Runner-up, 2016 Shelf Unbound Best Indie Book CompetitionHonorable Mention, Genre Fiction, 21st Annual Writer’s Digest Self-Published Book AwardsA compelling, fast-moving contemporary thriller: In Albany, New York, the governor’s infant daughter disappears without a trace from her crib at the Executive Mansion. Hours later, newly divorced and down-and-out writer Jamie Carter is abducted from the … abducted from the streets of Manhattan. Jamie is whisked upstate, where she is forced by her captor, Don Bailino, an ex-war hero/successful businessman, to care for the kidnapped child in a plot to delay the execution of mobster Gino Cataldi – the sixth man to be put to death in six years by hardliner Governor Phillip Grand. What prevails is a modern-day thriller about family ties, loyalty, murder, betrayal, and love that’s told in deftly interweaving narratives that follow the police investigation of the missing Baby Grand, the bad guys who took her, and the woman who must find the strength to protect her.
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Anxiously waiting for the 3rd book in the series.
Couldn’t even finish it
Really good read.
Fairly simple plot. Not too original
I liked it and ordered the next book.
I couldn’t put this book down. It was scary and I was never sure who was going to get killed next. Jamie went from a scared, nervous, woman to a strong, determined woman that wouldn’t give up. She saw someone murdered and was raped and yet she cared so much about the baby, Charlotte, that she was willing to put her life on the line to save her. The Bailino, character, was so twisted and evil. Some part of him wanted a normal life, but he was still a killer and a rapist. He terrified me. One minute you think he’s normal and then he’s way off base. Katherine and Phillip were people that I don’t get at all. Especially Katherine. But at the end I felt like maybe Katherine was human after all. I really wanted Bailino to die so Jamie would be safe. Especially now that she’s pregnant. Hopefully love is in her future. It ended with some loose threads.
I just couldn’t figure it out! What could happen to make it all right?! Then it leaves with a cliffhanger that leads to the next book, I couldn’t put it down!
Several very strong characters and each one different. Loved the suspense.
This is a OK who dunnit. It has s lot of action but is not strong on plot.
looved the book will be buying the next one
It was well written with an original plot and good character development. I read the second in the series and want to read the third.
I loved the characters and the intrigue. It was hard to put down. There were a few places that were a bit graphic, but overall a very good story!