These Unfinished Heroes books have so much potential. They're boring though. ( )

[b:Raid|17257993|Raid (Unfinished Hero, #3)|Kristen Ashley|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1361025483s/17257993.jpg|23852415] (Unfinished Hero, #3) by [a:Kristen Ashley|2958084|Kristen Ashley|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1442937365p2/2958084.jpg]
Adult Contemporary Romance Suspense
4.75 TSR
I loved it.
There is humor, romance and suspense.
Hanna's grandmother is a hoot.
Both Hanna and Raid grow into better people through their experiences.
It is well written and flows beautifully.
There are a few editing errors or typos. This is unusual for a Kristen Ashley book.
July 21, 2017 – Finished Reading
July 19, 2017 – page 117
40.07% "Loving Hanna's Grams."
July 18, 2017 – Started Reading ( )

I read this as a treat for myself between two ARCs I had to read. I wasn't quite as long as some earlier KA books which was a little disappointing but it wasn't like anything was really missing. I really liked the innocent, slightly goofy, girly heroine. I prefer this type to the ball busting snarky heroines that KA sometimes writes.

KA continues to refine her writing style and all her characters do not always speak with the same voice now which is refreshing. Also no flashbacks here as this is not a reuniting couple thank goodness.

There was one scene where the hero, Raid, does something that I totally didn't believe. It was in the story just to create conflict and it was an OTT reaction that no rationale human being would have had. I could have believed it if his reaction hadn't been SO extreme. He might have been upset but come on...

This is part of the unfinished hero series but the hero here is at least not a really bad criminal. KA fans should enjoy this one. ( )

Raid is the third book in the Unfinished Hero series. Hanna Boudreaux has "crushed on" former Marine hero, Raiden Miller since she was six, but has just about given up on him being the man of her dreams when she begins seeing him everywhere. When he shows up at her great-grandmother's house offering to take care of her lawn, Hanna begins to think that maybe she has a chance with him after all.
This story does a better job than the other books in the Unfinished Hero series of telling a linear story that is clearly about the romance between the two main characters. The subplot involving the other Unfinished Heroes including Knight and Creed isn't brought up until the end of the story, making it easier to follow into the next book, Deacon. Overall, this is a much better entry in the Unfinished Heroes series. ( )

Raiden and Hanna...another hot couple to love.

He's the seen-too-much retired Marine turned bad guy bounty hunter. She's his own personal Peggy Sue. So good girl next door falling for the town's bad boy that it should have been stale but no, this is KA's world and in her world everything is good.

Hanna fell for Raid (only she calls him Raiden) when she was 6 and he was 9. Love from afar and he never noticed her. He went into the Marines after high school and came back broken and haunted, determined to do something about the evil types in the world.

I won't go into the story line of how he FINALLY noticed Hanna or how quickly they fell in L-O-V-E; instead I'll go for some of our background characters (who don't exactly stay in the background.) Her Grams, Miss Mildred is a 98 yr old guru who is 21 at heart. She calls them as she sees them ... she first refers to Raid as being the cat's pajamas, and gives good loving advice. She teaches the folks who ask how to cook. Our other extraordinary character, Spot, the cat.....the overweight cat with tons of attitude whom I suspect thinks he's actually a dog. Trust me, his antics will give you a good chuckle.

As in all our stories we have a conflict that they have to get over, his seedy world job and what it may bring into her world if he's not careful. And she of course has to realize that she is indeed "all that" and just what he's been looking for. I mean hell woman, he refers to you as his reward and when he explains that how can you not cry and pledge undying devotion to this man. (She did but takes her a few to clue in that yes, he really is THAT into her)

So once again, another KA book that charmed me, made me cry and laugh, and will be revisited many times. ( )