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Cold Cruel Kiss
(2021)(The fourth book in the Cold Justice: Crossfire series)
A novel by Toni Anderson
A kidnapping on Christmas Eve. The US ambassador’s daughter in the hands of ruthless men. And the dowdy embassy assistant helping the FBI’s best negotiator find her—hiding a secret that could blow the whole operation apart.
When the daughter of the US Ambassador to Argentina is snatched in broad daylight on Christmas Eve, the FBI sends Supervisory Special Agent Max Hawthorne to Buenos Aires to bring her home. A British-born negotiator who trusts hard facts over spies and their games, Max walks into an embassy in chaos—and a case that may be far more than a simple kidnap for ransom.
Lucy Aston has spent ten months turning herself into someone no one notices: a drab, fashion-challenged office assistant who fades into the wallpaper. It’s the perfect disguise for a former CIA agent running a dangerous game of her own. The last thing she needs is to be assigned to the perceptive, infuriatingly observant Max Hawthorne—because Max can’t resist a puzzle, and Lucy is nothing but secrets.
As whispers of a Russian spy inside the embassy begin to surface, Lucy’s carefully built cover starts to crack. She and Max race the clock to rescue the ambassador’s daughter, but the closer they get—to the truth and to each other—the more Lucy stands to lose. Because protecting her country may mean betraying the only man who has ever truly seen her.
Max Hawthorne was a weakness she couldn’t afford—but here she was, a moth to a flamethrower.
‘Riveting from start to finish! I couldn’t flip the pages fast enough as I was as desperate as Max to figure out all of enigmatic Lucy’s secrets.’ — Rachel Grant, USA Today bestselling author
‘Heart-pounding action, pulsing attraction, spooks, conspiracies, betrayal, political wrangling—Cold Cruel Kiss has it all.’ ~ All About Romance – Desert Isle Keeper
while.’* — Desert Isle Keeper, All About Romance
Tropes:
- Slow burn
- Secret identity / undercover
- Ugly-duckling disguise
- Forbidden love
- Hero falls first
- British FBI hero
- Spy / espionage
- Ticking-clock kidnapping
Perfect for fans of Laura Griffin and Suzanne Brockmann.
Winner of the National Excellence in Romantic Fiction Award for Romantic Suspense.
A standalone FBI romantic suspense with a guaranteed happily-ever-after — Book 4 of Cold Justice® – The Negotiators.
Genre: Romantic Suspense
When the daughter of the US Ambassador to Argentina is snatched in broad daylight on Christmas Eve, the FBI sends Supervisory Special Agent Max Hawthorne to Buenos Aires to bring her home. A British-born negotiator who trusts hard facts over spies and their games, Max walks into an embassy in chaos—and a case that may be far more than a simple kidnap for ransom.
Lucy Aston has spent ten months turning herself into someone no one notices: a drab, fashion-challenged office assistant who fades into the wallpaper. It’s the perfect disguise for a former CIA agent running a dangerous game of her own. The last thing she needs is to be assigned to the perceptive, infuriatingly observant Max Hawthorne—because Max can’t resist a puzzle, and Lucy is nothing but secrets.
As whispers of a Russian spy inside the embassy begin to surface, Lucy’s carefully built cover starts to crack. She and Max race the clock to rescue the ambassador’s daughter, but the closer they get—to the truth and to each other—the more Lucy stands to lose. Because protecting her country may mean betraying the only man who has ever truly seen her.
Max Hawthorne was a weakness she couldn’t afford—but here she was, a moth to a flamethrower.
‘Riveting from start to finish! I couldn’t flip the pages fast enough as I was as desperate as Max to figure out all of enigmatic Lucy’s secrets.’ — Rachel Grant, USA Today bestselling author
‘Heart-pounding action, pulsing attraction, spooks, conspiracies, betrayal, political wrangling—Cold Cruel Kiss has it all.’ ~ All About Romance – Desert Isle Keeper
while.’* — Desert Isle Keeper, All About Romance
Tropes:
- Slow burn
- Secret identity / undercover
- Ugly-duckling disguise
- Forbidden love
- Hero falls first
- British FBI hero
- Spy / espionage
- Ticking-clock kidnapping
Perfect for fans of Laura Griffin and Suzanne Brockmann.
Winner of the National Excellence in Romantic Fiction Award for Romantic Suspense.
A standalone FBI romantic suspense with a guaranteed happily-ever-after — Book 4 of Cold Justice® – The Negotiators.
Genre: Romantic Suspense
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