REVIEW: Gator by Jackie James (Three Bear Tactical #2)

- November 05, 2025

GATOR

Three Bears Tactical - Book Two

by Jacki James

Release Date: November 5, 2025

Review

Damn, Harlan and Julius make a great pair.

Gator is a confident leader. He has easy charm, a seductive accent, and can keep you safe. He’s also got a soft spot for the very inappropriate African Grey Julius loves.

Interest has been thrumming between them both for a while, but timing hasn’t been right. And finally, it seems like their time has come. Until Julius witnesses a kidnapping.

But keeping him safe also means staying close! And not taking his eyes off him. *eye waggle* While trying to figure out who’s behind it all, they get a chance to really get to know each other, and geez, they are good for each other.

The chemistry is fantastic. The bird is hilarious. The Three Bear team is a solid and caring family of characters. The writing supberb.

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Synopsis

At six feet of cocky charm, easy smiles, and a reckless streak a mile wide, Harlan “Gator” Thibodeaux is not my type. So why is he the one I call when my world falls apart?

Julius Petros has spent years dazzling older men who wanted arm candy, not commitment—men who loved the sparkle but never stayed long enough to see the person underneath. Gator is nothing like them. He’s bold, disarming, and far too willing to look past the performance and into the parts of Julius no one else has bothered to see—the parts he’s tried to keep hidden.

But when Julius witnesses an abduction behind a nightclub, the danger becomes terrifyingly real—and the only person he trusts to keep him alive is Gator.

Gator is ex-military, a hand-to-hand combat expert, and far more dangerous than he lets on. He’s sharp, loyal, and lethal when it counts. And when he promises to protect Julius, he means all of him—the glitter, the drama, and the heart he’s never let anyone hold.

As danger closes in and the truth about what Julius witnessed begins to unravel, he’ll have to decide: stay hidden behind a wall of sparkle and sass, or let in the one man who might be strong enough to stand beside him.

About Jacki James

Jacki James has been saying she was going to write a book since she was sixteen and wrote fanfiction (before fanfiction had a name) about her favorite Rockstar. She is a believer in love of all kinds but MM romance is her favorite by far. She has a romantic heart and a dirty mind and likes to write stories that let both shine.

When she isn’t writing she is either creating beautiful pieces of glass art or reading. She is an animal lover and dreams of having a small hobby farm where she can raise goats, chickens and organic veggies. In the meantime, she lives in town with her two cats, awesome husband, and two college-aged kids.

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