Cold War, hot spies, y'all. Vincent and Kolya are back -- in the Deep South. They must protect a brilliant chemist and his family while the man completes the new formula he's promised to sell to T.H.R.U.S.T.<br><br>The assignment should have been a piece of pecan pie, but F.I.S.T. has its eye on the formula, and the local rednecks take exception to a bunch of Damn Yankees moving into their territory. Can the two spies keep the family safe? Will the doctor's two precocious children sabotage the whole assignment?<br><br>And what about Vincent and Kolya's new relationship? This is their first assignment since they made the decision to move in together. Can they cope with the strain of the job ... and the humidity? Or will their new romance be put on the back burner along with the grits and collard greens?

Southern Fried Spies

“Would it be all right if we come in after breakfast?” the doctor asked. “Let the children get a little sleep. It’s not as if you don’t know where to find me.”


Ernie scratched his head and glanced at his partner. Boone nodded. “I guess that’d be okay, Doc. It’ll take long enough just to get statements from everybody else.”


Dr. Yarborough herded his family back inside the house. Jones accompanied them. Sanders volunteered to watch the workshop, as she’ d missed the entire fight. Boone and Ernest took one of the unconscious thugs along with them, and Vincent and Nikoloz shoved the other two into one rental car, and Beef into the other.


Chapter 26