Cover of The Mistaken (The Mistaken, #1)

The Mistaken

Nancy S. Thompson

The Mistaken #1

romantic suspense(580)

A grieving man kidnaps the wrong woman — and must now protect her from the traffickers he unleashed.

Content Warnings
kidnappingtraffickingviolence/goredeath of loved onegrief

Description

WINNER! ~ Best Thriller & Audiobook ~ 2014 eFestival of Words Best of the Independent eBook Awards* * * *The Mistaken is a dark romantic thriller. * * * *All Tyler Karras wants is to enjoy life with his expectant bride. What he gets instead is a graveside seat at her funeral. With the woman who killed her uncharged and still free, all Ty wants now is revenge.His brother, Nick, has dangerous connections and suggests a sadistic plan: grab the woman responsible and hand her over to his associates--sex-traffickers in San Francisco's Russian Mafia. They offer Ty more than he dreamed possible. In exchange for the woman, they'll finally let his brother leave the business for good--with his debt wiped clean and his heart still beating.There's just one problem: Ty kidnaps the wrong woman.Now he must protect Hannah Maguire from the very enemy he's unleashed, but the Russians are holding Nick as leverage to force Ty to complete their deal. Caught in a no-win situation, Ty must find a way to save himself, his brother, and the woman, but with the Russian Mafia, even two out of three makes for very long odds.

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