I haven't read this yet. I'm sending to mspooh for bookrelay. I will find another copy to read.

Released on Wednesday, November 12, 2003 at postal release in Kelseyville, California USA.

mailing to mspooh

~~~Thanks Shelly~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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Olivia Tanner was born into a family of Hollywood royalty, but when she was a child, something terrifying changed her life forever. When she was just a toddler, her mother was brutally murdered by a very human monster. The man who came after little Olivia was her own father, movie star and sometime coke addict Sam Tanner. In his hands, scissors bloodied from the murder of Julie McBride, Olivia's mother.

Frank Brady is the cop who shows up at the scene and protects Olivia. He is thrilled to put the murderous Sam into prison for the rest of his life, as is Olivia's aunt. But is the case closed?

Another thread enters this wonderful novel and lightens the darkness. Noah Brady, Frank's son, is a kid at the time of the murder but even then is aware of the powerful effect it had on his dad. As he grows up, he becomes curious about Olivia. When he reaches adolescence, Noah and his parents take a trip up to the Pacific Northwest, where Olivia and her grandparents now live. Even as youngsters, it's nearly love at first sight. Later, when he's a reporter for the Los Angeles Times, Noah makes a trip to Olivia's college dorm. When he sees her, he knows it's all over for him: Cupid has struck. The only problem is, he's really there to reopen the case so that he can write about it — and Olivia sees right through him.

As they both grow to adulthood in their very separate lives, Olivia is still haunted by fears and doubts about that fateful night. Noah, now a successful true-crime writer, is virtually obsessed with it. When Sam Tanner contacts him and tells him that he wants to tell the whole story, Noah hopes that he can somehow heal the past for himself and for Olivia.

But perhaps the most terrifying days are yet to come — for Sam Tanner is out.

And he wants to see Olivia more than anything in the world, to finish the business that began that night so many years earlier.

~~~Not usually a N R fan, but glad I read this book.

Great story about dealing with the past.

Thank you Heather
Will read and re-release