Ring Around the Rosie — Julie Coulter Bellon

Revenge is a dish best served cold . . .

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.

Captain Ron Reed has seen the worst of humanity in his job with the Hostage Negotiation Team, but he never expected his past to come back with a vengeance---literally. Aaron Starks, a criminal explosives expert, has stolen next-gen bomb technology. He uses it to force Ron to bargain for the lives of his team and his ex-wife, Sarah, the woman he still loves. But the situation escalates when Ron discovers that Starks has an even bigger objective in mind---using the bomb to show how vulnerable America and her people truly are.

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 Ring Around the Rosie and he is the main character in The Captive, the first book in Julie Coulter Bellon's new Griffin Force series.***

Other books in the award-winning Hostage Negotiation series:

All Fall Down (Hostage Negotiation #1)
Falling Slowly (Hostage Negotiation #1.5)
Ashes Ashes (Hostage Negotiation #2)
From the Ashes (Hostage Negotiation #2.5)
Pocket Full of Posies (Hostage Negotiation #3)
Forget Me Not (Hostage Negotiation #3.5) Coming in June 2016
Ring Around the Rosie (Hostage Negotiation #4)