GRR Reviews Sign, SEAL, Deliver (SEAL It With A Kiss B by Rogenna Brewer

Sign, SEAL, Deliver is an interesting military adventure/romance that requires quite a bit of suspension of disbelief (ex: there were no female Tomcat pilots, much less one that went through Top Gun, or a fighter pilot can be transferred to a SEAL qual just like that, not even with an admiral pulling the strings, or send in a single pilot landing in middle of nowhere) The "amnesia trope" was even included. The result was... romantic, but more of a "military fantasy".

To recap, Lt. Zach Prince, call sign Renegade, is a Top Gun pilot alongside Lt. Michelle Dann, call sign Rapunzul. As fellow naval aviators on the USS Enterprise supercarrier, they are not supposed to fraternize, but Zach wanted nobody else. However, the past they shared when they were kids means Zach is definitely in the friend zone. Michelle can't want Zach... because she's determined to succeed on her own merits even though her father is a navy Admiral, and she can't let a little thing called "love" get in the way of that. Then one day, it all changed. Renegade and Rapunzel's flight, enforcing a no-fly zone, was jumped by 3 Iranian jets and Rapunzul's jet was shot down, and she was captured by unknown elements. Rapunzul is now MIA, then CIA caught news that she showed up in a local warlord's camp, fully armed. Zach knew that she had survived... and he will not lose her again... So he volunteered to fly down there in a private plane to rescue her... by himself... But once he got there, he found that Rapunzul had suffered amnesia and can't remember him... Can he remind her of his love, or will her original captors reach her first?

As I said, the plot seems a bit far-fetched and requires a LOT of suspension of disbelief, as well as bending a lot of "wait, what?" thoughts. Instead of sending down a SEAL team they sent in one washed-up fighter jock for rescue? WTF? Still, the idea is rather romantic. Author displayed no "obviously wrong" military knowledge, for which I am glad to see.

Category: Romantic suspense

Primary Plot: Two fighter pilots who are not supposed to fraternize did so, then one was missing in action; the other must mount a rescue by himself...

Tropes: woman in peril, protector, childhood sweetheart

Overall Rating: 3/5 (rounded up)