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I love that this is a 2-in-1 story. I'm giving Alpha Crew 4 stars.

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I will just lay this out there so there is no misunderstanding. I love Laura Griffin's books. I have never read one that has been less than a 4 star rating and she is a consistent 5 star for me.

AT THE EDGE
Sexy, Sweaty SEAL. What more do you need to know? Well, I'll tell you just a little more. Emma is the assistant to the wife of the United States Ambassador to the Philippines. Their plane goes down on a remote island and Emma is able to get out and try to communicate their SOS. A super secret SEAL team, Alpha Crew, is dispatched to the rescue. Ryan finds Emma and they have an instant attraction, which Ryan is fighting like crazy - he loses.

It seems that something other than a malfunction brought the plane down. Who and why, are the questions because now someone in after Emma in the United States.

EDGE OF SURRENDER
It seems that something other than a malfunction brought the plane Emma was on down. Who and why, are the questions because now. Someone in after Emma now that she is back in the United States and asking questions no one wants to answer. On her way to a meeting with the FBI Emma is kidnapped. Ryan is beside himself and frantic to track her down. Emma manages to get free and she and Ryan now are tracking down the who and why this all happened.

This book literally starts in the middle of the story and just doesn't have enough punch. Both books, taken together just aren't as good as Laura Griffin's other work. Sad for me to admit, but plot and character development are lacking. 3 1/2 Stars.

Emma is a personal secreatary to ambassador’s wife and she was in a mission to one of the islands in Philippine and on her way back to the main land. Her plane crashes and she is only survivor from the crash. By the time she realized she survived the crash, she need to get help. So she decided to find the satellite phone and go higher ground for reception.
Ryan and his team in Alpha Crew is on a mission to rescue any survivor from the plane crash. When his crew found the wreckage of the plane, he saw there was a survivor among the passengers and he needed to find her quick.
Emma was finally rescued by Ryan but nothing was easy. With her injured ankle she couldn’t walk well and she didn’t want to left alone while they went to scout for landing for their extraction. So Ryan decides to stay behind with her. Emma was thankful Ryan stayed behind with her but they are not safe yet. When his team was back, extraction by the air wasn’t available and militant group is approaching fast..
Ryan lifts Emma on his shoulder and they are on their way to the shore for another way out.. She couldn’t how Ryan smoothly ran down the mountain to another location. He was there with her until she was rescued..
Emma wanted to dig deeper... She has been back in the states and she has been poking around the plane crash and it is creating more problems. She wanted to see Ryan again and ask. But Ryan can’t give any clear answer to Emma.
Emma was in danger again. She is being followed and almost got into an accident. Ryan was there to rescue her again and he brought her to safe house. When they were alone, they gave into their passion.
Ryan promised to keep her safe at any cost except she was kidnapped. Now he had to get his crew to rescue her again.

Story moved fast with lots of suspense and I did like Emma and Ryan. It doesn’t end with typical HEA but it had it’s own HEA. I would’ve liked to know more of Emma and Ryan.. Hopefully in the next book since other crew member have their stories, I hope they will be featured as well.

Thanks to Netgalley and Gallery, Threshold, Pocket Books for my ARC in exchange for honest review

I love the fact, that are two books in one. Romantic with great characters.

This book release contains the first two books of the Alpha Crew series. Alpha Crew is a special task force team that few people know about in the USA government, FBI, etc, and which is assigned missions that noone is supposed to know and some of which are too dangerous and special to be executed by ordinary military teams.

AT THE EDGE
In this first book is where everything gets started and Laura Griffin introduces the main characters of the series and the series of events that grouped together the protagonists. Emma Wright, daughter of a congressman, is working in Philippines as assistant to the US ambassador’s wife Renee Conner. She is in a flight when their airplane crashes on an island in the middle of the jungle and all her survival instincts kick in. Ryan Owen is the leader of Alpha Crew team and he and his team are assigned the mission to land to the island, search for any survivor and bring them back in alive. However, when Emma and Ryan will meet their chemistry will not go by unnoticed by neither one. Ryan and his men manage to save and bring her home, but after 5 weeks when Emma will go to this home town looking of him, an attempt to kill her will put them on a run. And though they have found a temporary shelter, after a night of sex, she will take off on her own and she will be kidnapped sending Ryan to madness.


EDGE OF SURRENDER
The second book picks up from Emma’s kidnap and Ryan’s efforts to find her and save her. However saving her is just temporary. They are on the run with noone to trust not even FBI and though all hell breaks their romance and love blossom. Jake Heath is one of Ryan’s men and he tries to help him save Emma. He will meet the FBI agent Alexa Mays in an attempt to clear things up, as Emma was about to meet Alexa just before she was kidnapped. Alexa is an amazingly beautiful women the type of supermodel and Jake really likes her. Though they have found themselves in a tough situation and with conflicting interests, there is chemistry between them which will have to ignore in order to work together and help save Emma.

Both books are fast-paced with constant change of scenes. A real action story with suspense and twists and turns. I really loved the world and the plot, I just could not put down the book. I’m looking forward for the next book.

He rescued her in every way possible. Emma’s life changed forever after a horrific accident. What she witnessed haunted her and Ryan was the man who was there when she needed him the most. Her savior. They would become everything to one another, reminding you that life is truly precious.

"Alpha Crew:The Mission Begins" blurb gives you all you need to know to read Ryan and Emma's story. A romantic suspense, the action starts from the beginning in 'At the Edge' and doesn't stop until the last page of 'Edge of Surrender'. Rereading them in one book was better than when I read them last year waiting for the second novella. The reader gets Ryan and Emma's full story with romance and suspense. I look forward to more of the same in part 3 of the series as it is Ethan's story, another of the Seal team. Well done to whomever put parts 1 and 2 together and giving readers what we want in Ryan and Emma's complete story and their HEA. I would like to thank NetGalley and Pocket Star for gifting me "Alpha Crew:The Mission Begins". My opinion is my own. This is mine. 4.75 Stars!

Unfortunately I DNF it ,just couldn't get into it at all and I tried.

Even though Emma’s father is a Congressman, she’s been very independent and has been as a PA for a US Ambassador’s wife. When their plane goes down in the jungle, Emma finds herself the sole survivor. When the rescue team Alpha Crew leader Ryan sees a picture of Emma, he’s determined to not leave the jungle without her. Something about her calls to him.
I didn’t expect that I’d like these two novellas, so I was pleasantly surprised when I read through them quite quickly. These novellas actually gave a full story that I enjoyed. We got to learn way more to Emma that met the eyes and I liked unravelling it all as Ryan did. I look forward to reading more from this author. I recommend.

Action packed and well developed characters. I would recommend this book as worth reading. Love the Alpha Crew

Both Novellas, At The Edge and Edge of Surrender are strong and entertaining introductions to the Aplha Crew Series. I appreciated that Ms Griffin used this means of opportunity to introduce the series, rather than take valuable pages away from the first book in the series. I am always impressed with her ability to balance action and romance, so that neither feels overwhelming. The characters, both primary and secondary, are fully dimensional and interesting. I look forward to the rest of the series.

Overall I enjoyed this book. The suspense did not build, which I liked actually, it started off strong, kept a good pace and introduced the characters in well written way. It dragged a little for me 3/4 of the way through, I figured where were going and actually got a little bored with the story and then I felt it ended abruptly. I wanted more.

Another fab Military Romance author to join my collection!

At the Edge - Emma and Ryan don't meet under the best of circumstances. Emma is an aide to a diplomats wife and when the plane they were travelling in crashes, she is the sole survivor. When an elite SEAL team is dropped in to find survivors, she meets the handsome and super savvy Ryan.

They sure a passionate interlude but she decides that it was just adrenaline and danger and that Ryan has a girl in every port. But she has never tangled with a SEAL before! The story continues in...Edge of Surrender

Ryan is still fighting his attraction to Emma. She is left reeling by the conflicting signals she gets from him. But when she is once again in danger Ryan (and Jake!) swoop in to save her once more.

I did feel that the ending was a wee bit rushed and I'd have liked it rounded off into a HEA rather than the HFN it had. It has set the lovely Jake and Alexa up neatly but I have a feeling that there is going to be a wait for these two, they are definitely a long slow simmer!!!

Orginally, this was presented as two novellas, but it works much better as one full book, so I am pleased to see the publishers put it together. The story of Ryan and Emma is exciting, with a lot of action, sexy romance and politics. Fast paced and hard to put down. Highly recommend this book, and enjoy this author. Great series, and one you will not want to miss.

Great author! Have read in the past and thought her books were good and this is no exception. Very quick read but well thought out. Love the character development! Neither character falls flat and have strong personalities. Highly recommend! I can't wait for the next story which we got a little preview of.

Available now: Alpha Crew

****4/5 stars

A fabulous action-romance with a terrorist plot, you and your man will love Alpha Crew.



Recommended readers:

Laura Griffin or political-terror drama plots.
Action-Adventure Romancer lovers
Looking for a book for you and your man
Here's my Rankings:

4/5 for characters
4/5 for plot
4/5 overall
2/5 steaminess
REVIEW FROM BOOKS FOR HER:

When her bosses plane goes down in the Philippines, Emma Wright fights for her life and even after she thinks she's been saved. Part I of this fast-reading suspense is Emma's struggle and survival after the crash. Part II takes the drama-romance back to the States. As most of Laura Griffin's suspense-romances, the newest Alpha Series promises to be as fast-reading and suspenseful as ever. 

Available now: Alpha Crew (only $2.99)

AT The Edge: 4.5 Almost Perfect Stars!

This was almost perfect. An exciting storyline, hunky Seal Hero and an admirable heroine. Emma is in danger and Ryan is determined to protect her, but he wants to protect her too much. The attraction is instant and very hot, but for some reason Ryan doesn't want to give in to it. I'm not really sure why he's trying to stay hands off with her. If he pursued her instead of the other way around, this would have been a solid five star for me. Despite that, I love the writing. This does end on a cliffhanger.

Edge of Surrender: 4.5 Almost Perfect Stars!

Edge of Surrender picked up right where the first book left off. In the first book, it was almost perfect except for Ryan's hesitation at getting physical with Emma. You know he's attracted to her but he kept trying to put her off and I wasn't sure why. In this 2nd book, Ryan realizes he can't keep her at a distance and allows himself to have her all the while protecting her from an unknown enemy. Once again, I say this was almost perfect. What kept it from a solid 5 Stars was the rushed ending. It felt a little incomplete because of it, but I'm hoping it's because there is a third book and we'll see these two again. Also, we got Jake and Alexa's romance as a very, very brief side note. A possible book coming our way for these two?

ARC provided by NetGalley

This volume contains the first two books of the Alpha Crew Series. I already read and really enjoyed them separately. It was good to get them in one volume and read them again back to back.

At the Edge is the first book in this volume. When Emma Wright's plane goes down in the jungle, she is rescued by a SEAL team commanded by Ryan Owen. The ordeal isn't over for her though, as she has an enemy who wants her dead. Ryan is determined to protect her, and is torn between his duty and his attraction to her.

I really liked both of these main characters and the steam between them. Watching their relationship develop was fun, and I enjoyed the suspense aspect of the storyline. I thought the balance of romance and suspense was good.

The Second story in the volume is Edge of Surrender. I loved getting more of Ryan and Emma in this one! I really like both characters, and this one, like the first, was fast paced and kept my attention. I enjoyed the continuation of their story, and thought this was a really good follow up to the first book of the series!

I am really enjoying the Alpha Crew Series and find the books engaging and great to read! Thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for providing a copy of the book in return for an honest review.

Previously published as two separate novellas this book brings the two together in one volume and you get a much fuller story.
In AT THE EDGE, Emma is the lone survivor of a plane crash in the Philippines and Ryan is the leader of the Alpha Crew of SEALs sent to find and rescue her. He hadn’t counted on his attraction to the strong young woman.
In EDGE OF SURRENDER Ryan and Emma are stateside but Emma’s investigation into the crash is raising the ire of some nasty guys and Ryan ends up rescuing her again. Maybe karma is telling them they need to be together.
These two stories read like an action/adventure movie. Make sure you are well rested because you won’t want to put it down.

Perfectly entertaining!

I love Laura Griffin's books and I knew I had to read The Mission Begins before the next book in the series, Cover of Night was released.

Both novellas, At the Edge and Edge of Surrender, are short but they do pack a punch. They are full of action, suspense, romance, and camaraderie. I have no idea how Laura Griffin is capable of the strong character development in such a short book but she's able to accomplish it! Even better, she's able to make the secondary characters special too.

The main couple in both short stories is Emma Wright and Ryan Owens.

Emma is the daughter of a US Congressman. She has been working as the personal assistant for a US Ambassador's wife for a while. Their latest good deed trip has taken them to the Philippines. When the book begins they are leaving the Philippines when the plane crashes making Emma the sole survivor.

Ryan is the leader of the Alpha Crew unit, a super elite team of Navy Seals. His team is in charge of the search and rescue mission of the plane crash's survivors. Alpha Crew believes hostiles are close by. The sooner they can extract Emma the better.

During this highly stressful situation, Emma and Ryan realize they are attracted to each other but one mistake can be lethal. Distractions are not needed. Ryan tries to keep his distance but nothing else matters when he realizes Emma's life is still in danger when they are both back in the USA.

I loved both novellas. They were so much fun to read. Easily devourable in just a few hours. Ryan and Emma had tons of chemistry. I can understand how things progressed so much faster in a deadly situation like these characters found themselves in. Everything moves faster in this scenario. I like the other members of the team too and I can't wait to read their stories.

Cover of Night is next for me.

Cliffhanger: No

4.5 Fangs

A complimentary copy was provided by Pocket Books via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.