num_pages: 400
description: When the daughter of the US Ambassador to Argentina is kidnapped in broad daylight on Christmas Eve the FBI sends one of its best negotiators to investigate.Supervisory Special Agent Max Hawthorne arrives at an embassy thrown into chaos as US and local law enforcement hustle to track the young woman. Is this a simple kidnap for ransom or part of a political agenda? Could it be something more sinister?Lucy Aston has something to hide. Preferring to stay in the shadows the lowly fashion-challenged office assistant resents being assigned to help Max. But Max cant resist a puzzlehes starting to suspect Lucy Aston is not what she seems.When rumors emerge of a suspected Russian spy operating out of the embassy Lucys carefully constructed life begins to crumble. As she and Max race to rescue the ambassadors daughter Lucy has to do whatever it takes to keep her cover from being blowneven if that means betraying the man shes falling for.
language: English
title: Cold Cruel Kiss
publisher: Toni Anderson Inc.