Straight-laced upstate New York news anchor Julie Jones has a deadly secret: 16 years earlier, as a teen runaway named Jewel, she fled the besieged burning compound of fanatic cult leader/drug dealer Mordecai Young, with his hidden fortune and her dying best friend's newborn child. Self-proclaimed "Reverend" Young and the rest of his cult, save two other "favorite" girls, perished in the attack by federal agents-or so Julie always thought. But when a blackmailer threatening to expose Julie is murdered and two former "favorite" girls turn up dead as well, it appears the messianic madman may be after the daughter Julie has raised as her own. Her only ally is sensationalist shock-jock radio reporter Sean MacKenzie, Julie's worst professional rival. Suspense thrums throughout due to Shane's (Twilight Hunger, etc.) seemingly effortless skill at teasing readers with surprising but believable plot turns. Just as suspenseful-in a different, delicious way-is the snappy sparring between the reluctantly paired co-anchors; romantic sparks fly between them as fast as witty insults, making this a tasty, tension-packed read.

Great romantic suspense, I always get the most out of it when I read one of Maggie Shayne's books, none of them disappoint me. Read this one in two sittings.

Reserved for fungirl503 (trade)

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got this book in the mail today.. thankyou for sending the book this way. hold for LyekkaMarengo

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going to LyekkaMarengo

Jewel starts a life over with her friend's baby. New I.D. for both of them, a job as a reporter. lIfe is going well for both of them until some one is backmailing them. When the person is found murdered clues point to jewel. The murder weapon shows up Dawn trys to get rid of it, then it comes up missing from her because some one else taken it. When it comes up missing from that person wonder who has them.
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Thanks for the batch of books. I may lend this one out to my friend Denise here at work.

Not the Maggie Shayne style I'm familiar with but I think I like this type better. Pretty good plot and characters.

Reserving this for Tiffany at work. Her brother is serving in Iraq and the only thing he wanted her to send him was books. If she doesn't want this then it's off to either bindibooks for our OBCZ in Webster's on Aaron here in State College, or to thescreaming for her OBCZ in The Creamery on Harrison Street in Cumberland, MD, my hometown. And if all else fails, the AAUW will get it for their booksale.