She was hiding from her past…
When a local woman goes missing and Sheriff Blake Jenkins delivers her blood sample to DNA expert Emory Steele for analysis, Blake discovers Emory is a dead ringer for the missing woman. Blake’s gut says the woman is related to Emory. But Emory rejects the notion, requiring a DNA test before she’ll concede that she does indeed have a twin sister she never knew about.
Now she’ll do anything to see it come to light.
Emory joins Blake in a search for her missing sister, but when an attempt is made to abduct Emory as well, they begin to think the abduction is related to Emory’s birth parents. Blake vows to keep her under his watch until they discover what this maniac is looking for and bring him to justice. But Emory balks at him wanting to keep her under constant surveillance as she’s struggling to come to grips with a former brutal attack, and she wants nothing to do with a man who might want to get close to her. When it becomes clear that Blake is the only one who can keep her safe, will she let him get close enough to do so?
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Summary
From: Rebecca Maney
Book Title: Dead Ringer
Book Author: Susan Sleeman
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" . . . . . . crying wouldn't bring Caitlyn home. Working would."
On the same evening that Dr. Emory Steele learns that she has an identical twin sister, she also learns that Caitlyn Abbot has been viciously abducted. In her role as a DNA expert for Portland, Oregon's prestigious Veritas Center, she often donates her skills to law enforcement on high profile cases, and according to the handsome Cold Harbor sheriff, Caitlyn's disappearance demands top priority.
Sheriff Blake Jenkins is shocked when he sees how much Dr. Steele resembles their victim. Naturally, his first response was to think that there had been no crime committed after all; she's quite a "dead ringer". Factor in the confusing details of their separate adoptions, and the leads nearly vanish into thin air. But Emory doesn't vanish, leaving Blake rather sure that he could get used to seeing her face on a daily basis. Unfortunately, they both have a lot of weighty baggage in their pasts, not to mention, they live and work in two different cities.
Susan Sleeman has waved her magic wand of intrigue once again; there was absolutely no way to figure out this ending from the very beginning! This new series has gotten off to quite an impressive start.
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