"Barbara Freethy's suspense novels are explosively good!" -- New York Times bestselling author Toni Anderson.

Kayla Sheridan had longed for love, marriage and a family. Now, after a miraculous whirlwind courtship with the man of her dreams, she is his wife. But on their wedding night, he vanishes, leaving Kayla with the bitter realization that her desire has made her an easy mark for deception.

Nick Granville has an ingrained sense of honor and an intense desire to succeed in building the world's most challenging high-tech bridges. But when he crosses paths with a ruthless con man, he's robbed of everything he values, including his identity. With nothing left to lose, he'll risk any danger to clear his name and reclaim his life.

Thrown together by fate, Kayla and Nick embark on a desperate journey toward the truth -- to uncover the mysterious motives of an ingenious and seductive stranger who boasts he can't be caught and to reveal the shocking secrets of their own shattered pasts.

From #1 New York Times Bestselling Author Barbara Freethy comes the first book in a thrilling, clever romantic suspense. Don't miss the second book in this duo - PLAYED.

What The Readers Are Saying...

"Another crowd-pleasing page turner in the first of a tricky romantic suspense series... " Publishers' Weekly

"From the rocky isolation of Alcatraz to the haunts of California's historic North Beach, this intricately plotted story has more twists and turns than Lombard Street as it takes its characters on a dangerous adventure with roots in a deadly past. Romance sizzles between the wary protagonists in this riveting page-turner... " Library Journal

"Terrific and twisty intrigue makes this novel choice reading. Freethy drags her characters through vast emotions, barely giving them time to react, all the while dangling clues. An amazingly gripping, fascinating mystery!" Romantic Times Magazine

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• Publication Date: January 12, 2014
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