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

“Good idea.” He handed me the keys.


It only took a minute, and when I returned, I sniffed the air. “Something smells good.”


Mother smiled at me. “Gregor’s making dinner for you,” she said. “Steak with artichoke and cherry pepper sauté.”


“I’ve had it before,” I told Mark. “It should hit the spot.”


“Yeah, even with that sandwich, it’s been a long time since lunch.”


“Why don’t you freshen up?” Mother suggested. “And if you’ll give me the pages you want deciphered, I’ll get started on that right now.”


“That’s a good idea. If you’ll excuse me for a moment?” I didn’t use the powder room a few steps away but made my way up the stairs to the second floor.


I didn’t doubt Mark would be right behind me, so once I was in my boyhood bedroom, I moved fast. I slid Man o’ War off his base and put those damned photographs in the compartment. They fit with a millimeter or two to spare.


I managed to get Man o’ War back in place just as Mark walked into the room.


Chapter 121