Oh my, hotness alert. I love, love Jake. Totally too hard on himself and definitely needed to adjust his thinking but my gosh SEXY. I loved the writing, the depth of characters, the suspense, the feistyness and spirit that was Hannah...an excellent story. Great writing, easy flow, nicely done secondary characters while MIT being overwhelming.

Coming to Her Rescue is a fabulous SEAL story from Katie Knight and while fraught with all the danger, suspense, and passion we’ve come to expect from these wonderful stories, it also highlights the emotional turmoil experienced by this loyal and devoted SEAL in his effort to serve and protect, while struggling to understand this unfamiliar need for something more.

Jake always believed that to be a good SEAL he needed to focus 100% on the task at hand and remove himself from personal entanglements and relationships to boot. But when his favour for a friend reunites him with the one woman who haunts his dreams, all bets are off.

Hanna and Jake’s story has everything a true romantic could want; a sexy, moody SEAL, a feisty, un-cooperative heroine, and an intriguing plot and imaginative world building. A truly worthwhile read, that I can happily recommend!

Leslie North is my go-to author for fuzzy romance stories. And Coming To Her Rescue is definitely fuzzy, but also with a lot of action. So, a wonderful combination. Jake is a Navy SEAL, who has been tricked into attending a bachelorette auction of a friend. There, he sees Hanna, baby sister of one of his friends on stage. Only, Hanna is not so baby any more. When he hears men talking about her, he decides to save her from the creeps and bids on her. Hanna, however, isn't amused by his rescue. She was trying to find husband-material, and Jake doesn't do commitments. But, as Jake has been the center of her girly fantasies for years, after almost kissing five years ago, she ends up in his bed.
Of course, Jake leaves her the day after, as suspected. However, a few weeks later, he is tasked with picking Hanna up from the airport. When she is attacked at the airport, they run for cover. It appears one of Hanna's clients has talked too much and they want to silence her. Jake rescues her yet again and takes her to a safehouse. While they stay put, Hanna is in doubt: should she tell Jake that he will become a daddy? Or should she refrain from telling him, to spare her child the misery of a dad walking out of your life, as had happened to her? Find out for yourself how Hanna and Jake dodge bullets and their feelings for each other. Four out of five stars from me and a special thank you to Netgalley for providing the arc.

Coming to Her Rescue is a fairly standard romantic suspense book, with a Navy SEAL as the hero and his friends younger sister as the heroine. Overall, I thought it did exactly what it was supposed to do as a book hinging on the unplanned pregnancy trope and if you like that particular blend, this book might be for you.

I don’t have one overall complaint about this book, but I did notice several smaller things that bothered me and combined to make me not like this book very much. First was the fact that Hanna (the heroine) suffers from major “not like other girls” syndrome. She knows about cars! She’s not super fussy! She likes to eat! Jake (the hero) is constantly noticing how different she is from other girls and it really got on my nerves.

Secondly was the fact that the big showdown of the story was suuuuuper anticlimactic. It wasn’t satisfying, and it added so little to the development of their relationship that you could tell that the author had purely come up with the plot as a way to keep the characters together, and didn’t develop it at all beyond that.

There were a few other small things that piled up, but those were the two main issues I had. I think this just wasn’t the book for me, and the tropes it uses aren’t part of my usual reading material.

Hanna is a therapist and is being auctioned off at a charity event. Jake is a Navy SEAL and owes a friend a favor, so he’s at a banquet, in a tux. He sees one of his buddies sister being auctioned, he bids on her and wins a date. Hanna is hoping to find a husband but it’s Jake who wins her. They spend a night together but Jake doesn’t want a relationship because his main focus is his job. Hanna goes to Tokyo for three weeks and when she gets back, Jake is picking her up. Someone starts shooting at them and Jake saves them. But they are not giving up so Jake takes her to a safe house. When she takes a pregnancy test and realize she’s pregnant, she tells Jake. Jake is surprised and scared but he has to keep them all alive then he’ll figure everything else out.
Action and sex. Jake isn’t looking for love or family and Hanna has a checklist of what she wants in a husband. Great story.
* Voluntarily read and reviewed this for NetGalley *

This book had the premise to be good, but to be honest the writing and editing was pretty bad. It took away from the story in my opinion. Thank you to netgalley for the ARC.

Cute, predictable, likable characters and a fast beach read for those who love a romance with a bit of suspense.
Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for the advance copy of Katie Knight Coming TO Her Rescue.

I love me a good romantic suspense story, but this one just had me rolling my eyes too much.

Jake Hendrix almost shared a kiss with the younger sister of his Navy squadmate five years ago. But not wanting any distractions before entering SEAL training, he walked away. Now it’s five years later and Hanna is up for auction at a charity event. When Jake wins and spends the night with Hanna, he knows it’s a night he won’t ever forget, but walks away again because he still can’t afford distractions. But then one of Hanna’s clients is killed, and bad guys are after her, so Jake has to keep her - and the child they conceived on their date - safe.

This could have been a good story. But the writing was simplistic, things were over explained, and our heroine - who is supposed to be smart - constantly argues with Jake, who is trying to keep her safe from people who shot at her in an airport parking garage. She hadn’t the least care in the world that they are on the run from people who have already killed someone, and want her dead as well.

Then we have the whole issue of repeatedly having to read the same inner thoughts from the hero (“I can’t be a family man because I’m a SEAL” and “it’s wrong to be with my friend’s little sister” - FYI she’s 26), and the heroine (“will he break his rules to be with me” and “he doesn’t check all the boxes on my list”)...and on and on and on.

There’s also laughable dialogue like “don’t come any closer or your girlfriend gets it.” Actually, the whole “suspense” part of this story comes off more like an episode of the Keystone Kops. If you want to read a similar story (therapist is in danger because of a client and military guy keeps her safe), with non-stop action that keeps you on the edge of your seat and a steamy romance as a bonus, read Winters Heat by Cristin Harber.

I requested this book because I love the unplanned pregnancy trope, but there was very little drama or angst involved in that part of the story line. Which I suppose it was nice to see a man have a change of heart once the reality of a baby is present. But I would have liked a little more discussion, and little more angst, between Hanna and Jake over the situation. Things were resolved and headed for happily-ever-after in about three sentences. Overall, I feel like nothing in the story was developed well enough for a reader to get invested in the plot or the characters.

I always like to give a new-to-me author more than one read. So I will give Katie Knight another try - especially since I’m a big fan of romantic suspense. But I’ll need a more fleshed-out story if she’s going to be an author I read regularly.

* thank you to NetGalley and Relay Publishing for providing an ARC in exchange for an honest review

Hannah is a psychologist who has been looking for the perfect man. She enters a contest hoping to find that man. Jake is a Seal who gets tricked into going to the contest by a friend he owed a favor to. He sees Hannah on the stage and remembers she’s a fellow SEALs sister. He bids on her to protect her from some perverts that are bidding also. Little does he know that in winning he wins more then he bargained for!

I read this book as an arc from NetGalley

Coming to Her Rescue by Katie Knight and Leslie North is the story of Hanna Masterson and Jake Hendrix.
Hanna's brother is a Navy Seal and she has always been attracted to his fellow friend/Seal Partner Jake. But she knows he isn't a long term relationship person nor would he be anything like that toward her. So she is putting herself out there to find her someone which leads her to a charity auction. Jake happens to attend the auction and goes forward to bid and buy her for the date. Which leads them to one hot encounter but of course Jake pulls away the next day. A few weeks past and they meet again when he sent to pick her up but it leads to them being ambushed and Jake goes into protective mode.
Enjoyed their hot story.

Okay so the beginning of this book had me hooked, and I was so into it and really liked it. It had me thinking about what happens next all the time, and I could feel the tension in the book.

I love a good Romantic suspense book, and this was starting out great, so I was ready for more. But then it was like I got 50% into the book, and the Heroine started to act immature and really annoyed me so much it ruined the story for me. The suspense was still there but because the heroine lived in a bubble and had the attitude that even though she currently lived in a safe house because someone wanted her killed, she was safe and could do anything she wanted. No matter what her protective SEAL said because as long as he was around, then she could do whatever she wants even if he said not to.

So as I had been waiting on the suspense to peak in the book and was ready for that feeling where my heart started beating, and I would get maybe even a little afraid of what would happen to the characters. It didn't happen because I was so annoyed at the heroine that when the book finally peaked it wasn't an oh no situation for me only a mild curiosity about what would happen next. How would it play out?

The book was really good written, and the hero was amazing, and I was ready for this book to be a 4 star read, but then the heroine just had to go and get a new personality and never ever grow up again so I will sadly say it is only a 3 star read for me. But if the heroine doesn't annoy you, then this is a really good story with a good plot.

I’ve read a few of Leslie Norths books but never with another author, this wasn’t a disappointment, a light easy read as I’d expect but it also had a nice fresh feeling to it as well. Enjoyable and full of charm and humour a great book to a HEA and a feel-good read

Thanks to netgalley and the publisher for a free copy for an honest opinion

This ARC was courtesy of netgalley - all thoughts and opinions are mine and unbiased

I'd read one of Leslie North's books through netgalley and really enjoyed it so was thrilled and intrigued to be able to read another - this time in conjunction with Katie Knight who is a new voice for me

A light, quick read - I loved the story, the characters were well written - as a foodie myself, Hanna's encouragement of healthy lifestyle Jake to try her food was a great touch.

A lovely, summer read

Jake is really into a healthy life style. I laughed when he tried to get Hanna to join him and she persuaded him to try her food instead. It was this light side that made me like Jake.

So I did read this whole story, and I did like the concept, j overall didn’t really care for this one.
It seemed kinda blah and I had a hard time staying ‘in’ the story.
Overall, I’m rating it 3.5 stars.