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How far would you go to get what you wanted? The author of Don�t Try to Find Me returns with a taut, riveting novel of psychological suspense�a domestic drama full of secrets and twists�about a woman determined to have a child, her ambivalent husband, and a pregnant teenager with a secret agenda of her own. �I know now that there was no other way things could have turned out. Tragedies are inevitable, just like the great love stories, like us.� Thirty-nine-year-old Adrienne is desperate to be a mother. And this time, nothing is going to get in her way. Sure, her husband, Gabe, is ambivalent about fatherhood. But she knows that once he holds their baby, he�ll come around. He�s just feeling a little threatened, that�s all. Because once upon a time, it was Gabe that Adrienne wanted more than anything; she was willing to do anything. . . . But that was half a lifetime ago. She�s a different person now, and so is Gabe. There are lines she wouldn�t cross, not without extreme provocation. And sure, she was bitten once before by another birth mother�clear to the bone�and for most people, it�s once bitten, twice shy. But Adrienne isn�t exactly the retiring type. At nineteen, Leah bears a remarkable resemblance to the young woman Adrienne once was. Which is why Adrienne knows the baby Leah is carrying is meant to be hers. But Leah�s got ideas of her own: Her baby�s going to get a life in California; why shouldn�t she? All she wants is to live in Adrienne�s house for a year after the baby�s born, and get a fresh start. It seems like a small price for Adrienne to pay to get their baby. And with Gabe suddenly on board, what could possibly go wrong?