Colette Guidry is a trauma nurse in a New Orleans hospital and her assistant Anna Huval has gone missing, but with police can't do anything. When they look into Anna's history they think she's just run off with someone and will soon return. But Colette has a bad feeling that the girl is in real danger so she goes to her friend the former psychiatrist turned P.I Alexandria Bastin-Chamberlain for help. Alex and her new husband Holt Chamberlain opened their agency to help those who had no other place to turn, and right now Colette was in that position.

Max Duhon, Holt's half brother just started at the agency after 10 years with the Baton Rouge Police Department. He has issues, and they include the reason he left the force and dealing with career-minded women, but he knows all about solving mysteries. He's immediately attracted to Colette but knows getting involved with a client is a big no-no and especially one whom he thinks is highly career minded. He goes through the initial investigation with her as his side-kick without any trouble but finding THE VANISHING legendary village of Cache turns out to be a bigger mystery and more dangerous than even he imagined.

Even though they do find Anna fairly quickly, there are a number of secrets still to be solved. To Max and Colette the biggest is the reaction they have toward each other. As they try to find the missing villagers, the secrets of their hearts slowly unfold until Max is more than willing to chance his heart to Collette. As it turns out they are both much more than willing.

THE VANISHING is action packed with layers of mystery and emotions that pile up into a stunning finale. This one will trip up any reader who can usually solve the mystery half way through any other book with the author's unusual twists and turns. The main characters and secondary characters are captivating with varied backgrounds that shouldn't but seem to mesh easily together. Ms. DeLeon has another winner on her hands that readers are bound to love.