Book 1 in Charlie Team: Guardian Hostage Rescue Specialists · Romantic suspense · Reads as a standalone · Guaranteed HEA
About the book
Navy SEAL. Delta Force. Charlie Team commander. Now the woman Ethan Blackwood rescued is working for the enemy.
Ethan Blackwood spent years in the Navy SEALs and Delta Force before he took command of Charlie Team. Discipline, rules, a strict moral code — every step measured, every line respected.
Then he pulled a fiery redhead out of the worst night of her life, and Rebel ignited a storm in him that no code accounted for.
Their affair was forbidden and neither of them stopped. It burned uncontrolled, defying everything two decades of service had built in him.
Then she vanished. No warning, no explanation, no goodbye — just a silence that left him with burning questions and a longing that rages against every principle he holds.
Months later, Rebel walks back into his life, and the impact lands like a blow to the soul. The victim he saved now moves freely through the shadowy underworld he's sworn to destroy.
The same world he rescued her from.
Heart and duty collide. Ethan has to know why she came back, who she's working for, and what she's willing to do to keep her secrets. Rebel walks a path of danger and deception, and every step of it challenges what he thought he knew about her — about them.
Is she a traitor, or is she misunderstood?
Ethan Blackwood has never lost a fight he chose. This is the one he didn't.
The truth is coming either way. The only question is whether it lights their way out — or burns down everything they've fought for.
Tropes, heat and content notes
- Tropes: by-the-book commander who breaks his own code, forbidden affair between rescuer and rescued, fiery survivor heroine, she vanishes and comes back, traitor or misunderstood, heart versus duty
- Heat: steamy
- Point of view: dual first person, present tense, Ethan and Rebel
- Ending: a happily ever after, with no cliffhanger
- Content notes: a criminal underworld, danger close to trafficking, references to the heroine's rescue and captivity, gun violence. Adults 18+.
Where it fits in the series
Rescuing Rebel is book 1 of 8 in Charlie Team: Guardian Hostage Rescue Specialists, the third team in Guardian Hostage Rescue Specialists.
- Before it: Bravo Team, the second Guardian team.
- After it: Rescuing Stitch (book 2).
Questions readers ask
Is Rescuing Rebel the first Charlie Team book?
Yes. Rescuing Rebel is book 1 and a good place for new readers to start.
Can I read Rescuing Rebel as a standalone?
Yes. Ethan and Rebel's story is complete in this book. Characters from the earlier Charlie Team books show up, so reading in order helps.
How spicy is Rescuing Rebel?
Steamy.
Does Rescuing Rebel end on a cliffhanger?
No. Ethan and Rebel get their happily ever after.
Is Rescuing Rebel in Kindle Unlimited?
Yes. Every Charlie Team book is in Kindle Unlimited.