Under the Wire

March 14, 2016
Dimon’s intense fourth installment of her Bad Boys Undercover series (after Facing Fire) brings readers straight into the dangerous world of the Alliance, a very secret group of former CIA and MI6 agents who undertake covert missions for civilians. When scientist Cara Layne goes missing while on an expedition in Russia’s Ural Mountains, her brother asks Alliance member Reid Armstrong—her ex-fiancé—to find her. He soon retrieves her, but several of her colleagues are still missing. As Reid, fellow Alliance member Parker Scott, and Cara search for them, the danger increases dramatically, and Reid knows he must focus on the mission, but he keeps being distracted by the realization that he is still in love with Cara. She’s a strong, independent woman who is the perfect match for the emotionally wounded, physically powerful Reid, and the simmering sexual tension between them propels the novel swiftly forward. Dimon has deftly combined sizzling romance with covert operations in a sexy thriller that will leave readers searching her backlist and eagerly anticipating future installments. Agent: Laura Bradford, Bradford Literary Agency.

April 15, 2016
When his ex-fiancee goes missing on a science expedition in Russia, supersecret security agent Reid Armstrong abandons his vacation plans and sneaks into the country to save her, only to discover something very mysterious and dangerous going on. Geologist Cara Layne knows the work she's doing in the wilds of Russia, ostensibly for a documentary about a puzzling hiking accident that took place years ago, has an edgier scope, but even she's not sure what it's truly about. So when her camp is attacked and her colleagues disappear while she's mysteriously dragged to relative safety, she doesn't know where to turn. She's outwardly enraged when her ex-fiancee shows up to help her, since he used a tracker he'd implanted without her consent to find her, but she's also secretly relieved. She knows Reid is part of a top-secret military security agency, The Alliance--a little Black Ops, a little CIA--since they met when he saved her from a kidnapping, but they broke up when she couldn't be sure their relationship was anything more than an adrenaline rush. Now he's back in her life, in the middle of another life-or-death event, and she wants nothing more than to cling to him until they're home and safe, but can she trust yet another tension-driven escape as the basis for love? It's a good question, especially since the danger is real and escalating and no one is quite clear who's behind it: the nonprofit that backed the expedition, the Russian government, or some rogue villains who don't mind creating a weapon that could potentially destroy the world. Dimon brings a heart-pounding mix of sexy romance and nonstop action to an intriguing plot, and the combination of smart storytelling and characters who share red-hot chemistry and believable conflict makes for lively, compelling reading. A sharp, complex, and intense romantic-suspense novel.

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