Do you plan to use them in Parts II and III, or will each book stand alone? He still has feelings for her, but it isn’t until he starts to suspect David’s death wasn’t an accident that he’s drawn back into her life.īut as Claire and Isaac soon discover, someone’s prepared to kill so those answers won’t be found.Today we're talking with Brenda Novak, author of InsideįQ: I like the idea of Virgil and Peyton being the main 'tough' characters and also romantically involved. Is Alana dead? Or did she abandon her husband and daughters? Claire is determined to find out-and her former boyfriend, Isaac Morgan, wants to help. Then, last year, Claire’s husband, David, died in a freak accident-after launching his own investigation into Alana’s disappearance.

His growing attraction to her could change his life-but it could also end his life.Ĭlaire O’Toole’s mother, Alana, went missing fifteen years ago.

Sheriff Myles King, who happens to live next door with his thirteen-year-old daughter, appoints himself Laurel’s personal guardian. And now they’ve tracked her down again, and they’ll stop at nothing. But the gang will never forget and they’ll never forgive. She’s finally found peace and stability for herself and her children in the small town of Pineview, Montana. She’s been on the run for the past four years, trying to outdistance the ruthless prison gang who blame her for the death of one of their own. Laurel Hodges has changed her identity twice. That makes her all the more desperate to keep him safe-and it gives him someone else to lose. How will she protect him if things go bad? Besides, she’s far too attracted to him she might even be falling in love with him. Virgil agrees to do it under an alias, in exchange for his sister’s protection.Ĭhief Deputy Warden Peyton Adams is opposed to having Virgil in her prison.

Now the California Department of Corrections needs someone to infiltrate another gang. He’s finally been exonerated, but he can’t escape the gang he joined in order to survive-and they’re threatening his sister and her kids, too. Virgil Skinner served fourteen years for a murder he didn’t commit. Synopsis: Three classic stories of romantic suspense from New York Times bestselling author Brenda Novak…

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