Exposed by Kaylea Cross

[Jonetta]

Sometimes the one you were meant to be with…

Marisol Lorenzo landed her dream job as an Assistant U.S. Attorney and is working on the case that could make her career; now she’s determined to put away the most dangerous drug lord in the country. But his incarceration has opened up a lethal turf war among his lieutenants. Their enforcers are out hunting their enemies, and anyone who gets in their way. When one of them sets his sights on Marisol, she turns to a man she grew up with and has wanted for years—a member of the FBI’s elite Hostage Rescue Team. Even though she thinks he’ll break her heart when he leaves town, it’s a risk she’s willing to take.

Has been right in front of you all along.

Special Agent Ethan Cruz is back home in Miami with his team to take down a dangerous fugitive linked to the case Marisol is working on. He’s focused on his job and not looking for a relationship, until she captures his attention so completely that he’s consumed with the need to make her his. Though he knows he should keep his distance, the explosive attraction sizzling between them makes it impossible. He’s always had a soft spot for her but now his feelings are so intense he can’t shut them off. What starts off as desire quickly runs deeper, becoming something more powerful than he’s ever known. And when Marisol winds up in the crosshairs of the most lethal enforcer of all, he’ll put everything on the line to save her.

Settings
Miami, Florida
Baltimore, Maryland
Washington, DC

22 Chapters
Epilogue

Character List
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Ethan Cruz: Hostage Rescue Team member. He’s 6’2” with dark hair and golden brown eyes.
Marisol (Soli) Lorenzo: U. S. Attorney in Miami and a friend of Ethan’s family since he was a child. She’s tall with dark brown hair and sea green eyes.
Carmela Cruz: Ethan’s sister.
Ynez Lorenzo: Marisol’s oldest sister and Vero’s mother.
Vero Lorenzo: Marisol’s 9-year old niece, Ynez’s daughter.
Bianca Lorenzo: Marisol’s next oldest sister.
Sawyer Vance: Hostage Rescue Team member. Ethan’s best friend.
Nate Schroder: Hostage Rescue Team medic and former Air Force Pararescue Jumper (PJ). He’s 28-years old and has auburn hair and hazel eyes. He’s in a relationship with Taya.
Taya Kostas: Former hostage in Afghanistan who Nate helped rescue five years ago. Shes in a relationship with Nate. She’s 34-years old and has dark brown, long curly hair and gray eyes.
Matt DeLuca: Hostage Rescue Team commander. Former FORECON Marine. He’s 41-years old with brown hair and green eyes.
Briar Jones: aka B. CIA operative. She’s 29-years old and has bronze skin with chin length dark brown hair and black eyes.
Lisa DeLuca: Matt’s wife who died four years ago.
Clay Bauer: FBI special agent on the Hostage Rescue Team. He’s in a relationship with Zoe. He’s 6’5” with brown hair and blue eyes.
Zoe Renard: Tuck’s cousin and Celida’s best friend. She’s in a relationship with Clay. She’s 5’10” with golden eyes. Her hair color changes often. She’s a former lawyer now a romantic horror writer.
Brad (Tuck) Tucker: FBI special agent on the Hostage Rescue Team and team leader. He’s engaged to Celia’s. He has blond hair and brown eyes.
Celida Morales: FBI special agent. She and Tuck used to be partners and are now engaged. She’s a former Marine and is 5’6” with brunette hair and gray eyes.
Greg Travers: Senior FBI special agent within the domestic terrorist division.
Jake Evers: FBI special agent assigned to the Hostage Rescue Team and who had served on Rycroft’s task force. He’s 32-years old, 6’1” with short dark hair and dark eyes. He’s engaged to Rachel.
Rachel Granger: Architect working for Edge Architectural Firm. She’s engaged to Jake. She’s half Chinese, 27-years old and has dark brown hair and hazel eyes.
Blackwell: Hostage Rescue Team member.
Frank Escobar: U. S. Attorney and Marisol’s boss.
Lammers: FBI special agent.
Travnik: FBI agent.
Miguel Bautista: aka Miguel Salvador. Assassin known as “el santo,” hired by Perez to take out Diego Fuentes’ enforcers.
Flora Bautista: Miguel’s grandmother.
Julia: Volunteer taking care of Bautista’s grandmother.
Diego Fuentes: Notorious and dangerous drug czar who Marisol is putting on trial.
Alvarez: One of Diego Fuentes’ lieutenants.
Garcia: Alvarez’s enforcer.
Villa: Fuentes’ enforcer.
Nick Clancy: Witness who did business with Fuentes.
Trina: Sawyer’s ex.
Summer Blackwell: Blackwell’s wife.
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Spoiler Info
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Julia was Valkyrie Georgia Juliette Randall. (hide spoiler)]

[Karen ♐]

Just finished this one. Another enjoyable one.

[Anita]

I'm about half way through and love it even though I know way more than I should due to reading her current series which has characters from this book. Just a little spoiler for me.

[Jonetta]

I really enjoyed it, Anita.

[Anita]

It just reinforced to me to never read out of order and stay away from the blurbs in a series I am reading.