Hampir lima tahun Amerika digemparkan oleh seorang psikopat yang membunuh para mantan ratu kecantikan. Masing-masing wanita itu dibunuh berdasarkan bakat yang mereka tunjukkan. Bakat menari, kaki dipenggal; bakat menyanyi, leher digorok; dan sebagainya. Si pembunuh juga selalu meninggalkan setangkai mawar di samping tubuh korban.
Lindsay McAllister, agen di Kantor Penyelidik Swasta Powell, mengabdikan seluruh waktu dan tenaganya untuk mencari dan menangkap si pembunuh sejak ia masih menjadi polisi di Chattanoga, menyelidiki kasus pembunuhan mantan Miss Tennessee, Jennifer Walker. Kasus ini menjadi semakin personal baginya karena ia jatuh hati pada suami Jennifer, Judd Walker, yang setelah kematian istrinya menjadi seorang manusia dingin tak berperasaan.
Lindsay mengusahakan berbagai cara untuk melacak jejak si pembunuh yang semakin lama semakin brutal dan sadis, demi mengangkat Judd dari keterpurukan dan mendapatkan cinta lelaki itu. Ia bahkan rela mengumpankan dirinya sendiri ke tangan si pembunuh...
I'm a sixth generation Alabamian who writes mainstream romantic suspense for Kensington. I'm also a wife, mother and grandmother. People who know me well will tell you that my family is more important to me than anything in the world. I'm fortunate to have a cousin who is like a sister to me and am blessed with a handful of close friends, whom I refer to as my bosom buddies. I wouldn't know what to do without these great gals who give me encouragement, support, advice, love and lots of laughs.
I was born in Alabama, where my parents lived on my paternal grandmother's ancestral home place, a farm that is still owned by a member of the family. My upbringing was divided between Tuscumbia & Barton, Alabama and Chattanooga, Tennessee. I graduated high school from Chattanooga Central and then attended college at the University of North Alabama. I married young and traveled briefly with my husband, who served in the navy in the mid-to-late sixties. After my husband decided against a military career, we settled back in our home state of Alabama and started a family. First a daughter and then a son. I was "in my ...