En bref, j'ai aimé la façon dont l'autrice nous plonge dans cette seconde aventure, Mac et Delaney se connaissent depuis longtemps mais c'est quand Delaney a besoin de lui pour la protéger qu'ils finissent par se retrouver. Ils ont tous les deux des secrets, ont du mal parfois à verbaliser ce qu'ils ressentent mais les sentiments qu'il y a entre eux sont très forts et l'intrigue nous tient en haleine du début à la fin. J'ai adoré retrouver les anciens personnages, apprendre à connaitre Mac et Delaney et découvrir en même temps qu'eux certaines choses. Une ambiance très bien faite, une enquête palpitante et une romance qui nous donne bien évidemment le sourire. Un très bon moment !

Final Siege by Scarlett Cole is book Two in the "Love Over Duty" series. This is the story of Malachai “Mac” MacCarrick and Delaney Shapiro. I haven't yet read the previous book, so for me this was a standalone book. Mac and Delaney were in love when they were younger but the death of her brother Brock broke them apart. Brock and Mac were best friends who wanted to be a part of the Navy Seal's team. But Brock ended up dying during a tragic cliff diving accident. Delaney ended up blaming Mac and Mac even blamed himself...and that tore them apart. Now almost 15 years later Mac is out of the Seals and working with his buddies to run a business called Eagle Securities. There they help investigate the bad guys and protect the good guys. Out of the blue Mac gets a call from a Hospital in Germany where he is informed that Delaney is there with serious injuries. Delaney had become a investigating journalist who was doing a story on some arms dealers and was kidnapped. Now they are still after her and Mac is going to do all he can to keep her safe.
This was a very exciting second chance at love romance.

Final Siege is another fantastic book by Scarlett Cole! Her talent extends from writing and into telling such gut wrenching tales. Each book by her captivates and makes you squeal with joy. This book will have readers on the edge of their seats and the romance part will leave them breathless. I loved every second of it.

I laughed, cried and was fighting for Mac and Buttons. I have not read the first book and you don't have to, to read this book but I do want to read the first book cause I would like to read Six and Lou story. These books have HOT former Seals who now own their own Security company. This is Mac and Buttons story and they have a lot to overcome and most has to do with a bad accident that happened 14 years ago. This is a HEA and you want to fight for Mac and Buttons to make it and help them along the way. I would like to find out who Cabe ends up with, I am hoping he will be the next book.

Reviews by the Wicked Reads Review Team

Avid Reader – ☆☆☆☆
3.5 stars
M/F Thriller Romance
Triggers: Death, Kidnapping, Stalking, Attempted Murder

Hmmm, where to start? I was so anticipating this story. Mac and Delaney have a difficult history. While they loved each other, and Mac was Delaney's first, the issue over her brother's death came between them and they each went their separate ways.

Delaney has dedicated her life to investigative journalism. When it lands her in a hot spot, her memory misleads her, and she calls out Mac's name. Despite being out of it, her subconscious knows that her heart still wants Mac, even if her brain doesn't. Delaney has grown out of her love for her brother’s friends – being the one hanging around. She is now someone who runs into danger because she has something to prove, since her brother was unable to do so. She's tough but knows when she needs to concede. When she learns more about her brother's unfortunate death, she's quick to forgive and almost takes blame too.

When Mac receives a call that Delaney has been hurt, he drops everything and travels to help her. Who he finds is not the Delaney who left him all of those years ago, but a confident, well-traveled, and intelligent woman who will stop at nothing to get her story. He is working with several of his friends now, all SEALs, in protection. They all know the history with Delaney and want Mac to make sure that he's not setting himself up. I think that Mac's character was somewhat hard to read. You knew that he had missed Delaney, but I felt that he didn't really want to accept who Delaney had become but missed the old Delaney. I also thought he was protective, but then there were holes in his detail with Delaney, which were hard to comprehend.

I enjoyed this story enough, but I thought it was slightly disappointing after the first book that I thought delivered so much more. The mystery behind Delaney's capture and those who are looking for her seemed to be wrapped up too well and it was a short ending.


Ruthie – ☆☆☆☆
This is the second book in the series, and I would recommend that you read book one first as it introduces the main protagonists and sets up a plot which does continue in this book.

One of the founders of Eagle Security, Mac is getting to do what he trained for as a SEAL, but in less constrained circumstances. As we learn, it was never his dream to be a SEAL, but circumstances changed dramatically when he was 20. His best friend, and brother to his much loved girlfriend, died whilst with him, and life changed forever that day. Fourteen years on, and everything is about to change again – and we get ringside seats to the revival of a great romance, even though Delaney is fighting her heart with her brain until the very end!

If you enjoy second chance romances, then this will definitely appeal, as it is a great addition to the genre. If you enjoy romantic suspense, then you will also be highly entertained, and as a bonus, there is a link running through from the first book in the series, which was unexpected, but very welcome.

I found the level of drama and suspense to be just right, although if I were Mac I would have been tempted to tie Delaney to a chair after her first foray outside alone! As we get to know more of the group of men, we also can look forward to who will be next in this series, which is shaping up very nicely. Thank you, Ms. Cole.


Sarah – ☆☆☆☆
This book is so many things at once. It’s a gut wrenching, second chance romance. It’s the story of an investigative journalist uncovering illegal weapons trading. And at times, it’s a pretty crazy, exciting action story.

This is Mac’s book and we learn much more of the history of the guys behind Eagle Securities as he explores his feelings for his childhood best friend’s sister. In the first book, Louisa was an outsider. In this second book, Delaney grew up with the guys and she shares both fond memories and deep grief with the men. The chemistry between Mac and Delaney is hot but I felt that the miscommunication and emotional drama between them didn’t always fit their characters.

I’m not sure that there isn’t too much going on in this book. For me, there is possibly too much emotion and angst here for an action story and too much action for a heavy romance. There were times I found myself struggling to fully engage with either aspect of the book.

This isn’t my favourite Scarlett Cole series. I first fell in love with her Second Circle Tattoo series and I’m an almost obsessive fan of her Preload books. I’m enjoying this series, but so far it hasn’t become an automatic preorder/reread series for me.

I love me some ex-Navy Seal, and not to mention second chance romances. I mean, how can anyone resist? Luckily Scarlett Cole gave us both for the price of one! Mac. Oh, Mac. Love how loyal and driven he is. And Delaney, I felt for her. Heck, I felt for both of them for a multitude of reasons, which ultimately sold me on them for their second chance together. Scarlett Cole knocks it out of the park once again. I love it and adored it.

A great read! Filled with emotions, suspense, action, and love, I enjoyed every moment of Delaney and Mac's story. This is my first read in this series and even though it's the second book, I don't feel like I missed a beat while reading it. I will say that I will be getting the first book, Under Fire, because I am so curious about Six and Louise' s story. Lol. This book was well written, informative, detailed without being boring and a bit of a tear jerker. I'm glad that Mac was able to finally tell his side of the story, in the events that led to Brock's death. Malachi, I have to say, is one of the best heroes that I have read in a while. He is strong and resilient and even though him and Delaney had been separated for over a decade, he never stopped loving her. When she called his name, he came running, even knowing that he could get hurt. I just felt for him on an emotional level. He is just awesome! Delaney was able to move on and make her peace with her brother and with herself, knowing that Mac was always the right choice. I'm glad that Mac and Delaney got their HEA! 4.5 stars!!!

This was an emotional and sexy second chance romance!I loved the first in this series and I found it also great! It wasn't my favorite by her but still it was good! I loved Mac and Delaney’s story. Mac & Delaney were teenage sweethearts. She was his best friend's little sister. When her brother dies, she blames Mac and decides that their love story doesn't deserve an HEA. Fourteen years later, Mac receives a phone call from a hospital overseas. He can't imagine why they are calling him, but he's not passing up the opportunity for another chance at the one who got away. Maybe time has softened her heart towards him and she will listen to his side of what happened.

"She was his. Always had been. And somebody had tried to hurt her. He couldn’t stay away from her a moment longer, and he prayed she wouldn’t make him."

Their romance is emotional and intense, and a little bit angsty!It has so many great moments.My feelings for both of them were so many!!!I couldn't get enough of these two!

Overall it was a great story!

In Scarlett Cole’s Love Over Duty series, the death of a friend is the tie that binds three friends together from childhood, through years of military life, and now in the formation of the company they own together, Eagle Securities. Six (the hero from UNDER FIRE, book one), Mac and Cabe were finishing college when their friend Brock died. It was Brock’s dream to be a Navy SEAL, but it was the surviving three who lived it, changing the trajectory of their own lives to see his dream become a reality. Brock is a constant in their memories and a driving force in their shared accomplishments.

The second book in the series, FINAL SIEGE, focuses on Malachai “Mac” MacCarrick and Brock’s sister, Delaney Shapiro, who loved each other once upon a time. Delaney, in her own way, has continued Brock’s dream of serving justice as an investigative journalist. Her job is dangerous and often takes her to dangerous places, with dangerous people, where survival is iffy at best. For a soldier, it’s an acceptable risk … for an investigative journalist tracking someone in the United States “providing funds and weapons to insurgents”? Ditto.

Mac bounds back into Delaney’s life after learning she’s a patient at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany and has been asking for him during “moments of lucidity.” Captured in Afghanistan, taken hostage and beaten, Delaney barely survived. Mac drops everything to go to her, because he never thought he’d have the chance to make things right between them.

But second chances are as unpredictable as the dangerous situations Delaney and Mac have faced in their 14 years apart. FINAL SIEGE is a shoot-’em-up-whiz-bang suspense, where bad guys and terrorists are in pursuit and survival is on the lam, but it’s also an intense second-chance romance.

In all their years apart, Mac still turned to Delaney in his mind. Memories of their time together kept him sane and alive, and present. So much turmoil is tied up in the past, for both of them. Delaney has always blamed Mac for Brock’s death — but, then again, she didn’t know the whole truth of the situation.

They both lost a lot that day. She lost her brother and the man she loved; Mac lost his best friend and the woman he loved. If only he’d told the truth, the whole story of why Brock was up on the cliff that day, their lives would have been different. ALL of their lives. Forgiveness is an integral part of second chances, whether you’re forgiving the man you thought killed your brother, or you’re the man who carried the secret of a friend that rivaled the weight of Atlas. Cole is a genius at weaving together heart-racing, suspenseful moments with scorching intimacy and real characters. I can’t wait for Cabe’s story!

Final Siege is part second chance romance and part terrorist suspense story. Mac and Delaney were in love as teens. However, Mac's involvement in Delaney's brother's death caused a rift they couldn't overcome. Now, 14 years later, Delaney is in trouble. She is an investigative reporter whose story has put her in danger. Mac, a former SEAL who now runs a security firm, wants to help her but she is adamant that he leave her alone.

Mac and Delaney's story is so sad. Brock's death was such a tragedy that many couples might not have survived; add in Delaney's feeling that Mac is responsible and you have an end that no couple could survive. I admired Delaney's determination to her job. She is passionate about honest media and reporting. She wants to root out terrorists and those supporting them. Mac spent years as a SEAL trying to do the same thing. Both Mac and Delaney are smart and loyal which makes them engaging characters that you care about.

I admit-I struggled to get into this book. With a relatively explosive start, it really slowed down and got a bit boring. Once Delaney is back in San Diego, things just sort of got boring for a while. It was odd pacing and it threw me off. Normally I don't feel this way about Cole's books. Things pick up again but by then, I was just not invested. It took me days to finish this book. That is unusual for me-once I start a book I am usually done in 24 hours! Maybe it was just me and not the story at all. Its possible!

There is some connection to plot in the previous book, so it might be helpful to read them in order!
(link live on blog on feb 7)

I am enjoying this series immensely, I loved the first book but this one has become my favorite so far. Mac and Delaney had so much emotion, passion and heat. Their past made my heart hurt and I was curious as to how everything would unfold so they could get their HEA. Scarlett Cole Does not disappoint as the queen of romantic suspense!! She can always weave just the right amount of romance and angst along with that edge of your seat suspense. I don’t like too heavy on the suspense preferring to focus more on the couple and she does that beautifully. I was intrigued from the first chapter and unable too put the book down. The secondary characters are well developed and I love everyone’s inter relationships. Plus Mac is just the perfect sexy Alpha with a sweet side. I can’t wait for the next book in the series!! Another 5 star for this super talented author.

Scarlett Cole has written an impressive second book in her Love Over Duty series. First off, Final Siege is the first book I have read in the series, so I know it read well as a stand-alone. After reading this book, I know this is an author I want to see more books by, so now I have the first book on my TBR list

This story has all the elements I enjoy in romance suspense books, along with a balance between the romance and action too. There is danger and suspense but also the tender moments too. There are complex characters who are flawed but admirable, they have regrets, desires and the tenacity to do something about both. The plot is tightly written convincing dialogue and events. Just an all-around remarkable book.

Final Siege

*received an arc in exchange for an honest review**

5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Once again Scarlett Cole does an amazing job with her newest romantic suspense book Final Siege. She continually keeps you on your edge waiting to see what will happen next and then the sexual tension between the two main characters pulls you in. They have a great dynamic together and the entire time you are hoping that Delaney will give just a little to let Max back in. She also knows just how to pull in the other characters so you know what’s going on with them without being over powered with their stories. If you are looking for your next romantic suspense book Final Siege is your book.


Mac has been in love with Delaney for years but that all changed when her brother dies and Mac was to blame. But when Delaney is hurt, she asks for Mac.

When they are thrust back into each other’s lives they both have different ideas, Mac feels like this is his chance to win her back where Delaney feels like she needs to stop this reunion before she gets hurt.

But soon Delaney realizes that her trouble might have followed her and Mac might be the only one who can help her. Will they be able to put aside their differences and help each other? Or is the past too much to overcome?

Okay, I have to warn readers that this will be a highly ranty review of Scarlett Cole’s Final Siege, the second book in the Love Over Duty series. But before I get to the ranting, I want to say that I was LOVING this romantic suspense story in which two one-time lovers are reunited when the heroine finds herself in danger. I so engrossed in this story that I was already making plans to go back to read the first book in the series - not because I was lost but because I was very into the characters, the series arc, etc. My love for this book lasted until I was 71% into the story and read one exchange between the hero and the heroine:



“Yeah. Well. Couldn’t you have grown up to be a librarian, Buttons? Life would be a lot simpler.”



Delaney shook her head. “And what? Die of boredom before I turn thirty?”



So, you know how something can pull you out of a book? Well, in this case, I felt as if I were yanked out of the story with the force of the entire universe. I was yanked so far out of the story that I thought I was on my way past the boundaries of the Milky Way into unchartered space. I was at a total stand still while I tried to process what I had just read.



Important disclosure number one: I am a librarian - a systems librarian to be specific which means that I work with library technology and try to keep everything in my library working. I have worked in a library for most of my professional career about 27 years in total.



Important disclosure number two: I am female.



Important disclosure number three: I am currently 47 yrs old.



Important disclosure number four: I am not dead via boredom from my chosen profession (or from any other method, although the concept of writing ghostly reviews is intriguing).



Important disclosure number five: Librarianship can be tedious at times, exciting at others. There may be boring days, but working in a library is not boring. It is often fast paced and filled with problems that require fast thinking and fancy footwork to resolve.



I had enough invested in this book and the story that I did not stop reading. I chose to rant a bit on twitter and continue on to find out how Mac and Delaney resolved their issues (which were weighty. They had been in love in their late teens until Mac and Delaney’s brother jumped off a cliff together; sadly Delaney’s brother did not survive and Delaney blamed Mac). I thought the author did an excellent job with resolving this conflict and with the suspense plot. There was lots of action, the supporting characters were great and the romance was engaging. 98.5% of the book was wonderful. But that one exchange mostly ruined the book for me, and in all honestly will be the one thing that I remember about this book.



So for my rants: There were so many ways that the author could have had Delaney respond to Mac’s comment. “And what? Go stir crazy from sitting at a desk all day?” is one that comes to mind (This isn’t necessarily true but wouldn’t actually imply that librarianship is boring enough to cause death; It would rather imply that Delaney just wasn’t cut out for the job which would’ve been a better way to go). I mean it is true that not everyone would enjoy being a librarian. I get that (and just for edification purposes there are many, many different types of librarian jobs from working with technology, to working with the public, to working in public libraries, to working in academic ones, to working with documents, to working with metadata, to working with social media and marketing and to working so many other things).



Delaney is an investigative reporter working a big, important story about arms dealers and corruption. One would think that she would understand the value of research and the value of the role that librarians play in research (whether in helping reporters find information they need or in helping to organize the resources that they might be searching). It seems counterintuitive for an investigative journalist to diss librarians, IMHO. It is fine for her to prefer reporting over librarianship but her comment is dismissive.



And I mean I get that this is a throwaway comment. We all say things in the heat of the moment based upon prejudices and assumptions. I do not want to let this one phrase define this book, especially since there is much about this book to recommend it. But by the same token, I have to say that this one is hurtful. I take pride in my work as a librarian and honestly feel as if the things I do every day are helping people. I am not on the front lines like many librarians who deal directly with patrons, but without my work people wouldn’t be able to find anything that they need. Being a librarian is extremely fulfilling and rewarding. There is nothing boring about it.



After mulling over my thoughts and reactions to the death by being bored as a librarian quote, I also realized that there was another reason that I was so bothered by the comment being made in a romance novel. Librarianship is a female dominated profession (in 2009 83% of librarians were female - https://blog.oup.com/2011/06/librarian-census/) much like that of the romance novelist and in all honesty I can’t help but think that librarianship (and romance) is an easy target because of this fact. I would like to think that romance writers and readers would be a bit more sensitive to the types of bizarre wholescale assumptions that people make about female-dominated professions. It was especially painful to read such a denigrating comment in romance novel. I do not care for such comments about the romance genre any more than I do about librarians.



Final Siege has everything I want in a romantic suspense plot: a strong romance, an intriguing cast of characters and a solid suspense plot. But a cavalier comment about the boringness of being a librarian ruined this book for me. DON’T DISS LIBRARIANS!

I am a sucker for a second chance romance and this story definitely delivers!!! This is the story of Mac and Delaney. They were childhood sweethearts and so in love. A freak accident that results in the death of Mac's best friend and Delaney's brother rocks their whole world. Mac blames himself for Brock's death and Delaney hates Mac as a result. Mac thought he would never see Delaney again until a call from a Germany hospital shakes him to his core. Delaney was working on an undercover story and she was kidnapped. She was severely injured. She can't believe that she wanted Mac here and she certainly doesn't want him to come to her rescue and protect her at all costs. Mac knows that his feelings for Delaney will never go away and this is his chance to make the wrongs right and show her that he can be the man she needs him to be. I really liked the story...I was hooked from the very beginning and was rooting for them to find their HEA together. I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoys a good second chance romance. Its a great story....well done!!!!

4 stars

Final Siege by Scarlett is a well written, second chance romance and I really enjoyed it.

I found the storyline entertaining all throughout the book, my interest was captured from the first few pages and I ended up reading it in one sitting.
Mac and Delaney were once inseparable, they were friends who fell hard for each other and life was good. Until one day everything changed, grief and blame tore them apart and it's been years since they've seen each other.
All it takes is one phone call to have Mac flying across the world to get to Delaney and help her in any way he can.

I loved Mac, I loved his honesty, his passion and his patience. He has never forgotten his one true love and nothing is going to stop him from making Delaney he's again.
Delaney was a little harder for me to connect with. While I understood her grief I didn't like how stubborn she was with Mac. She was so determined not to open her heart she kept pushing him away :(

But with time and a lot of patience from Mac, Delaney realises how much she still feels for him and going back to life without him in it isn't an option.
These two truly deserved their happily ever after.

The Love Over Duty series is turning out to be a very good read, I'm loving the friendships between all the men and can't wait to read Cabe's book next in Deep Cover.

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For fourteen years Mac has felt guilty about the accidental death of one of his best friends. It was double the devastation as he not only lost Brock but he lost Delaney, Brock’s sister and the only woman he has ever loved. He went on to a career as a Navy SEAL and after retiring formed Eagle Security with his two best friends.

When he gets a call from a hospital in Germany saying that Delaney was injured and was asking for him he couldn’t get there fast enough. Delany is an investigative reporter who has been working in Afghanistan and she has attracted the attentions of the wrong people. When she finds out that Mac is there she is less than impressed as due to their history she can’t believe she was asking for him.

Mac brings Delaney home to stay with him and he is willing to do whatever is necessary to work through the past and win her back but will he be able to keep her safe when the danger follows her home.

This is a wonderful story about a second chance at love for two people who were always meant to be together. Delaney is strong and independent while Mac is loyal and protective. It has a great combination of suspense, twists and romance. I am loving this series and am looking forward to the next story. I voluntarily reviewed an advance reader's copy of this book.

Ms Cole does it again.
I loved this second chance romance ao much I devoured it in a day.
I volunteered to read a copy of this book

When Mac, Malachai MacCarrick receives a phone call that the one woman he could never forget is badly wounded and asking for him, nothing could stop him from rushing to her side. And once there, well, seals are known for their persistence, right? Now that she is back in his life, he will do anything to keep Delaney there. If she wants it or not.

While slowly recovering from her traumatizing experience, Delaney also has to find out if she is willing to forgive or if she wants to let go of the one person who means everything to her. Between fighting their attraction, fighting her own demons and getting attacked, she is rather busy - and having a hard time being successful at denying their attraction.

I loved "Under Fire" a lot and I'm absolutely thrilled that this second installment in the series turned out to be just as good and captivating as "Under Fire".
I love the seals and their dynamic and I loved Mac and Delaney together and, of course, I also loved meeting Six and Louisa again.
This amazing and thrilling story sucked me in and kept me reading ...and reading...and reading..... I love this book and I can#t wait to read the other books in this series.