TITLE – Into the Crossfire
SERIES – First Force Series Book #1
AUTHOR – Cindy McDonald
GENRE – Romantic Suspense, Romance,
Military Romance, Black Ops
PUBLICATION DATE – August 4, 2015
LENGTH (Pages/# Words) – 240 pages
COVER ARTIST – Dawne Dominique
It had been four years since ex-Navy SEAL, Jack Haliday, had
an explosive run-in with a biker gang wounding their leader, Gunner. During
those years Jack had acquired everything he ever wanted: a beautiful wife, an
adorable daughter, and a lovely home in the suburbs—everything was as perfect
as it could get, until Gunner returned to twist Jack’s world inside-out with a
vengeance that he could never have prepared for. Critically injured, he found
himself surrounded in the security of First Force International and in the care
of their head medic, Dr. Rayne Lee, a beautiful and compassionate woman who
knows firsthand the sharp slice of loss and grief.
Now Jack has a score to settle and he’s got some new friends
to help him, but in the end, can Rayne help to ease his grief and encourage him
to start a new life with team First Force?
Closing
her eyes, Rayne took in a braced breath. “My name is Rayne. And I know all
about the nightmares where the ones that you love are murdered in front of your
eyes and you are powerless to stop it.” Her voice fell away.
Jack’s
head snapped toward her.
She
busied herself cleaning up the implements that she had used to suture him while
she spoke. “My husband and I were on a medical mission in Peru three years ago.
The Peruvian government had taken down a guerrilla group known as the Glory
Road near the Amazonian Valley. They had killed or arrested approximately
one-hundred members of the group. Matt and I were part of a small medical unit
that went in to care for the women that had been held as sex slaves. They were
in terrible condition, dehydrated, starved, and beaten. Anyway, Matt, me, and
my four-year-old daughter, Sierra, were housed in one of the tiny shacks in a
camp. One night, the camp was attacked by the guerrillas they hadn’t captured.
It was a slaughter.” Rayne’s voice hiccupped. She needed to catch her breath.
She sank onto the edge of the bed.
Jack
watched her intently while she fought to muster composure.
Finally,
she continued, “They killed my husband and my daughter, but for some reason
they spared me and several of the women who had been rescued. I wished that
they hadn’t. I was their prisoner for seven horrible months. I prayed for death
every night. Uncle Walt and his team rescued me. It’s been a long road back to
becoming a functioning human being.” Hesitating, she wrung her hands together.
She found the courage to look him in the eye. “So you see, Jack, I have a
complete understanding of what you’re going through.”
For twenty-six
years Cindy’s life whirled around a song and a dance. She was a professional
dancer/choreographer for most of her adult life and never gave much thought to
a writing career until 2005. She often notes: Don’t ask me what happened, but
suddenly I felt drawn to my computer to write about things that I have experienced
with my husband’s Thoroughbreds and happenings at the racetrack—she muses: they
are greatly exaggerated upon of course—I’ve never been murdered. Viola! Cindy’s
first book series, Unbridled, was
born. Currently there are five books in the series.
Cindy is a huge
fan of romantic suspense series’, especially with a military ops theme.
Although she isn’t one to make New Year’s resolutions, on New Year’s Day 2013
she made a commitment to write one. Most recently, Secret Cravings Publishing
has picked up her First Force Series. Currently available: Into the Crossfire,
coming very soon: Book #2, To the
Breaking Pointe, Book #3 Into the
Dark, and 2016 will bring Book #4 To the Brink.
People are always
asking Cindy: Do you miss dance? With a bitter sweet smile on her lips she
tells them: Sometimes I do. I miss my students. I miss choreographing musicals,
but I love writing my books, and I love sharing them with my readers.
Cindy resides on
her forty-five acre horse farm with her husband, Bill, and her Cocker Spaniel,
Allister, near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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