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

Quinn’s expression became hooded. “You’re going to check it out?”


I poked his shoulder. “We’re going to check it out. But first we have to stop at headquarters to pick up some supplies. There are a couple of things I want to do while we’re there as well. I want to talk to those jokers from last night.”


He studied my face. “What is it, Mark?”


I didn’t ask what he meant. I knew he could see something was bothering me. “It used to be easy, you know? There used to be just me dealing with shit, and I never had to worry about anything. Then there was you, but I could trust you to take care of yourself. With the kid, though…”


“We could take him with us to headquarters, I suppose, or we could leave him with Theo or with Portia and Novotny…”


“Mother would be delighted to keep an eye on Joe for a few hours.”


“I hate asking her to do this, but things might get a little hinky at headquarters, and I’m not sure I want to bring him there.”


Chapter 109