Book 1 in Delta Team: Guardian Hostage Rescue Specialists · Romantic suspense · Reads as a standalone · Guaranteed HEA
About the book
A trafficking survivor. The crime lord who calls her the one who got away. The Guardian operative standing between them.
Some scars tell stories of survival. Some secrets aren't dark — they're devastating.
When Ember Winters tries to save socialite Aria Holbrook from a brazen daylight kidnapping, she's caught in the crossfire and taken captive alongside her. One reckless act of heroism throws her back into the nightmare she escaped years ago — and the childhood trauma she's spent a lifetime trying to forget.
Blaze Hawkins of the Guardian Hostage Rescue Specialists is ruthless, commanding, and hiding scars of his own. The extraction should have been simple: get in, save the hostages, get out. But one look at the fierce survivor with sea-glass eyes changes everything. She's no damsel in distress. She's a force of nature who survived hell and came out stronger.
Then they discover their pasts are intertwined in ways neither imagined. Now they're on the run, hunted by a sadistic crime lord who built an empire on human trafficking and corruption — a man who sees Ember as the one who got away.
With danger closing in and betrayal lurking around every corner, Blaze and Ember must trust each other with their secrets... and their hearts. In a world where trust is a weapon and love is a liability, the wrong choice won't just break them — it'll get them killed.
Sometimes the greatest act of bravery isn't surviving. It's letting someone in.
Tropes, heat and content notes
- Tropes: alpha protector with scars of his own, survivor heroine, on the run together, obsessed villain, intertwined pasts, trafficking takedown
- Heat: steamy
- Point of view: dual first person, present tense, Blaze and Ember
- Ending: a happily ever after, with no cliffhanger
- Content notes: human trafficking themes, childhood trauma, violence. Adults 18+.
Where it fits in the series
Rescuing Ember is book 1 of 2 in Delta Team: Guardian Hostage Rescue Specialists, the fourth team in Guardian Hostage Rescue Specialists.
- Before it: Charlie Team, the previous Guardian team.
- After it: Rescuing Aria.
Questions readers ask
Is Rescuing Ember the first Delta Team book?
Yes. Rescuing Ember is book 1, and it's where Delta Team starts.
Can I read Rescuing Ember as a standalone?
Yes. Blaze and Ember's story is complete in this book.
How spicy is Rescuing Ember?
Steamy.
Does Rescuing Ember end on a cliffhanger?
No. Blaze and Ember get their happily ever after.
Is Rescuing Ember in Kindle Unlimited?
Yes. Every Delta Team book is in Kindle Unlimited.