Dead Certain

From New York Times bestselling author Mariah Stewart comes a novel of sexy romantic suspense for fans of Nora Roberts Catherine Coulter and Karen Robards Three devious prisoners vow murderous revenge Now the second is free With her stalker captured antiques dealer Amanda Crosby can finally sleep at night Having worked hard to put the nightmare behind her Amanda has vowed to never be a victim again But when her business partner Derek England is found with a bullet through the back of his head just hours after she left an incriminating message on his voice mail Amanda finds herself in danger of becoming a victim of another sort All the evidence points to Amanda as Derek s killer and Chief of Police Sean Mercer is building the case against her But when another of her colleagues is found brutally murdered it s obvious that someone other than Amanda is behind the killings Suddenly Amanda is a target once again as a diabolical killer circles ever closer and the only thing that stands between her and becoming the third and final victim is the man who had tried to put her behind bars It has taken Amanda Crosby almost eighteen months to pull her life together after having been viciously attacked by a young man she d befriended Having recovered from her physical injuries and determined to never again be a victim the once shy and gentle antiques dealer has become an outspoken advocate for self defense has resumed her training in martial arts and is writing a column for the local paper and lectures in high schools and to women s groups on self preservation Her new and hard won sense of self assurance is severely tested when it becomes apparent that she is once again being stalked and this time the pattern perfectly mimics that of her attacker who is in a prison eighty miles away When her business partner is found murdered Aman da finds herself on a short list of suspects It is only after it becomes apparent that she is in fact again the object