Sergeant Ryan Pettit blogs anonymously as Groundpounder, recording non-confidential details of deployment where every day feels exactly the same- until a female reporter shows up at his firebase. And he realizes that nothing will ever be the same again. Though his orders are clear- protect her, but make her life so miserable she high tails it back to London- the last thing he wants is to watch her leave in a cloud of Afghanistan dust. Intrigued by Groundpounder's blog posts, Vicki Vanover flirted, bribed, and outright threatened her way to the front lines outside of Kandahar. Nothing has ever stopped her from getting a story, but an accidental night in Ryan's bunk is a distraction- and attraction- she never anticipated.