Wednesday, 23 August 2017

Shelter For Sophie - Susan Stoker - Release Blitz


Susan Stoker
Shelter for Sophie
Badge of Honor: Texas Heroes Book 8
Release Date August 15, 2017

Shelter for Sophie Ebook Cover


She’s shy, he’s stoic…not the hardest personality traits to overcome, but Sophie Carson and Roman “Chief” Proudfit have their work cut out for them.

Sophie has a crush on the silent-but-studly firefighter next door. She’s been pining away silently while secretly helping the hardworking man by mowing his lawn—which he thinks is being done by her nonexistent husband and/or boyfriend. He’s definitely not big on neighborly chitchat, but with her stutter, that suits Sophie just fine. But now a misunderstanding at a bar has put him even further out of her reach.

Roman’s difficult upbringing on an Indian reservation is a sore spot, so when he thinks Sophie is taking advantage of poor people for medical trials at her workplace, he lets her know exactly what he thinks. But when he discovers he misunderstood, he’s man enough to admit it…and also that he should have opened his eyes to his beautiful, sensitive neighbor sooner.

As the couple gets closer, each helping the other overcome lifelong pains, for the first time in years, Roman has something to live for other than his job. And, as he discovers when Sophie puts herself in danger, something even bigger to lose…
** Shelter for Sophie is the 8th book in the Badge of Honor: Texas Heroes Series. Each book is a stand-alone, with no cliffhanger endings.

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4 Stars 

 Shelter for Sophie is the eighth title in the Badge of Honor: Texas Heroes series, but can easily be read as a standalone. 

 Chief and Sophie are an interesting and well developed pair of characters. Sophie has stutter, but doesn't allow her disability to define her.  She is kind, giving, passionate and accepting, and although shy she is willing to stick up for her beliefs and do the right thing. 

 Chief is a Native American, of the Navajo a firefighter and Sophie's next door neighbor.  He is protective, strong, yet sensitive and much like the other alpha heroes that Susan Stoker creates, he can at times be a tad overprotective.  I found the inclusion of the Navajo culture to be intriguing and quite fascinating, particularly as I have no knowledge of Native American culture being from the other side of the world. 

 Overall this is a fast paced, enjoyable and entertaining read.  Despite a few misunderstandings and twists and turns in the plot, there was very little angst in this romantic suspense.  I thoroughly enjoyed the secondary characters and look forward to seeing more of them find their happy ever after in future titles.  I will be eagerly anticipating more of Susan Stoker's work in the future. 


New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal Bestselling Author, Susan Stoker has a heart as big as the state of Texas where she lives, but this all-American girl has also spent the last fourteen years living in Missouri, California, Colorado, and Indiana. She's married to a retired Army man who now gets to follow her around the country.

She debuted her first series in 2014 and quickly followed that up with the SEAL of Protection Series, which solidified her love of writing and creating stories readers can get lost in.