THE LEGEND is the third book in the Sons of Texas military romance that features the Loughman family, a father, Orrin, and his three adult sons, Wyatt, Owen and Cullen, who are all military operatives. Orrin was on a SEAL mission when his wife was executed nearly two decades prior, shattering their family. Wyatt uncovered his mother's body, and has hasn't recovered from the shock. 
 He's now a solitary man, moving from mission to mission with the Delta Force, having loved only one woman in his life: Callie Reed. But Wyatt walked away at 18, and has hardly ever returned. Well, only returned to keep Callie's criminal family from troubling her, and now because his aunt and uncle were executed and Orrin had been kidnapped. THE HERO and THE PROTECTOR both give important background regarding the mission Owen, Cullen and Wyatt are undertaking to find their father and protect the biological weapon Orrin had stolen from a Russian base. 
 This book features Wyatt and Callie, who works for Orrin as a tactician and computer hacker, trying to pinpoint Orrin's location, and also learn more about the shadowy Saints organization which seems to have put the hit out on the Loughman family this time. It's a complicated story, but at the heart of the intrigue is Wyatt and Callie reconnecting. Callie's been frustrated in love by Wyatt as a teen, and the years apart haven't brought her past the anger she harbors for him. Working closely with Orrin for all these years, she's seen how he suffered watching his sons turn away from him and go their own way. Callie thinks of Orrin as her surrogate father as he's a principled man who fights the good fight, unlike her grifter family, and she thinks Wyatt has been too hard on Orrin all these years. 
 In close quarters and under fire, Wyatt and Callie recognize their mutual attraction didn't end in high school, and the dire straits they find themselves in could become their final moments. It leads to some sexytimes, but there's more battle cry than booty call when the Saints crawl out from their hidey-holes. The book includes POV from Wyatt, Callie and Orrin, as they navigate the path to redemption and forgiveness. Expect a lot of dead bad guys, some double crosses and a love (or two!) to outlast the danger. I liked the story, and was a little surprised that the entire series didn't conclude. I suppose a fourth book is in the works, this time with Orrin finding both love and revenge, as he and his sons, now reunited, look to destroy the Saints once and for all. Yee-haw! 
 I read a review copy via NetGalley.