Gwen’s Delta by Lynne St. James

 

3.5 Star

Guinevere Dedmond owns her own rare bookstore she runs with her family.  When Luke “Merlin” Forest walks into her store she doesn’t know what to make of him.  When her grandma plays matchmaker and forces them to go out for coffee she figures it is one off but he keeps coming back.  They seem to be working out well until she gets a mysterious call demanding a ransom.  She will need Delta Team Three help to save her parents and keep her safe.

I’ve never hated parents more than I hated Guinevere’s.  Which was what the author wanted so good job.  I don’t know how I feel about the romance between Guinevere and Merlin.  I think it would have been a good romance but it seemed very rushed.  The book just felt very rushed between the romance and the “rescue”.  It worked within the overall special forces series and the writing was good just felt rushed.

Book 3 Delta Team Three

Destiny’s Delta by Becca Jameson

 

3.5 Stars

 Destiny Fisher has spent the last 12 years regretting saying yes to a proposal.  She’s had to live with the death of her fiancé and knowing she can never have the man she loves.  She planned to keep it all to herself until she got drunk at a bar and ran into the man she can’t have.  Trent Dawkins has regrated telling his brother to go after the girl next door from the minute he said go for it.  He thought he could never have her until she gets drunk and spills all her inner secrets.  Now that they know they want each other they will have to navigate the issues from their families and his being a delta.

I had a hard time getting past the twin thing and dating someone because you didn’t think you would ever be able to have the one you wanted.  Then because you dated the one twin you really can’t date the other one.  The other issue I had with the book was her getting mad when he was on a mission and didn’t tell her that he was staying local for it.  That is literally the point of a delta team.  They don’t talk about their missions at all.  Other than these two issues the book was pretty good.  It was interesting to see a plot point continue from the last book to this book.  My issues with the story are my issues with certain plot points and shouldn’t deter you from reading it because the writing was really good.  The pacing was spot on and it adds to the overall series.

Book 2 Delta Team 3

Nori's Delta by Lori Ryan

 

4 Stars

Delta Team Three member Heath “Woof” Davis has spent years in the military.  When he is assigned to protect a member of the State Department it is just another assignment until he finds out it is Eleanor Duncan a woman from his past.  She was his everything until they broke up and he joined the military.  Eleanor has spent her time since High School working her way up the chain in the State Department.  She’s sent in to negotiate with a man who has taken some doctors and nurses hostage.  She is determined to not fall for her high school sweetheart again but with a high stress situation all bets are off.

I enjoyed this story a lot.  I am not always a fan of “fan-fiction” of authors I love but this book did Susan Stoker’s series justice.  We first met Team Three in one of her books and it is interesting to see them get their own story.  The pacing in the story was spot on.  There weren’t any parts of the story that felt like it was moving too slow or too fast.  It was a really good story and I am hopeful the rest of the books will be just as good.

Book 1 Delta Team Three