Air force fighter pilot Sydney Garret was born to fly. No other thrill came close enough to shake her-until she met Captain James Colton and found a reckless passion that led to fifty-five hours together as husband and wife.

When they went their separate ways, Sydney's heart understood what her pride refused to admit-that someday, somehow, fate would reunite them. But no one imagined that it would be a matter of life and death?.

When Sydney's plane was shot down over enemy territory on a routine reconnaissance flight, James and his crew were deployed on a dangerous search-and-rescue operation where every second counted. But James was not only going in after one of the military's finest pilots-he was also racing to save the woman he loved.