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Reviewed by Allen Hott

Tami Hoag is a great creator of intense suspense/thriller novels. She has done it again with this one. Lauren Lawton is very deeply disturbed due to the recent events in her life. It began when her eldest daughter, sixteen at the time, was taken by some type of predator. No evidence of where she is or if she is still alive and after four years of wondering just about everyone except Lauren has given up hope of finding the missing daughter. And again everyone including the police have about given up hope of catching the culprit who did the kidnapping. Lauren still has hopes!

Not too long after Leslie, the daughter, went missing Lauren’s husband was killed in a car wreck which many believed was actually his way of committing suicide. He even more than Lauren had been crushed with the disappearance of his daughter because he felt directly responsible for her safety.

After all that happened Lauren decided for the sake of her youngest daughter, Leah, it would be best if they moved from Santa Barbara to attempt to mend their wounds. The move did allow Leah to make some new friends and begin to somewhat get over the loss of her sister and dad. However it did nothing for Lauren. She continued in her state of depression even in new surroundings. Read the rest of this entry »