These three characters are from two of Ms. Dale’s other related SEALs series.
Geir & Laszlo are in Dallas trying to investigate Mouse’s background as events to this point have led the team to believe their “accident” & the rash of tragic events the team members closest friends & family have suffered are somehow linked to their deceased team member, Mouse. Minx is a child social worker/counselor that grew up with Mouse & loved him as a brother. Many secrets are revealed & more chaos occurs.
It is a fast paced story & should interest even the most cynical reader. I did feel as if the story was cut a little short or was maybe rushed. This storyline is involved and probably won’t come to a conclusion or semi-conclusion for at least a few more books. Such a bummer to have to read more interesting stories to get to the “end” (haha). Enjoy.
Another great read from Dale Mayer. Laszlo and Geir go to this Texas town to check on Mouse’s background. In the process they run across Minx, Mouses childhood friend who helped each other out in their crappy home lives. Minx has made some enemies filing charges against her boss at human resources, so she ended up needing protecting against him. Things are really starting to get interesting in their case to finally find out what happened 2 years ago. Lots of action, surprises, and secrets.
The mystery deepens and Laszlo finds love with Minx!
Laszlo and Geir are headed to Texas to delve into Mouse’s childhood in hopes of finding out why he would have been targeted in the attack on their SEAL team. Finding Mouse’s childhood best friend, Minx, was perfectly timed with her need for protection as she takes on a ruthless boss who’s been sexually harassing her.
The way these two storylines dovetail together was seamlessly written, with non-stop action and suspense. Every new piece of information only opens up two more questions, so while they’re getting closer to the truth they’ve still got a long way to go to get to the bottom of it all. The attraction between Laszlo and Minx was sweet and well-developed, and the epilogue gives us a peek at the adventures awaiting Geir in California.
Of all of this author’s series, this one is my favorite. Each book is a standalone romance, but the mystery of who attacked their Humvee is slowly being revealed as each book contributes to the overall story. As soon as all these books are released, I’m going to go back through and reread them all again. I voluntarily reviewed an ARC of this book.
In Book 5 of SEALs of STEEL, the members of the unit Badger, Erick, Cade, Talon, Laszlo, and Geir agree that it’s time to work up Mouse’s life before he joined their unit and a year later was the only fatality in the truck explosion that has now been confirmed as not an accident. Among their individual interactions with Mouse, they realize that he has given a variety of conflicting information about his life. It appears that perhaps the deaths of loved ones may have been orchestrated by someone blaming and punishing the survivors for Mouse’s death. Laszlo and Geir head to Dallas, Texas, where they believe Mouse grew up. Beaten and starved by his alcoholic mother, Mouse had lived in a crime-ridden neighborhood until he left town at the age of 16, four years after being molested by one of his mother’s boyfriends and discovering his homosexuality. His best friend in the early years was Minx Montgomery, two years younger, who is now a counselor for a city agency and currently fighting sexual harassment by her boss and his retribution for the charges she is filing against him. After meeting people who knew Mouse personally in his youth, Laszlo and Geir try to reconcile what they know about Mouse with something they didn’t know that should have impeded Mouse’s ability to become a SEAL. The clues are coming together, and the next step is the investigation of alleged military misconduct reported around the same time as the explosion in Afghanistan.