Cold Wicked Lies (Cold Justice: Crossfire #3) by Toni Anderson-Review Tour

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date June 8, 2020

In an effort to halt an armed standoff, FBI negotiator Charlotte Blood tries to unravel the mystery of a young woman’s death on a remote mountainside. Pity she has to fight her stubborn, sexy, Hostage Rescue Team counterpart every step of the way.

As a highly skilled operative, HRT leader Payne Novak doesn’t have time to play detective or make nice with killers who flout the law. His focus is getting inside the compound and ending the siege as quickly as possible.

Forced to work together, the battle-hardened HRT team leader and the quietly determined negotiator figure out they might have more in common than they anticipated. As the clock ticks, Charlotte discovers there are some dangers she can’t talk her way out of, and the race to unearth long-buried lies becomes a matter of survival for everyone on the mountain.

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REVIEW:COLD WICKED LIES is the third instalment in Toni Anderson’s contemporary, adult COLD JUSTICE: CROSSFIRE erotic, romantic suspense series-a a spin off/crossover with the author’s COLD JUSTICE series. This is FBI negotiator Charlotte Blood, and HRT (Hostage Rescue Team) leader Payne Novak’s story line. COLD WICKED LIES can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous instalments or the original series is revealed where necessary.

Told from several third person perspectives including Payne and Charlotte COLD WICKED LIES focuses on a potential hostage situation and armed stand-off with a fortified compound after a US Fish & Wildlife officer is shot, and a young woman is found dead. Enter FBI negotiator Charlotte Blood, and HRT (Hostage Rescue Team) leader Payne Novak. What ensues is the slow building relationship between Payne and Charlotte as they must navigate the cold and blustery forests of Washington State in an effort to stop any further deaths when a number of environmental protestors find themselves caught between a group of end of days zealots, and the FBI.

Meanwhile, the compound members find themselves at an impasse as a fight for leadership is surely a threat to their own safety and numbers. As their current leader Tom Harrison and his eighteen year old son TJ prepare to flee, TJ must face the possibility that not all is well with the people he once called family and friends in the face of a murdered girl that may be connected to the people in charge.

The relationship between Payne Novak and Charlotte Blood begins acrimoniously as both come with preconceived notions about one another. Charlotte is an FBI hostage negotiator who doesn’t like to be considered ‘less than’ capable in a male-oriented environment of wanna-be cowboys and power hungry men, and her first impressions of Payne leave much to be desired. Payne Novak struggles in the face of demons from his past . Ordered to work together in an effort to quell their growing dislike, Payne battles between head and heart as his attraction to Charlotte continues to grow. The $ex scenes are intimate and passionate without the use of over the top, sexually graphic language and text.

COLD WICKED LIES is a story of power and control; suspense and intrigue; relationship, friendships and love. The premise is dramatic and intense; the slow building romance is seductive; the characters are energetic, capable and charismatic.

Reading Order and Previous Reviews
Cold and Deadly
Colder Than Sin

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Reviewed by Sandy

Toni Anderson is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author, RITA® finalist, science nerd, professional tourist, dog lover, gardener, mom. Originally from a small town in England, Toni studied Marine Biology at University of Liverpool (B.Sc.) and University of St. Andrews (Ph.D.) with the intention she’d never be far from the ocean. Well, that plan backfired and she ended up in the Canadian prairies with her biology professor husband, two kids, a rescue dog, and a laid-back leopard gecko. Toni started writing while pregnant with her first child and never stopped. Her greatest achievements are mastering the Tokyo subway, climbing Ben Lomond, snorkeling the Great Barrier Reef, and surviving fourteen Winnipeg winters (fingers crossed). She loves to travel for research purposes and was lucky enough to visit the Strategic Information and Operations Center inside FBI Headquarters in Washington, D.C. in 2016, and she also got to shove another car off the road during pursuit training at the Writer’s Police Academy in Wisconsin. Watch out world!

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