Hot Zone

October 24, 2011
Mann steals romance readers away for a second steamy, suspenseful adventure (after July 2011’s Cover Me) with her doughty team of Air Force pararescuemen. When lawyer Amelia Bailey came to the Bahamas to help her brother and sister-in-law with an international adoption, the last thing she expected was to be buried in earthquake rubble with her new 13-month-old nephew, Joshua. They’re soon freed with the help of pararescueman Hugh Franco. Hugh and Amelia bond during their ordeal, but past emotional scars threaten to keep them apart. Then Amelia and Joshua are kidnapped by a “black-market baby-smuggling operation.” With true action hero derring-do, Hugh rescues them again, but the leader of the baby smugglers is determined to recapture them at any cost. With not one but three romantic plot lines, Mann’s latest will easily satisfy fans of military romantic suspense.

September 15, 2011
In Mann's second Elite Force book, following Cover Me (2011), pararescueman Master Sergeant Hugh Franco and his buddies dig out survivors of a devastating earthquake in the Bahamas. Hugh courts danger because after the deaths of his wife and daughter, he doesn't care if he lives or dies. But his attitude changes after he saves attorney Amelia Bailey, who is on the island to help her physician brother and his nurse wife adopt baby Joshua. During a series of aftershocks, Amelia is stunned when someone tries to take Joshua, then threatens her with a knife. Hugh again rushes to Amelia's aid, and soon they are on the run from a ring of baby smugglers. Mann's tender yet heart-pounding story vividly creates the chaos of both disasters and love.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2011, American Library Association.)