"Touch & Geaux" by Abigail Roux

Book seven in the Cut & Run series mostly takes place in New Orleans where FBI Special Agents Zane Garrett and Ty Grady have gone to celebrate the birthday of a fallen comrade.  This fellow agent had also been in Ty's Marine Force Recon team Sidewinder, and those guys are there, too.  However, instead of celebrating the life of their buddy, Ty and Zane's undercover histories come back to haunt them in the forms of a crooked N.O. police sergeant, gris-gris bags, and Miami gangsters.

There were many anxious moments in this book.  Huge secrets kept by Ty involving his relationships with Zane and a former NIA spook are revealed, and much angst and heartbreak ensues.  Some of it was difficult to read since I have so much invested with Zane and Ty and their ongoing partnerships, both professional and personal.  Ty's Sidewinder team also feels betrayed when the truth of some of his deeds when they were stationed overseas years ago is revealed.  Action, suspense, shock, and negative emotions dominated this book.  There were also some great flashbacks that showed Ty and Zane's separate pasts - we see some of Ty's first military training and a trip to New Orleans taken by Zane with his late wife.  That latter scene is almost too good to believe for the event that occurs, but I still loved it.  And the ending scene - WOW - talk about a cliffhanger!  288 pages (Kindle edition).