The Way of the Brave by Susan May Warren

Former pararescue jumper Orion Starr is haunted by the memory of a rescue gone wrong. He may be living alone in Alaska now, but the pain of his failure--and his injuries--has followed him there from Afghanistan. He has no desire to join Hamilton Jones's elite rescue team, but he also can't shirk his duty when the call comes in to rescue three lost climbers on Denali.

Former CIA profiler and psychiatrist Jenny Calhoun's yearly extreme challenge with her best friends is her only escape from the guilt that has sunk its claws into her. As a consultant during a top-secret mission to root out the Taliban, she green-lighted an operation that ended in ambush and lives lost. When her cathartic climb on Denali turns deadly, she'll be forced to trust her life and the lives of her friends to the most dangerous of heroes--the man she nearly killed.

Her skills and his experience are exactly what's needed to prevent another tragedy--but in order to truly set Orion free from his painful past, Jenny will have to reveal hers. They'll have to put their wounds behind them to survive, but at what cost?

I enjoyed the edge of your seat action at every turn.  At every turn Jenny has a mountain to overcome literally.  She is trying to forget her past mistake when people were killed because she gave the go ahead for a mission that ended in disaster. Orion wants to find out who is responsible for the mission that cost him his career and the lives of his friends.  He has become a hermit in Alaska.  That is until Hamilton Jones asks him to lead a mountain climb.  He knew Jenny was that time.  But as JC.  He doesn't know the part she played in the mission.

The only part I didn't particularly care for was the bedroom scene near the end of the book.  Nothing happened.  But it almost did.  I realize temptation is always there, but I didn't think it was necessary to the book.

Overall all, I recommend this book to all who like lots of action.

I was given this book by Revell Publishing via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.