The only thing Rowan Beale ever wanted was to be a cop. But in the wake of her partner’s death, she still hasn’t been cleared to return to duty. Amid rumors of PTSD and struggling under the weight of survivor’s guilt, she’s starting to believe she never will be. Already at loose ends, when her Uncle Robert has a heart attack, she doesn’t hesitate to go to Wishful to take care of him.Reserve … him.
Reserve officer Nash Brewer is a born care-taker, so of course he pitches in after his neighbor and mentor has heart surgery. But it’s not just the former Wishful Police Chief who needs his help. Robert’s strong, gutsy niece is hurting and haunted—and someone’s been targeting her. Nash can’t help but fall as he and Rowan investigate, while keeping the secret from her fragile, but sharp-eyed uncle.
When evidence points to Rowan herself as the perpetrator, the former Navy pilot knows in his gut there’s something more going on. But how can he ignore the facts of the case? And how can Rowan stand for one more person to believe she’s unstable, especially the man she wants to trust with her heart?
Author Interview
Q: What makes the Wishing For A Hero series special?
Wishing For A Hero is a collection of southern romance novels honoring my Mississippi roots. When I started my core Wishful Romance series, I set out to highlight everything that I love about living in the small town South–all our quirks, foibles, and dreams provide a fabulous (and often funny) backdrop to contemporary romances about stubborn, independent women and the men who love them. But not every story fit that lighter side. Wishing For A Hero novels are still small town romance stories, but they’ve got a darker tone and an edge of suspense.
Q: Who would dig these books?
Wishing For A Hero is a southern romance series written for anyone looking for love in a small town–with a dose of suspense.
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This book has a little bit of everything just like you would expect from a good romantic suspense story – sweet moments, strong friendships and family, sexy times, real life issues, imperfect characters, dangerous high stress situations, and over the top alpha protectiveness. Rowan is a police officer in Houston. She is on desk duty and under the care of the department shrink following the death of her partner and her reports of harassment. Nash is a private pilot and reserve officer in Wishful. Nash is next door neighbor’s with Rowan’s uncle. Since she’s put on leave for PTSD, Rowan comes to Wishful to care for her uncle after his bypass surgery. But Rowan’s problems seem to have followed her to Wishful. While the bad guy in the story was easy to guess, that did nothing to diminish the ratcheting up of the suspense or the enjoyment of the story. This book did a great job of balancing the romance with the suspense making both important and integral parts of the story. I especially enjoyed that Rowan is not some damsel in distress waiting to be rescued, she has been rescuing herself and others for years. I cannot wait to read the next book in this series.
While this is a novella it is a complete and enjoyable story. Nolan manages to pack a punch in terms of giving a nice mix of romance, suspense, and small town feel. I love that she has crafted Rowan as a strong, intelligent, & competent woman who does not need to be rescued but is complimented by the equally qualified Nash.
This was a fun adventure I read in an afternoon and I’m looking forward to jumping right in to Can’t Take My Eyes Off You.
Note: Kait Nolan’s Wishful and Wishing For A Hero series intertwine. Nolan has this nifty spreadsheet on her website showing the chronological order if you’re obsessive like me. While there are a few mentions of events & characters from book 1, Make You Feel My Love and a few of the Wishful citizens from other books – this absolutely stands well on its own.
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Rowan is dealing the loss of her partner in Houston, and being harassed because she turned a fellow officer in because of what she heard. Her great uncle needs her in Wishing Springs. Nash gets and brings her and they met before it was short, but he will be there for her.
This is a sweet small town romance. Sometimes all you need is someone to believe you and that is definitely the case for Rowan. She knows that she is telling the truth but someone in the department is out to discredit her. She thinks that time away from the department looking after her great uncle will ease the situation, but the distance doesn’t matter and someone is still out to get her. Nash is the hero who comes to her rescue even though she doesn’t really need a lot of help. Wishful is a wonderful place.
Another winner, I loved this book! I definitely recommend Kait Nolan, I love her style of writing. I love all of her series!
I have been provided with a copy of Watch Over Me by the author via Booksprout for an impartial review. This is the second book in the Wishing For A Hero series and in it we get to meet Rowan Beale and Nash Brewer. Wow this book was just awesome I was completely dragged in to this wonderful story. I loved getting to meet these characters and watch them come together and deal with some tough situations. I was just rooting for them and I completely fell in love with them. I can’t wait to read more wonderful books by this author.
Watch Over Me is another terrific book by the very talented Kait Nolan. Rowan is an emotionally fragile character but she is strong and determined at the same time. Nash is a real man– strong, capable, tender, and caring. He isn’t afraid of emotions and knows Rowan needs TLC as much as Robert does. Together they make a dynamic, awesome couple.
Watch Over Me is well-written with characters I truly cared about. I enjoyed watching Rowan and Nash build a relationship and look forward to seeing them again in future stories. I would like to live in a town like Wishful.
great book
This is another really great story in our small town of Wishful. A great plot of murder, mystery, suspense, romance, and drama. The characters are well developed, intriguing and likable. The plot is well written, fast paced and will keep your interest until the very end. I enjoyed reading this book and look forward to reading the next in this series.
ARC for honest review with no compensation, received from Booksprout
Watch Over Me is book 2 in Wishing for a Hero series by Kaitlin Nolan and is another well written, suspenseful, page turner book!
Rowen Beale is a police officer in Houston and after her partner is killed she accuses another officer as being a “dirty cop” but of course IA thinks she is suffering from PTSD and she has to a get help before she is released back to work. Little does she know that a lot of people are working against her and facilitating the PTSD, which she may not be suffering from…so when her great uncle suffers a heart attack she decides to take leave and take care of him but trouble follows her back home.
Nash Brewer, a retired Navy pilot, part time reserve officer and a caring neighbor for Rowen’s uncle meets Rowen again and the attraction he felt for her from before is still there. He is determined to pursue her but she is determined to get her life back and return to Houston as a police officer with no attachments to anyone. That is until trouble comes to town that she thought was only in Houston..will she let Nash help her discover who is behind her troubles and bring them to justice, show her she belongs in town and with him forever or will she just let the bad guys win and lose the one thing she has always wanted..to be a police officer??
Watch Over Me is the second book in this series but can be read as a stand-alone. It is wonderful to be back in Wishful and although this book is not actually set in the town itself it still contains everything you expect .. including the fountain. This fabulous Heroes novella skilfully combines romance, mystery, drama and small town life with wonderful characters. I definitely recommend this author, this book and this series.
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