SOLVED. Romance: missing children. [s]

[Rikoukiki]

Hi, I'm looking for this book I can't remember the title.
It's a romance but there is a bit of mystery too...

The story takes place in the South of the US, I think, maybe near the border with Mexico.

She lost her child and believe he was kidnapped in the past. She is now at the head of an association that helps people with missing children.

He works solo, maybe a coop, maybe a mercenary, can't remember. He works undercover sometimes and he will help her find kidnapped kids.
He desapears for months and then come back to her life with injuries and information.

Any idea ?
Thank you !

[Kym]

A long shot - Judgment Call by William Kerr?

After weighing all factors, the good and the bad, a judgment call is made. Once done, we live or sometimes die with the results of our decision.
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Fifty-one seconds. The time it takes to carjack an automobile at knifepoint. In the car, a young boy, the fifth in a string of unsolved child kidnappings. A mother's cry for help and Matt Berkeley, former Navy Special Warfare officer, now head of security for the North American Archeological Research and Preservation Association (NAARPA), finds himself confronted by one of the most depraved, yet cunning and elusive adversaries of his career.
Berkeley's return to Charleston, South Carolina, the city of his youth, is influenced by: Ashley Peake, a beautiful, yet savvy, private investigator determined to enlist his help in finding the missing children...

Rikoukiki, when did you read this book? Do you remember the cover?

[Tricia]

Cry No More by Linda Howard

Fueled by an obsession to fill the void in other people’s lives, Milla Edge finds lost children—all the while trying to outrun the brutal emotions stemming from a tragedy in her past. Traveling to a small village in Mexico on a reliable tip, Milla begins to uncover the dire fate of countless children who have disappeared in the labyrinth of a sinister baby-smuggling ring.

The key to nailing down the organization may rest with an elusive one-eyed man. As Milla’s search for him intensifies, the mission becomes more treacherous. For the ring is part of something far larger and more dangerous, reaching the highest echelons of power. Racing into peril, Milla suddenly finds herself the hunted—in the crosshairs of an invisible, lethal assassin who aims to silence her permanently.

The tragedy in her past is that her baby is snatched out of her arms and she looses everything.

(view spoiler)[.at the end of the book her son finds her...have tissues. (hide spoiler)]

[Rikoukiki]

Hello,
It's not this one but I think I will read it too. Thank you.

I read it 10 to 15 years ago. It wasn't in English so even if I remembered the cover, it wouldn't help since it was a translation.

[Tricia]

Rikoukiki wrote: "Hello,
It's not this one but I think I will read it too. Thank you.

I read it 10 to 15 years ago. It wasn't in English so even if I remembered the cover, it wouldn't help since it was a translation."

Sorry...I hope you find it.

[Kris]

Guilty as Sin by Jami Alden?

Rikoukiki, what is the current case they're working on (e.g., a family member)?

Is this a romantic suspense where a serial killer targets the heroine?

[Rikoukiki]

No but thank you.

First question : I think they are working on a case of parents from her association. Her child was kidnapped a long time ago.
2nd question : no.

[Lobstergirl, au gratin]

Rikoukiki, adding plot details to your header in addition to simply "romance/mystery" could help your query get solved faster. If you are unable, a mod can do it for you.

[Rikoukiki]

I tried something different, thank you.

[Kris]

Just checking - sure it's not Cry No More by Linda Howard (which has different covers) - suggested by TriciaLen?

Here's another description: "Milla Edge lives in Mexico, where her doctor husband, David, is posted. She has just given birth to her first child and is basking in a maternal glow when baby Justin is stolen literally out of her arms, with chilling efficiency. A decade later, Milla is divorced from David and has become the devoted head of an organization called Finders. Hunting down the cabals that carry out these crimes, she combs North America for kidnapped babies, including her own. Her sometimes reckless exploits put her in harm's way and also land her in the path of two very different powerful men. Wealthy businessman True Gallagher contributes generously to Finders and pursues Milla with every donation. The dangerous and elusive Diaz, a mercenary-or is he a government agent?-provides Milla with the name of Justin's kidnapper, and offers to accompany her on the dangerous journey to his headquarters. Both men have secret personal agendas, and Howard, perhaps unwisely, gets into their heads to reveal them; the story works best when the reader is on the emotional and physical roller-coaster ride with Milla, not a few steps ahead of her. ...a number of exciting jungle scenes."

[Rikoukiki]

That's it ! Thank you very much, I just bought it !

[Tricia]

Rikoukiki wrote: "That's it ! Thank you very much, I just bought it !"

So happy we could figure this out....I love this book too! Have lots of tissues, it has very sad moments.

[Rikoukiki]

Thank you all for your help. Yes, I already started it and it's as good as I remembered.