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

“Is everything all right, Quinton?”


“Yes, Mother. We’re at the WBIS right now. We’ve come across a code. Would you mind taking a look at it?”


“Not at all, sweetheart. It will probably take some time until I discover what sort of cypher it is. I’ll have Gregor make you some dinner.”


“Something light, if that would be okay? We’re getting sandwiches here.”


“Thank you. And would you let Joe know we’ll be back soon?”


“He’s a delightful boy, Quinton. Gregor and I will enjoy being his grandparents.”


I had to smile at her words. They were so Mother.


We said goodbye, and I hung up in time to hear Mark ask Winchester, “Okay, how many pages did you manage to get through?”


“About fifty.” The young agent scrubbed a hand over his face. “Sixty? I’m sorry, sir, I can’t remember. After a while it just became a blur.”


“He did seventy-eight pages, sir,” Ms. Mays said. “All of them.”


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