Loving A Warrior by Melanie Hansen is a story full of emotion in the best possible way. With Shane and Matt we have two strong men focused on succeeding with their life goal of becoming a Navy Seal. Each comes into this experience with their own expectations of what their future holds. Neither guy was ready for the other.
What starts out as rivalry turns to friendship. Friendship with an added attraction to each other. This develops into real feelings. How can they maintain the distance they need in order to achieve their goals?
Loving A Warrior is a slow burn romance that builds as the story moves forward. Shane and Matt slowly let down their guard and start to trust each other. I was swept up in their story and was happy to go along for the ride.
There are so many wonderful secondary characters that add depth to this story. I’m hoping for more stories with Shane and Matt. I’m not ready to say goodbye!

This was a really well written story and I love that these guys really walked into the whole thing with their eyes wide open - how could they make it work, both being SEALS, never seeing each other, maybe even never being open about dating a man? I really rooted for these guys and I liked that this book was relatively un-mushy. Well until the end at least...because when I read the last page I couldn't leave the characters with a feeling of closure and fulfillment. In part that's because we leave them at a very vague point imo and I can't feel confident in their future. And yes, that's realistic, it's just not what I wanted from the ending of this book. But also because one of the guys only confronted a defining thing from is past in the last 5% and I didn't feel like it was enough. 

Still LOTS of potential and definitely worth reading though.

Lorsque je vois qu'un livre de Melanie Hansen sort, je ne peux pas m'empêcher de vouloir le lire. Je me garde encore sous le coude sa série « Resilient love » mais je ne pense pas résister encore trop longtemps ^^

On est dans un milieu militaire cette fois. Matt et Shane vont se rencontrer à l’entraînement BUD/S, un entraînement intensif de 6 mois dans le but de rentrer dans la navy de la SEAL. L'un comme l'autre vont ressentir autre chose que de la camaraderie... Sauf que c'est un milieu très spécial et que chacun d'eux ont voulu cette place depuis toujours...

On est complémentent immergé dans cet univers et je trouve que l'auteur le fait vraiment très bien. J'avoue avoir été un peu perdue au début, je n'y connais absolument rien et j'ai du relire des passages voire cliquer sur google pour avoir quelques infos car je ne supportais pas rester dans le flou lol. Elle retranscrit bien cet esprit d'équipe, de camaraderie... La dureté des entraînements, autant physique que psychique.

Et puis il y a Matt et Shane qui vont devenir ami. J'ai beaucoup aimé leur relation, qui est très lente et qui fait très réaliste. Comme je me suis doutée, avec Melanie Hansen, nos personnages ont un certain passif derrière eux, et quand on a droit à certaines déclarations et révélations (tardives tout de même), je me suis encore plus attachée à eux.
Leur relation est belle, surtout leur amitié. Ils font très matures d'après moi, et la romance y était différente de mes romances habituelles je trouve, mais pour le coup elle fait très crédible, je ne sais pas trop comment expliquer. J'aurais juste aimé en voir un peu plus, même si c'était suffisant.
Et je peux dire que lorsque les personnages craquent, et bien c'est top ^^

J'aime le style de l'auteur, et je l'ai retrouvé ici. Je trouve qu'elle a bien écrit cette « romance » dans ce cadre si particulier, et même si je dis que j'aurais aimé en avoir plus, cela n'aurait pas du tout été crédible. C'est juste ce qu'il fallait.

J'ai bien aimé la fin et comment elle est tournée... Surtout lorsque j'ai vu que l'auteur nous réservait une suite avec « Keeping the warrior » ! J'espère qu'elle portera toujours sur les mêmes personnages !

Very she's moving and felt more about training than a relationship. Took over half the book to feel like it had a story and about more than water and sand.

Whenever I see this Author has a new book out I simply cannot wait to read it.She could pretty much write a grocery list and I'd be all over it.

So....even though I'm not a massive fan of Military themes I was never not going to read it.


Matt and Shane meet at BUD/S training.It's intense,full commitment and concentration is required....the last thing either of them need is any sort of distraction....but that's what they get from the first moment they set eyes on each other.

I'm not going to go into their back stories,but they both have them and they definitely have an influence on how they move forward,as far as the training is concerned and their relationship.


If you're a fan of Military MM romance,I'm sure this will be a hit for you.Personally I found all the training exercises a bit too much...they are quite a large focus of the book and while I appreciate they are important in the two men's development,I could have done with a bit less.
Maybe it's because I'm British and don't know enough about Navy SEALs?


It's quite a slow burn and anything else wouldn't have worked here.And when they do get down and dirty it's pretty delicious.

Overall,I mostly enjoyed this,finishing on a strong HFN (which I was perfectly happy with),I'm guessing by the title of the next book ,Keeping a Warrior, that it might be a continuation of their story?

Recommend Read.