ABOUT THE BOOK
Alex Bryson is patrolling
Rocky Mountain backcountry in his job as a security guard when he discovers a
woman with a baby wandering alone in the snow far from the nearest road. He
takes them to shelter in a weekender cabin and sees a
newscast that suggests the woman, Pia Ulmer, kidnapped the baby from its rightful
parents and that it is the sole heir of Peru’s wealthiest and most corrupt
family. Pia claims that she is the baby’s mother, and Alex doesn't know what to
believe. After turning her in, he continues to struggle with his budding
feelings for her and remains unsure of the true story. He becomes more and more
involved until finally there is no turning back—lives are on the line. He helps
Pia get free from a brutal world that values money over life, and together they
devise a plan to reclaim the baby. Just when it looks like they might succeed,
they discover an international conspiracy that changes the game entirely.
AN EXCERPT
“Is Frederick
really safe?” Pia asked. Dawn had turned the darkened hotel room a dirty gray. Though
she frequently shifted, tossed, and moaned, she had not spoken for several
hours.
“Absolutely.”
Alex wondered how long had she been
awake. “We’ll soon be with him. My dad has—”
“Don’t,” she
said, interrupting him. “Don’t tell me where he is.”
“You don’t want
to know where we’ll be living? We’re going home this afternoon.”
“What if Theo
catches us? He has a device he pushes inside me. It’s a . . . something
electric. When he does that, I will say anything, do anything. I might even
tell him where to find Frederick.”
“Hush, sweetheart.” Alex laid a finger across
her lips. “Your son is absolutely safe, and Theo won’t be hurting you ever
again. Go back to sleep.”
She relaxed into
slumber, but her eyes popped open again minutes later. A look of horror twisted
her face.
She needed a
sedative, and enough time had passed so that business and professional offices
would be open. Alex called the hotel's concierge and arranged for a medical
doctor to visit the room. He sat in his chair, one hand resting on Pia’s
shoulder, the other on his semiautomatic, and watched the door until a knock
signaled the doctor's arrival. Still nervous, he paused before opening the
deadbolt. “Who is it?” he asked.
“Doctor
Ferdinand Mandinez. The hotel called me. Do you require medical assistance?”
Squinting, Alex
peered through the peephole in the door. A short, balding and chubby man with a
medical case stood in the hallway. Relieved but cautious, Alex clicked off the
Colt's safety. He opened the deadbolt on the door but left the safety chain in
place. With the door cracked open the two inches that the chain permitted, he
said, “Pass me your ID.”
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