Trusting Skylar (Silverstone #1) by Susan Stoker-a review

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date December 1, 2020

Former military operative Carson “Bull” Rhodes hasn’t dated seriously since he and his teammates left the army. Since then he’s opened Silverstone Towing—which is a front for his other job: hired killer. When kindergarten teacher Skylar Reid calls for help while stranded on the side of the interstate, the attraction is instant. The problem is Bull’s career has jaded him. Skylar’s innocent, and he wants to keep her that way.

Cautious by nature, Skylar never expected to fall in love with her tow truck driver. Even so, once Bull reveals what he really does for a living, she’s not sure she can handle it. When Skylar faces threats that have nothing to do with Bull’s job but are just as deadly, the stakes are higher than ever.

With the help of the Silverstone team, Bull will use everything he’s learned over the years to bring the woman he loves home—because the alternative is unthinkable.

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REVIEW:TRUSTING SKYLAR is the first instalment in Susan Stoker’s contemporary, adult SILVERSTONE romantic, military suspense series focusing on an elite group of former military operatives. This is thirty-six year old, Carson ‘Bull’ Rhodes, and thirty-two year old. kindergarten teacher Skylar Reid’s story line. The SILVERSTONE series is a spin off from the author’s Mountain Mercenaries series but you do not have to have read the aforementioned series to understand or follow the current timeline.

Told from third person perspective TRUSTING SKYLAR follows in the aftermath of a successful mission in Pakistan only to face the fall-out from their superiors back home. Forced to separate or expulsion from the military, the only one other option at their disposal, the foursome-Bull, Eagle, Smoke and Gramps – face off with an agent from the FBI who makes them an offer they cannot refuse- Black Ops assignments headquartered in Silverstone, Indiana. Setting up shop, disguised as Tow Truck operation in Silverstone, Bull, Eagle, Smoke and Gramps would take missions overseas when called into action. Believing themselves to be single for life, Bull would become the first to fall in love. Five years would pass before Bull would meet kindergarten teacher Skylar, when her car breaks down on the side of the road. An immediate attractions leads to Bull ensuring our heroine is safe and protected but someone else is determined to take what doesn’t belong. What ensues is the building romance and relationship between Bull and Skylar, and the potential fall-out as Skylar becomes collateral damage protecting the children under her care.

The relationship between Bull and Skylar begins when Bull is called to assist a stranded motorist on the side of the road. Battling his need to protect our story line heroine Bull struggles with Skylar’s innocence and naivete but it is her innocence that calls to his heart. The $ex scene are intimate and passionate without the use of over the top, sexually graphic language and text.

We are introduced to Bull’s friends and fellow Black Ops agents: Smoke aka Mark, Gramps aka Leonardo, and Eagle aka Kellan; several Silverstone Towing employees; FBI Intelligence Agent Gregory Willis; single father Shawn Archer, and his daughter Sandra., as well as Skylar’s parents Cory and Dayana Reid, and her neighbors Tiana and Maria.

TRUSTING SKYLAR is a story of family and friendships; relationships and love; obsession and a twisted mind. The premise is engaging and intriguing; the romance is seductive and captivating; the characters are energetic, dynamic and charismatic. TRUSTING SKYLAR is a great start to Susan Stoker’s new SILVERSTONE series.

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Reviewed by Sandy

New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal Bestselling Author, Susan Stoker has a heart as big as the state of Texas where she lives, but this all-American girl has also spent the last fourteen years living in Missouri, California, Colorado, and Indiana. She’s married to a retired Army man who now gets to follow her around the country.

She debuted her first series in 2014 and quickly followed that up with the SEAL of Protection Series, which solidified her love of writing and creating stories readers can get lost in.

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