Meet the Characters of Extraction

Nash McBride is the kind of man who commands attention without demanding it. A former Navy SEAL turned mercenary, he leads a highly skilled extraction team that specializes in rescuing abused and endangered women from situations most people are too afraid to face. Calm under pressure and deadly when necessary, Nash is the man called in to 'extract' them when there are no good options left. They are these women's last resort.

He lost his sister six years ago to a man who claimed to have loved her, and he couldn't save her. So he decided he save others before it was too late.

But Nash and his team don’t just rescue women—they rebuild them.

The women brought into their protection are given more than shelter and safety. They’re taught how to survive on their own terms. Self-defense. Weapons training. Awareness. Confidence. Independence. Nash believes no woman should ever feel powerless again, and his team works relentlessly to help survivors reclaim the strength that was stolen from them.

To outsiders, Nash can seem cold, intimidating, even emotionally detached. Years of violence and witnessing the darkest parts of humanity have hardened him. He’s seen what monsters do behind closed doors, and every mission leaves another scar beneath the surface. Protecting survivors stopped being just a mission long ago—it became his purpose.

Then Alexis Tanner enters his life and shakes the foundation beneath him.

Alexis is unlike anyone Nash has ever met. Beneath her trauma is a quiet resilience that refuses to completely break, even after everything she’s endured. What scars Nash most about Alexis isn’t just the abuse she survived—it’s the way she expects cruelty as if it’s normal. Watching her hesitate at kindness, struggle to trust, and believe she’s somehow unworthy of love hits him harder than any fight ever could.

His biggest fear is she may be the one woman he will fail. She built walls so high and so deep he wasn't sure it he'd ever break through.

For years, Nash believed survival was enough. Rescue the victims. Eliminate the threat. Move on to the next mission.

But Alexis makes him want something he stopped believing in long ago—a life beyond the fight.

And for a man who has spent years waging war against monsters, hope may be the most dangerous thing of all.

Alexis Tanner is a survivor in every sense of the word.

When readers first meet her, she’s a woman carrying the invisible scars of prolonged abuse, fear, and emotional manipulation. Years of being controlled and broken down have left Alexis struggling to trust not only other people, but herself. She’s learned to stay quiet, avoid conflict, and expect disappointment long before kindness. Survival became second nature to her long ago.

Then Nash McBride and his team tear her out of the nightmare she’s been trapped in.

Thrown into a world of trained mercenaries, bootcamp, and women learning how to fight back, Alexis feels completely out of place at first. The other survivors are rebuilding themselves, learning self-defense, weapons training, and how to reclaim control over their lives. But for Alexis, healing isn’t simple. Freedom is terrifying when you’ve spent years being told you’re incapable of surviving on your own.

What makes Alexis so compelling isn’t loud strength or fearless confidence—it’s her quiet resilience.

Even after everything she’s endured, there’s still softness inside her. Compassion. Empathy. A stubborn spark that refuses to fully die no matter how much life has tried to crush it. She doesn’t see herself as brave, but every step she takes toward healing proves otherwise.

Nash sees that strength long before she does.

Their connection is anything but easy. Alexis is deeply scarred by her past, and trusting a man—especially one as intense and protective as Nash—doesn’t come naturally to her. Yet Nash becomes the one person who makes her feel safe without demanding anything in return. Slowly, painfully, Alexis begins to realize she deserves more than mere survival.

She deserves freedom.

She deserves peace.

And maybe, for the first time in her life, she deserves love too.

Alexis Tanner’s journey isn’t about becoming fearless. It’s about learning that being broken doesn’t mean being beyond saving.