I think this story was from a year ago. A retired military ops guy meets a young woman at a restaurant she and her brother operate. He falls for her but her brother is secretly working with the local drug lord and gang. As I recall the end of the story was our hero rescuing the girl who's in his house located on an island in the middle of a lake.
The hero gets some help from his old military friends and takes down the whole gang. Does this sound familiar to anyone? I thought it was well written and I'd love to read more from the author but I don't remember the name of the story or the author.