Product Description
DON'T GIVE UP.

It's love that keeps teacher Jordan Bliss up at night: the lost love for a Venezuelan orphan named Miguel...and the memory of a Navy SEAL tearing him from her arms. Now in the U.S. and longing for her child, Jordan vows to somehow, some way, bring Miguel home.

DON'T LOOK BACK.

To Navy SEAL Solomon McGuire, orders are orders. But the fierce passion in Jordan's voice and the fire in her eyes when he separated her from her son haunt his dreams. Eager to make amends, Solomon promises to pull every string he can to find Miguel. Ony time will tell if Jordan can trust him and forgive him. One thing is certain: His desire for her is relentless and irresistible. And soon their indestructible love will be tested by a terrifying trap of violence...

DON'T LET GO.

"Continuing her hot streak, Melton adds another chapter to her ongoing SEAL Team saga with Joe Montgomery's story. Besides pouring on not one romance but two, as well as gritty thrills, this complex novel also deal with the issue of survivor's guilt. Melton is rapdily proving herself a major player in the genre."

--Romantic Times BOOKreviews Magazine

"I highly recommend this talented author!"

--Heather Graham, New York Times bestselling author

CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.5 based on 14 reviews)

A Whole Bunch More to Come

As with some of her first books I hope she is planning on reusing the characters. It seems to me that although she had a lot going on in this book she was trying to introduce many new characters so that her next stories had a jumping off place. I agree with some of the people that she could have spent more time developing some of the people, especially the two main ones as they will not probably feature again in as major players in any other book that follows. Since she plans on writing around some of the ones that she created in this novel I think we will have a better connection with the next novels. Even with as much as she tries to pack into this novel it is well worth the read. For one, it will make the next novels more meaningful, and two it is plainy just well written. I recommend picking it up and giving it your time if you have enjoyed her books in the past. If this is the first book you have read of hers it might be worth the effort to go back to the first set of novels and read them while we all wait for the next one to come out.
July 19, 2008

I only recently found this author....

but I quickly read all of the books. I really enjoy her writing style and her ability to tell a story. This book was great, although not my favorite of the series. I was completely engrossed in the story from the first page. I would have liked to see more character development in the book and if TSTL (as used by another reviewer) stands for too stupid to live, I agree completely. Heroines constantly needing to be saved by the heroes because they're doing something way out of their league is a pet peeve of mine. However, she was a sympathetic character and the story kept me involved. I've enjoyed the whole series. If you're new to the series I say, start at the beginning. If you're all caught up, you'll enjoy this one.
July 14, 2008

Don't pass this one up!

This book grabbed me from page 1! I carried this book in my purse so every free chance I had I would finish it.
The tension between these characters jumps off the page. I didn't want it to end.
Bravo! Great Read.
June 27, 2008

Another solid story

Navy SEAL Solomon McGuire knows about the loss of a child. When he returned from a mission five years ago, he came home to an empty house as his wife had disappeared with their infant son without a trace. Feeling guilty for literally pulling Jordan Bliss' nearly adopted son from her arms while rescuing her in a Venezuelan coup, it is she who he turns to when he is reunited with his son who is in need of tutoring. Jordan tentatively takes him up on his offer, hoping to raise money for her next trip to war-torn Venezuela to reunite with Miguel. What she doesn't count on is falling for the man she blames for losing her son. Her widowed pregnant sister also finds a second chance at love with FBI agent Rafe Valentino, who is still reeling from the violent loss of his own family.

Marliss Melton is one of my favorite romantic suspense authors - her SEAL Team 12 series is always compelling. While I liked this story, there were just way too many characters and romances to keep track of. Most of the characters from her other novels appear in this story, adding to the character congestion. While Solomon is a compelling and sexy hero, Jordan can grate o9n reader's nerves - she experiences some true TSTL moments. Despite the flaws, Melton's writing and plotting are on target and she excels in writing believable dialogue. Not her strongest novel by any means, but still a compelling story, which paves the way for the next installment that will undoubtedly feature Rafe's partner Lucy.
June 06, 2008

Intense adventure romance

Reviewed by Melissa LaMunyon for RebeccasReads (6/08)

Jordan Bliss's heart finally feels whole again. After loosing a husband to infidelity and a baby to a miscarriage, Jordan goes on a trip of rejuvenation and healing to Venezuela. There she meets and falls in love with a three year old orphan named Miguel. She is all he has in this world and Jordan struggles for a year to move the earth and the heavens in order to adopt Miguel and bring him home with her to America.

The papers are only weeks away from going through when the mission where Jordan and Miguel are staying is attacked by rebels looking to arrest Americans on sight. Terrified that they will be locked away in a third world prison and all the orphans killed, Jordan, the children and the two British priests take refuge in the chapel's wine cellar. After four miserable days of hiding, a team of NAVY Seals led by Solomon McGuire rescues them.

Solomon's orders are to take all Americans out of the hostile Venezuela rebel zone and he follows his orders. But when Jordan refuses to relinquish a small child and come with him to safety, Solomon has to rip the boy away from her in order to follow his orders.
Or did he? The question haunts him over the next few weeks after his mission as the experience of taking Jordan's child away from her brings old, painful memories of his to the surface. Solomon's growing feelings for Jordan confuse him as he struggles to do everything within his power to bring Miguel home to Jordan.

Melton brings the intense feelings of the book to life in her vivid and often practical descriptions. One of my favorite parts is where Jordan finds herself overwhelmed with bills and late fees when she returns to America. There is a scene where Jordan is frustrated that no one at the phone or electric company will believe that the reason she was late paying her bills was because she was hiding from murderous rebels in Venezuela.

The characters in "Don't Let Go" are all well developed. Not only is there the primary story of Solomon and Jordan, there are several other juicy plot lines developing at the same time that are all expertly intertwined within the main storyline. I particularly enjoyed both of the subplots immensely and hope that Melton continues with them in future books.

It appears that Melton's intention was to portray Jordan as a courageous, determined mother, who would stop at nothing in order to find her child. I thought that Jordan, while definitely stubborn and determined, came across as more hysterical and well, dumb, than courageous. I really wanted to admire her determination to adopt Miguel, but there were moments when I wondered at her motivations to save him. Does she really love him? Or is she emotionally unstable and simply using this orphan boy to salve the wounds left by her miscarriage and divorce? I found the women in the subplots far more strong and heroic than Jordan, who often came across as an unstable, emotional teenager rather than a capable, brave mother.

There was also a moment where, as Jordan and Solomon's relationship intensifies, Jordan wonders at her intense, sexual attraction to Solomon. "What right do I have, as 30 year old woman to feel this way?" Jordan wonders. Though only a minor part of the story, the idea that "only women in their 20s" should have libidos really irritated me. Women of all ages have every right to be as sexually active and intense and they want to be.

All in all, "Don't Let Go" is an excellent book and I had a hard time putting it down. I thoroughly enjoyed the taut, dramatic action scenes, the (forgive the cliché) steamy love scenes and all of the lovely, lovely character development. I would recommend "Don't Let Go" to anyone wanting a fun, action filled romance and I plan reading the rest of Melton's books as soon as I can.
June 04, 2008

SIMILAR PRODUCTS

Next to Die (Navy SEALs, Book 4)
by Marliss Melton

Time to Run (Navy SEALs, Book 3)
by Marliss Melton

In the Dark (Navy SEALs, Book 2)
by Marliss Melton

Forget Me Not (Navy SEALs, Book 1)
by Marliss Melton

Show No Mercy (Black Ops, Book 1)
by Cindy Gerard