RITA Award Finalist!

Can their relationship survive a killer who has vengeance in his heart?

After an accidental shooting during a tense standoff, FBI Hostage Rescue Team member Mark Sanders is sent to St. Louis to work as a field agent and get his bearings while the bad press subsides. Just weeks away from returning to Quantico, Mark has a chance encounter with his first love, Emily Lawson. But their reunion is cut short by a sniper.

Now Mark must find the shooter before he strikes again. But what is the man's motive—and who was his intended target? Can Mark put the pieces together, keep Emily safe, and rekindle a relationship at the same time?

Buckle up for the heart-pounding second book in RITA Hall of Famer Irene Hannon's first game-changing romantic suspense series!


"Superbly written."—Booklist