Fearless Pursuit: A thrilling tale of espionage, murder, and romance!

Barbara Freethy

Jul 2020 · Off The Grid: FBI Series Book 8 · Fog City Publishing, LLC

About this ebook

"Barbara Freethy writes a beautiful, edge of the seat story, full of intrigue, mystery and romance. This is my favorite FBI series! Can’t wait to read the next book!" Christine - Goodreads

Secrets and lies…strangers and spies… 

After the death of an asset, Special Agent Jax Kenin goes undercover bartending at an exclusive Hollywood club in hot pursuit of a spy ring. His mission gets complicated when a beautiful brunette begins asking questions about an old murder. She's making people nervous, and he needs to get her out of the way before she blows up his operation.

Maya Ashton is on a mission of her own, determined to make a movie about the mysterious death of her famous grandmother, Natasha Petrova, a Russian-born movie star who died before her thirty-sixth birthday. Unfortunately, Maya keeps running into roadblocks, including one particularly sexy and attractive bartender. 

When danger follows Maya home, Jax has no choice but to protect her. Their missions become entangled, their pursuit of two separate truths suddenly becomes one. And what they discover will shake up their personal lives in ways they never expected. To survive, they must find the truth, before it kills them. 

A thrilling, twisting novel of espionage, murder, and romance that will keep you guessing until the last page from #1 New York Times Bestselling Author Barbara Freethy. For fans of Susan Stoker, Meli Raine, Riley Edwards, Kendra Elliott, Melinda Leigh, and Jayne Ann Krentz!

Note: THE FBI SERIES takes readers on thrilling, romantic, and suspenseful adventures! Every story stands completely on its own and there are no cliffhangers! The books feature complex and exciting storylines ranging from kidnapping to organized crime, terrorism, and espionage. Personal stories often play out against a bigger, broader storyline, and surprising twists will keep you up all night. Start reading today!

Also Available in the Off The Grid: FBI Series

Perilous Trust #1

Reckless Whisper #2

Desperate Play #3

Elusive Promise #4

Dangerous Choice #5

Ruthless Cross #6

Critical Doubt #7

Fearless Pursuit #8

Daring Deception #9

Risky Bargain #10

Perfect Target #11

Fatal Betrayal #12

What the readers are saying…

"Freethy is not for the faint of heart. There's always a twist waiting to be explored. Always a heartache waiting to be healed. Always a thrill waiting to be had. Fearless Pursuit refuses to back down when it comes to getting your attention. Jax and Maya pull readers into a page turner that encompasses the past, present and future. It's complicated, emotional, captivating and unpredictable, but then the most haunting love stories usually are." Isha - Bookbub

"This was such a gripping story. Not only were Jax and Maya fantastic characters, the story was really complex and fascinating. Freethy’s books are always well developed and her characters jump off the page." Booklovers Anonymous

"Fearless Pursuit will have you on the edge of your seat until the very end. What an intriguing, mysterious story. Jax and Maya have immediate chemistry! The twists and turns that this story takes keeps you guessing. The Off The Grid: FBI series is a fabulous series but Fearless Pursuit is by far my favorite one!" Cindy – Goodreads

"Fearless Pursuit will leave you breathless. All of this author’s books are well written with vivid characters that make her books difficult to put down unfinished. This one will leave readers guessing until the very end." Jane – Goodreads

"Barbara Freethy has done it again. Fearless Pursuit, her new book is filled with tension and excitement from the first page on. This is a story that you will not want to put down. I ended up reading all day and then kept waking up at night so I could read more." JStryker – Goodreads

Ratings and reviews

FEARLESS. PURSUIT .....Barbara Freethy We meet Jax an FBI agent working undercover. A Russian dealership who personally delivers expensive cars. Jax’s contact, an employee,, has been poisoned, his last words, Wolf and Firebird. A new hotspot club is called Firebird, and looking for a bartender, who speaks Russian..Jax does, and soon found there was a connection between the dealership and the club. Maya reading the journals, now wanting answers, for herself and her aging grandfather. Of her grandmother a famous actress was it suicide. Maya wanting answers is at the club, pictures of her grandmothers on the wall, the second husband was here and she wanted to talk with him. Goal to make a movie of her grandmother’s short life. Maya is strong and fearless and a beauty, Jax notices, but needs no distraction, a good plot, with intrigue and romance. It flows to the end, and one enjoyed of how it ends. Another winner in this series. Given ARC for my voluntary review and my honest opinion

WOW!!! This book is an intensely intriguing and gripping suspenseful mystery that will keep you on the edge of your seat. I literally could not put the book down, reading it in one sitting when I should have been sleeping. Jax and Maya are both amazing characters and their connection felt genuine. I loved the complex and intertwining stories between Jax and Maya; as well as the Russian spies, movie stars and high-powered individuals. It has so many twists and turns that kept it kept me on my toes. One of my favorites of the series! I voluntarily reviewed an Advanced Readers Copy of this book.

Barbara Freethy has once again delivered an incredible romantic thriller with Fearless Pursuit. Each book in Barbara Freethy's Off the Grid: FBI series gets better and better, and I think that Fearless Pursuit is my favorite book in the series. Although, I think that after I have read each book in the series. I absolutely loved Fearless Pursuit, the eighth book in her Off the Grid: FBI series. Fearless Pursuit had me guessing throughout the story what was really happened to Natasha Pertova and the other thrilling events that took place. It was truly a surprise villain that I did not see happening. I could not put it down. I loved every page. I really enjoy how the book is told from the perspective of the main characters. I love getting the insight and feelings from the different characters. Barbara Freethy has once again proven that she is a master storyteller. Fearless Pursuit is the story of Jax Kenin, FBI Special Agent who was working undercover as a bartender at the Firebird Club and Maya Ashton, film maker working on making a movie about what really happened to her paternal grandmother, Natasha Petrova, a famous movie star, who is believed to have committed suicide over thirty years ago. Maya wants to tell the real story about Natasha for her grandfather, Phillip and hopes for a different ending. Jax and Maya meet at the Firebird Club, the private club where Jax is working undercover as a bartender investigating Russian spies. Maya’s grandfather, Phillip recently located Natasha’s journals in a long-forgotten safety deposit box. Maya goes to the Firebird Club in an attempt to talk to some of the men mentioned in her grandmother’s journals. Maya sees photos of her grandmother, from the former Russian House club that burnt years ago on the same location as the Firebird Club. After multiple attempts on their lives, the relationship between Jax and Maya changes. Jax fights his feelings because he does not want Maya’s search for answers into her grandmother’s death to interfere with his case. Maya breaks things off when Jax admits that he is an FBI agent working undercover, and she does not trust him because he lied to her. I loved the relationship between Jax and Maya changed and that Maya was willing to give Jax another chance. Jax reaches out to his team for help when things got complicated. I love how Jax gets answers into his own past and the death of his own parents when he was a small child. Eventually all clues lead them to who they think is really behind Natasha’s murder, but they were wrong and I did not see that happening. That was such a surprise twist for me. I really enjoy the poignant and bittersweet moments, the plot twists and the surprises that I have come to love and expect in Barbara Freethy's books and Fearless Pursuit did not disappoint. One of my favorite parts of the story are the poignant moments that Maya has during conversations with her father, Rex and the guilt that he felt over Natasha’s death, and her relationship with her grandfather, Phillip. I loved all the secrets that Jax and Maya shared with one another. I love that all the characters from the previous books were included in Fearless Pursuit. It felt like a family reunion and I loved catching up with the other characters from the series. I love how all Barbara Freethy's epilogues, wrap up the ending of the story and are always my favorite part of her books. I love how all the loose ends got tied up. I love all the characters and the way Barbara describes the locations in and around Los Angeles. It was really an incredible story and I loved every page.

About the author

Barbara Freethy is a #1 New York Times Bestselling Author of 86 novels ranging from contemporary romance to romantic suspense and women's fiction. Over 14 million copies of her books have been sold worldwide. Thirty-three of her titles have appeared on the New York Times and USA Today Bestseller Lists.