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Ready to Roll by Suzanne Brockmann
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I hope I can get caught up on this series. Since the library doesn't have the audiobooks, I guess I need to break down and read instead of listen.
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The only easy day is yesterday. BUD/S (Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL) training is known for being the toughest, meanest, most physically punishing program in the entire U.S. Navy, and a new crop of tadpoles have arrived in Coronado eager to prove their worth—to make it through Hell Week, and become U.S. Navy SEALs.
Although Izzy prefers assignments out in the “real world,” he’s glad to be an instructor for the current BUD/S class, because it allows him to spend time at home with his wife, Eden, and her lively and lovable extended family.
Eden’s sixteen-year-old brother, Ben, is dealing with a new crush and a homophobic bully in his high school, but it soon appears that things are not as they seem.
Meanwhile, Eden’s other brother (and Izzy’s SEAL teammate and former frenemy) Danny Gillman and his wife Jenn have just had a baby who has colic and cries constantly.
As Ben deals with the type of too-serious high school drama that could involve a body count, and Danny and Jenn juggle a new baby, lack of sleep, and postpartum blues, Izzy is intrigued by “Boat Squad John,” a misfit team of young SEAL candidates all named John, including the intriguing young Seagull, his swim buddy Timebomb, and Seagull’s nemesis Hans.
Does Seagull have what it takes keep Boat Squad John still standing when the dust of BUD/S Hell Week settles or will they ring out?
Set in Coronado during BUD/S training Hell Week, in Ready to Roll Brockmann introduces the SEAL officer and instructor nicknamed Grunge—Lt. Peter Greene—as she delivers what she does best: a story celebrating the U.S. Navy SEALs—and the women (and sometimes men) who wholeheartedly love and support them.
Settings
San Diego, California
13 Chapters
January 2010
Character List
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Recurring Characters
Irving (Izzy) Zanella: SEAL Team 16. He’s married to Eden and they’ve reconciled.
Eden Gillman Zanella: Izzy’s wife and Dan’s 19-year old sister. She’s reconciled with Izzy after having lost her baby (Pinkie). She has dark hair and brown eyes.
Dan (Danny) Gillman: aka Gilligan. Petty Officer, SEAL Team 16. He’s married to Jenn and they’re parents of a newborn son, Colin.
Jennilyn (Jenn) LeMay: Maria Bonavita’s former chief of staff who is now married to Dan. She and Dan are now parents of a newborn son, Colin.
Ben Gilman: Dan and Eden’s 16-year old half brother who is gay. Ivette tried to pass him off as Daniel Gilman, Sr.’s son. He’s now living with Dan and Eden who share custody.
Peter (Grunge) Greene: Lieutenant and Navy SEAL in charge of BUD/S training.
Alyssa Locke: Executive Officer, Troubleshooters, Inc. Former Navy sniper and FBI agent in the Counterterrorism Unit. She and Sam are married and she’s pregnant with their first child.
Roger (Sam) Starrett: Team Leader, Troubleshooters, Inc. Former Lieutenant(jg), SEAL Team 16 leader. He’s now married to Alyssa. Divorced from Mary Lou and father of their daughter, Haley.
Mary Lou Starrett: Sam's ex-wife and mother of their daughter, Haley.
Haley Starrett: Sam's two-year old daughter.
Jules Cassidy: FBI agent in the Counterterrorism Unit. Alyssa Locke's former partner. He’s married to Robin Chadwick.
Robin Chadwick Cassidy: Famed Hollywood actor, Jane’s brother. He’s married to Jules. He’s now cast in a new series called Shadowland.
Linda Cassidy: Jules’ mother.
Jay Lopez: Medic SEAL Team 16. Recently promoted to Chief.
Lawrence Decker: Team Leader, Troubleshooters, Inc. Former Navy SEAL, Team One.
Tracy Shapiro: Troubleshooters’ receptionist.
James (Jimmy) Nash: aka Diego. Troubleshooters operative. Former agent with the Agency.
Tess Bailey: Troubleshooters operative.
Sophia Ghaffari: Woman captured by Decker in Kazbekistan. She’s now a Troubleshooters operative, married to Dave and mother of their son, Jeremy.
Dave Malkoff: Troubleshooters operative, former CIA agent. He’s married to Sophia and father of their son Jeremy.
Mark (Jenk) Jenkins: Petty Officer, 2nd Class, SEAL Team 16. He’s got a baby face and is 28-years old with hazel eyes.
Lindsey Fontaine: Troubleshooters, Inc. team member. She’s 30-years old, 5’3” with short black hair and brown eyes.
Thomas (Tom) Paoletti: Head of Troubleshooters, Inc., a security consulting company. Former Lieutenant Commander, SEAL Team 16. Married to Kelly and father of their two sons, Charlie and Joe.
Kelly Ashton: Tom's wife, a pediatrician. She’s the mother of their two sons, Charlie and Joe.
Dolphina Patel: Robin’s press handler who worked for HeartBeat Studios but now works for Robin directly as his personal assistant.
Will Schroeder: Reporter now working for Boston Globe. He’s divorced from ex-wife Jackie, a photographer, and is taking care of his niece Maggie while her mother and his sister Arlene is deployed in Iraq.
Maggie: Will’s 12-year old niece. Her mother, his sister, is stationed in Iraq.
Arlene: Will’s sister and Maggie’s mother.
Cosmo Richter: Chief and Navy SEAL, Team Sixteen. Hes married to Jane and father of their son, Billy. He’s 6’4” with pale blue eyes.
Jane (Janey) Mercedes Chadwick Richter: Hollywood screenwriter and producer and Robin's sister. She’s married to Cosmo and mother of their son, Billy.
Lois Richter: Cosmo’s mother.
Max Bhagat: Head of the FBI Counterterrorism Unit. He’s married to Gina and father of their daughter Emma.
Gina Vitagliano Bhagat: Former college student/drummer on a European trip with her school band mates who was assaulted during the hijacking of her plane home from Greece. Max was the negotiator who created a strong bond with her. They’re now married and she’s their daughter Emma’s mother. She’s pregnant again.
Laronda: Max's assistant.
Ric Alvarado: Former Tampa police detective now a private investigator. He’s known Annie since he was 15-years old.
Annie Dugan: Ric's assistant. She’s known Ric since she was 11-years old.
Martell Griffin: Lawyer and Ric’s best friend.
George Faulkner: FBI Agent and the son of Rose’s friend.
PJ Prescott: Troubleshooters, Inc. team member. Former Air Force Para-Rescue Jumper (helo pilot).
Kenny (WildCard) Karmody: Petty Officer Third Class, SEAL Team 16. He’s a computer specialist.
Savannah (Van) von Hopf: Lawyer from New York whose uncle has been abducted in Indonesia. She has blond hair and blue eyes. Her grandmother Rose is a WWII hero.
Casper (Jazz) Jacquette: Executive Officer, SEAL Team 16.
Mike Muldoon: Ensign, SEAL Team 16. He’s married to Joan.
Joan DaCosta: White House public relations assistant. She’s married to Mike and is pregnant.
John (Nils) Nilsson: Lieutenant, SEAL Team 16. Language expert. Married to Meg.
Margaret (Meg) Delancey Nilsson: Worked at the American embassy in Kazbekistan, later providing translation services for the Kazbekistani embassy in Washington. She's married to Niks and the mother of Amy from her first marriage and Robyn (Robbie) whose father is Nils.
Amy Moore: Meg's daughter from her first marriage.
Frank O'Leary: Chief, SEAL Team 16 sniper. He was killed in Kazbekistan.
Wayne Jefferson: SEAL Team 16 sniper.
Stanley Wolchonok: Senior Chief, SEAL Team 16. He’s married to Teri.
Teri Howe: Navy reserves, Lieutenant (jg),helicopter pilot. She’s married to Stan.
Lew Koehl: SEAL Team 16 Commander.
Tony Vlachic: Gay Navy SEAL new to Team Sixteen who is now engaged to Adam Wyndham.
Adam Wyndham: Actor who’s now engaged to Tony. He’s Jules Cassidy and Robin Chadwick’s ex-lover.
Molly Anderson: Worked in a religious mission in Indonesia but now married to Grady and mother of their daughters, Hope and Faith. They now live in Iowa
Dave Jones/Grady Morant: American expatriate who lived alone under an assumed name in Indonesia near Molly's mission. He was a former Special Forces member and prisoner of war, later on the FBI most wanted list. He was made a deal and allowed to come back to the US and live as an insurance adjuster in Iowa. He and Molly are married with two daughters, Hope and Faith.
Hannah Whitfield: Former police officer who was injured in a car accident where she lost her hearing. She’s Vinh’s best friend from childhood. She was also Angelina’s best friend and introduced the two of them. She’s tall with short light brown hair and blue-green eyes.
Vinh Murphy: Former Troubleshooters operative who is MIS after his wife Angelina was murdered while he was on an assignment. He’s a former Marine and mixed race (African American and Vietnamese). He’s 6’5” with brown hair and brown eyes.
Angelina Esparza Murphy: Murphy's wife who was killed by someone inspired by the Freedom Network. She was also Hannah’s best friend.
Kate Takamoto: Navy Lieutenant.
Larry Tucker: Rear admiral and base commander.
Laurel Tucker: Tucker’s wife.
Morton (Chip) Crowley: Admiral and commander of Navy Special Warfare Command.
Ihbraham Rahman: Gardener and Mary Lou's friend.
Manuel Conseco: FBI special agent in charge of the Sarasota office.
Deb Erlanger: FBI agent and Jules' teammate.
Joe (Yashi) Hirabayashi: FBI agent and Deb's partner.
Big Mac MacInnough, : Lieutenant and CO, SEAL Team Sixteen.
Josephine (Jo) Heissman: Psychologist hired by Tom to work with the team members involved in the American Hero project.
Greg Hirabayashi: Yashi’s father.
Peggy Ryan: Former FBI agent and team leader who was murdered while undercover in Sarasota. She disliked Jules because he is gay.
Pierre: Annie’s dog that she inherited after Pam died.
Non Recurring Characters
John (Seagull) Livingston: Navy petty officer and SEAL candidate.
Jon (Timebomb) Jackson: SEAL candidate.
John (Hans) Schlossman: SEAL candidate.
Ryan Spencer: Ben’s classmate who’s also his crush. But, he’s secretly seeing Wade.
Wade O’Keefe: Believed to have been Ryan’s bully but is actually his closeted boyfriend.
Cody O’Keefe: Wade’s abusive brother, married to Angel.
Angel O’Keefe: Cody’s wife.
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