Review: Is my love for you worth breaking every rule?
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 09 10, 2011
Captain Devon "Spike" Crawford is Blackhawk pilot counted on to do her job and make the right call at the right time.  She is steady under pressure and can handle decisions with a clear train of thought.  However, when someone she cared about was not recovered on her watch the guilt she bore was weighing her down.  What Devon also understood was the very clear, concise rules of non-engagement with those ranked below you.Time and hard word back in Afghanistan have Devon trying to concentrate on work and not US Air Force Technical Sergeant Cam Munro, her late boyfriend's best friend.  Cam is a Paraescueman who performs an elite function on the battlefront and truly is a woman's dream walking around on two legs.  Cam wants in her life, every inch of her personal space, and he has expressed sincere feelings for her.  Devon, the woman under control, comes completely unhinged when he is around and wonders is it the rule of not fraternizing with rank and file or a fear of commitment.  Devon has as much trouble being with him as she is scared of losing his love.  They are both in high stress combat positions and Devon does not think she can go through the loss again but being with him in the same room and not putting her hands on him is more control than she can muster.While Devon and Cam fight the warlords, rebels, and suicide bombers in Afghanistan day in and day out but knowing that they are together at the same airfield causes as many sleepless nights as it does dream filled days.  No one could imagine the horror of one man's vengeance against the military that would rock both Devon and Cam to the core and shake up everything they thought they knew about each other and how to function under pressure.  It was their destiny to fight their way home, ignore the rules, and not let what people think shape the way they lived any more.I have been a fan of Kaylea Cross since the first book I read of hers.  She is able to take technical, detailed military information and scenarios and write them so that you know the characters, where they are, and what they are doing.  That is a gift in a writer because while the military is an efficient machine it is also a complicated one and not readily understood, especially in a book.  This story shares the grief of loss as well as the love in recovery, and how we all face down our demons.