First published 2009
After a frightening experience in rural England, a young woman escapes to New York and transforms herself into M. She builds a new identity from nothing, eventually becoming the star model for celebrated French designer Jean-Louis Tremont on the Paris runways. In New York, M falls for actor Larry Vaughan. They marry quickly and become a glamorous power couple, their faces splashed across magazine covers worldwide. M thinks she has escaped her past completely. She is wrong. Strange incidents begin targeting M and her family. These are not random events but calculated attacks. The dangerous figure from M's earlier life has found her and plans to destroy everything she has built. M realizes she must fight back to protect the people she loves. Sometimes survival means abandoning every rule you once followed.
Genres: romance, suspense, mystery, crime, contemporary, thriller
Vibes: emotional, fast-paced, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, identity-transformation, survival
Setting: England, New York, Paris
Period: 20th-century, 21st-century
432 pages · Hardcover · St. Martin's Press