From Goodreads: Dallas is a Special Forces Lieutenant who is driven by his promise to protect the Colonel’s daughter Abby from an opium drug lord. He is torn between duty and his love for her and when he discovers that the drug lord’s charming—murderous son has befriended Abby, there’s no limit to how far he is willing to go to protect her.

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While overall I liked this novel, I need to admit that I struggled with it as well.  I am not really into military stories, and while I knew that this story dealt with the military, I guess I didn’t realize how much the story would rely on military expeditions and the like.  While Tufel has created a non-stop, action packed novel that many will love, the action, for me, was too fast paced and I struggled to keep up.  I need some down time to process events and I felt that the story moved just a little too quickly from one event to the next, and with the vast amount of characters introduced within the story, I felt overwhelmed at times.  This, of course, is all personal preference, and I do think those interested in military exploits, non-stop action, and kick-butt hero’s will really enjoy this novel—it’s just not my personal forte.  Three stars.