No Child Left Behind // Kidnapped — Aime Austin

When the past is prologue…

Peter Cort has done everything right: worked until retirement, provided a better future for his daughter, loves his wife, still volunteers for his parish. So why is a past he thought dead and buried coming back to haunt him?

Lulu Mueller has done something very wrong. She is in love with a married man, and their relationship is no longer a secret. Now that he's leaving his wife, Lulu has to determine if it was his unavailability that attracted her. She may be ready to let go, but he isn't…

For what feels like the hundredth time, Casey Cort is on the verge of getting everything she's ever dreamed. A solid career. Marriage to a guy who's good on paper. Now that she's close to realizing her future, she's starting to wonder what if all she's dreamed isn't all she wants?
When all three embark on a journey to uncover secrets of the past, they have to decide what's truly important.
In this installment of the Casey Cort Crime Fiction Series. Aime Austin -- a former trial lawyer in Cleveland -- weaves a tale that blends the best of today's top legal thrillers with the heart and soul of women's fiction, in a story ripped from real-world headlines.