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it's the final day of february, and i'm finishing up this first book in a new romantic-suspense series from jessica ashley. it starts a little slow, as bradyn returns home after a mission, but there's definitely no shortage of action, danger, and how-can-this-end-well moments...

first line: sweat beads along my brow, but i don't dare wipe it away.

56%: i'm enemy number one, and i'm not even entirely sure why.

 

about the book

Their love is a risk neither can afford—but it might be the only thing worth fighting for.

Former Special Forces Operative Bradyn Hunt may have left battlefields behind for his family's Texas ranch, but he’s still fighting—now as the head of Hunt Brothers Search & Rescue. He and his team tackle the toughest missing persons cases, reuniting families and seeking answers.

Kennedy Smith has been on the run for years, living under different names and never getting attached. Her latest hiding place is as a ranch hand at the Hunt family’s property, figuring there’s no safer place than among a group of Army veterans. But she didn’t count on falling for Bradyn, the quiet, determined leader who just rolled back into town.

Just as she considers staying, her past catches up. The danger she fled is at her doorstep, and now Bradyn is in the line of fire. Kennedy must decide—keep running or fight for the only man she’s ever trusted. But the secrets she’s kept could destroy them both.

A pulse-pounding romantic suspense about trust, redemption, and the kind of love that refuses to let go—even when the past threatens to destroy it. Will they survive the firestorm, or will her secrets bring everything crashing down?

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