Publisher's Synopsis
SHE'S NOT THERE
"I think my real name is Samantha. I think I'm your daughter." Caroline Shipley's heart nearly stops when she hears those words from the voice on the other end of the phone. Instantly, she's thrust fifteen years into the past, to a resort in Baja, Mexico. The trip is supposed to be a celebration. Caroline's husband, Hunter, convinces her to leave their two young daughters alone in their hotel suite while the couple enjoys an anniversary dinner in the restaurant downstairs. But returning afterward, Caroline and Hunter make a horrifying discovery: Two-year-old Samantha has vanished without a trace. What follows are years of anguish for Caroline. She's tormented by media attention that has branded her a cold, incompetent mother, while she struggles to save her marriage. Caroline desperately clings to the hope that Samantha will someday be found. Plunged back into the heartbreak of her daughter's disappearance, and the suspicions and inconsistencies surrounding a case gone cold, Caroline doesn't know whom or what to believe. The only thing she can be sure of is that someone is determined to hide the truth of what happened to Samantha.
SOMEONE IS WATCHING
As a special investigator, Bailey Carpenter is smart, savvy, and fearless. When she's assigned to spy on a deadbeat dad in the middle of the night, Bailey thinks nothing of the potential dangers. Then she is attacked and nearly killed. Now the firm grip Bailey once had on her life is shaken. Her nightmares merge into her waking hours and she's unable to venture beyond her front door without panicking. A veritable prisoner in her own home, Bailey is uncertain whom she can trust. But soon Bailey finds a new use for her idle binoculars: casually observing from her window neighboring buildings and other people's lives. This harmless diversion becomes a guilty pleasure when Bailey fixates on the handsome guy across the street--until she realizes that he is also watching her. Suddenly she must confront the possibility that he may be the man who shattered her life. Bailey knows she can't ignore her suspicions and risk leaving a predator at large. With the police making no headway in solving her case, she's determined to reclaim the power she lost by unmasking her attacker and taking him down herself. But it's a harrowing battle that threatens to wreck Bailey's credibility, compromise an investigation, and maybe even claim her sanity.
