King's Ransom
(Book)

The book that readers have been waiting for. In Frisco's Kid, Tasha Francisco was a strong-willed, independent child, thrown into the temporary care of her Navy SEAL uncle, Alan "Frisco" Francisco. Years older, but still just a kid himself, Thomas King lived nearby. Tasha took one look and declared she would marry him someday. Thomas wasn't quite so sure about that. Now Tasha is a strong-willed, independent young woman, and Thomas is an officer and a hospital corpsman with SEAL Team Ten. When Tasha's Uncle Alan asks Thomas for a favor-to help keep his niece safe as she travels to a remote ski lodge with her wealthy boyfriend's royal family-Thomas grimly accepts his role as Tasha's bodyguard. But things go horribly, terribly wrong, and Thomas and Tasha find themselves alone together in the freezing wilderness, on the run from the dangerous men who want her dead. Thomas knows only one thing for sure: He will sacrifice everything and anything to keep Tasha safe. "The narrative talents of Dion Graham, Melanie Ewbank, and Patrick Lawlor combine in this adventurous romance…Graham's rich baritone suits Thomas's military bearing, and he is equally effective voicing the female characters. Ewbank brings out Tasha's emotions as the pair's stress levels rise when their situation grows more dire.…Lawlor also handles the portrayals of the two Navy SEALs who are racing to rescue Thomas and Tasha. The rescuers provide some comic relief, and Lawlor's timing and inflections of those moments are perfect."