In the Shadows

Never trust the spy who loves you. Staff Sergeant Alexei Dvorkin has a history with spies that typically ends with most of them dead. But Agent Sean Delaney is proving to be the frustrating exception to every one of Alexei's rules of engagement. As part of Alpha Team's long-running mission to stop an enemy metahuman, the two are constantly forced to work together, resulting in a simmering attraction neither can ignore. When the MDF tasks them with finding evidence of criminal wrongdoing against the owner of a private military company, Sean knows exactly how to play the game to win. But it's one thing to con the enemy, quite another to con his own heart. When the mission goes sideways, Sean must put his life in Alexei's dangerously capable hands and hope their burgeoning relationship doesn't go up in flames.

A cam girl confronts her deepest fears and darkest desires in a twisted tale of temptation, torment, and revenge by the bestselling author of Love & Ruin. I should've called the cops, but something inside--some twisted, sick, dark part of me--didn't want to. Because for one depraved moment I was entirely lost to sensation. My brain switched off, my body handing itself over to Death to do with me as he pleased . . . Ella needs a lot of money--and fast. So in the privacy of her home, she opens her laptop, hits Record on her camera, and brings herself to ecstasy for an audience of anonymous men online. No one knows what she's up to, not even her best friend, Cami, and Ella desperately wants to keep it that way. But one of her clients has become obsessed with her, and now he's offering to pay a small fortune for a live performance. What Ella doesn't know is there's someone already watching her in real life--from inside her bedroom as she sleeps . . . After hearing news reports about a serial killer on the loose, Ella keeps her doors and windows locked. But knowing she can't hide forever, she lets Cami drag her to a club, where she meets Sebastian, an Australian bartender who sends lightning bolts of desire through her body. Soon, she's torn between her budding relationship with Sebastian and a compelling secret life that brims with danger and verges on madness. She's losing all control . . . while, in the shadows, one man tracks her every move. If she lets her guard down at the wrong moment, the consequences could be brutal. This edition features a never-before-published bonus scene. In the Shadows is a dark, age-gap romance that contains scenes of graphic violence, stalking, and child abuse. It is intended for adult readers.

A cam girl confronts her deepest fears and darkest desires in a twisted tale of temptation, torment, and revenge by the bestselling author of Love & Ruin. I should've called the cops, but something inside--some twisted, sick, dark part of me--didn't want to. Because for one depraved moment I was entirely lost to sensation. My brain switched off, my body handing itself over to Death to do with me as he pleased . . . Ella needs a lot of money--and fast. So in the privacy of her home, she opens her laptop, hits Record on her camera, and brings herself to ecstasy for an audience of anonymous men online. No one knows what she's up to, not even her best friend, Cami, and Ella desperately wants to keep it that way. But one of her clients has become obsessed with her, and now he's offering to pay a small fortune for a live performance. What Ella doesn't know is there's someone already watching her in real life--from inside her bedroom as she sleeps . . . After hearing news reports about a serial killer on the loose, Ella keeps her doors and windows locked. But knowing she can't hide forever, she lets Cami drag her to a club, where she meets Sebastian, an Australian bartender who sends lightning bolts of desire through her body. Soon, she's torn between her budding relationship with Sebastian and a compelling secret life that brims with danger and verges on madness. She's losing all control . . . while, in the shadows, one man tracks her every move. If she lets her guard down at the wrong moment, the consequences could be brutal. This edition features a never-before-published bonus scene. In the Shadows is a dark, age-gap romance that contains scenes of graphic violence, stalking, and child abuse. It is intended for adult readers.

A top negotiator in countless high-stakes missions to free Americans captured abroad and held in the world's scariest prisons takes readers inside the dramatic and shadowy world of international hostage rescue. Who else are their desperate loved ones supposed to call? Mickey and his tight team of savvy negotiators at the Richardson Center for Global Engagement are the go-to rescuers of last resort, carrying on the high-stakes, round-the-world mission of master negotiator Bill Richardson. Mickey and his team do what U.S. government officials are often unable or unwilling to do: sit down with America's toughest adversaries and find creative ways to bring our people home. That's life In the Shadows. This is the heart-pounding story of these urgent negotiations, what it's like to climb inside the minds of some of the world's most notorious strongmen, where the clear divisions between good and evil are replaced by a thousand shades of gray. The hard work is done far from the glare of media publicity. The negotiations don't follow traditional diplomatic rules. As innocent Americans sit behind bars in hellhole foreign prisons, Mickey and his colleagues stop at nothing to get our people home. And these cases almost never go as smoothly as they should, as the independent negotiators navigate between U.S. government officials and some of the world's most headstrong leaders. And as soon as one American is freed, Mickey is off on another dicey mission to Moscow, Caracas, Naypyidaw, Pyongyang, or some other complex foreign capital. These painstaking campaigns require creative thinking, hardball pressure tactics, excruciating patience, and a genuine sense of compassion for the anxious families whose lives are thrown into turmoil when a loved one is imprisoned abroad. In Mickey Bergman's own words, In the Shadows tells the hidden story of these high-drama rescue campaigns. The crafty negotiating strategies. The strong-willed foreign leaders. The emotional rollercoaster of being responsible for innocent American lives. The exhilaration when another American is released from a foreign prison--and the terrible letdown when a promising effort hits another maddening roadblock. Mickey recounts his unique relationship with his mentor, the late, great Richardson, the former governor of New Mexico, ambassador to the United Nations and legendary negotiator. He shares the wrenching closeness he develops with the desperate families he serves, who often have nowhere else to turn. He offers a detailed account of his one-on-one interactions with Washington's top power players, both Democrats and Republicans, and some of the world's most isolated and misunderstood heads of state. For readers who want the full, searing story of these life-or-death rescue missions and the fascinating people behind them, it's all In the Shadows. As Mickey Bergman and New York Times bestselling author Ellis Henican make clear on every page, international diplomacy isn't just for government officials anymore.

A top negotiator in countless high-stakes missions to free Americans captured abroad and held in the world's scariest prisons takes readers inside the dramatic and shadowy world of international hostage rescue. Who else are their desperate loved ones supposed to call? Mickey and his tight team of savvy negotiators at the Richardson Center for Global Engagement are the go-to rescuers of last resort, carrying on the high-stakes, round-the-world mission of master negotiator Bill Richardson. Mickey and his team do what U.S. government officials are often unable or unwilling to do: sit down with America's toughest adversaries and find creative ways to bring our people home. That's life In the Shadows. This is the heart-pounding story of these urgent negotiations, what it's like to climb inside the minds of some of the world's most notorious strongmen, where the clear divisions between good and evil are replaced by a thousand shades of gray. The hard work is done far from the glare of media publicity. The negotiations don't follow traditional diplomatic rules. As innocent Americans sit behind bars in hellhole foreign prisons, Mickey and his colleagues stop at nothing to get our people home. And these cases almost never go as smoothly as they should, as the independent negotiators navigate between U.S. government officials and some of the world's most headstrong leaders. And as soon as one American is freed, Mickey is off on another dicey mission to Moscow, Caracas, Naypyidaw, Pyongyang, or some other complex foreign capital. These painstaking campaigns require creative thinking, hardball pressure tactics, excruciating patience, and a genuine sense of compassion for the anxious families whose lives are thrown into turmoil when a loved one is imprisoned abroad. In Mickey Bergman's own words, In the Shadows tells the hidden story of these high-drama rescue campaigns. The crafty negotiating strategies. The strong-willed foreign leaders. The emotional rollercoaster of being responsible for innocent American lives. The exhilaration when another American is released from a foreign prison--and the terrible letdown when a promising effort hits another maddening roadblock. Mickey recounts his unique relationship with his mentor, the late, great Richardson, the former governor of New Mexico, ambassador to the United Nations and legendary negotiator. He shares the wrenching closeness he develops with the desperate families he serves, who often have nowhere else to turn. He offers a detailed account of his one-on-one interactions with Washington's top power players, both Democrats and Republicans, and some of the world's most isolated and misunderstood heads of state. For readers who want the full, searing story of these life-or-death rescue missions and the fascinating people behind them, it's all In the Shadows. As Mickey Bergman and New York Times bestselling author Ellis Henican make clear on every page, international diplomacy isn't just for government officials anymore.