Ex-SEAL Hunter Odenson has always been a big guy. Musclebound, strong, and silent, it’s easy for people to judge him on his body and forget that he has brains too. Hunter’s looking to change that reputation at Norse Security by earning the team leader position. At least, that was the plan before he got stuck as bodyguard to a Hollywood actress. While there’s no better eye candy than Alexandra Valentine, Hunter figures it’s a job that entails more handbag watching than strategizing a covert ops.
Alexandra Valentine has made a living playing the ditz. Hollywood likes their blondes bouncy and brainless and Alexandra has been smart enough to give them what they’re looking for. However, after years spent being the butt of the joke she’s ready to snatch screen time back as a leading lady. Going deep undercover into a sex slave ring was supposed to prep her for her first dramatic role, but when things go wrong and she loses her best friend to trafficking, Alexandra’s method acting becomes a real-life crisis.
Alexandra hires Hunter under the guise of protection, but all she wants from the big boy is the training and muscle to save her best friend. When Hunter discovers the position with Alexandra isn’t what it seems, he’s psyched for the chance to prove he’s ready for leadership. But sliding into the world of desire lights a fire under their own attraction. As tensions mount and they delve deeper and deeper into the world of sex, Hunter will need to decide if their growing love or his need to save the day is more important.
New to Leslie? Readers suggest starting with 'The Bossy One' (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C6BP3BBF) —Imagine a sunny Minnesotan Mary Poppins, employed by a grumpy Irish billionaire. The story is a blend of humor, revenge, passion, heartbreak, hope, and witty banter. As one reader put it, ‘This story had me squealing at the romantic moments and silly moments.’
Leslie North is the USA Today Bestselling pseudonym for a critically-acclaimed author of romantic comedies and contemporary romance. The anonymity allows her to fully express her creativity, especially in the romantic and fun sexy scenes!
In fact, she confesses to loving her fictional persona, Leslie North, more than her everyday self! Her bestselling books are known for their strong characters, particularly women who aren’t afraid to challenge an alpha bosshole. And the humor? So infectious, you’ll be laughing out loud in public!
Leslie’s love for romance began when she picked up a worn-out romance book from her local library. She started writing soon after, and as they say, the rest was history. She now resides in a cozy cottage on the British coast, enjoying long walks with her two Dalmatians, George and Fergie.
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well this one was a little better plot wise, but damnit! it still wrapped up wayyyyy to nicely and way to fucking quick. but i wouldn't mind reading more about hunter and alex. they are just to fucking cute.
the fact that he's a huge guy with a heart of gold and she's a tiny firecracker, it just makes me swoon.
i'm the short spitfire and need me a guy like hunter.
The second book in the series has muscle bound Hunter Odenson working as a body guard for actress Alexandra Valentine. They both have pre conceived notions of each other. He thinks she is the ditzy blond like she plays in the moves she been in, and she thinks he is just another muscle bound guy with no brain. Once they have to rely on each other they realize that they need to be a team. She is actually the character that makes this book. Once again a quick read but full of action and you also get to see what happened with the two people from the previous story. Back to the book Alexandra is looking for her best friend who she has been kidnapped by a group that is going to ship her and others out of the country. A very good story about what is going on. there is also a funny scene where Alexandra plays a dominatrix as they need to get into a sex club and Hunter is her sub, a very good part of the story and really some fun and tension to their story. Overall I really liked this book. I received this book from Netgalley.com I gave it 5 stars. Follow us at www.1rad-readerreviews.com
With a subject matter ripped from the headlines, Leslie North adds a real life uphill batter to her courageously tempting thriller of a story. Alexandra finds she's bitten off more than she can chew and her best friend could end up paying the price. The actress with something to prove finds she needs someone that knows the ropes. Enter Hunter. He's a one man firestorm. Talk about the strong silent type. He has the brawn she needs, the knowledge she lacks and the skills to back it up. In order to right a wrong this unwitting Bonnie and Clyde must work together. It's a fight to the finish. Are they up to the challenge? An edge of the seat firecracker.
SEALs always attract action and adventure. This one was no different. The action started on the first page and continued to the very last with a HEA ending. Hero is a gentle giant and the girl figures out immediately he has a heart of gold. I definitely want him, and for that matter her, on my side if I'm ever in trouble.
This book was gifted to me by the author and the publisher in return for an honest review.
Emotionally thrilling, action packed romantic adventure filled with danger, secrets, passion and sexy witty banter..... Enjoyed every heart pounding, excitement inducing twist to this journey.
The story begins with muscle bound Hunter Odenson working as a body guard for actress Alexandra Valentine only neither one of them is exactly what the rest of the world sees.... Sparks fly, true intentions are reviled, danger is around every corner. Could not get enough of this crazy and wild ride.
Leslie North’s Undercover With The Seal is another story packed with action and adventure. The plot grabs you from the very beginning; keeping you glued to the pages throughout the entire book. Hunter is a gentle giant with a heart of gold, and Alexandra recognises the softness within his hard exterior early on. I’m definitely loving this series and look forward to more from Ms North.
Undercover with the SEAL is the second book in the Norse Security series, but the first book in the series I've read, and also the first book I recall reading reading by this author, and while her writing skills are good, there were simply too many things about this short novel that didn't ring true for me, and for that reason, it gets a 2-star rating from this reader.
The basic plot hits on a dark subject, human sex trafficking, when ex-Navy SEAL, Hunter Odenson is assigned the job of babysitting a blonde bombshell of a Hollywood actress, Alexandra (Alex) Valentine, who usually plays a dumb blonde in romantic comedies. He's bucking for a promotion at Norse Security, and if he carries out this mission successfully, he's likely to get that promotion. The novel opens with him thinking that the actress has already been abducted and has been tied up and is being tortured by thugs, on a Hollywood sound stage no less, and of course, he rushes to her rescue, beats the heck out of the thugs, breaking up that days' filming and infuriating the actress. You could see this scene coming from a mile away.
As it turns out, Alex is not a dumb blonde and she and her acting student friend, Beatrix, both method actors, have been immersing themselves in the world of BDSM by becoming regulars at a shady club, where Alex plays at being a Dominatrix, and where Beatrix has disappeared. Alex believes that since there are a number of under-age women at the club, she's stumbled onto a sex trafficking ring, and that they've kidnapped her friend for their evil purposes. Hunter's job is to prevent Alex from also being kidnapped and to locate and rescue her best friend. With the scene set in Hollywood, I couldn't help wondering why she'd hired someone from a security company based on the east coast, and why she hadn't contacted either the police or the FBI, and we're never given a reason for how she's even head of Norse Security.
Hunter is a mountain of a man, big, muscular, strong and sexy, and when he realizes that Alex isn't the dumb blonde she portrays in her usual acting roles, he's drawn to the petite, smart and beautiful actress, and does what he can to protect her, taking her to one of the safe houses his company has set up across the country. Alex already has a plan to find Beatrix, a dangerous plan. While the idea was a good one, we aren't really given a chance to see either character after they enter the club--quite a missed opportunity, in this reader's opinion. In order to infiltrate the BDSM club, she expects Hunter to act as the submissive to Alex's Dominatrix persona, which really isn't all that much of an act on her part, and he finds that he doesn't mind, and is, in fact, turned on by giving up control to her.
Because Alex has become a regular at the club, she makes it clear that she wants to be supplied with 10 new sex slaves and soon, and the trap is set, but things certainly don't go as planned and soon Alex is abducted and Hunter can't save her, and in short order the two main characters are overpowered by the sex traffickers and their thugs who'd planned to add Alex to their list of sex slaves and kill Hunter. It all happens way too fast, way to easily to be believed, as does the almost insta-love that also happens way too fast and way too soon as the novel comes to an abrupt HEA ending.
While the subject matter of the novel is dark, and the set-up for the action was good, this novel wasn't lengthy enough for us to really get to know these characters, although they each did share some information about their formative years, instra-lust turned to insta-love in just a few short days. This was a novel that really showed promise as a good, dark, romantic suspense read, but it was simply too short, too lightweight, too uncomplicated, and had too many missed opportunities to delve deeper into either the horrendous issue of sex trafficking, or to really give the relationship between the Hunter and Alex time to develop, and to deliver on that promise. Given time and space, this could have been a really good read, rather than a fair-to-middling, unsatisfying one.
I voluntarily read an advance reader copy of this novel. The opinions expressed are my own.
Hunter Odenson has always been larger than average, even when he was a kid. He always felt his size made others ill at ease and does what he can to downplay his tremendous size and strength.
Alex has made a living playing the bimbo. She learned early on in life that being inquisitive and smart can have repercussions. But she has decided that she has played dumb long enough and she and a friend decide to make a very gritty movie, set around the world of sex trafficking. They go undercover at a local club but when her friend goes missing Alex knows she needs some help.
But both are as guilty at making snap assumptions as they accuse others of making about them. But As Alex and Hunter slip into the seedy side of LA they come to the conclusion that to survive and friend Alex' friend they need to work together.
There are little snippets with Cam and Everly from Book 1, but this is very much Hunter and Alex story. Alex really believes in method acting, the scene involving a whip..well she put Indiana Jones to shame! Hunter is a big guy with an even bigger heart, I really loved this gentle giant, who can also gut you like a fish should the situation call for it. This story is so current with the news of today that it was very easily to relate the fiction to the factual!
Hunter Odenson has always been a big guy since grade school and people seem to forget that he is smart too. He wants to earn the team leader position at Norse Security, an agency made up of ex-SEALS. His latest mission is to be the pretend bodyguard of Hollywood actress, Alexandra Valentine while searching for her missing friend.
Alexandra has made her living in Hollywood living up to the stereotype of ditzy blond. She needs to go undercover into a sex slave ring to save her friend. Alex hires Hunter to help find her friend. When they have to infiltrate a sex club to search for clues, it lights a fire to their own attraction.
As Hunter sees his friend Cam settling down with Everly, he wants the same thing and realizes that Alex is his perfect match.
This was a gripping, fast-paced romantic suspense novel. The book was non-stop action from beginning to HEA. Loved the hero.
I received a complimentary ARC from NetGalley and the publisher. Thank you!
Ms. North has another great series that will capture your attention from the start. Hunter has been assigned to act as a body guard for a Hollywood "dumb blonde" Alexandra Valentine. When Hunter stumbles upon Alexandra, it appears that she is being kidnapped to be sold into human trafficking, too bad this is a role she is playing in her current movie. After being arrested, Hunter catches back up with Alexandra to find out more about his assignment, to find her friend who has been actually taken and sold into human trafficking. What started out as learning more about a role to be played, has landed Alexandra and hr friend in real trouble. Can Alexandra and Hunter go undercover to try and find her friend? This is a fast paced well written story. I volunteered to read and review this story.
Hunter has always been misjudged due to his larger-than-life size, but the assignment to help movie-star Alex gives him the chance to prove his intellect is just as imposing. Alex at first doesn't know how Hunter is going to help her find her missing friend, but that doesn't stop her from collaring him and using all his assets in her investigation. They both truly understand each other, as Alex is usually dismissed as just as ditzy as the characters she portrays.
The steam between these two is off-the-charts hot! There's plenty of action of all kinds as these two track down the human traffickers that may have kidnapped her friend. The author doesn't skimp on emotional depth or interesting side characters, making this an exceptionally fun book to read. I voluntarily reviewed an ARC of this book.
Norse security book two Undercover With A Seal is Hunter’s Story, where he wants to be more than what people think of him, just because he’s tall and well built people think he’s all brawn and no brains little do they know he’s really intelligent. When Hunter takes a job to help get a promotion at work he’s sent to Alexandra Valentine (Alex)to help get her friend back who has been taken. Along the way Hunter learns so interesting things about himself with Alex that no other woman has done to him before. Can these two strong dominate individuals work together Or will the butt heads along the way. I love hot sexy seal men, this one is really good, so much going on, well written and great characters with hot chemistry. Leslie North always gives us fantastic books.
I read this quick book in the one sitting. Hunter is ex seal and has been assigned to look after a Hollywood movie star, however she is keen for Hunter to help find her friend who has gotten into trouble. There is a small bit of BDSM involved and some steamy scenes.
This was a light read and was ok, I quite liked the two main characters but at times it was quite far fetched in the story for example Hunter very quickly sharing his past with the actress I didn’t believe. It was a good ending for the story.
I received an ARC of this book from Relay Publishing via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review
Book 2 in a series but can be read as a stand alone.
Alex and Hunter are both so down to earth with personal issues that they deal with every day. They work to encourage each other and make a cute couple.
Along with the romance, there is a bit of intrigue as Alex is searching for her missing friend, Beatrix. Parts were endearing as you hear of Hunter' being bullied, and parts were so funny when they went to the sex club and Alex was the Mistress and Hunter her slave.
Great HEA and I was wondering how they were going to have that when they each had a career on opposite sides of the U.S. but nice ending!!
Received this book as an ARC in exchange for an honest review! I really liked the storyline of this book. I thought that it was about a muscle bound guy who is hired to protect a ditzy blonde actress! But Hunter Odenseon and Alexandra Valentine are anything but what they appear to be! Alexandra actually needs Hunter's help to find her friend who has disappeared, before it's too late! As they search they not only learn that they have misjudged each other but also that their attraction to each other is off the charts!!! This book/story is very interesting and entertaining read with the requisite romance, explosive attraction, suspense and so on and especially the HEA!! Sigh!!!! 😍
Former SEAL gets assigned to ostensibly bodyguard a Hollywood starlet, though in truth the job is something much different. All of that, of course, is a setup for them to have sex and fall in love. I am so loving her; she’s a wonderful character, and not—completely—like you’d except considering her occupation. Some time was taken to give her hidden depths. Any story featuring a dumb-looking blonde actually being the smartest person in the room works for me. And the topic is heady, timely. But the rest is relatively standard. Despite it being called an erotica, there’s only one sex scene; yes, it’s a short book, but there were chances for more. No real surprises. 3.5 pushed up to 4/5
4 Star Review of Undercover with the Seal by Leslie North
Super hot cover BTW 👍
This book was a little different from this author’s general writing style & I loved it!
Hunter & Alex’s story does not disappoint ❤️❤️
Couple of interesting plot twists with one of the main characters at times playing a submissive role ( not who u think ) As with most of this author’s work it’s a quick read hitting all my emotional buttons - great strong central chapters- hot chemistry & romance on the way to a great HEA ❤️❤️
With the romance, suspense, and intrigue, Hunter and Alexandra's story is more than a fluff book. Their romance is as much a suspense story as it is a romance. The drama, with the twists and turns in the story, will keep you turning the pages to see the HEA for everyone involved. I love the blurb, but there is so much more depth to the sex trafficking story that makes "Undercover with the Seal" a read not to be missed. I would like to thank NetGalley and Relay Pub. for gifting me "Undercover with the Seal". My opinion is my own. This is mine. 4.5 Stars!
This was a new author for me, and she hit it out of the park with this story! I was sucked in right from the start, and I found it very hard to put down this very well-written story filled with action, drama, suspense, humor and romance. The characters were so likable and interesting. The story moved at a very good pace and I was sorry when it ended. Absolutely loved it! NOTE: I did not read the first book in the series, but I had no problem reading this book. I can be read as a stand alone. Highly recommended!
I loved the latest from Leslie North and her Norse Security world. Hunter goes undercover with the and goal of a promotion in mind and ends up getting more than he ever imagined while working with actress Alexandra Valentine. Alex needs help finding her friend and Hunter is the man for the job. The sparks fly between these two that heat up the pages. I voluntarily reviewed an Advanced Reader copy of this book.
This is a really good action packed romantic suspense. I really loved this big sexy hero! Hunter is an amazing man inside and out and it doesn’t take to long for Alex to see that for herself. I really enjoyed the story and the connection between these two wonderful characters!
This book was absolutely fabulous and the characters just tugged at my heart. It was another fantastic book and series by this amazing author who I am such a big fan of and have been for years now. Can’t wait for the next book in this series and any other series to come too. Absolutely recommend to all book lovers out there
I just loved the steam between Hunter and Alex they were smoking hot together. After reading Cam and Everly's book I could not wait to read this one and what another super read it was I am a sucker for a boo Seal book and this one did not disappoint the storyline was good and I did not want to stop reading I cannot wait for book three.
Norse Security book 2. A great read. The back and forth between the characters was delightful and definitely kept this book rolling. I love that fact that Alexander is some pansy female. She is very kick ass. And Hunter is totally alpha but understood her need to control as well. Funny, angsty and hella dramatic.
Hunter wants to change his image at work, so he takes on a job as a bodyguard for the actress Alexandra. However, the easy job doesn't start too well and the job itself turns out to not be so easy at all. Another nice, hot and easy read from my favorite author Leslie North. Read and enjoy!
Interesting but different. Had all the elements of a steamy contemporary romance with a little twist. Had funny as well as serious situations. Looking forward to next book.
Action, suspense and romance Undercover with the Seal is definitely a page turner I was gripped early with this one and just settled in and enjoyed the ride.