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Present day
Three identities, Paloma Dove, Agnes Lopez, Nancy Smith, one woman. Which one is a killer after?
Paloma Dove was on the run again. Through a series of phone calls, she has learned a dear friend of hers has died in an explosion, in Paloma’s apartment. She knows she was the one who was supposed to die not her friend. Who was after her? Why were they trying to kill her? Did it have something to do with the murder case she was a witness to many years ago?
Paloma knew she was taking chances when she would go see her daughter, without her daughter seeing her, but she had to. She faked her own death, to keep her child safe. Also, someone from her past, has been staking her, Max Laurent. She needs to keep one step ahead of the killer and now one step ahead of Max.
Mad Laurent, a retired FBI agent also learns of the explosion at Agnes’--as he knows her--apartment, he needs to know if it is her in the morgue. When he discovers it is someone else, he is both glad and sad. Glad it wasn’t her, sad because an innocent person was killed. He needs to find her before the killer does, which proves more difficult than he realizes, Agnes is a smart woman.
Max and Agnes have a shared past, they were once lovers. There are also have misunderstandings between them. They also wind up arguing every time they met up. After Agnes testified at a well-known murder trial, where she was a major witness, Agnes had to go into the witness protection program for her safety. When Max learns of Nancy Smith’s drowning, he knows Agnes is on the run again.
Will Max and Agnes outsmart the killer before he strikes again? Will they be able to talk things out and maybe have a future together? Will Agnes ever be able to be with her daughter again?
This was a heart-stopping, blood pressure rising book. The reader never knew what Paloma was going to pull out of her purse of tricks. Max had his own tricks as well. Max just wanted to protect Paloma from any harm. If you enjoy mystery, intrigue with romance thrown in, this book would fit the bill.
Reviewed by Patsy Glans
for The Road to Romance
February 9, 2006
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