Contemporary, Mystery, Suspense, Romance 

A New York Times Bestseller New York Times bestselling author Sandra Brown returns with a suspenseful page-turner in her most compelling novel yet. When she hears that her younger brother Danny has commited suicide, Sayre Lynch relents from a vow never to return to Destiny, her small Louisiana hometown. Planning to leave immediately after the funeral, Sayre instead finds herself drawn into the web cast by Huff Hoyle, her controlling and tyrannical father, who owns the town's sole industry and, with her older brother, runs the lives of everyone who lives there. But underneath the Hoyles' rigid control, trouble is brewing. Old hatreds foster plans for revenge, past crimes resurface, and a maverick deputy sheriff determines that Danny's death was not suicide. Tensions mount, threatening to ignite a powder keg of long-held hostility.About the author: Sandra Brown is the author of fifty-one New York Times bestsellers, including Hello, Darkness (2003), The Crush (2002), Envy (2001), The Switch (2000), The Alibi (1999), Unspeakable (1998), and Fat Tuesday (1997), all of which have been positioned in the top five spots. Brown's books have been translated into 30 languages, and there are presently 70 million copies of her books in print worldwide. Her 1992 novel French Silk was made into an ABC-TV movie. Awards and commendations include the American Business Women's Association's Distinguished Circle of Success, B'nai B'rith's Distinguished Literary Achievement Award, and the Romance Writers of America's Lifetime Achievement Award. Sandra Brown lives with her husband in Texas. - from Amzon