When Ellis Greene testified against the man who assaulted her cousin thirteen years ago he threatened that she would pay. Now he's out on parole and executing his long-planned revenge against those he feels wronged him.Once a suspect in the attack, Nate Vance left town with only one person believing in his complete innocence, Ellis Greene. Now he returns from the shadows to protect her. As Nate and Ellis try to outwit a ruthless criminal, shocking secrets begin to emerge from the past. What really happened on that sultry South Carolina night? Will the truth protect them? Or send them straight into the trap of a killer?
"...a tense thriller ... taut and twisty, drawing a persuasive picture of a family distorted by unhealed grief and unrevealed secrets." -- Publishers Weekly
"Poignant in places and nail-bitingly suspenseful in others, this is one of those books readers will want to finish in one sitting." -- Romantic Times
Award winning author Susan Crandall has published seven novels since her debut (BACK ROADS) in 2003. She lives in Indiana with her husband and their mystery-mix dog, Bear. 
