She had lost track of how much she had to drink well before midnight, as she danced and partied with her friends. After discovering that Daniel was cheating on her, she was determined to have a good time and Daniel was smart enough to stay away from her or risk the wrath of not one, but four wome...
He wasn’t expecting Ivan to be in the middle of a meeting. Since slowly returning to work, he still wasn’t caught up on the respective meeting times for the different departments. Waving at him, he went into Ivan’s private office and sat down to wait. Ten minutes later, he came strolling in and s...
The streets were deserted and she knew that she hadn’t been followed, but she figured that someone would figure out where she was headed. A young couple was walking into an apartment building and she sped up to catch the door as they walked inside. Turning around in surprise, they were about to s...
How many times had they thought that they had lost each other only to get another chance? And between the attempt on his life and her kidnapping, both engineered by Vitaly’s long-time friend and once business partner, Dmitri Nardiv, they had spent very little time apart since their return from Ne...
He was a smart young guy surprising Alanna with how quickly he assimilated everything she told him. Within a couple days, he was handling many of the smaller tasks with no coaching from her; even Alexander was amazed with his quick study. The following week, Alanna let him take over and watched a...
She groaned, rolled over, and pulled the blanket back over her head, glad that was several hours away. Realizing that she couldn’t sleep, she rolled over onto her back and thought about Vadim. She would have to check the database of known members of the cartel, but she didn’t recall seeing his fa...
As a handler for the FBI, she had long maintained her standing as a graduate professor in the languages department at the University of Texas. It often afforded her the opportunity to travel without raising suspicion and her years at UT gave her a certain amount of autonomy in her activities. San...