A drug bust gone badly sends Detective Keith Carrick into a deep depression from which his partner, Staff Nurse Mark Laughlin, is unable to reach him.  Things get progressively worse between them until one horrific night when Keith does something so unlike himself that Mark wonders if they can ever reclaim their love for each other.  Unless they can discover some way to reconnect, their sorrow will destroy their love for each other.

Love is put to the test in Under Fire, the third story in the Lessons of Mastery series. Main characters Keith and Mark strive to work things out under the most difficult of situations, tempers flaring one night, and tears the next, ultimately choosing love in Under Fire.  Fast paced and full of high drama, Under Fire shines with the power of true love and commitment.