A disgraced lieutenant. An off-the-books desert outpost. Three lethal men who don't look away—and the sergeant who once broke her.

Lieutenant Wren Carter is sent to Bravo, a mapless base with rules no manual prints: don't salute, don't lie, don't freeze, don't leave anyone behind. She's here to disappear after a mission that wrecked her reputation—but Bravo runs on secrets and deniable ops, and someone is feeding the enemy their movements. Her new unit is a powder keg: Dax, all scorch and sharp edges; Rhys, clever, charming, too calm under fire; and Kael, the scarred protector whose quiet steadies the noise. Then Sergeant Lukas Ward—the man who trained her, wanted her, and didn't defend her—walks back into command with warnings she can't trust.

Every recon turns into a trap. Every night peels back another bruise. To survive—and to clear her name—Wren must choose who gets her six and who gets her heart, even as desire collides with danger in a why-choose romance that refuses to play by rank. Bullets fly, ghosts rise, and love becomes the most tactical risk of all. If Bravo burns, it takes their second chances with it.