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Amy Dickinson
5.0 out of 5 stars Insta-Love and Orchids
Reviewed in the United States on August 16, 2020
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Overall Grade: ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ 1/2

“This woman sees all of my broken pieces, all my pain, and she doesn’t brush it away.”

One of my favorite parts about reading romance is the breadth of options for readers. I’m a fairly easy romance reader in that I’ll read just about anything, save for PNR (paranormal). I won’t ever judge it because I know there are so many romance readers who love it; it’s just not one of my interests. Maybe someday that will change. Anyways, Patricia D. Eddy is my go-to read for military romance/romantic suspense. Finding her Away from Keyboard series was one of the best discoveries in romance. The broken hero coupled with the tenacious, stalwart heroine is like discovering one of the best desserts ever. For me, the message about brokenness and allowing love to seal up personal fractures resounds over and over again in Eddy’s books. She does an amazing job of keeping that message fresh as it’s interwoven into different stories. Even though you find it in many of her books in this series, and her newest spin-off series, the Gone Rogue series, it impacts you the same, time and time again. Rogue Protector, book 1 in this new series, offers more of this message coupled with a driving romance, an exacting plot, and an additional message about the saving grace of family. All of these parts conspire to grab you and keep you suspended in Eddy’s Rogue Protector.

This book follows Austin Pritchard. We meet him in Ripper and Trevor’s stories. Struggling with retirement and the dangers of his past two missions, Austin seeks solace in a journey on the Maya Trail in Mexico. While there, he encounters Mikayla “Mik,” an intelligent botanist conducting experiments on an orchid in a bid to help cure Parkinson’s disease. Austin and Mik meet in the bar of their shared hotel, and their interest and chemistry instantly ignite. Unfortunately, orchid poachers threaten and endanger Mik’s life, and Austin must save her from potential death. Will Austin and Mik find their happy ending? Will he be able to protect her from the people seeking to harm her? Will her research bring possible change?

Read this book. Rogue Protector is an edge-of-your-seat, insta-love, steamy story. Eddy has integrated so many important and interesting aspects into this story that it makes for a read that grabs you and keeps you engaged until the final page:

*Together, Austin and Mik are combustible. However, this isn’t Eddy’s typical steam. This is a relationship that is respectful and careful. One of the reasons is Mik’s cultural heritage. While she is not a practicing Muslim, she respects its place in her life, namely as her parent’s belief system. Austin, always the “good guy,” shows an immense amount of respect for this. There are messages about consent and acknowledging one’s cultural background tinctured throughout this story.

*The plot itself is suspenseful. While I did figure out the entity threatening Mik, it wasn’t until much later in the story, and I was compelled to keep reading to affirm my belief.

*The Ideas of brokenness and family are huge touchpoints in Eddy’s military romance, and those messages are important. As we encounter a few of the characters from the Away from Keyboard series, they speak of Austin and Mik’s place in their family, and the group’s need to protect their own. For anyone who might feel isolated, this is a worthy message in romance.

If I had any criticism for this story, it would be the insta-love between Austin and Mikayla. That’s more of a personal preference, however. It never turns me off to a story; it simply affects my believability for their coupling. That being said, Eddy speaks to it within the story, so that it does feel more organic than most romances.

I will always read Patricia D. Eddy’s military romances. Her pacing, her plot devices, and her characterizations pull you into her storytelling. Her newest book, Rogue Protector, is no different. If you loved the Away from Keyboard series, then you will LOVE Austin and Mikayla’s story too.
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Kat Ryker
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5.0 out of 5 stars Military romance? Yes!
Reviewed in the United States on August 11, 2020
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It is no secret to anyone who reads my reviews that I think this author is pretty darn good. She understands emotions and isn't afraid to have her characters be emotional about the people and things they care about the most.

I would love to say this is a romance, but this particular book is a lot more. First, it is a spin-off from Ms. Eddy's "Away From the Keyboard" series and features Major General Pritchard, Commander of JSOC. Or at least, that was his title when we last saw him in Trevor and Dani's story, Call Sign Redemption. Now, life has changed for Major General Pritchard, "Stars and Bars", and he is at loose ends. This was the first taste of the emotion in this book - a man who commanded JSOC (Joint Special Operations Command) at loose ends? The tone of the story starts there. The arc of the story grows from this point.

In the mix of emotions in this book, you'll find an extremely rare and almost extinct orchid and the Doctor Mikayla Salim who is researching and sampling this orchid along with her graduate students. And action. I'm not talking about someone running from a bad guy, I'm talking about some gut wrenching action. I always have trouble when there is violence against a woman in this book, but in this case it wasn't overdone, it was perfect. Dr. Salim poses a threat to the men I'll refer to as bad guys (since I don't want to describe them - that's what reading the book is for).

In this book, Ms. Eddy once again proved that she can stay on point and take the arc of the story to exactly where it needs to be. As she writes, suspense builds. I found myself unable to figure out who the bad guys were (the sign of a good book is when the reader has to read to discover the good stuff).

This book kept my attention for a lot of reasons, but I think the most important was that it was a good blend of action and information, dialogue and narrative, and most of all, emotion. And that's why we read. Without emotion, deep, heartfelt emotion, books are boring. This is one book that I did not find boring at all.

This is the first book in a new series called Gone Rogue. I've already pre-ordered the second in the series as I am curious to see if the author grabs onto the heightened emotions and action that this book contained. Thank you Ms. Eddy for a very interesting story.
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Mel M
5.0 out of 5 stars Compelling Intense
Reviewed in the United States on August 11, 2020
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Rogue Protector is compelling and intense; filled with some deeply emotional and heart pounding moments. Patricia Eddy does a wonderful job of putting you right in the middle of the action. I loved that Mikayla Salim and Austin Pritchard are two 40 something adults who are fated to find the loves of their lives in the wilds of Mexico.

Hiking the Maya trail in the hopes of finding the man beneath Major General Austin Pritchard, Austin can't seem to get out from under the darkness in his soul. Fate, Karma or maybe serendipity put Mikayla on a barstool next to Austin. They just click. They spend three idyllic nights getting to know each other. With Mik, Austin starts to emerge from the darkness and feels the lightness she brings into his life. Mik can't believe that this powerful, dynamic, gorgeous man could be interested in her but the more she gets to know him the more she wants him to be in her life. When her life is in peril, the Major General roars to life calling on all his training. Keeping Mik safe is his number one priority.
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