A #1 Amazon Charts bestseller and Primary Reading’s most read book of 2018.

In this multimillion-copy bestselling series from #1 Wall Street Journal bestselling author Melinda Leigh, former prosecutor Morgan Dane faces probably the most personal—and deadly—case of her lifetime.

Following the devastating lack of her husband in Iraq, Morgan Dane returns to Scarlet Falls, seeking the comfort of her hometown. Right now, surrounded by family members, she’s finally found out tranquility and a promising career chance—until her about State You’re Sorry babysitter is certainly killed and her neighbor asks her to defend his child, Nick, who stands accused from the murder.

Tessa was the best girl nearby, and the city is outraged by her loss of life. But Morgan offers known Nick for a long time and can’t believe he’s guilty, despite the damning proof stacked against him. She asks her friend Lance Kruger, an ex-cop converted private attention, for help. Taking on the town, the authorities, and a zealous DA, Morgan and Lance plunge in to the analysis, determined to get the actual killer. But because they uncover secrets that rock the community, they become focuses on for the madman concealing in plain sight.