Book summary

Ellen Chambers' life couldn't be worse. Her marriage is treacherously on the rocks, and her pregnant teenage daughter Moreen has just tied the knot with a drug- addicted, misogynistic artist. But when her young, sociopathic hunk of a nephew, Neal Chambers, arrives in small town Destin, Maine, Ellen's miserable life turns nightmarish. Neal is bent on avenging his father's death, which was sparked by the adulterous affair between his mother and his Uncle Scott (Ellen's husband). Meanwhile, Ellen's lust for Neal is growing rapidly. Passions both violent and romantic collide in this action-packed psychological thriller, leaving a murderous bloodbath in its wake.

Media reviews

"A deft, highly charged erotic psychological thriller bristling with secrets and lies....Kimball hits the mark with this high-wire revenger's tragedy: a pitilessly intelligent examination of a family tortured by mistakes, misunderstandings, and malicious vengeance from the invigorating opening to the catastrophic end."