Marvin Miller, Baseball Revolutionary (Sport and Society)

MARVIN MILLER                                           ROBERT F. BURK

Marvin Miller changed major league baseball and the business of sports. Drawing on research and interviews with Miller and others, Marvin Miller, Baseball Revolutionary offers the first biography covering the pivotal labor leader's entire life and career. Baseball historian Robert F. Burk follows Miller's formative encounters with Depression-era hard times, racial and religious bigotry, and bare-knuckle Washington politics to a successful career in labor that prepared Miller for his biggest professional challenge--running the moribund Major League Baseball Players Association. Educating and uniting the players as a workforce, Miller embarked on a long campaign to win the concessions that defined his legacy: decent workplace conditions, a pension system, outside mediation of player grievances and salary disputes, a system of profit sharing, and the long-sought dismantling of the reserve clause that opened the door to free agency. Through it all, allies and adversaries alike praised Miller's hardnosed attitude, work ethic, and honesty. Comprehensive and illuminating, Marvin Miller, Baseball Revolutionary tells the inside story of a time of change in sports and labor relations, and of the contentious process that gave athletes in baseball and across the sporting world a powerful voice in their own games.

PAT'S REVIEW

The author takes you through Marvin Miller’s life and while doing so you not only get a look at the history of baseball, but also of our country. From the time he goes to work for the government right before the beginning of WWII, to the end of the war. He takes you through the history of unions and how politicians would use the scare tactics of communism saying that if you belonged to a union you were against American. Not realizing that pay and conditions had gotten worse after the war and that your employer could fire you for any reason. Working for the steel union first gave him an inside look into how a union should be run right. And it was until the sixty’s when one of their president’s passed away and infighting began to change the union. By 1966 looking for change he was asked by a group of ballplayers if he would come and take charge of their union. Growing up loving baseball and looking for a new challenge he accepted. Mainly what the first players were upset about was that the owners were going to reduce their payment to the players insurance and retirement fund. In place and in charge of the players union was someone the owners put in place. By 1966 the players wanted to be represented by someone they wanted. The author takes you this time when the owners would threaten the players when the vote came to take place and by the time Marvin Miller was voted in some of the player reps were traded or out of baseball. By 1968 he negotiated their first contract and raised which raised minimum salary from 6,000 to 10,000. In 1970 arbitration was added to the contract. There was the Flood fight in court about free agency. In 1972 the strike was because the owners did not want to increase player pension funds. Then in 1974 when Charley Finley failed to make a $50,000 payment into an insurance annuity that was called for in Catfish Hunter’s contract MLBPA went to arbitration, and the arbitrator ruled he could be a free agent. Also in 1974 Andy Messerschmidt and Dave McNally had their contracts automatically renewed by their teams, the MLBPLA supported them by challenging the reserve clause which teams had been used to bind players to one team. In December of 1975 an arbitrator ruled in favor of the players and free agency was born. Then the author takes you through the rest of his time there to his retirement. Also his win against the owners over collusion and other cases against the owners. What I really thought was interesting was how he was able to renegotiate endorsement deals first with coke a cola and with Topps baseball cards for player likeness. The baseball cards with Topps turned out to be huge, for they were really paying nothing for the players photos who were ordered by the owners to show up for picture day. Overall this is a very good book and though I remembered certain things happening this gives you the behind the scenes look. I still cannot believe though that he is not in the Baseball Hall of Fame, which I think is totally wrong, but that is for another day. A very good book. I received this book from Netgalley.com I gave it 5 stars. Follow us at www.1rad-readerreviews.com

A History of War in 100 Battles

A HISTORY OF WAR IN 100 BATTLES        RICHARD OVERY

Their very names--Gettysburg, Waterloo, Stalingrad--evoke images of great triumph and equally great suffering, moments when history seemed to hang in the balance. Considered in relation to each other, such battles--and others of less immediate renown--offer insight into the changing nature of armed combat, advances in technology, shifts in strategy and thought, as well as altered geopolitical landscapes. The most significant military engagements in history define the very nature of war. 
In his newest book, Richard Overy plumbs over 3,000 years of history, from the Fall of Troy in 1200 BC to the Fall of Baghdad in 2003, to locate the 100 battles that he believes the most momentous. Arranged by themes such as leadership, innovation, deception, and courage under fire, Overy presents engaging essays on each battle that together provide a rich picture of how combat has changed through the ages, as well as highlighting what has remained consistent despite advances in technology. 
The battles covered here offer a wide geographic sweep, from ancient Greece to China, Constantinople to Moscow, North to South America, providing a picture of the dominant empires across time and context for comparison between various military cultures. From familiar engagements like Thermopylae (480 BC), Verdun (1916), and the Tet Offensive (1968) to lesser-studied battles such as Zama (202 BC), Arsuf (1191), and Navarino Bay (1827), Overy presents the key actors, choices, and contingencies, focusing on those details--sometimes overlooked--that decided the battle. The American victory at the Battle of Midway, for example, was determined by only ten bombs. It was, as Wellington said of Waterloo, a "near run thing." 
Rather than focusing on the question of victory or defeat, Overy examines what an engagement can tell us on a larger level about the history of warfare itself. New weapons and tactics can have a sudden impact on the outcome of a battle--but so too can leadership, or the effects of a clever deception, or raw courage. Overy offers a deft and visually captivating look at the engagements that have shaped the course of human history, and changed the face of warfare.

PAT'S REVIEW

This is a fantastic book for the history buff or for the person that is just wanting to know the importance of battles in history and how they may have shaped the course of time. The author gives short details that are through and concise of the main players of each battle, the how’s and why’s and goes into the terrain when necessary. This was how many armies were defeated by a smaller force because the leader of the smaller force was able to use the land as another defensive tool and whether it would be high ground, or being able to push the opposing army into water these would all come into play. All of these are explained and done so in a way that makes for each battle to give you the reader enough information and then to move on to the next story. The one battle that really intrigues me was the battle of Solferino-SAN Martino 24 June 1859, it was this battle that Henri Dunant a Swiss businessman who arrived in the aftermath of the battle and seeing all of the thousands of wounded soldiers lying untended on the field. He put into action a plan and four years later in Geneva on August 22, 1864, the Red Cross was formed. It should be noted that after the battle he did stay and organized the villages around to help him treat the wounded men. It is stories like these that you will find in this book the small little bits of history that you don’t read about. This is an excellent book and very much worth the read. I received this book from Netgalley.com I gave it 5 stars. Follow us atwww.1rad-readerreviews.com

The Invisible Bridge: The Fall of Nixon and the Rise of Reagan

THE INVISIBLE BRIDGE                              RICK PERLMAN

In January of 1973, Richard Nixon announced the end of the Vietnam War and prepared for a triumphant second term—until televised Watergate hearings revealed his White House as little better than a mafia den. The next president declared upon Nixon’s resignation “our long national nightmare is over”—but then congressional investigators exposed the CIA for assassinating foreign leaders. The collapse of the South Vietnamese government rendered moot the sacrifice of some 58,000 American lives. The economy was in tatters. And as Americans began thinking about their nation in a new way—as one more nation among nations, no more providential than any other—the pundits declared that from now on successful politicians would be the ones who honored this chastened new national mood.

Ronald Reagan never got the message. Which was why, when he announced his intention to challenge President Ford for the 1976 Republican nomination, those same pundits dismissed him—until, amazingly, it started to look like he just might win. He was inventing the new conservative political culture we know now, in which a vision of patriotism rooted in a sense of American limits was derailed in America’s Bicentennial year by the rise of the smiling politician from Hollywood. Against a backdrop of melodramas from the Arab oil embargo to Patty Hearst to the near-bankruptcy of America’s greatest city, The Invisible Bridge asks the question: what does it mean to believe in America? To wave a flag—or to reject the glibness of the flag wavers?

PAT'S REVIEW

After reading Nixonland written by the same author he takes you through the 70’s which was just as turmoil as the 60’s were. At least for me, starting high school in 74 by the end of the decade it was totally different. Now having a book going back through the different times of the Patty Hearst kidnapping, and the bank robbery, the different organizations that were up and running against the government, the Symbionese Liberation Army, Weather Underground, the Manson trails at the beginning of the decade, civil rights was still going on, and so much more in California. The author takes you through that and Watergate, the rise of Ronald Reagan on the National scene at the Republican convention that was much closer than I think most people really knew the time, but still, Ford ran against Carter only to lose. Then of course four years later with the Iran hostage crisis Regan would be President. There is a lot to take in with this book as there was with Nixonland, for me I grew up in a home that talked politics and was pro-republican. My father also worked for the government and said that Nixon only got caught that other Presidents had done the same things, so I take everything with a grain of salt. This is a good book because I was brought back to a time of the 70’s that for me was still good even though there still was turmoil around. For me, some of the best music came out of the 70’s, but not some of the best politicians. Still, I think this book is very much worth the read, and Ronald Reagan was a smart man to take advantage of what he could and is still the only man who was President of a union, and the President of the United States. A good book. I received this book from Netgalley.com I gave it 5 stars. Follow us at www.1rad-readerreviews.com

I Know a Secret (Rizzoli & Isles #12)

I KNOW A SECRET                                         TESS GERRITSEN

The crime scene is unlike any that Detective Rizzoli and medical examiner Maura Isles have ever before encountered. The woman lies in apparently peaceful repose on her bed, and Maura finds no apparent cause of death, but there is no doubt the woman is indeed dead. The victim’s eyes have been removed and placed in the palm of her hand, a gesture that echoes the terrifying films she produces. Is a crazed movie fan reenacting scenes from those disturbing films?

When another victim is found, again with no apparent cause of death, again with a grotesquely staged crime scene, Jane and Maura realize the killer has widened his circle of targets. He’s chosen one particular woman for his next victim, and she knows he’s coming for her next. She’s the only one who can help Jane and Maura catch the killer.

But she knows a secret. And it’s a secret she’ll never tell. 

PAT'S REVIEW

The twelve book in this series and though I missed the last book I am never disappointed in reading this series. Once again I was able to fall right back into the reading and follow the characters because of the writing by the author who takes who through first the murder, then the crime scene, and just for the sake of more intrigue you get the story of the two women who are solving the crime and are still working through their own lives. The books are nothing like the T.V. show other than some of the same characters. Both women are dealing with their families and if you have read the other books you know what I am talking about. If not it will be explained and you will be able to catch up. The murder and then other murders that need to be solved get you going as a reader and just when you think you have it figured out, no a twist. That is what makes this books so good. I am looking forward to the next book about Jane and Maura. I received this book from Netgalley.com I gave it 5 stars. Follow us at www.1rad-readerreviews.com

Hand Tool Basics: Woodworking Tools and How to Use Them

HAND TOOL BASICS                                      STEVE BRANAM

Hand tool woodworking can be a source of great pride, satisfaction and amazing results--not to mention less noise and sawdust. But there's a lot to learn, what with a seemingly endless array of chisels and mallets to workbenches and handplanes. You'll learn proven methods for sharpening your tools, prepping your stock and timeless joinery techniques including mortise-and-tenon joints, dovetails, rabbets and others. Within these pages you'll find:
Advice for selecting the tools you need and setting up shop
Complete instructions for using the tools you'll reach for time and again
Tuning processes for keeping your tools sharp and precise
Technique variations and alternate methods so you can decide what works best for you
Take the mystery out of hand tools and experience the satisfaction of crafting something truly handmade.

PAT'S REVIEW

This is a great book and really helpful for choosing what tool you need for a job to the proper way to take care of it and how to sharpen the tools you have. I have to admit I did not always pay attention when my grandfather would be teaching how to sharpen different tools, but this book was like reading his instructions, and memories started to come back when I would be in his garage spending time with him. The instructions in this book are truly something of a lost art if they would not be put down in books such as these. A very good book for anyone with tools or want to start to work with them. I received this book from Netgalley.com I gave it 5 stars. Follow us atwww.1rad-readerreviews.com

Don't Let Him Go (I Want Morrison #1)

DON'T LET HIM GO                                       KAY HARRIS

Candace Gleason passed the bar, landed a great job, and is making a killer salary—basically, all of her dreams are coming true. Until she’s assigned to keep the boss’s petulant son out of trouble. 
Jack Morrison is the rebellious black sheep of a mighty real estate family. He runs a nonprofit whose mission is to save poor people from evil corporations, like the one his own family owns. He is obnoxious, ridiculously charming, and insanely hot. He is the bane of Candace’s very existence. 
Sparks fly from the moment they meet. Candace suddenly has more to worry about than keeping Jack out of jail. She has to keep him out of her heart.

PAT'S REVIEW

A wonderful story about two people fighting really what their parents are or at least their presumptions. Candace Gleason has passed the bar and is working for a top law firm in San Francisco, her parents have always been activists and they are famous. They are also lawyers but do not work for any top law firms. Now having the job she has wanted she is hoping to climb the ladder. Her first high profile job is babysitting the boss’s eldest son Jack Morrison, who everyone feels is the black sheep of the family. He has taken his trust fund and is using it against the corporations like his fathers who go in the inner city and displace families giving them nowhere else to move. The reason he does this when he tells Candace really sets the story apart from other books. He is happy she is working with him and his nonprofit company, but does not make easy for her in the beginning. It begins to become dicey when the both of them start to act on the feelings they have for one another and then on top of everything she feels like she betrayed him, but not really. She does something that no other women had ever done and that was track him down, and let me tell you it was not easy. He was not in the U.S. For me I liked the story and the author did a good job of not making you feel or at least me feel like it was a multicultural story, being in one myself I did not pick up on anything and I thought that the writing and the characters, from the lead to even Jack’s sectary were all well-defined. A very good book. I received this book from Netgalley.com I gave it 5 stars. Follow us at www.1rad-readerreviews.com (

Behind the Badge

BEHIND THE BADGE                                    SHELLEY WADE

Jackson Taylor is director of the Los Angeles branch of the FBI. His second in command is Ashley Haven. Although they are both intensely infatuated with each other, they have managed to keep things professional. A mission gone wrong ends with Jackson held hostage. When Ashley successfully finds him, they realize the true depth of their feelings. The agents barely have time to express their true feelings before another explosive situation rips not only Jackson and Ashley apart, but his family as well. With their lives at stake, Jackson and Ashley will use their skills as trained agents and their love for one another to close the case. Working for the FBI is not a safe career, and the ever-heightening crisis reveals how much Jackson and Ashley have to lose. Now having had a taste of what life could be like as a couple, they are faced with the cold, hard reality that their days of defending America may cost them a lot more than they ever imagined. 

PAT'S REVIEW

I found this book to be a very good and exciting story. The author takes you right from the beginning of the action, and except for times when setting up scenes or characters, you are given a fast-paced story from the beginning to the end. Not many books can say that. There is a love story with Jackson and Ashley, the two lead characters who are also FBI agents, but this is handled with care and not thrown in your face like some books. You also get a look at the stress put on them and what it would take if they would want to have a relationship. The action scenes keep you going along with a few twists that I won’t go into, but those as well make for a good story. Overall a very good book with good characters both good guys and bad guys. Worth the read. I gave this book 5 stars. Follow us at www.1rad-readerreviews.com

Collision Control (Crossing Forces #4)

COLLISION CONTROL                                  C. A. SZAREK

A one night stand can’t possibly mean forever…
Detective Jared Manning met his match at a bar. After a night of passion, she flees his bed without so much as a note. Problem is, now he can’t find her.
Kindergarten teacher, Melody Nash doesn’t do one night stands. Embarrassment gets the best of her and she lies about her name.
When they collide at her school, Mel resists his pull. She won’t risk her heart on the obvious playboy, even though she can’t stop thinking about ecstasy in his arms.
Stress engulfs Jared’s personal and professional lives. His brother is at the center of the joint case he and his partner are working in cooperation with FBI.
He puts his job on the line when he fails to share his blood relation. Complications he doesn’t need, considering the FBI agent on the case is convinced his brother killed her fiancé.
Balance is the name of the game. Can Jared save his brother and convince Mel they’re meant to be together? 

PAT'S REVIEW

What a fun fast-paced story. The book starts off with detective Jared Manning meeting and then having a one night stand with Melody Nash. Melody has done something so out of character by first going to a bar and second by go home with Jared whom she does not know, and is not expecting to see ever again. Now she being a kindergarten teacher she feels pretty safe. Jared is going crazy one because of the case they have, and second he cannot find the women he went home with the other night. She was gone when he woke up and all he can think about is her. Now he must find her. After weeks of going crazy and driving his partner crazy is being dragged to his partners’ school for career day for his kindergarten class. You guessed it Melody is the women he has been looking for and she does not want to talk to him, but he is not leaving until she agrees to speak to him. Now the rest of the book is about Jared trying to get Melody to date him and him and his partner working the case. This is a fast-paced story with very good characters, and overall a very good story. I received this book from Netgalley.com I gave it 4 stars. Follow us at www.1rad-readerreviews.com

Never You (Emerald Mountain #3)

NEVER YOU                                                     STACY GOLD

Emerald Mountain Ski Hut caretaker Morgan Monroe doesn’t do casual relationships. Not anymore. Certainly not with the obnoxious, flirty, too-hot-for-his-own-good chef she’s wanted to strangle all season. He’s the kind of man she wouldn’t date in a million years, even if he were the dating type.

Chef Dan Griffin doesn’t believe in relationships. But a one-night stand to celebrate the end of ski season? Hell yes! Especially with the gorgeous caretaker. She’s sexy but melt-in-your-mouth sweet, the kind of woman who could convince a man to get serious…if he were the relationship type. She kept her distance all winter, but he’s hoping he can convince her to get closer for one night of passion.

When things heat up on a cold winter’s night, will they play it safe or follow their hearts?

PAT'S REVIEW

A short story but a very good story about two people that had been working together for a snow season, but did not do anything about the feelings they had for one another until the last two days. Morgan Monroe has been the caretaker and is not looking for a relationship. She especially does not want anything close to one with Chef Dan Griffin, who she believes is a player. She does like the food that he makes and after they spend a night talking she agrees to meet him in Seattle weeks later. When she does it will be with his family, mom and two sisters. What she finds out about him the night they spend together and when they met at his family’s home gives her hope, but will it be enough to start the oven with the hot chef? Read this fun fast paced story to find out. I received this book from Netgalley.com I gave it 5 stars. Follow us at www.1rad-readerreviews.com

No Angel (Louisiana Lawmen #3)

NO ANGEL                                                       MALLORY KANE

Alexandra Tyler is on the run. She married her college sweetheart, but soon discovered a dark side to him that she’d never seen before. Hoping to find refuge and start a new life, she moves to New Orleans. But bad luck follows and she finds herself barely escaping an abduction. Before she knows it, she’s entangled in the search for a serial killer.

FBI Special Agent Danny DeLuca is on the trail of an infamous serial killer. There have been nine victims in nine months, one during each New Moon. But the tenth victim, Alexandra Tyler, escapes, giving Danny the first break he’s had in the case. His job is to protect her and catch the killer, but as danger closes in, Danny must guard his heart in order to keep her safe.

While the killer continues to commit the almost perfect crime, Danny and Allie are forced to work together, while also resisting the other’s charms. If they give in to their escalating attraction, it could be the death of both of them.

PAT'S REVIEW

A good book that has action, suspense, some mystery, and a love story. Alexandra Tyler has moved to New Orleans to get away from her ex-husband. Now though she was taken from the streets of New Orleans but escaped. Danny DeLuca is an FBI agent looking for a serial killer and believes that Alexandra has been the first person to escape. He now goes to New Orleans to work with the police and her to see what he can put together to make his theory fact. Along the way he must try not to act on any feelings he has for her, and when he must leave and go to another town in another part of the country following the case, he finds himself torn between duty and feelings he does not think he should be having. Together they must work out his feelings that he is having for her and also work the case. A very good story about a by the book agent and a women who thought she was away from trouble. Good characters and just enough mystery and suspense to keep the story moving along. I received this book from Netgalley.com I gave it 4 stars. Follow us at www.1rad-readerreviews.com

Murray Talks Music: Albert Murray on Jazz and Blues

MURRAY TALKS MUSIC                               ALBERT MURRAY

The year 2016 will mark the centennial of the birth of Albert Murray (1916–2013), who in thirteen books was by turns a lyrical novelist, a keen and iconoclastic social critic, and a formidable interpreter of jazz and blues. Not only did his prizewinning study Stomping the Blues (1976) influence musicians far and wide, it was also a foundational text for Jazz at Lincoln Center, which he co-founded with Wynton Marsalis and others in 1987. Murray Talks Music brings together, for the first time, many of Murray’s finest interviews and essays on music—most never before published—as well as rare liner notes and prefaces.

For those new to Murray, this book will be a perfect introduction, and those familiar with his work—even scholars—will be surprised, dazzled, and delighted. Highlights include Dizzy Gillespie’s richly substantive 1985 conversation; an in-depth 1994 dialogue on jazz and culture between Murray and Wynton Marsalis; and a long 1989 discussion on Duke Ellington between Murray, Stanley Crouch, and Loren Schoenberg. Also interviewed by Murray are producer and impresario John Hammond and singer and bandleader Billy Eckstine. All of these conversations were previously lost to history. A celebrated educator and raconteur, Murray engages with a variety of scholars and journalists while making insightful connections among music, literature, and other art forms—all with ample humor and from unforeseen angles.

Leading Murray scholar Paul Devlin contextualizes the essays and interviews in an extensive introduction, which doubles as a major commentary on Murray’s life and work. The volume also presents sixteen never-before-seen photographs of jazz greats taken by Murray.

PAT'S REVIEW

Anyone wanting to know something or anything about jazz this is a book for that. With Dizzy Gillespie, Wynton Marseilles, and Duke Ellington names that most people recognized. I liked the interviews with John Hammond, Stanley couch, and my favorite Billy Eckstein who was a bandleader and singer. If you can get a chance find a reproduction of any of his music and you will see what I mean. He was an awesome talent. I found this book to be a wonderful read and a good look at different jazz musicians. I received this book from Netgalley.com I gave it 5 stars. Follow us at www.1rad-readerreviews.com

Ready for Wild: A Book Club Recommendation! (Grand Valley #3)

READY FOR WILD                                          LIORA BLAKE

Braden Montgomery is certain about three things: one, luck is for suckers; two, time spent outdoors is what keeps him sane; and, three, when it comes to sharing his bed, there’s only one female he’s willing to put up with—his Chesapeake Bay retriever, Charley. Braden’s constructed his life on these beliefs, and he’s quite content with the status quo.

But when a moment of bad luck lands Braden toe-to-toe with a blonde bombshell with her own television show, his stubbornly structured reality begins to unravel.

As for Amber Regan, her brand has been built on camo, cut-offs, and cleavage. With her own hunting show on the foremost sports channel and enough social media followers to garner her plenty of endorsement deals, Amber’s come a long way from the tomboy in a small Texas town she once was. Unfortunately, ratings are down and her contract for next season is in limbo, so she’s in desperate need of a reboot to save her show—and filming a rough and tough archery elk hunt in Colorado might be the way to do just that. Too bad the local game warden grunts more than he speaks, seems determined to despise her—and makes her heart race in all the most inconvenient ways. 

PAT'S REVIEW

Brandon Montgomery is a game warden in Colorado and after arguing against drawing for straws as to see who gets to take Amber Regan around. She is a female hunter with her own show, and it is not that he dislikes her, he dislikes all hunting shows. She of course shows up in full pink camo and after they have a discussion over google maps and his eyes, as he was in an area that she wanted to go and there was no water. After their talk, they spend the next 4 hours hiking and she spends it looking at his backside wondering if he is ever going to stop or actually take a deep breath. When they finally make it to the top his fantastic personality appears once again when he takes the granola bar she is eating out of her hand and tosses it. Telling her she should be eating a candy bar instead. Letting him know about endorsements he could care less he gives her something more healthy and homemade. Now slowly a friendship. They both become intrigued by the other person and though he does not allow himself to get close to anyone, which is explained in the story she slowly breaks down his walls. She really makes progress when she surprises him and shows up in town unannounced. This is really when the story takes a good turn and you find out more about each character. About both of their pasts and their fears. By the time you get to the end you are surprised by the change in both but it is for the best. Read this wonderful story about two people finding themselves before love. A very good book. I received this book from Netgalley.com I gave it 5 stars. Follow us atwww.1rad-readerreviews.com

A Soldier's Song (A Veteran's Heart #3)

A SOLDIERS SONG                                        IRENE ONORATO

All Special Forces sergeant Jason Dexter ever wanted was to serve his country—with his father’s blessing. Although the elder Dexter has yet to make his peace with his son’s decision, Jason has no regrets. Still, he has mixed feelings about returning to his upstate New York town. But his perspective changes at a friend’s wedding, where he meets a lovely, gifted musician. Now Jason has a new mission: to get to know Aria Greco better. 

The daughter of Jason’s commanding officer, Aria dreams of becoming a concert pianist. Meeting the handsome soldier transforms both their lives. But Aria’s ambition, Jason’s unresolved family conflicts, and jealousy over rivals on both sides soon threatens their blossoming relationship. As Jason prepares for a dangerous deployment, will the mounting tensions tear them apart, or is their love—and the faith they share—powerful enough to heal the past and embrace the future?

PAT'S REVIEW

Aria has always wanted to meet her father’s team, now being able to play the piano at one of their weddings she is able to do just that. What she was not expecting was to be attracted to one of them. Sargent Jason Dexter is blown away by the piano player and by her looks as well. When he finds out that she is his commanding officers' daughter he decides to lead with his heart and see if there is any sort of possibility of them dating. When she agrees they find out that they have a lot of the same likes. The problem turns out to be with his father and the reasons behind those. A good story with wonderful characters and a good story. I received this book from Netgalley.com I gave it 4 stars. Follow us at www.1rad-readerreviews.com (less)