Cold & Deadly
An Enemies-to-Lovers FBI Romance Suspense
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4.4 • 185 Ratings
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- $9.99
Publisher Description
A killer is hunting the FBI. A rookie agent is the only one who sees the pattern. And the veteran negotiator she’s assigned to guard is next in the crosshairs.
Ava Kanas knows her mentor’s death was no accident. Her superiors want the case closed. She wants the truth—even if pursuing it torches her fledgling career. The one person willing to hear her out is FBI Crisis Negotiator Dominic Sheridan. Seasoned. Controlled. Completely off-limits.
Dominic has talked his way through the most dangerous standoffs, but the headstrong new agent tests every ounce of his composure. Then agents start dying in quick succession, and it becomes obvious someone is targeting the Bureau—with Dominic at the top of the list. Keeping Ava safe might be harder than resisting her.
When Ava becomes his live-in bodyguard, forced proximity ignites a forbidden attraction that complicates everything.
She won’t back down. He can’t walk away. And the killer is relentless.
“Toni Anderson has a terrific voice for crime fiction.” — New York Times bestselling author Jayne Ann Krentz
“…characters that walk off the page, and taut suspense put this book on my Keeper shelf!” — USA Today bestselling author Rita Herron
Readers can expect:
• Enemies to lovers
• Forced proximity / only one bed
• Live-in bodyguard — role reversal (she protects him)
• Forbidden attraction
• Secret identity
• Found family
• FBI serial-killer manhunt
Winner of the Golden Quill and the Daphne du Maurier Award for Excellence in Mystery/Suspense.
A standalone FBI romantic suspense with a guaranteed happily-ever-after — Book 1 of Cold Justice® – The Negotiators.
Perfect for readers who love Laura Griffin and Kendra Elliot.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
Romance and suspense collide in this intricately plotted pageturner. A freshly retired FBI agent has died in what at first seems an accident, but suspicions of foul play are confirmed when a fellow agent is killed by an unknown sniper at the funeral. Seasoned crisis negotiator Dominic Sheridan plunges into the mystery with rookie agent Ava Kanas, who is mourning the loss of her mentor. As the risks rachet up around them, they are drawn together beyond the call of duty. A spinoff from author Toni Anderson’s long-running Cold Justice series, Cold & Deadly sees several figures cross over from previous books. Thanks to a combination of well-researched action and solid character development, this will be an equally satisfying read for newcomers too.
Customer Reviews
fast paced, intrigue, suspense,
COLD & DEADLY is the first instalment in Toni Anderson’s contemporary, adult COLD JUSTICE: CROSSFIRE romantic suspense series-a spin off/crossover with the author’s COLD JUSTICE series. This is FBI Supervisory Special Agent and hostage negotiator Dominic Sheridan, and rookie agent Ava Kanas’s story line. You do not have to have read the previous series to understand or follow the Crossfire series.
Told from three third person perspectives (Dominic, Ava and the killer) COLD & DEADLY focuses on the hunt for a killer, targeting FBI agents. At the funeral for her mentor and friend Agent Van Stamos, Ava Kanas, Dominic Sheridan and the other members of the FBI become sitting ducks; proverbial targets for a gunman h*ll bent on taking down anyone connected to the past. Hoping to prove Van’s suicide was a murder and not the final act of a desperate man, Ava Kanas along with Dominic Sheridan begin an investigation of their own only to discover that both have been pulled from active duty. Several attempts against Dominic’s life; and the deaths of several agents connected to the New York Field Office of the FBI, find Ava and Dominic hunting down a serial killer long thought dead and buried. What ensues is the building relationship between Ava and Dominic, and the potential fall-out as Ava becomes collateral damage in a game of murder and revenge.
Ava Kanas is desperate to prove her mentor and friend did not take his own life but the people higher up refuse to acknowledge the elephant in the room. Dominic Sheridan is used to negotiating with hostages in a crisis situation but trying to pull Ava back from the brink pulls our hero into an investigation directly connected to his past. Ava will be assigned as Dominic’s security when yet another attempt on Dominic’s life nearly ends it all.
The relationship between Ava and Dominic begins acrimoniously as Ava goes rogue in an attempt to prove her mentor’s murder. Dominic, desperate to help the woman with whom he is falling in love calls in some favors with the FBI. The $ex scenes are intimate and passionate without the use of over the top, sexually graphic language and text.
The world building follows several paths including a domestic dispute, an escaped prisoner, and a hostage situation at a medium security federal correction prison that will bring Ava’s life full circle with the past. We are up close and personal with FBI negotiators as they struggle to prevent further chaos, killings and the rape of a federal employee. The character development is revealing and interesting.
We are introduced to Ava’s supervisor FBI Director Raymond Aldrich, FBI profiler Lincoln Frazer, and Chief Negotiator of the FBI Quentin Savage, Charlotte Blood, Alex Parker and Mallory Rooney. Alex and Mallory were first introduced in A COLD DARK PLACE –Cold Justice Book 1.
COLD & DEADY is a story of betrayal, vengeance, madness and love. The premise is intriguing, suspenseful and fast paced; the characters are energetic and captivating; the romance is a slow build to a happily ever after.
Cold and Deadly
Great read! Another amazing book-lots of drama and suspense and emotion supported by great characters. I did NOT want this book to end.
Sexy thriller
I just love the energy between Ava & Dominic. A really good story, which takes the reader on a journey, of mystery, suspense & completely unexpected turn of events.