For the past five years, FBI Special Agent Risa Jacobs has worked in
the violent crimes against children division of the Houston FBI. She's
never had reason to believe there's a target on her back . . . until
now.
When the long-awaited reunion between Risa and her brother, Trenton,
ends in tragedy, Risa is riddled with guilt, unable to cope with the
responsibility she feels over his death. On leave from the FBI, Risa
returns to her former career as an English teacher at a local college,
only to see her past and present collide when one of her students,
Carson Mercury, turns in an assignment that reads like an eyewitness
account of her brother's murder, with details never revealed publicly.
Alarmed by Carson's inside knowledge of Trenton's death, Risa reaches
out to her former partner at the FBI. Special Agent Gage Patterson has
been working a string of baby kidnappings, but he agrees to help look
into Carson's background. Risa and Gage soon discover their cases might
be connected as a string of high-value thefts have occurred at
properties where security systems were installed by Carson's stepfather
and children have gone missing. There's a far more sinister plot at play
than they ever imagined, and innocent lives are in danger.
For fans of romantic suspense comes a heart-pounding thriller about
loss, betrayal, and finding the strength to trust again.
- Full-length suspense novel
- Standalone novel
- Book length: approximately 96,000 words
- Includes discussion questions for book groups
