Nightshade

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Nightshade is a story about a man lost.  Max has no direction after leaving the Navy SEALS.  He lost his purpose when his anger drove his wife, Sydney, to file for divorce.  He's recruited to a covert team that will be completing missions that no government agency will touch.  He reluctantly joins the team and concedes the divorce without a fight.

Sydney is a broken-hearted woman.  Sydney is now pregnant and a few months from her divorce being final.  She hasn't told Max about his child.  Her family pushes her farther away from Max with their support.  Sydney is earning though to find the man she married and give her baby a father.  She buries her head in the sand concerning her own life and throws herself into her journalistic duties.

Max's missions take him all over the world rescuing the helpless in areas untouched by civilization.  Sydney gets wind of a story of a survivor of a brutal village attack.  Max and Sydney living their lives separate from each other are drawn into the other's world.  Sydney's investigating takes her into the very center of Max's latest mission.   As Max fights to save lives, Sydney and Max fight to save their relationship.

Kendig orchestrates a suspenseful tale full of heart.  Sydney is a woman torn between her desire to protect herself and her desire to love and be loved by her husband.  Max is a man who has seen too much, done too much.  They both fight the past and what it means for their future.  Max while viewing himself as a monster is a sympathetic hero.  Someone asked to do what no one should be asked to do and yet he has gone and done it repeatedly.

I'm ready to move on to the second book in the series Digitalis.