Montana Dog Soldier

Loved this book! Kujo is a Delta operator with a dog partner when his is seriously injured in a blast and loses his career and his dog in a single moment. After recovering, he escapes to the mountains to nurse his wounds. He stays there for years and only leaves after two of his Delta brothers find him to see if he wants his dog back and to offer him a job with them in Montana. The dog is scheduled to be euthanized as no one else is able to work with him or manage him. Almost before he knows it, Kujo is on his way to get his dog back and then head to Montana. Molly is an FBI agent without field experience that is sent alone to rural Montana to rule out an ISIS training camp is there. She has barely launched her drone to surveil the area when it is spotted, putting her in peril. These circumstances bring Kujo and Molly together to try and figure out what is going on, while also trying to avoid serious injury or death. This is a fast paced romantic suspense that fans of the genre will love. The author is on my must read authors' list.

Joe Kuntz, Kujo to his team mates, has fallen off the grid. When an injury got him discharged from Delta, he had to leave his friends and hi war dog, Six, behind. Now essentially hermit in the mountains his life is simple and lonely. But when he is tracked down by former team-mates with a job offer and more importantly that Six needs him. Molly is on her first real solo fieldwork mission. She came across intel of an ISIS training camp in Montana and with resources stretched, she was granted authority to carry out some recon on her own, no interaction with the bad guys. Pity the bad guys didn't get the same message! When her drone is shot down and then she is shot at and forced from the track she was riding on, Molly realises that her cover may have been blown. Rescued by the enigmatic, stubborn and taciturn Joe and his dog Six, she is in no shape to argue but she is not about to spill all her secrets. But when Joe's cabin is set alight he is pulled deeper into Molly's case and he brings in the "Brotherhood" to assist. Molly realises she was never quite as Solo as she thought! Excellent book. I have only read a few of the others in this series but it in now way hampered me or detracted from my enjoyment of the book, they are all able to be read independently. Wonderful web of PTSD, wounded veterans, small town politics and big time romance. Joe is a great hero, even when he doesn't want to be! Six almost steals the show though, he is a cutie with a strong work ethic. Molly is a great, strong, character. She is a professional law enforcement officer and no wimpy damsel in distress!

This is a great series! Montana Dog Soldier is the sixth book in the Brotherhood Protector series but each story stands alone and you won't feel lost if you don't read the others first. The other books are really good, though, so I recommend reading them. The story starts out three years in the past and lets us know how Joseph "Kujo" Kuntz was injured. Next, we learn what Kujo is doing now – which isn't much. Things gain steam pretty quickly after his former teammates find him and recruit him to join the Brotherhood Protectors. There's more, too, involving a former bomb sniffing dog but I'm not giving anything away here. My attention was grabbed me right from the start – the story is filled with suspense – and I finished it in one sitting. Who can resist a former Delta Force soldier and his dog? I sure couldn't and I thoroughly enjoyed reading another great story from one of my favorite authors, Elle James. I was also happy to learn that she has more books planned for this series. An advanced copy of this book was provided to me but my review was voluntary and not influenced by the author.