Fiona Bristow is happy with her life and her business of training Search and Rescue dogs. She is living in a secluded place, Orcas Island, just a ferry ride from Seattle, and enjoys her busy days and occasional adventures. She has formed a Search and Rescue unit on the island and is called on quite often to rescue someone who is lost.
Fiona has spent eight years putting her life back together after a terrible tragedy. A serial killer in the California/Oregon/Washington area had killed 12 young coeds, and she would have been number 13, if she had not escaped. However, a year later, trying to get back at Fiona, this killer murdered her fiancΓ©. This led to the killer's capture, and he is now safely behind bars for the rest of his life.
When a new series of similar killings begins, the FBI contacts Fiona to warn her. They believe this is just a copycat, until he starts sending Fiona messages and the same red scarf the first killer used on each victim. Now they believe he is coming after her, to finish the job the first "Red Scarf Killer" didn't complete.
Recently Fiona has taken on a new client and his pup for training. Simon Doyle is a wood artist who has moved to the island for seclusion to work on his craft. His mother gave him the dog he has lovingly named Jaws, because he is chewing up everything in sight. Simon gets more than he bargained for, as he and Fiona become quite attracted to each other.
Although Simon makes it very clear to Fiona that she is not right for him, he's drawn to something about her that makes him want to protect her. With every argument over her wellbeing, Simon becomes even more determined to keep "Red Scarf Killer 2" (RSK2) away from Fiona.
Nora Roberts has woven a wonderful novel filled with suspense, enough bloodshed for a thriller and just the right amount of romance. You'll love the twists and turns this tale takes as the FBI traces "RSK2" to Orcas Island and Fiona. Will he get to complete his mission, or will Simon, Fiona and the Search and Rescue Unit finish him?
The #1 New York Times-bestselling author presents
a riveting novel where a canine search and rescue volunteer
fights danger and finds love in the Pacific Northwest
wilderness. To most people, Fiona Bristow
seems to have an idyllic life-a quaint house on an island
off Seattle's coast, a thriving dog-training school, and a
challenging volunteer job performing canine search and
rescues. Not to mention her three intensely loyal Labs. But
Fiona got to this point by surviving a nightmare...
Several years ago, Fiona was the only survivor of the Red
Scarf serial killer, who shot and killed Fiona's cop fiancΓ©
and his K-9 partner. On Orcas Island, Fiona found
the peace and solitude she needed to rebuild her life. But
all that changes on the day Simon Doyle barrels up her
drive, desperate for her help. He's the reluctant owner of
an out-of-control puppy, foisted upon him by his mother.
Jaws has eaten through Simon's house, and he's at his wit's
end. To Fiona, Jaws is nothing she can't handle.
Simon, however, is another matter. A newcomer to Orcas, he's
a rugged and in-tensely private artist, known for the
exquisite furniture he creates from wood. Simon never wanted
a puppy-and he most definitely doesn't want a woman.
Besides, the lanky redhead is not his type. But tell that to
his hormones. As Fiona embarks on training Jaws,
and Simon begins to appreciate both dog and trainer, the
past tears back into Fiona's life. A copycat killer has
emerged out of the shadows, a man whose bloodlust has been
channeled by a master with one motive: to reclaim the woman
who slipped out of his hands...
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