Sometimes, no matter how hard you try, your past catches up
with you. That's what has happened to forensic nurse
Chastity O'Connor. Living in St. Louis in a happy although
lonely existence with her cat, Chastity has created a life
that's both fulfilling and the polar opposite from the
horror of abuse from her childhood. She thinks she's
insulated herself from the past until her estranged sister,
Faith, goes missing mysteriously in New Orleans. Max
Stanton, her brother-in-law, calls Chastity imploring her
to come to New Orleans and help find Faith.
Chastity hasn't had contact with Faith in 20 years, since
Faith left home abruptly with their mother. When Chastity
was 16, she accused her father of sexually abusing both she
and her younger sister, Hope, and he was subsequently
convicted. Faith refused to believe the abuse occurred. Not
able to deal with recalling the abuse, Hope tragically
committed suicide. Chastity was left alone to survive the
trauma and rebuild her life.
Reluctantly, Chastity agrees to come to New Orleans and
assist with searching for Faith. She learns that Faith has
been working closely with two fertility clinics over the
past couple of years. Although Faith is childless herself,
she has this internal drive to help other couples, or so
her husband Max informs Chastity. All suspicions point to
something with the fertility clinics, as people who
interact with Chastity and have ties to the fertility
clinics are horribly murdered. Chastity, however, is not
sure all is what it seems and has qualms about what exactly
is going on and what has happened to her sister.
Interwoven in the story is the tension of an impending
hurricane barreling down on New Orleans. Chastity is hell-
bent to solve the mystery of her sister's disappearance and
hightail it out of New Orleans before the hurricane hits.
Will she make it in time?
SINNERS AND SAINTS is a riveting story that weaves lies and
intrigue so tightly that you feel the tension as it builds.
Dreyer provides such a rich backdrop for this story with
the New Orleans setting. The characters, sights and sounds
of the Big Easy melt beautifully throughout the story and
sometimes become characters in their own right. The build-
up of the hurricane and the underlying reasons why Chastity
has such urgency and fear about the impending storm add to
the tension of the story. If you enjoy rich settings for
novels or stories with twists and turns, SINNERS AND SAINTS
is the book for you.
A forensic nurse. A missing sister. A city that holds its
secrets closely—the new riveting suspense novel from USA
Today bestselling author Eileen Dreyer
Forensic nurse Chastity Byrnes is trying to put the past
behind her. It has been ten years since Chastity exposed
her father for the monster he was. Ten years since she made
the accusations that shattered her family and sent her into
exile. Ten years since she’s seen her sister, Faith.
Now, though, Faith needs her help. Chastity gets a
call from Dr. Max Stanton, the brother-in-law she never
knew she had, to tell her that Faith is missing. Max begs
Chastity to come to New Orleans to help him find her. And
even though Faith was the one who deserted Chastity so long
ago, Chastity goes.
To find her missing sister, Chastity has to battle her
own demons in a city where forensics are an old boy’s club
and a woman can find trouble in her sleep. She has to wade
through distrust and deceit to get to the truth, whether
she wants to hear it or not. She has to rediscover the
sister she lost by investigating fertility clinics, the
powers of St. Roch, and the mysteries of voodoo. She has to
discover why women who might have helped her sister are
dying.
As a hurricane threatens the vulnerable city, Chastity
puts more than her life at risk as she fights to rescue her
sister from the threat that stalks them both.…
A searing portrait of family secrets and betrayals.
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