Wind River Protector

Andy loves flying helicopters. Coming home to Wind River after leaving the service, and another crash in California, she needs time to heal. Finding out about the new airport being built, she applies for a job flying helos. The unexpected news, is when she applies to fly for the sheriff's department, the one in charge is Black Hawk pilot Dev, the man she survived with while running from the Taliban in Afghanistan. Andy and Dev's story is an emotional read, with their bond slowing making its way to an awareness of falling in love. A romantic suspense story for all ages, I look forward to what comes next in Wind River. I would like to thank NetGalley and Kensington Books for gifting me "Wind River Protector". **My opinion is my own and based on my reading of the book I received.** 4.25 Stars!

Andy Whitcomb loves nothing more than blue skies, but when her helicopter crashes in California, she’s ready to return home to the peace of Wind River Ranch. The good news is – that there’s a chance for her to fly helos for the county sheriff’s department. Bad news – the person in charge is none other the ex-Army Black Hawk pilot, Dev Mitchell. Dev can’t believe his eyes when Andy walks into the interview, but if he’s going to be her boss, their relationship has to remain strictly professional. This story is an emotionally gripping and engaging slow burn romance with some intense life threatening situations. The characters are strong, vivid and easily draw readers into their story while the relationship is a slow burn building with lots of passionate intensity, readers are in no doubt that Andy and Dev belong together. This story is a clean romance that provides readers with the illusion of quite a bit of time passing and the characters growing closer together the longer they spend time together which gives them time to overcome their emotional issues to finally reach for their happily ever after. The plot is set a steady pace and has lots of intense conversations as the couple get to know each other, both have past issues that have them hesitant to reach for forever after relationship, so the story has a lot of emotionally powerful moments and reflections. While some of the conversations seem to be a little repetitive, the overall spacing of the conversations and some thrilling suspense and excitement gives readers an overall ‘real life experience’ kind of story that can really enjoy.

Enjoyed this book and will read others in the series