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Meryl Sawyer is the New York Times/USA Today bestselling author of sixteen romantic suspense novels, one historical novel, and one anthology. Meryl has won the Romantic Times Career Achievement Award for Contemporary Romantic Suspense as well as the Romantic Times award for Best New Contemporary author.

How do you stop a killer when everyone thinks you're dead?

When Newport Beach heiress Hayley Fordham heads to Costa Rica on an art commission, she has no idea she's narrowly escaped an assassin's car bomb. But before the paint's even dry on her mural, her stepsiblings have arranged her funeral and redivided the family trust. The fact that Hayley is still very much alive remains a secret to everyone but FBI investigator Ryan Hollister, who intercepts the "victim" returning home in the flesh.

Ryan has zero tolerance for the pampered elite. But there's something about the complex Hayley that sets his blood racing. With evidence pointing to a Fordham family associate, Ryan needs her cooperation—and her closeness—more than he dares admit. Because now, especially now, he's prepared to risk anything to stop Hayley from being killed…again.