Navy Nurse Avery Nelson never dreamed she’d be taken hostage during her deployment in Afghanistan. She’s assisting local women with healthcare, not fighting in a war. But digging her way out of her would-be grave turns out to be the battle of her life. She’s not the type to simply lay down and die, or sit around crying, waiting for someone to save her…though Avery can’t deny it’s a massive relief … relief when the very SEAL she’s been flirting with for months comes to her rescue.
Cole “Rex” Kingston has saved his fair share of women over his time as a SEAL, but no mission has ever seemed as important as the one to find Avery Nelson. Digging the woman out of the rubble of a mountainside in Afghanistan hammers home to them both just how short life is, and they waste no time acting on their attraction, getting closer as Cole helps Avery deal with the aftermath of her ordeal.
But someone isn’t happy that Avery didn’t die in the mountains…and they’ll do anything to make sure she doesn’t live long enough to talk about what she might’ve heard and seen while deployed.
** Securing Avery is the 5th book in the SEAL of Protection: Legacy Series. Each book is a stand-alone, with no cliffhanger endings.
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Loved Rex and Avery’s story, Susan has done it again. Love all her books, they rope you in and you fall in love with all her characters and the plots. You can’t stop reading this book, and then sad you finished it. All of Susan books you’ll want to read again and again.
WOW! Susan has done it again another great book! Starts out with action and keeps going.
What an amazing, action packed story. Avery is one amazing bad a$$ chick. I highly recommend her and Rex story to others and cant wait to see what happens next with Phantom.
A story well written about the dangers of being a Seal and the men and women who serve overseas. When Avery is captured by the insurgents who were meant to kill her outright but didn’t, but instead physically and mentally abused her and blocked her in the cave chained to the floor, she didn’t know if she would ever get out or starve to death instead. When Rex found out the nurse he’d been obsessing about was the one they were sent in to rescue, he about when nuts. Plenty of action, discoveries and PTSD. HEA
Wow! Another great book in the series!
It’s a thrilling, moving, funny, sexy
& suspenseful romance.
Cole (aka Rex) Avery, are perfect together.
I truly enjoyed everything about their story!
A Must Read for everyone!!
Securing Avery is another great story added to the SEAL of Protection: Legacy series , Susan Stoker has written another five star book in my opinion. This is a book with action, suspense , friendships and most definitely love.
The characters were well written, They are strong independent Navy Nurse Lieutenant Avery Nelson and the handsome SEAL Cole “Rex” Kingston.
Returning from a mission only to get orders to head out on another mission was not a surprise but this one hits a bit close to home for Rex, the nurse he has been flirting with for months has been kidnapped and his SEAL Team and Rex are being sent to rescue one of their own. This is just the start to one story that will hook you from the first chapter till the epilogue and boy this is a story you will not want to miss and let me tell you it will have you on the edge of you seat. I absolutely loved this book and I highly recommend it. OMG I can’t wait for more of this great series.
Susan Stoker does not tell a story, she takes you on a journey.
I have climbed a mountainside and moved rocks to find light. I have been pushed until I think I have reached my limit. I have looked into eyes that filled my lungs with air and my heart with hope. Every chapter, every page is filled with suspense, emotion and characters that wrap around the reader and won’t let go.
Book 5 of the SEAL of Protection Legacy Series is an outstanding addition that brings back and adds to characters we treasure for their honor, loyalty, strength and even their weaknesses.
Securing Avery is a book that I will read again. And Again.
Another awe inspiring read by Ms. Stoker. Cole (aka Rex) is on a mission to save a Navy Lieutenant, Avery who’s been kidnapped in Afghanistan. Avery is one kick ass woman, she didn’t sit back and take it, she moved one rock at a time. The Helicopter chapter was awesome and a switch was flipped in roles between the characters, actually this happened a few times and it was fantastic, a definite page turner, you never know what you’re gonna get with a book written by Ms. Stoker, you are just along for the kick-ass ride.
Some great lines throughout, “Never look back, you can’t change anything about the bad guys following you. You need to always be focused on what’s in front of you … ” “You’re helping by doing what we ask. By not complaining. By staying upbeat. You’ve carried a heavy enough load on your shoulders and hart for the last two weeks … Your job is to put one foot in front of the other and keep going no matter what happens. Can you do that?”
There is three legged races, white water rafting, flying and chutes, VIP camping, you name it. I always enjoy a Stoker book and can’t wait for the next one. This book was also special as you get quite a few glimpses into Phantom, totally changes your perspective.
If I want to read military romantic suspense my go to author is Susan Stoker. I know I will get strong, resilient, complex characters who are woven into great stories filled with hard hitting action, deep emotions and fabulous romance. Securing Avery is no exception. In fact, the first nine chapters are dramatic edge of your seat riveting that will make you gasp at times. Incredible stuff! As for Cole “Rex” Kingston and Avery Nelson? What a memorable couple. I loved everything about them. Get this book! You won’t be sorry.
5 stars
Lieutenant Navy nurse Avery was helping Afghani women learn to help deliver babies. What she doesn’t expect it to be kidnapped and held hostage for two weeks. The last week she is buried alive in a cave. Cole/Rex is a Navy SEAL who has been attracted to Avery but to chicken to ask her out. When she’s kidnapped and two privates killed, Rex and his team are sent to rescue her. When she tells them what she saw, they know she’ll be in danger once she gets home until the traitor is caught. Rex stays with her because of her nightmares and to keep her safe. Can they identify the traitor before he takes his revenge on Avery?
Avery is smart, beautiful, and strongly independent woman. Rex is handsome, a SEAL, and very caring man. Action packed with suspense and an evil man who sells out his country. I enjoyed this story but hated that it had to end. You can’t go wrong reading a Susan Stoker book. I can’t wait to read Phantom’s story next.
These books always have strong women and damn Avery is so much more than that. From the very beginning she’s fighting to live, digging her way out stone by stone after being left to die. Her one regret, not encouraging Cole ‘Rex’ Kingston to ask her out, something she would do something about if she manages to get free of this mess.
Rex has been hanging at the hospital where Avery works as much as he can get away with. He finally was going to ask her out but she was being deployed. When his team is sent to rescue drivers and a woman taken when a convoy of weapons is hijacked he finds out the woman is Avery. Nothing will stop him from finding her and he knows his team will have his back.
When they do find her some very interesting things happen.
So many hold your breath moments, and Avery takes no crap from anyone. Rex and his team and a few of those Delta guys are awesome. The fact that Phantom remembers the thing he couldn’t and many more OMG moments, add to the suspense. There were times I had tears running down my face even as I laughed out loud.
I really wish I had the will power to not start reading these books when they hit my kindle, I couldn’t put this book aside and now I need a nap or three.
I can’t wait for the next book in this series!
Ho-ly sh**. Avery and Rex almost made it to the top of my “the-best-book-by-Susann-that-I’ve-read-so-far”- list, but Caroline and Wolf still hold that place. Anyway, Avery is a kick ass nurse, who involunarily happens to be at the wrong place at the wrong time, but she’s capable and strong, aka stubborn – so she’s good in her own. Rex is there to help at the finish-line and lets his guard down during the progress of their relationship so he seems a little insecure while getting to know her better. But when push comes to shove, He and bis Team will do everything in their power, making sure, Avery is safe. A very wonderful story, that not only takes you in the journey of Rex and Avery falling for each other, but you get to have a good look into Phantom as well, as his story will be the next and therefore last in the series. Very awesome!
Susan Stoker has yet another amazing book with Securing Avery. SEAL Cole “Rex” Kingston and Navy Nurse Lt. Avery Nelson are attracted to each other, though neither do anything about it prior to Avery being deployed. Suddenly, Avery is a POW and Rex’s SEAL team is tasked with rescuing her. And rescue her they do (with tons of excitement, I mean it IS a Susan Stoker book), but the danger isn’t over and it follows them home. I loved this book so much. I’ve never met a Susan Stoker book I didn’t love, and Securing Avery is no different. You absolutely don’t want to miss this!
Rex (aka Cole) & Avery’s story is full of action & excitement!! I love these two together! They’ve been crushing on each other for a while now, and when Cole has the chance to aid in her rescue, sparks fly & those crushes turn into friendship, chemistry, and love. Avery also has a special bond with Phantom, which is awesome because it gives us a glimpse into this favorite character’s backstory & motivations.
There’s so much happening in this story I didn’t want to put it down! It’s like the pages just kept turning themselves. Heh. I love the support & friendships throughout the book – throughout the series, really. They build so well & this team is close to my heart. I want to gush about so many things in the story – but I want you to discover those things for yourselves, so I’ll just say – THUMBS WAY UP! And the look into what’s going on w/ Phantom & Kalee? Buckle up!! : )
Mrs. Stoker you have done it again!!
Securing Avery is the fifth in the Seal of Protection Legacy series and it gives us Avery and Rex’s story. As with the previous books, this one can be read as a standalone, but I would HIGHLY recommend reading the four books before it, because well they are freaking awesome. We get to visit with the guys in the team; Rocco, Gumby, Ace, Bubba and Phantom, but what we really want is to see what happens with Rex and the fiery red headed nurse he has had a crush on.
Rex has had his eye on Avery every since seeing her at the military base, but things always seemed to come up and he has never had the chance to ask her for that cup of coffee he has been jonesing for. Finally getting the courage to ask her out, he finds out she is doing a tour overseas and that she won’t be back for sometime. Rex is disappointed but promises himself that when she gets back, the first thing he is doing is asking her out.
Avery is a dedicated nurse and damn good at her job. When she takes a tour overseas to teacher woman about health care and how to take care of themselves while pregnant, she is ripped away from her loving job and taken prisoner by terrorists. Beaten, tortured, starved and then buried alive, Avery is more than determined to get back home and see not only her friends and family, but also Rex. The one man she can’t stop thinking about.
When Rex learns his next mission is to find and recuse the POW taken from a military base along with missing heavy weapons, he is ready to do his job. When he learns that POW is Avery? Well things just got a whole lot worse. Will Rex and his team make it their on time? Will they find Avery? Can they get her out to identify the ones responsible?
I freaking LOVED Rex. One of my most favorite things about they way Susan writes is how real it is. The couple get to know one another, they spend time together, they struggle with things just like every other couple does. I really enjoyed how she brings light to PTSD in soldiers and how it effects their families. Rex is so real, and as silly as it may sound, insecure. He’s a big, bad, navy SEAL, but he is still scared of getting hurt in love. Avery is so strong willed and ready to save herself, but also knows she needs help when the darkness gets to much for her. One of my favorite moments in this series was between Avery and Phantom. (No spoilers of course) I can not wait for his book!!! Five outta five stars and the best read I have had this year so fair!!
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