Title:  Crazy For Her
Series:  K2 Team #1
Author:  Sandra Owens
Genre:  Contemporary Romance
Published:  September 1, 2014
Publisher:  Montlake Romance
My Rating:  5 stars
Source:  Borrowed, Kindle Unlimited
Cover Description:

When his best friend and fellow Navy SEAL, Evan Prescott, died in his arms on the battlefield, Logan Kincaid gave his word to watch over Evan’s widow. But for two years he kept his distance…torn between honoring his solemn vow and succumbing to his secret love for his fallen comrade’s wife. But when Dani Prescott desperately reaches out to Logan for the help only he can give, he rushes to her side—determined to fight for her safety as fiercely as he fights against his own buried desire.

Someone claiming to be her husband is stalking Dani and her infant daughter, making them virtually prisoners in their remote country home. Logan’s elite military training and high-risk security expertise have outmatched more dangerous enemies. But the real challenge will be the burning temptation that threatens to overcome Logan whenever Dani is near…especially when she reveals her own hidden passion.

Read on for my thoughts on Crazy For Her.  No true spoilers, promise.

I’m always excited to start a new series.  Okay, I admit that I’m addicted to series, so I’m always ready to dive into something new.  And a new to me author is an additional pleasure.

Crazy For Her starts off with an emotional grip that really doesn’t let up until the final page is turned.  Logan is beyond devastated at the death of his friend and team member, Evan.  Closer than blood brothers, these two men shared a bond that even death hasn’t seemed to sever.  When Logan is also wounded in that same setup raid, his recovery time was a good excuse to not seek out Dani immediately.  While he, Dani and Evan were friends and Logan would do anything to help Dani he also carried a secret.  He was in love with his best friend’s wife.  Not that he would ever act on that, there were some lines that he would never cross.  He was, however, honor bound to watch over her and her daugher.  Now Dani had asked for his help.  And as much as it was going to hurt him, Logan made his way to the woman who might have been his if life were different.

Dani had often wondered if that night when two Navy SEALSs had rescued her from the worst date in history what might have happened if Logan had slid into that chair before Evan.  Not that she hadn’t loved her husband with all her heart, she could admit to herself that she’d been attracted to Logan first.  But that guy honor thing happened immediately, and Logan never sought out anything more than her friendship.  Now she needed his help and he was the only person she would turn to.  She and her daughter, Reagan were in danger and she knew with every fiber of her being that Logan would protect them and get this crazy stalker out of their lives.

I don’t really feel that I can go into much more detail about Crazy For Her.  It’s one of those stories that if I give you much more than the book cover does I will risk spoiling the experience for you – and I won’t do that.  Logan, Dani and Reagan’s story is so realistic that you will lose all track of time while in their world.  It a fascinatingly woven tale of madness, love and honor.

Logan is a complex man, made so by his life and the decisions he has made to reach his goals and protect his code of honor.  His sister is his world and he would and has done anything needed to protect her.  I adored Logan.  He’s not only a capable, strong warrior but a lost soul as well.  Sexy as sin, stubborn as a mule and will hold tightly to his personal code of honor beyond what most men would or even could.  His love for Dani is obvious and at times painful.  His absolute capture by the sweet, adorable Reagan will have most women sighing.  This is what a woman hopes for, dreams of when she has a fatherless child and another man enters her life.  Absolutely wrapped around that baby’s pinky in moments – and that touch made Logan so much more than a capable warrior, it made him a man worth taking a risk on.  Dani is a strong woman who has loved and lost, yet while she may be attracted to Logan big time she will have reservations about his dangerous work.  She will find herself drawn to a man with layers upon layers of the past that need to be stripped away and dealt with by a woman who loves her man – even if she doesn’t see that whole picture just yet.

Crazy For Her is an intense, intriguing love story with touches of suspense, humor and that elusive thing that simply makes the characters on the page come alive.  I’ve never found the exact word for it – believable, realistic – I don’t know, but I can tell you when I feel it, and this story could have been a couple of friends down the street.  I didn’t once question a single action that happened within this story.  Secondary characters matter to me, and even knowing that there are more stories to be told in this series, the supporting cast came alive easily.  And gave me enough of a tingle to know that I need to know their stories soon.

In all, I am so glad that I found this series, one that I will complete over the next few weeks.  And I’m really looking forward to that.  If you love strong characters, a believable story full of mystery, suspense, honor and love – then you need to start the K2 Team series.  In fact, you should go get started right now – you’ll fall in love.  And isn’t that the point?

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