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After a decade of rebuilding her life in Alabama following a crash in Hollywood, Lorie Hammonds enjoys the quiet of her hometown. Her peace shatters when she receives a death threat, followed by a second chilling note. Sheriff Mike Birkett, Lorie’s high‑school sweetheart who has kept his distance since she returned to Dunmore, finds himself drawn into a terrifying case when investigators discover her connection to a string of recent murders. The investigation forces him to confront a past he has long avoided and places both their lives in grave danger.
First publish date: 2010
Genre: Suspense/Romantic Suspense
Authors: Beverly Barton
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