Horribly abused by his mother, Van eventually goes in search of his father. When he finds him, his life is radically changed. His father works for the FBI, and has contacts to a covert group, run by the Old Man, that goes after the worst of the worst criminals. Van is recruited to join both -- and does. Van handles every job he's sent on with cold efficiency, letting nothing stand in his way of gaining the information he seeks and stopping his foes. Eventually, he's offered a team of his own within the Old Man's organization. He accepts, with one caveat -- none of them can be female. Because of his mother, the only woman he has ever trusted is his handler, Makie. His attitude takes a hit when he meets Ginna, a cop, while on a job for the Old Man. When it's over, much to the shock of everyone involved, he requests that she be added to his team if she's willing -- which she is, as long as the organization can promise to keep her young son safe while she's on assignments. Ginna fits in well with the team, and though she is appalled at some of the tactics Van uses to gain information, she finds herself attracted to him. Can she break through the walls he's erected around his emotions? If so, then what? Only time will tell.

A Shattered Life

“He is. As are all the others you met in the last few days, other than the one federal agent assigned to us.”


Ginna frowned. “Not the kids, I hope.”


“No,” Con told Ginna with a smile. “The kids were Van’s doing.”


“He’s good with them and certainly has their loyalty.”


“Each of the people who work for me has their own skills, for lack of a better word. That’s one of his.”


She nodded. “I’m not certain what I could offer you though.”


Waiting until she was looking at him again, Con said in a low voice meant to stress his words, “I’d like to place you on Vance’s team. He has, shall we say, issues surrounding females.”


“I know.” Ginna smiled slightly at the look of surprise on his face. “A bit of it he’s told me, some of it I figured out from working with him on the Lyon thing. But why do you think, and you apparently do, that I can be of any help with it?”


“Because it was his suggestion I ask you to join us.”


Chapter 75