by Dean Koontz
First published 2008
Ryan Perry thought the worst was behind him. One year after his life-saving heart transplant, the thirty-five-year-old has rebuilt his business and won back his health. He's even hoping to reconcile with his girlfriend. Then the packages start arriving at his door. First comes a box of candy hearts. Next, a heart-shaped pendant. The final delivery chills him to the bone: a surgical video showing heart transplant procedures. Each gift carries the same message: your heart belongs to me. Someone is watching Ryan's every move. She looks exactly like the twenty-six-year-old woman whose heart now beats in his chest. The donor who died to save his life. Now she wants her heart back, and she believes she's entitled to everything Ryan has gained since the surgery. Ryan must discover who this woman really is and what she truly wants before she takes back what she considers rightfully hers.
Genres: suspense, mystery, contemporary, psychological-thriller
Vibes: dark, intimate, suspenseful
Tropes: obsession, unreliable-narrator
337 pages · Hardcover · Bantam
Content warnings: violence