Declan

Special Forces: Operation Alpha (Gold Team, Book 5)

By: Riley Edwards, Operation Alpha

Narrated by: Maxine Mitchell, Lee Samuels

Declan Crenshaw went from orphan, to Special Forces soldier, to the CIA’s golden child. Life was perfect—almost. He shouldn’t have pushed his luck and simply enjoyed the bounty fate had given him—a beautiful wife, sweet baby girl, and more love than he ever dreamed he’d know. Until a threat he never saw coming obliterated his world. His wife and child murdered. His soul shattered, he was left hollow. With his morality stripped away, he became the perfect black-ops mercenary—soulless.

Autumn Pierce had been normal, happy, average. Until she was kidnapped and sold into the world of sex trafficking. Even rescued, she was forever changed. Gone was the smiling teenager and in her place emerged a woman hell-bent on revenge. Years later, Autumn remains a deadly mercenary in a never-ending game of chess. It’s kill or be killed—which isn’t an issue for a woman who’s already dead inside.

With pasts that mirror each other’s, Declan and Autumn have more than defeating a common enemy on the line. Two broken souls with one last chance to be whole.

©2020 Riley Edwards (P)2022 Susan Stoker

Autumn and Declan

The ability to navigate intense trauma, build the trust that healed them both and enabled them to build a life that is able sustain love and a life that feeds the soul.

LOVE! LOVE!! LOVE!!!

An emotional roller coaster ride. Tragic events that lead to two destroyed, painful lives. Misery finds comfort and solace in another broken soul. Who better to put back the pieces of a broken soul than another broken soul. Declan and Autumn’s story of healing, love and life after tragedy is the perfect final book of the Gold Team.
Great job narrators!

Story

I loved the story. It wove all the history of the characters in and didn’t leave you hanging. I love an HEA.

Love this book!

The narrative girl and guy was the best in this series. I love the entire series such a good story.

Beautifully Broken

This story is not a beautiful one. It is not sweet, not soft, and not full of swoon. It is beautiful, it is heartbreaking, it is gritty, but it is real. Riley Edwards wrote the most beautifully heartbreaking broken love story that I have ever read. Declan and Autumn both have jagged edges and broken pieces that nobody could love. There is so much pain hiding behind the walls they both have put up, but chapter by chapter you can actually feel them starting to heal. I love this story. Did it hurt at times? Yes. Did I want to throw my phone at times? Yes. Would I change one thing about it? Absolutely not!!! Lee Samuels really brought the pain and the heartbreak to the surface. What an amazing performance. Maxine Mitchell, well what is there ti say about her? Maxine is a performer, she always brings it, and she more than brought the pain, the heartache, the need, and finally, the healing. This book was a beautiful end to an amazing series!!!!