"You can run Cheryl but you can't hide." He spat. "I will find you."
"Leave me alone you monster."
"I can't do that Cher. You are a problem I need to fix."
"I have kept my mouth shut for twelve years Eric. What is your damn problem?"
"You are fucking alive! and that is a liability."
"If you don't leave me alone I will crush your political ambitions and make all what you have end up in a pile of rubble."
"Strong words. Too bad you don't have the means."
"You underestimate me Eric."
"Frankly, I don't that's why I want you dead."
"I will destroy you and bury you and your achievements."
"I'd like to see you try."
"Wait and see, Eric."
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Cheryl McVeigh was finally happy.
She had a great job, a great house, friends and every other thing she wished she had except finding love. Her world turns upside down when her dark past begins to catch up to her and a man wants her dead. Cheryl has to find a way to conquer her past and face her future.
But most importantly stay alive and probably find love?
#Book 1 in the McVeigh family series.
Adele knows she witnessed a murder - what she doesn't know is just how personal it is.
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A girl was brutally murdered in the basement of a sorority house in spring 2011. Adele Theroux thinks she saw the killer - and the killer definitely saw her. What she doesn't know is why this all happened and who this guy is. As she tries to solve the mystery from a distance while in witness protection, the connections keep getting weirder and more personal. Might she be able to relate to the killer in a way that no one else can? And what does that mean about her own psyche?
*2019 Watty Award for Mystery/Thriller*
[[word count: 50,000-60,000 words]]
Cover designed by April Alforque