SILENT WATCH (Shadow Strike 2) by Delta James-review
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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date March 6, 2026
I don’t let anyone close.
Not since I lost my wife and learned how fast everything can disappear.
Dr. Gwen Abernathy wasn’t supposed to matter. But when she uncovers a dangerous pattern of missing medical supplies at a military hospital, she becomes a target and I step in before she’s silenced.
Now I’m her shadow. Watching her. Protecting her. Wanting her far more than I should.
Gwen doesn’t need saving. She needs a partner willing to stand between her and an enemy testing how to cripple military medical response. Every moment together strips away my control and reminds me what it costs to care.
I’m trained to walk into explosions.
But risking my heart for her might be the deadliest mission of all.
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REVIEW: SILENT WATCH is the second instalment in Delta James’ contemporary, adult SHADOW STRIKE erotic, romantic suspense series. This is Dr. Gwen Abernathy, and Captain Thatcher Caine’s story line. SILENT WATCH can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous story lines is revealed where necessary,
Told from dual first person perspectives (Gwen and Thatcher) SILENT WATCH follows in the wake of an attack against our story line heroine. Dr. Gwen Abernathy works at Joint Expeditionary Base Tidewater Hospital but trauma and emergency equipment are missing, and in the wake of her reports to the people in charge, no one else is willing to help. A threat against her life finds Gwen with her own security in the guise of Captain Thatcher Caine, the man with whom Gwen will fall in love. When NCIS gets involved in the investigation, two potential suspects go on the run, and our heroine finds herself with twenty-four hour protection,and a hope for the future
The world building focuses on the investigation surrounding the missing medical supplies, Months of reporting go unanswered or dismissed, and in this, NCIS is determined to uncover the truth.
The relationship between Thatcher and Gwen begins as a rescue and an assignment but quickly turns into something more. Always the protector, Thatcher finds himself drawn to the woman that calls to his heart but a woman who is will to stand up for the truth. The $ex scenes are intimate and passionate without the use of over the top, sexually graphic language and text.
We are introduced to cyber specialist Lennox ‘Nox’ Bradshaw, and NCIS agent Special Agent Rivera.
SILENT WATCH is a story of betrayal and vengeance, power and control, safety and security, acceptance and love. The fast paced premise is intriguing and entertaining; the romance is seductive ; the characters are determined and dynamic.
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Reviewed by Sandy
