Ex-Air Force pilot Andy Whitcomb loves nothing more than the wide blue skies, but when a helicopter crash fighting forest fires in California leaves her injured and shaken, she<U+2019>s ready to return home to the peace of Wind River Ranch. The good news is, there<U+2019>s a chance for her to fly helos for the county sheriff<U+2019>s department. The bad news? The person in charge is none other than Dev Mitchell, an ex-Army Black Hawk pilot<U+2014>and the rugged, sharp-eyed man Andy has never forgotten after five days together running from the Taliban after a nerve-wracking near-miss in Afghanistan. Dev can<U+2019>t believe his eyes when Andy walks into the interview. She<U+2019>s as strong and sexy as he remembers, and every bit qualified for the job, which she clearly wants. Unfortunately, if he<U+2019>s going to be her boss, their relationship has to remain strictly professional<U+2014>a regret Dev fights to keep hidden as they begin to work together. But when a chance encounter with violent drug traffickers forces them into survival mode, both of them will fight to hold on to the connection they can<U+2019>t ignore<U+2014>and the chance of a future together.