The Only One Who Knows

The Only One, Book 1

By: Cat Grant, L.A. Witt

Narrated by: James Levine

Length: 6 hrs and 51 mins

Publisher's summary

2015 EPIC Award Winner

Bravery is being the only one who knows you're afraid.

When Navy SEAL training pushed Lieutenant Josh Walker to his limit, Chief David Flint’s stern heart-to-heart—more like boot-to-ass—helped Josh realize his potential. When the holidays found them alone together and sharing a mutual attraction, they couldn’t help breaking a few regulations. And nearly breaking some furniture in the process.

Years after their short-lived fling, Senior Chief Flint returns to SEAL duty and finds himself under the command of the man he’s never been able to forget: Lieutenant Commander Walker. And Josh hasn’t forgotten David, either. Rules be damned, they can’t keep their hands off each other.

Despite their discretion, another SEAL catches on and threatens to expose their relationship, forcing Josh to bend to a blackmailer’s demands to avoid strife within the team just before a dangerous mission. David is the last man he can confide in…and the first to pick up on Josh’s tightly screwed down stress.

When a life-or-death decision calls Josh’s leadership into question, coming clean could cost him what he values most. His coveted trident…and the man he loves.

Contains a pair of Navy SEALs who don’t like playing by the rules, scorching hot sex between two Alphas who like to be in charge, cursing as only Navy men can curse, lots of camouflage and badassery in the wilds of North Korea, and enough emotion to sink a battleship.

©2021 Cat Grant and L.A. Witt (P)2023 Bryant Street Publishing

narrator is ruining the story for me

I have read many of L.A. Witt's books including some that have also been written with other authors. I don't think this is one of her better ones, but so far, it's ok. I don't feel the connection between the 2 MCs, but part of that may be the narrator.

His performance is quite lack luster, and he miss-pronounces millitary terms. This is particularly irritating to me. I mean, if you have a military story, then don't you think they should know how to pronounce certain terms correctly? The narrator pronouces corps, like corpse. It took me right out of the story, and now I'm writing this review because I think that's something quality control should have caught and corected. This book could have been better if there was a better narrator reading it.