Off Base
Ratings11
Average rating3.8
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Ratings11
Average rating3.8
In tight quarters, anything can happen…
Fresh off a six-month deployment, Navy SEAL Cash McCoy is determined to end his celibacy streak with a night of down and dirty fun. Instead, he gets an interrupted hook-up with a hot blonde who vanishes without a way for him to contact her.
When he’s asked to keep an eye on—and hands off—his commanding officer’s sister for a few weeks and guard her from a psycho-stalker ex, Cash accepts the assignment as a distraction…and gets the surprise of his life.
Jen Scott knows she needs protection, although she’s not looking forward to being babysat by some straight-laced yes-man her overprotective brother can boss around. But finding out her new roomie is none other than the sexy stranger who was seconds away from shaking her world apart? That changes everything.
Orders be damned, Cash is the one man capable of helping her explore her wilder side. She’s even willing to break her own rule—never date military men—to get the gorgeous SEAL into her bed. Until Cash makes it clear he wants much more than she bargained for. Not just her body, but the one thing Jen promised herself she’d never give to a man in uniform: her heart.
*This book was previously published under the title Feeling Hot
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9 primary books10 released booksOut of Uniform is a 10-book series with 9 primary works first released in 2008 with contributions by Elle Kennedy.
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Lovely. Absolutely lovely. The AB by [a:Tyler Stevens 6519636 Tyler Stevens https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png] was as usual a delight. This is one of those series I kept seeing on every list and bouncing around my feed. I've been pretty sure I'd like it because I've read [a:Annabeth Albert 6477494 Annabeth Albert https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1497461817p2/6477494.jpg] and I like her style. Gentle but not sappy, hopeful but not unrealistic, and beautiful humans who aren't perfect specimens. The first chapter starts off pretty funny but at the same time it gave me pause, Zack and Pike are young guys (I think Zack is 24 and Pike a bit older) which sometimes translates into narratives about dithering and bro behavior, which I'm not saying isn't true, but I'm just not up for it. But this isn't that story and I'm glad.Zack has just officially become a SEAL, a monumental achievement he should be proud of but instead he feels like he has Damocles Sword hanging over him: the worry that his fellow teammates or his religiously conservative family may find out he's gay. The salt on the wound is that he's never done anything about his sexual urges, NADA, thinking he can change who he is to please un-pleasable people. Poor baby. Pike is a math wiz with a PhD who somehow comes off as all jokes & flirtyness to his friends, but he has uncharted depths. He has a weakness for military men and muscles. Zach has both. Heaven.What did I like about this? Everything. A virgin who is commanding, vulnerable, and tender at once. A ginger who doesn't suffer fools, but can be the patient storm in port for his partner, and is a loving human to two cat babies, Gizmo & Nectarine, to boot. I loved how Zack and Pike never really stopped being honest with each other, they're young and human but also good people. I loved how their social/professional careers where fleshed out in a realistic way, and how they both understood and cared deeply about the other's career path. Of course I just realized that some of the people mentioned come from a previous series so I'll have to go back. Big chore. Not.
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There's something about Elle Kennedy's books that is just so comfy and cozy. I've read the Off-Campus series and the Briar U series, and those were both excellent! This book was no exception. Making my way through Elle Kennedy backlist, I decided to pick up the Out of Uniform Series. This series has undergone some republishing recently, so some of the titles and the order is a bit different that originally published. This story follows Jen, a young woman trying to find her purpose while dealing with familial pressures, and Cash, a Navy SEAL who has a hard time talking to women and is a bit of a grump. When Jen's ex begins stalking her, her brother decides that she needs better protecting. Enter Cash! This is a forced proximity romance with amazing and funny banter and grumpy/sunshine vibes. I've read nine of Elle Kennedy's books so far, and this (in my opinion) is the spiciest. There is steam and spice throughout the book, and it ranges from fun and playful to extremely romantic. I can't wait to continue with this series and see what Seth's story has in store for us. This is an adult romance, 18+ for language, sexual content, and themes.
