Against All Odds / Irene Hannon / 334 pages / First Book in a Series

The HRT (Hostage Rescue Team) is a civilian counter-terrorism unit that provide tactical resolution in hostage and high-risk law enforcement situations.  Two of its members, Evan Cooper and Mark Sanders are assigned to keep Monical Callahan safe.  Terrorists in Afghanistan have kidnapped a wire servie reporter, the director of a humanitarian organization, and a state department enployee and are demanding a hefty ransom and release of politcal prisoners for the release of the hostages.  David Callahan had been holding firm on the U.S. policy on nonnegotiation with terrorists.  Now the terrorists have raised the stakes by threatening his estranged daughter, Monica.  This pageturner focuses on contemporary issues, faith, and love,... a sure-to-please work of romantic suspense.