Separated by a tragic fire.Reunited by a brutal murder.A fire deals the final blow to Paul Fremont’s unstable childhood. His mother—arrested. His siblings--lost to foster care. His face--terribly disfigured.Twenty years later, he’s worked hard to build a normal life from the ashes. A future of true happiness with the love of a good woman is just within his grasp. Suddenly, the past shows up at his door in the form of his long-lost brother, Gordon... moreSeparated by a tragic fire.Reunited by a brutal murder.A fire deals the final blow to Paul Fremont’s unstable childhood. His mother—arrested. His siblings--lost to foster care. His face--terribly disfigured.Twenty years later, he’s worked hard to build a normal life from the ashes. A future of true happiness with the love of a good woman is just within his grasp. Suddenly, the past shows up at his door in the form of his long-lost brother, Gordon.Paul and Gordon—one a therapist, one a cop—must collaborate to protect a young woman who has witnessed a brutal murder. But the evidence they uncover leads them closer to their own fractured family.Now Paul faces a desperate choice: protect his fragile happiness or save the remnants of his traumatized family before they do more harm.Because hurt people hurt people. less