After walking off of the job when a kidnapping victim died, the FBI wants Maggie Kincaid to return to her old job as a hostage negotiator. U.S. Senator Thebes' fourteen-year-old daughter Kayla has been kidnapped. Maggie reluctantly takes the job, but soon realizes that the Senator is lying about some of the facts. Jake O'Connor is a security specialist who has been hired by the Senator to help rescue his daughter. Jake knows time is of the essence. Kayla is a diabetic and must take insulin several times a day. Maggie and Jake work together to sort out the lies and find Kayla before it's too late.

I thoroughly enjoyed this debut novel. The story is fast paced with lots of twists and turns. I appreciate that the author didn't follow the usual kidnapping plot where the protagonists discover the identity of the kidnapper at the eleventh hour and hurry to rescue the victim. This plot if a little different with Maggie and Jake having to overcome some major road blocks. The only time the story slowed down was when Maggie would flash back to her childhood when she and her sister were the kidnapping victims.

There were a couple of characters in this story that drove me (and Maggie) absolutely crazy. You know I am invested in the story when I am ready to start popping blood pressure medicine because of some characters. The story ends with everything neatly tied up except for one loose end. I'm hoping we learn more in the other books in the series. My rating: 4.5 Stars.

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