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Description
It's a job that makes a killing. Efficient, professional, and without apology, Lily Mansfield is a hired assassin, working as a contract agent for the CIA. Her targets are the powerful and corrupt, those who can't be touched by the law.
Now, after 18 years of service, Lily has been drawn into a dangerous game that hasn't been sanctioned, seeking vengeance for her own reasons. Each move bolder than the next, she is compromising her superiors, drawing unwanted attention and endangering her very life. Though stress and shock have made her feel somewhat invincible and a little cocky, Lily knows that she too can be taken out in an instant. And if it's her time, so be it. She intends to go down fighting.
A CIA agent himself, Lucas Swain recognizes the signs of trauma in the line of fire. His orders are to either bring her in or bring her down. Yet he too is drawn into the game with Lily Mansfield, dancing on a tightrope as he tries to avoid a major international incident while still battling a tenacious foe who is dogging their every step. Keeping laser focus on her task at hand while vigilantly watching her back, Mansfield never sees the lethal peril that lies directly in her path . . . and how loyalty has a price.
Salvatori Nervi is assassinated by Lily Mansfield, rogue CIA assassin who has become a contract killer. Lily is hunted both by Nervi's sons, who seek revenge, and by Lucas Swain, a cocky CIA field operative sent to "terminate" her. But Lily and Swain uncover a diabolical plot that refocuses their energies. Dick Hill and Joyce Bean breathe life into this tortuous plot, complete with betrayal, double-dealing informants, and searing sex. Hill's sonorous voice switches from French to Italian with ease; as the American Swain, he delivers a Southern drawl that expresses ample machismo. Bean's French accent is crisp and clear while her American accent, warm and universal, imbues Lily with compassion. Hill and Bean combine efforts to bring the listener into a world of intrigue and passion. M.B.K. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award 2005 Audie Award Finalist (c) AudioFile 2004, Portland, Maine
About the Author
Linda Howard is the award-winning author of many New York Times bestsellers, including Drop Dead Gorgeous, Cover of Night, Killing Time, To Die For, Kiss Me While I Sleep, Cry No More, Dying to Please, Open Season, Mr. Perfect, All the Queen's Men, Now You See Her, Kill and Tell, and Son of the Morning. She lives in Alabama with her husband and two golden retrievers.
