Keeping Knight
Fox & Falcon Securities
by Gia Cobie
Blurb:
Seeing Micah was the best part of my week.
I didn’t sign up for a cooking class as a way to meet men. But my handsome partner made it really hard to remember why I wanted to stay single.
It wasn’t the right time. I had too much else going on. I’d been burned before, and had no desire for it to happen again. They were all reasons that should have been enough to convince me. Still, I couldn’t stop thinking about him.
Then I’m violently attacked, and Micah shows up just in time to save me. Hurt, scared, and still in danger, when he asks me to stay with him for my protection, I agree.
If I’d arrived minutes later, I wouldn’t have saved her.
I’d seen a lot of bad things during my years in the Army, but bursting into Ruby’s apartment to find a man trying to kill her was one of the worst.
Seeing the fear in her eyes and the darkening bruises her attacker left behind filled me with a rage I’ve never felt before. And, in that moment, I knew I’d do anything to protect her.
As a former Delta Force operator, I have the skills to keep Ruby safe. So it only makes sense to take her home with me. Except the more time I spend with Ruby, the more I fall for her. And the more determined I am to never let her get hurt again.
Keeping Knight is a friends-to-lovers story featuring a wounded but strong heroine, a former Delta Force operator turned K-9 handler, a security team comprised of veterans, found family, forced proximity, hurt/comfort, and plenty of unexpected twists. Can be read as a standalone. HEA guaranteed.
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*****
Review:
I always enjoy these romantic suspense stories from Cobie. The mystery element keeps me turning pages to see who is behind everything and I like the characters. The men are strong but caring, with a delightful found family element with the men they’ve served with. The women are strong and smart, even when they don’t feel like it.
Micah and Ruby have an adorable beginning to their relationship – being paired up in a beginner’s cooking class. They’ve slowly become friend(ly) during the weekly classes, both attracted to the other but neither feeling like the time is right to do anything about it. Then Ruby is attacked and Micah saves her. She moves in with him and over the next couple of weeks, as Micah and his friends try to figure out who is behind it, they grow closer together.
Keeping Knight is definitely not going to be right for everyone. While the first half of the book has more excitement, the second part does have a slower pace. Up until the climactic resolution, of course. Before that, tho, the two of them spend some time dancing around each other, neither sure of where to take their changing relationship. So it isn’t going to be for everyone, especially if you are looking for more mystery or action than a kinda slow burn. But I enjoyed watching them slowly embrace their feelings and get to know each other better.
*****
Author Info:
Gia Cobie is an award winning author living in upstate New York with her husband and small zoo of animals. She loves writing about protective heroes and the strong women they fall in love with.
In her spare time (when she has any!), Gia enjoys reading and spending time in the Adirondacks, and also has a weakness for reality romance shows, wine, and buying way too many books!
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