HOT Limit (Hostile Operations Team: Strike Team 2 Series)
Blurb:
Single mom Alaina
Montgomery does the best she can to take care of her six-year old son, working
as a cleaner in a women’s crisis center. It doesn’t pay a lot, but it’s enough
to keep them going.
Until someone
brutally attacks her and leaves her for dead.
Now, Alaina is
terrified to be alone and fearful for her son’s safety. When Ryder offers her a
place to stay, she can’t refuse. He’ll protect her and her child, plus he’s the
kind of man her little boy can look up to. As the feelings between her and
Ryder grow, she finally lets herself believe the future looks bright.
But the danger
isn’t over yet. Someone is watching and waiting. And when the time is right,
they’ll strike again…
Themes: Contemporary
Rating: 4.5 stars
Heat Rating: 
Review:
Another HOT guy has met his match in this
beautiful story of love, fear, strength, and trust between a woman who has
traveled through the darkness to find love. Lynn Raye Harris never fails to
bring the drama of two people falling in love under extreme and dangerous
circumstances, but with the heart and passion that shows the true love they
develop together. With each new story Harris brings us new danger and a unique
take on the lives of men and women that have struggled through pain in order to
make a stand for their independence and to keep themselves and their loved ones
happy and safe. Ryder “Muffin” Hanson has finally settled into his new home on
the lake when he looks up to see his worst nightmare—a woman floating near his
dock. Rushing to save her, Ry discovers
the beautiful and near death Alaina Montgomery, beaten to within an inch of her
life and hypothermic. Pulled back from
death’s door by Ry, Alaina has no idea why she was attacked and left for death,
but she is terrified that the threat to her and her young son, Everett is not
over. When Ry offers his protection and
a safe harbor for them, Alaina accepts grudgingly. But the closer they, and Everett, become as
they become friends, the more both Ryder and Alaina want their friendship to
become. But with a deadly enemy still in the shadows, can the trust and love
Ryder and Alaina are building become the future they both want, or will it end
before they have the chance to find that happiness?
Ryder
is the sweetest guy, so gentle with Alaina and patient with Everett, making me
want to just eat him up like one of his baked goods! His had such a crappy
childhood, with his parents letting him down again and again in so many ways,
but thankfully he found the family he needed in his grandparent and his HOT
team in order to be able to offer himself to Alaina and Everett and show them
the love they needed. His strength and
ability to protect them was never a question in my mind for sure, but I loved
seeing him as he built the trust and bond with Alain and her boy. Alaina was a great heroine, beaten down by
her past, but never broken by it. She is
the kind of woman that is a lesson to all of us that we never given up and we
never allow others to dictate how our futures should go. I enjoyed getting to
see her spread her wings, carefully, under the protection of the HOT team and
with the help of their ladies. The
passion between them was a slow simmer from the beginning, but when they
admitted their feeling it burst into conflagration and no doubt left a hole in
the ozone from the heat. Despite my guessing the villain pretty quickly (sorry
Lynn, you’re just too good at leading me to the creepiness) I enjoyed the
twists and turns in the plot until the great unveil. I am dying for the next story (Shade’s perhaps?)
and of course seeing all my favorite HOT team members again soon along with
their families. Filled with passion, trauma, and the love that reminds us all
that we never give up, HOT Limit will make you reach for your loved ones and
reach for a future you’ve always thought was out of reach.
*eARC provided by author for the
purpose of an honest and unbiased review.
No compensation was provided.
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