The cartel wants her back. He’s the only way home.
He was supposed to complete the mission and walk away.
Mike Armstrong has built his career on one rule: finish the extraction, deliver the client, and disappear. No attachments. No complications. No second thoughts.
But this mission is different.
When Marietta Gonzales—daughter of a powerful political leader—becomes the target of a cartel kidnapping, Sinclair Security sends Mike into a coastal town crawling with armed men to bring her out.
The plan is simple: slip in quietly, extract the asset, and disappear before anyone notices.
The cartel notices.
What begins as a covert extraction becomes a desperate race through jungle terrain, hunted by cartel patrols and a ruthless adversary determined to capture Marietta alive.
But Marietta is far tougher than Mike anticipated. Intelligent and resilient, she quickly becomes more than the person he’s supposed to rescue.
She becomes his partner in survival.
As danger closes in and the jungle becomes their only refuge, trust grows between them—along with something neither expected.
Because surviving the cartel may be the easy part.
Walking away from each other might be impossible.
In the wild, trust is the only weapon that matters—and the most dangerous risk of all.
Welcome to H. T. Adelmann’s Hero Series—where danger and romance meet.
Enter at your own risk.
