Young Manhattan editor Maia's life falls apart two days before Christmas when her husband and daughter go missing. Desperate to find them, she is devastated when her husband's car is found next to a notorious suicide bridge with a note that simply reads "I'm sorry."For the next five years, Maia struggles to come to terms with the tragic loss. Finally she begins her life over, moving across the country to Washington state and opening a local book shop on one of the islands in Elliott Bay.She begins rebuilding her life, but when she meets enigmatic architect Atom Harcourt, they begin an erotic, passionate love affair, and Maia finally finds happiness.Soon a series of troubling incidents lead Maia to believe someone is targeting her, and as the five-year anniversary of her family's disappearance looms, malevolent forces surround her, and she doesn't know who to trust.Will Maia ever find the answers she is looking for? And who is the mysterious stranger lurking in the shadows? and is he a stranger at all?This is a romantic suspense novel perfect for the holidays with no cliffhanger, plenty of steamy sex scenes, the purest love, and of course-a guaranteed happy ever after!This novel contains characters from another of my books, Evergreen. Check that out for Emory and Dante's love story?