Beau: 18 (In the Company of Snipers)

Former Army Ranger Beau Jennings is first and foremost--just and only--that hard man in the darkest night holding fast against his countrys enemies destroyers and invaders. Hes a Viking. One of King Leonidas suicidal Spartans. A man forever alone. War was what he was made for and war is what he does best. He doesnt aspire to anything higher. He has long since accepted his place in the world--until a woman of sunshine light and grace comes along...Dr. McKenna Fitzgerald never married. A dedicated pediatrician her lifes work is caring for other peoples children. After surviving childhood abuse at her mentally ill mothers hand shes determined no little one in her care will ever experience what she lived through. Its a noble calling helping children and their parents navigate those stressful early years. She couldnt be happier. Shes content and shes successful. She has everything shes ever wanted Doesnt she?