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The Hillcroft Group #2 • MM • Age Gap • Action • Military Romance • Hurt/Comfort • Healing/LossPart of becoming a private military contractor was learning how to profile people. Leighton Watts. Lonely as hell. A coward. An orphan. Twenty-four years old. Desperate to belong somewhere. Felt dead most of the time. Too much of a chicken to reach out to the family I never knew. Never asked for anything, because I was afraid to get rejected. In general, just a sorry sack of sadness. Bo Beckett. Senior operator at the Hillcroft Group. Mentor of sixteen Hillcroft recruits, me included. Rough around the edges but patient and kind. Had sworn off relationships. Straight? Most likely. Early forties. Smoking hot. Angry. On a mission to hunt down his brother’s killer. Definitely pushy. He wanted me to get in touch with my dad’s family, and even more so when we discovered I had uncles who’d worked at Hillcroft. this freaked me out.Another part of becoming a private military contractor was to focus on the training and not get caught up in an active operation—but in my defense, it wasn’t my fault someone tried to freaking kill me.---------This is book 2 of the Hillcroft Group series, and it ties together with book 3. You do not, however, need to read the first book, The Story of Danny Rose, to get the full enjoyment of Unmade. Book 2 and 3, Unmade and Remade, follow the same couple, Leighton and Bo.
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**I am a member of Cara Dee's ARC team and received an electronic ARC via BookSprout.** Cara Dee returns to The Hillcroft Group with book 2, Unmade. Readers follow Leighton Watts as he struggles with finding a place to belong. After the death of his mother from cancer, he pursues the information he has on his deceased father to the Hillcroft Group where he first meets Bo Beckett. Leighton enlists in the army only to be back at Hillcroft as a recruit several years later, with Beckett assigned as his mentor. Despite the information he's gained, Leighton has never reached out to his father's family, certain they don't know he exists and unsure if that should change. When Beckett realizes two of Leighton's uncles are Hillcroft employees, the pressure is that much higher for Leighton. And what's worse, Beckett's hot. This author has never been one to shy away from the hard topics, and Leighton certainly has a lot going on. There is a heavy focus on seeking help from friends, family, and therapy. Especially with the line of work that Hillcroft employees are in, Beckett makes no secret of the fact that addressing mental health concerns is a requirement. This is a welcome change from a lot of paramilitary or military stories, where "strength" is frequently shown by sucking it up. Leighton and Bo are a pair I'm eager to continue to follow into their second book (book 3 in the series). It is my understanding that their story was originally meant to be one book that got split due to length. While I am thrilled to get more of these two, the cut off point is absolutely diabolical for this one. As always, Cara Dee's books feature lots of crossover with her other stories, and the cameos/easter eggs are so much fun. I am grateful to have had the opportunity to read Unmade early and eagerly await the sequel.
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