Midnight
Abduction by
Nichole Severn (on-sale May 19, 2020)
Book
description: For the Tactical Crime Division,no case is left cold.When Benning
Reeves’s twins are kidnapped, the frantic father knows who can help: the
Tactical Crime Division and Ana Ramirez. Even though Ana once shattered
Benning’s heart, the special agent is the only one he can trust. But Ana is
still tormented by the unresolved case that brought them together years
before—a case somehow entangled with Benning’s children. It’s up to the TCD and
Ana to discover why…before it’s too late.
Excerpt
Perfect for fans of Criminal Minds
and Blacklist...
Uncover the lives and loves of the FBI
elite as they take on the toughest assignments. This is a new four-book
miniseries featuring an ensemble cast of characters spread across 4 books,
featuring 4 urgent cases, with one stellar team of crime solving experts.
The Tactical Crime Division—TCD—is a specialized unit
of the FBI. Because of the growing concerns and need for ever increasing
response time to criminal events, the FBI created a specialized tech and
tactical team combing specialists from several active divisions that include:
weapons, crime scene investigation, protection, negotiation and IT.
CAST OF CHARACTERS:
Ana Sofia Ramirez—She’s out for
redemption. Recruited by the Tactical Crime Division’s director from the
Bureau’s missing-persons’ division after her last case ended with a dead
victim, she’s more determined than ever to recover Benning Reeves’s son.
Benning Reeves—Single father
and small-town building inspector who’s come across evidence of a murder hidden
on one of his construction sites; the cost of discovery has led to the
kidnapping of his six-year-old twins.
Olivia and Owen Reeves—Benning’s
six-year-old twins.
Evan Duran—Tactical
Crime Division’s hostage negotiator, who’s fully invested in recovering Benning
Reeves’s son due to his own dark past of losing his sister as a child.
JC Cantrell—Tactical
Crime Division’s tactical-operations specialist, who’s good at planting bugs,
leading surveillance ops or coming up with a ruse to distract someone.
***
“Well, maybe I can give her a tour
of TCD head-quarters in Knoxville one day. You know, give hera chance to see
what federal agents really do on the job.” Ana stilled, the weight of her
attention pressurizing the air in his chest, but he didn’t miss the assumption
there would be a one day for them. That she wouldn’t disappear from their lives
after Owen came home, and his blood pressure spiked. She cleared her throat as
though she’d caught herself making promises she might not be able to keep. Just
as she had with Samantha Perry’s family. “You must be proud. She’s going to
make a hell of an agent one day.”
“That’s her plan, and probably why
she opened up to you the way she did. I can tell she admires you, what you do.”
Benning straightened, echoes of their earlier conversation replaying in his head
on a nonstop loop. He tossed the paper towel he’d used to clean his foot in the
trash beside the island. “So do I, to be honest. The work you and your team do
saves lives. I know I already said thank you, but I meant it.”
“Like I said, you don’t have to
thank me.” She dropped that mesmerizing gaze to the counter, sweeping the
spread of flour into the sink set into the island with one hand, and swiped
beneath her nose with the other. Touching her face had always been a nervous
habit. “All part of the job.”
“Is that what this is for you, Ana?
Just another job? Because this case is definitely a lot more personal to me.”
Benning maneuvered around the counter, his bare chest nearly pressed against
the exposed skin of her arm. He set his hand over hers on the granite, her
quick gasp searing through him. Herwarmth penetrated past skin and muscle, deep
into his bones. “After what you told me about the Samantha Perry case, I
realize now how hard it must’ve been for you to come back here, and you’re
standing there as if none of it affects you. But is that how you really feel?”
He wanted—no, needed—to know. Was
this going to play out exactly as it had between them the last time? Had he
made a mistake requesting her to work this case?
Her mouth parted. “I…”
Skimming his fingers along the back
of her hand, he trailed a path up her arm to her jaw, and all of his thoughts
burned away. There was only the two of them. The softness of her flawless skin
and hardness in her invisible guard. After everything that’d happened, after
everything they’d already been through in the short span of time she’d walked
back into his life, he’d struggled to keep the uncertainty, the rage, the fear,
at bay so he could stay strong for Olivia. To prove that he could protect her
from any threat, be the father she and her brother deserved. But Ana…stripped
him of all of that. With her, Benning felt raw, exposed, bare. She was real.
She was here. Not a memory—a fantasy—anymore, and it took every-thing inside
him to pull himself away from her. “You had some cookie dough on your chin.”
She’d left because she believed her
emotionsclouded her judgment on the Samantha Perry case, and he wasn’t about to
complicate anything else be-tween them. Not when it was his son’s life at risk
this time. Ana turned her gaze up to his, a small tremor crossing her
shoulders, and an invisible anchor set-tled inside his chest in the dark,
watery landscape of this case. No matter what happened, Ana would bring his son
home alive. He had to believe that. He had to believe in her. Otherwise, he’d
have nothing left. “Thanks.”
A soft trill broke the silence
spreading between them, but she didn’t move.
“I think your phone is ringing.” He
cleared his throat, trying to drown the surge of awareness burning through him,
and stepped away. It was for the best. Because anything that happened between
them would only take away from their focus on finding his son, and that wasn’t
a risk he was willing to take.
***
About Nichole Severn: Nichole Severn writes romantic suspense with strong heroines,
heroes who dare challenge them, and a hell of a lot of guns. When she’s not
writing, she’s injuring herself running and practicing yoga.
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