I stayed away.
Even though it crushed me.
Because that’s what he wanted.
I distanced myself from the man I love.
I moved on, or so I told the world.
Went through the motions, and smiled when I wanted to cry.
Then chaos flashes into my life, destroying everything in its path.
It’s time to face facts.
Lincoln Hayes is the only one I trust.
The only one who keeps the nightmares at bay.
Linc
I love her.
Thoughts of her came with every bullet that flew past my head overseas.
Every night, I dream about her and what we could have had.
She’s the only reason I came home.
The reason I stay, even though the very sight of her is torture.
After my brother died in my arms, everything changed.
I’m damaged. Broken.
She deserves so much more than I could ever be.
I’ll forever want the life I can never have.
That doesn’t mean that I won’t watch her six.
Boots on the ground, active and ready.
I’ll take out any threat she faces.
No matter the cost… because I’m not strong enough to lose her again.
April Canavan is a new author to me and Boots on the Ground is the second book of hers that I have read. I feel lucky to have stubbled upon April and her Birch Police Department series. The series revolves around of a group of Police Officers that work together and served in the military together. Boots on the Ground is Kennedy's and Lincoln's story. Kenney and Linc feel in-love with each other before Linc left for the military. Both promised that they would wait for each other but things have changed with what Linc has seen while serving as well as being the witness to one of the group's best-friends die. Years later, Kennedy is engaged to a cocky lawyer that has a habit of getting very rough with his significant other. After one such beating that Kennedy kept under wraps, she calls off the engagement but that doesn't go over too well with Royal. About this time, Linc has decided that he can't live without Kennedy even though he is haunted by his past. Soon and Kennedy and Lincoln find themselves in a happy existence until Royal threatens Kennedy.
I really enjoyed reading Kennedy's and Lincoln's book. I thought it was very relatable to real life (Kennedy loved tacos and wasn't afraid to eat her share at anytime; it is mentioned that she was a "curvey" normal sized woman). The chemistry of the characters was also off the charts HOT. I was really pulling for Lincoln and Kennedy to end-up together and finally get their HEA.
First of all, I absolutely abhor writing anything biographical. In any form. I’m terrible at it, and I have the very firm belief that no one wants to know who I am. You’re here for books, right? But that doesn’t mean I’m off the hook.
I grew up sneaking over to my great grandmother’s to read her Harlequin novels. Those were delivered once a month in a ginormous box, and from the age of ten, she let me devour them in their entirety. I fell in love with romance, even the clean kind. And that, undoubtedly, led to many days and nights with my face buried in a book and the discovery that I wasn’t happy unless my hair was up, and I had a story in my hand.
I never wanted to write. I wanted to read. ALL the words. Until someone pointed out to me that I’d been writing my entire life. I just needed to put the book in my hand down and pick up a pen.
Once I started, I found out that I couldn’t stop. Now, I’m always writing. Or reading. Or chasing my son through the house to get the elusive hug he thinks I don’t need.
Oh, and I’m a Leo… which is completely on-point if you know me at all. I love being the center of attention. On my terms. When I can stay at home in my pajamas. With lots and lots of coffee on hand. And maybe a few snacks.
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