The Unsung Hero by Suzanne Brockmann

              This is the start of another series.  Apparently I am really into series lately.  I am not sure why.  Maybe because with a series you can really get involved with the characters and watch them grow from book to book.  Or it could possibly be the excitement and anticipation for the next piece of the story to be released.  Hmm.  Who knows?  These are just my theories.  Onto the book.            
                Tom is a Navy SEAL.  After receiving a severe head injury during a mission, along with getting in trouble for anger, Tom goes on leave and decides to visit his Uncle Joe.  Joe lives on the land of his best friend Charles and is Charles’s gardener.  Charles also has a daughter, Kelly, who was the love interest of Tom’s youth.  Tom does not expect Kelly to be at the house, so he figures he is safe from running into her.  Little does he know, Kelly has moved back to take care of her dying father.  When they see each other again…
                The romance between Tom and Kelly is only one part of the story.  To be honest it is also the least interesting.  Their interactions are very stiff and uncomfortable, especially in the beginning.  The other goings on are what kept my attention.
                When Tom arrives in town he believes he sees a terrorist he has been hunting for years.  It does not quite make sense as the man is supposed to be dead.  Tom tries to report what he saw, but due to his head injury nobody believes him.  In response, Tom decides to take things into his own hands.
                Then there is the relationship between Joe and Charles.  They have been best friends since meeting while fighting in World War II.  Both of them fell in love with a woman of the resistance while overseas.  Joe fell so much in love it is believed he was never with another woman again.  Charles comes from a wealthy background and after the war he hires Joe as his gardener.  Currently Charles is greatly upset with Joe because Joe is going to tell what really happened during those resistance days.  The book goes back and forth between the present time and those days during the war.             
                Tom’s niece Mallory is the sweetest part of the book.  She has not had the easiest time growing up with her mother.  This has caused her to form a very hard exterior.  Along comes David, a graphic novel artist, who sees through Mallory’s tough exterior and into who she really is.  I hope these two are mentioned again in another book.
                The team Tom leads is also introduced.  They come to help him root out the terrorist.  I have a feeling one of them will be the subject of the next book.  Which one, I am not sure.
                               

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