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Her Soldier Boy had severe fact-checking issues and some karmic payback problems. The romance works, as is the constant back forth, but the lack of karma on the "evil" folks makes for a depressing read. And the fact-checking issues shows the author seems to lack general military knowledge or even willingness to fact-check her own premises, and this is a CONSISTENT problem with her "military romances".
Regan was working in a cafe when Daniel walked into her life. Daniel was in town looking for his ex-wife and son. He was a MOH award winner but suffered from horrific burn scars and other wounds, and Regan was the only one to see through the scuffed exterior to see the man that he was. When the ex-wife was found to be happily married and had no intention allowing any visitation rights, Regan and Daniel went on to love each other but have to work through their own inadequacies, as ex-wife's deceptions were revealed.
WARNING SPOILERS AHEAD
This book is in serious need of a karmic top off. NONE of the evil and mean people got any karma, seriously. The evil ex-wife? She only married Daniel because her daddy will not release her trust fund. And Daniel is not the baby's father! In other words, she was fooling around while Daniel was off to training and officer's school! Just before his deployment she sprung the "I'm pregnant" excuse, knowing he can't defer deployment. And what sort of evil ***** drop off divorce papers while her husband was lying in a hospital bed unconscious with serious burns? The evil heartless kind, of course. She doesn't even care for the baby but employs babysitters! And there was NO KARMA! WHATSOEVER! She got one suit ruined, that was it! Oh, and Flo, the older waitress in the Cafe? CONSTANTLY yapping about nobody in the military can be trusted, even after Regan got involved with Daniel (then it's "Just wait and you'll see") then when nothing happened, by the end of book Flo got Regan fired for exacting a small revenge (spilling coffee on Daniel's evil ex). Again, NO KARMA!
Furthermore, I don't know what sort of fictional tank is in use in this book, but MOH cannot be awarded for simple accidents and resultant rescue. MOH *must* be earned in combat, and modern tanks don't just "burn up" like that from being driven around then "I smell something burning." And it's CMOH "Congressional" Medal of Honor. The entire background detail was wrong!
This is NOT the first book that the author has with fact-checking issues and patently impossible or implausible premises. If you don't care about facts, this book is not too bad. But we're reading military romance, not science fiction romance, aren't we?
Category: Military
Primary Plot: Ex-soldier in town looking for his ex wife and kid fell for the kind waitress
Tropes: evil ex, small town, waitress
Overall Rating: 2/5 (rounded up)
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