Love Another Day (Masters and Mercenaries #14)

This book was better than the last one, but Stephanie Gibson played the martyr way too much. She had killed Avery\’s baby and first husband in a car accident when she was young and despite Avery forgiving her and telling her to do good and becoming a doctor who chooses to work in Africa, she carries this cross of what happened and feels she doesn\’t deserve happiness. She falls in love with Brody Carter during one of his missions and despite him telling her they had no future, does a one night stand with him and ends up pregnant. She makes one bad choice after another always promising herself just one more night of pleasure with Brody. When she finds herself pregnant she makes multiple calls to him even when he doesn\’t return them. She might as well tattoo her forehead with a \”K\” to make herself feel better. That way everyone knows what she is without opening her mouth. Her guilt and his insecurity with himself to be with her just drags on adnauseam through the whole book. It was reading like a segment of Oprah or Dr. Phil. At least it was relieved with Ian and company showing up now and then. One of the Lost Boys, Tucker, had a bigger role in this book which I really liked and hope to read more about him. This book kept my attention more than the last one, but it is a shadow of the earlier books in this series especially when I find myself looking forward to reading about Ian and Charlotte instead of the cross bearing , beating their chests, woe is me drivel of Stephanie and Brody. I even found Sadie, McKay-Taggart\’s receptionist, more interesting with her courage, spunk, and backbone than Stephanie. Sadie was a breath of fresh air like the women in the first books. It\’s not promising when the side characters are more interesting than the main characters. Refund!

What she needs is a dumb grunt who loves her so much hes willing to give everything to her and their family. I promise you, Nathan. By the end of this, were all going to be together. Or he would die trying. Brody Carter, speaking to his infant son, Nathan Love Another Day p. 126 Im just going to dive in on this one. Hot Aussie Brody Carter was imbedded by McKay-Taggart in Dr. Stephanie (Steph) Gibsons charity clinic in Africa. The attraction is mutual, but doesnt get physical until the gorgeous Steph makes a move on Brody. His assignment in Sierra Leone now complete, Brody has plans to head out the next day, so he surrenders to Stephs advances. Body parts collide, fluids are shared, and appetites are sated. In the wee hours of the night, Brody takes off, convinced that Steph deserves a better life than what he can offer her. Luckily for Brody and Steph, fate has waved her magic wand, and baby Nathan is conceived. Steph tries to contact Brody many times, leaving voice mail messages regarding his impending fatherhood, a son to be born to them. Brody never picks up on her calls. In a gesture of density that can only be attributable to those who carry the Y chromosome, Brody actually believes ghosting Steph is the way to give her the future she deserves. He deletes her messages without ever having listened to them. Brody has some serious self-esteem issues. Eventually, Stephanie shows up in Dallas with baby Nathan, and Brody embraces his son. Becoming a father has forced Brody to recognize his own worth. Hed like to embrace Nathans mother, too, but Steph has her own serious issues. Dr. Stephanie Gibson has martyr complex that puts her on par with Joan of Arc, and herein lies my issue with Love Another Day: this character annoyed the . . . heck out of me. Guilt-ridden by events in her past long forgiven by others, Steph repeatedly offers herself up to the grim reaper in a gesture of atonement. That I ended up sympathetic to Steph is a credit to the talent of author Lexi Blake. Not many writers can take a character who consistently acts against the best interests of not only herself, but of her child, and make her likeable by the end of the story. Love Another Day is novel #14 in Lexi Blakes outstanding Masters and Mercenaries series, and notwithstanding my annoyance with the aforementioned Dr. Gibson, its a nail-biter. The plot is intense, steamy and fluid bullets fly, spankings are issued, loyalties are tested. This story has all the hallmarks fans of the series have grown to love and expect from this gifted author. Appearances by major McKay-Taggart characters are icing on this M&M cake. (Why, hello there Ian Taggart!) Full of suspense, angst and good times in Sanctum, Love Another Day is another terrific read from author Lexi Blake. Four stars

This is the first book Ive read by Lexi Blake. This is book 14 in her Masters and Mercenaries series, these are truly interconnected stand-alones, as I feel like the story I read was complete. I did have tons of questions about the other people in the book and Im sure that having their stories would have enriched this story for me but it didnt take anything away from it. Love Another Day drew me in so much that Ill definitely be adding all of the others to my TBR so I can be completely ensconced in this world by the time the next book is released. While I truly enjoyed the plot of this novel, it was a little heavy on the sex, for me. I know most other romance readers love that aspect but I can always do without it. The good thing about the sex in this novel was that it always seemed to be moving Steph and Brody forward as a couple. Those are the only kinds of sex scenes that I appreciate in a book. The fact that the book wasnt full of gratuitous sex made up for the amount, as far as Im concerned. Love Another Day was an intriguing and engrossing story. The unknowns as far as Brody and Stephs relationship, as well as the threat against Steph\’s life, kept me from putting the book down for any longer than I absolutely had to. I needed to know what was going to happen next. I loved the way Ms. Blake gave just enough information to keep me interested without revealing so much that the mystery of the book was lost. I appreciated the little glimpses of each of their pasts, but truly wish they both would have been more fully explored. I think a good chunk of Stephs story was probably explored in a previous novel, but I assume the fallout from that event wasnt included there either. The story wasnt lacking, I just feel fleshing out those back stories would have made the experience of the novel more robust. Brody was, by far, my favorite of the two main characters. While at the beginning he was a bit of a dick, his reasoning for doing what he did was more fleshed out; therefore, it was far easier to understand. Stephs motivations, for most of the book, seemed rooted in her past. While the major instigating event was explained there seemed to be a lot of pain and damage she had been through that was never fully explained. I think having that information would have made her both more likable and understandable. Lexi Blakes Masters and Mercenaries world was rich and complex. The interwoven nature of her characters made me want to know more, learn more about this reality shes created. It takes a talented hand to write a book that can be easily understood without prior knowledge of the series while adding enough information about the previously constructed relationships to make a reader want to delve into in wholeheartedly; Ms. Blake did this well and I commend her talent and commitment to her craft because of that.

Another great episode in this series. If you are looking for action, hot romance and laughter this is a must to read. It carries on the series of stories about the Taggert-Mckay growing band of masters &mercenaries. This book carries on the story of Brody and Steph as they deal with Stephen being hunted after she failed to save a man a group of terrorists brought to her clinic. When Brody finds out she is in trouble he heads to American to help her and there starts a whole set of trouble when he finds out they have a son after their one night fling in Africa. As well as keeping Steph and his son safe he has to deal with his feelings for Steph, his view of him only being a dumb grunt and also Steph\’s self destructive view for her own life. A great read you really want Brody and Steph to work it out, but you are never quite sure what will happen next. Can\’t wait for the next instalment in the series.

What a book! Brody, alpha Dom and totally emotionally insecure. Stephanie, on a slow ride to an early death due to circumstances when she was 16. I laughed and cried and grew tense as the storyline unfolded. The sex scenes were D/s and proportionate to the story. The characters are believable and fully developed, supported by the cast of previous MT stories.

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