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’m not a baby.” He retrieved the sketchpad and took a pencil from a zippered compartment in the front of the backpack.


“In that case, sit there.” He pointed toward the chair opposite his desk.


The boy scowled at him but did as ordered. He turned to a blank page, and after a moment, his gaze seemed to become blank. Then he began to draw.


Wallace observed him for a little while before he turned to his computer and accessed Mark’s file. Considering the boy’s age, Wallace decided 1993 would be a good year to start with. He began scrolling through the records of Mark’s operations.


Hmm. He’d forgotten Mark had been in Panama that January. This was interesting, although hardly germane. What was germane was that before Mark had returned to the States, the WBIS had learned of the kidnapping, torture, and murder of Ed Chen, his partner, and had forwarded the news to him. Mark, in turn, had informed them he’d retrieve Chen’s body. That time frame might be feasible.


Chapter 51