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

“It’s gas. If you get cold and want to turn it on, just flip the switch.” I showed him where it was. Even though it was May, there could be some cool days, and I thought he should know. “Think you’ll be comfortable here?”


“Yes.” He slipped his arms out of the backpack straps and set it on the bed, then took off his jacket and draped it over the back of a chair. It sounded as if he’d abruptly lost his enthusiasm, but I didn’t take it personally. It had been a seriously rocky day for him, and I wasn’t surprised he’d run out of steam.


“Get unpacked, then. I’ll hook up your laptop in the morning.”


“No, it can wait.” I thought about the picture he’d drawn when he was eight. Yeah, I guessed he’d know how to do that, but he could use an undisturbed night’s sleep.


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