Robards' fans will devour this latest in the series.'?Booklist 'The delightful, capable, and frequently funny Bianca is an intoxicating combo of Stephanie Plum and James Bond.'-Publishers Weekly on The Moscow Deception 'Robards's visually evocative narrative allows the reader to 'see' Bianca during her escapades. 'The tale comprises a long, exciting chase (leading to a gratifyingly suspenseful conclusion). Besides, if Bianca has to go down, she's gonna go down swinging. But it might also ignite the kind of chaos that forces a revolution. It could mean torture or endless imprisonment-assuming she survives. After everything she's seen, Bianca knows feeding fake information directly into the belly of the beast is about as dangerous as it gets. But first, the US need one of their own to go undercover as the female hacker who recently stole top secret intel from NORAD. An intelligence operation is already under way in North Korea, one that's poised to end the country's existing tyrannical regime for good. But if Bianca wants to go back to her normal life in Savannah, it's not like she has a choice. And all she has to do is run one last mission-the kind she might never return from. Instead of taking her in, there's an offer on the table, a one-shot deal that would allow Bianca to walk away scot-free as if they'd never found her. Ives, but now that they have, it's far from the capture she expected. It took one hell of an effort for the authorities to finally get the jump on master manipulator Bianca St. She's either going to save the world-or die trying. ©2017 Karen Robards (P)2017 Brilliance Audio, all rights reserved.With her back against the wall, everything's on the line for Bianca St. With only a fellow criminal for backup and her life on the line, it's up to Bianca to uncover the terrifying truth behind what really happened…and set it right, before it's too late. Ives, a high-value target and someone who has been on most-wanted lists all over the world for over two decades, and they mean to use Bianca as bait. They'll stop at nothing to capture Richard St. The thing is, the US government doesn't believe he's really dead. But her latest gig had a little hiccup - if you count two hundred million dollars and top secret government documents going missing as little. Running a multinational firm with her father, she makes a living swindling con men out of money they stole - and she's damn good at it. Now a striking beauty with fierce skills, the prodigy has surpassed the master. Her father prepped her well to carry on the family business. Instead of playing hopscotch or combing her dolls' hair, she studied martial arts with sensei masters and dismantled explosives with special-ops retirees.

Ives knew she was different from all her friends. 'Enthralling… Readers won't want this adrenaline-rich story to end.

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