Army RN Grace Ann Riley has a friends with benefits relationship with Derek Sayer. When Derek's brother and, Grace's best friend Kevin is severely injured in a helicopter training drill that she was supposed to be on, she is devastated and, guilty. She should have been the one in that helicopter but, her orders had been changed by the higher ups. Grace doesn't understand why but, having grown up in an Army family, she understands how the chain of command works.
Grace is then told that she is on administrative leave because of an investigation centered on her about something that happened during her last overseas tour.
She is furious and, confused but, when Derek decides to spend most of his time with her and, help her to figure this out, she hates to admit it but, she's happy he's there to help.
Problem is that someone has been going after Grace's family for over a year.First, her brother Matt and, now her. They are beginning to realize that this is some sort of payback for some perceived wrong that her father, the general, has perpetrated when he was a commander overseas during the Iraq war.
The whole family closes ranks, accepting Derek with open arms, much to Grace's dismay. They shouldn't be getting this close as Grace doesn't believe she has the capacity to love anyone.
Derek will do anything to keep Grace happy and safe, no matter whatever wall he has to remove on the way to her heart!
This was a very fast-paced, don't want to put it down, read!