Lethal Standoff

Justice can be elusive. Family secrets can be deadly. The stakes are high, and the clock is ticking in a volatile criminal case filled with unanswered questions. And Carrington Reed is running short on time to piece together clues that will solve the puzzle.

Hostage negotiator Carrington Reed is called to the scene when reports come in that fifteen hostages are being held by the Kendrix brothers in an abandoned house in south Texas. When she arrives on site, Carrington quickly learns that the brothers are armed and refuse to release their victims, a group of undocumented immigrants, until the local police identify their father’s murderer.

Working closely with Levi Ehrlich, a handsome investigative reporter who has covered some of Carrington’s negotiations in the past, she finds herself being undeniably drawn to him. Carrington digs deeper into the death of the Kendrixes’ father and begins to notice that some details surrounding his death aren’t adding up.

As Carrington investigates the brothers’ claims and tries to piece together their motive for taking innocent people captive, it soon becomes clear that they are trying to hide something and that revenge for their father’s death may not be what they’re really bargaining for after all. To protect the hostages and ensure the brothers don’t carry out the rest of their sinister plot, Carrington must get to the bottom of one family’s secret and the truth they’re trying so hard to hide before time runs out.

Award winning author DiAnn Mills delivers pulse-pounding romantic suspense about secrets, betrayal, and finding a path to forgiveness.

Includes discussion guide for book groups. A clean contemporary thriller from Christy Award–winning author DiAnn Mills For fans of action-packed romantic suspense in the vein of Lynette Eason, Irene Hannon, and Dani Pettrey From the popular author of Facing the Enemy

1. Opening Credits
2. Dedication
3. Chapter 1: September | Carrington
4. Chapter 2
5. Chapter 3: Levi
6. Chapter 4: Carrington
7. Chapter 5: Levi
8. Chapter 6: Carrington
9. Chapter 7: Levi
10. Chapter 8: Carrington
11. Chapter 9: Levi
12. Chapter 10: Carrington
13. Chapter 11
14. Chapter 12
15. Chapter 13
16. Chapter 14: Levi
17. Chapter 15: Carrington
18. Chapter 16
19. Chapter 17: Levi
20. Chapter 18: Carrington
21. Chapter 19
22. Chapter 20: Levi
23. Chapter 21
24. Chapter 22: Carrington
25. Chapter 23: Levi
26. Chapter 24: Carrington
27. Chapter 25: Levi
28. Chapter 26
29. Chapter 27: Carrington
30. Chapter 28
31. Chapter 29: Levi
32. Chapter 30: Carrington
33. Chapter 31: Levi
34. Chapter 32: Carrington
35. Chapter 33: Levi
36. Chapter 34: Carrington
37. Chapter 35
38. Chapter 36: Levi
39. Chapter 37
40. Chapter 38: Carrington
41. Chapter 39: Levi
42. Chapter 40: Carrington
43. Chapter 41: Levi
44. Chapter 42: Carrington
45. Chapter 43
46. Chapter 44: Levi
47. Chapter 45: Carrington
48. Chapter 46: Levi
49. Chapter 47: Carrington
50. Chapter 48: Levi
51. Chapter 49: Carrington
52. Chapter 50
53. Chapter 51
54. Chapter 52: Levi
55. Chapter 53: Carrington
56. Chapter 54: Levi
57. Chapter 55: Carrington
58. Chapter 56: Levi
59. Chapter 57: Carrington
60. Chapter 58
61. Chapter 59: Levi
62. Chapter 60: Carrington
63. Chapter 61: Levi
64. Chapter 62: Carrington
65. Chapter 63
66. Chapter 64
67. Chapter 65: Levi
68. Chapter 66: Carrington
69. Chapter 67: Levi
70. Chapter 68: Carrington
71. Chapter 69: Levi
72. Chapter 70: Carrington
73. Chapter 71
74. Chapter 72
75. Chapter 73
76. Chapter 74: Levi
77. Chapter 75
78. Chapter 76: Carrington
79. Chapter 77: Levi
80. Chapter 78: Carrington
81. Chapter 79: Levi
82. Chapter 80: Carrington
83. Chapter 81: Levi
84. Chapter 82: Carrington
85. Chapter 83
86. Chapter 84: Levi
87. Chapter 85: March
88. Closing Credits