Quinton Mann, a highly ranked CIA officer, is used to being called the Ice Man. He’s astounded to discover himself in a relationship with Mark Vincent, not because Vincent is a man, but because he’s a top-rated WBIS agent. There they are though, for a total of five glorious days. But when Mark uses the excuse of going to Massachusetts for his mother’s funeral to end their relationship, Quinn’s not buying it.<br><br>No one screws with Mark Vincent. Even Mark doesn't screw with himself. Once he realizes how close he's allowed Quinton Mann to get to him, he does what any self-respecting spy would do -- he makes tracks out of there. But Quinn does something no one else ever has -- he comes after Mark. Maybe this relationship thing with a spook isn’t such a bad idea.<br><br>Meanwhile, something strange is going on in the intelligence community worldwide. It takes Quinn’s disappearance while investigating a rogue antiterrorism organization that results in Mark making up his mind. Quinn may be a spook, but he’s Mark’s spook, dammit -- and once he gets Quinn home, he intends to keep him. He knows without a doubt he’ll find Quinn. The question is, will he find Quinn in time?

Not My Spook

He nodded and shrugged. “It sucks, but if they knew what my name really was, they’d—” Abruptly, he turned so white I thought he was going to keel over.


“It’s okay, kid. You want to tell me?”


“I’m not supposed to!” But he did, and then he panicked. “Why did I do that? I’m not supposed to tell anyone!” He began shivering.


“Listen to me.” I crouched down so I was at eye level with him. “I told you it was okay, right? I keep a lot of secrets, and this will be just one more.” What the fuck kind of parent would saddle their kid with a name like that?


He began to calm down. “All the kids would laugh at me if they knew. That would be even worse than them laughing because of my ears.”


“Fuck ‘em.” His mouth dropped open, and I tugged my earlobe, drawing his attention to it. “There’s nothing wrong with your ears. And if they laugh, that just makes them assholes.”


He giggled. “Ma would be so mad if she heard you say that.”


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