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Going Dark
by Monica McCarty
This review was originally posted on Addicted To Romance
I will admit that I was a bit nervous to pick this book up, I have only read her historical’s so I wasn’t sure how she would do with a romantic suspense although both require some well planned research for the world building. After seeing book three being released and seeing how many have loved these books so far, I just knew it was time to read them. So I grabbed this one up and I am so happy that Ihave done so….this author will always work for me and she has become an auto buy author for me. From the get go, I couldn’t put this book down and I had a feeling this book would be such a keeper and it definitely turned out that way.
Our story begins with SEAL Team Nine on a submarine, traveling to the Baltic Sea towards Russia and going on a dangerous mission, one that if they are discovered by the Russians, it could cause a war. The LT, has a very bad feeling about this mission, too many risks and not enough facts given to them. But their mission is compromised when the LT receives a message about it being a trap and with half of his team killed, he gathers the survivors and scatters them all over the world until they figure out who betrayed them and who was behind their team being attacked when no one should have known they were there.
Our heroine, has come to Scotland, in protest against oil spills against marine wild life. After she witnessed a horrible spil of oil and seeing the devastation to the marine life she knew she had found her purpose. She and her boyfriend want to make a stand although she isn’t sure what the plan really is. She feels the situation is a bit iffy, but she trusts her boyfriend. But then while on a boat to the oil rigging for a protest, she finds explosives in one of their friends bags and she knows that she is in way over her head. The captain of the boat, is someone she feels that she can trust and is capable. And they manage to escape but now they are on the run from the authorities who think they are the criminals. Dean and Annie have to work together to survive and stay one step ahead of the eco terrorists. But Dean also knows he is putting his team at risk by staying with Annie.
Dean and Annie know that there is no way to be together because of their circumstances, especially when Annie learns who Dean really is and that its just not him that he is protecting, but what is left of his team. But there is a connection between Dean and Annie, and they draw closer as the danger to them gets nearer to them and Dean realizes some important facets about himself and if he is willing to fight for what they have or let it go because of the danger surrounding them.
I really had SO much of a good time reading this book and it really speaks to your emotions and I truly admire this talent that Monica McCarty has with aspect in her stories. I fell in love with this story for the most part, I will admit that the heroine drove me a bit nuts with her anti military ways and her misconceptions about many things made it appear how naive she could be. But I did enjoy seeing her change and see how wrong she is about certain things. The chemistry between Dean and Annie is very obvious and it was interesting seeing them explore this aspect of their relationship and I do love the way McCarty writes her sex scenes. But we also get the details to the overall plot of the series and enjoyed seeing where McCarty takes this and I am curious to find out what we will see in future books and see how this team will find out the truth.
Overall I found Going Dark to be a stunning story that gave me all the edgy thrills that you expect from romantic suspense and McCarty delivers on ALL fronts and I found this book to be a SPECTACULAR addition to her work!! FANTASTICALLY WELL WRITTEN!!
I will admit that I was a bit nervous to pick this book up, I have only read her historical’s so I wasn’t sure how she would do with a romantic suspense although both require some well planned research for the world building. After seeing book three being released and seeing how many have loved these books so far, I just knew it was time to read them. So I grabbed this one up and I am so happy that Ihave done so….this author will always work for me and she has become an auto buy author for me. From the get go, I couldn’t put this book down and I had a feeling this book would be such a keeper and it definitely turned out that way.
Our story begins with SEAL Team Nine on a submarine, traveling to the Baltic Sea towards Russia and going on a dangerous mission, one that if they are discovered by the Russians, it could cause a war. The LT, has a very bad feeling about this mission, too many risks and not enough facts given to them. But their mission is compromised when the LT receives a message about it being a trap and with half of his team killed, he gathers the survivors and scatters them all over the world until they figure out who betrayed them and who was behind their team being attacked when no one should have known they were there.
Our heroine, has come to Scotland, in protest against oil spills against marine wild life. After she witnessed a horrible spil of oil and seeing the devastation to the marine life she knew she had found her purpose. She and her boyfriend want to make a stand although she isn’t sure what the plan really is. She feels the situation is a bit iffy, but she trusts her boyfriend. But then while on a boat to the oil rigging for a protest, she finds explosives in one of their friends bags and she knows that she is in way over her head. The captain of the boat, is someone she feels that she can trust and is capable. And they manage to escape but now they are on the run from the authorities who think they are the criminals. Dean and Annie have to work together to survive and stay one step ahead of the eco terrorists. But Dean also knows he is putting his team at risk by staying with Annie.
Dean and Annie know that there is no way to be together because of their circumstances, especially when Annie learns who Dean really is and that its just not him that he is protecting, but what is left of his team. But there is a connection between Dean and Annie, and they draw closer as the danger to them gets nearer to them and Dean realizes some important facets about himself and if he is willing to fight for what they have or let it go because of the danger surrounding them.
I really had SO much of a good time reading this book and it really speaks to your emotions and I truly admire this talent that Monica McCarty has with aspect in her stories. I fell in love with this story for the most part, I will admit that the heroine drove me a bit nuts with her anti military ways and her misconceptions about many things made it appear how naive she could be. But I did enjoy seeing her change and see how wrong she is about certain things. The chemistry between Dean and Annie is very obvious and it was interesting seeing them explore this aspect of their relationship and I do love the way McCarty writes her sex scenes. But we also get the details to the overall plot of the series and enjoyed seeing where McCarty takes this and I am curious to find out what we will see in future books and see how this team will find out the truth.
Overall I found Going Dark to be a stunning story that gave me all the edgy thrills that you expect from romantic suspense and McCarty delivers on ALL fronts and I found this book to be a SPECTACULAR addition to her work!! FANTASTICALLY WELL WRITTEN!!