Betrayal — Aaron Paul Lazar

Marcella Hollister realized a lifetime of hopes and dreams when she was given custody of a child. A cousin of her half-Seneca husband, Quinn, the baby's mother was murdered in a political plot -- and Marcella, who's never been able to have children of her own, formed an instant bond with little Kimi.Then a distant relative comes forward to claim Kimi -- and Quinn, who Marcella thought understood her pain better than anyone, allows them to take the baby without a fight.Confused and deeply wounded, Marcella takes off for Tall Pines, their secluded Adirondack cabin. She hopes the peace and natural beauty of the mountains will help clear her head and decide whether to forgive Quinn…or leave him.But the situation at Tall Pines is anything but peaceful. Her high school lover, Sky, arrives to help out -- and Marcella discovers her old feelings may not be as distant as she thought. Worse, a serial killer is stalking young women in the area. And when a teen girl whose mother works with Sky goes missing, Marcella and everyone she cares for wind up dead center in the killer's sights.