Afrodyt's review posted at Guilty Pleasures Book Reviews 
 In what appears to be the final novella in Calhoun's Navy SEAL series, we meet Jamie Hawthorn and the teenage love of his life, Charlie Stannard. Both were incredibly talented and competitive athletes on the basketball court. After high school, Charlie moved on to a successful collegiate and pro career overseas but she never truly got over her high school sweetheart. Jamie went on to become a Navy SEAL and travelled the world being a hero. After 10 years apart they find themselves back home to attend the retirement banquet of their beloved high school basketball coach. They quickly rekindle their romance, only now they are both seasoned adults and they are eager to make up for lost time. 
 Of the three books in this novella series, this is the only one that felt to me like it truly deserved to be a full length novel. These characters had so much depth and I wanted to probe deeper in their early relationship and the time they spent apart. I wanted to watch them grow deeper in love and face some of the obstacles that were clearly ahead of them. But I didn't get that and it's a bit frustrating. The heroes and heroines from The SEAL's Secret Lover and The SEAL's Rebel Librarian all make a brief appearance in this novella, but it truly can stand alone. It's not a knock against Anne Calhoun's writing when I say this story left me wanting. But it did. It left me wanting so much more. 
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