"Romantic suspense at its best!"

Two women's lives are deeply entwined, yet they've never met. Two women's lives are besieged with terror and wrought with a multitude of unanswered questions, but why?

Holly Matthews Ames, daughter of a powerful politician in New Orleans and married to another, escapes in the dark of night with her 4-year-old son. It's the only way she can save their lives. As she steals an innocent's identity and goes into hiding in a little artists community in Arizona, the fear that her husband wants her dead never goes away.

Back in New Orleans, Meredith Rawson, an attorney and daughter of another powerful figure, is also being stalked. Before her mother lapses into a coma, she reveals to Meredith that she has a half-sister. Meredith promises she'll find the sister she never knew existed. This causes a reign of terror, turning her life upside down. It also deeply immerses her into the life of Gage Gaynor, a NOPD homicide detective.

As lives are slowly being taken away from Meredith, a new life built on strength, commitment and love opens up. Gage will do anything to keep her safe. Whoever these people are and whatever their motive, they'll stop at nothing to keep their ugly secrets safe.

If you like like romantic suspense, you'll be totally captivated by this fast-paced, carefully choreographed mystery. COLD TARGET has it all - chemistry, passion, intrigue - a giant jigsaw puzzle filled with enough loop-de- loops to keep you breathless. I highly recommend this original, spellbinding thriller.

Reviewed by Suzanne Tucker
Courtesy Old Book Barn Gazette
Posted December 26, 2003

Summary

In the dead of night, Holly Matthews—the wife of a New Orleans senator—takes her son and flees for her life. At her mother's deathbed, Attorney Merdith Rawson learns she has a sister and vows to find her.

As Holly and her son try to start over in Bisbee, Arizona, Merdith begins a desperate search for her long-lost sister. Almost instantly, she is attacked and her home ransacked as long buried secrets threaten her life and new hope for Holly and her son.

Meredith will not stop probing even as death stalks her and those around her. Her only help comes from Detective Gage Gaynor, a cynical officer with a checkered past who has an agenda of his own and a deep distrust of her powerful family. Is he a part of evil around her? Or is he a target as well?