A new romantic thriller series by Sandy Parks, author of Repossessed, winner of the Daphne du Maurier Mainstream Mystery/Suspense Award and Maggie Award. Helicopter pilot Joni Bell believes her life is once again under control after a failed covert rescue mission two years ago cost the life of a dignitary’s child. Out of the US military and relocated to South Africa, she test-flies a prototype Special Forces craft unaware her past has already caught up. Her skill set is just what the CIA and South African government need to address a sensitive international issue brewing in the struggling country across the border. They coerce her into flying the craft into Zimbabwe to smuggle out top-secret information secured by wildlife manager Ian Taljaard. Once in the country, Joni discovers she and Taljaard have different visions for the rapidly changing mission. Her presence in the country is betrayed, another child is put at risk, and a deadly Zimbabwean operative and his team pick up their tail. As they evade capture in bush country, their encounters with the enemy reveal Ian is more mysterious and dangerous than his bio disclosed. With deceptions rampant on both sides and stakes rising, it will take both their skills to slip under the radar of a deadly enemy and escape. Be sure to check out Off The Chart, book 2 in the series, out late October 2016.

Off the Chart is a 2017 Winner of the Maggie Award of Excellence. Joni Bell’s life as a former American military helicopter pilot has grown complicated. The only way to rescue a spy she’s come to love and keep a promise to a child whose father is a political prisoner in Africa, is to assist the CIA. Can she do all this while trying to keep one step ahead of a traitor in her midst? Former Special Forces soldier Ian Taljaard is avoiding Zimbabwean intelligence (CIO). They want him stopped after he aided the imprisoned finance minister in uncovering government corruption and secrets they need to keep buried. Now Ian’s pressing goal is to find where the CIO is keeping the minister and free him. The last thing Ian wants is for captivating American Joni Bell to risk coming back to where the CIO wants her dead. Yet Joni does return, with support from the American CIA and unwelcome help from a fellow pilot assigned as her escort. Ian fears the duplicitous CIA is hiding the true mission once again and that Joni’s coworker harbors secrets…secrets with the potential to kill. If you love adventure thrillers with a dash of espionage, heroines whose brains are as important as their brawn, and heroes with enough guts to do the right thing, then you'll enjoy Off the Chart. Pick up the book today by Sandy, author of Repossessed, winner of the 2013 Daphne du Maurier Mainstream Mystery/Suspense Award and 2013 Maggie Award of Excellence. Adventure Thrillers by Sandy Hawker Incorporated REPOSSESSED – winner of the Daphne Award, Maggie Award, and HOLT Award of Merit OUTFOXED Taking Risks UNDER THE RADAR OFF THE CHART