After having enough of the horror of the war in Afghanistan play out around him, Jared decides to get out of the Army and stay in Europe. Meeting a beautiful gypsy waitress, Jared tries to clean up his act for her, only to come face-to-face with his PTSD, and her father; also an Afghan veteran with the Soviet Army. It is what every veteran must face and make a choice as to which is stronger, her father, his love for her, or the demons of his PTSD. As I started writing this story it was intended to be a social comment on the treatment of soldiers with invisible wounds. When I introduced Angelina (her character was based on a young Turkish barmaid I had met during my own tour of duty in Ulm, Germany) the tide turned and it quickly became a love story. Normally I do not write romance, and, while not wishing to abandon my brothers in uniform, I entwined both plots creating a more vivid picture.