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The Munro Family #6
The Negotiator
When ten-year-old Andy Warwick witnesses the murder/suicide of his sister and father, his world is torn apart. Twenty years later, despite his tragic childhood, Andy’s a highly respected police negotiator based in North Sydney. He’s living a comfortable life, but still suffers from guilt-ridden nightmares from his past and yearns for a family to replace the one he lost.
Sixteen, pregnant and abandoned by those she loved, Cally Savage learned early to fend for herself, but raising a son on her own hasn’t come without a price. It’s a decade after Jack’s birth, but she’s struggling to make ends meet, despite taking on a second job as a cleaner at the North Sydney Police Station. On top of her financial woes, her house has recently been burgled and she’s terrified the perpetrator might return…
In desperation Cally turns to the hot looking detective at the station and seeks Andy’s permission to place a “roommate wanted” advertisement on the noticeboard in the squad room. Attracted to Cally’s innocent beauty and intrigued by the vulnerability in her eyes, Andy offers to move in with her. The more he gets to know her, the more he wants to be part of her life. But first, he has to break through the barriers she’s erected around her heart…
Just when things appear to be on track, the man who believed for more than ten years that his child had been aborted, discovers Cally’s deceit. Enraged, he vows not to give up until he’s found his son and punished the woman who lied to him…
Sixteen, pregnant and abandoned by those she loved, Cally Savage learned early to fend for herself, but raising a son on her own hasn’t come without a price. It’s a decade after Jack’s birth, but she’s struggling to make ends meet, despite taking on a second job as a cleaner at the North Sydney Police Station. On top of her financial woes, her house has recently been burgled and she’s terrified the perpetrator might return…
In desperation Cally turns to the hot looking detective at the station and seeks Andy’s permission to place a “roommate wanted” advertisement on the noticeboard in the squad room. Attracted to Cally’s innocent beauty and intrigued by the vulnerability in her eyes, Andy offers to move in with her. The more he gets to know her, the more he wants to be part of her life. But first, he has to break through the barriers she’s erected around her heart…
Just when things appear to be on track, the man who believed for more than ten years that his child had been aborted, discovers Cally’s deceit. Enraged, he vows not to give up until he’s found his son and punished the woman who lied to him…
350 pages, Kindle Edition
First published November 2, 2014
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December 28, 2016
The Negotiator is the story of Detective Senior Sergeant Andy Warwick and Cally Savage. However, like all Chris Taylor's books romance does not come easy for Andy and Cally. Cally is a single mum and with all the financial worries that came with that and Detective Senior Sergeant Andy Warwick is a police negotiator. Cally met Andy when she was cleaning his workplace. The Negotiator continues to explore Cally and Andy's romance entwine with who was stalking them and why. The Negotiator also highlights the problems that some people have when a relationship ends and some of the consequences. I recommend this book.
September 5, 2022
Thank you Aiden Snow!
These books are so much better when the right narrator is reading. I enjoyed the story line and the subject matter. This book is about Andy Warwick who is a police negotiator. He's made this his life's work because at the age of 10, he saw his father shoot and kill his baby sister and himself during a stand off with police. His mother takes her own life because of depression and leaves him alone in life. He is put in the foster system, but run's a way and ends up living on the street. He is taken in by a man and wife who influence him in a positive way that helps him change his life. He meets Cally, who had a child at the age of sixteen, and her background is kind of similar to his. She finds herself abandoned by her parents because of the pregnancy and is put out on the street. Her aunt takes her in and helps her throughout the rest of her life. When her aunt dies, she and her son are once again alone in life. When Cally and Andy get together her son is 10 and has no idea about his real father. Of course that's when the real father comes back into the picture and he is very unstable. He didn't want Cally to keep the baby when she first became pregnant and later finds that Cally has kept their son a secret. He had gone on with life and married and had another son with his wife. Turns out that wife and son died in a car accident that was caused by the mother being drunk. This is what may have caused him to become unstable, but I think there is more to the story even thou we didn't read about his life. Anyway, he finds out about his son with Cally and wants him. This leads to a standoff with the police and of course our negotiator Andy. I would have liked to hear all the stories in this series, but some are narrated by two other readers and they are terrible! I was so happy to see Aiden Snow was reading most of the books because I could not tolerate those other readers! God help my ears!
These books are so much better when the right narrator is reading. I enjoyed the story line and the subject matter. This book is about Andy Warwick who is a police negotiator. He's made this his life's work because at the age of 10, he saw his father shoot and kill his baby sister and himself during a stand off with police. His mother takes her own life because of depression and leaves him alone in life. He is put in the foster system, but run's a way and ends up living on the street. He is taken in by a man and wife who influence him in a positive way that helps him change his life. He meets Cally, who had a child at the age of sixteen, and her background is kind of similar to his. She finds herself abandoned by her parents because of the pregnancy and is put out on the street. Her aunt takes her in and helps her throughout the rest of her life. When her aunt dies, she and her son are once again alone in life. When Cally and Andy get together her son is 10 and has no idea about his real father. Of course that's when the real father comes back into the picture and he is very unstable. He didn't want Cally to keep the baby when she first became pregnant and later finds that Cally has kept their son a secret. He had gone on with life and married and had another son with his wife. Turns out that wife and son died in a car accident that was caused by the mother being drunk. This is what may have caused him to become unstable, but I think there is more to the story even thou we didn't read about his life. Anyway, he finds out about his son with Cally and wants him. This leads to a standoff with the police and of course our negotiator Andy. I would have liked to hear all the stories in this series, but some are narrated by two other readers and they are terrible! I was so happy to see Aiden Snow was reading most of the books because I could not tolerate those other readers! God help my ears!
March 22, 2015
The best yet!
I LOVED this book! It's definitely the best of the series thus far. It's action and romance packed (and I'm not just talking about those steamy sex scenes). It has a sweetness quality to it that I felt was lacking up to now. Definitely a must read for fans of the romantic thriller.
I LOVED this book! It's definitely the best of the series thus far. It's action and romance packed (and I'm not just talking about those steamy sex scenes). It has a sweetness quality to it that I felt was lacking up to now. Definitely a must read for fans of the romantic thriller.
October 22, 2016
The Negotiator
The Negotiator is the 6th book in the Munro Family series by Chris Taylor. Another great book. I recommend this series to anyone who enjoys suspense romance. HEA and no cliffhanger.
The Negotiator is the 6th book in the Munro Family series by Chris Taylor. Another great book. I recommend this series to anyone who enjoys suspense romance. HEA and no cliffhanger.
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