--- As the ex-wife of a law enforcement officer, Sarah Reed has known loneliness and loss. In order to cope, she makes a life for herself that's full of routine while building a wall of ice around her heart. Everything about her is as predictable as she can make it until a tiny detour for her ex-husband, Ron, changes her life forever. Caught in a bomb crisis, Sarah is taken hostage by a man who wants Ron and everyone around him to suffer---and his idea of suffering is more terrible than Sarah had ever dreamed. Ron is willing to risk everything to save his country and those he loves, but when negotiations break down, will his sacrifice be too little too late? ***Agent Jake Williams is introduced in and he is the main character in , the first book in Julie Coulter Bellon's Griffin Force series.***