A SEAL's Triumph

Cora Seton

Feb 2021 · One Acre Press

About this ebook

He’s bound to the past. She believes in the future

Lieutenant Walker Norton might be cynical, but he isn’t a broken man—yet. Raised to understand the looming catastrophe of climate change, promised to a woman he doesn’t love, he long ago decided to live a life of service to his country, family and friends. It’s enough—until he meets Avery Lightfoot and realizes he wants so much more.

Love means everything to Avery. Witness to her parents’ wonderful marriage, she’s long waited to meet her soulmate, act in romantic movies and start a family. Now it’s all in reach. But Walker can’t marry her until he’s released from his vow—and when Elizabeth Blaine arrives at Base Camp, it’s clear she’s ready to claim Walker for herself.

Elizabeth doesn’t love him and doesn’t want him—so why is she determined to ruin his life? Walker has forty days to find an answer before he’ll have to choose between honoring the past or seizing the future he craves.

 

Ratings and reviews

Since I hadn’t read a portion of the series before now, I got all caught up and read them in preparation for this book. It was worth it. I liked this book quite a bit. It was great to see what was going on with Walker for all this time, and fun to learn how he was able to avoid drawing the short straw until the very end. There was something that irked me because it felt a little contrived or convenient to the story, but I knew that if it was in there there had to be a reason behind it, so I tried not to let it get to me. As I suspected it did weave into the big finale of how everything ended. The final chapter is one year later and we see what’s going on with Base Camp and everyones’ little families, and what the future holds for them. It was a perfect wrap up to the series. And while all the books are standalone, the experience is better to read them in order. There’s even a fun little tidbit Easter Egg to spot.

We’ve watched Avery and Walker skirt their mutual attraction and finally we have their book. Walker has been cagey about his reason for not actively pursuing Avery, and that reason is revealed, as is some context for the other drama in the books and particularly in this one. This is, in some ways, the most overtly explicit about the climate issues that Base Camp is addressing and the general dangers posed by uninhibited gas drilling and overuse of natural resources. While this is a vital dialog to have, it threatened to overshadow the action on Base Camp itself, which was a pity. There is the usual drama we’ve come to expect from the SEALs of Chance Creek book, and this, the last book in the series, has an epilogue that really does need you to be familiar with the other books. It’s a delightful peek into the future of the Base Camp couples, and it’s a lovely reminder of who those couples are. While this book is a standalone, you will get more out of it if you read (or re-read) the earlier books beforehand. I was gifted a copy of this book, and the opinions are my own.

ARC for honest review with no compensation A SEAL’s Triumph is is book 10 and the final book of the SEALs of Chance Creek series by Cora Seton. If you haven’t read this series you are totally missing out on a an amazing series!! Last up is Walker Norton and Avery Lightfoot which we have followed since book 1 and watched their relationship and love grow but Walker being from the reservation has been promised to another and secrets keep him from declaring his love... Can Walker free himself from that long ago promise and marry Avery the woman he loves or will he have to marry Elizabeth? He has 40 days to get released from the long ago promise, marry Avery and save the ranch before the ranch is taken and they lose all they have worked for in the last year on the reality show...

About the author

With over one-and-a-half million books sold, NYT and USA Today bestselling author Cora Seton has created a world readers love in Chance Creek, Montana. She has thirty-five novels and novellas currently set in her fictional town, with many more in the works. Like her characters, Cora loves cowboys, military heroes, country life, gardening, jogging, binge-watching Jane Austen movies, keeping up with the latest technology and indulging in old-fashioned pursuits. She lives on beautiful Vancouver Island with her husband, children and two cats. Visit www.coraseton.com to read about new releases, contests and other cool events!