He thought it was just hero worship on her part, though he can't deny his own feelings. Can she persuade him to trust hers? Arleen Jackson had gone after the story of a lifetime. Caught in the crossfire between opposing factions on a journalistic run for her news agency, she is captured, held hostage, and may be executed. Until Senior Chief Petty Officer Michael Wolf and his fire team come to the rescue. The escape is fraught with danger, but Arie trusts Mike to get her out alive.

He's intelligent, logical, and a wellspring of calm assurance. They both know that the attraction between them is most likely just the aftermath of their being thrown together under such conditions, and fight valiantly against it, he is at the end of his career in the Navy, and she hopes he will not choose to re-up. She can no longer deny that her feelings for him are anything but hero worship, but can she persuade him of that?