The Negotiator

Kate O'Malley is a hostage negotiator. Dave Richman is an FBI agent whose work is protecting people. When the two meet, his life shifts in a direction he did not plan for.

Falling for a woman who talks people out of crisis is the easy part for Dave. Keeping her safe is the harder job, and it tests the instincts that make him good at his own work.

This is inspirational romantic suspense, a Christian-market genre that pairs a love story with danger and a faith-centred outlook. Dave has appeared before in Danger in the Shadows, so returning readers will know him, though the romance here centres on a new pairing.

The book also opens the O'Malleys, a group of seven who were abandoned or orphaned as teenagers. They chose to become a family, took the surname O'Malley, and have stood by one another through good times and grief. Their stories continue in further novels, and Kate is one of them.

Expect a story that mixes suspense with warmth, where loyalty and hope matter as much as the threat.