We encounter few defining moments in our lives. Samantha Harris was twelve when she and her best friend were abducted. Sam escaped. Cindy didn't. Sam grew up to become an FBI agent with the intent to put bad guys behind bars, and to silence Cindy's screams that still echoed in the dark places of Sam's mind. But Sam lost control and fell from grace.She moved to the West Coast, where she resurrected her life in Portland, Oregon, and started her own company, Harris Securities, as a corporate security specialist. She meets a man, and life is going fine, until two things happen: she falls in love, and a widow knocks on her office door wanting Sam to find her husband's killer. Never one to turn away from an opportunity to right a wrong, Sam finds herself accepting the job. But the closer to the truth Sam gets, the harder someone guns for her, and that's the last thing she needs, death by association.
"You're extremely fortunate not to have suffered further injury, Ms. Harris. Let us hope your luck never runs out."
"Like I've always said, what doesn't kill me better run like hell."
We encounter few defining moments in our lives.
Former FBI agent Samantha Harris was twelve when she and her best friend were abducted.
Sam escaped.
Cindy didn't.
Sam grew up to become an FBI agent with the intent to put bad guys behind bars, and to silence Cindy's screams that still echoed in the dark places of her mind.
But Sam lost control and fell from grace.
She moved to the West Coast, where she resurrected her life in Portland, Oregon, and started her own company, Harris Securities, as a corporate security specialist. Sam meets a man, and life was going fine, until two things happen: she falls in love, and a widow and her little girl knock on her office door wanting Sam to "find the bad man who killed my daddy".
Never one to turn away from an opportunity to right a wrong, Sam finds herself accepting the job. Unfortunately, the husband's death has been ruled accidental and with little evidence, and no witnesses, the trail is dead before it even begins.
Sam knows if she fails this little girl, she may never silence Cindy's pleas.
But the victim harbors a sinister secret and as the truth comes to light, it is far more twisted and dangerous than Sam anticipates, and pushes her to the brink when her lover becomes a liability. She may be the killers next victim: a death by association.
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