Deadly Paradise — Vicki Mason White

"MY WORST FEARS WERE BECOMING A REALITY. WHERE WAS NIKKI ?"

With her son away in Europe, widowed schoolteacher Catherine Hanson faces a long summer alone--until her college chum Nikki surprises her with an invitation to her private island. Amid the languid warmth of the tropical breezes and the elegance of the mansion, Catherine is struck anew by her own resemblance to Nikki--people often mistake them for twins. Yet there is something odd about Nikki and the others, especially Nikki's husband, Carlo, her secretive housekeeper, Inez, and Carlo's darkly handsome right-hand man, Luca.

When Nikki mysteriously takes ill and disappears overnight, Catherine suddenly becomes a pawn in a deadly game of lies, duplicity, and murder. Desperate to save her own life, she finds a shocking ally in a man equally skilled in deception, who offers a chance at life . . . and perhaps even at love.