Protecting What's Mine by Lucy ScoreMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Linc Meets His Match
This is the third book in a series of connected standalone books. You don’t need to read the first two books, but doing so will give you a better understanding of the characters, their history and the world in which they live.
Linc is well-loved despite his dating activities. His ex-girlfriends nearly all universally speak his praises. He never makes promises he doesn’t intend to keep, is gorgeous, charming, thoughtful and a very fun date. As a result, he’s never taken seriously romantically by any of the inhabitants of Benevolence despite being very well-liked and his position of Fire Chief being very well respected. His nephews and nieces adore him, and he’s great with other people’s kids. Despite covering up his fear of being hurt by his flirty banter, he sees his friends and family leading the life he wants to, but doesn’t know how to get.
Mack, aka Doc Dreamy, first appeared in Aldo’s book, Finally Mine. She was the medic who saved him in Afghanistan on the evac helicopter flight, five years earlier. They stayed in touch and when she decided that she was on the verge of burnout and got out of the National Guard she took a 6-month contract in Benevolence at his suggestion. Mack is mainly in town to work 4 days a week at the local practice, doing family medicine, but one day a week she’ll carry on working on helicopter medical rescues. On her first flight she meets Linc, who others label ‘Chief Sexy Pants’ and they recognise a kindred spirit in each other. However, Mack is determined to stop her casual attitude to relationships and shies away from getting involved with Linc. Linc, however, finds that he wants more from Mack than he’s wanted for a very long time.
Mack and Linc are a very likeable pair. Both are heroic in nature, wanting to help others and are willing to risk themselves to do so. Both are wary about getting too deeply into a romantic relationship, though Linc is capable of connecting with people easily on a friendship level. Mack is less able to trust others and connect with them socially due to her past. Mack is determined to get better at the social connections a small town GP needs in order to do their job properly and works hard at improving herself, and at the same finds herself accidentally learning how to connect with people away from work.
The town of Benevolence is very appealing. Everyone knows each other’s business but are kind and generous in their support. Its filled with interesting characters who all know each other and their history. Mack is as seduced by the town’s inhabitants as she is by Linc.
This book is filled with clever observances about the nature of people and the damage that they can sustain that can continue inflicting pain long after the initial injury is supposed to be healed over. The author peels back layer after layer of the main characters’ histories and personalities as their story progresses. With each layer you become more involved with the characters and invested in their happiness.
I’m going to miss this little town, but I’m definitely going to read some more books by this author.
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