Deeper Than The Ocean by Julie Ann Walker - Review of #4 in the Deep Six Series

 

Julie Ann Walker

New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author's latest, 

Deeper Than the Ocean is out now! 

Ray “Wolf” Roanhorse took one look at Chrissy and knew she was the woman of his dreams. There’s a hitch, however. He screwed things up with her. Big time. Now all she wants is to be friends. He’ll have to be his most charismatic and charming self if he has any hope of changing her mind. And winning her heart.

Christina Szareck knows all about sexy, brooding men like Wolf. She grew up watching her mother fall for – and be broken by – plenty of them. If she had her way, she’d avoid Wolf altogether. But they’re partners in the hunt for the Santa Cristina’s legendary treasure. Avoidance is impossible. And the longer she’s near him, the more he chips away at the walls she’s erected against him.

The danger to Chrissy doesn’t only come from her burgeoning feelings, however. There are mysterious players who would see her silenced – for good. And Wolf, with his wicked grin and spec-ops training, is all that stands between her and a date with death in the deep.

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 Genres: Military Romance, Contemporary Romance 

 

My Review

The Deep Six crew continue to try and find the treasure from the Santa Cristina, and this one focuses a bit more on the couple than the hunt.

Chrissy and her friend Winston stumble upon a drug operation that leaves them both being shot. Wolf finally gets a dinner with Chrissy scheduled, and starts to worry that the last time he screwed things up with her. When she comes stumbling in wet, bleeding, and ready to pass out, he jumps into action.

After a brief hospital stay, he is determined to protect her, and keep her safe from the thugs that are after her. She's hesitant, fearing that she's going to repeat the mistakes of her mother's bad relationships. You get snippets of the impact on her through flashbacks, and they're heartbreaking. She's left distrustful, feeling abandoned, and wary of love. Wolf comes from a family filled with support and no drama, and he has trouble understanding her resistance.

Throw in snippets of Romeo and Mia, and a secondary story of drug runners, all while laughing through Julie Ann Walker's typical snark and hilariously campy lines. I'm always excited for her latest novels and this one just makes me wish they were released faster! 

 

About Julie

Born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Julie grew up in a house full of women – she has three older sisters. As you can imagine, there was no lack of drama… or romance. Her mother enrolled her in a book club as soon as she began to read and it was the small spark that ignited her voracious appetite for the written word.

Because of Julie’s early immersion in literature, she found writing came quite naturally. In high school, she won multiple writing contests and was the proud senior editor of The Tiger’s Tale – her school newspaper.

During her college years, however, she longed for a challenge. “Reading and writing felt like second nature to me, so I looked for a way to flex my mental muscles,” she recalls. After receiving a Bachelor of Science degree, Julie began teaching advanced high school mathematics.

“I loved working with the students and facing the challenges of the classroom, but I longed for the occasional snow day when I could race to the local book store, buy two or three new novels, and curl up in front of the fire to read.”

It wasn’t until a fortuitous move to Chicago that Julie once more returned to her first passion.

Now Julie loves to travel the world looking for views to compete with her deadlines. When she’s not writing, she enjoys camping, hiking, cycling, cooking, petting every dog that walks by her, and… reading, of course!

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