An ad exec's dream date drags her into a twisted conspiracy in this romantic suspense tale by the bestselling author of The Devil's Advocate.

Twenty-six-year-old Jillian Caldwell is on the verge of a promotion at a New York City advertising agency. Her mother, however, is more concerned that Jillian is the only one of her children who isn't married or engaged. It's not that Jillian hasn't tried. The men she's dated were just terribly boring and predictable. She wants a man with an air of mystery . . .

Thirty-year-old Ron Cutler is a confident man who knows what he wants. He needs someone to help him expand his chain of upstate department stores, but after meeting Jillian, he'll settle for a date. That is followed by a full-blown romance, and Ron eventually surprises her with an engagement ring. When Jillian discovers something about Ron she doesn't like-he's disappears.

Phone calls don't help. There's no number in Ron's name. His department store has never heard of him. They do, however, know a John Cutler, and Jillian decides to dig deeper. To find answers, she begins a twisted journey through a family's past that will irrevocably change her future . . .

"A master of psychological thrillers." -V. C. Andrews