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Ex-Secret Service agent Kate Stark owns the #1 cooking network on television. When a chef and a guest judge are poisoned on her show, all fingers point to Kate—except she's nowhere to be found.

Drugged, kidnapped, and loaded into a shipping container, Kate's next port of call? North Korea.

From New York TV studios and her Chrysler Building penthouse suite to the Panama Canal and a DPRK smuggling ship, Kate desperately recruits her team as she races to stay alive: a geek, a Marine, her con-man twin brother, and a very handsome chef.

It will take all their skills to survive.

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\tEx-Secret Service agent Kate Stark owns the #1 cooking network on television. When a chef and a guest judge are poisoned on her show, all fingers point to Kate—except she's nowhere to be found.

\tDrugged, kidnapped, and loaded into a shipping container, Kate's next port of call? North Korea.

\tFrom New York TV studios and her Chrysler Building penthouse suite to the Panama Canal and a DPRK smuggling ship, Kate desperately recruits her team as she races to stay alive: a geek, a Marine, her con-man twin brother, and a very handsome chef.

\tIt will take all their skills to survive.

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The head chef for the G-7 meeting at a luxury resort in the Scottish Highlands dies in the middle of a television interview. All fingers point to former Secret Service agent turned owner of Cooks Network, Kate Stark. At the same instant, a sugar sculpture chef dies horribly on-air in her New York studio. Her failure to protect the Vice President-elect during her years as a protection detail agent does not improve her standing.

The FBI, the British Diplomatic Protection Group, a world-class Black Hat hacker, and an old friend from the US Secret Service all target her as Suspect Number One. Is it personal? Or is this a far more dangerous attack, perhaps targeting the Presidency?

Kate's ragtag team of rugged individualists must pull together once more if she wants to survive.

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\tThe head chef for the G-7 meeting at a luxury resort in the Scottish Highlands dies in the middle of a television interview. All fingers point to former Secret Service agent turned owner of Cooks Network, Kate Stark. At the same instant, a sugar sculpture chef dies horribly on-air in her New York studio. Her failure to protect the Vice President-elect during her years as a protection detail agent does not improve her standing.

\tThe FBI, the British Diplomatic Protection Group, a world-class Black Hat hacker, and an old friend from the US Secret Service all target her as Suspect Number One. Is it personal? Or is this a far more dangerous attack, perhaps targeting the Presidency?

\tKate's ragtag team of rugged individualists must pull together once more if she wants to survive.

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A brewery explosion wipes out Kate Stark's newest television team. An exploding wedding cake on a cruise ship exploring the Icelandic coast almost kills Kate herself.

Former Secret Service agent and now owner of Cooks Network, she despises this feeling—when labeled as Hunted. Her small team is like family: a geek, a US Marine, and her con-man twin brother.

But does she dare trust even them? Are they headed toward being collateral damage, or are they the targets and she's the one caught in the chaos?

Kate must walk the knife's edge for a chance to survive.

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\tA brewery explosion wipes out Kate Stark's newest television team. An exploding wedding cake on a cruise ship exploring the Icelandic coast almost kills Kate herself.

\tFormer Secret Service agent and now owner of Cooks Network, she despises this feeling—when labeled as Hunted. Her small team is like family: a geek, a US Marine, and her con-man twin brother.

\tBut does she dare trust even them? Are they headed toward being collateral damage, or are they the targets and she's the one caught in the chaos?

\tKate must walk the knife's edge for a chance to survive.

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