Desperate to leave her hometown behind, Kara Knight trades an overprotective mother, a broken heart, and painful memories for the promise of nursing school and a fresh start. What she does not know is that twenty-five miles away, a twin brother she has never heard of has become fixated on reuniting with the sister he cannot forget. When Kara is abducted and pulled into her captor's delusional world, the past she thought she understood starts to unravel, and long-suppressed memories creep back, threatening both her sanity and her survival. As the hours slip past, her captor edges closer to carrying out a chilling plan: to take Kara into death at the precise moment of their shared birth, so the two can never be separated again. Racing against time, Kara's mother confronts a secret she has guarded for years, terrified that revealing it may be the only way to save the daughter she could still lose. Alternating between a killer losing his grip on reality and a young woman fighting to hold on to hers, the novel builds a taut psychological thriller around family, buried truth, and the blurred line between love and obsession.
