By Break of Day

Starred review from February 15, 2016

Career-focused Capt. Kara Moretti, crackerjack RPA (remotely piloted aircraft) jockey and new commander, calls the shots for the Special Operations Aviation Regiment's (SOAR) stealth helicopter unit (aka Night Stalkers). She is used to keeping men at bay. Then Capt. Justin Roberts, a Texas cowboy who pilots his mammoth Chinook with the gutsy finesse of a rodeo star, flies onto her radar, white hat in hand. Now her safe, well-planned life gets a lot more complicated. Throw in a despicable villain, a liberal helping of humor, and a top-secret mission in the middle of the Sinai Desert that results in a heart-wrenching decision, and this popular series will have readers hooked. VERDICT Tense, technically detailed, and filled with nonstop action, this engrossing adventure highlights a heroine who needs to connect and belong. This exceptional, beautifully balanced example of military romance will appeal to fans of Suzanne Brockmann. Buchman (Zachary's Christmas) lives on the Oregon coast.

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Starred review from February 1, 2016
In Buchman's latest Night Stalkers novel, Brooklyn-born army-captain Kara Moretti, the RPA (remotely piloted aircraft) pilot attached to the SOAR (Special Operations Aviation Regiment) berthed on the ship Peleliu, falls for Texan Captain Justin Roberts, pilot of the unit's largest Chinook helicopter, although she tells herself it's only about great sex. Justin has other ideas. After a hilarious visit to meet the Moretti clan, they are called back into action to secretly extract a spy from an American base in Israeli territory. When Justin's Chinook is hijacked, Kara has to face hard facts: not only does she love him, she now has to shoot him down. The rest of the story concerns a stealth rescue organized by the super-warrior Delta Colonel Michael Gibson and the search for who was behind the hijacking. A great read as usual, and the second in which Buchman reverses the damsel-in-distress trope and has the woman rescue the man. Along with providing fascinating technical details and superb sex scenes, Buchman is a master of delivering romance that is as charming as plausible within a military setting. This will please his growing audience as well as fans of Suzanne Brockman, Maya Banks, Catherine Mann, and Kaylea Cross.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2016, American Library Association.)