When heroine Rachel Cooper sees her neighbors’ three-year-old twin boys being kidnapped she intervenes to try to save them. But later, when the children are safe, one of the kidnappers goes after Rachel. Soon Rachel and her neighbor (hero James McGuire) and his twin boys are on the run from the bad guys.

James works at Launch Operations, a space transport company, as a systems specialist. An anomaly he’d found meant a possible weapon could be hidden in a satellite scheduled to launch. And it’s his job to stop it. But it seems like there is no one for James to trust. Time is running out.

This was a fast-paced, action filled read. I liked James. His twin boys were cute and were involved through most of the story with Rachel and James while they were on the run. (James’s wife died a few years ago in a hit-and-run accident, and James is now starting to wonder if it really was an accident.) I really liked Rachel. She was one gusty heroine.

An exciting read by Heather Woodhaven. ( )