HUNTED
'Twas the night before Christmas... and dozens of rich, influential hostages are trapped inside a sprawling lakefront mansion in New Orleans. The perp? Detective Reed Ware, model cop turned outlaw. After receiving a panicked call from Hollis "Holly" Bayard, a teenage street tough with a penchant for amateur sleuthing who stumbles upon the scene of a drug-deal-turned-murder, Ware finds his and his friend's lives in dire danger. The crime Holly witnessed could be the biggest police cover-up this side of New Orleans - and no one's talking. Driven to desperate measures to uncover the truth, Ware stages a coup at a Christmas party for the New Orleans elite, including the mayor, the council chairman, the sheriff, and the superintendent of police, who just happens to be hostage negotiator Caroline Wallace's estranged father. Cool, calm, controlled. That's Caroline's reputation. But when she's brought in to talk Ware off the proverbial ledge, she realizes no amount of false promises is going to placate this man, who looks even hotter than he did years ago when seventeen-year-old Caroline tried to seduce him. It was his duty to protect her family then. Now it's her turn... if she can think fast enough over the pounding of her heart. When Caroline becomes wrapped up in the drama, it's clear the sizzling tension she shared with Ware never let up. And the harder she tries to defuse the situation, the more she begins to wonder whose side she's really on.HUSH
Jeff told her they were after him. And now that her ex-husband is gone, Riley Cowan wishes he'd told her who they were. The police ruled Jeff's death a suicide, but Riley has her doubts. The evidence is staggering: His billionaire father is in jail, accused of one of the biggest financial frauds of all time. His once-powerful family has lost everything. Hundreds of millions in investors' money is still unaccounted for. And ever since the scandal broke, a rash of mysterious deaths has hit the firm. Someone is trying to send a message. Riley is sure of it. Especially when she discovers that she's next on the killer's agenda. Enter FBI agent Finn Bradley - sexy, handsome, and in the right place at the right time when Riley is brutally attacked. But Finn has an agenda too. He has been following Riley, trying to figure out what she knows. At first she won't talk. She can't afford to trust anyone, not even the man who saved her life. Then the killer ups the ante and gives her one week to find the money. Now Finn is the only one who can help her make sense of the few clues Jeff left behind. With the pressure turned up to high, the duo can no longer ignore the sizzling chemistry that has been building between them. Solving this deadly puzzle feels like an impossible task, but at least they're on the same side... aren't they?
Genre: Romantic Suspense
'Twas the night before Christmas... and dozens of rich, influential hostages are trapped inside a sprawling lakefront mansion in New Orleans. The perp? Detective Reed Ware, model cop turned outlaw. After receiving a panicked call from Hollis "Holly" Bayard, a teenage street tough with a penchant for amateur sleuthing who stumbles upon the scene of a drug-deal-turned-murder, Ware finds his and his friend's lives in dire danger. The crime Holly witnessed could be the biggest police cover-up this side of New Orleans - and no one's talking. Driven to desperate measures to uncover the truth, Ware stages a coup at a Christmas party for the New Orleans elite, including the mayor, the council chairman, the sheriff, and the superintendent of police, who just happens to be hostage negotiator Caroline Wallace's estranged father. Cool, calm, controlled. That's Caroline's reputation. But when she's brought in to talk Ware off the proverbial ledge, she realizes no amount of false promises is going to placate this man, who looks even hotter than he did years ago when seventeen-year-old Caroline tried to seduce him. It was his duty to protect her family then. Now it's her turn... if she can think fast enough over the pounding of her heart. When Caroline becomes wrapped up in the drama, it's clear the sizzling tension she shared with Ware never let up. And the harder she tries to defuse the situation, the more she begins to wonder whose side she's really on.HUSH
Jeff told her they were after him. And now that her ex-husband is gone, Riley Cowan wishes he'd told her who they were. The police ruled Jeff's death a suicide, but Riley has her doubts. The evidence is staggering: His billionaire father is in jail, accused of one of the biggest financial frauds of all time. His once-powerful family has lost everything. Hundreds of millions in investors' money is still unaccounted for. And ever since the scandal broke, a rash of mysterious deaths has hit the firm. Someone is trying to send a message. Riley is sure of it. Especially when she discovers that she's next on the killer's agenda. Enter FBI agent Finn Bradley - sexy, handsome, and in the right place at the right time when Riley is brutally attacked. But Finn has an agenda too. He has been following Riley, trying to figure out what she knows. At first she won't talk. She can't afford to trust anyone, not even the man who saved her life. Then the killer ups the ante and gives her one week to find the money. Now Finn is the only one who can help her make sense of the few clues Jeff left behind. With the pressure turned up to high, the duo can no longer ignore the sizzling chemistry that has been building between them. Solving this deadly puzzle feels like an impossible task, but at least they're on the same side... aren't they?
Genre: Romantic Suspense
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