Crystal Blogs Books: Review: A SEAL's Honor (Jake's Heroes #6) by Sadie King

A SEAL's Honor

Author: Sadie King

Series: Jake's Heroes #6

Published: April 9, 2026

Source: ARC via Booksprout

A single-dad widower falls for his daughter’s high school teacher, while they’re on school camp and stranded in a cabin.

It’s just been me and my girls for the past four years and that’s the way I like it. Until I meet my daughter’s temporary teacher.

Brooke is competent and kind with curves that make me remember what it’s like to want a woman.

But she’s the temporary teacher, she’s moving on.

Is one hot night in a cabin together enough to convince her to stay?

I wasn't quite sure what I was expecting when I picked up A SEAL's Honor. I do know that I wasn't disappointed. I'm not the biggest fan of age gap romances. I only seem to enjoy them in novellas. While there is one in this story, it wasn't a focus. We know Joel has two teenage daughters and that Brooke is younger than him. That wasn't the monkey wrench in their relationship. The acknowledged it and moved on. And I freaking loved that. In fact, the way Joel and Brooke's relationship progressed was fantastic. It was fast, but not too fast. They have obstacles (Joel's daughters and Brooke being one of their teachers), but they were natural. Nothing felt forced or out of place. This was my first time reading Sadie King and I just might have to try another novella from this series. I enjoyed her writing style. I liked that it was emotional and fun. Her characters were loveable. I hope I found a new auto-read author.