Hero Of Mine by Codi Gary Review
4.5 Smooches
Synopsis
Danielle Hill used to live on the wild side, until a surprise pregnancy forced her to get her act together. Now her whole life revolves around her young son, and she will do anything to keep Noah’s heart protected, even if it means avoiding the Marine who makes her want to be oh so bad . . .
Tyler Best loves his family, his friends, and his life, and he plans on living it to the fullest after nearly losing it. But Tyler didn’t bank on running into a beautiful blond with blazing green eyes and temper to match his. Tyler always thought he wasn’t ready to settle down, but Dani and Noah make him rethink his playboy ways . . .
Only just as these two start to build something, a shadow from Dani’s past comes back to haunt them. But Tyler will do anything to keep her and Noah safe . . . anything.
Review
‘But the tiny, smiling little boy on her phone screen was like a big fat stop sign. He didn’t do single moms’
As a longtime fan of Codi Gary I was excited to get and start this new book in the Men In Uniform series. I enjoy her easy to read with just enough action plots and though third person is not my favorite style to read, hers doesn’t bother me. Like the previous book and novella in the series, this is a standalone about a Marine working at the Alpha Dog training facility and the woman who captures his attention.
‘But nothing had changed. He was the guy with nothing to lose, and she was a mom. Nothing simple or east, not where them hooking up was concerned.‘
Playboy Tyler has a few rules he NEVER breaks and single moms top that list. Growing up the son of a single mom himself he knows how important it is to only get involved in a kids life if he plans to stay there. So though he was incredibly attracted to Dani he walks away. Fate however had other ideas and constantly threw these two unlikely people together. Individually, I liked both Dani and Tyler and while at first her stubbornness and his refusal to get involved was frustrating it did not take long for me to be rooting for them. I spent a good part of the book convinced that I really liked it and as a simple low drama four star good book, where I thought that her being a single mom was all the only real issue we would encounter, I will say that the last 25% blew me away. So much happens and I couldn’t stop. I was delighted and surprised by the twists that happened and mad at myself for ever doubting that Codi could deliver.
‘Could ovaries really explode? Because Dani was pretty sure her just had.’
I am a sucker for a small town romance and at the heart of it all that is what this is. Sexy, sweet and surprising. I am most definitely looking forward to the next book in this series.
~miranda
