Reviewed by Susan65
Title: Uncommon Valor
Author: Rachel Ravenheart
Heroes: Jason/Chase
Genre: MM Contemporary
Length: 172 Pages
Publisher: Cool Dudes Publishing
Release Date: July 22, 2015
Available at: Amazon
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads
Blurb: Jason has just buried his brother, Sam, who was also his confidant. No one, other than Sam and Jason’s best friend, knew Jason is gay and, after the funeral he meets Sam’s superior officer Lt. Chase Johnson, who has a letter for him. In the next few days after the funeral, Chase’s platoon is reassigned to Miramar and he invites Jason to Jason to their new abode to meet a few members of the platoon to which Sam had been assigned before he died. Jason approaches Chase with Sam’s letter because he can’t bring himself to read it without coming to tears.
But, Chase has had feelings for Jason ever since Sam had been assigned to his platoon and has little hope of anything coming from it. He finally decides to take a chance to see if maybe his feelings will be returned.
Then Jason is hit with the news that he is about to be a father from a night he doesn’t even remember and the girl is intent on forcing Jason to marry her. Chase supports Jason when his father demands he marry the mother even though he doesn’t love her, and when Jason refuses, he is disowned immediately. Out of spite, the angry woman outs Jason to his father. Chase continues to show his compassion by being there for him. But will Jason stand by Chase when he is blackmailed to get him out of Jason’s life.
Realizing that Jason wants nothing to do with her, Tina places the baby up for adoption, but Jason blocks her plans by filing his own papers declaring that he is the father and he has paternal rights.
Review: There was so much I loved about this story, and a few things that made me want to poke my eyes out. What I loved was the entire premise, the main couple were awesome, the military buddies were fun and loyal, and the way the author approached a rarely discussed or written about issue. What drove me nuts was how easily the love came, and the way the evil Tina got away with everything without any real repercussions…not only got away, but actually made out in the process. That was hard for me to swallow, and I would be raving about this book had those two things been handled a little differently. But, all in all, it is still a great story and I have no doubts that many people will love it.
Jason and Chase meet at Sam’s funeral. Sam was Jason’s big brother and his biggest supporter. Sam was Chase’s friend and military brother in arms. These two connect immediately and Chase is instrumental in helping Jason come to terms with his brother’s death and in breaking the news of his being gay to his very homophobic father. Daddy,being a manly man, is one of the worst homophobe’s I’ve read about in a long while. Pure closed-minded bigotry at it’s best.
But sadly, before that is even a blip on the radar, Jason finds out his one night of drunkenness ended up with a girl pregnant. Sad when you can’t even remember the night and you hate the girl, too. But all is not as it seems and this is another storyline that takes many twists and turns to get to the end. Yes, Jason is the daddy, but there is a lot more to the story, and Tina’s evilness puts daddy’s bigotry to shame.
I was happy that the majority of the angst was outside the relationship. One would think Jason and Chase were in a much longer relationship considering how well they handled everything thrown at them. So, if you love military men and their uncommon valor contrasted with the stress of impending fatherhood while dealing with a demonic female then this might just be what you have been waiting for. It is fast-paced, extremely interesting, and very sexy. I was able to put the few things that irked me aside and enjoy this story, and I think you will like it too.
Overall Impression: I really liked it
*I received a copy of this book from the publisher in return for a fair and honest review.*
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