Critical Hours - Paperback
Critical Hours - Paperback

Critical Hours - Paperback

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She saves lives for a living. Now someone wants to end hers.

Graham Holt spent years as a Navy SEAL corpsman making impossible choices about who to save. The guilt drove him to Doctors Without Borders, then to a covert unit where his medical skills meet tactical precision. He's learned to compartmentalize, to distance himself from the people he protects. It's the only way to function.

Maren Ward didn't move to Blossom Springs for peace. The ER nurse left a Chicago trauma center because she was burning out, not because she stopped craving the adrenaline. She still volunteers for every difficult shift. She still can't walk away from someone who needs help.

When a patient arrives under sealed protocols and vanishes without a trace, Maren starts asking questions. Her notes are altered. Her concerns are dismissed. And then someone tries to make her disappear too.

Graham's unit has uncovered a trafficking pipeline running through Blossom Springs' emergency systems—using hospitals as waypoints for human cargo. Maren isn't just a witness. She's a target. Protecting her means staying close, and staying close means confronting everything he's tried to bury.

She refuses to be rescued. He refuses to let her fight alone. In the critical hours ahead, they'll discover that the hardest thing to save might be each other.

Tropes

♥️ Protector Romance
♥️ Enemies to Lovers
♥️ Cyber Operative
♥️ Hacker Heroine
♥️ High Stakes Suspense

Deacon is tracking down a known child trafficker who’d slipped through his grasp. A pesky hacker has caught his attention and has the potential to destroy his mission. When this hacker turns out to be a gorgeous amateur on a path she knows nothing about, her life is threatened.

Becca Bentley a remarkable hacker and a novice crime solver. Breaking into people’s hidden bank accounts is child’s play for Becca. Unfortunately, her lack of crime fighting experience gets noticed by a killer who has turned his attention to her. Now she must rely on the badass operative who is threatening to stop her investigation just when she’s on to something big.

Her biggest challenge yet is to convince Deacon to believe in her and help before it’s too late.

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Reader Reviews

★★★★★

No matter when P J Fiala publishes a book there Is no doubt in my mind that it will be a 5-star read. Her stories are so captivating. You cannot help yourself but to get drawn in and enjoy the ride.

Theresa N.
Amazon Reviewer
★★★★★

I enjoyed the audiobook. Narrators Rose Dioro and Troy Duran were brillant with their talents. This spy mystery was entertaining and sizzling. The story was well written.

Ann
Goodreads Reviewer
★★★★★

I am so in love with this group of characters and their mission to stop trafficking! PJ Fiala has created a world full of action, suspense, and of course the hottest heroes you can imagine.

Marie E.
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★★★★★

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