Review: Ultimate Courage (True Heroes #2) by Piper J. Drake

Elisa Hall is good at starting from scratch. Leaving an abusive relationship in her rearview, she packs everything she owns into the trunk of her car and heads for refuge with her friend in Hope's Crossing, North Carolina. 

Alex Rojas returned from his second deployment as a Navy SEAL to find his condo empty and divorce papers on the breakfast table. Now he's building a life for himself and his daughter at Hope's Crossing kennels training younger dogs and handlers to search and rescue, struggling to adjust to life back in the States and as a single father.

When Elisa shows up at the kennels, it's obvious she's running from something. Luckily, the dogs and trainers at Hope's Crossing are more than capable of warding off trouble. And with every minute he spends with Elisa, Alex becomes even more and more determined to protect the woman he's certain he won't be able to live without...  

PAPERBACK

WOW! Love this book! From the start up to the last, I was hooked. The book is well written and the characters are easy to relate with and love. The characters, Alex and Elisa are amazing. Alex, a father who raised his daughter after he was served divorce papers when he went home from being deployed. Despite his kind of Ms. Grumpy attitude, he's an amazing father and a patient trainer. Elisa on the other hand, is a woman who is pursued or more likely stalked by her ex. Their first encounter is so interesting. I was intrigued with Elisa because of how she reacts with people around her, having been in an abusive relationship she's skittish and easily got scared. But as the story goes, her relationship with Alex will get more intense but also the threat she is facing will too! What I love about this book is that I was pulled in right from the start! No dull moments and I was hooked! Loved it!