Introduction: Shock & Awe (Sidewinder #1) After barely surviving a shootout in New Orleans, Sidewinder medic Kelly Abbott has to suffer through a month of recovery before he can return home to Colorado. He鈥檚 not surprised when fellow Sidewinder Nick O鈥橣laherty stays with him in New Orleans. Nor is he surprised when Nick travels home with him to help him get back on his feet鈥攁fter all, years on the same Marine Force Recon team bonded the men in ways that only bleeding for a brother can. He鈥檚 very surprised, though, when Nick humors his moment of curiosity and kisses him. Nick knows all of Kelly鈥檚 quirks and caprices, so the kiss was a low-risk move on his part . . . or so he thought. But what should鈥檝e been a simple moment unleashes a flood of confusing emotions and urges that neither man is prepared to address. Now, Kelly and Nick must figure out what they mean to each other鈥攆riends and brothers in arms, or something even deeper?鈥攂efore the past can come back to ruin their tenuous future....