split second (king & maxwell series book 1)  <b>two secret service agents sworn to guard their protectees lost them in a single moment . . . and in this #1 <i>new york times </i>bestseller, they&apos;re about to learn that the violence has just begun.</b><br /><br />michelle maxwell has just wrecked her promising career at the secret service. against her instincts, she let a presidential candidate out of her sight for the briefest moment and the man whose safety was her responsibility vanished into thin air.<br /><br />​sean king knows how the younger agent feels. eight years earlier, the hard-charging secret service agent allowed his attention to be diverted for a split second. and the candidate he was protecting was gunned down before his eyes. now michelle and sean are about to see their destinies converge.<br /><br />drawn into a maze of lies, secrets, and deadly coincidences, the two discredited agents uncover a shocking truth: that the separate acts of violence that shattered their lives were really a long time in the making—and are a long way from over.