#1 New York Times bestselling author NORA ROBERTS proves why no one is better "when it comes to flawlessly fusing high-stakes suspense with red-hot romance" (Booklist, starred review). Daughter of a cold, controlling mother and an anonymous donor, studious, obedient Elizabeth Fitch finally lets loose one night, drinking too much at a nightclub and allowing a strange man's seductive Russian accent to lure her to a house on Lake Shore Drive Twelve years later, the woman now known as Abigail Lowery lives alone on outskirts of a small town in the Ozarks. A freelance security systems designer, t own protection is supplemented by a fierce dog and an assortment of firear She keeps to herself, saying little, revealing nothing. Unfortunately, that seems be the quickest way to get attention in a tiny southern town. The mystery of Abigail Lowery and her sharp mind, secretive nature, and uni mantic viewpoint intrigues local police chief Brooks Gleason, on both a persor and professional level. And while he suspects that Abigail needs protection fro something, Gleason is accustomed to two-bit troublemakers, not the power and dangerous men who are about to have him in their sights.

ISBN: 9780593637838