A spy under pressure. A secret below the sea. Can he blow the lid off a treacherous conspiracy? CIA Case Officer Tim Hall will go to any lengths to protect his safe house. And with his FBI agent girlfriend now under the same roof, he's confident everything is locked down. So when a Soviet-era submarine lurks off the Florida coast, he's sure they'll send someone else to assess the threat. Headstrong Bureau operative Mary Ann Wilson isn't about to take orders from her lover. When she pulls the assignment to investigate the mysterious submersible, she accepts without hesitation. But an unfortunate misstep sends her in over her head and snares Agent Hall in her wake… As duty tears the lovers apart, they sink deeper into a dangerous web of lies, secrets, and betrayals. And when they find themselves trapped aboard the underwater menace, it may doom both their love and their missions. Can they force justice to the surface before they're both sent to a watery grave? The Safe House is the second novel in the page-turning Tim Hall and Mary Ann Wilson Adventure series. If you like gripping espionage, superspy romance, and breathtaking twists and turns, then you'll love Jeffrey Mechling's fast-paced thriller. This is the second book of the Tim and Mary Ann series and for those who have read Mechling's first novel, The Adults in the Room, The Safe House provides the backstory of Tim Hall and what he did before losing his memory. We also learn much more about Tim's new girlfriend, FBI Special Agent Mary Ann Wilson. A divorced woman with two children (children that live with their father and their father's new wife) she is far from the perfect modern day heroine. Mary Ann is fearless except when it comes to her two teenage daughters. Although Mary Ann is in love with Tim, she also finds herself in competition with him. The Safe House is not only a thrilling adventure but a story of a modern day relationship between a man and a woman.