Decoded

Colby Agency #47

by Debra Webb

Slade Keaton was the man Maggie James fell in love with…until she learned he was a lie. Escaping a hit meant for him, she found herself on the run—fleeing a danger she couldn't comprehend with a man she couldn't trust. And pregnant with his baby.

Though he'd had dozens of aliases, Slade couldn't forget who he was—the son of a merciless assassin named the Dragon. He'd kept out of his mother's reach for years till a Colby Agency investigation put him—and Maggie—on her radar. Now, could Slade become the very thing he hated in order to save the woman and child he loved?

Genres: Harlequin, Romance, Romantic Suspense, Mystery, Contemporary Romance

224 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2011

About the author

DEBRA WEBB is the USA Today bestselling author of more than 170 novels, including reader favorites the Finley O'Sullivan and Devlin & Falco series. She is the recipient of the prestigious Romantic Times Career Achievement Award for Romantic Suspense as well as numerous Reviewers Choice Awards. In 2012 Debra was honored as the first recipient of the esteemed L. A. Banks Warrior Woman Award for her courage, strength, and grace in the face of adversity. Recently Debra was awarded the distinguished Centennial Award for having achieved publication of her 100th novel.

With more than four million books in print in numerous languages and countries, Debra’s love of storytelling goes back to her childhood when her mother bought her an old typewriter in a tag sale. Born in Alabama, Debra grew up on a farm. She spent every available hour exploring the world around her and creating her stories. She wrote her first story at age nine and her first romance at thirteen. It wasn’t until she spent three years working for the Commanding General of the US Army in Berlin behind the Iron Curtain and a five-year stint in NASA’s Shuttle Program that she realized her true calling. A collision course between suspense and romance was set. Since then she has expanded her work into some of the darkest places the human psyche dares to go. Visit Debra at www.debrawebb.com.

Reviews

[Susan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent book. Slade did his very best to convince Maggie that he was no good, had no redeeming value. The reality of being on the run, and finding out more about his past, almost made her agree. But in spite of everything, Maggie knew that he wasn't as bad as he thought he was, that he was very capable of the caring and love she knew was inside him. I loved the conclusion to the story, and I'm really looking forward to the next phase of the agency.

[Bonnie Drummond · Rating 5 out of 5]

Debra Webb is a great with her series Colby Agency Secrets. Just read Decoded book #2 and what a read. It had me in its grib that will have you until the last page in the book. Be prepared to be on the edge of your seat when reading this series.

[Pkil · Rating 3 out of 5]

Slow to start, if you're looking for character driven instead of plot driven read - this is the book for you.

[Patsy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Debra Webb is a great writer. She pulls you right into the book and you don't want to put it down until your finish with it. She knows how to keep her readers on there toes though out a book too. Plus as your reading her books she will throws things out there that will make you wonder what happens next in the book. Her characters in her books are always strong from the beginning to the end of them. She also shows there flaws too which makes you want to root for the good guys to always win in the end of her books.

In this Colby Agency book that is exactly what Debra did with the characters. This was last installment of the trilogy in the Colby Agency. You finally find out how Slade Keaton is connected to the Agency too. You learn about his past and the reason why he has watched the agency for a couple of years. He get involved with Maggie James who owns the coffee shop that is right across from the Agency. She has no idea what is in store for her though out this book. Maggie also has a secret that she hasn't shared with her lover either.

Plus her loyal readers of this series are in a real shock in the end of this book and they never saw it coming either.

[Debbie Heaton · Rating 3 out of 5]

In Webb's romantic suspense novel, Slade Keaton was the man Maggie James fell in love with until she learned that he had lied. On the run and escaping a hit meant for him, she fled a danger she didn't understand with a man she wasn't sure she even knew. And now she was pregnant with his child. Slade had lived a life of aliases, but still couldn't forget that he was the son of a merciless assassin named the Dragon. Until the Colby Agency investigation had put him and Maggie on her radar, he'd managed to stay outside his mother's reach. Now Slade just may become the thing he most detested to save the woman and child he loved. A fast-paced addition to the Colby Agency Secrets series.

[Harlequin Books]

Miniseries: Colby Agency: Secrets

[Harlequin Books]

Miniseries: Colby Agency: Secrets