Balance of Power - Book 3 of The Alina Marinescu Series - Monica Ramirez

      Erase any trace, become invisible, live in the shadows. You don’t exist. You are a ghost…

      Alina Marinescu has finally reached a sense of necessary resignation to the realities of her existence, finally accepted that life within Elite is not about right and wrong as she used to believe, but about survival. She doesn’t know how many assassins Elite operates, but she knows she is unique among them. She had been trained for more, taught to infiltrate, seduce, eavesdrop, steal, kill. She’d learned how to withstand pain and how to inflict it. She would have recoiled in disgust at such an offer when she was still Alina Marinescu, not having to assume a different identity every month. But not anymore. Involved in a very secretive mission against one of Al’Qaeda’s top ranking leaders, Alina’s actions attract the attention of the CIA, resulting in her apprehension by American agents. Upon making contact to discuss this particular situation, the two organizations agree that for the sake of their common goal, a temporary coalition would better serve the final outcome for both agencies. Alina is teamed with Marius Stephano, a CIA agent specialized in Islamic Middle Eastern terrorism. But their relationship is far from simple, especially since it appears that a mole has infiltrated the organization and a mysterious assassin closely linked with Marius’s past is killing deep cover operatives one by one. And the next one on the list might very well be Alina.

    "Taut and powerful, enigmatic and romantic, with sharp, seductive writing that takes the reader through darkness and intrigue to a spectacular conclusion."

Palm Springs Time