by Sandra Brown
First published 2014
Dr. Emory Charbonneau wakes up with a head injury in an unfamiliar place. The pediatrician and marathon runner had disappeared while running on a mountain road in North Carolina. Her husband Jeff waited before reporting her missing after their recent fight. Now fog and ice make searching the mountainous terrain nearly impossible. Emory discovers she's being held by a man who refuses to reveal his name or explain his violent history. She plans her escape, ready to risk everything for survival. Then both encounter dangerous people who follow their own brutal sense of justice. A desperate young woman becomes central to their conflict. Emory cannot abandon her, even if helping means breaking the law. Her mysterious captor frightens her but also stirs unexpected feelings. Meanwhile, Jeff's lies surface as the FBI tracks down her abductor. Emory starts questioning everything she believed about right and wrong, wondering if this nameless man might actually be saving her from those who want her dead.
Genres: mystery, thriller, action, contemporary-romance
Vibes: emotional, fast-paced, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, unreliable-narrator
Setting: North Carolina
409 pages · Hardcover · Grand Central Publishing
Content warnings: violence