Rules of engagement: 1) You have the right to use force to defend yourself. 2) Fire may be returned to stop a hostile attack. 3) You may not seize the property of others to accomplish your mission. 4) Detention of civilians is authorized in self-defense. Delilah Morgan and her older sister Destiny have been on their own for two years, since their parents burned down the family home and went to jail for cooking meth. She's street smart and tough. Nothing about her says sixteen and she's not about to tell anyone, especially Bran, the hot ex-Marine bartender her sister has her eye on. He's stable and successful and everything her sister needs to keep them off the street. The only problem, something about Bran inspires Delilah and suddenly she's writing the best music she ever has. About him. Branson Silo knows what it means to be in the line of fire. Home from his second tour of duty in Afghanistan, he thinks he's safe...until he meets Delilah. Despite a sharp tongue that makes him want to take cover, he can't deny the attraction. But when he hires her to play weekends at his family's saloon, he finds out she's more than he can handle...which is saying something considering he used to blow things up for a living. When the grenade finally explodes and the shrapnel flies, will Bran be left standing? Or has he survived years at war only to be taken down by Jail Bait?