HERO IN WAITING by Andrew Grey

Fiction, Contemporary Romantic Suspense, M/M (95 pages)

4****

Blurb: Wells Barnaby is in danger and he doesn’t even know it. After leaving the Marines, he came to live with his sister and is helping to care for his niece. When a threat from his past rears up, it puts them all in danger… and brings the one who got away back into his life. Miller Washington served with Wells, and the two men shared an attraction that neither of them acknowledged. When Miller learns that an old enemy is on the loose and that he may come after Wells, he makes a beeline to help. But he doesn’t expect repressed desire to blaze back to life. Between renewed attraction and an enemy who will stop at nothing to get even, Wells and Miller must navigate the heat of passion too strong for either of them to contain while not letting their guard down, in order to protect Wells’s family and their second chance.

Thoughts: Wells and Miller were Marines together in the Mideast. Now, Miller works security and Wells plays manny to his 5-year-old niece for his doctor sister. When Miller shows up to warn Wells that a psycho killer is coming for him, sparks fly between the two men. They go into Marine mode to protect Wells’s sister and niece while they also try to figure out what they mean to each other.

The characters are good – especially the niece as she tries to wrap everyone around her little princess finger. I loved the living room tent (and how it played into the end!). The romance is sweet (but hot!) as the two men try to figure out what they mean to each other and how to work things out. There is a high level of suspense with not only the sister’s nasty ex, but the psycho killer stalking them too.

Recommendation: This is a short, quick read with a high level of suspense and romance. If you like Andrew Grey’s books, you’ll enjoy this one.

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