Protecting Bree

SEAL of Protection: Alliance, Book 7

By: Susan Stoker

Narrated by: Emma Wilder, Aaron Shedlock, Chris Kipiniak

It wasn’t easy to escape the first time. She might not be so lucky a second.

Bree Haynes never imagined herself a stalker. But how else could she know if the man who’d saved her in Vegas was someone she could truly trust? Now, after following him and his friends for months—and inadvertently getting involved in their lives not once, but twice—Bree is exhausted…and ready to ask for Smiley’s help. Because the man hunting for her, Mateo Castillo, the sex trafficker who’d bought her from her ex in Vegas, wants his “property.” And it seems he’ll stop at nothing to get it.

Jude “Smiley” Stark never imagined himself the obsessive type. But there’s no denying he’s been infatuated with Bree from the moment they met in Vegas, and the feeling’s only grown with every month he’s failed to find her. When he discovers she’s been right under his nose for months, he vows not to let the woman out of his sight again until she’s safe, once and for all. Problem is, even after he deals with Castillo, Smiley knows he’ll never want her to leave. He wants what his friends have…and he found it the first time he laid eyes on Bree.

But her enemy isn’t so easily dispatched. In fact, Smiley, his teammates, Tex…they’ll all be shocked to learn just how resilient the man’s turned out to be. Because Castillo hasn’t just come for Bree…

He’s also come to retrieve property stolen from him years ago…by another SEAL team.

**Protecting Bree is the 7th and final book in the SEAL of Protection: Alliance Series. Each book is a stand-alone, with no cliffhanger endings.

©2025 Susan Stoker (P)2025 Susan Stoker

Great series ending

Protecting Bree is the highly anticipated story in Susan Stoker’s SEAL of Protection: Alliance series and I couldn’t wait to dive into the audiobook which had a couple of my favorite narrators. Aaron Shedlock and Emma Wilder were terrific as always bringing Smiley and Bree’s story to life, portraying their feelings for one another amidst the danger and action. Chris Kipiniak’s performance as the bad guy was spot on. Kudos to the author for tying the past from the original SEAL of Protection into Bree’s story so we get to visit with some of our old favorite characters. What a wonderful way to end this series!

a beautiful ending to an awesome series!

Susan Stokers has done it again! what a beautiful way to wrap up her latest series. Protecting Bree is book 7 in her SEAL of Protection: Alliance series, it follows navy seal Smiley and Bree.

Bree and Smiley first meet in book 3 of this series Protecting Josie when she gets sold and escapes thanks to Smiley, Preacher, and Blink when they rescue Josie. Smiley spends months trying to find Bree to make sure she's safe, she pops up in multiple books in the series starting in Protecting Josie and ending in her own book Protecting Bree.

Smiley is a grumpy seal who has trauma in his past and doesn't trust easily but somehow Bree is one he trusts immediately. He'll do anything and everything to make sure that Bree is safe and with him, but when things go wrong he has to rely on his team and his mentors to get Bree back.

This is a standalone but to get the full story of Bree it is recommended to read this series in order of release dates. Emma Wilder, Aaron Shedlock, and Chris Kipiniak did an amazing job proforming this story, they really brought the characters to life. This is a 5/5⭐ and a 2.5/5🌶️