In 2002, Mark Vincent, onetime senior special agent, ran into John, a troubled little boy, at a local McDonald’s. Concerned, although it wasn’t his business, he gave the kid his business card and left. Three years later, Mark is director of his department at the WBIS and married to Quinton Mann, the former CIA spook who now writes spy novels. They’ve settled into a life of quiet domesticity and are even considering adopting a cat. All this changes when John, now using another name, barrels into Mark’s life with a secret no one expects and on the run from an organization that wants him despite the collateral damage. What will Mark, the man known as “the best” in the intelligence community, do when he learns what this secret is? Will it affect his relationship with Quinn? And how complicated are things going to get when Mark decides to get involved?

Mann of My Dreams Book 5: Complications

“Ma!” Scottie came bouncing up to them.


“In Aunt Gus’s room. She was picking out something to wear for her date tonight. I wish I was older—I’d take her out on a date. She smells nice, and she has such pretty clothes.”


Babe ruffled his brown curls. “You had a good time with her?”


“Always. Aunt Del, I drew something for you.”


Babe was glad Delilah asked. She could never tell what it was her boy drew.


“Come on. I’ll show you.” Scottie linked his fingers with Del’s, smiled up at her, and drew her into the kitchen.


Babe smiled after them. She’d leave it to her brilliant little boy to explain whatever it was he’d come up with.


She went into the spare bedroom. Her suitcase and Scottie’s backpack were on the floor beside the bed, while his teddy bear was propped against the pillows. She picked up the bear, held it against her, and bit her lip to keep from crying. Scottie had named the teddy bear Gunther.


Chapter 22