Twenty years ago, Jolie Royale witnessed a crime that stained her home, Belle Rose plantation, with her familyβs blood. A shooting left her mother, her aunt, and her auntβs suspected lover dead, and Jolie critically wounded. The case was ruled a double homicide and suicide and quickly closed, though rumors abounded as to the murdererβs real identity.
Jolie would never forget that dayβbut could never recall the killerβs face. Now she is coming home with mixed feelings about her fatherβs funeral. Soon those feelings turn into dread when the investigation into the triple murder is reopenedβ and it becomes clear that a killer is still on the loose.
Determined to put the past to rest, Jolie turns to Max Devereaux for help. Years ago, he made no secret of his resentment toward her family, but it seems many things have changedβincluding Jolieβs feelings for her unlikely ally. Now, as she and Max work together to put back the lost pieces of her memories, the striking distance between her and the killer closes. Someone canβt wait for Jolie to remember his face, because by then it will be too late.
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