Quinton Mann and Mark Vincent are settling into a relationship that shouldn’t be possible. After all, Quinn is CIA, while Mark belongs to the WBIS, an agency labeled by others in the intelligence community as being staffed by sociopaths. Somehow, in spite of that, they seem to be making it work.<br><br>Surprisingly, it isn’t work that separates them but family matters and a friend’s plea for help when his partner is kidnapped. Quinn is off to London, while Mark heads for Los Angeles to solve the kidnapping. Then Mark gets called to Paris by Femme of the Division, where things are not as they seem. Quinn, thinking to meet Mark in Paris, ends up coming to Mark's rescue. Back in the States, Mark fights taking time to recover from being shot while events are happening at the CIA that could endanger both Quinn and his best friend, DB.<br><br>Between family, friends, and Mark, how will Quinn make the opportunity to talk to Mark about moving in together and even starting a family?

Mann of My Dreams Book 2: Things Happen That Way

“Yes?” She raised an eyebrow and then brought her coffee cup to her lips.


She put the cup onto its saucer, placed it back on the table, and gave me a sweet smile. As she did when she preferred not to answer a question, Mother responded with a question of her own. “What makes you think I had anything to do with Ms. Dashwood moving to the coast?” 


“I know how loyal you are to your friends.”


“And aren’t you as well?” There was a bowl of fruit in the center of the table, and Mother speared a slice of mango with her fork and nibbled on it, holding her napkin under it to catch the juice.


I imagined her phoning Francesca Dashwood and making a luncheon date, possibly at the Café Montpelier on the ground floor of the Madison Arms. And at some point during the meal, she would give Ms. Dashwood a steely-eyed gaze and tell her she had until sundown to get out of town.


I bit back a laugh. I knew it would be futile to press for details, so I decided to change the subject.


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