"Big Jake" and his Seal team are on a reconnaissance mission. They are to gather information as to the whereabouts of an ISIS leader and are ordered to NOT engage. Instead, their team is ambushed. In order to ensure his team's safety, Jake puts his life at risk distracting the enemy. With ISIS on his back, he wonders into a village and stumbles across an American-Alex. Realizing he can't leave her for ISIS, they flee the village for the hills. As they trek across the mountains, with ISIS not far behind, they come across an illegal mining operation. Jake takes puctures so that he can pass the information on to those in charge. They finally arrive to the market where Jake is able to contact his team. While Jake and his team work to figure out the connection between the mining operation and ISIS, Alex worries about her missionary friends-vowing to return and rescue them.... Excellent story! Very well written with exciting plot twists and romance to be had! The action had me hooked from the first page. While I've only read two of the novels in this series, this novel is definitely my favorite! I can't wait to read the next Seal story! I read a gifted copy and all opinions stated are my own. Wanting to get out and experience the world, Alex leaves her home and fiancé to become an English teacher to a small village in Niger. One day, during the lesson, ISIS storms the village. Alex assists in getting the children safely to the hills, but goes back to assist the missionaries to safety. Instead, she stumbles into Jake.

ARC for honest review with no compensation Five Ways to Surrender is book 6 in Mission Six series by Elle James and what a gtreat book filled with suspense, action, twists, turns, danger, seeing old friends from the previous books, keeps you turning the pages to find out what mayhem happens next! Big Jack Schuler gets separated from his Seal team after an ambush by ISIS at the village where Alexandria a missionary teacher has just escaped with the children to the mountains but she is now returning to the village to help rescue her mentors except she runs into Jake and they end up again on the run from ISIS. Can Big Jake keep her safe and get back to his team or will ISIS catch them?