Once Faith had reached the paved road, she began dictating a new to-do list into her phone. Her lists had helped her stay sane, enabling her to accomplish everything she’d needed to do to leave Miami as Faith Corcoran, leaving Faith Frye behind, in an insanely short period of time.

She’d learned the magic of lists after her mother died and her father began turning to the bottle for comfort. She’d had to run their little household back then, and she’d been only nine years old. Lists were her salvation.

Tomorrow, she’d contact her grandmother’s attorney to get the correct house key and then call the utilities to have the power and water turned on. She’d need a landline, too, because cell service was spotty out—

Oh no. Her heart sank as she realized what she’d forgotten. Cell service. Dammit. She stared at the phone she held clutched in her hand. She’d changed her name, her address, her driver’s license and credit cards, but she hadn’t changed her cell phone number.

Irritation swept through her. How the hell had she forgotten about her phone? Not only was it still in her old name, it was a damn homing signal.

She stopped the Jeep in the middle of the road and pulled the chip from the phone. She’d get a new one tomorrow. An untraceable one, just like some of her former ex-con clients carried.

Then, once she got all her ducks in a row, she’d return to the house to begin what was sure to be a massive cleanup job. Correction. It’s not “the” house. It’s “your” house. Get used to saying it and going inside next time will be a lot easier.

Relax. You left Peter Combs in Miami. No one is stalking you. No one is trying to kill you. There’s nothing to be afraid of here.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Award-winning, #1 international bestselling author Karen Rose earned her degree in chemical engineering from the University of Maryland. For a number of years, she worked in the engineering field, earning two patents, but she began writing novels when scenes started to fill her mind and her characters would not be silenced. Since Karen’s debut suspense novel, Don’t Tell, was released in July 2003, she has written more than twenty novels, and they have been translated into twenty-three languages. She is the author of the Baltimore novels and the Cincinnati novels, which have placed her on the New York Times, the Sunday Times (UK), and Germany’s der Spiegel bestseller lists. A former high school teacher, Karen lives in Florida with her family; her cat, Bella; and her dog, Loki.

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