Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No Quarter Given | 1991 | Lindsay McKenna | Buy |
| 2 | The Gauntlet | 1991 | Lindsay McKenna | Buy |
| 3 | Under Fire | 1991 | Lindsay McKenna | Buy |
The Women of Glory trilogy, published in 1991, puts three Army women at the center of their own stories at a time when female military characters in romance were still relatively uncommon. No Quarter Given, The Gauntlet, and Under Fire all appeared the same year, giving the series a focused, unified feel. Each book follows a different woman whose military career is as important to her as the relationship she is building.
McKenna gives her protagonists rank and professional credibility from the start. These are not women who stumble into military settings as outsiders. They are officers with records, responsibilities, and colleagues who evaluate them constantly. The romance develops within that reality rather than apart from it, which is what separates McKenna’s military romance from more generic versions of the genre.
The Gauntlet in particular captures the exhaustion of having to prove yourself repeatedly to people who have already decided what you are worth. All three books in the Women of Glory trilogy have that quality, a clear-eyed view of what it costs to be a woman building a career in an institution built by and for men, alongside the recognition that love found in that environment means something specific and hard-won.