Book description
Carl Herbold enjoys being bad. And he is terrifyingly good at it. He
graduated easily from juvenile delinquent to full-blown killer. Now he
has carried out a daring escape from jail and is headed back to where it
all began. Anna Corbett was widowed right before her son was born. Beset
by debt and personal tragedy, she faces the toughest challenge of her
life - holding on to the ranch that is her son's birthright - unaware
that she is at the centre of Carl Herbold's vengeful plan. Drifter Jack
Sawyer is a seemingly easygoing cowboy whose past is shrouded in
mystery. Stalked by secrets he can no longer outrun, he is hoping to
protect Anna and her son from Herbold's rage. All must grapple with
their own demons before the final tumultuous confrontation. Sandra
Brown is the author of fifty-six New York Times bestsellers, most
recently PLAY DIRTY which was published in August 2007 by Simon &
Schuster and debuted at number two on the New York Times hardcover
fiction bestseller list. Her other recent bestsellers include RICOCHET
(2006), CHILL FACTOR(2005), WHITE HOT(2004), HELLO, DARKNESS(2003), THE
CRUSH(2002), ENVY (2001), all of which have jumped onto the
Times
bestseller list in the number one to five spot. Her new novel SMOKE
SCREEN will be published on August 12, 2008. Brown began her writing
career in 1981 and since then has published nearly seventy novels, most
of which remain in print. As of 1990, when Mirror Image
made The New York Times
bestseller list, each subsequent novel, including reprints of earlier
books, have become Times
bestsellers. Her novel THE WITNESS was recently optioned by Twinstar
Entertainment for a major motion picture. Brown now has seventy million
copies of her books in print worldwide, and her work has been translated
into thirty-three languages. A lifelong Texan, Sandra Brown was born in
Waco and raised in Ft. Worth. Before embarking on her writing career,
she worked as a model at the Dallas Apparel Mart, and in television,
including weathercasting for WFAA-TV in Dallas, and feature reporting on
the nationally syndicated program PM Magazine
. She is much in demand as a speaker at book festivals and charity
functions throughout the year.
