While there is a disclaimer on this book, I’ll be honest that I didn’t find it to be any more … well, just more, than any of the other more hard-hitting romances I’d read lately. Miles does come back with PTSD and has some issues coming to terms with it. And Zoe’s first marriage was horrible, but she seems to have come out of it a much stronger person. They are hot together, though, so you have to be OK with some steamy love scenes. Nothing unusual or especially kinky, just detailed … and delicious :)

I think that Robinson does a great job of showing Miles’s conflict at coming home and feeling like he doesn’t deserve the title of hero that everyone keeps throwing at him. His emotions are all over the place and you get that feeling of conflict. She also has him realize he needs help and that’s a nice moment of believability for me.

I did have a little issue with how easily Zoe forgives him for his hot and cold routine. It makes sense as we get to know him and she seems to have a special understanding of his troubles, but he does make things hard on her. She’s a strong, centered person and I would have expected her to be a little more hesitant … but maybe that strength and insight has her seeing things better than me.

My favorite part was the relationships that deepen between Miles, Zone and Miles’s dad. There’s so much love and acceptance and true liking amongst them that it just warms you from the inside.

Emotional, humorous, scorching and sweet, Not A Hero is great for those who love their heroes flawed and their women ready to take them on.

(Complimentary copy provided in exchange for an honest review)