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

“I know, it makes no sense. The dinner party is Saturday night.” The microwave dinged, and I went to it and took out the bacon. The plate was microwave safe, but it still tended to get hot, so I took care not to burn my fingers. “They want me there tomorrow, so I can get settled in. According to Schutt, it’s to make up for the aggravation with both my book covers. They’re paying for the hotel.”


“As they should.” Mark’s brows met over the bridge of his nose. “But I’m telling you, I don’t like it.” His words were rife with suspicion. “I don’t trust them.”


“Sometimes a dinner party is just a dinner party.”


“Fine. I’ll—Wait a second. Why are you cooking bacon in the microwave?”


I cleared my throat. “It’s turkey bacon.”


“Dammit. Okay, never mind about that.” He took out his cell phone and fiddled with it for a few minutes, then nodded and placed his phone on the counter. “There’s a flight out of National tomorrow midmorning.”


Chapter 34