DEFENDING ALLYE is the first book in the new series Mountain Mercenaries which is a spin-off of the Ace Brothers Series. In that series, Ryder Sinclair, a former mercenary, uses his resources with his Mountain Mercenaries Team (Ball, Gray, Meat, Arrow, Black, and Ro) along with their handler Rex (who has a powerful reach) when the life of someone he loves is threatened. This is a unique team of former SEALs who left that life when various circumstances left them disheartened. In this series as well as her others, you can count on Susan Stoker to give you strong characters. The women in her stories go through some hellish situations but they always show tremendous strength and character. This novel is about human sex trafficking and the physical, emotional, and psychological effects. Today's news proves just how prevalent and pervasive this situation is in our society.

Allye Martin is a dancer who has been kidnapped by a fanatic who sees women as his possession to do with as he pleases. Gray Rogers latest op is to find and stop this team of sex traffickers. What he was not expecting was to find a woman chained to the wall of the sinking boat that he apprehended. He is even more surprised at how calm and together Allye appears. Once his mission is complete Gray reluctantly returns home to Colorado Springs.

When members of her dance team start disappearing Allye realizes that her previous experience is not over. She has no way to contact Gray but she remembers the phone number of the elusive Rex. This will reunite her with Gray and his team. With her temporary stay in Colorado Springs Gray and Allye become very close. But this return threat and Allye's willingness to do whatever it takes to bring down this sex trafficking ring will bring back bad memories for Gray from his final mission with the SEALs. Will Allye's determination be more than Gray is willing to risk? An explosive new series full of hot action, heated passion, and some interesting alpha heroes.