Protecting Caroline: A Navy SEAL Military Romantic Suspense: Navy SEAL/Military Romance

Susan Stoker

Sept 2014 · SEAL of Protection Book 1 · Stoker Aces Production LLC

About this eBook

How far will one man go to save the life of a stranger? More importantly to Caroline, will he do it twice?

Matthew "Wolf" Steel hated flying commercial. Luckily his job as a Navy SEAL meant he didn't have to do it very often. He'd been unlucky enough to be assigned a middle seat on the cramped jet, but fortunately for him, the woman next to him was willing to switch seats with him. Hoping for a relaxing flight, Wolf was pleasantly surprised at the good conversation and sense of humor the woman had as they flew 36,000 feet over the countryside.

When Caroline boarded the plane to Virginia to move across the country for her new job she never expected to be seated next to the hottest guy she'd ever seen. She also never expected he'd be so easy to talk to. She knew he'd never be interested in talking to her if he hadn't been trapped in the seat next to her, but it was a nice way to spend a long plane ride.

Neither Wolf nor Caroline were prepared for a terrorist hijacking of their plane, but if Caroline thought that would be the last time she'd see, or need, Wolf, she'd be sorely mistaken.

**Protecting Caroline is a stand-alone love story. It's Book 1 in the SEAL of Protection Series.**

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Read the entire SEAL of Protection romance series!

Protecting Caroline

Protecting Alabama

Protecting Fiona

Marrying Caroline

Protecting Summer

Protecting Jesskya

Protecting Julie

Protecting Melody

Protecting the Future

Protecting Kiera

Protecting Alabama's Kids

Protecting Dakota

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Ratings and reviews

honest thought...there is this wierd thing somtimes with the pov switching randomly in the beginning but it get better. Caroline is bad ass but girl u need to feel better about yourself and value ur self more no offense but wolf doesn't par to be paired with her. he is supposed to be the leader but at times he so lost that one of his men has to get things done instead.I mean yeah ur girlfriend getting kidnapped can a killer to ur leadership n rational thinking but even before that u seem to notice it.

Interesting plot. This story managed to get me curious about the rest of the SEALs in the series. Unfortunately, though, the novel contains too much "telling" and not enough "showing". I also don't like the head-hopping. Caroline thinks of the women the guys keep themselves up with as "skanks", yet it takes two to tango. She judges the women in this way, but the men get a free pass.

Wolf and his SEAL team were on a flight where there was an attempted hijacking. Luckily he was sitting beside Caroline who was a chemist. She smelled something off about the ice in their drinks and told him not to drink it. They spread the word to the rest of his team sitting throughout the plane. Since they didn't have their drinks, they didn't get drugged and were able to stop the hijacking. I always like SEAL stories and this one was good. It was well written and had the SEALs doing their SEAL stuff on the plane and saving the day. It was nice to see Wolf and Caroline have feelings for each other but I didn't like how Caroline felt about herself. The constant description of her being so plain that she was invisible was irritating and tiresome. She was intelligent and very determined to be as closed-lipped as the team. I liked how the team said she was one of them and wouldn't leave her behind. It was a little slow getting started because of the introduction of everyone on the military team taking so long. I enjoyed this romantic suspense with the twists keeping the action going.

About the author

 New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal Bestselling Author, Susan Stoker has a heart as big as the state of Tennessee where she lives, but this all American girl has also spent the last fourteen years living in Missouri, California, Colorado, Indiana, and Texas. She's married to a retired military Army man who now gets to follow her around the country.

She debuted her first series in 2014 and quickly followed that up with the SEAL of Protection, Badge of Honor, Delta Force Heroes, and the Ace Security Series, which solidified her love of writing and creating stories readers can get lost in.