Thanks to Netgalley, I managed to read an e-galley of this.

In a race to find his missing daughter and the events leading up to his disappearance, Navy Seal Peter Green enlists the help of his neighbor Shayla Whitman. As a mother of two herself, this romance writer fully understands Peter's panic and jumps in with both feet to help along with some of the other Troubleshooter team members. With Peter's strength and Shayla's deduction skills, they work against the clock and their growing attraction to each other to save his daughter.

As one of my favorite authors, I was excited to see that Ms. Brockmann was coming out with another title in the Troubleshooters series. It was a solid production, even if the story dragged a little for me at the beginning. Plus, Shayla's inner voice was a little annoying (especially with the constant "shhs.."). Beyond that, Brockmann is brilliant in finding the humor in the ordinary and writing compelling stories with a lot of depth, such as using her characters to poke fun at the common elements and and stereotypes of a romance novel. Moreover, she heavily features the irrepressible Izzy as a prominent secondary character, which always injects a lot of levity and playfulness that offsets the seriousness of the matter at hand.

A great read all in all, and well worth the wait!

Navy men are pretty cool, but in spite of being highly intelligent, strong, determined and even bit stubborn, I am beginning to think that good looks are also a key to becoming a top Navy Seal. Peter Green is a very tough cookie - he has to be to in order to accept only the top of the crop for entrance into the Seal program. However, after his ex-wife’s death and his somewhat estranged daughter, Maddie came to live with him, Peter was at his wit’s end! He thought he was doing everything right but tough rules and standards he taught his recruits were not something that his daughter was ready to accept. In fact - Maddie had just disappeared and Peter had no idea where to turn.

Romance writer and author Shayla Whitman could solve all sorts of problems with her writing and the assistance of her imaginary sidekick Harry. Never did she ever expect to be drawn into the drama her new hottie neighbor was having since his daughter had come to live with him. However, she is a mother and having the experience of raising two sons, she was more than willing to steer Peter in the right direction to begin looking for clues and obtaining information the could help him in his search.

*** Well now here is the gist of the story. Rather than think this is just a simple runaway kid theme - well it is - but it’s not. Being new in town, Maddie was befriended by a not so good ‘friend’. So called ‘friend’ happened to be dealing drugs unbeknownst to Maddie then left town leaving Maddie holding the bag – only the bag was empty and the bad guys believed Maddie had absconded with their ‘stuff’ so Maddie, aged 15, is on the run with her boyfriend who happens to be 21 and Peter finding this out is ready to roast the boyfriend alive.

However, Shayla, his neighbor has been sticking to him and advising him about how teenaged daughters react to somewhat overbearing fathers (who have never been part of their daughters life until now). The dialogs between Peter and Shayla (including comments from Harry which sometimes Shayla forgets that Harry is imaginary and answers) are downright hilarious. And naturally what would this very hot Navy Seal want with an older woman like her - even if she still looked pretty damn hot with a very active libido that could match his.

Bottom Line: SOME KIND OF HERO was a terrific read, suspensefull, hard to put down, amusing, and sensual. Obviously it is definitely a recommended read!

Marilyn Rondeau

This series is one of my favorites, so I was happy to see a new book. As I started it was wasn't too sure about this one. Peter was so cold, I could see why Maddie would run, Shayla seemed a bit crazy with all the talking to herself with the imaginary character in her head. But as the story went on I quickly fell for these characters, much like they did for each other.

I loved how Shayla was able to let Maddie get to know Peter in a new way by sharing her parents past, loved how all the SEAL's around Peter accepted Shayla and were even rooting for the two of them as a couple. Loved how Peter won over Shayla's boys, even how Peter accepted Dingo and Maggie realized she was in a good place with her dad.

I love Suzanne Brockmann's SEALs and Troubleshooters, this book is no different. The teamwork, the people, the dilemma, the resolution are so well woven that the twists and turns flow smoothly yet still surprised me. Excellent job bringing us an engrossing and enchanting read, Suzanne Brockmann; Thank You!

Romantic suspense at its best! Suzanne Brockmann's Troubleshooter series is one of the best in the genre. Lieutenant Peter Greene is a Navy Seal. He's recently gained custody of his daughter, Maddie, after her mother died. A teenager can be hard to relate to at anytime but when you don't have an established relationship with them prior to tragedy, it's impossible. Maddie goes missing & Peter is trying to find her. He enlists the help of several of his Seal teammates & Shayla, his neighbor.

Shayla is a single mom of two teenage boys & a writer of a detective series. She's driving home one evening when she sees her new neighbor trying to flag down a car, any car. Her extensive research for her series has given her skills that are helpful in the search for Maddie. The intense attraction between Peter & her is great but the timing is horrible since it has the possibility to become a distraction. It does become something the Seals can tease Peter about.

I love these characters! Shayla is a sensible, calm female with good ideas & is very helpful, instead of being portrayed as a dumb bimbo. Peter is a rugged, macho Seal but doesn't come across as arrogant. The character has no problem acting on Shayla's suggestions or admitting when she knows more about a situation than he does. I loved that characters from other Troubleshooters stories pop in to help. Even though this is part of a series, it can easily be read as a standalone. Ms. Brockmann's research for her stories is extensive. The information on the Japanese internment camps was factual & displayed in a way to peak curiosity, inform & educate without lecturing. I felt it added depth to the story & the characters. This story seemed to have the perfect mix of suspense, fear & romance. The relationship between Maddie & Dingo was handled sensitively & with tact. I loved this story & I think anyone who enjoys romantic suspense &/or Suzanne Brockmann's stories will too.

A solid four and a half stars.

I binge read my way through the Troubleshooter series back in 2013-2014 so I was interested to see if I still liked the series and/or remembered the characters. I needn't have worried. Although this includes longtime favourite characters such as Izzy and Eden it could just as easily be read as a standalone book, and I should know because I have the memory of a goldfish!

So, Shayla Whitman is a writer of detective/ romance novels, divorced with two teenage sons and living in San Diego so that her sons can be close to their father. Driving home one day she is stopped by the sight of her new neighbour, Lieutenant Peter Greene, trying to stop moving cars. She stops to help him only for him to tell her that his 15 year old daughter, Maddison Nakamura, has gone missing and he just saw her get into the car ahead. Soon Shayla and Peter are in a desperate search for Maddie, whilst sending her emails detailing how Pete met Maddie's mother Lisa.

This had everything, drama, romance, fight scenes, laughter and 'adult' protagonists, Peter and Shayla care deeply about heir children, they have responsible jobs and they own their feelings. Such a wonderful change after reading so much YA/NA style romance where there's a lot of angst and not a lot of self-awareness.

Anyway, loved it, loved it, loved it. Loved Peter, loved Shayla and won't be able to say "hello" anymore without smirking just a little bit.

I must admit that I am very very grateful that obviously, unlike her heroine, Suzanne Brockmann didn't suffer from writer's block when she wrote "Some Kind Of Hero" because this book is simply amazing!
It is not the first book by her that I have read and I really loved the first one as well but after having read "Some Kind Of Hero" I went and downloaded to more books by her straightaway.

The story is great, thrilling and captivating but those characters - wow. I love strong heroines and heroes who know what they want and well, sometimes they may have to work on their communicational skills but sometimes they just leave me sitting there like... okay, let's just say that this is not a book that should be read in public or in a waiting room because, right, because it may be a bit awkward when your name is called and you reply half-choked, misty-eyed, sniffling a bit and...you get the gist, right?
And no, the book is not that sad, it's just that I, well .., some readers might get a bit sentimental and might feel a bit moved by those incredible people and the things happening to them and around them.
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I think I kind of fell in love with the hero and the heroine along with them falling for each other. Reading about Peter's feeling when he talks to Shayla and vice versa, wow. You just get the chemistry and I felt myself thinking inane things like "awww..." and "so sweet" when Peter aka Grunge thinks about Shayla's warm-eyes-thing and her sharp mind and when those two have some problems at understanding how much they mean to each other - it almost broke my heart.
And Dingo and Maddie - that was amazing as well. No, it is not a good choice but who can help who he or she falls in love with? Reading about Dingo's feelings, seeing him fight the attraction and the way he cares for Maddie you can't but realize that this is the real thing.
Add Tevin and Frank and all those other minor characters like Hiruko and a bunch of Navy Seals and their friends, an amazing story and - well, you get a book that you just have to read.

As I said, I downloaded two other books today and I know that others will follow and I'm so looking forward to reading them!

Writing this review is HARD.

As in—I Don’t Wanna Do It But I Promised I Would And Now I Wanna Throw Up.

First off, I LOVE Suzanne Brockmann. She is the epitome of all the goodness and bad assery every writer hopes to be like one day. If I could have one-tenth of her talent, I would consider myself lucky and die a happy woman. There, my fangirl swoon is over.

So, I have been waiting like forty freaking eternities for a new Troubleshooters. I love this series so hard and can never recommend it enough for those who love to read about the men and women who protect the good ‘ole Red, White, and Blue. BEST Fictional SEALs to date. BEST Military Romance Series EVER.

Okay, I have procrastinated enough.

Some Kind of Hero was just not what I had been expecting (Ugh—I feel nauseated just saying that out loud). For me, it started out slow and didn’t hold my attention. Usually, I absorb EVERY WORD and fall hard for Brockmann’s heroes. But the writing didn’t seem familiar. You know, you read an author long enough, you can SEE them in the words. I didn’t SEE Suzanne for most of the book. It wasn’t until the last third of the book that I was able to recognize what I’d come to know as Suzanne’s flair for heart pounding action and witty dialogue.

Even the appearance of one of my favorite characters (Izzy) fell kind of flat. (Where was my snarky, highly-inappropriate Zannella?) In fact, some of the Izzy scenes felt unnecessary and didn’t promote the overall storyline.

Have I mentioned how much I DON’T want to write this review?

It hurts to say that Some Kind of Hero was just a so-so read. The heroine (Shayla) had this annoying habit (for me, anyways) of talking to her fictional hero (Oopsie. Forgot to mention Shayla is a romance writer) and uttering, “Shhh…” OUT. LOUD.

And no one ever calls her out on it.

After this happens a few times, I kept waiting for Peter to go….”Um….you all right?” or “Who the hell are you talking to?” Or at least run away in the other direction.

Will I stop reading Brockmann? HELL.NO.

And here’s why: As a reader, we tend to expect a stellar read with every book in a favorite series. And although I wouldn’t go as far as saying SKoH is horrible (nope, it wasn’t), I do have to say it was disappointing. But I will continue to read Suzanne Brockmann, especially the Troubleshooters series. It’s my crack.

UGH--I feel like I just shit on my favorite author and that was NOT my intention. So I will leave off with what I DID like:

The last third of the book. The pacing picked up. The heroine shows spunk and smarts. She “rescues” the hero with her on-the-spot intellect and is a heroine you can admire. Go Shayla!
Hot, yet funny sex between the H/h. Sexy-against-the-wall lovin’ that had me laughing and squirmy.
While it started out kind of weird, I did like the secondary love story between Maddie and Dingo. I’d like to see more of this couple in future books.
For the avid readers and fans of the Troubleshooters series, I hope you find more enjoyment out of SKoH than I did. And if you happen to be Suzanne Brockmann and reading this review . . . don’t hate me. Because you still are the epitome of all the goodness and bad assery I hope to be one day.

I love, love, love Suzanne Brockmann, and I was really excited to get a copy, but I did not love this book as much as I wanted to. I really didn't like how she talked to herself/her made up characters. It just took me out of the story. There was a similar storyline in a recent book from Susan Elizabeth Phillips, and I didn't like it in that one either. Overall, the general plot was great, and I really liked the rest.

I could not get through this book for some reason. Just would not keep my interest

Suzanne Brockmann never fails to disappoint or tackle tricky subjects, and this book is no exception. A perfect dose of seals and controversy and is a sure fit for all romantic suspense fans. Especially those who are parents of teens.

Take one romance author Mom with 2 kids and an invisible friend/character who speaks to her. Add a Troubleshooter Navy Seal with a missing daughter who meets said Mom and the sparks fly. Then add all those fantastic friends of Peter Greene plus the bad characters who are after Peter's daughter that are in for a big surprise. What does it all become, one yummy action filled romance that is a must read.

Missing, troubled teen, and the dad she has just come to live with is hunting for her. At the same time, he starts a relationship with his neighbor.

It was an interesting story, and considerable time dedicated to telling the teen's story. The relationship happened fast.

Typical Brockmann which is very good. The protagonists are a fortyish writer with writer's block, a slightly younger Seal and his many teammates along with his recently acquired teen age daughter who has gone missing. There is lots of action and romance (it is a chick lit special) and, all in all, it is good, fast, entertaining reading. Thanks to Net Galley and Ballantine for an ARC for an honest review.

So I received Some kind of Hero Arc By Suzanne Brockman off of NetGalley for review. It is a romance novel about the military, which is typical book from Suzanne Brockman. This book is actually from Suzanne Brockman Troubleshooters series involving Seal team Sixteen I will admit the reason I requested this book was because I am a huge Suzanne Brockman fan. She has written some of my absolute favorite novels. This book is set to release in July of 2017, so you will not have to wait long for the book to come out. Now lets get to my thoughts on this book.


This book is about Shayla Whitman who has two boys who are teenagers. She meets her neighbor Peter Greene who happens to be a Lieutenant for Seal team sixteen. How she ends up meeting Peter, is when he is looking for a way to track his sixteen year old daughter Maddie. So as they are trying to track Maddie, Peter ends up sharing his life story with Shayla and vice verse. As the story continue Maddie ends up in more trouble. Shayla gets closer to Peter while helping to look for Maddie. I also want to add that Shayla is a romance writer very much like Suzanne Brockman, so this helps Shayla to think outside of the box when it comes to the whole Maddie story. As the story goes on Shayla and Peter start to really like each other. But do they save Maddie as their feelings grow for each other. To find out what happens at the end you will need to pick up this book in July especially if you are a fan of Romance novels or Suzanne Brockman.


This book is typical Suzanne Brockman navy Seal romance book. I honestly think Suzanne knows more about the navy then even the navy, I am joking of course. I have love Suzanne books since I was twenty and this book is no exception. Peter is the typical I am a bad ass navy seal and no one can break me. He is very much, I don’t need to fall in love but then comes Shayla. Shayla is a romance author of suspense, so she loves romance along with the typical mystery solving game. She is bright. She doesn’t believe someone like Peter could fall for her geeky mind but he does. Of course it all starts with saving Maddie who is the typical I hate the world teenager and yet very naive at the same time and ends up trusting the wrong people. You will totally fall in love with these characters because Suzanne Brockman just writes those characters that you can’t help but love. There is a special feeling you get when you read her characters, like have know them all of your life. I absolutely cannot recommend this book enough for those who love romance, finding romance in the stereo typical hopeless romantic way. This book is a must have for Suzanne Brockman Fans because you get revisit some of your old favorites from TroubleShooters series. For sure I say pick this book up in July.

As for the book itself, I rate it a Four out of five stars. Yes this rating is a little bias because of I love Suzanne writing. She makes you feel like your visiting a family that you haven’t seen in a while when you read her series. The cover on this book is a very typical american romance cover which is a guy posing in uniform, its no big deal. That is typical for American romance novel covers, and lets face it we don’t buy romance novels for the covers do we (wink, wink). I can’t say it enough, I love all of Suzanne Navy Characters, I really do, and I will always buy her books, this one will be no exception. All of the links will be listed below as usually for Suzanne , her book and my Social media

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O.M.G. My first ARC as an ‘official’ blogger, and Ballantine approved me via Netgalley for one of my favorite authors and her long-awaited return to the Troubleshooters world!! I have been reading the books in the series dating back to 2001 and ‘Over the Edge’ (Stan and Teri!) remains one of my all-time favorite books. There has not been a full-length TS novel since 2011 so I was stoked to hear a new one was going to be published this year…and then to be approved to read it in advance…I can’t even!

We were first introduced to Lt. Peter ‘Grunge’ Greene in the ‘Ready to Roll’ novella, and he is an instructor for BUD/S on Coronado who becomes a single dad when his ex dies in an accident. His daughter Maddie is a teenager and a handful even before she disappears one day, and Pete knows she’s in trouble. Fortunately, he has a solid team behind him including Izzy Zanella and the men of Boat Crew John and the unlikely addition of his neighbor, romance writer Shayla Whitman.

Shayla writes romantic suspense novels (the best kind!) and the absolutely hysterical voice in her head is one of her characters, Harry Parker. As a single mother herself, she decides to help Pete track down his daughter and this is how the story begins. As typical in a Suz book, there is a deft combination of humor, action, emotion and even some ‘garage’ time…you just have to read it to find out for yourself!

The one tiny ‘issue’ I had involves the mention of Manzanar in the story. For those not familiar, Manzanar was an internment camp for Japanese-Americans in CA during WWII, and Maddie’s family on her mother’s side had been incarcerated there. As a long-time reader of Suz’s, a familiar storyline in the early TS books was a secondary story set in history that had impact on some of the characters. While Maddie’s great-aunt Hiroko is featured, she never really gets a chance to ‘tell’ her story and I missed that aspect as I would have liked to hear more from her.

That said, I thoroughly enjoyed getting back to the characters and universe I have loved for many years, and cannot wait for the next chance to read all about them! While SKoH could be read on it’s own, I would recommend starting at the beginning with ‘The Unsung Hero’ to get the full TS experience!

Another great Troubleshooter's book by Suzanne Brockman! This one is about Peter Green aka Grunge. Peters 15 year old daughter Maddie runs away. With help of his neighbor Shay, Pete goes all around California looking for his daughter to only find out she's running for her life from sleazy drug dealers. There's lots of drama, mystery and quirkiness. Izzy and Lindsey Jenkins along with a new group of Seal cadettes are in the book also. I really enjoyed this book and look forward to the next one.
****I voluntarily reviewed and gave my honest opinion of this Advanced Readers Copy of this book from Net Galley.****

Some Kind of Hero is #17 in The Troubleshooter series. This is a an action/romantic suspense novel that really only loosely relates to the series. It has Izzy Zanella and Peter Green (Grunge) and a few of the others, but it just involves them a little.

This is essentially the story of Maddie, daughter of Peter, she has inadvertently got herself mixed up with, someone who leaves her holding a can of worms and a price on her head. Escaping with a rather dubious guy called Dingo she runs from the guy who is threatening her and wanting $10 000 that she doesn't have, or... her life. She has only recently come to live with her rather unknown Dad and is just fifteen. Dingo is twenty and so far hasn't really been an outstanding human being. However it could be said he is the hero when it all washes out.

In desperately trying to trace his runaway daughter, Peter makes the quick acquaintance with his next door neighbor - Shayla. There is an immediate attraction between them which gets hot and heavy as the search progresses. Shayla is a romantic suspense writer, with a hero of her own from her books who has a disconcerting way of talking in her head, giving her advice, mostly very useful. And a device at times I found a little annoying.

It takes awhile for them to track down Maddie - well most of the book! So at times things moved a little more slowly than I am used to in a Brockmann Troubleshooter's book. However when it did happen it was worth the wait. I loved the surprise of one moment when the "calvary" arrived. Made me jump and chuckle.

I enjoyed the book but was looking for a little more in terms of Navy SEALS. Also it just didn't have the tightness and tension I have come to expect from Suzanne Brockmann's writing. I see it is also noted as #2 in The Reluctant Heroes series and it probably fits in there more. However no doubt most reader fans of The Troubleshooters series will like me want to read this.

3.5 stars

I have a long history with Brockmann's SEAL 16/Troubleshooters series. I read The Unsung Hero 16 years ago. And I have been following the group ever since. I finally tapped out with Izzy's book and that hurt my heart because I love Izzy. But the series did not feel recognizable to me any longer.

But I decided to give this one a try, hoping it would get back to the SEAL feel of the first, oh, ten or so, books in the series. I had big hopes we'd get a new crazy team of SEALS rappeling out of helicopters and blowing up stuff with C4 or being deployed to retrieve an important diplomatic hostage. Or maybe I'd get something closer to Hot Pursuit where the Troubleshooters are on the trail of a dangerous individual?

None of that is in this book. Well not exactly. This is the story of a SEAL named Peter Green aka "Grunge" who is trying to cope with being the father of his sullen 15 year old daughter Maddie. He was never in her life growing up because her mother excised him. But now her mother is dead and she lives with him and pretty much hates him just because that is how sullen teens roll. But Maddie runs away one night with a suspicious character named Dingo and Peter is on their trail. He is helped by his pretty across-the-street neighbor, a romance novelist named Shayla.

The book follows Maddie and Dingo and they stay on the run, trying to keep two steps ahead of a big time drug dealer who thinks Maddie stole some drug money. And it switches out to scenes of Shayla and Peter and they try to track down Maddie and become really attracted to each other.

I was NOT feeling this book too much at first. Peter and all the other SEALS in it with the exception of Izzy are complete unknowns to me. According to the author's note at the end, they were introduced in a series of recently released novellas. But Peter is a great hero so I didn't let myself get too bothered that he didn't feel like a was a part of the Troubleshooters team. The bigger issue, though is that this book felt way too 'domestic' for me since it pretty much was a dad running after his daughter, and not in the cool Liam Neeson 'Taken' way. And frankly I couldn't with Maddie's brattiness and overall stupidity. Girl, your dad is a Navy SEAL and you have a drug dealer demanding money from you and you don't ask for help? I supposed people will point out that she's 15 and therefore allowed to act a little immaturely. To which I will point out this is why I don't read YA books. And yes, Maddie's early sections of this book felt too angsty YA for my taste.

But Shayla and Peter made for a good central couple. I do admit I don't often like for heroines to be romance writers because sometimes the references can get a bit meta. And that did happen here, but Shayla's inner dialogue was really quite funny and her using romance novel situations and applying them (with sometimes amusing results) to real life situations or just a commentary on her life, tickled me, so I rolled with it rather than rolled my eyes at it.

I do admit I had a hard time staying engaged in the early parts. But then the story builds momentum and gets really good starting around the 50% mark. The chase for Maddie heats up, the romance between Peter and Shayla heat up, the stakes get a bit higher when someone unexpectedly dies because of all the crap that is going on. The final climactic scene is great -- action, humor, danger and revelations. And finally Maddie gets some sense scared into her.

In the end this is a quick enjoyable read, despite my early aggravation with Maddie.

Not even his best friend knew that Lt. Peter Greene was paying child support for a teenager. Now his Ex has passed away and left Maddie in his care. All of a sudden a career soldier is buying a house and instituting house rules, chore lists, and a curfew.

Shayla's life is pretty hectic. She works from home and daydreams about the new neighbor while keeping her two teen boys in line.

Runaway, kidnapped, or worse are all flashing through Peter's mind as he tears after the car his daughter got into. Thankfully a passing motorist is willing to help him. When it turns out to be the hottie from across the street only time will tell if she is a help or a distraction. It will take the Troubleshooters and their resources to get Maddie back when they discover who else is looking for her.

It has been a long time since I have read a Troubleshooters Inc. novel. I was excited to learn the quality is still top notch and our old friends are still up to their usual antics.