Shattered

Publisher Marketing: The past is never over. It just gets dusty. Lisa Grant was a rising star in a prestigious law firm in Lexington, Kentucky, when the firm went bankrupt and she lost her job. With an ailing mother to care for, she takes the first job she can find: research assistant to District Attorney Scott Buchanan. Scott is as disagreeable as he is sexy, and Lisa suspects the only reason she got the job was Scott s fond feelings for her mother, who treated him well when he was just a farmhand on the Grants large horse farm while Lisa was growing up. After she misses an important court date, Lisa doesn t get any special treatment from Scott. As punishment, he sends her to organize cold-case files in the basement of the courthouse. What Lisa expects to be a mind-numbingly boring task turns into anything but that when a missing-persons case draws her attention. The details of the case are engrossing: an entire family father, mother, and two children disappeared without a trace more than twenty-eight years ago. Except that s not all: the mother in a photo Lisa finds could be her own twin. Before Lisa can learn more, a series of catastrophes strikes close to home, and she realizes that finding the photo has put her in terrible danger. Determined to uncover the truth, she confides in Scott, and their relationship develops into something beyond that of employer and employee. Together they unravel a terrifying web of criminal connections that could shatter what Lisa knows of her past. And it s clear someone will go to shocking lengths to make sure certain secrets stay hidden." Review Citations: Library Journal Prepub Alert 11/01/2009 pg. 43 (EAN 9780399156274, Hardcover) Booklist 01/01/2010 pg. 19 (EAN 9780399156274, Hardcover) Publishers Weekly 01/18/2010 pg. 28 (EAN 9780399156274, Hardcover) Romantic Times 03/01/2010 pg. 78 (EAN 9780399156274, Hardcover) Contributor Bio:  Robards, Karen Karen Robards is the author of more than forty books, including the romantic thrillers Justice, Sleepwalker, Shiver, and Hunted, and many historical romances. She lives in Louisville, Kentucky, with her family. Contributor Bio:  Ericksen, Susan Susan Ericksen, an Audie Award and "AudioFile" Earphones Award winner, has recorded many audiobooks, including "Naked in Death" by J. D. Robb.