Night Hush Duty & Honor Book One

Leslie Jones — 2015

In this gripping and action-packed debut, an Army Intelligence officer and a Delta Force soldier must race against the clock to stop a catastrophic terrorist attack … When Army Intelligence officer Heather Langstrom's military convoy is ambushed and she's taken prisoner, she knows she'll need all her strength and courage to survive, escape her captors, and report the whispers of unrest brewing in the Middle East. Delta Force Captain Jace Reed isn't one to throw caution to the wind, but when his team stumbles upon beaten and weak Heather fleeing the terrorist training camp they've been dispatched to destroy, he'll risk everything to get her to safety. Once back on base, they learn her convoy's ambush was no accident … she'd been targeted. As the evidence of an impending attack mounts, Jace and Heather uncover a deadly terrorist plot that could kill hundreds of civilians. But Jace's protective instincts and Heather's fierce independence put them at constant odds. And as they close in on the extremists, they must learn to trust one another in order to save innocent lives … even if it means sacrificing their own.

Reviews

Lynn Braden@ftbooklover

Apr 19, 2024

Intelligence officer, Heather Langstrom is taken captive and tortured, but in a lucky break, a Delta Force team led by Captain Jace Reed intercepts Heather as she is escaping during their mission. Once Heather begins to recover from her injuries, she and Jace along with a counterterrorism team, work together to ferret out a plot that might involve a death threat to the President on his upcoming visit or to innocent victims in the vicinity. While their attraction to each other builds, Jace and Heather have to figure out how to work together to overcome this threat.

Night Hush is the first book in the Duty and Honor series. While there are romantic elements to this plot, the number of characters and the amount of political discourse, makes this seem more like a Tom Clancy novel rather than a romance. However, there are points in the story when the romance between the protagonists takes center stage, but those moments are almost like a separate story. There is a lot of military speak in this book, but since the author has a military background, it seems authentic, if not overdone. Overall, Night Hush is a good beginning to the Duty and Honor series, introducing many characters and plot lines for future books.