Hostage Negotiation Team Boxed Set: The Complete Collection

All Fall Down–-Ring around the rosy, a pocket full ofposies, ashes, ashes we all fall down . . . That simple rhyme turnsnegotiator Claire Michaels' current hostage situation into aninternational incident. Claire just wants to help get everyone outsafely, but as the crisis escalates she realizes she's dealing with anal-Qaeda operative who has the means to become another bin Laden–-withthe potential to attack America. Claire has her own personal reasons for wanting to stop al-Qaeda, but time is slipping away as negotiationsbreak down. Can she overcome her scars of the past in order to get thehostage out alive and possibly stop an assault on U.S.national security?

Falling Slowly–It was easy to see from the beginning thatClaire was good at her profession, Rafe quickly realized she was evenbetter for him personally―and that they might have a future together.When they get back from their mission in Afghanistan, however, they'retrying to balance an uncertain future. Will Rafe and Claire be able toturn to each other for strength or are they over before they've reallybegun?

Ashes, Ashes–Colby Black's sniper skills have been ablessing and a curse to him. As a member of a Hostage Negotiation Team,he can use them to save people, but sometimes he can't protect theinnocent despite his best efforts. When a hostage situation goes bad, he tries to put it behind him by helping out his mysterious next-doorneighbor, Sophia Naziri. But she pulls Colby into a web of lies andconspiracy that will force him to use every skill he has in order tosurvive. Faced with the moment of truth, can he trust anyone aroundhim–-including the woman at the center of it all?

From the Ashes–-As a suspect in Senator DeMarco's murder,Sophia Naziri worked hard to bring the true killer to justice and proveher innocence. But she pays a high personal price trying to clear hername when she's held hostage and nearly killed–-and Sophia can't put it behind her just yet.

Pocket Full of Posies–-Hostage Negotiation Team member BartGutierrez is shocked to find Lucy Aguayo, a girl he knew as a teenager,working for the deadly Castillo drug cartel. This revelation uncovers asecret in Bart's family so big it forces him to accept a dangerousoffer: infiltrate the cartel to keep his family safe. Once inside thecartel's headquarters he discovers that a large-scale attack on Americais imminent and the only way to prevent it is to bring Lucy in on hisplans–-and hope she doesn't betray him.

Forget Me Not–-Bart Gutierrez has returned from Colombiawith a new outlook. After reconnecting with Lucy Aguayo, he can'timagine his life without her now. But before they can move forward,their dangerous past comes back to haunt them. Can they face it together or will it tear them apart?

Ring Around the Rosie–-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 and 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.