Casey Olson has always known he was destined to be a Navy SEAL, and the best day of his life was when he was accepted into training. The worst day was when a snapping bone ended his dream.After three combat tours in five years, Logan Carter left the Marines and self-destructed. Now he’s sober and, thanks to a forgiving ex with friends in high places, has a promising job as a civilian contractor. … contractor. All he has to do is stay on the rails and out of a bottle, even when his demons won’t leave him alone.
Logan likes his job, and he really likes the gorgeous man at the next desk. Casey tries not to check Logan out, but who is he kidding? From the start, despite their best efforts, neither man can resist the other. Sizzling chemistry leads to sex so hot they can both almost forget why they’re stuck in this office to begin with.
It would be perfect, except Logan can’t stop reliving wars he’ll never forget and Casey can’t stop grieving the SEAL he’ll never be. And they’ll never have a future together until they can make peace with their pasts.
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Casey & Logan meet when Logan is assigned to the same unit after recently becoming sober. He’s been dealing with PTSD after three tours, whereas Casey is dealing the disappointment of being injured while trying to become a SEAL. They’re both coming from experiences that are opposite one another, yet are quite attracted together… Neither one can understand the other’s experiences…
Can they talk through everything & be alright together, despite everything?
3.5 Stars
Wash Out is the seventh book in Anchor Point Series. It can be read as a standalone, this was my first book for me in this series and I had no problem following the story. I liked the story, and how it told how PTSD affects people differently. I thought Logan and Casey made a sweet couple. This is my first story from this author and I will be going and reading some of her other stories.
I received this book from Netgalley
Interesting story line, fast moving, some great discriprions of sex, good read!
I need to stop buying these books as I am continually disappointed in the dullness and inanity of the stories
4.25 Stars. Once again LA Witt writes a story that grabs me in the feels. This pairing of Casey and Logan was so good. The handling of PTSD was realistic and so well done. So loved the guys banter, and that of their office mates. Plus their chemistry was off the charts! Definite winner.
Reviews by the Wicked Reads Review Team
Avid Reader –
M/M Romance
Triggers: PTSD
I was honestly a little hesitant to read this one, as it brings back secondary characters from previous books and makes them the primary ones. I was pleasantly surprised that these characters were so successful in their own roles.
Logan has debilitating PTSD. He was dating another fellow soldier, but we all saw how that ended… after getting himself under some control and after he stopped drinking, he took up sketching his nightmares. It’s a way for him to process his dreams. Because he has such a difficult time in his PTSD, getting a desk job in a place that is conscious about his PTSD, it helps to create a sense of security for him. He knows that he can’t mess this chance up, because it might be his last. Logan is the more mature of the two characters in this book. I felt that he had grown a lot since the last time I saw him.
Then you have Casey. Casey was injured while in SEAL training and hates that people keep telling him that he’s a lucky solider to have never been able to complete the training and be sent to who knows where. His sensitivity to the comments are slightly overdone and it felt old after a while. But once he was able to process his reactions and see that there may be some merit to them, his character developed much more.
Casey and Logan have an office romance. But it’s their individual struggles that, for me, made the story. I think that Casey is almost too immature to really put someone else first in a relationship. So that was a stretch for me. He had only one thing in mind for almost the entirety of the book and once he had his realization, the book was coming to an end. I wish we were able to see him develop more in his “after” role.
Overall, this was a sweet story about two soldiers trying to find their way. I enjoyed it.
Sarah –
3.5 stars
This is a gentler addition to the Anchor Point series. Familiar issues like alcoholism and PTSD return but the storyline here is simpler and Logan and Casey’s work and personal lives are fairly uncomplicated.
Like characters in earlier books, Logan suffers from debilitating PTSD and he wrestles with an alcohol problem. Casey’s problems are new to the series – a serious leg injury ended his dream of becoming a SEAL and he is struggling to imagine a life beyond that dream.
I really love Logan. The hot mess ex from Afraid to Fly redeems himself admirably here. He is honest and reflective and self-aware. Casey feels like a bit of a snowflake, constantly taking offense. He feels young and immature and the happy for now (HFN) feels necessary because I’m still not sure he’ll be able to put Logan first at any point.
I have mixed reactions to this series and I’m just as conflicted about this book. It is simpler and much lighter than the last couple of books, but I miss the military politics and details from earlier books. Casey and Logan don’t really work for me in a happily ever after sense, but they make for a crazy hot, time-limited, office fling.
Reviewers on the Wicked Reads Review Team were provided a free copy of Wash Out (Anchor Point #7) by L.A. Witt to read and review.
3.5 stars
Wash Out marks the seventh book in the Anchor Point series. I’ve really enjoyed this collection of novels and recommend it to anyone looking for a well-written, accurate military romance. Though there are some intersecting characters, this series is comprised of standalones and I’ve been able to jump around with the reading order without issue. Wash Out ended up being an interesting book because, while it wasn’t my favorite couple or romance of the series, the story and character development was one of my favorites.
I’m always up for a good character redemption and I had faith that Miss Witt would deliver just that with Logan’s character in Wash Out. She did. Readers of the series will remember Logan as Clint’s obnoxious drunk date at the start of Afraid to Fly. I really enjoyed learning Logan’s full story and seeing the sober side to him. Once again Witt’s raw honesty regarding the struggle with sobriety many veterans with PTSD face struck me. There was so much emotion tied up into Logan’s daily choices, outlook, and the nightmares he faced every time he closed his eyes, and those unerringly came through to paint a vivid character portrayal. I also enjoyed the pairing of Logan, a combat veteran, with Casey, an active duty sailor who desperately wanted to be a Seal. I liked seeing their different viewpoints about deployments and combat, and enjoyed watching each of them develop as they sought to fully understand and appreciate each other’s point-of-view. Obviously I loved this side of Wash Out, the character development and struggle with PTSD, including both the one who suffered with it as well as a loved one who doesn’t quite understand it.
What I was missing in Wash Out was that compelling chemistry and emotion between Logan and Casey. I liked them, but I never felt that overwhelming draw or emotion between them. That isn’t to say that they didn’t fit, they did, but I didn’t experience the “why” and I wanted to. Between the lack of a palpable connection and the more superficial relationship development, the romance in Wash Out simply didn’t live up to others in the Anchor Point series. Do I think Wash Out is worth the read? Certainly. I especially think fans of military romances that deal with PTSD will appreciate the individual character development in this book. It’s just that, for me, Logan’s story ended up stealing the spotlight from his and Casey’s romance.
*Received eARC via Netgalley*