Eski polis memuru, özel dedektif Ric Alvarado’nun hayatı çığırından çıkar. Güzel ofis yardımcısı Annie Dungan dosyalardan çok saha çalışmalarıyla ilgilenmektedir. Ric ne kadar inkar ederse etsin, Annie ile aralarındaki çekim oldukça güçlüdür. Ric’in müşterilerinden biri silaha sarılmaya karar verince, Ric masum bir adamın hayatini kurtarmak için müdahale eder. Ancak olay bittikten sonra Ric, yaptığı iyiliğin daha çok kotu insanlara yaradığını öğrenir.

Ric ile Annie birdenbire kendilerini unlu bir suç örgütü patronu olan Gordon Burns icin çalışırken bulurlar.

FBI ajanı Jules Cassidy’nin durumu çok daha iyi değildir. FBI uzun suredir Gordon Burns’ın teröristlerle olan bağlantılarını ortaya çıkarmaya çalışmaktadır. Simdi, Ric ve Annie’nin sayesinde aslan inine girme imkanı doğar. Ancak araştırmaları sırasında Jules, karizmatik fakat ayni zamanda kendine zarar veren, cinsel kimliği henüz açığa çıkmamış film yıldızı Robin Chadwick ile yüz yüze gelir. Jules, bu aralar yeni filminin reklamını yapmak için şehirde olan Robin’in cazibesine yenik düşer.

Robin ve Jules’un yardımlarıyla Ric ve Annie kısa zamanda Burns’ın örgütüne iyice yerleşirler. Etrafları daha önce bir FBI köstebeğini öldürmüş olma ihtimali yüksek katillerle doludur. Çok zaman geçmeden çift, yanlış bir hareket yaptıkları anda kendileri dışında birçok insanin hayatinin tehlikeye sokacaklarını anlarlar.

ABOUT THIS BOOK

Hard-driving suspense and intense passion are the hallmarks of bestselling author Suzanne Brockmann’s pulse-pounding thrillers. In her tales of daring, danger, courage, and desire, men and women of action fight fiercely, love deeply, and time after time raise the bar for adventure to new heights. Brockmann’s latest novel is no exception.

Florida private investigator and ex-cop Ric Alvarado’s life is spiraling out of control. His beautiful new girl Friday, Annie Dugan, is far more interested in fieldwork than filing, and despite Ric’s best efforts to ignore the attraction, sparks are flying between them. Then one of Ric’s clients turns femme fatale and tries to gun down an innocent man. Thanks to quick thinking and even quicker reflexes, Ric comes to the rescue, only to learn he’s done a very good deed for some very bad people.

Suddenly Ric finds himself deep undercover with Annie, working for notorious crime boss Gordon Burns. One mistake from Ric’s painfully inexperienced partner and they’re both dead.

FBI agent Jules Cassidy’s life isn’t in much better shape. For years the FBI has been trying to prove Gordon Burns’s ties to terrorist activity. Now, thanks to Ric and Annie, Jules has found a way into the lion’s den. But in the course of his investigation he comes face-to-face with Robin Chadwick, the charismatic but self-destructive and closeted movie star for whom Jules feels a powerful attraction. Robin’s in town promoting his latest film–and Gordon Burns is a star-struck movie buff.

With Robin and Jules’s help, Ric and Annie are soon entrenched in Burns’s organization, surrounded by killers who may already have executed an FBI infiltrator. Before long the couple realizes that many more lives besides their own will be at stake if they make a false move. As the heat between them reaches dangerous levels, so do the risks they’re willing to take–in the line of duty, for the sake of loyalty, and in the name of something that runs even deeper.

Praise

PRAISE FOR SUZANNE BROCKMANN

Into the Storm

“Sexy, suspenseful, and irresistible . . . [this] novel has all the right ingredients, including terrific characters [and] a riveting plot rich in action and adventure.”
–Booklist

“Brockman is an undisputed master at writing military and suspense fiction [with] action, danger and passion all rolled into one.”
–curledup.com

Breaking Point

“Readers will be on the edge of their seats.”
–Library Journal

“An action-packed breathtaking thriller.”
–Romantic Times (Top Pick!)

Suzanne Brockmann

Since her explosion onto the publishing scene more than ten years ago, Suzanne Brockmann has written more than forty books, and is now widely recognized as one of the leading voices in romantic suspense. Her work has earned her repeated appearances on the USA Today and New York Times bestseller lists, as well as numerous awards, including Romance Writers of America’s #1 Favorite Book of the Year–three years running in 2000, 2001, and 2002–two RITA awards, and many Romantic Times Reviewer’s Choice Awards. Suzanne Brockmann lives west of Boston with her husband, author Ed Gaffney. Visit her website at www.suzannebrockmann.com.