First published 2014
Howard Wasdin returns from the Battle of Mogadishu with wounds that will end his Navy SEAL career. The sniper who survived the firefight depicted in Black Hawk Down now faces a different kind of battle at home. His marriage crumbles as he struggles through painful rehabilitation. His world falls apart piece by piece. Then Howard meets Debbie, an accountant wrestling with her own personal crisis. Together they begin rebuilding their lives from the ground up. Howard must learn to trust again after losing everything he thought defined him. Debbie offers him something he never expected to find. Their relationship becomes a journey back to faith and hope. This story follows two broken people as they discover that love can emerge from the wreckage of their former lives.
Genres: military-fiction, adventure, contemporary, action, biography-memoir, military-romance
Vibes: emotional, fast-paced, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family, second-chance
Setting: Mogadishu
Period: 20th-century
288 pages · Hardcover · Thomas Nelson
Content warnings: depression, mental-illness