Reed Ware is a New Orleans Police Department detective. How has a solid cop with 12 years of exemplary service ended up taking a group of influential people hostage at a party on Christmas Eve?
Hostage negotiator Caroline Wallace is assigned the task of talking Reed into surrendering. She's also the estranged daughter of NOPD Superintendent of Police, one of the eight hostages being held at gunpoint in a billionaire's mansion. When Reed is able to finesse the situation and take Caroline hostage, leaving the others behind, he tries to convince her that his life is at stake. He tells a story of uncovering high-level police corruption, but can he convince her? Caroline had a crush on Reed when she was a teenager and she still feels drawn to his obvious sensuality. And he's just as sexually attracted to her, especially in such close proximity while in hiding.
Between bouts of steamy sexual activity, Caroline gradually comes to the realization that Reed has put his life on the line to attain justice for a couple of young boys he's vowed to protect. He felt he had no other choice when he and the boys found proof of the police corruption and it became evident he did not know who he could trust.
HUNTED by Karen Robards is a romantic suspense that's quite heavy on the romantic aspects while providing exciting suspense elements. Several surprises are in store as the tense and sticky situation comes to a close for Caroline and Reed. Robards' fans will definitely enjoy HUNTED.
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New York Times bestselling author Karen Robardsβs latest heart-pounding romantic suspense novel, a reckless former detective knows too much, and a hostage negotiator is forced to join him on the run for his life.
Caroline Wallace is one of New Orleans PDβs top hostage negotiators, and sheβs never failed to get every hostage out alive. But this time, itβs different. This time, the hostages include her bossβthe chief of policeβand the mayor. And this time, sheβs trying to negotiate with Reed Ware, a former co-worker who left the force disgraced, under investigation by Internal Affairs, and worst of all, considered to be volatile and extremely dangerous.
As police snipers arrive on the scene and manage to get a clear shot of Reed, Caroline knows she only has a few moments left to persuade the hot-headed, reckless (and extremely handsome) Reed to let the hostages go and turn himself in before anyone gets hurt. When the SWAT team runs out of patience and launches an attack, Reed takes Caroline hostage and manages to escape with her in the chaos. During the escape, Reed reveals to Caroline that heβs uncovered corruption at the highest levels of the police department and New Orleans city government, and those involved will stop at nothing to keep him from exposing what he knowsβ¦including murder. >Now, the normally cool, calm, by-the-book Caroline is forced to question everything she thought she knew about her job and her city and join Reed on the runβ¦putting both her lifeβand her heartβin jeopardy.
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