www.SuzanneBrockmann.com
New York Times Bestselling Author
THE DEFIANT HERO
Troubleshooters Series, Book # 2
Ballantine Books
ISBN: 0-345-46340-4
Release date: February 27, 2001
Reissue release date: June 2003
416 Pages
Trust was the Last Defense...
In THE UNSUNG HERO, award-winning
author Suzanne Brockmann dazzled readers
with her remarkable cast of tough and tender
U.S. Navy SEALs. Now her daring men in
uniform return for THE DEFIANT HERO -- a
thrilling novel of steadfast courage, intimate
passions, and the profound risks that are taken
in the name of love...
"The United States refuses to negotiate with
terrorists." Meg Moore remembered the warning
from her job as a translator in a European embassy.
Those same words will spell out a death sentence
for her daughter and grandmother who have been
kidnapped by a lethal group called the Extremists.
Meg will do anything to meet their unspeakable
demands; anything -- even kill -- to save her child.
When Navy SEAL John Nilsson is summoned to
Washington, D.C. by the FBI to help negotiate a
hostage situation, the last person he expects to see
holding a foreign ambassador at gunpoint is Meg.
He hasn't seen her in years, but he's never forgotten
how it feels to hold her in his arms. John could lose
his career if he helps her escape. She will lose her
life if he doesn't...
"Against the backdrop of terrorism on U.S. soil, Brockmann weaves three complex romantic relationships
-- one fondly recalled, one unexpectedly resumed and one bursting at the seams to get started -- into a
tight tale that will leave readers eagerly anticipating the author's next installment. When terrorists kidnap
her grandmother, Eve, and her 10-year-old daughter, Amy, widowed translator Meg takes an Eastern
European official hostage to trade for her lost family members. Readers will forgive the plot's implausibility
as Meg hurls herself headlong into her risky rescue attempt in spite of interference by former flame and
Navy SEAL Lt. John Nilsson. While heating tension and passion to the boiling point, Brockmann firmly
squashes the cliche of military men with hearts of stone and imbues her SEALs with honest emotional
courage. In an equally refreshing move, she then stands the romance formula on its head, making the
SEALs chase the intelligent, self-confident women who've done just fine so far without them. A smart,
thrilling keeper among so many disposable stories, this is one to recommend heartily to friends."
-- Publishers Weekly
"Continuing her novels of romantic suspense that feature Navy SEAL heroes (The Unsung Hero),
Brockmann brings together a heroine whose daughter and grandmother have been kidnapped by religious
terrorists and a SEAL hero who was in love with the heroine years earlier and is now charged with
negotiating the situation. She then spins an unforgettable, riveting adventure that is fast-paced and a bit
chilling." -- The Library Journal
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HERO: Lt. (j.g.) John "Nils" Nilsson, U.S. Navy SEALs
HEROINE: Meg Moore
LOCATION: Washington, D.C. and Florida
Suz visited Memphis, Tampa, Sarasota, Colorado Springs, Denver, Phoenix and Dallas on her
promotional tour for The Defiant Hero.
Cover model John DeSalvo graced the stepback of the book's original cover.