Grayson Montana here. Back when I was a senior in high school, I learned firsthand what it felt like to be powerless. I was kidnapped, along with two other boys, and held for ransom. My father—a former SEAL—didn’t waste a second. He called in two of his brothers-in-arms, and together they brought us home alive. That ordeal bonded me for life with Liam and Cooper, the two boys I was taken with.

As grown men, we decided to turn that pain into purpose. That’s how The Phoenix Three was born—our mission to bring kids home. We rescue children who’ve been kidnapped like we were, track down runaways before the streets swallow them whole, and step in when a desperate mother needs help protecting her child from a man who thrives on fear.

Which brings me to today.

Across the table sits Harlow Pressley, the mother of the six-year-old boy we’re about to bring home. Harlow’s a puzzle I’m trying to solve. She hides herself beneath clothes meant to make her invisible—granny cardigans, a tight bun—but those efforts can’t dim her beauty. Not the kind that’s polished and flashy, but the kind that sneaks up on you and takes your breath away. Her eyes are the kind of blue that makes a man forget what he’s saying.

I force myself to stay calm, but anger is simmering under my skin. No woman should be reduced to this—shoulders curled in, voice whispery soft, fear shadowing every expression—especially not because of a man determined to control her. And using a child to do it? That’s unforgivable.

Harlow came to us because she believes we can help her. She’s right. Anthony Pressley made a mistake the day he thought he could weaponize his son. He’s about to learn what it feels like to be hunted.

I’ll put that little boy back in his mother’s arms if it’s the last thing I do. And as for the spark between Harlow and me—the one I’m already trying hard to ignore? I’ll keep pretending it isn’t there.

And that mocking little voice in the back of my head whispering, Famous last words? Yeah. I’m ignoring that too.

DANGEROUS SECRET – The Phoenix Three, Book 1
Genre: Romantic Suspense
Release Date: April 2025
Format: Print, Digital, Audio
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He protects the innocent.
She just wants her son back.
A deadly secret that could get them both killed.

Harlow Pressley’s powerful ex-husband is using his custody of their son to intimidate her. Desperate, she enlists Grayson Montana and his security team to help her reclaim her child. Though her ex has eroded Harlow’s ability to trust, she instinctively believes in Grayson. But Grayson must suppress his powerful attraction to the determined beauty to help her. Harlow knows her ex-husband’s threats to kill anyone she’s involved with aren’t empty. And that the secret she’s keeping about him could put them all in even more danger.

DANGEROUS AFFAIR, book 2 in the Phoenix Three series was published August 2025

Meet the author
A top five Amazon best seller, Sandra Owens lives in the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina. Her family and friends have ceased being surprised by what she might get up to next. She has jumped out of a plane, flown in an aerobatic plane while the pilot performed death-defying stunts, and rode a Harley motorcycle for years. She regrets nothing. Sandra is a Romance Writers of America Honor Roll member for selling over 100,000 copies of a single title and her books have won many awards.