Leave Yesterday Behind

<p><strong><em>A popular actress at a turning point in her career.</em></strong></p><p><strong><em>A professional athlete forging a new path as a fiction writer.</em></strong></p><p><strong><em>And a serial killer interested in seeing both of them dead . . .</em></strong></p><p><br></p><p>Callie Chennault vaulted to fame on the nighttime soap <em>Sumner Falls</em> but after a decade of playing the same role she is ready for a new acting challenge. When Callie is attacked by a stalker on the streets of New York she takes a leave of absence from the show and returns to her roots in Aurora Louisiana to heal both physically and emotionally and determine her next career move.</p><p><br></p><p>Former professional baseball pitcher Nick La Chappelle has also come to Aurora to lick his own wounds after a messy divorce. A Cy Young winner and one-time ESPN broadcaster Nick longs for the quiet of a small town in order to write murder mysteries under a pen name.</p><p><br></p><p>Sparks fly when Callie believes Nick is taking advantage of her great-aunt's hospitality but they resolve their differences-and surprise themselves-by falling in love. Their bond is tested when both Nick and Callie become the focus of a serial killer nicknamed Lipstick Larry. Can they outwit a murderer bent on seeing them dead and survive to build a lasting relationship?</p><p><br></p><p><em>*This is a revised edition of Leave Yesterday Behind which was originally released under the pen name Lauren Linwood.  </em></p><p><br></p>