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Pandora
Riley has come a long way from the abuse she endured from her husband.
After
ten years of it, she finally had enough and had him sent to jail. With nowhere else to go, Pandora found safety
in a shelter where she met Abigail. She
helped the girl find a home and started to work on her art.
She was
beginning to have her freedom and life back after she heard the news
her
husband had died in prison. The memories of the suffering she
endured were
still fresh but her daughter's nightmares could possibly come to an end
finally
now that he is dead. At the urging of Abigail,
Pandora had her first art showing and was a success. Seems
the poor little girl had become the
toast of Boston overnight. It was
all up hill from there…or so she thought. Six
months after the opening, incidents
started to happen…incidents that could only point to one
person…Pandora’s dead
husband. Pandora, while reluctant, agrees
to have Abigail’s future husband and his partner, Justin Andrews,
investigate
matters.
Someone knows enough about Pandora to make her run scared and that was
the
mystery. It was Justin Andrews who started to take a personal
interest in
the case. As an ex-cop, he knew how to
get information and along with Abigail’s new husband, they tracked down
every
clue that lead them to a dead end. It was Justin who suggested
that
Pandora and her two children leave Boston and allow him to place
them in a
safer shelter--he didn’t want to risk the chance of whoever it was hurting either
Pandora or the children. But it seemed
no matter where they fled some how the mystery man was not far behind.
To add to the matter, Justin was beginning to fall in love with Pandora
but
also had issues in his own past that needed closure before he could
make a
commitment. True Pandora hadn’t thought
about ever becoming serious again, but there was something about Justin
that made
her feel safe with him and the children adored him.
After her home was torched and she lost all her paintings, Pandora
realized her
nightmare was never going to end. When at
last she comes face to face with the stalker and she must face a
decision.
I won’t give away the
ending, but I will tell you it’s a great story. It
captures the reader from the first page. I
enjoy a good mystery and with a love story
weaved into it; this book has so much going for it, it is sure to be a
favorite
with many readers.
Reviewed by Louise Riveiro – Mitchell for The Road to Romance
March 27, 2004
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