The Bottom Line: Voted the year’s best Psychological Thriller in the 2024 BestThrillers.com Book Awards.
Successfully telling a story from three or more points of view requires an exceptionally deep understanding of each character’s unique fears, desires and triggers.
Marisa Rae Dondlinger’s winning novel does that and more, delivering a rare multi-dimensional narrative that feels intimate and unique at every turn.
When Vanessa kidnaps her ex-lover’s newborn baby, some might call her evil. Those who know her story might call her justified.
Vanessa thought she found her soulmate in August. Mind-bending sex. Soul-baring conversations. Safety and acceptance and being seen.
Perhaps too perfect? Yes. August is married to his college sweetheart, Cassidy.
When Vanessa gets pregnant, August manipulates Vanessa into getting an abortion with promises of a future together, but dumps her soon after. Vanessa plots her revenge, kidnapping August’s baby, Daisy, from her nursery.
Each member of this haunting love triangle tells their story as a nationwide search for Daisy ensues.
August’s secret affairs play a pivotal role in the police investigation, Cassidy learns her marriage is a sham, and Vanessa struggles to keep Daisy alive.
