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Scott Freeman, a rational and practical college professor, becomes uneasy after finding an anonymous love letter hidden in his daughter's room, which hints at an unattainable relationship. Ashley, a beautiful art student, enters into a relationship with a blue-collar bad boy, but their lives are intertwined with the malicious and cunning Michael O'Connell. When Ashley's mother, a divorced parent, and a new partner of a former mother-in-law, seek the assistance of Scott Freeman to protect their daughter, the tension escalates into a life-or-death war to save the child they love.
First publish date: October 2006
Genre: Thriller/Psychological Thriller
Authors: John Katzenbach
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