When he finds Nicole Harris cowering in a closet—a terrified witness to murder—Detective Alex Donovan's only priority is keeping the beautiful redhead alive. But Nicole is harboring a deep, dark secret—a childhood trauma that stops her from counting on anyone. Haunted by the violence in his own past, Alex knows he shouldn't get personally involved, but his own feelings blindside him. With a killer targeting Nicole as his next victim, Alex's toughest road is still ahead. Somehow, he's got to convince her to trust him with her life…and her heart.

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Hope White wrote her first thriller at the age of eleven. She earned her college degree in journalism, became a newspaper reporter then went into PR for non-profits. Hope wrote freelance articles when her kids were small to be a stay-at-home mom, and eventually was drawn to writing women’s fiction. She and her college sweetheart, married more than 20 years, have two sons.

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