Eclipse

SPNI Agent Emma Finch is tasked with protecting a reluctant Teresa Atkins, vice president of Willis & Atkins Construction from a distance at the request of her sister, Dr. Jessica Atkins. The private security contractor and explosives guru gets more than what she bargained for when discovering that Teresa is being courted by a deceptive private investigator and is targeted by her insolent ex-in-laws at the behest of her scoundrel former husband.

The ensuing investigation into suspicious activity puts them on a collision course with cunningly connected and devious human traffickers intent on using the construction company to grow their criminal empire. Fleeing for her life, Teresa stumbles her way into the mythical world of Orion to seek refuge from certain death.

As the threat level increases, support Agent Rohan Rook enters the field to rescue Finch. As a solo operator Finch is not known to play well with others or used to asking for help. Compounding the situation, Finch’s prominent activist father is scheduled to appear as the keynote speaker at a high-profile local event on human rights and equality. 

Rook is a man haunted by his own demons, and finds that his past catches up with him and directly puts Finch and her family in grave danger. Together they must find a way to cling to life or perish.

Life for Teresa Atkins, juggling being a single parent of three with a corporate career as Vice President of a multinational construction company—and with a new, mischievous puppy in the home—just became more complicated. Her hectic life tailspins out of control as unbeknownst to her, her unscrupulous ex-husband has his eyes on a big payday: the control of her children and their trust fund, her family's business, and a sizeable life insurance policy. 

Dr. Jessica Atkins, instructs her close friend, Sophia Parker of SPN Industries, to keep a protective eye on her sister, which results in barely thwarting a dire outcome. Private security contractor and explosives guru Emma Finch is tasked with keeping Teresa Atkins safe, albeit from a distance as her reluctant client refuses help. Her cushy babysitting gig turns to mayhem when Teresa's life is endangered by a duplicitous private investigator, insolent in-laws, and armed gangsters hired to terrorize her. 

As the situation escalates, the man who has been supporting her from afar for many months, Agent Rook, is drawn away from the safety of his desk to provide field backup hundreds of miles away. Used to being a solo operator, Emma Finch has to begrudgingly contend with relying on another. Complicating matters for Emma, her parents fly in for a conference on human rights and equality, and plan to catch up with their secretive daughter. The visitors are roped into peril as fringe group protesters target William Finch, who is the keynote speaker at the conference. Friends and family join in on the protection plans, and things heat up when one SPNI agent connects with another. 

Eclipse is the 5th book in the Ravens Nest series. The characters are drawn into unexpectedly haunting scenarios, encounter human traffickers, and navigate life-threatening situations as menacing third parties close in on them.

Alex Croft has lived and worked in healthcare in several countries, whilst traveling to many more. Drawing on life experience and exposure to different cultures, the author weaves aspects of psychology, medical treatment modalities, humanity, the power of conviction and intrigue into the story lines. 

A fan of different genres of fiction, the author incorporates elements of suspense, humor, romance, action, adventure and fantasy into contemporary writing to enhance the reading experience.

Eclipse is the fifth book in the Ravens Nest series.