Review: Cowboy SEAL Homecoming (Navy SEAL Cowboys #1) by Nicole Helm

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Navy SEAL Cowboys #1
Nicole Helm
Contemporary Romance
Sourcebooks Casablanca
January 2nd 2018
Paperback
352
Bought

 

Three former Navy SEALs
Injured in the line of duty
Desperate for a new beginning...
Searching for a place to call their own.

Alex Maguire never thought he'd go home again. The perfect soldier, the perfect leader, he's spent his whole life running away from Blue Valley, Montana―but when a tragic accident bounces him and two of his men out of the SEALs, there's nowhere left to turn but the ranch he used to call his own...and the confusing, innocently beguiling woman who now lives there.

Becca Denton's like nothing he could have imagined. She's far too tempting for her own good, but when she offers to help turn the ranch into a haven for injured veterans, he can't exactly say no. He'll just need to keep his distance. But something in her big green eyes makes Alex want to set aside the mantle of the perfect soldier and discover the man he could have been...safe and whole within the shelter of her arms.

The Prodigal SEAL has come home.

 

Cowboy SEAL Homecoming is a sweet and adorable romance.

I picked this one up; because of a teaser Anna @ Herding Cats & Burning Soup shared. It’s the first night/morning the guys are at the ranch and that morning a goat gets in the house. That scene was so funny. I had to just smile and laugh. It reminded me of farm life. I didn’t have any goats, but I sure did have several other farm animals. You can check out her review and see the teaser; here. Their was also another goat scene that made me smile as well. Goats, they are just too funny!

Becca reminded me a lot of myself. She has been sheltered her whole life; because she was a very sick child and her mother worried, so as a result she’s made animal friends on the farm. I wasn’t sheltered, but I didn’t have many friends and preferred to spend my time outside with my animals then with people. I had a great time watching Becca come out of her shell and stand up for herself and her needs and wants. I like that she wants to open an equine therapy ranch for wounded veterans and her stepbrother is all in to help, now that he is out of the service.

Alex returns home after pretty much running away from home. The ranch and town hold difficult memories for him. Coming home he is forced to face his situation and all those memories in the past. My heart went out to him. I would have liked to see more time spent on Alex getting help and dealing with his issues.

Becca and Alex are step-siblings, but they didn’t grow up together and barely have any type of a relationship, so the romance; between them didn’t raise any issues that I usually would have with this type of a set up. Their romance isn’t steamy, it’s a slow and sweet build. I think anything more wouldn’t have been believable; especially with how sheltered Becca was and the issues Alex has.

I had a delightful time with a Cowboy SEAL Homecoming. It had some wonderful touching moments and showcased life’s struggles and overcoming them.

Rated: 3 Stars

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Challenge(s) (2018): Try Something New (Author/Series)

 

 

I'm an outdoor sun loving reader living near San Fransisco. I’m a mother, wife, animal & book lover. I'm the owner, reviewer & mind behind Angel’s Guilty Pleasures. My favorite animals are horses & dogs. As for reading I love all things paranormal & urban fantasy & my favorite shifters are dragons.

6 comments on “Review: Cowboy SEAL Homecoming (Navy SEAL Cowboys #1) by Nicole Helm

  1. Aw sorry to see you didn’t love this one as much as I did but that you still had a good time with them. So far this is about what I’ve read with stepsiblings. None of the ones I’ve found have ever really been all that taboo. lol
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    • It was adorable and I enjoyed, but it didn’t win me over. It’s a sweet light tame romance. ^_^

  2. OMG Angela I totally missed that scene from Anna and am going back to check it out. Looks like a fun read and yeah being step-sibs could cause some problems so I’m glad they didn’t grow up together I think that would have set off my creep factor. Great review!

    • Ya, I’m not into reading step-sibs, but I think it can work as long as they didn’t grow up with each other. It’s a funny scene with the goat. ^_^

  3. Great review angela! Shared on all my socials!!

    • Thank you! ^_^