By USA Today Bestselling author, Sybil Bartel comes this heart-pounding, Romantic Suspense series of standalone books about Former Special Forces Military Operatives! Come meet the Alpha heroes who served together in combat, but are now fighting to save the women they love! I was trained to be a hunter. Growing up in the nation’s most infamous, violent cult, my job was simple. Track. Kill. … cult, my job was simple. Track. Kill. Survive.
And that’s what I did… until our leader threatened to kill his own daughter.
Refusing to watch another senseless murder, I did what I was trained to do. I took his life. Then I claimed his land, and set every member free, including her. I only had one goal left. Find the sister I was told was dead.
But being a hunter in the woods is a far cry from tracking a woman in Miami Beach.
I did not find my sister.
I found my stepsister.
*CALLAN is the fifth standalone book in the exciting Uncompromising Series!
The Uncompromising Series:
TALON
NEIL
ANDRE
BENNETT
CALLAN
Want more of the Alpha heroes in the Uncompromising series? Read the exciting, companion series, the Alpha Bodyguard Series!
The Alpha Bodyguard Series:
SCANDALOUS – Tank’s story
MERCILESS – Collins’s story
RECKLESS – Tyler’s story
RUTHLESS – Sawyer’s story
FEARLESS – Ty’s story
CALLOUS – Preston’s story
RELENTLESS – Thomas’s story
SHAMELESS – Shade’s story
HEARTLESS – Ronan’s story
more
As I write this, I cannot get rid of Bonnie Tyler’s voice in my head shouting. “I need a Hero”. I do too! But, it’s got to be Callan Anders. Okay, that reference just showed my age, but… what can I do? LOL If you don’t know the song, search it and you’ll get my point.
At this point, I must confess I’m an addict. I’m hooked on Sybil Bartel’s drop-dead gorgeous Alphas, both from the Uncompromising and the Thrust series. I can’t stop reading them LOL
Having said that, I’d point out that readers don’t need to read Andre before reading Callan because the author did a great job introducing key information from one book in the other. However, I highly recommend you read the other, just because it’s great.
Like in previous installments in the series, you’ll get an action-packed page-turner, not for the faint of heart. Ms. Sybil Bartel’s writing is superb, so be prepared to feel each kick as if the boots connected to your bones, and hear the bullets whizzing over your head as if you were at the scene. Don’t worry, though. You’ll get her trademark steamy scenes that will make you beg for more and the happily-ever-after that will melt your heart.
CALLAN was another masterpiece. His character was so far out of the norm I really didn’t know what to expect. Knowing part of his story from Andre and Kendall’s book was enough to tell me it could be a rough read. I was so happy to see how his book developed. Sybil can do no wrong when writing an alpha story. If you haven’t read everything by her, you haven’t lived.
OMG, I’ve been anxiously waiting for this book to release. I love Sybil Bartel’s books and this was no exception. We meet Callan briefly in Andre. He was the hunter in a violent cult that he was raised in. While out getting fuel one day, he meets a woman at the gas station. To him she looks like an Angel. A year later, after the cult has been torn apart and no longer exists, he goes searching for his sister. Instead he finds Emily and discovers she’s not only the woman from the gas station, she’s his stepsister.
For someone who has never loved, or had someone, he knows he wants Emily.
The path to true happiness is never a smooth one and for these two, it went down a dark and dangerous path when Emily is taken. That’s when the story became tense and action packed. I was on the edge of my seat.
I loved Callan. He’s such a remarkable man. Denied a normal upbringing, he has a different way of saying things, but he’s a good, honorable man. Emily was the perfect woman for him. Yet another brilliant read by this author.
As I write this, I cannot get rid of Bonnie Tyler’s voice in my head shouting. “I need a Hero”. I do too! But, it’s got to be Callan Anders. Okay, that reference just showed my age, but… what can I do? LOL If you don’t know the song, search it and you’ll get my point.
At this point, I must confess I’m an addict. I’m hooked on Sybil Bartel’s drop-dead gorgeous Alphas, both from the Uncompromising and the Thrust series. I can’t stop reading them LOL
Having said that, I’d point out that readers don’t need to read Andre before reading Callan because the author did a great job introducing key information from one book in the other. However, I highly recommend you read the other, just because it’s great.
Like in previous installments in the series, you’ll get an action-packed page-turner, not for the faint of heart. Ms. Bartel’s writing is superb, so be prepared to feel each kick as if the boots connected to your bones, and hear the bullets whizzing over your head as if you were at the scene. Don’t worry, though. You’ll get her trademark steamy scenes that will make you beg for more and the happily-ever-after that will melt your heart.
All Callan knows is life on the compound, he is a hunter, a protector, and he lives up to every facet of his name… you give him trouble and he will give you a powerful battle. So much of his life has been dedicated to the cult he grew up in, but now that it has been dismantled and he has gained full control of the land, he has plans to finally have a life and family of his own. But in order to do that he needs a very vital part of that, a woman, and not just any woman, a woman who can accept him for the man that he is and one who can love him unconditionally. He is a direct man, who sometimes lacks subtlety, and who doesn’t always abide by acceptable expectations of society… he is just a simple man who wants a family. When he sets out to find the sister he never knew he had, he finds so much more than he expected, he finds the one woman who has had a starring role in all his fantasies for so long, the beautiful girl who came to his aid at the gas station a few years ago. And now that he has found Emily again, he has no intentions of letting her slip away again!
In this newest offering from Ms. Bartel I found myself completely riveted by not only her expertly crafted words, but also her expertly drawn characters, you can definitely tell she put a lot of thought and care into creating these two. Callan was a multifaceted character sometimes showing a pure, innocent-like side, but then two pages later showing a dominant alpha side, so it was quite fascinating to watch him maneuver through the new world he found himself in. Emily was a strong and sure woman, who found herself many times struggling to understand her attraction to someone who was supposed to be a relative, only by marriage of course, but it made her teeter on the edge of right and wrong…ultimately deciding to follow her heart instead of her head. I thoroughly enjoyed this one, it was action-packed, steamy, heartfelt, and a whole lot of fun to devour!! I am no stranger to this series, so I am familiar with the previous/secondary characters, and I have to say I appreciate, and wholeheartedly liked, the chance the author took with this new alpha character… he will certainly linger with me for a while. Highly recommend this one, it’s an entertaining tale that is sure to leave you satisfied!!
I requested an advanced copy of this title from the publisher, and voluntarily read and reviewed.
3.5 stars
I have loved every book I have read by Sybil Bartel, that being said this one was just okay for me. The characters just didn’t resonate with me like the previous books. Callan/Hero was raised in a cult and when that ended he went looking for the sister he never knew he had. When he found his biological father he was surprised to find Emily there, they had a short encounter a year earlier. He finds out Emily is his stepsister, as his bio father remarried. This story does have the intrigue and action of her other books, but I just couldn’t connect with Callan or Emily. This is all my personal preference, and I would recommend it because I know most may not have the same option as me.