An Act Of Courage (Acts of Honor Book Four) By KC Lynn

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She’s the light from his past.

He’s the one her heart has always longed for. 

Trained by the best, Christopher Walker has fought hard for his country and even harder to forget the only girl he’s ever loved. He spent countless nights submerged in death and destruction only to find himself clinging to the memories of her when the darkness crept in. 

When her life is threatened, Christopher will stop at nothing to protect her. Even if it means having to confront his past.

Alissa Malone never thought she would find herself face-to-face again with the only boy she’s ever loved. But she soon realizes Christopher is not the same man he once was. 

His touch is still electrifying—his voice still earth shattering. But there’s a darkness about him that wasn’t there before. A pain he harbors so deep that she can feel it all the way to her soul. 

One fateful moment destroyed his very existence, and only one person will be able to make him realize that what he considers an act of dishonor was truly an act of courage.

Holy sugar....

KC Lynn seriously knows how to blow you away. 

Christopher and Alyssa have always been two of my favourite characters. I'd been routing for them from the beginning and I was so happy when we were told they were getting a story. 

KC blows your mind right from the beginning, and your HOOKED. Like, seriously hooked. There's no looking away, no stopping and definitely no taking any breaks. It will have you that hooked. 

I don't want to give too much away of the story. It's one of those ones where you need to go in blind, no reading the blurb, no reading other reviews. It's one you have to take in yourself. But know, it's sooooooo good. 
I would recommend reading the other books in the series even though this can be read as a standalone novel. 

I've never known an author with such a beautiful soul, but KC Lynn not only proves it as a person, but through her books too. How she sees the world, the fallen, the damaged, it's beautiful. 
But there's one part in the book (And you'll know which part once you've read it) that will have you completely choked up. I couldn't even breathe, my throat hurt, my eyes stung and by the end of it, I broke. Literally. I couldn't stop crying. 
It was such a painful but beautiful moment in the book, but it will forever stay with me. It shows even the strongest can be weak. 

I'm giving this book a 5*, even though I'd love to give it a lot more. It deserves it and I'm so proud to say it's reached BEST SELLERS already. That's epic and well deserved. 

An Act of redemption By KC Lynn

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She saw in him what no one else could see. 

He found in her what he could never find. 

One moment changed everything but, even with a break in time, their connection could never be severed. 

In the beginning he may have been her salvation, but in the end she will be his redemption. 

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This is Book One in the Acts Of Honor series, the spin-off series to Men Of Honor. It’s Anna and Logan’s story and is told in dual POV, has an HEA with no cliffhanger and it can be read as a standalone. However, I highly recommend that you read the Men Of Honor series prior, as characters play recurring roles in both series. 

KC Lynn has only gone and done it again. 

I received an ARC in exchange for an honest review, and although I read many ARC's, I always feel privileged when she gives me one of her novels. 
To me they always hold a special meaning, and I don't just mean to the men that serve our country or to God, but a deeper meaning.

No one can write the truer meaning of Honor than KC. She writes it beautiful, heroically, and so meaningful. 

Anna and Logan's story never began with hearts and flowers. She had a traumatic past where she was kidnapped from her school trip and sent to a sex ring. We meet her in the first men of honor series, and throughout the rest of the books. She's been through hell, but not only has she lived her own, but Logan has also lived through his own living hell in his life. 
The two were made for each other. 

The book had a Best of me By Nicolas Sparks feel towards the beginning. Logan is wrongly accused of a murder. It was more of self defense, which is why I found it hard to stomach why he took a plea when he could have fought, told them what happened. 

The years go by and Anna is in college, getting her degree and living life the best she can, day by day. So when she steps into an underground fighting ring, the last person she expects to see is Logan. 

KC has written another fantastic plot because it had me gripped from start to finish. I loved both characters and I was glad to see Anna for the girl she is and not the scared girl we met in the beginning of the series. 
I also love her relationship with Sawyer, Cade, but mostly, Jaxon. Their relationship is just something else, and KC has a way of making it feel more than words on paper. 

Logan, is not only suffering from his old wounds, but he's also beginning to fight new ones, one's that were caused by him been his families protector. When he's given a chance to get out of prison, he takes it, not knowing how much danger he's truly putting himself in. 

The story continues on and is freaking brilliant, and just when I think it's all over something happens that blew me away. The whole scene caused goosebumbs to rise on my arms, shivers down my spine and my fingers to grip my kindle. It was so intense, so raw, and so frightening that I found it hard to look away. 
There is one part in this scene that truly took my breath away and made me choke on my own tears, and that is when Anna feels something is happening, she knows something is happening to Logan, and she feels it. It was crushing and my God, I sobbed like a baby. I don't want to give anything away, so I'll shut up.

I cried, I laughed, I swooned, and I awed. 

But what I truly loved about the book was the hidden message. The one for me was vets that are discharged from the service and sent home with no funding to help them recover through what they've been through. 
During the book we meet a homeless man called Sarge. He found it hard coming out of the service and keeping up with his PTSD. He lost his wife, his job and ended up living on the streets with a homeless dog he took in. He finds himself always at the church where Anna works feeding the homeless. She helps him in a way I don't think anyone could ever repay. She truly is an angel, and she is an inspiring person. What she does for everyone around her is breathtaking. 

One thing is for certain, KC's look on God is gifting. I love how she writes about HIM, brings him into all her books, it will make anyone who doesn't believe, believe. It's inspiring, just like all her other books and I know I say this every time I review one of her books, but she truly is an amazing writer. These books should become films. 

5 amazing, honorable * 

The Final Temptation By K.C.Lynn

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KAYLA~ He moved in next door to me, all bronzed skin and lean muscle, with a panty dropping smile that could make any girl weep with need. He set my body and teenage hormones on fire for three years. THREE LONG YEARS. 

In that time he became a cop- Officer Sexy as I liked to call him- and every time I pushed, he retreated. But I knew he felt it, I saw it in the way he looked at me. So one night I set my plan in motion and upped my game. I finally reeled the sexy bastard in, and he didn’t know what hit him.

COOPER~ She tempted me with her smart mouth and tight body for three painful years. I took an oath to uphold the law and honor it, which she made almost impossible not to break. But when the day finally came, I made her pay, every beautiful inch of her. She might drive me crazy and be the biggest pain in the ass, but she’s my pain in the ass. And I’ll spend everyday for the rest of my life making sure she never forgets who she belongs to.

I was given an ARC of The final temptation and like the other M.O.H novels I am privileged to have been chosen to review this novel. 

I'd also like to point out at this stage that although I am a reviewer and given an ARC, my review isn't based on how I get along with the author, or how much I loved her previous books. It's an honest review that came from my heart. I know some people have trouble taking ARC reviews honestly, so I just want to clarify that my review is honest. If I found something wrong with the work I'd point it out. But there isn't any. 

KC Lynn has done such a tremendous with this novel. 

When I first read that KC was going to be writing Cooper and Kayla's story, I honestly didn't think I would enjoy it. Because I'd already been introduced to the characters, seen them progress through each book in the M.O.H series, I didn't think I'd get that grip, that excitement of the unknown, but I did. Infact I got more. 

The book starts off in the present. I'm not going to ruin it and tell you what, but Kayla is with the girls. Little Ruthie is asking questions and so Kayla tells her.

The story flips back and instead of being dragged through their whole ordeal, their backward and forward relationship, we are taken back to the time when they finally got it together. 

The story was funny as hell, Kayla as an adult is lethal, but Kayla as a kid???? You don't want to mess with her LOL she is so freaking awesome. 

Cooper is sexy as hell, and there's a scene where he pulls Kayla over and let me tell you, it's hot. 

I'm not going to tell you anymore, but it's a must read. If your going to follow the rest of the character's stories in KC Lynn new series then you'll have to read this one to get to know what your in for. I'm so excited to read the next book. Really am. 

KC characters always feel real to me. I feel like they've become a part of my life having read the books so many times. I'm sad to see them go and that this is the final novel in the series. Worry not though, remember, other characters will be getting their own novel. 

5 freaking amazing * KC did the ending to the series perfectly and did it so much justice it will have you reading it over and over again.    

Missing (The Brannock Siblings #3) By Jessica Wilde

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There are two things in this life that Gus Brannock truly loves; his family and his job. His family is growing and he wants what his brother and sister have before the job he's worked so hard for takes its toll. The woman he's got his eye on, however, isn't interested in being with a man who risks his life every day. When the unexpected friendship with the sassy red head he used to hate turns into something Gus just doesn't want to live without, he will do whatever it takes to have her. The hazards of his job as a detective for missing children may end up proving to be too much, but there's a reason Aiden was brought into his life and nothing will stand in his way to keep her there. 

Aiden Murphy used to hate the handsome jerk next door until a surprising discovery spun her world in another direction. Her life of devotion to her sister and niece has been her biggest strength with the exception of her art. That is, until Gus turns out to be the one thing that has been missing from that life all along. Aiden must decide if the unknown is worth the risk of loving the dedicated detective or if being pulled into his world is more than she can handle. When Gus becomes the only way for her to keep the people she loves most safe, will she understand why he treasures her untried strength or will she let her fear of the unknown decide for her? 

I was actually disappointed in this novel, I was hoping it would be more funny. Or a little more banter, but there wasn't any. It was really disappointing. 

However, unlike all the others, I couldn't connect with this one as well as I liked. I felt like they fell in love too quickly, everything happened too quickly. I also didn't understand his connection to the little girl in it. 

yes I understand feeling emotionally involved considering it's his job and all, but it made it come across as if he felt like the little girl was his. When technically they only met each other a few times. Again, no bond. Disappointing. 

The story line was okay. I liked that it does raise awareness that children can go missing in the most busiest of places. You only have to turn your head for a few seconds for something to happen. 

I rated it 3* because I still loved the characters too an extent. 

Resisting Temptation By K.C.Lynn

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Faith ~ 
Cade Walker is like no man I’ve ever met before. He’s cynical, brooding, mysterious and, most of all, damaged. He’s a man who declares he’s broken, and one who detests the two very things I live for most: God and love. Yet, I’ve still fallen completely in love with him because I also see the good, something that no one else ever has. I see a man who is strong, silent, honorable and beautiful. He’s a man who is now scarred just as badly on the outside of his body as he is on the inside, all because of me. One who endured severe torture in order to save me from what would be the worst thing I will ever experience in my entire life. He is a man I call my dark angel, one who will have my heart until the end of time, even if I can never have his.

Cade ~ At fifteen years old I lost the only person that ever mattered to me, and the day I lost my little sister in the most vile way was the exact moment I stopped living and only existed. That’s until ten years later, when I walked into an open field in Iraq to hear the most incredible voice I would ever hear in my life. One that rooted me to my spot, and ended up belonging to the most beautiful woman in the world. The only woman to ever make me feel something again, something that I thought was dead inside of me. And no matter how badly I wanted to keep her, I knew I couldn’t. Not with what I have lurking inside of me. It’s something I’ve always kept hidden. That is, until the day I unleashed it on the people who dared to hurt her. It was the one thing that gave me the strength to save us, but it was also the one thing that would remind me of why I could never have her.

Now two years later, the one girl I never thought I would ever see again, the one I have spent my days and nights craving like an addict, walks back into my life unexpectedly, giving us both the shock of our lives. And when the time comes that she needs me again, I no longer resist. Before I know it, I’m pulled into a life I thought I could never have, one that scares the shit out of me but it’s one I’m realizing I want. There is just one problem. One very big problem… She lives for the very thing I loathe, and the one thing that killed my sister… God.

Oh My God. I don't even know what to say to express how much I LOVED this book. It has to the best out of the three in the Men Of Honor series. Loved this novel so blooming much. 

For those who have read the previous two novels will know how much a brooding mystery Cade Walker is. Also, how incredibly hot too. We get to see more from their pasts when they were captured a few years ago and why. We see him as the man he was to the man he becomes when he's around Faith. 

I was so glad K.C.Lynn added in the captured scenes because like many of you, we were all dying to know about the famous girl Cade nearly died for. 

I loved Faith, she is someone I would be friends with. I'm not a big believer in god, for the same kind of reason Cade doesn't believe, but I do strongly believe our souls live on when we die and we're reborn and that we all have someone out their we connect too. It's the same connection Faith and Cade have. 

Faith meets a troubled teen doing community service in this one and oh my god, he brings his little sister into the mix and jesus christ, I love that child like she was my own. K.C.Lynn did an amazing job with writing her scenes, the trouble she must have gone to spelling and sounding out the words so that readers could still understand it, but it also could still be portrayed as a little girl with a speech impermanent. I loved her, loved everything about Routhie and her relationship with 'the big guy' was adorably cute, like seriously freeking adorable. I couldn't get enough and found myself excited for their next encounter. 

The story is so heartfelt, so heartbreaking and found it moving in so many ways. The way she took two kids in, the way she recovered from her attacks in Arac and the way Cade moved forward with his life as each pressing moment in the book. 

There are a few moving scenes within this book. I don't know if it's the seriousness of the topic or the fact K.C.Lynn is by far one of the best writers around that had me falling in love with this book like it was a real life story. 

So many scenes, but I promise it will grip you, have you on the edge of your seat, crying, heartbreaking, laughing, awww'ing and just completely falling in love with everyone in the book. 

I am reading the first two over again before reading this one because I got confused on who Kaityn was. So, I'll be refreshing my mind all over again ;) 

Cannot wait to get to read more of her work in the future. 

5* and I wish I had a chance to give it more because it truly does deserve it. Also, this novel just bumped Archers Voice off my top ten 2014 best read romance novels LOL Yep, it was that good