**This is a bonus novella that takes place directly following Ashes, Ashes (Hostage Negotiation Team #2)** As a suspect in Senator DeMarco's murder, Sophia Naziri worked hard to bring the true killer to justice and prove her innocence. But she pays a high personal price trying to clear her name when she's held hostage and nearly killed---and Sophia can't put it behind her just yet. Matters get even more complicated when classified information regarding the murder is leaked. Sophia is besieged by the press and trapped even further by the memories that won't let her move on. In order to escape the situation, Sophia heads to a secluded cabin with Detective Colby Black so they can lay low and figure out who the leak is. But can Sophia find the peace she craves? Or will the circumstances that brought her and Colby together now drive them apart? Other books in the award-winning Hostage Negotiation series: All Fall Down (Hostage Negotiation Team #1) Falling Slowly (Hostage Negotiation Team #1.5) Ashes Ashes (Hostage Negotiation Team #2) From the Ashes (Hostage Negotiation Team #2.5) Pocket Full of Posies (Hostage Negotiation Team #3) Forget Me Not (Hostage Negotiation Team #3.5) Ring Around the Rosie (Hostage Negotiation Team #4)