Anna Michaels lives in a small town where life is slow and quiet, and she likes it that way. Her only fear is that someone will discover rock star, Chris Gentry, visits her from time to time to get away from the hassles of the music business"to find peace from an out-of-control lifestyle. A place where dark secrets remain hidden until someone digs them up.

Caught between the love of two men"one a rough country boy, the other a wild city boy"Anna’s life becomes endangered when someone follows Chris to his hideaway"someone with deadly vengeance in their heart"who will stop at nothing to take Anna out of the equation and hit Chris where it hurts the most.

EXCERPT

Thump.

I clawed my way out of a deep sleep and opened my eyes, but didn’t move for thirty seconds or so, as if my brain had awakened before my body.

A noise had disturbed me. But what? A muffled thud of a car door slamming shut? Or something more sinister, like an intruder dropping to the floor from a windowsill? Possible, because I lived out in the country and loved fresh night air blowing through an open window.

I shivered and glanced toward the bedroom window. Moonlight spilled across my bed, and I registered the full moon suspended above the trees. Along with a few smoky clouds, the everpresent stars twinkled as if an unseen hand had strewn silver glitter across a navy canvas.

No other noise disturbed the quiet night, and I thought about rolling over and going back to sleep. It wouldn’t be the first time a sound in my dreams awakened me"real or not. Once I’d heard my name as if someone stood next to my bed and shouted it, but after struggling from sleep and searching the cabin, I discovered no ghostly specter or another human being had invaded my living space.

Tonight’s noise might also turn out to be nothing.

Still. Maybe it’s Chris.