This book can be read as a stand alone or out of sequence.
Portions of this book appeared in an anthology. This is the
expanded and enhanced full length version.
Navy SEAL Luke Paulsen, on the verge of PTSD stemming from
the death of his fiancée and a brutal tour overseas, knows
he is damaged goods and unsuitable for relationships. While
paying respects to a fallen comrade, he is unprepared for
the chemical attraction he feels for the carefree
dark-haired beauty playing in the surf one evening.
Julie Christensen befriends the troubled SEAL, motivated by
her yearning to soothe the young man’s troubled soul. Fueled
by intense mutual desire, they succumb to one night of
mind-numbing passion. Afterwards, he is unable to shed the
memory of his lost love and disappears.
When they meet again at a wedding that will forever bring
their two families together, their passion and longing for
one another forces them to confront their pasts in order to
find a future together.
But soon the trauma of his service separates them. Julie
goes back to teaching and Luke deploys for North Africa with
SEAL Team 3. Upon his return, he receives a frantic call
that Julie's life is in danger. Will he make it in time to
save the woman he now knows he wants to marry and spend the
rest of his life with?