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

“You’re assuming? No. You know I’d never do anything that stupid. I’ve been tested. I never came up positive for anything. And you know I don’t drink to that point.”


“That’s very true, Mark, but suppose someone tampered with your drink?”


His director of Interior Affairs ground his teeth. “I always order an unopened bottle of club soda or tonic water.” For an instant, his gaze appeared troubled, but it became flat and cold so quickly Wallace wasn’t certain what he’d seen.


Wallace tugged his lip. “The circumstances leading up to this—” He gave a discreet nod toward the boy. “I’m sorry, but there doesn’t seem to be any other explanation.” It was obvious Mark was deeply in denial. “Look, I suggest we set this aside for the time being. Once we get the results from Dr. Futé…well, at that point there will be time enough to look into this further.”


“All right, but just for the record, Chen and I were nothing more than partners.”


Chapter 53