For the past five years, FBI Special Agent Risa Jacobs has worked in the violent crimes against children division of the Houston FBI. Shes never had reason to believe theres 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 brothers murder, with details never revealed publicly.

Alarmed by Carsons inside knowledge of Trentons 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 Carsons 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 Carsons stepfather and children have gone missing. Theres 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

• Author: DiAnn Mills
• Format: Softcover, 352 pages
• ISBN: 9781496451958