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Frisco's Kid (Tall, Dark & Dangerous, Book 3)

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Continuing her TDD series, Suzanne Brockmann proves once again that she is in a class all to herself. Third in its series, Suz tells the story of Alan "Frisco" Francisco. Injured in a rescue mission five years earlier, Frisco finds himself at a crossroads where he realizes he will never be able to return to active duty due to his extensive injuries.

Frisco returns to civilian life and finds himself immediately in the place of "dad" for his five year old neice. In comes Mia Summerton, his neighbor, into the picture. Frisco finds himself fighting his inner battles, working to heal the wounds of a jaded five year old, and falling captive to Mia's warm eyes and bright smile. Frisco faces his toughest mission yet as he realizes not only the true heart of a Navy SEAL but the power of love.

This story takes you on an incredible journey. I fell in love with these characters instantly and could not stop reading this story until it was finished. I found myself turning that last page wishing for more.

Get this book in your possession quickly. Get a cold drink and a comfortable reading place and kick back.

I should never have read this book. With all the books on my TBR shelf, the last thing I needed was to discover this author and her Tall Dark and Dangerous series about sexy, charming and brave Navy SEALs. Sure I had heard of Suzanne Brockmann, but I had never read any of her books. Now I am hooked on the TDD series and have already read (and enjoyed) PRINCE JOE and FOREVER BLUE. This one's a serious story about a man on the edge of despair and the little girl and the woman who help him see that his life is not over just because he can no longer be an active-duty SEAL.

Alan "Frisco" Francisco was wounded in Baghdad while trying to extricate a prince (Tedric from PRINCE JOE) from behind enemy lines. His knee is shot and now, so is his career making him feel like a useless nobody. He returns to his condo in San Felipe and wallows in self-pity, drinking himself to sleep at night. When he meets his beautiful neighbor, teacher Mia Summerton, he's not exactly at his best and she decides to keep away from her rude, drunk neighbor.

But when Frisco's always-in-trouble alcoholic sister shows up with her daughter and asks him to take care of the little girl while she goes into detox, Frisco has to think about someone other than himself. He's not exactly in the right condition to handle a five-year-old girl, but he's doing the best he can. Mia has noticed this and re-evaluates her original opinion of him. She begins to offer subtle support to Frisco and in his first steps toward healing he begins to accept her help. A friendship grows between them (along with an attraction), but Mia is wary of getting involved with a man with so many issues to resolve. But the more she is with him, she sees that he's kind, intelligent, brave and he clearly loves little Natasha. It's getting harder and harder to keep her distance!

Frisco is also becoming more attracted and attached to Mia, but what can he offer her? He's a disabled nobody and she deserves so much more. And when a thug that his sister lived with (and stole from) shows up looking for his money and threatening Natasha and Mia, all his frustration and feelings of helplessness re-emerge full force. Will he ask for help from his SEAL team members or will he try to deal with it by himself and be injured or killed in the process?

I loved this story. Frisco is so sadly sweet, proud and brave and Mia is so understanding and supportive. And then there's Natasha whose presence is the catalyst for Frisco's return to the land of the living. For a man who defined himself through being a SEAL, accepting his limitations while acknowledging all the things he still can do was painful and poignant. You felt his humiliation and frustration, but you never pitied him. You knew he'd find his way through - with the help of a good woman, an irrepressible little girl and a few SEALs from Alpha Squad. Highly recommended!

'Frisco's kid' was the first one of Suzanne Brockmann's 'Tall Dark and Dangerous' series I read and after this I was hooked. One of the best things about this book (and all Suzanne's books that i have read) was that it had two stories, the love story between Frisco and Mia and Frisco's attempts to come to terms with the life he is forced to lead. This book has everything you could possibly want in a Romance - passion, humour and the ability to make you cry. The only reason it hasn't got 5 stars is that I have read some other books of the series that are even better (if that's possible). To all readers go and find Suzanne's Tall, Dark and Dangerous series cos they are keepers and the characters never completely disappear after their book.I have all but one of this series and I loved each and every one. So to Suzanne you have to be my best romance writer and believe me the competition is tough. Keep em coming. To readers go and get it - It's definitely worth it.

Suzanne Brockmann has once again wowed this reader with an intimate story of a man who is about ready to give up on life and a woman who happens to come along to make him see what there is to live for.
Frisco is a Navy Seal injured in a covert operation(Prince Joe book).
After 5 years of trying to get his knee back in shape he is told enough is enough.
Feeling the Navy gave up on him he returns to civilian life and his sister drops a bombshell on him(Her name is Natasha age 5 and his niece).
His next door neighbor(Mia a high school teacher) can't help but see his potential as a person and tries to encourage him.
At first he fights her efforts, but gradually turns to her when in need(of many things).
You'll also meet Thomas King whom Natash claims she'll marry someday.
You'll see him mentioned in Get Lucky(pay attention) and
Taylor's Temptation.
Suzanne Brockmann interweaves characters through out this series.
Once you read one you get hooked!!!!

I've never read a book by this author but after many reccomendations by not only Amazon.com but by friends as well, I decided to pick up her newest. Even though I had not read the 2 prior book in this series (I have since ordered them!) I was still blown away by the fast paced story. The characters were not "perfect" and it was great to read about how these two terribly different people related to each other and eventually fell in love.

Alan Francisco was a Navy SEAL injured during a mission five years earlier. The book opens with him being a a VA hospital getting ready to be released with the unfortunate reality that his knee was never going to improve past what it already had, and that he would be physically challenged for the rest of his life. On top of this his sister leaves her daughter Natasha with Frisco when she goes off to rehab, so not only does Frisco have to deal with his personal tragedy, now he has to take care of a five year old and he's clueless as to what this little person needs and is positive that he isn't it. He's not a whole man now. Or so he thinks.

Mia is a high school teacher and is Frisco's next door neighbor. She finds herself drawn to this physically, and emotionally injured man. She sees the good in him even if he doesn't and finds herself falling in love with him over the course of events.

The end result is a story full of emotion both happy and sad. Natasha, and Mia open doors for Frisco and slowly he realizes that his life isn't over it's just changed a little. Blue and Joe as well as the rest of Frisco's team show their faces and play a roll in the story, so you get to see old friends (well, new for me) as well as making new ones. If you like military romances this is a great addition to your summer reading!

Frisco's Kid is a re-released book from Ms. Brockmann's first SEAL team series. It's the third book in the series, with the first two being: Prince Joe and Forever Blue, both of which have also been reprinted recently.

This one is about a tough guy facing a life he hadn't planned on. The brave and strong US Navy SEAL, familiar with using deadly force to protect and serve his country, now has to deal with a crippling injury and his own bitterness while protecting and providing for a 5-year-old niece.

It's one thing to have an alpha male hero come to rescue the heroine and save the day, but what if that alpha male is hurt so badly, that he first must save himself?

Ms. Brockmann pulls no punches as she brings her hero face to face with his circumstances, the challenges, and the opportunities in his life... before finding out whether he really is strong enough to hang on for love or ... is ready to give up and ring the bell.

Great story... and just as timeless the second time around.

WOW! Nobody does it better than Brockmann. Once again Suz has written a story that draws you in completely. I know this is a reprint--but its my first time to read. Once I started, I couldn't put it down. It is a definite keeper. Frisco is so wonderful--it just takes time and the love an equally wonderful woman to make him realize it.

There are a few authors that I read without question, Suzanne Brockmann is at the top of that list. If you've never read a Suzanne Brockmann book I highly recommend that you do and any one of her books will do just fine. I've read everything available and haven't been disappointed yet. In the TDD series read Prince Joe first and follow the order. I didn't think it could get better than Prince Joe, but Forever Blue blew me away and Frisco's Kid pushed the mark up even further.

Alan "Frisco" Francisco finds himself at the bottom of his second floor condo facing life as a civilian. The former Navy SEAL suffered a knee injury during a mission five years earlier and no longer has full use of his leg. He balks at being offered a job as a SEAL trainer and decides to instead drown his sorrows in the home he rarely comes back to. His neighbor Mia Appleton is a little too friendly for his tastes and when she innocently tells him that he should get a place on the first floor, he practically growls at her. But Frisco's plans for drowning are put on hold when his sister dumps five year old Natasha on his doorstep so that she can go to detox, putting Frisco in a role he has never prepared for.

Mia discovers that the career soldier is more than she imagined, and when Frisco finds that he has to rely on help from others, Mia is happy to oblige. As he begins to rely on her more, and their feelings become more intense, the thought of being incapacitated for life makes Frisco run from his feelings. At the same time his sister's former lover is starting to make waves and threats against Natasha. When those threats become a reality, he calls on the salt water cowboys to aid in the rescue.

Brockmann's third in the SEAL Alpha Team series (Prince Joe; Forever Blue) is one of her more bittersweet stories, as Frisco is stripped of his identity and is faced with an uncertain future he is not sure he wants to burden another with.

Alan (Frisco) Francisco's story is a little different from the other's in the Navy SEALS. Frisco had serious knee injury during his last mission. He has spent the last 5 years in the Naval hospital having numerous surgeries and rehab trying hard to get his knee back into shape so he can rejoin the SEALS. And hs has just been told that it's as good as it's going to get. He is released from the hospital and retired from the Navy (unless he is willing to take that instructor's position that they are holding open for him). He heads to a condo he purchased years ago- the only place he has to call "home" if that's what you want to call it. An apartment with a bed, table and couch- dirty clothes from his last visit over 5 years ago still in the corner, and a 6 pack of beer in the frig. Boy, is he down in the dumps. What is in his future? Well, all he knows is that he doesn't need anyone's help (he thinks).

The apartment that has been empty for the past 5 years, next to Mia Summerton, has a light on in it all of a sudden. And Mia is curious. She's a teacher at the local high school and single - and did I mention a "knock-out" to look at with black hair down to her thighs. She gets up the nerve to knock on the door of the apartment only to have a 6'tall, muscular man using a cane in the worst of moods answer it. His charms are definitely not coming through right now. In fact, I think it was lost in the whiskey bottle laying on the floor. The wrong type of sparks fly between Frisco and Mia, Mia trying to be friendly and Frisco thinking he is none of her business.

Then Frisco's sister shows up on crutches herself only to leave her 5 year old daughter on his door steps while she admits herself into a detox center. Now Frisco who can't even hardly take care of himself has a 5 year old to take care of. Things get complicated - but fortunately Mia is there to see that help is needed during the impossible times and is still willing to offer a helping hand. Times like just getting the groceries up the stairs to the apartment. Frisco can bearly get himself up the stairs much less carrying groceries with him. Well the story is a good one. It really deals with Frisco's difficulty in accepting that he is going to have to move on... active Navy SEAL is no longer an option and Life is NOT over yet! Unless he wants to end it in a whiskey bottle like his family have done. And Mia sure doesn't need to get involved with someone who has the problems psychological like Frisco has - the physical can be overcome... But she is too good-hearted to just sit and let him suffer and watch his niece suffer too, because she has been uprooted and is unsure of life now. The story is very moving- don't you know that has happened to a lot of veterans that have had to return home with injuries. It is sweet story- one of pride and understanding. Then there is always an underlying story, too. A guy named Dwayne comes looking for Frisco's sister that claims she owes him BIG BUCKS. And he wants his money back now with interest. He roughs Frisco up and claims he'll be back. Now what is the story about Dwayne? Frisco has to recover from knee injuries as well as find out that his niece, Mia, and he are in danger if they don't deal with Dwayne and his hit men. It is something that Frisco can't handle himself in the end and he request his SEAL Buddies to assist him. That's fun seeing all of the guys get back together. Anyway...

It's a great story and one worth reading as well as sharing with others.

A seeming installment from one of Suzanne Brockmann's naval series, or at least a revisiting of familiar characters from certain books-including FOREVER BLUE; PRINCE JOE; and HARVARD'S EDUCATION??-FRISCO'S KID is about a man who loses himself when he loses the only thing that he feels has ever defined him-that is, his career as an active Navy SEAL, when he suffers a debilitating knee injury. With the loss of his title, it is the opinion of Lieutenant Allen Francisco that he has also lost his right to respect, his identity and his right to be called a man. Lt. "Frisco" begins to hope that maybe he can be more than Frisco-the-Navy-SEAL after he meets his polar opposite in the exquisite body of teacher, Mia Summerton. Behind her exotic beauty is a strong, sexy woman who is ready to disagree with him on everything from government spending to gun control. Frisco wonders if it is too much to hope that she is a woman who is also willing to love a Navy Seal who has learned that he will never be that same Navy Seal he once was.

Allen Francisco is just the kind of man any woman would want...to fix. Frisco has had enough bad luck and heartbreak to make the most independent woman's nurturing and protective instincts go into overdrive: he is the product of a broken home, a drunken father. He is the person in his family expected to take on the burdens of others without complaining. And in spite of the fact that he is well-loved by his friends, as an adult as he did when he was a child, Frisco believes that the only way he will ever `matter,' is if other people think he mattes. To Frisco, the only reason why people would ever think Allen Francisco mattered is because he is a Navy SEAL.

Psychologically, after Frisco injured himself, he fell into a dark hole of self-pity, shame and frustration that manifested itself in bouts of rage and drinking. His tender moments-when he was `fathering' his niece or when he felt particularly dejected-made ME want to take care of him, to hold him, etc. As Mia thought to herself many times, Frisco was never really in a place to be `ready' for love. He needed and wanted comfort, physical and otherwise. And it seems that Mia gave that to him. I could understand, as a woman and as someone with a big heart, falling under the spell of Frisco's tragic appeal mixed in with his aesthetic beauty. But I couldn't see someone in Frisco's stage of grief and loss (over his abilities and his career) REALLY falling in-love.

This book is great, if you're not picky about delving into the psychological reasons that your lead characters are together. Well, I am picky, and I thought that Mia and Frisco got together for many reason, and none of them were for love. I just wish this book could somehow be a prequel with the next book starting with the words `THREE YEARS LATER....'

It Was Very Sweet and Poignant, But It Was Not Love.