The terrorists want her alive. The CIA wants her dead, and Michael just wants to love her.
Emma, an ingenious female engineer, finds a protector in an unlikely source.
Michael is a warrior, a Green Beret, fresh out of the military. He suffers from PTSD and recurrent nightmares of his five tours in Afghanistan. Something in him fundamentally changes when he meets Emma.
Emma has top-secret clearance for her work on a governmental prototype to help fight the war on terror. She has spent her entire life pursuing her career and developing her brain child labeled Project Hummingbird. She lives in her intellectually driven mind...that is, until Michael awakens something buried deep inside her: something she didn't even know existed.
Michael needs to prove to Emma that he is not who she thinks he is. He must work to win her trust and her heart. Will he be able to persuade her to trust him? Will he be able to save her from the dangers that await her? Will he win her heart?
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We first meet Michael while he is having a nightmare. Michael has a routine he tries to sleep, has a nightmare, drinks scotch and then he passes out. The only person he feels would understand him is his father, his father lost his life for his country. Tony, Steve and Kevin had aspirations of making it big in the private security sector. Rob has a job for Michael is to kidnap a scientist with ties to the GIA the Armed Islamic Group, it pays 200,000 dollars he only agrees to do this if half of the money gets deposited into his account first. Emma designed a robot no bigger than a hummingbird, with the latest nanotechnology, a silicon chip designed by the Germans to allow it to fly all on its own. No one had to man a control station or press a button. Michael has been followed Emma to her cabin in the mountains. He broke in and tied her up, she escaped he found her in a cave he took her back to the cabin and ran her a warm bath to make sure that she didn't get frost bite. Emma told Michael that she wasn't a part of the GIA. He believed her and he decided to wait until he got a call from his employer to see what the next step is going to be. This is the first book in the series The Unit.
Michael fell head over heals in love with Emma, a Green Beret. Will protect Emma, he is 30 years old and he still runs from his training. Emma works for the DOD ( Department of Defense), is 28 years old, graduated the top of her class from the university of Maine. She has her dual PHD in Mechanical Engineering and Bio-Chemical Engineering. Her father used to work for the Department of Defense. Her father landed her current position with the DOD. Rob gave Michael the job, Green Beret. Kevin works for Homeland Security, Green Beret. Steve a Green Beret. Tony master hacker, Green Beret. Ingrams is in the CIA obsessed with the GIA.
I loved this story, I loved how I wasn't able to put this book down. I loved the story line and how well the characters were developed. I loved the authors style of writing. This is my first book by Sarah Greyson and it most definitely will not be my last. This book is a fast paced story that I couldn't let go of. I wanted to know what would happen next. I highly recommend this book to anyone and everyone.
Name: Emma Welby
Date of birth: 6-21-1986
Age: 28
Height: 5'8"
Weight: 160
Ethnic heritage: Caucasian
Color of hair: Black
Color of eyes: Blue
Physical description:
She is 5'8 and weighs 160. Her body resembles the body of the woman in the Renoir painting entitled “Nude.” She is incredibly beautiful despite being 20 pounds overweight. That 20 pounds is in all the right places. She wears cute glasses like a sexy librarian would wear. She has medium black shoulder length hair which she usually wears in a chignon. Her face is round with soft blue eyes. She has lush pouty lips and a demure nose.
Style of dressing:
She has a t-shirt and jeans style when she is not at work. At work, she wears stylish business suits with a lab coat, her glasses, and her hair up in a chignon. She certainly is a soft, curvy woman that Michael can't resist.
Sense of humor: Sarcastic
Personality type:
Like EOS, she is passionate and her weakness is her insatiable desire for Michael. She is brave and courageous. She lives in her head never paying attention to or recognizing her feelings. She is confident and willing to learn. She may appear meek and weak to the observer, but she is quite strong: mentally, emotionally, and physically. She gets done what needs to be done without complaining. She is almost too strong to cry. She has been alone for the last five years as she has devoted that time to furthering her career. She has never developed any relationships with a man because, quite frankly, none of them interest her that much emotionally, physically, and mentally. Mental stimulation is incredibly important to her.
Religion: Science
Political party: Moderate Independent
Hobbies: Reading, gardening
Favorite music: Adele, Pink, Katy Perry
Favorite books: Pride and Prejudice
Favorite movies:
Favorite colors: Blue
Contents of purse or wallet:red lip gloss, mascara, wallet with two credit cards and a driver's license, papers related to work
Description of home:A-frame log cabin in a Sugarloaf Mountain range about one hour from Lewiston, Maine. She keeps a small apartment in the city which she stays in while working. She retreats to her mountain cabin for weekends and extended holidays.
Educational background: PhD in Engineering from the University of Maine.
Work experience:
Sense of humor: Sarcastic
Personality type:
Like EOS, she is passionate and her weakness is her insatiable desire for Michael. She is brave and courageous. She lives in her head never paying attention to or recognizing her feelings. She is confident and willing to learn. She may appear meek and weak to the observer, but she is quite strong: mentally, emotionally, and physically. She gets done what needs to be done without complaining. She is almost too strong to cry. She has been alone for the last five years as she has devoted that time to furthering her career. She has never developed any relationships with a man because, quite frankly, none of them interest her that much emotionally, physically, and mentally. Mental stimulation is incredibly important to her.
Religion: Science
Political party: Moderate Independent
Hobbies: Reading, gardening
Favorite music: Adele, Pink, Katy Perry
Favorite books: Pride and Prejudice
Favorite movies:
Favorite colors: Blue
Contents of purse or wallet:red lip gloss, mascara, wallet with two credit cards and a driver's license, papers related to work
Description of home:A-frame log cabin in a Sugarloaf Mountain range about one hour from Lewiston, Maine. She keeps a small apartment in the city which she stays in while working. She retreats to her mountain cabin for weekends and extended holidays.
Educational background: PhD in Engineering from the University of Maine.
Work experience:
She has worked with the Department of Defense as an engineer for the last two years.
Family:
Family:
Mother and Father who reside in Skowhegan, ME. She is an only child so she is used to getting what she wants. Although, she isn't afraid of hard work.
Best friend: Bethany
Enemies:
Best friend: Bethany
Enemies:
NSA Agent Daniel Ingrams, Ahmed El-Amin, Michael Cartwright (in the beginning), Armed Islamice Group (GIA)
Best childhood memory:
Best childhood memory:
Her mother and father taking her skiing in the Sugarloaf Mountain range. That is why she purchased a home there.
Worst childhood memory: None
One-line characterization: She is meek but sassy, classy, understated, with brains and beauty.
Strongest character trait: Her passion and bravery
Weakest character trait: Her inability to recognize her own instincts.
Character's paradox:She was working on a bio-chemical weapon for the U. S. Government in an effort to build up America's defense; however, her knowledge makes her valuable to the threats against America.
Greatest hope:
Worst childhood memory: None
One-line characterization: She is meek but sassy, classy, understated, with brains and beauty.
Strongest character trait: Her passion and bravery
Weakest character trait: Her inability to recognize her own instincts.
Character's paradox:She was working on a bio-chemical weapon for the U. S. Government in an effort to build up America's defense; however, her knowledge makes her valuable to the threats against America.
Greatest hope:
True love and an intense emotional, physical, and mental connection. To leave a legacy.
Deepest fear:
Deepest fear:
That she will never find true love. That she is destined to be alone. That she will be forced to help the terrorists harm America.
Philosophy of life: Anything worth having is worth working to get.
How character sees self:As a smart, intelligent, somewhat overweight woman, she values her brains more than her beauty.
How others see character: As a beautiful, intelligent creature of the world.
Values: Hard work, intelligence, science, engineering, her career
Ambition:
Philosophy of life: Anything worth having is worth working to get.
How character sees self:As a smart, intelligent, somewhat overweight woman, she values her brains more than her beauty.
How others see character: As a beautiful, intelligent creature of the world.
Values: Hard work, intelligence, science, engineering, her career
Ambition:
To become a top-level government engineer with the Department of Defense to keep the world safe from foreign threats.
Story goal:To escape her kidnapper. To stall the CIA agent plotting to kill her. To finish her life-long goal of creating Project Hummingbird. To get out of her head and start recognizing her feelings.
Conflict:Michael kidnaps her to give to the terrorists. A rogue CIA agent's plot to first kidnap her and then kill her. She wants to save Rob's finance Lizzie from the terrorist cell in the United States. She gets abducted by the terrorist cell with her notes and prototype and is shot. She isn't sure if Michael, the man she falls in love with, is in it for the long-term commitment.
Epiphany:
Story goal:To escape her kidnapper. To stall the CIA agent plotting to kill her. To finish her life-long goal of creating Project Hummingbird. To get out of her head and start recognizing her feelings.
Conflict:Michael kidnaps her to give to the terrorists. A rogue CIA agent's plot to first kidnap her and then kill her. She wants to save Rob's finance Lizzie from the terrorist cell in the United States. She gets abducted by the terrorist cell with her notes and prototype and is shot. She isn't sure if Michael, the man she falls in love with, is in it for the long-term commitment.
Epiphany:
She is in love with Michael. She can exist in a world guided by her heart and her head. She gets to finish her life-long work of creating Project Hummingbird.
How character will change: She will come to realize true love on a deep level.
One sentence summary:
She is beaten and battered after being kidnapped by first Michael, then the CIA agent, and finally the terrorists, but she manages to heal, find life-long love, and complete her work on Project Hummingbird.
How character will change: She will come to realize true love on a deep level.
One sentence summary:
She is beaten and battered after being kidnapped by first Michael, then the CIA agent, and finally the terrorists, but she manages to heal, find life-long love, and complete her work on Project Hummingbird.
Sarah lives in Richmond, Virginia with her husband, two children, and four spoiled animals. She earned her Bachelor's Degree in Communications with a concentration in Professional Writing and her Master's Degree in Education. When she is not writing or spending time with her family, she loves reading sizzling romantic suspense novels that make her blush. She loves a glass of pinot grigio, back-yard barbecues with friends and family, and helping her kids with their homework (in that order).
Sarah's favorite genres are contemporary romantic suspense and erotic suspense; the types of novels she crafts. While the concepts are familiar and comfortable, she brings her own unique story and personality to everything she writes. She loves the feeling of crafting a spicy, action-packed novel. Writing is her passion. She wants to leave her readers breathless after experiencing the intense ride that is her novel.
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