Hudson “Railroad” Houseman is the newest and youngest member of his SEAL team. He’s also the most reserved and plays his cards close to his chest – not only when it comes to his job, but also his personal life. The wild and crazy bachelor lifestyle doesn’t appeal to him. He’d rather have one girl in his life than a revolving door of many and he’s got his eye on the one that he wants. The only … problem is he needs to convince her of his sincerity.
Dr. Ara Palmer worked hard to get where she was in her career. As a Navy psychologist and trauma therapist, she finds satisfaction in helping her clients cope with problems and situations inherent to military service. Most would call it boring, but she found it to be thrilling – a little too thrilling lately as her life seems to have become one long list of accidents and mishaps. But, what if those accidents weren’t misfortune?
A mission gone wrong gets Railroad captured in a hostile country. He’s surprised to find someone from the team’s past has masterminded the whole thing in a bid to take them out, one at a time. With the others hurt, another team, headed by Wolf Steel, is sent in to rescue the hostages. Time is of the essence as one of them is critically wounded. They have to get them out, and now, before it’s too late for one of Railroad’s friends and for Ara. She’s been targeted and it’ll be game over if he doesn’t get home in time to save her.
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This is one of my favorite series. Did not disappoint. Railroad and Ara’s story was beautiful. Cant wait for the next one
Why I loved this book
– Railroad told Ara his feelings right away, no dancing around
– Angst and action
– Great characters
– The women stuck together to support each other when the men were on assignment
– Angst and action
– Characters that you hate
– Did I mention angst and action — there was plenty of it to keep you turning the pages.
– I have read about some of the other characters but will check out the ones I have not read yet.
Little did the two know that their relationship wouldstart off with such a bang and be so entrenched in “drama” and corrupt people. It kept you wanting to read and wanting to good guys to win. The GEMS were funny too. The rest of the team made it all that much more fun to keep up with with the familiar faces
I love Seals, and I really love an adventure, with a dash of romance. This book does not disappoint.
It can be read as a stand alone, but it will only make you want to read the ones before and hope for more after.
I’ve gotten to know the guys, and now I’m all in their business.
More, please…and thank you 🙂
Securing Ara is the sixth book in the Special Forces: Operation Alpha / Team Cerberus Series. It can be read as a standalone, I haven’t read any of the previous novels and I had no problem at all. This story was fast paced, action packed, suspenseful, that kept me engaged from start to finish. Hunter and Ara were friends before they became lovers. They were strong characters. I liked the secondary characters an their spouses, and how they are included in each others books. I really liked the bad a$$ Gems, and I’m hoping we will get their stories too. Their banter made me laugh. This is the first book I have read from this author, and I enjoyed it.
Securing Ara by Melissa Kay Clarke was an action packed suspense filled book with some great characters. This was the first book by this author and have to say I absolutely loved the writing. This was Hudson “Railroad” Houseman and Dr. Ara Palmer story, these two have been friends for years and now Hudson wants to move their relationship in a more personal direction, Ara is a bit unsure at first but that soon changes. This is where the story really takes you on one heck of a ride. There are plenty twists and turns that will have you hooked, sitting on the edge of your seat and reading quickly to see what awaits around the next corner. I absolutely loved it and so highly recommended it. In my opinion a must read.
I really enjoyed this book. It was action packed and filled with suspense. Hudson, aka Railroad, has seen all but one of his teammates find their woman. He’s ready for that and already knows who he wants. Ara is a Navy Psychologist and trauma therapist. She and Hudson have dated casually a few times over the last 3 or 4 years and share a lot in common. Things start happening to Ara, like he tire being shot out and her wrecking and her apartment being totally vandalized and her neighbor murdered. Hudson is worried especially when the team has to leave on a mission. The mission goes FUBAR and the whole team is is in danger too. There is a team of kick butt women who help the team out along with Wolf and his team and Tex.
Excellent read. There is a lot of action, danger, kidnapping, new love and surprises. Can’t wait to read Toad’s story.
Securing Ara (Special Forces: Operation Alpha, Team Cerberus Book 6) has it all.
Navy Seal – Check
Drama – Check
Action – Check
Sexy times – Check
Alpha Male and Strong Woman/Women – Check
Wonderful main and supporting characters
Twists and Unpredictable events – Check
This is the first book I have read in this series, and this one was amazing. Hudson aka Railroad decided he wanted to seriously date Ara, and he went for it, and no one could have predicted the events that followed. I seriously could not put this one down, and can see myself reading it again sometime. I want to catch up on the ones I have missed, and I look forward to reading the rest of the series, and I sure hope there will be more about the GEMS! Don’t let you not reading the first books keep you from reading this one!
Love this series and Railroad and Ara’s story was filled with love, romance, action and drama. An awesome addition to this series!!
This has it all, great characters, attraction, mysteries, twists, action,hot scenes and a bad guy who will stop at nothing for revenge. Hudson and Ara are perfect for each other from their dedication to their jobs, right down to their hobbies but someone doesn’t want them happy nor the rest of Team Cerberus.
This was an amazing book! I loved the characters, Railroad and Ara were fantastic together. I liked how there wasn’t any back and forth about their feelings for each other. I couldn’t stop reading it! There was so much action! I will definitely be reading more from Ms. Clarke!
OMFG!! This Book was like Reading a Live Action Spy Movie! SECURING ARA by Melissa Kay Clarke was a Rollercoaster Ride of Suspenseful events that kept you on your Toes!!
I really liked this book and I fell for Hudson. I really liked the story itself. The characters had great chemistry. Good book all around.
This is book 6 in the Special Forces: Operation Alpha. Team Cerberus. This book is action packed and has great twists and turns. Hudson and Ara have been friends for years. They have dated off and on and now want to try a relationship. This takes us on their adventure. I really enjoyed this book.
This book was a great read!! It’s fast paced and will have you on the edge of you seat!! Hudson and Ara have known each other for years, and even casually dated a few times. And now that these two are finally ready to date for real, someone is trying to kill them!!
Who doesn’t love reading about a hot Navy Seal??? Omg this was so good!! I can’t wait to read more in this series!!
There is so much going on in this book and it can get overwhelming at times. There are several sub-plots that of course intertwine with the main story, in which someone is hunting both Ara and Hudson “Railroad” Houseman, but you never quite figure out what’s truly going on until about 3/4 way into the book. After that, it’s just one surprise after the other. The main story concerns a Navy SEAL and a psychologist, friends who have dated each other off and on for several years, but who have recently decided they would like their relationship to grow into more. I really enjoyed the slow burn and the care taken with these characters for them to grow towards each other instead of simply wham, bam, thank you ma’am. Ara is fiercely independent, and she needs time to learn to allow another person to help her and care for her, without it feeling smothering or overprotective. Hudson cares for Ara greatly, but he knows his heart, and his makeup, and he’s well aware how overprotective he can get with Ara. It’s a learning process for the both of them, and I thoroughly enjoyed the ride!!!
This was a good read. I’m looking forward to Toad’s book but I would really enjoy it if we got a series about the ladies from GEMS.
Hudson “Railroad” Houseman is the newest Seal member and as one of the youngest he is almost the opposite of what you would expect him to be. Railroad wants one woman to settle down with and is not the guy to go out partying and drinking until he finds her.
Dr. Ara Palmer is a Navy psychologist and is working on her doctorate. A month ago she was in a car accident and met Railroad and recently she feels like someone is watching her.
When Ara and Railroad meet up again after a series of unfortunate events for Ara maybe there is more than meets the eye. When Railroad is captured in a mission gone wrong and he discovers who is behind it will he get rescued in time and will he be able to save Ara?
This was such a good read and I enjoyed it from start to finish.
I really liked Hudson as he was so wise beyond his years and truly someone that cared a lot about his teammates and about Ara. I loved how protective he was over Ara as soon as he thought something was up with all of her bad luck.
Ara was such an awesome character but she had so much bad luck so you knew someone wanted something from her and I wondered if it was because of her profession. I was happy that she trusted Hudson and gave him a shot to prove himself!
When things go completely sideways we are introduced to the GEMS who I absolutely love and want a whole series on!!! These girls are so awesome and I really need more. I loved the help they provided and how they stayed under the radar.
I was surprised when Hudson realized who was behind everything but I knew that there was still way more people involved in the States that were giving the person all of the Intel. Someone very high up was behind things and I wanted that person busted!
I loved when the team began to figure out things and began to get their own revenge as the whole team was in trouble and in jeopardy. There were so many double crossing moments and intense scenes but you knew the boys would end up on top!
Such a great book and I loved how it ended!
This story was a great read. Action packed, fun and sexy. This series has a very Maryann Jordan/Susan stoker vibe that is pleasing to all. I loved Ara, she was a strong female lead that found herself in need of some help from her date Hudson. Hudson aka Railroad is ready to jump in and help Ara at the first sign of trouble. This was not how they expected their relationship to start off but it certainly kick starts them into more than friends. Add to your TBR list now.