Cliff's Edge — Laura Harner

Navy SEALs Cliff “Snides” Snyder and Ryan “Rhino” Matthews have been moving comfortably in each other's worlds for two decades. Best friends since attending BUDs twenty years earlier, and despite playing for different teams, they're often accused of acting like an old married couple -- much to their amusement. Assigned to shore duty for his final tour before retirement and without Ryan to anchor him, Cliff's restlessness leads him to a local club and hands-on research that leaves him in a compromising position and a witness to murder -- signaling the abrupt end of his Navy career. Needing a place to lay low and lick his wounds, Cliff visits his old friends at the Willow Springs Ranch while he considers making cowboy his new job title. After six long months on deployment, Rhino returns to San Diego -- only to discover Cliff's gone dark and the unlikely words ‘poor judgment' are hanging in the air. Despite the offer of a prestigious assignment, Ryan opts to track down his best friend first and finds him at the WSR…along with more questions than he ever expected. With the most coveted orders for a SEAL dangling, twenty years of service under his belt, and Cliff determined to move on without him, decisions must be made. Ryan is certain he has the perfect solution going forward, but Cliff knows he must face the fallout of his actions alone -- and the one thing he's determined to do is protect Ryan from making the biggest mistake of his career -- even if it costs Cliff everything. You know what they say -- the only easy day was yesterday.