Colder Than Ice
by:
Maggie Shayne (author)
Seventeen years ago, government agent Joshua Kendall was part of the raid on the cultlike Young Believers compound. His own bullet killed an innocent girl, and he has lived with the guilt ever since. But a new assignment will reveal that the most shattering incident of Josh's life was nothing...
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Seventeen years ago, government agent Joshua Kendall was part of the raid on the cultlike Young Believers compound. His own bullet killed an innocent girl, and he has lived with the guilt ever since. But a new assignment will reveal that the most shattering incident of Josh's life was nothing more than a lie.Elizabeth Marcum was that girl. She survived the bullet from the botched raid and now lives under a new identity in rural Vermont, hiding from the cult leader who has managed to elude capture all these years. But she's tired of running, tired of hiding. If Mordecai Young tracks her down, so be it.When Josh is sent to protect Elizabeth--and realizes who she is--he will do anything to keep her alive, including lying about who he is. But as Mordecai descends back into their lives they become targets in a deadly battle that threatens to shatter their last chance at life and love.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780778322443 (0778322440)
Publish date: October 1st 2005
Publisher: Mira
Pages no: 416
Edition language: English
Series: Mordecai Young (#2)
High-school teacher has been on the Witness Protection program for years after she survived the government raid of the cult group she was kept in at 16. She moved to a Vermont small town about a year or so ago after she rescued her daughter from the clutches of her crazy ex-boyfriend who happens to...