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From the #1 New York Times bestselling author Iris Johansen comes a new explosive, compelling thriller.With his dying breath, Carl Venable, head of the CIA task force on terrorism and Jude Brandon's final link to terrorist ringleader Max Huber, gives Brandon a mandate: to keep his daughter, Rachel, safe at any cost. But Rachel Venable has a shocking, twisted past of her own, one that comes rushing back after her medical clinic in Guyana is attacked by Huber -- the same man who murdered her father and kept her imprisoned for months. Brandon and Catherine Ling, Rachel's longtime ally and fierce protector, are determined to keep Rachel out of danger, but she knows that it's impossible to stay hidden when Max Huber wants you dead.As Rachel and Brandon race against the clock to bring Huber down before he can orchestrate a nuclear explosion that will lay waste to the west coast, they also fight a growing attraction to each other - an attraction that could prove just as dangerous as Huber himself. In this gripping, fast-paced novel full of dark secrets and tangled lies, one thing is clear: everyone has a vendetta, and no one will rest until they get their revenge.
About the Author
Iris Johansen is a bestselling author. She began her writing after her children left home for college. She first achieved success in the early 1980s writing category romances. In 1991, Johansen began writing suspense historical romance novels, starting with the publication of . In 1996 Johansen switched genres, turning to crime fiction, with which she has had great success. She lives in Georgia and is married. Her son, , is an Edgar Award-winning screenwriter and novelist. Her daughter, Tamara, serves as her research assistant. IRIS JOHANSEN is The bestselling author of , and more. And with her son, Roy Johansen, she has coauthored and
