Publisher's Synopsis
Jeff Hanford is leaving soon to go to war. Carrie Station is a rising star on a national terrorism task force...and she hasn't graduated from college yet. Three months after 9/11, they're both determined to fight against the ongoing threat of terrorism. There's one problem: they've just confessed their love to each other after a two-year friendship, and Jeff is set to leave for active duty, possibly war, in a few weeks.
The next weeks are a fast forward of meeting each other's families for the first time. They are learning more about each other while dealing with their fears of an unknown future. Can their love withstand the separate journeys they're about to take? Jeff's Officer's Candidate School is a world away from Carrie's as she prepares to graduate from FSU and move into the national intelligence community.
Carrie and Jeff are much like America immediately after 9/11. A country and a couple adjusting to the new normal that would change their futures forever.
Before the Fire, book two of the Numbland Security(R) series, includes a flash forward to a day in Carrie's future life in national intelligence (NOIHMLA). She has become part of that world in our national intelligence community that toil in the shadows with their own victories, defeats and sacrifices that our nation doesn't and can't know.
