Rita Award finalist Linda Castillo has been hailed as "masterful and heart-stopping . . . the master of suspense."--RT Bookclub. Now, this bestselling author returns with a chilling romantic thriller as she follows one woman's search for justice . . .

Nat Jennings nearly died the night her family was murdered--and spent the next three years wishing she had. Now she is returning to the bayou town of Bellerose, Louisiana, driven by cryptic messages only she can hear--messages pleading for her help . . .

After serving six years for a crime he didn't commit, Nick Bastille is back in Bellerose, mourning his precious son, who drowned while Nick was in prison, unable to protect him. But when Nat approaches him with a shocking revelation, his denial slowly turns into a desire for revenge.

Together they will hunt for a merciless killer who nearly destroyed them both once before--and is now preparing to finish them off once and for all . . .