Deadly Disclosure — Alix Andre

The night hid danger -- and an enemy who waited

Diana heard the stealthy noises behind her as she crept back to the house. She stopped abruptly, her skin tingling in alarm. She was being stalked....

Panic flashed through her, but she resolutely quelled it. Could she match her predator's silent cunning? Heart pounding, she slipped into the black gloom of a pine grove.

Suddenly she stumbled, crying aloud. Her blood froze with the realization she'd given her presence away. There was no escaping the blow as it crashed down on her head.