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Violence
Some
Murder in the backstory; some threatening violence in the present
Language
Some
Moderate language in a political thriller register
Sexual Content
A lot
Explicit sexual content between the two leads
Substance Use
None
No substance use
Emotional Intensity
Some
The obligation a person feels toward a donor's memory, an attraction that makes the truth more dangerous, a political cover-up built on a death
What this book is about
Rachel Sperry was dying before a heart transplant saved her life. Now she wants to know who her donor was — and what happened to him. The trail leads to Congressman Aaron Blake, whose late brother was the donor, and who knows the full story of how he died. The attraction between Rachel and Aaron is real. So is her growing certainty that someone very close to him was responsible. Sandra Brown's thriller turns a life-debt into a murder investigation.
Notes for sensitive readers
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explicit sexual content
murder investigation
political thriller elements
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