THE BRAND NEW York Times bestselling writer of This Present Darkness and “master storyteller” (Karen Kingsbury, NY Times bestselling author) crafts a stunning thriller about a grieving husband who encounters a mysterious teen identical to his inactive wife. Can be this magic at work or something darker?

After a car wreck tragically claims the life of his wife and magic partner, Mandy, Dane Collins discovers himself in a quaint coffee shop transfixed by a magician whose illusions actually he, a practiced professional, cannot explain. Even more mystical is the performer herself.

Nineteen-year-old Mandy hasn’t met him, doesn’t know him, is certainly not in love with him, but is in every respect identical towards the youthful beauty he met and married some forty years earlier. They commence a furtive relationship as mentor and protégée, but as Dane attempts to determine who Mandy is really, the two do not know that she is becoming watched by those who not only possess all the answers but who likewise have the strength to decide her fate.