New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Karen Ranney writes as Katherine Storm.

When Robert Hanover died at the hands of his mistress, everyone grieved, but no one worried.

Jack Mercer, a former Texas Ranger turned private investigator, wasn't satisfied that the woman charged with the crime was the murderer.

The case brought him up against the past, not only Hanover's, but his own, as he was forced to consider a variety of suspects, one of them the woman he hadn't seen for nine years. A woman who still fascinated him, despite his suspicions.

The last person Hope Smith wanted to see was Jack Mercer, especially since she still felt guilty about their relationship. Plus, he'd brought murder into her life and her quiet subdivision.

Was one of her friends a murderer?