For the Tactical Crime Division, no case is left cold.
When Benning Reeves's twins are kidnapped, the frantic
father knows who can help: the Tactical Crime Division and Ana Ramirez. Even
though Ana once shattered Benning's heart, the special agent is the only one he
can trust. But Ana is still tormented by the unresolved case that brought them
together years before -- a case somehow entangled with Benning's children. It's
up to the TCD and Ana to discover why…before it's too late.
Fast-paced suspense along with a second chance romance.
The story opens as Benning's twin children, Owen and Olivia, are kidnapped from
their home. Benning has something that the kidnapper wants, and the children
are his insurance to get it. For some reason, the kidnapper quickly releases
Olivia, but keeps Owen. Desperate to get his children back, Benning contacts
the FBI and requests the only person he trusts to help him - Agent Ana Ramirez.
He and Ana were a couple seven years earlier, but when the case she was working
on ended badly, Ana walked away from Benning.
In the past seven years, Ana has acquired an impressive
record of finding missing and kidnapped people. She has a laser-like focus on
doing everything needed to find those victims. Ana is driven by the memory of
her failure years before and blames herself for allowing her feelings for
Benning to distract her from her job. Since that time she has kept people at a
distance and keeping her emotions out of her work. She is stunned when she
discovers that her new assignment is to recover Benning's son.
This story is action-packed from the beginning. The bad
guy desperately wants the item that Benning found during one of his inspections
and will do anything to get it. Things get complicated when Benning discovers
that the item is no longer where he left it. It seems that every time Benning
and Ana get a lead on how to find either Owen or the item, the bad guy is right
there to stop them. They survive shootings, fires, explosions, stabbings, blows
to the head, and just about any other injury imaginable while refusing to give
in until they find Owen. As the case progresses, it also becomes evident that
the bad guy has something personal against Ana, and it has something to do with
the unsolved case from seven years earlier. By the time the final confrontation
came, I was on the edge of my seat wondering how Ana would get out of it alive.
The identity of the bad guy was a shock.
I enjoyed the rekindling of the relationship between
Benning and Ana. It is obvious from the start that the sparks between them are
as strong as ever. Ana is still consumed by guilt over letting her relationship
with Benning distract her from that earlier case and tries very hard to keep
Benning at a distance. Benning realizes early on that his feelings for Ana are
just as strong as they were before, but getting past Ana's defenses won't be
easy. Her journey to forgiving herself wasn't an easy one, and the final step
came from an unexpected source. With that, Ana is now able to allow her love
for Benning show. The ending was sweet, with Owen and Olivia joining Benning in
a surprise for Ana.
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