As far as I know, this is the first book I've read by this author, and unlike other reviewers, I don't remember seeing any of the characters in other books either.

I liked that Mary tried to keep her son safe. I liked that she told him what was going on rather than keeping it from him (as so many characters in these books seem to do).

I felt bad for Angelina and Alma--first that both became mothers so young and also because both their babies were taken from them.

I never quite got hold of what illegal businesses Mary's family was involved in--money laundering, perhaps. Odd that Mary's inheritance had stipulations where everyone else's did not. Perhaps telling too since as she says, if Eric's had had one, he'd have walked away from it just like he walked away from the family business.

I wondered if Mary found the rest of the antiques that had been taken from her family's cabin. She found the armoire and the table, but there was at least one more mentioned in the book. Also, although she decided to run an antiques business at the site of the former car lot, she didn't seem to have a business plan--she claims to have knowledge, but she never mentioned how she planned to find inventory to sell. She'd have to find it at less than what she could sell it for for her business to work--and I never heard how she intended to do that. ( )

Very interesting book. Mary came from a mob family and has been on the run for years with her son. Finally her brother calls and tells her she can come home with her son and hopefully social services will not take him away. So she heads home, thankful to not be on the run anymore, but still distrustful.

Mitch Williams is a cop and loves being a cop, but he's on leave at the moment due to a shooting and he's not sure he wants to go back to the job he has.

Mary finds a mexican girl and tries to help her get away only to find that she may be wanted. Enter her neighbor Mitch into the picture and from there on out the suspense starts.

I thought this was a great book with a great element of suspense and two characters who don't really trust anyone, but come to trust each other and God.

Wonderful reading! ( )