R Ann Siracusa

All for a Blast of Hot Air R Ann Siracusa

A secret pre-nuptial honeymoon, a hot air balloon safari, and a plot to kill the US president all come together at a Vatican wedding. Finally! Harriet Ruby, a bubbly tour director, and Will Talbot, her favorite spy and the love of her life, Will Talbot, are planning to get married despite her lingering concerns about his dangerous profession. He could get killed!She doesn't want her children to grow up with an absentee father...or a dead one, but Will's work is his calling. Harriet won't ask him to give it up. When they're together, she knows he'll find a way to make everything right. To avoid the big wedding her mother is planning in California, Harriet jumps at an offer to get married in the Vatican, only to learn her family will still attend. Now she's not only stuck with a big wedding, she has to plan it in two months without help. When her boss cancels her vacation time scheduled for their honeymoon, she freaks out. At Will's suggestion, they get married at city hall, hire a wedding planner, and then embark on their honeymoon before the church ceremony. The first leg of their trip is a hot air balloon safari in Africa-well, it sounded like fun at the time-and afterward, they would have two quiet, relaxing weeks totally alone. When a member of the tour is kidnapped, Harriet learns Will had accepted an assignment from to keep the kidnap victim under surveillance. All her doubts about the marriage raise their ugly heads. Sure, they love each other, but can this marriage work out?It won't matter if they don't get out of this alive.