Leonardo by Melissa Schroeder My rating: 4 of 5 stars 4 hot Santini stars!I liked this one a lot. It’s well written, fast paced and the characters are likable, AND there’s a bunch of hot military men, hell yeah!. First there’s Leonardo Santini, the hero of the story who serves in the army teaching medicine. He’s hot, alpha and totally sweet too, oh and he has 4 brothers who also serve on the army, in different areas and we get to see a bit of them… well actually just one of them, Vincente, but their interaction reminded me a lot of the Mayson brothers from the Until Series… ”Leo looked at his brother. “Go away”. “So rude. Mom’s not going to like that when I tell her”. He smiled at her. “I’m her favorite”. Then he walked away. No, sauntered away. That was the only way she could describe that walk. “He is not mom’s favorite”. Then there’s Maryanne, the heroine, a physical therapist who serves in an army hospital too, since all her brothers and father are in the military too, we see a bit of their interaction too and it was totally fun… "He knocked on the door. He heard some rustling and then the door opened wide. It wasn’t Maryanne. It was a man, as tall as him, with dark hair and a rather pissy look on his face. He had apparently been sleeping. “What?” “Jackson Michael Johnson, is that the way you greet someone at the door?” Maryanne asked from behind the man. Of course, he could only hear her. He couldn’t see her with the massive roadblock in the door. “I was sleeping, MJ” He saw a hand reach up and smack the man on the back of the head. “Damn, MJ, do you have to hit so hard?” He stepped aside. “Do you always cry like a little girl?” she asked.” When Leo and Maryanne meet, he doesn’t like her so much ‘cause she’s though with her patients, but everything is just a cover up, she really is a very thoughtful person but being the little one in a household full of military guys, she learned to hide her soft side. She’s not very used to guys treating her kindly or trying to romance her, so when Leo acts like this, she’s pleasantly surprised and scared, since she knows it will be easy to fall in love with him and she’s scared he will break her heart… “Maryanne?” She looked at him and blinked. “You never call me MJ.” Not really a question, just a statement of fact.“Yeah. You aren’t MJ to me. You’re Maryanne.”She studied him for a second then her gaze softened. A lump rose in his throat that turned out difficult to swallow. She leaned forward to brush her mouth over his, not closing her eyes the entire time. “What was that for?” he asked when she finally pulled back.“For seeing me differently than anyone else does.” A wonderful story to read with sweet and hot moments, and the glimpse of the second book, Marco’s story, looks promising!. View all my reviews