A faded childhood photograph of the Barker girls was the only cluefound at a crime scene. But it didn't explain who'd want Jessie Barker'ssister dead. The snapshot brought back memories of another tragedy,shrouded in mystery, that left the Barker girls orphaned as children.Jessie had to find out what happened to her beloved sister, but she'dhave to trust a stranger with a twenty-five-year-old story that no onehad ever believed. Yet detective Steve Gardner did believe—and withGod's help he would aid Jessie in her dangerous quest for the truth....

Forensic specialist Kyra Elliott faces the challenge of her career. From scattered skeletal remains she must identify a serial killer who's gotten away with murder, and his young victims. Help comes in the tall, dark, handsome form of an old friend—and secret crush—FBI investigator Joshua Richards. Considered a loose cannon, Josh has been "loaned" to Kyra, and he doesn't like it. Yet as they close in on the killer, Kyra has to trust her hostile partner with her life—and her heart.