Thea Kozak believes it's her job to be the strong one in a crisis. She's survived her husband's death and her sister's brutal murder. She's gone head to head with bad guys and lived to fight another day. She's a survivor who has used her courage and strength to help others. But now Thea is looking forward to an oasis of happily ever after with Andre Lemieux, the Maine state trooper she met when her sister was killed.

The way to their wedding has not been smooth; she hopes the future will be. And then, dressed in her poufy white dress and ready to stand and the altar and commit to the man she loves, she gets some awful news: Andre has been taken hostage by a militant militia group, and they won't release him unless one of their members is freed from jail. The State of Maine doesn't want to release him. Even if they did, the man doesn't want to be released.

She's supposed to sit home like a good little bride and wait for law enforcement to bring Andre home, but Thea's never been good at sitting on her hands. Especially not now, when the man she loves is in danger. Instead, she ties on an apron and goes undercover in the town where she suspects he's hidden. And finds herself facing the most terrifying and ruthless adversaries of her life. "If you like your heroines smart, brave, tough, and exuberantly aware of the possibilities of the human heart, look no farther than Thea Kozak." S.J. Rozan