Bad Nights (Rockfort Security)
When a naked, bruised, and bleeding man shows up at Morgan Rains’ Virginia vacation retreat, her life changes abruptly. After being discovered on the leader’s computer, Jack Brandt, a private security operative and former navy SEAL, has escaped an undercover operation to infiltrate a militia organization nearby, and he is being followed. Jack is suffering overwhelming survivor guilt from losing his unit in Afghanistan, and Morgan is missing her dead husband. When Jack and Morgan flee on foot, they fall for each other in the midst of much danger and intrigue, including Morgan’s entanglement with a megalomaniacal militia leader and the threat of a biological warfare attack on Washington, D.C. Though York’s romance suffers from shallow characterization and the need for a huge and willing suspension of disbelief, there is enough action and suspense to keep readers reading. --Mary K. Chelton