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‘I highly recommend this for all fans of romance reads with amazing, absolutely breathtaking scenes, to-die-for dialogue, and everything else that is needed to make this a beyond awesome and WOW read!’ —GoodReads on Melting the Ice Queen’s Heart ‘A sensational romance, filled with astounding medical drama. Author Amy Ruttan made us visualise the story with her flawless storytelling. The emotional and sensory details are exquisitely done and the sensuality in the love scene just sizzles. Highly recommended for all lovers of medical romance.’ —Contemporary Romance Reviews on Safe in His Heart Taming Her Navy Doc Amy Ruttan Thank you for picking up a copy of Taming Her Navy Doc. I have a huge admiration for the men and women who serve in the armed forces. I recently met a naval officer who said that, ‘To give the ultimate sacrifice to your country is why men and women serve their country.’ His words touched me so deeply. My family has a military history, dating back to when Canada was not a country but a colony of Great Britain. My admiration for those who serve runs deep. Thorne made the ultimate sacrifice for his country. He loved being a SEAL, and in one tragic circumstance that was all taken away from him—by the woman who has now come to the naval base he’s stationed at. He’s conflicted by the promise he made to his dying brother and his desire for Commander Erica Griffin. He’s not sure he deserves happiness. I hope you enjoy reading Thorne and Erica’s story as much as I enjoyed writing it. I love hearing from readers, so please drop by my website, amyruttan.com, or give me a shout on Twitter @ruttanamy With warmest wishes
Amy Ruttan
This book is dedicated to all of those men and women who give the ultimate sacrifice. Thank you.
Table of Contents
IT WAS PITCH-BLACK and she couldn’t figure out why the lights were off at first. Erica moved quickly, trying to shake the last remnants of sleep from her brain. Not that she’d got much sleep. She’d come off a twenty-four-hour shift and had got maybe two, possibly three, hours of sleep. She wasn’t sure when the banging on her berth door roused her, telling her they needed her on deck. What struck her as odd was why had the hospital ship gone into silent running. She’d been woken up and told nothing. Only that some injured officers were inbound. She hadn’t even been told the nature of their injuries. When she came out on deck, there was only a handful of staff and a chopper primed and waiting. Covert operation. That was what her gut told her and the tension shared by those waiting said the same thing. Top secret. Then it all made sense. She’d been trained and gone through many simulations of such a situation, but in her two years on the USNV Hope she’d never encountered one. Adrenaline now fueled her body. She had no idea what was coming in, or what to expect, but she knew she had to be on her A-game. Not that she ever wasn’t on her A-game. Her two years on the Hope had been her best yet and she’d risen in the ranks finally to get to this moment, being trusted with a covert operation. She had no doubt that was what it was because it must be important if their mission to aid a volcanic eruption disaster zone in Indonesia was being stalled. As she glanced around at the staff standing at attention and waiting, she saw it was all senior officers on deck, except for a couple of on-duty petty officers. “How many minutes did they say they were out, Petty Officer?” Erica had to shout over the sound of waves. It was unusually choppy on the Arabian Sea, but
