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"Chillingly graphic - romantic suspense at its best."
Reviewed by Sabrina Marino
Posted April 14, 2004

Lindsey Metcalf knows her sister, Traci, is in trouble after listening to the message Traci left on her answering machine. Wrought with nightmares, Lindsey leaves Ohio for Seattle to check on her sister. The more Lindsey searches, the more she realizes she really has no idea of the life her sister Read more...

"Exciting private investigative romance"
Reviewed by Harriet Klausner
Posted May 18, 2004

The voice message from her sister Traci sounded like she was frightened, something her younger sibling never is. Return calls only get Traci's answering machine. Desperate to learn what happened to Traci, Lindsey Metcalf flies from Columbus to Seattle, but Traci has vanished. The cops feel that Read more...

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Summary

After a childhood tragedy and betrayal, Lindsey Metcalf vowed always to protect her younger sister, Traci. Though the two women had drifted apart, Lindsey's worst fears are triggered when Traci mysteriously disappears from her home in Seattle. After filing a missing persons report, she learns that her sister has been hiding a lurid double life. Having had her share of run-ins with the police, Traci isn't high on the department's list of priorities. And the only man able to help Lindsey find the truth has his own trouble with the law . . .

Set to go to trial for a brutal assault charge, ex-cop Michael Striker plays by his own rules. Facing conviction and a possible prison term, he's got nothing left to lose—except his final two weeks of freedom. The last thing he needs is more complications—and nothing about this case is, or Lindsey Metcalf, is simple.

Their search for the truth will plunge them into a seedy world darker than they ever imagined—a seductive trap waiting for its next victim . . .