Rising tension and barely restrained passion blurs the lines between right and wrong, and Emory begins to wonder if the man with no name is the one who has rescued her from death. A desperate young woman is caught at the center of a dispute, and Emory can't bring herself to look the other way, even if it means breaking the law. But before she can escape, the two encounter dangerous people who adhere to their own code of justice. She's willing to take any risks necessary to survive. While police suspect Jeff of instant divorce, Emory regains consciousness only to find herself the captive of a man whose violent past is so dark he won't even tell her his name. Fog and ice encapsulate the wilderness and freeze the search. But by the time he reports her missing, the trail has (literally) gone cold. Emory Charbonneau, a pediatrician and marathon runner, disappears on a mountain road in North Carolina minutes after an argument with her husband Jeff. (Aug.Description In this New York Times bestselling thriller, a doctor is kidnapped in the mountain wilderness after a fight with her husband - and as the FBI closes in, she must make dangerous choices to survive.Dr. Agent: Maria Carvainis, Maria Carvainis Agency. Florid prose and problematic power dynamics render sex scenes more troubling than titillating, but Brown ends her gone-girl narrative with a surprising denouement that hits the reader like a well-aimed blow to the back of the head. A parallel plotline involving FBI agent Jack Connell’s search for a man involved with a deadly incident intersects with Charbonneau’s predicament, casting further suspicions on her captor. She’s distrustful of the claim that he has no phone and begins to question his motives. While he doesn’t restrain her, he does refuse to drive her to her car, citing inclement weather. Awakening after a painful collapse, Charbonneau finds herself in the remote cabin of a handsome, nameless man. At the start of this solid novel of romantic suspense from bestseller Brown ( Deadline), heiress Emory Charbonneau, a successful Atlanta-based pediatrician, disappears while training for a marathon the police, along with her colleagues and husband, are soon engaged in efforts to locate her.

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