by Carl Weber
First published 2016
Niles Monroe comes home after eight years as a Special Forces sniper. He wants a quiet consulting job and time with his family, including his bipolar mother Lorna and his uncle Willie who drinks too much. Dynamic Defense offers him work, but Niles discovers the company is really a CIA operation. He turns them down. Then police arrest him for a murder he did not commit. Bridget St. John works for Dynamic Defense. She is beautiful and lethal. Her job is recruiting Niles by whatever methods work. She offers him a deal: work for Dynamic Defense and go free. Niles accepts. Bridget trains him in skills he never learned in the military. But something unexpected happens during their sessions. Bridget falls in love with her student. Niles finds his personal life crashing into his secret work. He must use his military training to protect the people he cares about most.
Genres: military-fiction, mystery, crime, contemporary, thriller, action
Vibes: fast-paced, intimate, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family
Setting: CIA, Dynamic Defense
Period: Special Forces
352 pages · Paperback · Urban Books
Content warnings: violence