You Never Know

<p><strong>The thing I love about Connie Briscoe now is the same thing I've always loved about Connie Briscoe--she writes highly commercial pacey character-driven stories. She was made for domestic suspense. --Karin Slaughter <em>New York Times </em>bestselling author</strong></p><p><strong>The revered <em>New York Times </em>bestselling writer makes her triumphant return with this electrifying novel of domestic suspense that marks an exciting turn in her career a twisting tension-filled thriller in which a hearing-impaired woman must battle her rising terror as she fights for her life.</strong></p><p>Alexis Roberts is asleep one night when someone breaks into her home and tries to assault her. Though she manages to escape serious harm the invasion has left her scared and shaken. The police are investigating but Alexis has few details to share with the detective on the scene. She's hearing impaired and could not find her cochlear implants in the darkness which left her unable to both see and hear the intruder.</p><p>Was her attacker a stranger or someone whom she knows--a person who may have once been close to her?</p><p>Flashback to a year earlier when Alexis meets the man of her dreams. Marcus is handsome successful polished and everything she's ever wanted. Attentive charming and fluent in American sign language he's unlike any man she's ever known. Believing he is the Mr. Right who was meant to be her forever partner Alexis says yes when he asks her to marry him. Why wouldn't she?</p><p>But once they're married Marcus grows distant and resembles little of the charming man who swept her off her feet. Who is this stranger she's married? Determined to uncover the truth Alexis begins to carefully unearth the secrets in her husband's life. When she makes a horrifying discovery--his first wife is missing and suspected dead--Marcus suddenly disappears without a trace.</p><p>Now in this gigantic house in an isolated neighborhood with no family and friends nearby to help a terrified Alexis waits for her intruder to return. She's trapped in the dream home that has become a nightmare unsure who Marcus really is . . . and what he's capable of doing.</p>