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Valkyrie Ops #2
Over the Edge
Navy SEAL Rule #1: Never, ever, leave a man—or woman—behind.
Navy SEAL Rule #2: Do whatever it takes to obey Rule #1.
When Trevor Westbrook is sent on a suicide mission to rescue his kidnapped teammate, there’s no way Anna Marlow is letting him go alone. Even though she’s not done training in the Valkyrie Ops program to create the first women Navy SEALs, she follows her swim buddy and mentor on the dangerous op.
Forced to pose as a couple, their ruse threatens to become real as they go deep into enemy territory in search of Team Reaper’s missing man. Can they keep their smoking hot chemistry from spinning out of control as they walk a tightrope between love and duty, life and death, with all their lives hanging in the balance, or will they go over the edge into disaster?
Navy SEAL Rule #2: Do whatever it takes to obey Rule #1.
When Trevor Westbrook is sent on a suicide mission to rescue his kidnapped teammate, there’s no way Anna Marlow is letting him go alone. Even though she’s not done training in the Valkyrie Ops program to create the first women Navy SEALs, she follows her swim buddy and mentor on the dangerous op.
Forced to pose as a couple, their ruse threatens to become real as they go deep into enemy territory in search of Team Reaper’s missing man. Can they keep their smoking hot chemistry from spinning out of control as they walk a tightrope between love and duty, life and death, with all their lives hanging in the balance, or will they go over the edge into disaster?
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First published July 26, 2022
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Cindy Dees
172 books1,952 followersCindy Dees started flying airplanes while sitting in her dad’s lap at the age of three and got a pilot’s license before she got a driver’s license. At age fifteen, she dropped out of high school and left the horse farm in Michigan where she grew up to attend the University of Michigan.
After earning a degree in Russian and East European studies, she joined the U.S. Air Force and became the youngest female pilot in the history of the Air Force. She flew supersonic jets, VIP airlift and the “C-5” Galaxy, the world’s largest airplane. She also worked part-time gathering intelligence. During her military career, she traveled to forty countries on five continents, was detained by the KGB and East German secret police, she got shot at, flew in the first Gulf War, met her husband and amassed a lifetime’s worth of war stories.
Her hobbies include professional Middle Eastern dancing, Japanese gardening and medieval reenacting. She started writing on a one-dollar bet with her mother and was thrilled to win that bet with the publication of her first book in 2001.
After earning a degree in Russian and East European studies, she joined the U.S. Air Force and became the youngest female pilot in the history of the Air Force. She flew supersonic jets, VIP airlift and the “C-5” Galaxy, the world’s largest airplane. She also worked part-time gathering intelligence. During her military career, she traveled to forty countries on five continents, was detained by the KGB and East German secret police, she got shot at, flew in the first Gulf War, met her husband and amassed a lifetime’s worth of war stories.
Her hobbies include professional Middle Eastern dancing, Japanese gardening and medieval reenacting. She started writing on a one-dollar bet with her mother and was thrilled to win that bet with the publication of her first book in 2001.
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July 31, 2022
This was the second book after Beyond The Limit and I waited 3 years for this book. Now I can't wait for the 3rd book in the series.
September 29, 2024
I got to page 39 and put the book down when she just invented a country in a modern-day military story. Zagistan? Wtf is Zagistan, Cindy?! On the Pakistan border, huh? Lemme check… oh wait nope don’t see it! At first I thought maybe it’s military speak for a region of Afghanistan. Nope. The name does not exist. I keyword searched the term in the book and the characters talk about visas for ‘Zagistan’ so, yeah, Cindy definitely meant it as a country. In fantasy novels, it’s expected that you just make countries up. But when you’re talking about an area of the world that exists today, you can’t be making up countries! It instantly makes the story less believable. I read war-based military romances for the suspense and grit. But only if they’re somewhat true to, at least, geography. As soon as I saw this in the book, my belief in the story just went and respect for the author too. I feel like this was a tactic to avoid doing actual research into Pakistan and Afghanistan? Because tbh none of us readers are experts on the geography of the Middle East. You could pick a road name and town name from a map of Afghanistan and say it’s on the border of Pakistan and I’d believe you. But making up a country?! Nooo. Story ruined for me. It was just too silly.
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January 15, 2023DNF. This wasn't working for me. I think it's a combination of the travel as well as the "I want you, but I don't deserve you, and I'm planning to go out in a blaze of glory" hot and cold attitude from the hero.
September 7, 2022
Over the Edge is book two in the Valkyrie Ops series by Cindy Dees, and closely follows book one, Beyond the Limit. While Over the Edge could eventually be read as a stand alone, I don’t really recommend it. It’s better to have read book one first to get a better understanding of the background and the characters, and of why Trevor and Anna are so dedicated to their current mission.
Overall, Over the Edge is a good book and if you like military romances and non-stop action, you shouldn’t miss it. I did have a couple of issues with the plot, hence the four stars rating instead of five.
First, the timeline is a bit murky - in one place it seems that Kenny, the team member they are trying to rescue, disappeared a year ago, in another place it mentions about seven months. In any case, I don’t see a rescue operation taking so long in real life. If a wounded soldier disappeared that way, how long would it be reasonable to wait expecting him to still be alive when all odds were against it?
My second issue with the book (and one I remember already having with book one) is the repetition of the same ideas over and over again - Trevor going back and forth countless times about his feelings for Anna, and his insistence to leave her out of all serious action (even if he supposedly trained her himself and knows she’s capable of the job). Saying it just once would have been enough for the story to work anyway..
Other than the rantings above, this is still a book I recommend if you love the genre.
Overall, Over the Edge is a good book and if you like military romances and non-stop action, you shouldn’t miss it. I did have a couple of issues with the plot, hence the four stars rating instead of five.
First, the timeline is a bit murky - in one place it seems that Kenny, the team member they are trying to rescue, disappeared a year ago, in another place it mentions about seven months. In any case, I don’t see a rescue operation taking so long in real life. If a wounded soldier disappeared that way, how long would it be reasonable to wait expecting him to still be alive when all odds were against it?
My second issue with the book (and one I remember already having with book one) is the repetition of the same ideas over and over again - Trevor going back and forth countless times about his feelings for Anna, and his insistence to leave her out of all serious action (even if he supposedly trained her himself and knows she’s capable of the job). Saying it just once would have been enough for the story to work anyway..
Other than the rantings above, this is still a book I recommend if you love the genre.
December 23, 2022
Intense
A very intense read. Secretly in training for the last year, Anna developed feelings for her swim buddy/trainer. Trevor is an exchange soldier from the UK imbedded within a Us navy SEAL team. He is determined to go on a suicide mission to rescue his friend and teammate Kenny, or die trying. He is adamant that Anna should not be sent with him, but her family connections in the Middle East quickly enables the necessary travel documents to be approved.
These two fight their feelings, banter with each other, argue and more as they traverse through some dangerous parts of the world looking for a wanted terrorist who is holding their fellow teammate as a human shield.
Lots of emotions, a suspenseful plot and a fast-paced storyline kept me fully engaged from beginning to end.
From my TBR list.
A very intense read. Secretly in training for the last year, Anna developed feelings for her swim buddy/trainer. Trevor is an exchange soldier from the UK imbedded within a Us navy SEAL team. He is determined to go on a suicide mission to rescue his friend and teammate Kenny, or die trying. He is adamant that Anna should not be sent with him, but her family connections in the Middle East quickly enables the necessary travel documents to be approved.
These two fight their feelings, banter with each other, argue and more as they traverse through some dangerous parts of the world looking for a wanted terrorist who is holding their fellow teammate as a human shield.
Lots of emotions, a suspenseful plot and a fast-paced storyline kept me fully engaged from beginning to end.
From my TBR list.
December 10, 2022
DNF - bc oh. my. god this writing is COOOOOOORNYYYYYYYY! It takes a certain type of… Skill? to make a supposed to be bad ass, first of her kind special forces female operator sound like she has the emotional maturity and confidence of a seventh grader so, congratulations on that I suppose.
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