From the New York Timesβbestselling author of Dream Eyes and Copper Beach, a brand-new quintessential Jayne Ann Krentz romance.
Itβs been thirteen years since Lucy Sheridan was in Summer River. The last time she visited her aunt Sara there, as a teenager, sheβd been sent home suddenly after being dragged out of a wild partyβby the guy she had a crush on, just to make it more embarrassing. Obviously Mason Fletcherβonly a few years older but somehow a lot more of a grown-upβwas the overprotective type who thought he had to come to her rescue.
Now, returning after her auntβs fatal car accident, Lucy is learning there was more to the story than she realized at the time. Mason had saved her from a very nasty crime that nightβand soon afterward, Tristan, the cold-blooded rich kid whoβd targeted her, disappeared mysteriously, his body never found.
A lot has changed in thirteen years. Lucy now works for a private investigation firm as a forensic genealogist, while Mason has quit the police force to run a successful security firm with his brotherβthough he still knows his way around a wrench when he fills in at his uncleβs local hardware store. Even Summer River has changed, from a sleepy farm town into a trendy upscale spot in Californiaβs wine country. But Mason is still a protector at heart, a serious (and seriously attractive) man. And when he and Lucy make a shocking discovery inside Saraβs house, and some of Tristanβs old friends start acting suspicious, Masonβs quietly fierce instincts kick into gear. He saved Lucy once, and heβll save her again. But this time, she insists on playing a role in her own rescue . . .
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