I FAKED MY DEATH TO ESCAPE THE HUSBAND WHO TRIED TO MURDER ME—THREE YEARS LATER, HE FOUND ME ALIVE AND WHISPERED WHAT MY DAUGHTER HAD DRAWN…

My mother pressed both hands against my boyfriend’s chest and smiled as though I were not standing three feet away. “Claire never told me you…

“First, you tell me who you really are.” Damian’s hand remained suspended between them as the applause around the donation table dissolved into frightened whispers….

Lorenzo turned from the subway entrance and found Marco still watching him. “Say it,” Lorenzo ordered. “You want to send men after her.” “Yes.” “But…

The letters slid across the polished floor as Lucia threw herself over them and Matteo drove Victor against the bookcase. A second gunshot struck the…

Lorenzo reached the sealed fire door and struck it with his shoulder. It did not move. Smoke curled beneath the frame while an emergency light…

“There is no invitation, Mom.” The sentence came out more calmly than I expected. On the other end of the phone, my mother stopped breathing…