Sam's Surrender

Elle James — 2018

When the stress of the job pushes Sam Magnus to take greater risks than is called for as a helicopter pilot with the US Army 160th Night Stalkers, his commander insists he extend his leave past the time it takes to attend his brother’s wedding to include some much-needed R&R. Like it or not, Sam Magnus isn’t cleared to return to work until he’s had time to cool his heels and learn how to relax. With no clue how to chill, he relies on a dart thrown at a map to determine where he should spend his unwanted vacation. The Greek Island of Santorini it is! Used to non-stop action, the thought of lolling in the sun for two weeks makes him want to hurt someone. Namely his commanding officer. Until he interferes with an attempted kidnapping of one hot babe his first night on the island. Stranded on Santorini, abandoned by the wealthy couple who hired her, former au pair, Kinsey Phillips, has enough going wrong with being broke and homeless, she doesn’t need to add an attempted kidnapping to her list of troubles. An Army helicopter pilot swoops in to rescue her, and thus begins a whole new set of troubles. The man is incredibly handsome and Kinsey knows what guys like that are like—love ‘em and leave ‘em. No, sir. She’d been there, done that and had scars to prove it. Count her out of a potentially doomed relationship, although she could use his help in the meantime to survive the beautiful but deadly Greek island and get back to the States…alive. Someone is determined to take Kinsey. It’s not Sam’s job to keep her safe, but he resultantly assumes the responsibility when he discovers she has nowhere else to go. Rest and relaxation is impossible to achieve with a sexy blond sharing his cottage, especially when her attackers aren’t willing to forgo their prize.

Reviews

Nicola Sarah Brooks@nikkisbooknook

Dec 8, 2021

Sam is an adrenaline junkie but lately his team have began to worry about him. He's taking it too close to the edge when he is flying. With the threat of being benched his commanding officer orders him to do the impossible...take a holiday and relax! Santorini should be a dream holiday but Sam is stressed and tightly wound and under order to relax. But when his family contact him and they organise another get together he unwinds slightly. But then he comes across an abduction and his instincts kick in. Kinsey's life had gone down the loo! She lost her new job in Greece before it even started. She was offered an au paid job when she was mugged and taken to Santorini. The parents are a bit odd but she loved the kids. But on her way to meet them for dinner she is abducted. When she wakes up in a bathtub she comes out fighting! After their initial misunderstanding She and Sam come to an arrangement, he'll pay her and get her a flight home to the States if she will help him relax, unwind and get his commanding officer off his back! OMG Kinsey is an eternal optimist and the exact opposite of the buttoned up and highly wound Sam. But even though she has lost everything she is trusting..maybe a bit too much! I loved her interactions with Sam. Mrs D is a total doll and I wan to find her B&B. LOL Great read and I want the rest of the series now. AND…. What about the book cover for Sam’s Surrender –boom!! Yea, me too.