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Into the Whirlwind

Into the Whirlwind, June 2016
BOSS, Inc. #2
by Kat Martin

Kensington Zebra
400 pages
ISBN: 1420139029
EAN: 9781420139020
Kindle: B01501H2BS
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Into the Whirlwind
Kat Martin

Reviewed by Helen Williams
Posted June 8, 2016

Romance Suspense

INTO THE WHIRLWIND is the second book in the BOSS, Inc. series by Kat Martin, and as usual she keeps you entertained with full-out action, suspense and romance. Whenever a story involves bodyguards, bounty hunters and private investigators what's not to like? These are a bunch of guys who are used to taking control and doing what needs to be done. This particular story deals with misconceptions, hurt feelings and finding a way to forgive. INTO THE WHIRLWIND is one of those stories about how you can truly hurt someone but when you are in desperate need that person still comes to your aid and puts aside those feelings in order to help. Would you be able to put aside your feelings when you realize that coming to the aid of the person that hurt you will bring all those emotions back?

When former model Megan O'Brien's three year old son, Charlie, is been kidnapped and the ransom note says no police she goes to the one person she trusts to help her. Dirk Reynolds never forgave Meg for they way she dumped him after their hot and brief affair when he was her bodyguard. But when he finds out her son has been kidnapped he knows he has to help her. Luke Brodie and other BOSS, Inc. employees along with some friends help Dirk do what they do best. Meg realizes how wrong she has been in judging Dirk and now she has to convince him to give her a chance to make things right. Dirk wants to be with Meg he just has to find a way to forgive her.

If you're looking for some hot action that involves some hot alpha males then check out INTO THE WHIRLWIND. There is a surprise when you discover who is behind the problems surrounding Meg and her son. The BOSS, Inc. guys shows what the consequences are when you mess with one of theirs.

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SUMMARY

A bodyguard, a bounty hunter, a private investigator, no one can handle the heat like the men of BOSS, Inc.

Megan O'Brien is at her wit's end. Her three-year-old son has been kidnapped. No police, says the ransom demand. Fearing for her son's life, Meg has no choice but to turn to her former bodyguard, Dirk Reynolds.

Dirk's never forgiven Meg for the way she left him after their brief affair. But with bounty hunter Luke Brodie on his side, Dirk knows he's got to help Meg rescue her son.

The few clues they’ve gathered send them spiraling into a murky world of big banking and international crime. Meg may be way out of her depths, but she’s seeing a side of Dirk she never suspected—one no woman could possibly resist.

Excerpt

"Ms. Megan, thank God you're home! It's...it's Charlie. I can't find little Charlie."

Meg's heart took a leap as she stepped into the house, nearly colliding with her housekeeper, Rose Wills.

"Charlie's almost three. He probably woke up and wandered off somewhere. He has to be here someplace." But even as she said the words, worry jolted through her. Telling herself not to panic, Meg hurried toward the stairs.

"I put him down for a nap an hour ago," Rose said, hurrying along behind her. "When I went back to check on him, he was gone."

"You know how he likes to hide. He's just found a new place is all." But fear had her pulse kicking up, and her stomach started to churn. At the top of the landing, she turned and ran down the hall to her little boy's bedroom, the housekeeper close behind her.

Charlie wasn't in his small white youth bed. "Charlie! Mama's home. Charlie! Where are you, sweetheart?" Meg ran to the closet and pulled open the door, searched through the stuffed toys and games on the closet floor, but found no sign of her son.

Her heart was hammering now, her stomach balled into a fist. Meg told herself to stay calm. There were dozens of places a little boy could hide in a two-story house.

"Charlie! Charlie, where are you, sweetie?"

Rose's higher-pitched, worried voice chimed in. "Charlie! Come out now. Your mommy wants you."

They searched upstairs but he was no where to be seen, went downstairs and searched the floor below.

"God, Rose, where could he be? You don’t think he went outside?"

"I always keep the doors locked and the chain on. There's no way he could have gotten out."

They checked all the doors, but Rose was right. No way could her little boy have gotten out of the house.

Meg ran back upstairs. She returned to his room, walked over to the bed to see if the covers still held a trace of warmth. Reaching down, she touched the soft blue blanket with the sailboats on it, but none of Charlie's heat remained.

Instead she spotted an envelope protruding from the folds, her name in ink on the front.

"What did you find?" Rose walked up beside her.

"It's a letter." Her hands shook as she tore the envelope open.

"I didn't see it before," Rose said. "Oh, dear Lord." She started to tremble, her pendulous breasts heaving as the implication sank in. She was a big woman, nearly as tall as Meg's five-foot-ten inch frame. "What...what does it say?"

Meg read the note and her heart clutched, then turned to stone. "'We have your son. He'll cost you ten million in cash. You've got three days or he's...he's dead. No police.'"

Meg swayed on her feet. She gripped the headboard, afraid she might faint. Dear God, my baby! She turned, let Rose pull her into a hug, and her eyes welled with tears. They clung to each other, both of them crying.

The housekeeper straightened away. "We have to call the police. They'll know what to do. They'll get Charlie back."

Meg shook her head. "No police. If we call them, they'll kill him."

Rose crossed herself. "What are going to do, Ms. Meg?"

Meg closed her eyes and prayed for strength. Her dad was extremely wealthy. He loved his grandson. Her father could get the ten million dollars they needed to pay the ransom.

But her dad was extremely controlling. And he believed money was the solution to everything. What if the kidnappers took the money and still killed her baby?

She thought of Charlie's father, Jonathan Hollander, the man she had married to please her dad. Yes, he was handsome. She couldn’t deny she’d been attracted to his dark good looks and charming smiles. Her father hadn't been able to see past Jonathan's impressive Harvard education and his family's lofty position in society.

Meg thought what a no-good, lying, cheat he had turned out to be.

She couldn't go to Jonathan.

Another man's image came to mind. Smart. Loyal to a fault. Strong. Tough. Reliable. The one man she would trust with her precious son's life.

"I know someone." Strength seeped through her as determination set in. "I know a man who can bring Charlie home."


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