Former SEAL and shining Hollywood starlet struggle against their burgeoning desire while trying to stay alive in the crosshairs of a murderous stalker. Hank “Montana” Patterson never thought his call to duty would force him to leave his band of brothers in the Navy SEALs to return to the family ranch in the foothills of Montana’s Crazy Mountains. News that his father was shot, sends him rushing … sends him rushing home to take over the reins of the Bear Creek Ranch. His forever belligerent father refuses his help, insisting Hank find the person who shot him. What Hank learns is the bullet was meant for the neighboring ranch owner, a Hollywood celebrity, a beautiful actress who once stole Hank’s heart.
Hometown girl, now a Hollywood temptress, Sadie McClain shot to fame and fortune on the big screen, earning her star on the walk of fame and a stalker who won’t back off. Escaping to her ranch in Montana, Sadie hopes to avoid her stalker, only to be hunted there as well. In need of a bodyguard with combat skills, Sadie hires her old flame, Hank to do the job.
Together they struggle to overcome their rekindled desire while fighting to stay alive in the crosshairs of a madman.
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Hank & Sadie dated in HS and he proposed but she said no he would follow his dreams of joining the Navy and becoming a SEAL. Now Hank is a SEAL and Sadie is an Actress – on paper they don’t make sense. But after his father gets shot (instead of Sadie) and Hank comes home for 4 weeks on medical leave ; he becomes her bodyguard. Lots of things can happen in that time. This is the first book in Elle James’ amazing Brotherhood Protectors series and once you read the first, you will absolutely want to read the rest – so totally worth it!!!
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Montana SEAL (Brotherhood Protectors Book 1): Hank and Sadie by Elle James
5 stars
I purchased a copy of the steamy romantic suspense novel Montana SEAL (Brotherhood Protectors Book 1)by Elle James and this review was given freely.
A twisted,ironic, suspenseful and action packed second chance at love novel. Approaching the 11th anniversary of his enlistment, the breakup with his childhood sweetheart Sadie and his leaving the Bear Creek family ranch in Eagle Rock, Montana;explosive expert Navy SEAL Team 10 member Hank “Montana” Patterson contemplates re- enlisting only to have his choices taken away when his next mission ends in the threat of medical discharge and his belligerent father being shot leads to his return to Montana, a chance encounter with Sadie and the need to stop a stalker.
This a good romantic suspense about a Navy Seal, injured in action, who comes home when his estranged father and his ex-girlfriend are shot at. The ex-girlfriend, now a Hollywood star is home from California because she’s being stalked by a deranged fan. Interesting twist ending. I enjoyed it.
boring the worst hero ever
Great foundation for a really good series. All my favorites cowboys, soldiers, strong female lead and horses.
Good story!
What a great book. Fun, exciting, thrilling, suspenseful, scary and wonderful romance. I could not put it down and am looking forward to the series.
Book One is the start of this new series. Former SEAL Hank “Montana” Patterson faced the enemy on the battlefield, wounded and scared, headed home to recover. A new terror was in his hometown and his old girlfriend was the victim. This made for a great story-line and the beginning of a new career for wounded warriors. They would protect those that needed them on their American turf. (Book 13 comes out in October, 2019.)
Hank Patterson aka Montana is a Navy Seal he left home after breaking up with Sadie and it was the best thing for them. Sadie went on to be a mega movie star and he joined the Navy Seals after a big fight with his dad. Montana and his team were deployed to rescue an aid worker being held by Isis, found her dead and they were in a trap..grenade was thrown Lt. mike flung himself over the grenade, force of the concussion went around the room knocked Montana down and the last thing he thought about before blacking out was home and the girl he once loved. It’s been 11 years since he has been home.
Sadie came home, her parents dead her brother Fin and his wife Carla have moved into the ranch house and her brothers wife has redecorated everything including her bedroom which didn’t make it feel like home anymore
Sadie is being aggressively stalked by some guy, that’s why she came home for awhile..to see if she could get rid of the guy who was everywhere she went. Sadie decides to go into town as Sadie is driving she thinks how proud she is of Hank being a Navy Seal and putting himself in harms way for his country and wonders how he is. Sadie sees a bag of feed fall out of the back of a pickup the pickup pulls over and Sadie pulls over. It is Hanks father Lloyd Patterson they greet each other and then shots are fired and Lloyd is shot. That’s the Very Basic Beginning….Suspenseful Romantic Thriller….I loved this You just can’t put down. I was given this in a free book giveaway and I voluntarily leave this review.
I love all of Elle James’ books.
I love this series and I have no idea why I haven’t reviewed it. So now I am re-reading and getting the reviews out there. Hopefully before the new book in January.
In this first book Hank Patterson has some decisions to make. He’s been injured and there is the possibility of medical discharge. The question is what will he do as a civilian? He doesn’t get along well enough with his father to go back to the ranch.
Sadie McClain is a Hollywood star with a stalker and a pain for an agent. She’s come home to escape from the turmoil her life has become. Only she finds her home radically changed by her sister-in-law. So much so she’s uncomfortable but not willing to return to LA.
When someone takes pot shots at her, Hank’s father Lloyd is injured it is at the hospital she has her first encounter with Hank since she turned down his proposal.
In spite of the insane attraction between them, the fact remains someone shot at her and injured his father. Hank agrees to be her bodyguard, even as he pursues her.
A tense, emotional, suspenseful tale as Sadie and Hank renew their relationship and hunt the person responsible for all the almost fatal incidents around her.
Enjoyable book and well written. I’ve read other books in the series and enjoyed them as well. An easy read w a good storyline.
There are a number of well written series by various romance authors about protection services made up of ex-military and first responders. And since they are romance books, in each book one guard either falls for his client or colleague. This is one of those series.
Hank Patterson, member of SEAL Team 10, nickname Montana was injured on his last mission, as were most of his men, except for their leader, Lt Mike, who fell on a grenade to save the rest of them. Now Hank and Swede are being treated in a hospital in Bethesda. Facing the possibility of a medical discharge they discuss what they might do in civilian life and Swede suggests Hank might want to return to Montana and open a personal security service, hiring other ex-military. Shortly there after, he gets a call from his sister that their father had been shot. On leave he returns to Montana, walk into his father’s hospital room, to come face to face with his high school sweetheart, the only woman he had ever loved and asked to marry. She had turned him down, because she thought they were too young, that he needed to follow his dream to join the Navy and she loved him too much for him to live with regrets. However, that is not what she told him.
Sadie McClain’s dream was to be an actress and eleven years later is one of the highest paid actresses. They both got their dream, but found it not so shiny without the other in their life. When he finds out that it is very likely that Sadie was the actual target, Hank vows to keep her safe. Danger, romance and intrigue abound in this well written book. Appealing characters with a strong plot and lovely setting. And so the Brotherhood Protectors begins.
I think a lot of people would really enjoy this book. It was a little too steamy for my taste.
A very good book of action, real life tragic, up, down of life and finding love in the end.
Great story and characters.
Sadie is a famous Hollywood actress but she has a stalker and decides to return home to Montana. She’s staying in the house she grew up in with her brother and his wife. But it seems her stalker has followed her here. Hank is a Navy SEAL who was recently injured and has returned home to rest. He never thought he’d see the woman who turned down his proposal, in his father’s hospital room. When Hank finds out about her stalker, he becomes her bodyguard but they pretend they’ve gotten back together. Her ranch house is set on fire and explodes, she’s taken by the culprit and thinks she’ll never see Hank again. They wreck and Hank finds the burning vehicle and thinks he’s lost her forever. She’s fine and he realizes he’ll do anything to be with her, even go to Hollywood. Not a long story but it’s full of suspense, stalkers, a handsome Navy SEAL and gorgeous actress. Second chance love story and a surprise ending I really didn’t see coming
Characters weren’t as fully developed as needed
good book
You won’t want to put it down.