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Detective Jonah McKee and his fellow Keller County Cops believe a beautiful amnesia victim is the key to solving a brutal serial killer case -- until a terrifying twist forces Jonah to hide his three year-old son and go on the run with the frightened stranger in order to save her life.
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His gaze locked with hers, and she abruptly realized his eyes were a deep cobalt blue that matched his shirt. His gaze was searing in its intensity, and it started a whole other ache inside her. He dribbled another batch of ice chips into her mouth, then sat back and crooked his lips.
"Didn't think you'd ever wake up."
"Wh-who are you?" she asked, crunching the ice. "Where am I? What... happened? I don't know why--"
"You're at River Park Hospital in Hunter's Bayou -- in ICU, as a precaution," he said, his face hardening. He set down the cup. "I don't know what happened to you. Only that someone found you on Highway 463 near the Louisiana line. He thought you were dead."
"On the... highway?" Fear flashed through her. Fear of a man whose identity lay hidden deep inside the recesses of her brain. A tremor rocked her. Yet instinctively, she knew the man feeding her ice chips wasn't the same person. This kind man would never hurt her. She swallowed. "I don't... understand."
"You were found wrapped in a tarp on the side of the road."
"Oh, my God." She looked down and abruptly realized she wore casts on her left wrist and right ankle. Her head throbbed, and she still had no idea who she was. And a tarp?
He took her hand. "Your purse -- I'm assuming it's yours -- was wrapped up with you. Your driver's license--"
"You know my name?" Hope welled inside of her, and she squeezed his hand.
He lifted a brow. "You don't?"
"No. I've been wracking my brain -- but I have no memory of anything before now." She shook her head, and the motion sent a spike of pain through her right eye. She grimaced.
A look of sympathy passed over his face. "Lie still, so you won't get sick. You have a head injury."
"Okay," she murmured, desperate for information. "So you... you know who I am?"
"Yes," he said, watching her closely. "According to your license, you're Ellen Robinson."
"This is a top notch suspense story... The interplay between the two main characters is realistic and the danger is real, so you’ll keep turning those pages to see how this one ends. I found it an excellent read and am glad to see it is Book One in a series so I'll get to revisit this place and its characters. I highly recommend that you check it out, too."
"If you like on-the-edge chase stories with romance, this is your novel. It's edgy, set in Mississippi. I found it a wonderful quick read. I loved the descriptions of the Mississippi land and the wooded camp where they think they're safe, since it's secluded and high on stilts to keep it from flooding. I felt for the victim. The author does a great job of making you care about her and uses rich detail... Happy reading!"
"Melanie Atkins has done it again in a series that is turning out to be quite a suspenseful novel at every chapter... I loved how Melanie Atkins created a series that puts you at the edge of your seat, making you guess on every page who the killer really is. Marked for Murder is definitely one roller coaster of a story... This was a great book and I can't wait for the second in the series."
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