USA Today best-selling author Kennedy Layne continues the Red Starr series with a highly explosive hostage rescue mission that will leave you riveted until the very end....

Risking everything...

Aaron "Stick" Scott spent 12 years of his life protecting his country. He diffused well over 1,500 bombs during the course of his military career, expecting each one to be his last. Luck had a huge part in his survival, but it was fate that had a laugh at his expense by having a woman shatter his heart.

Playing it safe...

Simone Laurent's career as a cultural attaché wasn't exciting by any means, but she did love promoting the culture of her homeland. What she hadn't anticipated was getting caught up in political war where her life would be at risk. Her situation goes from bad to worse when the man she left behind is the only one who can save her.

Igniting passion...

Stick's hostage rescue mission becomes sidetracked when he's ordered to protect the one woman who couldn't handle his job. Seeing her in the light of day brings back memories they'd both rather soon forget, but it's the long evenings together that light a fuse neither one can ignore. Will their reignited passion survive the highly explosive danger that's coming their way?

Red Starr HRT is a paramilitary hostage rescue team that was originally formed years ago by two retired marine master sergeants. Upon the death of Catori Starr's husband, Brendan "Red" O'Neill, she took a much-needed hiatus to deal with her guilt and all-consuming grief. Two years later Starr is clawing her way back and ready to lead a fresh team of five cherry-picked former Force Recon marines. Red Starr HRT takes cases the FBI and other agencies won't touch, from domestic assignments bordering on the gray edges to missions abroad against savage terrorist regimes. Follow along as Kennedy Layne conveys each of their stories as they work together on high risk rescues that lead them down perilous paths of passion, intrigue, and suspense....