Fatal Secrets by Allison Brennan

[Jonetta]

DEADLY QUEST

When a top lieutenant in a notorious ring of human traffickers agrees to turn state’s evidence, Immigration and Customs Enforcement senior agent Sonia Knight believes she’ll finally take down the illegal operation’s devilish mastermind, Xavier Jones. But when an FBI sting on Jones’s criminal enterprise collides with an ICE stakeout, Sonia is enraged: Her informant’s life and her evidence are in grave jeopardy.

FBI agent Dean Hooper has been chasing Jones for years on money-laundering and tax-evasion charges and doesn’t need or want a hot-headed ICE agent second-guessing his every move. When the Bureau is ordered to join forces with ICE, Sonia is just as livid: Her job is to save lives, not money. But their team effort pays off as fierce mutual resentment fades and passion flares–along with risk.

For Jones is just one piece of a depraved puzzle, answering to an even more dangerous predator. Denied his expected prey, this pitiless fiend intends to make Sonia and Dean pay with their own blood.

Settings
Texas
Sacramento, California
San Andreas, California

Prologue
35 Chapters

Character List
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Sonia Martin Knight: Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) senior agent.
Dean Hooper: Assistant director of the FBI.
Riley Knight: Sonia’s brother.
Max Knight: Sonia’s brother, a Marine. He’s currently deployed in Afghanistan.
Marianne Knight: Sonia, Max and Riley’s mother. Married to Owen.
Owen Knight: Sonia, Max and Riley’s father. Married to Marianne.
Wendell Knight: Owen’s brother, a former Texas Ranger. He rescued Sonia, took her in until he died of cancer.
Will Hooper: Dean’s brother, a San Diego Police Department detective.
Trace Anderson: Sonia’s partner, an ICE agent.
Toni Warner: Assistant special agent in charge of the San Francisco Regional ICE office based in Oakland. She’s Sonia’s boss.
Sam Callahan: FBI supervisory special agent stationed in Sacramento.
Hans Vigo: FBI special agent and profiler.
Brian Stone: FBI S.W.A.T. team leader.
John Black: Sacramento Police Department detective.
Simone Charles: Sacramento Police Department supervisor in the forensic investigation division.
Melanie Montgomery: Sacramento Police Department homicide detective.
Brian Azevedo: Deputy sheriff.
Duke Rogan: Kane’s brother who works for a private security firm. He helped guard the Knight family.
Sean Rogan: Kane’s brother who works for a private security firm. He helped guard the Knight family.
Kane Rogan: Sonia’s friend who works for a private security firm. He helped rescue her when the op Charlie set up went south.
Andres Zamora: 10-year old boy who was rescued from traffickers.
Maya Zamora: Andres 13-year old sister who is missing.
Sergio Martin: Sonia’s biological father who sold her to traffickers.
Noel Marchand: aka Pierre Devereaux. The most notorious human trafficker in the world.
Tobias Marchand: Noel’s younger brother.
Sun Ling: Noel’s henchman.
Xavier Jones: Human trafficker who leads a life of respectability on the surface. He’s the head of XCJ Consulting, a lobbying firm.
Craig Gleason: Attorney and head lobbyist for XCJ Consulting.
Victoria Christopoulis: Co-owner of Omega Shipping, an XCJ client.
George Christopoulis : Co-owner of Omega Shipping, Victoria’s son.
Greg Vega: Xavier’s top lieutenant who is Sonia’s informant.
Kendra Vega: Greg’s pregnant wife.
Charlie Cammarata: Former ICE agent who trained Sonia and was forced out based on conduct.
Thomas (Smitty) Daniels: Xavier’s former competitor. He was killed recently.
Kirsten: aka Ann Charles. 16-year old girl who Tobias thought he’d killed and was rescued from the river.
Dr. Miller: Kirsten’s doctor.
Ashley Fox: Missing girl who Charlie was hired to find.
Johan Krueger: Assassin hired by Marchand to kill Kirsten.
Warren Sheffield: Museum curator who owns the mining maps.
Gabrielle: Sonia’s biological mother.
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Spoiler Info
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Noel was the man Sonia knew as her father, Sergio Martin. However, he wasn’t her biological father who was unknown.

Charlie died trying to save Sonia.

Sonia and Dean marry. Dean relocates to Sacramento as the assistant agent in charge of the regional office.

Maya was found and the Knights plan to adopt both her and Andres. (hide spoiler)]

[Charlene]

This is for March?

[Jonetta]

Yes.

[Karen ♐]

I have this from the library so I'll be getting to it next.