Rena Koontz Libros

Noreen Jensen risked her life a year ago to save a five-year-old from a mother who meant her harm. The burns on her back have healed but the pain lingers. In the year since, that little girl and her father have become Noreen's world. But now, the mother is back for revenge. She wants custody of Gia and she wants Noreen out of the picture. Every day brings a new kind of terror to Noreen's doorstep. But she didn't crawl through fire to lose Gia or her father to a mad woman. She's ready for this fight. No mercy this time. It's not revenge. It's justice.

She's on the run, hiding from a mob madman. An eyewitness to a murder, Cassidy Hoake is living in a small Ohio town, hiding from the devil. She can't stop looking over her shoulder and doesn't trust anyone. Least of all, Police Officer Clay Cestra who asks too many questions and looks delicious in his uniform. And out of it, for that matter.Clay Cestra's cop instincts tell him Cassidy is in trouble and he wants to help for more reasons than public service. She's the kind of woman he could love - smart, strong, and sassy. She doesn't want his protection but he can't help offering it.Her mother's wise words echo in Cassidy's ears - "Better the devil you know than the devil you don't." She knows the evil she's running from. He's a reputed mobster nipping at her heels. Clay Cestra, on the other hand, is a man tugging on her heart strings. But he is the law and she's a fugitive.Running to Clay means risking everything, confronting her demons, and defeating the devil.