Includes discussion questions. Includes a peek at the author's Counterfeit faith.
Summary:
"When Secret Service operative Andrew Darlington is brought in to a case involving counterfeiters in rural Indiana, he thinks it's simply the next rung on his climb to the top of his career. But liars can only climb so high--and Andrew is keeping a dangerous secret. Too bad the criminal family that has taken over the town he's sent to rescue are the very folks who could expose his hidden past. Widow and expert pickpocket Lu Thorne has only one goal: take her son and escape the sadistic grasp of her in-laws. Her decision to be an informant and testify against the Thornes was the perfect way to send them to jail--and out of her life. Until the marshal ended up dead. Now the tether keeping her tied to her felonious family is tightening, and a forced marriage to someone else in the Thornes' clutches threatens to kill any hope of breaking free. Andrew and Lu find themselves on the same team--unwillingly. Even if they learn to work together, their secrets could shatter all their dreams. Despite the local preacher's encouragement, they're not even sure God can be trusted, much less other fallible humans. Can either escape their past--or the family willing to kill when they smell betrayal?"-- Back cover.
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