<p class=ql-align-justify>Jase Brooks had been a 26-year-old Marine stationed in Afghanistan when his parents were killed in a head-on collision. His anguish was compounded when at the reading of the will he learned they'd made him sole guardian of his 11-year-old brother. Jase gladly walked away from a promising military career to step into their shoes a tough job made tougher by the boy's risky behavior: Petty theft to fund the addictions that led to the birth of his son Luke... who also became Jase's responsibility.</p><p class=ql-align-justify> </p><p class=ql-align-justify>Through it all best friend Samantha (Sam) Finnigan set aside her own heartaches to stand beside him--even when he made the dangerous decision to become a professional recovery agent. It isn't until one of the criminals he'd rounded-up escapes prison--and kidnaps Sam and Luke as part of a twisted scheme to even the score--that Jase realizes Sam is more so much more than a friend.</p><p class=ql-align-justify> </p><p class=ql-align-justify>Now he faces the greatest challenge of his life: Staying alive long enough to save them so that he can finally admit just how much she has always meant to him...</p><p class=ql-align-justify> </p><p class=ql-align-justify>Loree Lough a USA Today bestselling author has published over 140 novels. This is the second novel in The Shadow Series.</p><p><br></p>