My reviews always contain spoilers, I write them so I can remember the story.
3.5/5 stars
Elliot is the last of the ex Army Ranger group under Wilder that has now moved to the old abandoned town Wilder bought. Elliot was injured the worst in the ambush and is still going to physical therapy. He’s managed to run off a few of the therapist, his newest therapist is Brielle, she’s upbeat and bubbly, and very beautiful. He is instantly in love but what would she want with a very grumpy, belligerent, and injured guy like him. To combat his feelings he is even more belligerent towards her.
Brielle has a tough home life, her mother is an alcoholic and has started using drugs. She verbally abuses Brielle, who accepts it and tries to take care of her.
She is upbeat and happy with her patients. She tries to put Elliot at ease as soon as she meets him. She adjusts his exercises so he starts feeling better and having less pain. He still fights her and even says some not so nice things to her, which he does feel bad about.
One day after therapy he sees she having car trouble, he offers her a ride home. There he sees how terrible her mom treats her and how sad she looks.
He goes to apologize to her and he sees that she had spent the night in her office. He asks her what happened. She tells him her mom’s dealer is having sex with her mom for pills and he offered her the same deal. So she ran out of the house and got an Uber to the office. While he comforts her they kiss and he ends up orally satisfying her. (He is still her patient for a few more visits). I wish they had waited to start their relationship after his therapy was over or she handed him off to another therapist.
He takes her home to his place later that night. Sexy times at his house, she’s a virgin, he’s been celibate a while. Things are going well. On Monday he drops her off at the office for work and tells her he’ll pick her up in the evening. When she does not come out of the office at quitting time he heads inside. The receptionist tells him she left early cause she didn’t feel good. He can’t call her because he never got her cell number so he heads to her house.
Brielle’s mom was waiting for her in her office when she got there. She convinces her to come home, which is surprising she goes, her mother calls her all kinds of mean names. At the house the dealer is waiting and her mom and him physically assault her to get her ATM PIN number.
Elliot barges on punches the dealer and threatens them both and takes Brielle away.
He takes her back to his place, they talk and I loves you are said with more sexy times. Epilogue with two kids.
Also Brielle helped Elliot with his feelings towards Wilder. Wilder was the team leader and he feels responsible for Elliot’s injuries. Elliot doesn’t blame Wilder but doesn’t know how to express his gratitude for Wilder saving his life. They finally talk and he thanks Wilder for everything he did to save his life.
I wondered why he didn��t call the cops on the drug dealer and mom? He should have had them arrested.
I read the series in order over a couple of days so I noticed the sex scenes were very similar, but if you read them spaced out over time you may not notice it.