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The countdown starts now.

Three daring, daylight kidnappings stun Boston. When Beacon Hill preppie Liv Smallwood sees an extraordinary classmate taken, she can’t wait for police to find her friend. Liv launches a social media campaign to intrigue the kidnapper and draw all of Boston into the search. Even this is not enough. Two obstacles stand in her way: bodyguard and kidnapper. Holly Glasscock, new college grad and cop wannabe, wins the role of Liv’s bodyguard with bold moves of her own. Convinced the job will propel her into a law enforcement career, Holly soon learns she’ll need wit, courage, and heart to keep Liv from the man who calls himself “Stealth,” a man tormented by the death of his twin brother, Brandon. One person with two souls, Stealth will do anything to appease Brandon, even risk a final, desperate capture.

“Ari?” Liv called. Abandoning gelato cups on the vendor’s cart, she ran toward the spot where Ari rescued the puppy, yelling, “Ariel Kelly! Stop hiding. This isn’t funny.” Liv saw a bit of purple in a wheel well—the beret, now grimy with tire tracks. Ari must have lost it when she went…where? Liv sprinted toward the park. The dog’s owner had gone, leaving her baby carriage behind. When Liv looked inside the carriage, she shrieked. A baby stared at her with dead eyes. No, not dead eyes, doll eyes. It was one of those dolls people bought when they couldn’t have babies, the kind they pretended were real. Feeling sick, dizzy, confused, Liv staggered toward the gelato man. “My friend,” she said, holding out Ari’s hat, “did you see her come back?” He shook his head. “You have problem?” Liv gazed at the purple beret. “Big problem.” Hands shaking, she pulled out her phone to dial 911.