Emilie Wesley is an
attorney working at the Haven, a women’s shelter. Because of her
own abusive relationship and that she has a stalker, Emilie feels
close to these women. Kaylene Adams is a woman Emilie wants to help.
She is very attached to her two young daughters and wants to get them
away from their abusive father.
Outside the
courthouse, Emilie waits for Kaylene to arrive for her hearing to get
a restraining order against her husband, but Kaylene doesn’t show.
With horror, Emilie learns that Kaylene is dead, an apparent suicide after killing one of her daughters and wounding the other. Unable to
believe the story, Emilie begins an independent search to prove that
Kaylene couldn’t have done these terrible things. Although the
director of the Haven tells Emilie to move on from the case, she
can’t. Kaylene’s brother, Reid, is also sure that Kaylene
couldn’t have killed the girls. Together, he and Emily work to solve
the case.
The plot of this
novel is very topical. It focuses on women in abusive relationships
and how difficult it is for some of them to move on and others to
escape. Although, the ending was no surprise, the author does a good
job of keeping the story moving both through the search for facts and
Reid and Emilie’s budding romance.
Emilie is a driven
character. In some ways, it makes it hard to read about how
distraught she is over her client’s death. I felt her attitude was
almost too over the top, but it works in this tragic story,
especially since Emilie is at the same time being pursued by a
stalker.
If you enjoy legal
thrillers, this is a good one.
I received this book
from Blogging for Books for this review.
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