Close to finalizing her divorce, Lake Warren is astounded when her husband decides to file for full custody of their two children. This is added stress she does not need while still trying to cope with the break-up of her marriage. On the bright side, she's working as a marketing consultant devising a PR campaign for an up-and-coming Park Avenue fertility clinic. This is where she meets the handsome, flirtatious Dr. Keaton -- and eventually ends up spending the night with him. Imagine her shock when she awakes the next morning to find him in bed with his throat slashed. Her only thought is to leave as fast as she can, telling no one what has happened. She'll soon realize that was not the best thing to do.
Lake never thought she was the type of person to withhold the truth, but being caught up in a bizarre murder investigation and the chance she may lose custody of her kids, changes her principles -- and her life - forever.
I had a few problems relating to Lake and her predicament, as I never felt enough empathy with her character's situation and the way she handled things. The plot did keep me turning pages in anticipation of the outcome and wondering how it would ever resolve itself. I can't say I was satisfied with the ending, but it is an interesting storyline.
New York Times bestselling author and
Cosmopolitan's editor-in-chief returns with a sizzling, page-turning thriller in which an ordinary woman flees the scene of a murderβand realizes it's not just the law that's hunting her. When Lake Warren learns that her husband, Jack, is suing for full custody of their two kids four months after their separation, she's pretty certain that things can't get any worse. The upside is that she's working with the Advanced Fertility Center as a marketing consultant, alongside the attractive, flirtatious Dr. Keaton. But the morning after their one-night stand, Lake finds Keaton with his throat slashed and discovers that things can indeed become worseβthey can become deadly.
So as not to jeopardize her case for custody, Lake is forced to lie to the police. Having just been intimate with a man who has been murdered, and wanting to protect herself from being charged with the crime, she begins her own search for the truth. Meanwhile, the police start looking at her closely, people at the clinic start treating her with hostility, and strange clues begin droppingβquite literallyβon her doorstep, and Lake realizes that she is dangerously close to dark secrets, both about Keaton and the clinic. But can Lake stop what she's started before it's too late?
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