Fantastic story you can not put down! This author knows how to craft characters that leave you wanting more and more

This book was awesome. It's about a seal that moved across the street from a romance writer and on their first day of meeting the seal watched his daughter run away, and through out the book the seal and writer become more than friends and they also find ways of healing the past.

Where do I even begin with Suzanne Brockmann’s Troubleshooters series? There’s so much diversity in the pairings, so much differing action (you never quite know what you’re going to get) with just so many things going on… to the extent where some of her books have had the power to bore me limp, while others have brought me to my knees with a swoon-worthy type fairytale ending.

With ’Some Kind of Hero’, I was left disappointing unmoved and a more than a tad bit incredulous. But what’s clear however, is that it isn’t quite a standalone.

The initial meeting between Peter Green and Shayla is an out-of-nowhere jump into a car on the street to search for a missing teenager. And during the search, Peter finds himself telling his life story to Shayla while the latter finds herself using her skills as a writer to figure out just what Peter’s teenager could have gotten herself into. Their (coincidental) joint-effort simply eschews Brockmann's very slow burn between characters that spans books and the quickness with which Peter and Shayla jumped into bed took out any sense of anticipation that I’ve come to expect. Instant-love or lust aside, the shenanigans with the teenagers just felt like an elaborate plot to bring 2 very opposing characters—whose lives otherwise wouldn’t ever intersect—together and it was difficult to buy into this forced connection when it simply felt more like bad parenting going out of control over a teenager who might or might not have done unsavoury things.

In many ways, this story left me in a bind, which on a whole, pretty much describes my entire Brockmann reading experience. There were parts that I couldn't stop turning the pages, just as there were parts that had me skimming, despite the some amusing meta-details of what is means to be a romance author, fictional voices in head and scatterbrained-moments notwithstanding. On the other hand, Brockmann’s heroes never quite do what you think they do and here, there’s hardly enough SEAl action involved that could make me think of Peter as a SEAL instructor or his friend Izzy as a fellow brother-in-arms when the way they speak or act just lacked that intensity and the ‘je ne sais quoi’ that have pretty much defined the RS ‘alpha’ hero.

Maybe it’s because I’ve not read the entire series that ‘Some Kind of Hero’ made little sense to me overall, but this read (judging from the books that made my favourites list at least) unfortunately fell short by a long way.

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.****