Back when I first started reading Suzanne Brockmann, I had a friend that I used to post on JGBB with about our shared love of these books. She was one of those friends that made reading this series just so much fun.

We had different posts going up every week about something else, we just had to gush about and it was always such a good time for me. LindaLou was the creator of one of my favorite threads that we had going on over at the JGBB. It was about Samisms. If you’re a fan of this series than I’m pretty sure you know what a Samism is. A Samism is something that Sam Starrett said or did that we loved to bits and pieces.

LindaLou is still a great friend of mine and I’m happy that she agreed to share her thoughts on why she loves Suz Brockmann so much.

Why did I fall in love with Suzanne Brockmann’s work? Two words … well names … Sam and Alyssa! Several years ago I frequented a romance novel discussion board. I had noticed the name Suzanne Brockmann mentioned a few times, at that point I wasn’t particularly into the military type books so I didn’t really pursue the recommendations that were being made to try her stuff. Then I came across a post that mentioned chocolate syrup and a hunky SEAL named Sam … I decided I might want to give the series a shot. So I found the Unsung Hero and by about the third chapter I was hooked. I proceeded to devour the series up to Into The Night in about 2 weeks. Then I waited in sheer agony for Gone Too Far, I was a complete Same and Alyssa addict. Crazed, overthetop, posting about them constantly and majorly obsessed (let me add that I was pregnant and hormonal to boot!). Meanwhile I started going through the Team 10 books as well, they were harder to come by but I was on a mission, pardon the pun. Eventually Gone Too Far was released and within hours of it hitting the shelves, I was thrilled with Sam and Alyssa’s HAPPY ENDING. What I love about all of Suz’s characters, but Sam and Alyssa in particular, is that they are so wonderfully flawed. They are human and imperfect and often frustrating. I also appreciate that her writing is not formulaic, each story has something new and let me tell you this woman is not afraid of taking risks with her writing … other authors might have worried about dragging the Sam and Alyssa story out for as long as she did, about putting so many road blocks in their way, but Brockmann stuck to her guns and it worked … a calculated risk that paid off, IMO. So if you want heart pounding adventure, steamy love scenes, strong friendships, heartbreak and redemption, try a Brockmann!

Thanks so much LindaLou, a great huge DITTO to everything you said because we all know that I love me some Sam and Alyssa too!

And the Suz Brockmann love just keeps right on coming…=)