Kane wasn’t entirely sure he could adopt the adage, not when Claire Holland’s future was at stake, but then what the hell, she’d never cared for him anyway. And a sadistic killer prepares to tie up every loose end at last… Soon rumors swirl of betrayal and jealousy. Now Claire learns that an investigative journalist is back in town too, planning to write a book about Harley’s death.
But complications abounded, including local bad boy Kane Moran. She’d fallen in love with Harley, even became engaged to him. While Tessa was the wild child and Miranda smart and studious, Claire was romantic. Claire Holland has never breathed a word about what happened that night. But instead of helping with damage control, the Holland sisters’ return is the catalyst for shocking new revelations. Dutch needs to know if his three daughters played a part-before the press begins digging into the tragedy. Sixteen years ago, his rival’s son, Harley Taggert, drowned in the murky waters of Lake Arrowhead. That’s why he’s summoned his children home to Oregon before announcing his run for governor. Stock secondary characters and predictable family dramas leech away some of the suspense, but Jackson livens up her story with a final, dizzying twist.Set in a small town on the Oregon coast, #1 New York Times bestselling author Lisa Jackson’s chilling novel explores a family’s twisted legacy of lies and murder… Even a man as powerful as Dutch Holland can’t keep a scandal buried forever. The relationship between Kane, a lowborn, abused bad boy, and the unreachable, well-off Claire follows a familiar path, but the pages practically sizzle when they're together. Harley's brother, Weston Taggert, a typical animal-abusing sexual deviant, also hates Dutch and would do anything to discredit the Hollands. Now, journalist Kane Moran has returned home to crack open the case and write a book about it, despite the fact that his actions may hurt his old crush, single mom Claire Holland, Dutch's daughter. Sixteen years earlier, his rival's younger son, Harley Taggert, was murdered, and Dutch believes one of his own daughters may have been responsible. He soon learns, however, that they won't go away so easily. After being approached to run for Governor of Oregon, Dutch Holland vows to lay the skeletons of his past to rest. As such, it should generate plenty of excitement among her fans, but new readers may be put off by the book's overabundance of sex and violence. JIn a letter to readers, Jackson ( Cold Blooded, etc.) declares this a "spanking brand new edition" of her 1999 romantic suspense novel, complete with new twists and a new ending.
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