Taylor's Temptation

Tall, Dark & Dangerous #10

by Suzanne Brockmann

When it came to protecting the innocent, Navy SEAL Bobby Taylor was your man. But when his best friend Wes asked him to keep an eye on his little sister, Bobby desperately wanted to take a pass. How could he keep just his eyes on the beautiful redhead Colleen Skelly had become? What Bobby didn't realize was that Colleen had been conspiring for years to get Bobby to herself--away from the prying eyes of her meddling brother--to show him she was a grown woman, and that he was the man for her.

Genres: Romance, Romantic Suspense, Military Fiction, Contemporary, Contemporary Romance, Military Romance, Suspense

272 pages, Hardcover

First published July 1, 2001

About the author

After childhood plans to become the captain of a starship didn’t pan out, Suzanne Brockmann took her fascination with military history, her respect for the men and women who serve, her reverence for diversity, and her love of storytelling, and explored brave new worlds as a bestselling romance author.

Over the past thirty years she has written sixty-three novels, including her award-winning Troubleshooters series about Navy SEAL heroes and the women—and sometimes men—who win their hearts. Her personal favorite is the one where her most popular character, gay FBI agent Jules Cassidy, wins his happily-ever-after and marries the man of his dreams. Called All Through the Night, this mainstream romance novel with a hero and a hero hit the New York Times hardcover fiction bestseller list. In 2007, Suz donated all of her earnings from this book, in perpetuity, to MassEquality, to help win and preserve equal marriage rights in Massachusetts.

In addition to writing books, Suz writes and produces indie movies and TV including the award-winning romantic comedy The Perfect Wedding. Her recent feature, Out of Body, is streaming on Amazon Prime.

In 2018, Suz was given the Nora Roberts Lifetime Achievement Award from the Romance Writers of America. Her latest projects are Blame It on Rio (Tall, Dark & Dangerous # 14), available in print and e-book from Suzanne Brockmann Books, and Marriage of Inconvenience, a six-episode LBGTQ rom-com TV series, streaming on Dekkoo in April 2023.

Reviews

[Buggy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Opening Line: “Navy Seal Chief Bobby Taylor was in trouble.”

This is my favourite book from the whole series… Hmmm haven’t I said that before? (The Admirals Bride, Prince Joe, Frisco, Hawken) Anyways this one was super good.

You really can’t go wrong with any of the books from Suzanne Brockmann’s Tall Dark and Dangerous series though. They’re all well written, with to-die-for Navy SEAL heroes (who usually shed a tear in the name of love) and just the right amount of action, suspense and sweet, sweet romance to keep you coming back for more. I think this instalment might be the sexiest of the bunch too (have I said that before?) Poor Taylor, struggling to keep his hands off his best BUD’s little sister. And she isn’t helping matters either because she wants him and nothing he says will change her mind. Yup, this is going to be his toughest mission yet.

Bobby Taylor is the 10th member of Alpha squad to have his story told and we begin with him taking a couple bullets for his best friend and swim buddy Wes Skelly. These guys are close, having been friends since hell week and now able to function almost as one. Finishing each other sentences and relying on the other without question when the shit hit’s the fan. When Wes is called out on the teams latest op he asks the still recovering Bobby to go to Boston and try to talk some sense into his little sister Colleen who has joined an earthquake relief organization and is planning on travelling into a known terrorist hot spot.

Unfortunately Wes doesn’t know just how much he’s asking because Taylor’s had a thing for his best friend’s sister for years and well, now it would just be him. And her. And she’s all grown up and beautiful and sexy as hell and funny and outrageous and she wants him just once, just until he leaves and Wes is going to kill him, Wes should kill him, it might be worth it. Help!

I just loved this story. The characters are so well written and that they come alive and I felt all of their emotions. The internal dialogue and sexual tension is excellently done as is Bobby’s desire for Colleen and his subsequent guilt and struggles with loyalty to Wes. Bobby never stood a chance against Colleen though who is a fun and delightful temptress; I never knew what she was going to say next and when they finally get together it’s sizzling.

There’s also several LOL moments especially the scenes with Colleen’s three goofy college friends. And as always updates and brief appearances from the other TEAM members including Admiral Jake (sigh) Towards the end we even get a brief mission to the made up country of Tulgaria. Why do authors do this?

This is an excellent addition to the series which thankfully has just been re-released as 2-in-1’s with WAY better covers. Taylor’s Temptation can be found in See, WAY better cover. Cheers

[Yolanda · Rating 4 out of 5]

ayyyy cómo me ha gustado!!!

Bobby Taylor, me matas!!!! AYYYYYYYY

[Marta Luján · Rating 4 out of 5]

Bobby no tenía nada que hacer, porque Colleen estaba decidida a seducirlo... Sí, porque esta, más que una historia de amor, es una historia de seducción.

Dentro de la serie, esta es quizás de las pocas novelas que se centran más en la historia de los protagonistas que no en un acto de salvamento por parte del Seal o de su equipo, aunque al final la trama nos lleve también a esto. Casi toda la historia nos centramos en Boston. Allí va Bobby, el inseparable compañero de Wes, para cuidar de la hermana pequeña de este. El problema es que, aunque la conozca desde hace tiempo, sabe que ya no es una niña y no puede pasar eso por alto, sobre todo, cuando va a vivir en la misma casa que ella.

El peso de la trama lo lleva Colleen, y eso me ha gustado. Es "su" historia. Lleva tiempo enamorada del amigo de su hermano y, ahora que están solos, ha decidido que va a conquistarlo o, al menos, a tener una relación con él, aunque no dure. Así, la trama se va desarrollando en torno a los sentimientos de ambos y las situaciones en las que se ven envueltos a causa de estos.

Bobby me ha parecido un personaje genial. No es el típico Seal que hemos visto en las otras entregas de la serie. Es un hombre más contenido, reflexivo, nada chulesco y, sobre todo, leal a su amistad, por eso, la tentación que supone Colleen es una tortura para él, que no quiere traicionar a Wes liándose con su "hermanita". El arrojo y atrevimiento de ella lo pondrán en un aprieto en más de una ocasión. "Aunque no sé qué vas a decirle cuando descubras mi colección de esposas y látigos y mi ropa interior de cuero".

Colleen es estupenda. Una mujer decidida, que sabe lo que quiere y va a por ello. Tener a Bobby en su casa era la oportunidad que estaba buscando desde hace tiempo, y aunque cree que seducirlo no va a ser difícil, pronto se va a dar cuenta de que él no se lo va a poner tampoco fácil. Tiene que luchar contra la barrera que supone la amistad de su hermano con Bobby, pero, sobre todo, tiene que demostrarles a ambos que ya no es una niña, que es capaz de tomar sus propias decisiones y que no es el capricho el que dirige su vida. Lo que más me ha gustado es que Colleen tiene un sueño -ir a visitar a los niños de un orfanato en Tulgeria, una zona de conflicto armado-, y el hecho de amar a Bobby y de querer mucho a su hermano, no le va a impedir realizarlo, porque el amor no te anula como persona, y sigues teniendo sueños y deseos.

La narración, centrada en los personajes y no tanto en las descripciones o en la acción, me ha gustado, porque te permite conocer más a fondo a los protagonistas, con sus defectos y virtudes.

Una estupenda historia que te hace reír, llorar y enamorarte...

[Rachel Brown · Rating 1 out of 5]

I usually enjoy Brockmann's books a lot, but she can be uneven and has written a handful of stinkers. Unfortunately, this was one of them. It had the single least convincing romantic obstacle I've encountered in romance so far, and that's including Brockmann's own "Because I'm your boss... in this civilian temp job that you don't even need."

Navy SEAL Bobby Taylor, on leave after being wounded on a mission, is dispatched by his teammate and best buddy Wes to convince Wes's civilian little sister Colleen not to stupidly go to a war zone to try to rescue orphans. Wes, who comes across as creepily controlling AT BEST, is dead set against anyone dating his sister. Ever. Especially not Bobby, his best friend and a completely stand-up guy. If Bobby dates Colleen, Wes will feel terribly betrayed, punch him out, and never speak to him again. Colleen, by the way, is 23.

I gather that "no one is good enough for my little sister" is a known trope, though thankfully this is the first time I've encountered it so hopefully it's died the death. But it's a trope that only makes sense if the hero has an (undeserved) bad reputation or a shady past, so the brother has legitimate reasons for wanting to protect his sister from him. It makes NO SENSE if the hero is a completely great guy who is also the brother's best friend. Wes goes so berserk over the thought of Bobby dating his adult sister that it makes him seem creepy and batshit and possibly incestuous. (Luckily I read Wes's own romance first (it's much better) or I never would have picked it up.)

Then there's Bobby. He's a tough Navy SEAL, so why is he so cowed by his buddy's nutso fixation on nobody dating his sister? He's completely inconsistent, too, bouncing every five pages from kissing her to telling her he wants nothing to do with her because, horrors, Wes wouldn't approve. I can't believe I'm saying this, but I kept thinking, "Grow a pair!" But sadly, he mostly only manages to be assertive when forbidding Colleen to do anything dangerous.

And Colleen. I actually mostly liked Colleen. At least she knew what she wanted and went for it. Except that I wanted to back her belief that if Bobby was allowed to do dangerous things he believed in, so was she, but her orphans in the war zone mission actually did sound like a terrible idea. I also lost a lot of sympathy for her when the orphan she had meant to adopt was killed, and she was boinking Bobby about two hours later and thereafter mostly seemed to forget about the death of her nearly-a-daughter.

There's an accidentally hilarious climax where Wes appears, goes berserk upon finding out that Colleen is dating a man even though he doesn't know who is is and forbids her from doing so, finds out that it's Bobby, goes even more berserk, punches Bobby, declares that the reason Colleen shouldn't date Bobby is that Navy SEALs are never home, says she can date a military man as long as he's an officer, says it's terrible if she and Bobby are dating casually but it would be fine if they were married so they must MARRY IMMEDIATELY, then suddenly and for no reason decides it's fine if she dates Bobby. If I was Wes's commanding officer, I would have sent him for a mandatory psychological evaluation. Also drug testing.

[Amafle · Rating 5 out of 5]

Gran gran historia

[Nat · Rating 4 out of 5]

Este es el claro ejemplo de que no se debe juzgar un libro por su portada porque no vamos negar que es HORRIBLE (desde mi punto de vista, claro), me parece bastante cutre jajajajajajaja peeeero el contenido es maravilloso😍, estoy completamente enamorada de esta historia.
Con este libro descubrí mi debilidad por los hombres que trabajan en la marina, ejército, etc etc, no sabía que necesitaba historias donde los personajes tuvieran estos trabajos 😂😂😂, ahora siento que mi vida está completa, sin duda alguna pienso leerme o por lo menos intentaré leerme todos los libros de esta serie porque se que me van a gustar❤️❤️❤️
Creo que esté libro y esta autora son uno de los mayores descubrimientos de este año👌🏻👌🏻
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Amo la personalidad de Collen, que mujer tan mega increíble, la amé mucho mucho y la historia de amor con Bobby es bastante tierna pero a la vez bastante sensual😏😏, amo esos libros donde de verdad se puede palpar la tensión sexual entre los personajes👀
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Mega recomendado

[Tammy Golden · Rating 3 out of 5]

Hero fabulous, heroine very irritating

I am a huge fan of SB. I've read all her books. And I do like the Navy SEAL series, though I notice the thing keeping the hero and heroine apart pretty much always is the same: The hero is a busy SEAL who is gone on missions all the time, and he just can't imagine any woman putting up with that for long, so he avoids serious commitment.

Thankfully, SB does add another wrinkle to this book to keep it from being totally predictable: Bobby, the hero, who figures he can only offer a fling to the heroine, Colleen, since he is never home, feels too guilty to do that because it would betray the trust of the heroine's brother, Wes. Wes is Bobby's best friend and warned Bobby that he better never go to bed with his "little" sister.

OK, this brings me to the heroine. I put in my header that I think she's irritating, and here's why: SB, through this heroine, brings up the well-known fact that in the big, bad city, women often feel unsafe. Colleen hates being leered at and her body commented on by men. She is a "stacked" 23-year-old, the kind of woman that gets lots of whistles and catcalls. So what does she do about that sort of thing? Mainly just resent and ignore it. She chooses to live and work in a very bad part of town, and she takes no precautions at all for her safety or the safety of any other women she knows and works with. Not only does she have no knowledge of self-defense (which you'd think her overprotective SEAL brother would have insisted she get years ago), but she has no basic common sense either. Her only "weapons" are charm and refusing to back down even when faced with a threatening group of men. (When that second technique worked, it was only because, unknown to her, Bobby was standing behind her giving his mean face to this fearful gang--and even this obvious proof that her "technique" didn't work didn't wake her up.)

More insanity: Colleen actually sleeps with the windows wide open in her apartment, with a fire escape right beneath one of them. And when Bobby is mad about her death wish, she just laughs at him, as if personal safety is a joke. Also, even though a woman she works with was put in a coma from being beat up by mutual enemies, the heroine refuses to take any precautions because she won't take the threat seriously. On top of that, she plans to go into a war-torn Middle-eastern country filled with genocidal terrorists to help neglected, mixed-race orphans--which, OK, sounds noble on the face of it. But...the idiot is dragging along 11 other civilians as dumb as her about safety. AND, to make it worse, she refuses to even consider that Bobby, who insists on going along and has gotten a SEAL team to protect them, might know more about safety than she, and that she should defer to him to save her butt. No way. Her independence is all, even at the cost of her life and that of others. What a jerk!

I think that it is great that romance heroines are getting stronger all the time, but this woman is suicidally cocky. How does this presentation of a "strong" woman help women? The answer is, it doesn't. I believe SB needs to read Gavin DeBecker's Gift of Fear and Beauty Bites Beast before she writes her next book and get real about what strong women really look like. Maybe then she can give us a heroine who exists for more in a story (other than sex scenes with the hero) than to stupidly put herself and others in danger so the big, bad SEAL hero can save her from herself.

[Oly · Rating 2 out of 5]

2,5/5

[Becky · Rating 4 out of 5]

(Probably more of a 3 1/2 stars....) Taylor's story was pretty good; the falling in love with best friend's sister storyline is always good for angst. It's just that both Taylor and Colleen seemed to be a bit too clueless for too long about too many things (Colleen about why Taylor was hesitating--seriously, best friend's little sister? You don't have to be Einstein to figure that one out--both of them about their true motivations and feelings, etc.) but overall it was a quick, enjoyable read. Now, on to Wes's story!

[Floripiquita · Rating 3 out of 5]

3,5 estrellas.

Un libro más de la serie Altos, oscuros y peligrosos de Suzanne Brockmann y ya van 10. En esta entrega nos cuenta la historia de Bobby Taylor, un SEAL de la Marina, y Colleen Skelly, la hermana menor de su mejor amigo.

Bobby me ha parecido un protagonista entrañable y honorable, aunque al personaje de Colleen lo he sentido algo menos desarrollado de lo que merece. Aun así, la química entre ambos funciona bien, especialmente cuando finalmente dejan de resistirse a lo inevitable.

La trama combina el romance con elementos de acción y misiones militares característicos del estilo de Brockmann. La novela tiene buen ritmo y aunque algunos conflictos se resuelven de manera algo apresurada hacia el final, los personajes secundarios aportan profundidad y humor, como ya es marca de la casa.

Popsugar 2025 Reto 1: Un libro sobre una persona de color que experimenta alegría y no trauma (el protagonista tiene ascendencia india americana)

[Kate McMurry · Rating 4 out of 5]

Exciting, action-adventure, Harlequin romance from 2001

Bobby Taylor is a mammoth man, six-foot-six and built like a wrestler. He is handsome, with Native American ancestry, and a long, sexy braid. Though he is a fierce Navy SEAL, he is gentle and protective toward all women, but especially Colleen Skelly. Though she is a grown woman of 23, currently in law school and extremely strong and independent, Colleen's brother Wes, who is a fellow SEAL, the same age as Bobby, and Bobby's best friend for 15 years, refuses to see her as anything but a child. He is intensely protective of her, up to and including insisting to her--and to Bobby--over and over across the years that he never wants his sister to marry a SEAL, and Bobby shares Wes's opinion. Divorce rates are very high among their peers because SEALs are frequently, precipitously called from home for indefinite lengths of time, their work is extremely dangerous and classified, and to add insult on injury, they receive low pay and can barely afford to support a family.

Unknown to Bobby, Colleen has been in love with him since high school, and unknown to Colleen, Bobby has been in love with her since she was 19. However, neither of them has ever made a move on the other because they have never been alone together. They have only seen each other when Bobby has come with Wes to visit his family, and Wes was always there as a physical wall between them. Until the day when Wes asks Bobby, who is recovering from bullet wounds in his back and leg that he received while saving Wes's life in a recent SEAL raid, to go to Boston and talk Colleen out of leading a civilian, orphan-saving, aid-worker mission into a war-torn, Third World country that is overrun with terrorists. Wes can't go himself to try and talk sense into Colleen because he's shipping out on a SEAL assignment, and he begs Bobby to go in his place.

The moment Bobby sees Colleen, he knows he's in trouble. Deep, deep trouble. Unlike Wes, even though Bobby has known her since she was only eight years old, Bobby has no problem viewing her as all grown up and all woman. She is tall, voluptuous, beautiful, and infinitely desirable. Not only that, without Wes around as a chaperone, Bobby is shocked when Colleen, for the first time ever, makes it blatantly clear that she wants him. Bobby is terrified that, against Colleen's best interests, he won't be able to resist her. She is so intensely, impractically idealistic and so vibrantly alive, he feels jaded and ancient next to her, even though he is only ten years older. He believes he has no right to offer her, or any woman, anything but a casual affair, since he is not husband material, but a tawdry fling with the woman he loves would be a complete betrayal of both Colleen and his best friend, Wes.

Bobby is an extremely sympathetic hero. He is intelligent, sensitive, kind, respectful toward woman, and a powerful, gifted warrior. Colleen is physically Bobby’s ideal woman. She is tall and built on queenly lines and, therefore, sized just right for him. He admires her generosity of spirit, her bold personality, and her upright personal ethics. Unfortunately, Colleen is so brave, she is often foolhardy, most especially in her relentless determination to carry out her suicidal aid mission. However, in terms of the action-adventure portion of this novel, that crazy plan provides a dramatic opportunity for Bobby and his fellow SEALs to swing into action. In the story climax, they serve as armed guards for Colleen and her naive, fellow do-gooders in order to prevent their being kidnapped by terrorists and creating an international incident.

I was a big fan of Brockmann back in the days when she wrote short, contemporary romances for Harlequin's Silhouette Intimate Moments line, and I read every one of her Tall, Dark & Dangerous Series about Navy SEALs when they were first released over 20 years ago. I have reread them multiple times, and whenever I revisit them, I always find them extremely entertaining. Other than the lack of ubiquitous cell phones, the internet and social media, they have aged so well, that they could be set in the present day.

It is not essential to read this series in order, however, if it is possible to do so, it definitely adds to the overall pleasure gained from reading these books. For example, Bobby’s best friend and Colleen's brother, Wes Skelly, is the hero of the next book in this series, Night Watch. Wes is strongly impacted in Night Watch by important insights about himself that he has in this book.

This is the order in which this series was first released:

Prince Joe, originally published June 1996
Forever Blue, originally published October 1996
Frisco's Kid, originally published January 1997
Everyday, Average Jones, originally published August 1998
Harvard's Education, originally published October 1998
It Came Upon a Midnight Clear, originally published December 1998
The Admiral's Bride, originally published November 1999
Identity: Unknown, originally published January 2000
Get Lucky, originally published March 2000
Taylor's Temptation, originally published July 2001
Night Watch, originally published September 2003

I rate this novel as follows:

Heroine: 3 stars
Hero: 5 stars
Subcharacters: 4 stars
Romance Plot: 4 stars
Action-Adventure Plot: 4 stars
Writing: 4 stars
Overall: 4 stars

[Lisa - (Aussie Girl) · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5 stars.

[IzamaRi H. Fabela · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ambas historias me encantaron, el único problema es que Bobby le ganó a Wes y esperaba que ambos me gustasen igual.

[Anna Marie · Rating 2 out of 5]

Still working my way through the TDD series by Brockmann.

In this story, we get the earlier rendition of the Troubleshooter's Gina Vitagliano (sp?). Only this version is very Irish, not very Italian. She still has scads of brothers, is very much about her 'causes' (women's shelters, AIDs centers, war-torn countries with orphaned children, etc.), and she's still absolutely smitten with a man who's much older than her who wants her but doesn't want her. It's Gina, only Colleen Skelly - the Irish Gina.

Bobby is... a contradiction. In the past NINE BOOKS, he's the enormous silent one. The one who stands back and let's everyone talk around him. But suddenly he's *narrating* what he's going to do to Colleen in the sex scenes, while telling himself to talk to her to make it hotter. I... don't see that as continuing, so it's basically faking her out with a version of himself that isn't going to hold, and that's just WRONG, imho.

Bobby is shot in the thigh and the shoulder at the beginning of the book, which makes him available to go to Boston and see Colleen. And with the shoulder injury, he's lifting boxes, hoisting her up against the wall to have upright sex, and throwing punches at her brother Wes for *not* wanting his buddy to jerk his sister around. The heck...?!?!? Um, no.

Meanwhile, Colleen starts the book packing up her entire apartment to go to some third-world country on a long-term trip, but somehow she still has ALL of the ingredients hanging around for Bobby to make cinnamon rolls from scratch? Say whu???

More, it's very much about 'Wes is my best friend and I can't screw with his sister who I've loved since she was 13' - very "Letters to Kelly"-ish, so this is not a new trope for Brockmann. It's not done better here, though. ((Although PLEASE stay away from 'Letters to Kelly' - unless you want to verbally slaughter the world's WORST heroine, e.v.e.r.)). In this book it's a lot of "I want to, but I can't, but I want to, but I can't say no, but I shouldn't, but I can't help myself..." and it gets over the top.

So no... this wasn't my favorite in the series. Which is a damn shame, because *BOBBY*. He would've been so awesome if Brockmann had stayed true to his character for this. And not recycled Kelly. And had stuck with *one* charity at a time, because... nobody's got the funds/energy to do what Colleen was doing.

It was just too unbelievable, across the board.

[Writerlibrarian · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is Bobby Taylor time to shine and get his girl. She happens to be the sister of his best friend and SEAL partner West which brings out all sort of guilt, embarrasment and fear. Fear of losing his best friend, fear of not being good enough, fear of hurting the one person he really doesn't want to hurt. Ever.

Bobby despite his huge physique and Brockmann does describe the man in length comes across as a man very conscious of his impact on others. Brockmann writes one of the most interesting conversation I've read in quite a while on how women are always "aware" when they walk on the street (or should be) and how verbal harassment can come at any time from source you can't even think of. Colleen's speech to Bobby on how she at 6 feet tall was careful all the time and didn't need him to remind her to be careful and Bobby's reaction to it is interesting and not something I've read often in romance novels. Colleen's and Bobby's road to happiness is bumpy and interesting. This is more in sync with Brockmann's later SEAL/Troubleshooters series.

[Marianchu · Rating 5 out of 5]

Adoro el personaje de Bobby. Es tan honesto, tan leal, tan íntegro. Y adoro el personaje de Colleen y lo bien que me lo he pasado con esta pareja tan alegre y divertida.
Me ha gustado muchísimo la caracterización de los personajes, la autora ha conseguido que odiara al hermano de Colleen, Wes, por sus salidas de tono así que estoy un poco reticente con la próxima novela que es de él. Ya veremos jajajaja
Mi puntuación un 9.

[Deb B · Rating 5 out of 5]

still re-reading old favourites. love Ms Brockmann's work and love Seal Team Ten. great audio versions. well worth listening to. the basic plots are a bit repetitive but they are well executed with enough variation to keep each story interesting.

[Joene · Rating 5 out of 5]

SEXY SEALS!!!!

[Lesley · Rating 3 out of 5]

The phone sex was AMAZING!!!

[delica. · Rating 3 out of 5]

The book had a good plot, and was not that bad, but something was missing.

[Debbie is on Storygraph · Rating 4 out of 5]

Brockmann's Tall, Dark & Dangerous series is addictive fluff.

[Bona Caballero · Rating 3 out of 5]

Brockmann escribió en los noventa (principalmente) la que a mi me parece una de las mejores series de suspense romántico que te puedes encontrar dentro de lo que son novelitas genéricas: los Tall, Dark and Dangerous. Cortos, sexis y con acción. Nadie da más por menos.
La n.º 10 es Taylor’s temptation (julio de 2001), y la leí para un TBR Challenge. De ahí que publicase primero una review y luego una crítica en mi blog. El tópico harlequinero aquí es ese de «enamorado de la hermana de mi amigo», uno que siempre me ha sonado algo... rarito.
El jefe Bobby Taylor (33), a petición de su amigo Wes, viajará al otro lado del país para intentar convencer a Colleen Skelly (23), para que se quede en EE. UU., en vez de irse a un país peligroso donde quiere ayudar por un terremoto. Estos dos están colados el uno por el otro desde hace tiempo, pero sin decírselo. Colleen intenta seducirlo, Bobby se resiste... hasta que ya no puede más.

[Kate Vale · Rating 4 out of 5]

Bobby Taylor is a Navy SEAL. He's best friends with Wes, whose little sister has always intrigued Bobby. And she's had a secret crush on him since her teens. But when Bobby is asked by Wes to pay a visit to Colleen Skelly, he doesn't realize he's in deep doo-doo when she crooks her little finger and lets him know in myriad ways that she'd love him to climb into her bed--with her! What's Bobby to do? He knows Wes will kill him if he touches Colleen, but her charms are difficult--really impossible--to deny. And Bobby doesn't want to lose his longtime friendship with Wes, either.

Then Bobby learns that Colleen is heading off to rescue children from a terrorist country. He's certain she might be killed and he can't have that, so he enlists his SEAL buddies to accompany Colleen and the other volunteers. Trouble is, he doesn't figure that he'll be hurt--badly, or that his abrupt proposal (insisted upon by Wes) will be rejected by Colleen. Now what are these brother-interfered lovers going to do?

[Deanie Nelder · Rating 5 out of 5]

Suzanne Brockmann's "Tall, Dark, and Dangerous" Navy SEAL series is full of great books, but this is one that fans of the series had been waiting for (when it first came out). After playing a supporting role in nine other books, Senior Chief Robert "Bobby" Taylor finally gets a book (and a love interest) of his own. Unfortunately for him, it's his best friend's little sister, and she's headed to a terrorist hotspot in order to save an orphanage full of refugee children.

The characters are great, and Brockmann does a great job of showing Bobby's dilemma -- does he risk his friendship with both Colleen and her brother, especially when he feels his Navy SEAL lifestyle and schedule aren't always conducive to a solid relationship? Similarly, can Colleen finally admit her feelings for the man she's had a crush on for years? And what will that do to her relationship with her big brother?

There's not as much action in this book as some of the others, and the trip to rescue the orphans seems tacked on at the end, but overall, this is a great romantic suspense novel.

[Rita · Rating 3 out of 5]

I’ve never understood the trope where a best friend’s sister is off-limits. I can see avoiding it if all you want is sex, but if you love the woman, wouldn’t your friend want a good man, someone they know well and respect, for their sister? I liked both of these characters but I’m having a hard time tolerating the brother, Wes. Bobby has been written as someone with a bit of class, but Wes has been written as fairly disrespectful towards women. It’s very unattractive.

[Malika-Liki · Rating 5 out of 5]

i LOVE THIS SERIE, AND i JUST ADORED BOBBY AND COLLEEN AND HER BROTHER WES; i LOVED HER STRONG CHARACTER AND MIND?BUT ALSO HER INCERTANITIES? HER FIERNESS IN LOVE AND FRIENDSHIP. SUZANNE BROCKMANN IS ABLE TO BRING TEARS OF JOY AND LAUGH AND EMOTION WITHIN SOME PAGES; MY FAV IS TILL FRISCO' KID BUT I DID REALLY ENJOY THE WHOLE SERIE

[Jill · Rating 3 out of 5]

I don't remember reading this before, but Bobby Taylor is one heck of a guy. The tall, dark type with a sense of humor. His relationship with Bobby is pretty special, but it's the relationship with Bobby's sister that sends him reeling. Colleen is a strong match for him, and she pulls her own weight. A great addition to the series.

[Janice · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book was not near as good as Get Lucky. The whole book is basically about Colleen wanting Bobby and Bobby being afraid to give in b/c of his friendship with her brother Wes. But they secretly love each other. I liked the characters — just not much plot.

[Sandra Patiño · Rating 5 out of 5]

Bella y grande historia de amor.

[Marlobo ♥ epilogues · Rating 3 out of 5]

2.5 stars