From New York Times bestselling author, Toni Anderson, comes a heart-wrenching, emotional story about love, friendship, and the importance of keeping promises--and Alex Parker discovers he's not as alone as he once was.

In the midst of wedding preparations, a shadowy figure from Alex Parker's past reappears and threatens the joy he's found with Mallory Rooney.

Four years ago, Jane Sanders's rich and powerful ex-husband kidnapped their young daughter and Jane hasn't seen her since. Now she finally has a lead on her location and she knows just the man to help her get her daughter back. Trouble is, he's an assassin. And he terrifies her.

Despite his upcoming nuptials, Alex agrees to help, but it doesn't take long for the routine operation to turn complicated--and deadly. Can the former assassin make it home in time to marry the woman he loves, or will his dark past destroy all hope for their future?

A Cold Dark Promise is a forty-thousand word novella that takes place during the week leading up to the wedding of former CIA assassin Alex Parker to FBI Agent Mallory Rooney, who first meet in the novel, A Cold Dark Place. A Cold Dark Promise can be read as a standalone novella, but readers will get more enjoyment if they read some of the other books in the series first.