The Night Is Mine (The Night Stalker) [Mass Market Paperback]

I've finished "The Night is Mine" by M.L. Buchman.
Product Description

NAME: Emily Beale
RANK: Captain
MISSION: Fly undercover to prevent the assassination of the First Lady, posing as her executive pilot.

NAME: Mark Henderson, code name Viper
RANK: Major
MISSION: Undercover role of wealthy, ex-mercenary boyfriend to Emily

Their jobs are high risk, high reward:

Protect the lives of the powerful and the elite at all cost. Neither expected that one kiss could distract them from their mission. But as the passion mounts between them, their lives and their hearts will both be risked ... and the reward this time may well be worth it.

Product Details
Mass Market Paperback: 416 pages
Publisher: Sourcebooks Casablanca (February 7, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1402258100
ISBN-13: 978-1402258107

My Review:

The heroine Emily Beale is a captain of SOAR (Special Operations Aviation Regiment of the Army) who loves her job and earned her place in a man's world.  She's a take-charge, tough, smart kick-ass women who loves to fly into high stress combat zones.  Then she is pulled off the job to act as the First Lady's personal chief and bodyguard which makes her very unhappy.

The hero Mark Henderson is Major of SOAR and he's known as a hard ass.  No one can please him and when you do well you need to up the ante the next time.  He never shows anyone his human side especially his attraction to Emily.  He's ticked off when she is pulled from his team because he's attracted to her and she's his best pilot.  When she is injured he's right by her side but he's gone by morning. Then when he hears what her mission is he insinuates himself into the scene by playing her ex-boyfriend.

The action scenes were well written, heart pulsing and surreal.  I really enjoyed the technical aspects of the story with how well the description of the helicopters were detailed and Emily's passion for them.

The romance between Mark and Emily is against Army policy (no fraternizing between subordinates) but it was tender, caring, hot and sweet.  You can tell Mark really cares for Emily and wants to protect her from harm.

4/5