He’s prepared for anything…anything but Mattie Rose. River Rhodes works at Hardcore INC, a gym his former CO and Ranger team use as a cover for their covert operations. When a young woman is murdered his team uncovers information pointing to corruption in the highest levels of the country he vowed to serve and protect. Now the team is in the crosshairs of the killers. He’s racing against the clock to discover the organization targeting his team and anyone one else who unwittingly crosses their path. Matilda “Mattie’ Rose relocated from the west coast to the east coast and culture shock isn’t all she’s battling. She’s stuck bartending until she can find a job as a certified paralegal. Taking the trash out to the alley, she stumbles onto a situation she shouldn’t have heard and realizes what she witnessed could get her killed. Now she’s hiding out with a man who says she’s his.