a New York Times bestselling author, a book editor travels to a Southern island to work with a mysterious author-and ends up uncovering a shocking truth about a carefully concealed crime.

It's rare for an unsolicited manuscript to pique book editor Maris Matherly-Reed's interest, but a new submission with blockbuster potential inspires her to seek out the author on an obscure island off the Georgia coast.

Parker Evans is a writer determined to conceal his identity as well as his past. As she begins to work with him, Maris suspects that his tale about a missing person might be closer to fact than fiction.

Disturbed by this realization-and her growing attraction to Parker-she searches for clues relating to a crime committed long ago. When someone close to Maris suddenly dies, an evil presence looms even closer: a man who will use anything-and anyone-to get what he wants . . .