EARTHQUAKE!David Sloane is one of the Army’s top investigators. Convinced that two of his own have been framed by the tiny island government of Las Flores, he’s determined to do what it takes to prove their innocence. When a major earthquake hits the day he arrives all hell breaks loose.LOST LOVEIn the midst of chaos, former army nurse Sarah Kyle arrives with Doctor Without Borders. Just as David … army nurse Sarah Kyle arrives with Doctor Without Borders. Just as David comes face to face with the woman he’s never forgotten, he is tapped to lead a manhunt to capture the dangerous convicts that escaped during the earthquake. These men will stop at nothing to leave the island.
NAVY SEALS
When the hospital is overrun by the most brutal of convicts and an American doctor is held for ransom, the Navy SEAL unit Black Dawn is called in. Can David and Black Dawn rescue Dr. Carys Adams before it is too late? Through all the turmoil will David and Sarah realize that their time has finally come and they were meant to be together?
This is an extended version of the novella ‘Her Heart’s Protector’ from the box-set Cuffed and Claimed. It is a prequel to ‘Her Adoring SEAL’ book 3 of the Midnight Delta Series.
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Awesome start for the Black Dawn Series where David and Sarah reunite in trying to save Las Flores from escaped prisoners, earthquake injuries and find the love they both missed. Loved it!!
While this book is an introduction to the Black Dawn series, Her Steadfast Hero, is mostly a second chance romance between Army Captain David Sloane and former Army nurse Sarah Kyle. Thrown together again after four years because of a devastating earthquake, these two get a chance to make it work this time. Of course along the way there’s a manhunt for escaped murderous prison inmates, a corrupt police force, a group of aid workers stretched beyond their limits by the shear number of injuries just to name a few problems that must be overcome. Admitting they never stopping thinking about one another is the easy part. Making their relationship work after the craz8ness is over will be the challenge.
He was in Las Flores, a tiny island, as military police, trying to get two of his men out of trouble. Then an earthquake hit!
She came in as medical help with Doctors without Borders. This was a second chance for them if they were going to take the chance.
Real life drama, finding love while saving and helping people injured in an earthquake. It is more about the people, their feelings, how they have to overcome and grow as person, than the action and drama going on around them.
I enjoyed the book.
Great story about an Army investigator and a nurse in Las Flores. David was there to check on two army guys who were held in a prison there, when an earthquake struck. Sarah is an ex-army nurse and is with doctors without borders. They are called to the island to help. They have a history and it’s put to the test here. Lots of action, death and heartache. HEA.
I think my favorite part of this book is that there are no ill feelings to overcome, no disastrous breakup, no other woman; it’s a reconnection that feels fated, and David and Sarah are both mature and intelligent about their relationship. David is the person everyone wants in a crisis; calm, competent, and focused, he takes over the running of the prison, sets about proving his men innocent, races to the rescue of the hostages, protects the islanders … Sarah is certainly a match for him, with an inner core of strength – a typical Caitlyn O’Leary heroine. This is the first in the Black Dawn series, but I read everything out of order, and believe me, that doesn’t detract from my enjoyment, so if this is still one of your unreads, treat yourself!
This book has everything!! Strong kickass heroes, strong willed women, earthquake, prison break, page turner, romance, suspense, Navy Seals, and lots of action. This book is hard to put down once you start reading! A Must Read!!!
I was lucky enough to receive a copy of this book through BookFunnel and I voluntarily chose to review it. I loved this book. This one is well written and it has some awesome characters. Caitlyn O’Leary is one of my favorite authors. This is a second chance at love story with trouble all around. I don’t do big time spoilers so get the book and see what happens. This one is worth your time. I encourage everyone to go get this book.
Great story about an Army investigator and a nurse in Las Flores. David was there to check on two army guys who were held in a prison there, when an earthquake struck. Sarah is an ex-army nurse and is with doctors without borders. They are called to the island to help. They have a history and it’s put to the test here. Lots of action, death and heartache. HEA.
When an earthquake hit on the day David Sloane arrived, to prove two of the Army’s men were innocent, he knew the job had to wait. But there was a good thing about the earthquake. It brought Sarah Kyle with Doctors Without Borders. He had not seen her in almost 4 years (he actually knew to the day how long it had been) but meeting up with her had to wait too. He wouldn’t have time for anything after being put in charge of finding the convicts who had escaped during the earthquake.
I liked David a lot. He took over the sheriff’s job without question, even with no experience. And he fixed the mess the sheriff left behind. I love the Black Dawn series. I especially liked how they arrived to help capture the escaped convicts in this book.
Romantic suspense readers will enjoy this story.
I genuinely loved David and Sarah’s story – the glimpse back at their beginning, and just how much time has gone by to get their second chance at their hea. The instant re-connection and honest communication did it for me. David had such respect, care, and bossy protectiveness towards Sarah, and she was sweet, compassionate, and just what David needed in his life. Add in the drama of the natural disaster paired with bad guys galore, and toss in a swoony Navy Seal team as backup, and you have a perfect mix of adventure and love in a short story that doesn’t feel rushed.
Loved it!
Reading this book was a nice way to spend a Sunday afternoon. You have action and adventure, an earthquake in a foreign country, 2 nco’s in jail on trumped up charges, corrupt police and prison officials, a Military Police Investigator named David Sloane, who ends up helping the Assistant Governor with dangerous escaped prisoners, a team of Doctors Without Borders, one Doctor named Sarah Kyle, who has had a relationship with David 4 years 5 months and 16 years ago (yep David is counting), a Navy Seal Team, and a woman named Carmen who runs everything.
I first read a shorter version of this story in the anthology “Cuffed & Claimed. I was thrilled to have the chance to read it again with more.
Earthquake! Major damage to an island country, one with a lot of corruption. Captain David of the Military Police finds himself placed in charge of rounding up escaped prisoners after the jail was damaged. Sarah arrives with ‘Doctors without Borders’ – a blast from his past. Their chemistry sizzled throughout this tale of action and drama involved in capturing these dangerous prisoners. I really enjoyed this well written story and highly recommend it.
An adventure with lots of action. This is a great series to read and each book can be read as a standalone. A well written perfectly paced story pulling you in from the start. This one is about David and Sarah and an earthquake that brings them together to help out.
David is Mr. Cool Under Pressure, and he’s not going to let a natural disaster keep him from the one woman he hasn’t forgotten. When he sees Sarah as part of the Doctors Without Borders program coming to help out after the island he’s assigned to is hit with an earthquake, it’s as though time stops and he has to make sure he doesn’t lose her again.
The action is non-stop in this action romance. David has to organize a manhunt to track down escaped inmates, deal with corrupt law enforcement, and rescue hostages at the hospital, all with the help of the Black Dawn SEAL team and a few locals who are willing to fight alongside him. Sarah’s not going to sit out all the action, either. She’s a dedicated nurse and tries to help as many people as she can to live for another day. The story was instantly captivating and simply a joy to read.
This almost reads as an insta-love because neither Sarah nor David wanted to separate years earlier. Seeing each other again forces them to confront their feelings and work together to make sure they’re never apart again. Their HEA was sweet and encompassed a couple other romances among secondary characters, too. It was also a terrific introduction to the men of Black Dawn, who have their stories told in other volumes in the author’s world.
David arrives on the Island of Los Flores intending to interrogate two soldiers who he believes have be set up. Unfortunately an earthquake quickly changes everything.
With the death of the Chief of Police, the Lieutenant Governor immediately takes advantage putting him in charge of the corrupt police department. He needs someone responsible to take control in order to expedite the clean-up and manhunt for some very vicious criminals.
I love my heroines strong and determined. Sarah certainly fills that description. Having left the Army and joined Doctors Without Borders, she can and does handle anything thrown at her.
As things get going with search and rescue and the manhunts tension rise. Especially with the doctor Sarah has already called out once for being drunk. She is escorting him back to quarters when the others in her group are taken hostage by some of the escaped convicts.
The Navy SEAL team Black Dawn is called in to liberate the hostages, and then gets permission to hang around and help with the round-up of criminals.
Fast paced and emotional, as this island works itself back to functional with the back story of Sarah and David coming to the forefront as their passion re-ignites.
DAvid is too top Army’s investigator and he went to Lax Flores to investigate 2 men got arrested beating a police officer thete. The day he arrived they had an earthquake and he was told to take over being the chief of police because a lot of them were crooked. He had met Sarah several years ago and neither got over each other. She came with the Drs. to help the people,but the hospital and the people got kidnapped by the prisoners that escaped the jail The Black Swan Navy Seals came to help David and the town get it back. Fantastic book like all the rest
There is nothing sexier than a man in uniform. I’m partial to Navy SEALs, but I love men in a uniform. David is sent to Mexico to retrieve two soldiers who were being held in jail. While in Mexico, a devastating earthquake destroys the town. Doctors Without Borders is called upon to help. David meets the plane carrying the doctors and nurses and is stunned to see the love of his life after all these years. Will tragedy finally bring them together? Will they survive long enough to reignite the old flame? This is definitely a must read.
This is the first book I have read by this author. I look forward to reading so many more.
I loved the characters, and the story. Once I started this book I couldn’t put my kindle down. I had to finish it. I loved Sarah and David. They had somewhat of a past together and life took them on different roads. They come face to face again and the feelings are strong as ever. I loved the dynamics of this story and all the characters involved. I look look forward to reading the next book in the Black Dawn series.
This book gave me all kinds of feels. It has its happy moments, and lots of intense and not so good moments. I can’t imagine being in the job both the main characters have and what they see on a normal basis. I love reading military romance books and this one was great
Drugs, corruption and devastation in an earthquake-ravaged country are the foundation of this riveting story.
David Sloane is an Army MP sent to investigate charges against fellow soldiers holidaying in Las Flores. As an earthquake hits, and the damage is assessed, Doctors Without Borders are flown in to assist with the medical treatment of those in need.
Four years, five months and sixteen days, melted away as nurse Sarah Kyle emerged from the aircraft David met to escort the medical team that had just arrived from Nigeria. She had haunted his dreams for all that time, but seeing her again confirmed he would never erase her from his heart.
Tasked with capturing escaped prisoners and rescuing the injured in the process, David and Sarah are thrust into each other’s arms and confront not only the dangers of the tasks ahead, but the undeniable bond that has never died during their time of separation.
Edge of your seat reading with a healthy dose of unquenchable passion and some really sexy SEALs; yes Ms O’Leary has done it again!
What an amazing first book in a new series!
David and Sarah dated in the past. They knew their time together would be short but the time they did spent together they formed a bond that they couldn’t shake. Years later a natural disaster brings these two back together again.
I loved reading about these two. They are two of the most grown up people I have read about in awhile. These two are in the middle of a disaster and even though they know they need to talk and their chemistry is still there, they both have a job to do. I did like reading the parts that even though they were tired and when they did get a break, sexy time was ON!
I can’t wait to read more from this series!