This is a series that make you love each of the characters more and more by each book. There's love and friendship and an unbreakable bond that forms between the women of the I-Team and the men that love them. 
 Again, another superb narration by Kaleo Griffith! 
 Natalie Benoit lost her parents and her fiance all in the same day amidst Hurricane Katrina along with suffering from a traumatic experience that left her claustrophobic. She moved to Denver and became one of the investigative journalists as part of the I-Team. Although she made friends with the people she works with, she still kept her past a secret. 
 On a conference in Mexico with her colleague, Joaquin, their bus gets ambushed, and everyone on it killed. Natalie is taken captive as a "prize" for a leader of a drug cartel operation. She's locked in a dark cell, alone, with no one to help. 
 In another cell next to Natalie is U.S. Deputy Marshall Zach McBride, who has been kept prisoner by these drug smugglers as they thought he has stolen cocaine from them. He's been beaten, and injured. Zach not only has been tortured physically, but also emotionally, suffering from PTSD, having survivor guilt as being the only one of his men to survive in Afghanistan. He thinks he doesn't have much to live for. 
 Until he heard the voice of the woman next to him. From there, the action picked up as the two escapes and tries to make their way back to U.S. soil. Natalie doesn't know Zach's real identity but she comes to trust him. The action doesn't stop there once they are rescued. It starts up again as Natalie's life is threatened and Zach will do everything in his capabilities to protect her. 
 This story is action packed with suspense, the writing is strong, and the romance is SCORCHING HOT! The men from the previous books return in this one working together with Zach to help one of their own. I love the bromance between Marc and Julian. They bicker like a married couple but deep down they love each other. :D 
 Wonderful storytelling with a great epilogue. Highly recommend this series!