Breaking Point (2005) (Ballantine)Suzanne Brockmann
Grade: B
Genre: adventure / romantic suspense
Sex scenes: mild
Source: own
Troubleshooters: (1) The Unsung Hero, (2) The Defiant Hero, (3) Over the Edge, (4) Out of Control, (5) Into the Night, (6) Gone Too Far, (7) Flashpoint, (8) Hot Target, (9) Breaking Point, (15) Hot Pursuit
Romance RBC 2015: A book with a May-December romance
When the FBI’s top negotiator
receives the news that Gina Vitagliano is among the list of casualties after a
terrorist bombing in Hamburg, Max Bhagat is on the first plane with blood in
his eyes. They might not have spoken or seen each other in 18 months, but
theirs is a unique relationship that until now, Max has fervently denied and
suppressed. Max was the chief hostage negotiator sent to talk down a group of
terrorists who had hijacked a plane in Kazbekistan; Gina was the unlucky
passenger on that flight chosen to act as messenger between the terrorists and
Max. The experience left Gina scarred and traumatised and more than the doctors
and therapists, Max was the one who helped Gina on her path to recovery. After
deliberately pushing her away 18 months earlier, Max cannot imagine a life
without Gina. But it quickly becomes clear that it’s not Gina’s body in the
morgue and that she’s been kidnapped alongside fellow aid worker Molly Anderson
and held hostage until the US government hand over one of their most wanted
men: Grady Morant, ex-SEAL turned smuggler who is willing to trade his life for
Gina and Molly’s. Taken out of his comfort zone, Max is up against the clock as
he sets out not only to save Gina, but also a part of himself …
