While putting her things in the wranglers' lockers, Kai runs into the ranch foreman, Gil Hanford. They are both shocked to see each other. Gil was her late husband Sam's best friend and best man in their wedding. He was with Sam when Sam was killed in a fire fight in Afghanistan. But Kai and Gil also have a jaded past beyond just being acquaintances. They spent five days and nights as passionate lovers when Gil's brother was killed in action. He came to Kai for comfort, and things escalated from there. Then Gil disappeared one morning and Kai never heard from him again. That was five long years ago.

For a few days, things are strained at best between them. Gil tries to talk to Kai, but she is too bitter to even hear him. When he has her as a captive audience in his truck on a trip into town, he shares the reason he was unable to contact her during those five years. Kai suddenly realized her bitterness is unfounded. Maybe they can pick up where they left off. Maybe this strong attraction she still feels between them is very real.

Lindsay McKenna has penned another great romance in NIGHT HAWK, the tenth tale from her Jackson Hole, Wyoming Series. It's a story about loss and starting over. Kai and Gil come from very different family backgrounds. Those beginnings make them the people they are today. They are both headstrong characters who don't mince words when speaking their mind. Ms. McKenna incorporates sex trade and drug trafficking into the story line and brings back characters whose stories she has previously told as minor characters. Although NIGHT HAWK is set in Wyoming, most of the characters have military backgrounds and are SEAL or Delta Force operators. Ms. McKenna is a master of the military romance genre.

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