The Getaway Series Series by Hope Anika

“You,” she told him, struggling for calm, “are worse than a menstruating woman.”He stopped what he was doing and turned, very slowly, to look at her. “What did you just say?”“You heard me,” she hissed softly. “You snarl and snap and order us around as if we are a herd of cattle. You lie, you keep secrets, and you demand trust when you give none back... more“You,” she told him, struggling for calm, “are worse than a menstruating woman.”He stopped what he was doing and turned, very slowly, to look at her. “What did you just say?”“You heard me,” she hissed softly. “You snarl and snap and order us around as if we are a herd of cattle. You lie, you keep secrets, and you demand trust when you give none back. I have had it with your moodiness and your militant attitude, and if you do not have it in you to be a decent and respectful human being to me, you will be a decent and respectful human being to them, or so help me, I will make you regret ever laying eyes on us.” He only stared at her, unmoved, his face that cold mask she was beginning to hate, and unable to help herself, Lucia reached out, gripped his t-shirt and gave him a good shake. For all the good it would do. “Do we understand each other, cabrón?" ◆◆◆Lucia Sanchez has stolen two children. Two children who don’t belong to her; two children she will do anything to save. Driven by the dark, inescapable shadow of her past, Lucia will make any sacrifice necessary to be certain history doesn’t repeat itself. She has given up everything, and nothing will stop her from completing her mission. U.S. Deputy Marshal Sam Steele is tired. Tired of chasing fugitives; tired of breathing. When he’s drawn into the kidnapping plot of a woman he has no desire to help, it’s just one more nail in his coffin. But duty calls, and Sam knows his duty. When the plea of a close friend makes it impossible to walk away, Sam must make a choice—follow the rules and play it safe, or follow his heart and risk it all. She is willing to die for her cause; he is trying desperately to keep them alive. Thrust together in a deadly game of cat and mouse, Sam and Lucia must work together if they want to free two children from a sickening legacy and out-maneuver a man who will hunt them to the ends of the earth…A dark, edgy, steamy thriller with characters you won't forget…contemporary romantic suspense at its best.◆◆Aequitas is a novella that follows The Getaway. It is available as a free download.◆◆★★★★★"Riveting." ★★★★★"I didn't want this story to end."★★★★★"Top notch romantic suspense." less

"How are you?"“Suck it,” she told the monitor. But part of her tingled.Idiot."When are we going to meet?"Her heart leapt, but she scowled. Even knowing it was a bad idea, she typed, “AS IF.”"Don’t be like that, a rứnsearc. You know you want to."Damn him. She didn’t have time for this. There were files to download.People to manipulate. Men to kill.◆◆◆Honor Genovese, AKA Aequitas, is number eight on the FBI’s Most Wanted List... more"How are you?"“Suck it,” she told the monitor. But part of her tingled.Idiot."When are we going to meet?"Her heart leapt, but she scowled. Even knowing it was a bad idea, she typed, “AS IF.”"Don’t be like that, a rứnsearc. You know you want to."Damn him. She didn’t have time for this. There were files to download.People to manipulate. Men to kill.◆◆◆Honor Genovese, AKA Aequitas, is number eight on the FBI’s Most Wanted List. A hacker extraordinaire, Honor lives to destroy those who destroy others. Ever since the murder of her family and the kidnapping of her sister Hannah, Honor has worked tirelessly to unmask and obliterate the predators of the world, and to find the sister stolen from her. But when she suddenly discovers Hannah on the other side of the world, Honor must leave the safe, insulated realm she has built and dare to reach out to the man who hunts her.Cian Lazarus, former merc and renowned security specialist, has spent years tracking and tracing the identity of the elusive hacker Aequitas, but the woman he’s discovered is far more than he ever expected. Now he spends his days challenging her, enticing her, daring her to respond to the alluring pull and the inexorable history between them. When Aequitas finally—reluctantly—reaches out to him for help, it is everything Cian has been waiting for.Honor wants only to save her sister. But Cian is determined to unmask and claim the woman he's spent years chasing. And neither is prepared for the reality which awaits them, or the consequences of the truth that will ultimately define them…Aequitas is a Novella which includes characters first introduced in The Getaway, but can be read as a stand-alone work. It also includes excerpts of Hope Anika's novels The Getaway, The Bequest, In Plain Sight and Evolution: Awakening. less