{"product_id":"never-a-hostage-jan-thompson-9781944188931","title":"Never a Hostage: Christian Romantic Suspense","description":"\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThree people in a web of lies. Two private investigators seeking truth. One hostage plan gone wrong.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrivate Investigator Pilar Santiago takes us to Miami, right into a hostage crisis. Cade Sumter is dispatched to rescue her. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGoing undercover in a hotel...\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen a former senator's estranged wife hires Pilar to spy on her husband at a hotel in Miami, Pilar just assumes it's another routine job. At most taking two days of work, all she has to do is record the meeting that the former senator will be in and then leave. Collecting five hundred thousand dollars has never been easier.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eGiving up is never an option...\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe meeting never takes place. However, criminals have entered the hotel and taken former senator Felix Braun-Dean and his mistress hostage. Or have they? Caught in the middle, Pilar is unable to leave the building. She decides that she might as well make the most of it and starts to observe and collect data.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eGetting into a swamp of trouble...\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eDisguised as a line cook, Private Investigator Cade Sumter manages to get inside the hotel. He's there to swing down the vine, swoop up Pilar-with whom he's fallen in love a year ago when they were teammates in an overseas project-and take her home safely to her family...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNot!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA tropical storm hits Miami, and the captors leave but not before they take Pilar, Cade, and a handful of other hostages to a private swamp where nobody would find them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow do Pilar and Cade get out alive?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eNever a Hostage\u003c\/i\u003e is Book 2 in \u003ci\u003eUSA Today \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author Jan Thompson's Defender Sweethearts Christian romantic suspense collection, a sister series to Protector Sweethearts. While the heroes in Protector Sweethearts search for lost treasures and lost people, the Defender Sweethearts novels focus on protecting the helpless and hopeless. The main characters in Defender Sweethearts come from the supporting cast in Protector Sweethearts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher's Note\u003c\/b\u003e: \u003ci\u003eNever a Hostage \u003c\/i\u003edebuted in the 10-author Danger in the Shadows box set, published on May 13, 2025.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jan Thompson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1944188932\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781944188931\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Georgia Press LLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/02\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.98lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.85d","brand":"Jan Thompson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47425670447359,"sku":"9781944188931","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_bef82f4f-67a9-4c45-8141-b25d35b25eac.jpg?v=1761540815","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/never-a-hostage-jan-thompson-9781944188931","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}