With the shadowy organization still eluding capture, GQ and the team head to London where the next attacks are expected to occur. The SEALs, CIA and MI6 team up to discover the targets. GQ is still working at handling his mom’s death and the information that he has to the possible whereabouts of his father whom he thought was dead. He’s not sure he wants to confirm his mother’s bitter rantings impugning his dad’s character. With his own personal stuff clogging up his head, he’s disconcerted to find himself attracted to the reserved, quirky Dr. Celeste Potter, the cryptologist the NSA has sent to break the encryption on the laptop recovered from the NSH goons in Bolivia. GQ never hurts for female companionship, but his partners never seem to measure up to his expectations. He’s not sure he should even bother courting more disappointment, but the woman proves to be much more than meets the eye.

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Initially, Celeste is horrified and unbalanced when her boss assigns her to work not only in London, away from her comfortable home base and her perfect office, but he expects her to collaborate with people—a lot of people. It’s imperative she work alone and only rely on her own personal friend. Then he mentions NSH and everything changes. She does care about what the terrorist group is doing, all those deaths were definitely distressing, but her main interest in them is that they are hidden. There’s no information on the mastermind at all. That intrigues her immensely. She agrees to go. But the reality of interacting with so many causes her stress until Petty Officer Remington “GQ” Nash steps in and seems to know exactly what she needs. Men had never been on her radar—they took up too much time, were messy, and had needs she just didn’t want to understand. But she couldn’t seem to dismiss this particular man, who makes her think too hard and want too much. But she is going to need him when NSH reveals their catastrophic plan that chillingly includes her.