The only thing Alabama Love wanted was to provide a safe home for her son, Wyoming, away from her abusive husband. When she landed in Eagle Rock, Montana, she thought just maybe, she might have found the perfect place to start her life over and give her son the kind of future he deserves. But sometimes the past has a tendency of catching up to the present.And in her case, the past could prove to … could prove to be a deadly future.
Only one thing really matters in Wayne “Dakota” Newark’s life, and that’s family. When his wife passed away from breast cancer, he left the military and joined the Brotherhood Protectors in order to provide a more stable life for his two little girls. There isn’t anything he wouldn’t do for his kids. But when his nanny quits, he finds himself having to trust a woman he doesn’t know and that doesn’t settle right in his gut. All in the name of protecting his family, he does some digging into Alabama’s past.
Unfortunately, his prying into her background disturbs a hornet’s nest that has the potential to destroy both their worlds.
And now he’s tangled up with a woman who has not only stolen the hearts of his precious girls but has taken his hostage and now he wants to spend the rest of his life protecting her and her young son.
That is if he can keep them all alive.
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Wonderful story about two people, Alabama Love has an ex abusive husband and she’s trying to find a good life for her and her son. Dakota lost his wife to breast cancer and had to leave the military to take care of his daughters. When he fires his nanny he hires Alabama, but when he probes her background he causes problems for her. Lots of action, trust issues and new love. Love the kids.
Alabama Love, escapes with her young son Wyoming, from her high profile and abusive husband. The people who helped her escape have sent her to Eagle Rock, home of the Brotherhood Protectors. Finding a place to rent at Wayne “Dakota” Newark’s home has given her a chance to breathe after moving from place to place for the past year. Dakota works for Hank Patterson and is raising his two little girls, Sky and River, after the death of his wife. As little by little he falls under the spell of Alabama and her son, he promises to help her gain her freedom. Alabama slowly begins to place her trust in Dakota while falling in love with him and his girls. When the expected danger comes calling, will Dakota and the Brotherhood Protectors be able to finally offer her a chance for safety for her and her son? A story that will make you sigh and believe in a second chance at love. I received an advance review copy at no cost and without obligation from the author. (by paytonpuppy)
A tragic story of abuse turned around to an awesome story of protection and love. Alabama Love, with her son Wyoming, was running from an abusive marriage and didn’t trust any man. Wayne “Dakota” Newark was a single father of two precocious little girls. He hired her as a nanny. Their chemistry was hot, but Alabama didn’t trust fully trust him. At the first sign of trouble, she wanted to run. Dakota wanted to protect her and convinced her to stay. A plot filled with tragedy, acceptance, pain, and love. The characters were wonderfully developed and believable. I highly recommend it
Alabama needs a job to support her son, this last interview hadn’t worked out for her either. With no real experience she was having a difficult time finding anything. She was fortunate to have this tiny house on Dakota Newark’s Broken Spur Ranch and he had offered to help her find a position. Now she was going to have to talk to him about that. While deciding whether to wait for the nanny Candice to leave, she’s witness to said nanny being fired.
Dakota is immediately faced with a dilemma of being in two places at the same time and Alabama steps up to solve that problem for him. This leads him to hire her as his nanny, it also brings into question how deep to look into her background since he’s pretty sure she’s running from something or someone.
Things get pretty intense as Candice with her boyfriend start harassing Alabama. However it’s her boyfriend’s family that concerns Dakota and the Brotherhood Protectors the most.
This is a quick read because you won’t be able to put it down. There are plenty of twists in this tale along with action and some frustration. All that and some laughter, tears and a simmer to sizzle romance.
I love seeing the Brotherhood Protectors and the new additions to the crew. I have to go back now and read the others Jen Talty has written in this world.
Wonderful story about two people, Alabama Love has an ex abusive husband and she’s trying to find a good life for her and her son. Dakota lost his wife to breast cancer and had to leave the military to take care of his daughters. When he fires his nanny he hires Alabama, but when he probes her background he causes problems for her. Lots of action, trust issues and new love. Love the kids.
This was such a great story, I enjoyed it all and the ending was perfectly suited to the couple and their HEA. I also really enjoyed their names and the explanations behind them – unique. *Quick warning – there were possible trigger situations as some of this story was not a light read. It was one small section and short, but detailed. Since the book revolves around an abused wife on the run and hiding from her husband, with their small child, there are overlays of emotional reactions to confrontations and physical contact in relation to her memories of abuse and how much she has changed due to the circumstances she escaped but only one detailed section when her past catches up.
From reading this story you can tell the amount of time and effort put into details, explanations, connections, emotional musings, relationship struggles…all of it was handled with great care. The character depth and emotional reactions were well thought out and there was just the right amount of humor and fun to balance out the drama and emotional heaviness of the book.
Dakota’s character was fascinating to me and seriously tugged at the heartstrings for being such a wonderful and caring single father rearranging his life and priorities to put his daughters first in every aspect. Leaving his military career behind, he came home to be with his wife while she was battling breast cancer and after her loss he took a job with the Brotherhood Protectors to give his young girls a more stable life with his constant support and love. You could really feel the wonderful bond between the three of them and the devotion he gave them as a single dad. The girls were wise beyond their young years and extremely well-mannered and their conversations and reactions made a great addition to the story. Dakota also had a slightly gruff take-charge attitude (not in a bad way but in a protective way, this is best and you can be mad at me later kind of attitude) yet it was balanced out with a quiet strength and determination as well as patience and kindness.
Alabama was a mess of contradictions but given the circumstances she was facing, it was understandable. Suffering in an abusive relationship, on the run, and hiding while trying to care for her young son was a pretty big challenge yet she pushed through and did the best she could to ensure their safety and survival. She was always looking over her shoulder, afraid to let her guard down, untrusting of everyone, always looking for an ulterior motive from others’ actions and constantly nervous and scared. The confidence she had in herself and her life was destroyed during her abusive marriage yet as she became more settled in the newest stage of her life with her surroundings and her new job, as Dakota’s nanny, you could see reflections of her old self emerging. Little Wyoming, her son, was charming and the interactions that he had with Dakota were so sweet (total aww moments). And the snippets of all of them together made a great family setting.
I also thought the forming and timing of the relationship between Dakota and Alabama was done really well. There was always an attraction simmering between them but with both their circumstances (him still grieving for his late wife and her on the run and scared) they did not immediately jump on it. It was a slow simmer; they took time to get to know each other, really put thought into it and how it would affect the dynamics of their living/working arrangement as well as how it would affect their children and even then it was slow and gentle (fitting of the circumstances surrounding Alabama with her abuse).
The entire story was sweet with well-balanced drama, suspense, action, wonderful characters, and a great HEA.
*I received an arc from the author and I am voluntarily providing my honest review.
Alabama is on the run with her 1 year old son Wyoming when she lands in Dakota’s backyard – not by coincidence we find out. Dakota is a single parent of 2 girls, Sky and River. The names are all fantastic and how each was named was interesting. Dakota takes a chance on hiring Alabama to watch his girls while he is at work after he fires his out of control nanny. A nanny that continues to cause problems for them. Due to his diseased wife’s work, he suspects Alabama is on the run from an abusive relationship and it concerned the danger will come to his house and his children. The group he works for, the Brotherhood Protectors, help him keep Alabama and the kids safe while figuring out the mystery behind Alabama. Dakota and Alabama learn to trust along the way. They also get a little surprise at the end of the story. I’ve read the whole New York State Troopers series and think this will be another great series for Jen Talty.
This is wonderful book that starts a whole new series by the very talented Jen Talty and to make things even better it is positioned in the Brotherhood Protector world so as far as I am concerned that makes this a win win situation as I love both this author and this world
Alabama Love is fed up of running with her son Wyoming but she knows that if she stops running her ex husband Josh will catch up to her and not only take her son but probably kill her. The underground system she has been using to keep her one step ahead of him as sent her to Eagle Rock Montana and Wayne “Dakota” Newark. Dakota has recently retired from the military so he can raise his daughters Sky and River after the death of their mother to breast cancer. He is also doing some work for the brotherhood protectors. When he is forced to fire his nanny he offers the job to Alabama but not until he has does a check on her A check that brings her ex husband to her doorstep Now he will have to protect her and the children and at the same time he is starting to fall in love with his new nanny. Can he keep them all safe or will he end up losing his new love in a final showdown with her past.
I love reading about women that were courageous enough to escape abusers, and Alabama is one such woman. That she ends up on Dakota’s property is less coincidental than either had believed, and Dakota steps up as she is threatened. Her interactions with his daughters and her own adorable son are the frosting on this story of courage, suspense, and a determination to do the right thing. The Brotherhood Protectors never disappoint, and neither does Jen Talty’s writing. This could have been double the length; I wanted more of these characters.
I received a free copy of this book, and my review is entirely voluntary.
I loved getting this chance to see the Brotherhood Protectors from yet another angle. Dakota is what I love to see in my “military” heroes: devoted, caring, and an alpha protector. I am thoroughly impressed with the care and detail that went into crafting Alabama’s character; she’s a successful survivor. She’s neither as timid as a mouse nor is she as brave as a lion. She walks a fine line between the two, often veering to one side or the other. And the amount of chaos that gets suddenly introduced into their lives mean she does a lot of course-correcting. I got such a kick out of the names in this story, though for a while I was giving my reader a healthy side-eye until the explanations came out. The children in this book are true charmers; utterly precocious and their parents have my sympathies when they reach the teen years. I can’t wait to read more about this branch of the Brotherhood Protectors.
I received a complimentary advanced copy of this book from the author.
Alabama is hiding away from her abusive husband and the underground has placed her in Eagle Rock. She rents a small house from Dakota who is ex military and works for Hank. He hires Alabama to be his kids nanny “his wife died of cancer” but he knows something isn’t right. His wife worked with abused women and he see’s the same look in Alabama’s eyes. He offers to help her so she can stop running. Will he be able to protect her and her son? This book has drama and suspense that will keep you reading. Great start to the Saving series.