Breaking Silence (Delta Force Strong Book 1) (English Edition)

Rucker Sloan, thinks all hes good for is a fighting, killing machine. Long-term relationships are out of the question. Until he meets a nurse whod risk her life for someone she doesnt know After her mother died of a broken heart, nurse Nora Michaels joined the Army to do something to help others and to escape her sad memories. Deployed to Afghanistan, she hopes shes making a difference, especially when she treats a cranky wounded soldier who just might be more broken than she is. When the local orphanage where she volunteers is overrun by Taliban, Nora and the little orphan girls are kidnapped and taken into the hills where they are to be sold to sex traffickers. They need a miracle to save them. Rucker and his team receive intel on the location of the nurse and children taken from the orphanage. In an operation to save them, Rucker and Nora are separated from the others and must traverse enemy territory to find their way back to safety. Along the way, they learn to rely on and trust each other, discovering a passion they never expected to find in the harsh hills of a war-torn country.