Can they survive long enough for a second chance at forever?Rescuing a kidnapped aid worker is just another day at work for former special operator Dan Molina. But his mission falls apart when the woman—who once broke his heart—refuses to leave the island.Alexa Alyssandratos can’t return to her life as a nurse on the hurricane-ravaged Caribbean island, but she won’t leave until she’s certain the … won’t leave until she’s certain the orphans she cared for—especially one sick little girl—are safe from child traffickers. Denied their ransom, a would-be dictator and his soldiers are hunting Alexa, and Dan is the only person she can trust to protect her. Old passions reignite as Alexa and Dan race to save the children before they disappear forever.
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I’m revisiting this series because I had only read book 3, but always meant to get back to the rest of the books in this series. Gwen’s books are excellent action-packed romantic suspense with lots of emotion and interesting, three-dimensional characters. This is the second book in the series, featuring Alexa (or Alyssa, the name she goes by for reasons…read the book) and Dan who have a steamy history that ended with broken hearts. They’re thrown together three years later and have to work together to save a bunch of orphans on an unstable island. This is a page-turner! The two main characters have amazing chemistry! While this was the second book in the series, they can all be read out of order, which is what I’ve been doing. I’m looking forward to reading another in the series. I highly recommend all of these!
A tiny Caribbean island makes up the location for this story where everything from kidnapping for ransom, selling of orphaned children all the while bringing back two people who once shared a wonderful couple weeks together but one walked away afterwards.
Alexa Alyssandratos is in her mind serving penance for her twin sisters death by using her family’s wealth to help those less fortunate than her. She has been working as a nurse in a small clinic on St. Isidore Island when she is kidnapped by the local rebel lord for ransom. Even while she locked up in a tiny shack she is more worried about the little island girl she has helped and is trying adopt.
Dan Molina used to be an Air Force Parajumper. It was when he was serving in the Air Force that he met Alexa and he fell in love with her but she broke his heart when she refused to even consider a future together. Now he is working for Steele Security and he’s been requested to rescue Alexa by her father.
Things do not go well during the rescue and not only are these two trying to stay one step ahead of the rebels while also trying save the orphaned children, they also are fighting their strong attraction to each other while working through their past demons.
This is the second book in the series that introduced us to the group of former Air Force PJ’s. I thought the story flowed better throughout this one and it certainly kept you on your toes wondering how these two were going to make it out of the situation they kept finding themselves in. I am certainly intrigued now to find out more about Kurt Steele (the boss at Steele Security) and Caitlyn Brevard who runs chartered plane’s out of Barbados.
This book was unlike anything I have read in the past, so it was refreshing to read something a little out of my comfort zone. I liked the characters, they had amazing chemistry and were very well written and researched. It is definitely one of those books that takes you on a emotional roller coaster, giving you moments of happiness, fear, heartbreak, excitement and a few blush worthy moments too!
The story line is action packed and very intense, it is one of those books that keeps you on the edge of your seat, and sometimes a little panic stricken that things are going to work out the way you’d like.
Overall I really enjoyed this story and was glad I decided to venture outside of my comfort zone and try something new! Highly recommend this book!
good read
Another great addition to this series, a little predictable but Dan is a great book boyfriend and I found myself rooting for him and yelling at Alyssa to knock it off and get with this guy!