Navy SEAL on vacation in Mexico wakes up married to a jilted bride and retraces his steps to matrimonyConfirmed bachelor and Navy SEAL Chase Flannigan is celebrating his separation from the Navy in the tropical paradise of Cabo San Lucas. After a particularly hazy night, he wakes up with a ring on his finger and a beautiful woman in his bed, and no memory of how they got there.Stood up at the … there.
Stood up at the altar, jilted bride Maggie Neal snags her best friend and goes on her honeymoon, one groom short only to wind up in bed with a hot SEAL, married and extremely hungover.
Together, Chase and Maggie take a walk down a fractured memories’ lane to discover how they ended up hitched. In the process, they discover a bullet hole in Chase’s baseball cap, a drug cartel with a vendetta against them and a burgeoning love born of respect and adventure, a love they never expected to find in paradise.
** Salty Dog ** is part of the Brotherhood Protectors Series. It is also in the “SEALs in Paradise” connected series. Each book can be read as a stand-alone. They do not have cliffhanger endings.
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She had me at “waking up married to a stranger”. And he’s a SEAL?! It’s like Elle wrote this book just for me.
A pure delight. Fun and suspenseful.
I received an ARC Copy of this book and I chose to review it. I loved this book. This one was a quick easy read. The book is well written and the characters are awesome. I love that I got to see some old friends from other books in the Brotherhood Protectors Series. The secondary characters were fantastic, I can’t wait to see their story. Elle James did a great job with this book and the series is awesome!
What happens when a confirmed bachelor meets a jilted bride? What else – they get married! And from there the fun and excitement begins. For Maggie, what more could go wrong? She’s been jilted at the altar, married to a stranger, and threatened by the cartel. Wait until you see what happens next! While Maggie is in denial, Chase goes into protective mode. After all, she is his wife, and this is what SEALs do.
This is a fun, exciting, and suspenseful tale. You don’t often get this mix in the same story, but it works! The characters of Maggie and Chase play off each other so well that it’s a delight to see them interact with each other and the other characters. The action is fast-paced and at times intense. It will easily keep your attention from beginning to end and be prepared to not be able to put it down. I highly recommend this as a VERY enjoyable read!!
Love the Brotherhood series and anything by this author
Chase Flanigan has retirement all mapped out and it starts with a week of sun and fun in Cabo San Lucas. So waking up married wasn’t exactly part of the plan. Maggie Neal is on a solo honeymoon after being left at the alter. She’s sworn off men entirely yet it seems she’s married. It seems that the country song “Tequila Makes Her Clothes Fall Off” may have some merit in Chase and Maggie’s dilemma. Trying to put the pieces of their puzzle together leads to all sorts of problems including an angry drug cartel leader bent on saving face and a daring escape. Chase is not willing to walk away from Maggie anymore than she wants to leave him.
A spin to the Las Vegas type wedding between strangers, as it happens in Cabo San Lucas. Too much tequila can make one do stupid things. If an unplanned wedding wasn’t enough, add in a drug cartel for more excitement. I didn’t buy a Maggie tough girl action, as the heroics should have been left to the Seals.
What was missing, was the two weeks before Maggie and Chase returned to California. Supposedly, this is when their relationship truly turned to love.
Maggie and Chase wake up in bed next to each other. Why are they naked and have wedding rings on? Why is there a marriage certificate on the dresser? Why is a drug cartel after them? You will want to read the book to find out!
Quick read with lots of action. SEAL camaraderie. A heroine who gets herself out of a bad situation instead of waiting for a man. HEA.
Cute story
i like the author read this series good reading
5 stars
I purchased a copy of the steamy novel Hot SEAL, Salty Dog: A Brotherhood Protectors Crossover Novel (SEALs in Paradise book 1): Chase and Maggie by Elle James and this review was given freely.
Humourous , suspenseful, fast paced and full of action with a bit of steam at the beginning this novel features a sudden wedding, a kidnapping and a great introduction to both the Brotherhood Protectors and the SEAL Team with drink aliases.
Newly separated from the Navy SEAlS, confirmed bachelor Chase “Salty Dog” Flannigan finds himself in a hotel hungover,naked,bruised and committed to protect the woman he married, Maggie who is in Cabo San Lucas on her almost honeymoon.
Great story with a lot of humor and danger in the mix. Chase wakes up with a hangover and a wedding band on his finger and a woman in his bed. Maggie thinks he’s in the wrong room and when she finds a wedding band on her finger she freaks out. When things clear up they find they are in trouble with a drug cartel boss. And Hank comes to the rescue. HEA
Arc review for honest review. In cobo navy seal Chase Flanagan finds he’s married to Maggie Neal after a very drunken night and finds he needs his friends help. 10 stars of great writing
What happens in Cabo stays in Cabo or that is until you wake up married to an ex Navy Seal and don’t remember a thing. Chase and Maggie are too headstrong people and it will be a battle of wills. As you take the journey with them to piece together the night that resulted in “I do” you will see that sometimes the heart knows best. This quick read is action packed and full of revelations. Sometimes the heart knows what’s best even if your mind can’t remember a thing.
Taking a vacation in Cabo San Lucas before heading to Montana to join the Brotherhood Protectors, Chase Flannagan wakes up with a surprise. Not only is he not alone in bed, he has a ring on his left ring finger, and no recollection of the night. More than a little disconcerting for a SEAL.
Maggie Neil was jilted at the alter by a man selected for her by her father. She planned everything for the wedding including the honeymoon. Instead of having a groom, she has her bestfriend Gina with her to help heal the humiliation. She wakes with a strange man and holy crap a wedding ring and a license to prove it happened. Only problem she doesn’t remember a thing either.
The reactions of these two had me laughing even though she was threatening to scream and call hotel security. That is until she sees the Marriage Certificate.
Now of course they immediately start thinking annulment, but there is a problem with that since they apparently consummated said marriage. Chase had been a confirmed bachelor, and this makes no sense at all to him. Why would he marry someone after knowing her only a few hours.
After a threat is texted to Gina’s phone from Maggie’s missing one, they head out to retrace their steps from the night before. In the process discovering the source is probably a cartel leader wanting Chase’s head. Of course Maggie’s father has to show up too.
We meet Carter a buddy who had retired before Chase, and see Trevor, his wife Lana, and others from the Brotherhood Protectors. Add in the introduction of the rest of the SEALs in this series, by their go to drinks.
Plenty of hold your breath scenes, a taste of Maggie’s strength and mettle, Chase’s inherent protection mode combined with plenty of laughs, tension and heat.
Great suspense,keeps you on your toes
Loved the romance, especially as Chase and Maggie were trying to come to terms with their “situation”. I felt the suspense part was rather lackluster and the ending felt rushed.
Love all of Elle’s books
I received a complimentary copy of this book and I am voluntarily reviewing it.
I just love all the Brotherhood Protector Seals and now the Seals in Paradise. I so look forward to the other stories. Ms. James does a fantastic job in her storytelling. The way the story flows, it is like seeing a movie play in my head. The premise of this story was fantastic. It just grabbed me in from the beginning. I read it in one sitting.
I appreciated having prior Seals make a reappearance in this story. I hope that the Brotherhood goes on for a LONG TIME! I highly recommend this story to anyone especially if you love a military romance. You will fall in love. The woman are strong and confident and their men are swoon-worthy. Wipe the drool!!