Kirjahaku

As a child, Emily Barstow witnessed her pastor father's murder. Now living as Jenna Knight, she leads the double life of a goldsmith and assassin and vows to avenge his death. Yet each kill she makes toward that goal darkens her soul. An error in judgment cost Jake Witherspoon his career, his fianc e, and nearly his life. As he works as a private security contractor, he struggles to overcome the events of six years ago. Their worlds collide when Jake destroys Jenna's aim on her crucial shot. Though she escapes, he swears he'll find her and bring her to justice. Only Eric Smith, Jenna's former flame and fellow assassin, has other plans. If he can't have her, no one will. Once his ambush forces Jenna and Jake to go on the run together, Jenna must face the fallout from her past as she goes from the hunter to the hunted.

Alex Thornton is a disgraced former covert operative who struggles to redefine herself and put the events that led to her downfall in the past. Jabir al-Omri is her former comrade who abandoned Alex four years before in her moment of greatest need and now grapples with his hidden love for her as well as the guilt and remorse of a torn friendship.When Melanie, Alex's best friend from high school and guest of honor for a vacation in Costa Rica, fails to meet her and two classmates at the airport in Costa Rica, they journey to Panama to find her, only to discover she's fallen prey to kidnappers. Now, Alex must join forces with Jabir, who finds himself trapped in a web of lies as he struggles to carry out his mission for the CIA while regaining Alex's trust. Their race against the clock to save Melanie before it's too late leads them into danger that not only threatens to destroy their restored friendship but also Alex and the lives of her friends.

How do your bosses reward you for thwarting a kidnapping of the president's daughter? Former Secret Service Agent Victor Chavez knows all too well. Despite his bravery, he loses his career and his fianc e. Now he works in private security as he struggles through his grief alone. Then Victor receives an offer from his best friend, FBI Special Agent Gary Walton-lead a covert operations team called Shadow Box. Victor jumps at the opportunity.Deborah Fields, Delta Force widow, mother of four children, and part-time marriage counselor, has found a new calling as a civilian web hunter for the FBI. She spends lonely hours tracking Murdock, a man responsible for the deaths of several undercover agents. When Deborah's cover gets blown, Victor and the Shadow Box team take her into hiding. She's out of harm's way-maybe.While at Shadow Box's headquarters, a friendship springs up between Victor and Deborah. He finds a safe place to grieve and ask questions. She discovers a new form of companionship. When Murdock's handlers uncover Shadow Box's location and close in, Victor will do anything to protect Deborah and her children-even die.

April 2009. Ghazni Province, Afghanistan. A Taliban ambush annihilates a village and an embedded Special Forces team. Two soldiers and an Afghan teenaged girl survive. Abigail Ward, a Criminal Investigations Command officer, investigates the incident. Then the girl disappears.Seven years later, trouble again finds Abigail when gunrunners kidnap her brother, Jonathan, after he steals from them a jump drive containing a computer file called Athena. To find him, she seeks the help of David Shepherd, Jonathan's best friend from his Special Forces days.Problem is, David wants nothing to do with her. A recovered addict, he blames Jonathan for his two-year homeless stint. For him, helping the sister of the man he despises means leaving the safety and security of his Utah hometown. The danger intensifies when Abigail discovers the existence of the Athena file and the presence of a woman eavesdropper. Who is she? Is there a link to Jonathan's past and her?Time begins to run out for her brother. Abigail must learn to trust David with her life and tangled issues from her past. As they draw closer together, the events that began half a world away may have the power to destroy them both.

Hot off her first mission as a Unit 28 contractor agent, Alex Thornton wants nothing more than to focus on building a life with Jabir al-Omri, her best friend and boyfriend of five months.A secret chains Jabir, one with such dire consequences that seeking freedom from it will cost him dearly. He finds himself caught between honoring those he cares about and being completely truthful with Alex.Hashim al-Hassan craves vengeance against the woman who deceived him ten years before. The target of his wrath? Alex.When Alex and Jabir receive an assignment to find the murderers of a shipping executive, their investigation brings them to the attention of Hashim. He begins stalking her. The bodies pile up, and people disappear.Now, with Alex squarely within Hashim's crosshairs, Jabir yearns to tell her what he knows. Yet the truth may destroy both her and those she loves the most.

As a colonel in the Saudi Arabian National Guard, Ziad al-Kazim has it all: a beautiful wife and four sons, a satisfying career, and a religion he loves. When his unit busts a drug ring in Jeddah, the drug runners murder his family in retribution and frame him for the crime. While his best friend, FBI Special Agent Ben Evans, helps to clear his name, his freedom comes at a price. He must go into exile.Flight nurse Claire Montgomery has seen her share of tragedy, including an honor killing she witnessed years before. When her sister marries Ben, she's paired with Ziad for the wedding. Her prejudices battle against her budding friendship with him, and their clashes reignite issues she wants to deny.Though Ziad begins adapting to his new life in Charleston, South Carolina, he faces challenges from all sides. Starting over from the bottom. A loss of status. Prejudice from people. And the spread of the drug he thought he'd routed in Jeddah. Now, he must vanquish the demons of his past before they destroy his future and those he loves.

At last, Sana Jain has found what she has craved for so long-a sense of belonging. She owns a coffee shop and works as a contractor for Victor Chavez's private security firm. She lives on Last Chance Ranch in a close-knit community with the other members of the former Shadow Box team. More than that, she plans to wed Suleiman al-Ibrahim in a couple of months. Then Morgan Walton, Victor's goddaughter, is abducted into a human trafficking ring after being arrested at a party in Nashville, Tennessee. Victor summons the team to investigate her disappearance. A respectable music club with vile secrets. A mysterious man with suspicious motives. A wealthy businessman with much to lose. Victor knows he's on the right path until Sana nearly loses her life in a failed rescue attempt.The team makes a shocking discovery that shatters her confidence. Now, as they make one last, desperate bid to save Morgan, Sana must face the truth about her past, something so horrible it unravels her identity. If she's not careful, her decisions may cost her everything, including the girl she so desperately wants to save.

Butch Addison calls his life blessed. He has a wife of six weeks, a thriving small business, and close friends living at Last Chance Ranch near Flagstaff, Arizona. For him, life has fallen into a good pattern. One of Butch's oldest and most trusted friends, Paul "Roo" LaRue, has it all. The perfect family. An international import/export business. And a gubernatorial run in Louisiana. He also has a past, one that will bury him if he's not careful. And one that involves Butch. Roo orders the kidnapping of Butch's ex-flame, who lives in Kurdish Iraq, then hires Butch and the former Shadow Box team to find her. Lies. Treachery. Risks. Threats. Butch finds himself caught in their web as he faces an enemy he never thought he'd see again. Now he must overcome his past before the dark, threatening forces overrun him and those he loves.