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The Informant
A dead body is no way to start the day... a fake marriage makes it a special brand of hell.
When her witness is murdered, DEA Agent Hannah Thalberg knows she's the next target. The only way she can stay close to the case is to lie about getting married and hope her one-time lover goes along with the deception.
Karl 'Bart' Bartholomew's Army career ended his first marriage before an injury ended his career. Now the owner of a popular truck stop, he stays close to the action by keeping local DEA and law enforcement informed of suspicious activity.
Can Hannah and Bart break the case and save lives before the passion between them breaks apart their friendship?
When her witness is murdered, DEA Agent Hannah Thalberg knows she's the next target. The only way she can stay close to the case is to lie about getting married and hope her one-time lover goes along with the deception.
Karl 'Bart' Bartholomew's Army career ended his first marriage before an injury ended his career. Now the owner of a popular truck stop, he stays close to the action by keeping local DEA and law enforcement informed of suspicious activity.
Can Hannah and Bart break the case and save lives before the passion between them breaks apart their friendship?
176 pages, ebook
First published June 14, 2013
44 people want to read
About the author
V.R. Marks
13 books23 followersAccording to Alfred Hitchcock, “There is no terror in the bang, only in the anticipation of it.” V.R. Marks feels the same way about writing romantic suspense. After falling in love with the suspense genre during a Hitchcock film festival, Marks combined that with a passion for writing that eventually became adventurous romantic suspense novels readers crave.
Marks now resides in Portland, Maine where two cats provide regularly scheduled breaks from the keyboard.
Marks now resides in Portland, Maine where two cats provide regularly scheduled breaks from the keyboard.
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probado-y-no
May 5, 2022Dnf. No rating.
An one-night stand.
An unexpected pregnancy.
A heroine who will keep it a secret until the right moment.
All happens in chapter 1, so I don´t think this will be a spoiler...
I wish the blurb would have mentioned it.
Not for me.
***
Un rollo de una noche.
Un embarazo inesperado.
Una heroína que lo guardará en secreto hasta que llegue el momento oportuno.
Y todo pasa en el primer capítulo.
Ojalá la sinopsis lo hubiese mencionado.
No es lo mío.
An one-night stand.
An unexpected pregnancy.
A heroine who will keep it a secret until the right moment.
All happens in chapter 1, so I don´t think this will be a spoiler...
I wish the blurb would have mentioned it.
Not for me.
***
Un rollo de una noche.
Un embarazo inesperado.
Una heroína que lo guardará en secreto hasta que llegue el momento oportuno.
Y todo pasa en el primer capítulo.
Ojalá la sinopsis lo hubiese mencionado.
No es lo mío.
June 12, 2013
A gripping tale of murder and suspense. Two murders, different locations but similarities of both bring a DEA agent and a ex Army commando back together again.
I’m so happy to finally get to read Bart’s story. Bart owns a truck stop but even after an injury ended his Army career he still informs to law enforcement about any suspicious activity he sees. He’s always had the help of his old Army buddy Ross Carpenter who now runs RC Investigations. When he finds his cook dead and it looks like the murder was committed by a Mexican drug cartel his instincts instantly go on alert especially when his friend and one time lover shows up with a similar story.
DEA Agent Hannah Thalberg has been put on desk duty due to losing a witness and getting caught in the crossfire. When things start to point to activity at Bart’s truck stop she decides to pretend that Bart is her husband so she can continue her investigation into the Mexican drug cartel she was trying to put away instead of being shipped off somewhere for her protection. But Hannah has a secret from that one-night stand that she doesn’t know how she is going to tell Bart about.
As Bart and Hannah try to figure out why Bart’s cook was killed they realize that somewhere there is a traitor in there mist all while trying to fight the attraction they still feel for each other.
Ross, Rick and Eve are back to help with the investigation and it was great seeing them again. I love these characters and I hope to see more of them again in future books.
I’m so happy to finally get to read Bart’s story. Bart owns a truck stop but even after an injury ended his Army career he still informs to law enforcement about any suspicious activity he sees. He’s always had the help of his old Army buddy Ross Carpenter who now runs RC Investigations. When he finds his cook dead and it looks like the murder was committed by a Mexican drug cartel his instincts instantly go on alert especially when his friend and one time lover shows up with a similar story.
DEA Agent Hannah Thalberg has been put on desk duty due to losing a witness and getting caught in the crossfire. When things start to point to activity at Bart’s truck stop she decides to pretend that Bart is her husband so she can continue her investigation into the Mexican drug cartel she was trying to put away instead of being shipped off somewhere for her protection. But Hannah has a secret from that one-night stand that she doesn’t know how she is going to tell Bart about.
As Bart and Hannah try to figure out why Bart’s cook was killed they realize that somewhere there is a traitor in there mist all while trying to fight the attraction they still feel for each other.
Ross, Rick and Eve are back to help with the investigation and it was great seeing them again. I love these characters and I hope to see more of them again in future books.
May 1, 2015
I think this is my favorite of the series! I loved Bart from previous books and was excited for his story. He certainly met his match with Hannah--she's strong, feisty...and keeping a pretty important secret from Bart! The characters were well developed, and the pacing of the story was great. This book had the perfect mix of action, mystery, and romance. I also loved catching up with the rest of the RC crew! Can't wait for the next book!
September 13, 2013
Fast paced suspense with interesting characters and a strong leading female character. As this wasn't enough, the attraction between Bart & Hanna is believable and there is enough twist in the story to grip the reader. I enjoyed it a lot! Will keep an eye for her/his other novels.
June 20, 2013
wow another excellent story, how I love this author, bring on the next one !
August 22, 2013
I hope there are more books coming in this series. They are real and they are fun. Sit back prop your feet up and enjoy the read.
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