When helicopter pilot, Captain Annie O'Donnell, makes a split second decision that nearly kills Special Forcers operative, Tom Foley, she feels obliged to stay behind in a war zone and nurse him back to health. As civil war erupts around them and the Blackjacks arrive, the situation goes from bad to worse. Separated by rank, responsibility, and duty, they desperately fight their sizzling attraction. But as time runs out on them and the enemy closes in, their lives and love are on the line.