The Night Is Mine: a military romantic suspense

Written by M. L. Buchman

Narrated by Digital Voice Marcus G

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.

The woman so good that they can’t keep her out of the Army’s secret helicopter regiment.

“Top 10 Romance of the Year!” – Booklist

The stand-alone novel that launched an entire universe.

Captain Emily Beale made it as the first woman of the Army’s secret helicopter regiment, the Night Stalkers. But a run-in with CNN puts her career on the line and ships her stateside—to the White House.

Major Mark Henderson may be her commander but he’s also smitten by his very best pilot. Disguised as a jetsetter playboy, he plunges into the fray.

But nothing is what it looks like at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. The President, First Lady, FBI Director, and even the head of the Secret Service all have hidden agendas. Emily can’t deny her attraction to Mark, but first they both must survive.

“Awesome. Intriguing. Powerful. Seductive.” – Bookloons

“Great romantic chemistry...elevated this page-turner into a scorcher.” – The Write Experience

• Language: English
• Publisher: Buchman Bookworks, Inc.
• Release date: Jan 25, 2024
• ISBN: 9781637211410

M. L. Buchman

USA Today and Amazon #1 Bestseller M. L. "Matt" Buchman has 70+ action-adventure thriller and military romance novels, 100 short stories, and lotsa audiobooks. PW says: “Tom Clancy fans open to a strong female lead will clamor for more.” Booklist declared: “3X Top 10 of the Year.” A project manager with a geophysics degree, he’s designed and built houses, flown and jumped out of planes, solo-sailed a 50’ sailboat, and bicycled solo around the world…and he quilts.

Reviews for The Night Is Mine

[hunybadger · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Entertaining racy romance book with a cocky ( for good reason) female character and a current day story arc. Perfect read for a plane ride or vacation.

[dibs139 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

I just finished reading this book for the second time. The first time through I couldn’t believe a man wrote this book. But Matthew Buchman has nailed a Romantic Suspense style usually only evident from female writers. Lucky us, because the action and the suspense are great. Man-action Great. And the romance is fine – romantic, convincing.But the first time through, I also thought the waiting-around-time before the final action scene was too long, too grindingly slow. Waiting, waiting, waiting.The second time I read the book I realized I had been wrong. The timing, the pace are prefect. I think Buchman’s suspense is so finely written that it felt interminable. It was supposed to. I was supposed to feel stretched on a rack with waiting – that if the suspense didn’t end soon, my last nerve was going to snap. Boing!Both times through I found it amazing that I like Emily Beale. On the surface she’s tall, slender, blonde, beautiful and smart – a full 10 on anyone’s I-Hate-Her meter. She can drop a Secret Service agent on his butt before she outshoots him. She’s a perfect over-achiever. Is that a tautology? She flies helicopters. She was valedictorian at West Point, she finished Army Ranger school. She’s made herself into a SOAR pilot, flying DAP helicopters on dangerous night missions over Afghanistan, heads up a three-man crew, was an Army Ranger and she’s an excellent chef. The biggest fly in her torte della nonna is her CO, Major Mark Henderson, whose laconic praise makes Jack Reacher look talkative. Oh, yeah, her mom would trade all Emily’s achievements for a wedding ring. Her dad – classic workaholic.What makes her likable? First of all, she’s merely one over-achiever in a book-full of them. Her mother, her father, Maj. Mark Henderson, her hunky three man crew who are the best at what they do, even the boy next door– every one of these people has accomplished so much I’m ready to make a paper airplane out of my college degree. And they’re all fascinating, because expertise and competence are.Secondly, she’s likable because she is a nice person. She knows who she is, who she has made herself into. And she likes that person.When, at the President’s request, Emily is transferred from Afghanistan to be the First Lady’s Chef at the White House, we worry right along with Emily about her position with SOAR. Will Maj. Henderson replace her? What about that kiss? Will he replace her because of the kiss? Can she go back to her unit after that kiss? What about that KISS?When Emily trades her helmet for a chef’s apron, I was afraid the action was over – and I like action. But be warned, Matt Buchman is one sneaky writer – the action and suspense are just beginning when Emily moves into the White House. Lucky us.Bravo!

[conkie_1 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Rare is the story that I continuously like, through to the end. This story is one of those few.
My reviews don't discuss details about books, and I won't here. However, in order to convey how much I loved this book and admire its author, allow me to reminisce a bit. In recent years, I remember the first books I read from Suzanne Brockmann (Flashpoint) and LT Author Sherry Thomas (Delicious). While these two write very different stories, they knocked my socks off with their ability to develop each character (major and minor), "speak" that character's language, and draw vivid pictures through their narrative.
M.L. Buchman and his book The Night is Mine has been added to that shortlist.

[pat1egan1fordyce · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

I would really like to give this book 3 1/2 stars. It was an interesting look at a "superwoman" helicopter pilot who has gone where very few women make the grade. She has a hidden attraction to her C.O, but loves her job too much to act on it. It seems Major Mark Henderson, said C.O, has the same feelings. She is pulled from the war torn country she is flying missions in, and brought home by the request of an "old friend", who happens to be the President of the U.S. She is posing as chef for the First Lady, and keeping her eyes open, and her senses on alert. What follows is a mystery with a few chilling events, that bring Major Henderson to the states to keep an eye on her. It has an interesting drama to it, and the romance between Mark and Emily heats up. My only problem with the story, was there was a great deal of technical discussion about helicopters and their parts, and how they fly, and why they DON'T fly. I just found the information a little dry. It was an enjoyable read, 3 1/2 stars from me.flag