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Last True Hero (Battle Scars #1) by Diana Gardin
Genre: NA Contemporary Romance (Military)
Published by Forever Romance
Releasing November 10, 2015
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For seven years he’s
fought for his country. Now he’ll fight for her.
Army Ranger Dare Conners
has been through hell. He’s left combat behind, yet the memories that refuse to
fade are proving just as dangerous. Ordered to take R&R, he joins his buddy
for beaches, beers, and babes—if that can’t cure him, nothing will. But when he
meets Berkeley, a woman who affects him like no one else, a new kind of battle
begins . . .
An Admiral’s daughter, Berkeley knows her
life has been planned since birth. The right school, the right boyfriend—and
now that she’s graduated—the right marriage. But after years of being right,
Berkley is ready to be a little wrong. And Dare Conners has wrong written
all over him. The sexy soldier has a body built for sin and secrets he won’t
share. What starts as a fling quickly grows into something more. But summer
can’t last forever, and when the truth comes out, both Berkeley and Dare could
be in for quite a fall.
Last True Hero, the Story Behind the Story
-It took me an entire summer to write Last True Hero. I
started it when I was sick with mono, of all things. Once I started, I knew I
had to do these characters justice—I had to get this one right.
-Dare and Berkeley are my favorite couple I’ve written thus
far.
-Lone Sands is a fictional place, but it is reminiscent of
the Outer Banks, North Carolina. One of my favorite places in the whole wide
world.
-Berkeley is the first blonde I’ve ever written as a
heroine. I hope she makes all my blonde readers happy!
-Originally, something completely different happening in the
story instead of the kidnapping. I might release the deleted
scene at a later date, but all I can say is Dare, Chase, and a poker game with
very high stakes.
Last True Hero, in Five Words
SEXY - The connection between Dare
and Berkeley is sultry and steamy and as a reader, you’re just going to want
more of them together.
RAW - Dare is rugged,
rough-around-the-edges, but so pure of heart readers will be wanting more of
his sexy dynamic.
COMPLEX - Both hero and heroine are
characters with depth; they will keep you guessing and wondering what their
next move will be.
EMOTIONAL - Both hero and heroine have
baggage. They come together with their own thoughts and feelings and pasts, and
merging them together takes some work. Watching it unfold might tear you apart.
ADDICTIVE - The love story that unfolds
between these two will keep you reading until the very end.
***ARC provided in exchange for an honest review - Naomi
/ Scandalous Book Blog***
After reading Diana’s previous work, I couldn’t wait to read
Last True Hero, I knew I was in for a massive treat and I wasn’t disappointed.
Told in dual POV, this book was amazing. There was so much to love about this
book…The Hero was swoon worthy, he hasn’t had it easy but he made it easy to fall
in love with him. The Heroine was sassy and very head strong but once her walls
started to crumble she was definitely someone I would love to be friends with.
Their individual story s were great we got just enough details of their past to
understand them in thee present BUT their story together was spell binding.
Every Girl deserves a man who is going to protect her and love her fiercely and
every man deserves a woman who will complete him and compliment him in every
way!!!
EX Ranger Dare Connors has recently been discharged from the
army, a life he chose to help keep him on the right path and out of trouble.
After loosing his parents at the age of 7 he was thrown into the system and
ended up lost. This is how he is feeling again now arriving in a small town to
stay with his army brother to re group and try to work out what to do next with
his life.
On a night out at the local restaurant Dare sees Berkeley and is instantly
awe struck, she is stunningly beautiful but in a natural way. Chancing his luck
he starts with a little flirty banter but the minute his friend calls him Sergeant
she blows him out.
Berkeley Holtz is no stranger to Military life, her father
is a Navy Admiral and between her parents and their best friends they have her
life mapped out for her, but this isn’t the life she wants. There wish is for
her to marry Grisham whom is due to enter the Navy very soon but she doesn’t
love him like that, they are best friends.
Dare is unable to forget about her though she is always in
his head, in his dreams and he never backs out of a mission and his mission is
to have her in his life Berkeley finds it hard to o to Dare and finally decides
to spend time with him. She is quick to explain to him she is unavailable and
instead of telling him why she keeps the secret and tells him it’s complicate,
and Dare finds himself keeping his secrets too.
When Dares receives a call from hi brother asking for money
to get him out of trouble, Dare cant think straight she is always on his mind
so he ignores the calls and pleas only to return home one night to his brother
being there. Unable to ignore his brother any longer he asks for time to come
up with a plan to help and keep him safe.
Little do they know their time is running out, trouble is
coming but in more was than one.
Will Dare and Berkeley
get their HEA?
Can Dare keep his brother safe?
Who will be caught in the crossfire when trouble comes
knocking?
One click and find out…This is a story that is not to be
missed!!!!
I find her name in my phone contacts list
and press SEND.
She answers on the first ring, which
brings a slight smile to my lips.
“You still don’t know that guys don’t
call girls anymore.” Her voice is all cute and grumbly. I gulp down the intense
desire that washes over me like the downpour that ignited our first kiss.
“You must know by now that I don’t follow
social cues,” I say into the phone. “Two-word answers over text aren’t going to
work for me tonight.”
She sighs, and a pause stretches between
us on the phone. My fingers itch; they bend and flex as I picture her soft skin
beneath them.
“It’s been a rough night, Dare.”
“Are you alone?” The question tumbles out
of me; I hadn’t even planned to ask it. But I need to know she’s not still with
Grisham. Once I know that, I’ll be able to think clearly again.
“You don’t even need to ask me that,
Dare.” Her sigh is weary. “Answer something.”
“Anything.”
“You didn’t let me in on whatever you
were holding back tonight. I get it. It took me this long to share everything
with you. But now that I have…are there many more secrets you’re not giving
away?”
I hear my own question for her being
thrown back at me, and I run a hand through my hair while I grin like a fucking
idiot.
“Most people don’t stick around long
enough to learn other peoples’ secrets,” I say. God, I want to touch her so bad
right now.
I mouth her next words right along with
her as she speaks them. “That sounds suspiciously like a dare, Dare.”
I shoot up off the bed like someone has
lit a rocket under my ass. I stride for my bedroom door, throwing it open.
“Be outside in ten minutes, Berkeley.
When I pull up, I want you in my truck.”
Her voice is breathless as she answers,
and she doesn’t even think to argue with me. I like that. No, I fucking love
that.
As she speaks, I can tell she’s moving
around. “Where are we going?”
“I’m bringing you back here. I need you
next to me tonight, Berkeley.” I realize my voice is rough as my truck’s engine
roars to life, and I try to soften it. “I know I need to open up to you, but I
don’t know when I’m going to be able to do that. I will do it though, Berkeley.
You are so worth opening up to. I just…tonight I just want to feel you beside
me.”
“Ten minutes?” Her voice is barely a
whisper.
“No. Eight.
Diana Gardin was born and raised combing the coasts of Southeastern Virginia. She is now a happy resident of South Carolina as she married into an enormous Carolina-rooted family. She loves the beach, and even more than that she loves to read while sitting on the beach.
While writing was always a passion of Diana’s, she enrolled in college to become an elementary-school teacher. After eight years of teaching in both Virginia and South Carolina, she decided to stay at home with her first child. This decision is what opened her eyes to the fact that she still very much loved to write, and her first novel was written.
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