Boone is struggling with survivor's guilt after being the only man who came out alive while his team members didn't make it out during his last mission as a Ghost Op. This led to him living his life isolated in his cabin with his dog Atlas, feeling like he didn't deserve to experience the good things.

As he goes about minding his own business, he finds a woman floating unconscious and bruised in his river. He recognizes her immediately as Gemma Newhouse—the daughter of the richest man in America—and hopes to send her packing as soon as she wakes up.

But when he finds out that she's been drugged and kidnapped, barely managing to escape her captors, who were still looking for her, he realizes that letting her go now would be unsafe and they needed more information to come up with a better strategy to get her home. As the people looking for Gemma catch up to her trail, it's a race against time to get her out of harm's way and to safety. But those who want Gemma seem to always be one step ahead, stopping at nothing to get to her.

All Boone wants to do is make sure she gets back to her family safe, but along the way, the two find comfort in each other that neither had expected. They both try to deny it at first, thinking it must be the severity of the situation that's confusing their feelings, but the more time they spend together, the more they start forming a deeper bond and developing feelings.

For Gemma, who was so used to being betrayed, played, and exploited as a way to get to her father, trust didn't come easily. But watching Boone put himself at risk over and over again to save her life, with no other reason but to keep her safe, made her open up to him in a way she hadn't felt like she could before. He saw her for her and liked her for her and not who her father was and what he could gain from her.

For Boone, he had a lot of conflict in his mind over wanting to get closer to her because of his own past, the demons he still fought every day, and feeling like he didn't have anything to offer her or that he himself didn't deserve to be happy. But as time goes by, he slowly starts opening himself up to the possibility of having a real future with Gemma and reaching for some light and happiness in his life.

I liked how strong Gemma was, and even with everything going on, she didn't break, but she worked with Boone to get out of the situation. I admired her strength and resilience. I also loved Boone and how he fought anyone who tried to get to her. 

I have to mention how much I adored Atlas and how he totally stole the show. The way he protected them both, especially Gemma through everything was so touching. He was the absolute best.

The book was filled with intense action with these two trying to escape the people who wanted to get to her, while trying to figure out why they wanted her in the first place. It kept me hooked and on edge the whole time with how many times they came close to being caught. I definitely liked the balance between all the suspense, action, and romance.

I loved Shep. His entry was awesome, and I'm happy that his book is next.