Closer Than She Thinks

Passion and revenge collide when a jewelry designer must return to New Orleans—the scene of a crime that nearly ruined her life—in this spellbinding tale of romantic suspense

Twelve years ago, Alyssa Rossi fled Louisiana under a cloud of scandal and criminal accusations. But her self-imposed exile in Italy comes to an abrupt end when she has to return to New Orleans for the sale of her jewelry company to an international conglomerate. There, she comes face-to-face with Clay Duvall, the duplicitous lover who betrayed her.
 
TriTech CEO Jake Williams has no inkling that the employee behind his company’s acquisition of Rossi Designs is a man obsessed with its owner. Then Jake meets Alyssa. Tall, smart, and gorgeous, she’s a dead ringer for Clay Duvall’s wife, Phoebe, Alyssa’s first cousin and the woman for whom Clay left her. Jake finds himself falling hard for Alyssa—despite her position at the center of a storm of gossip and controversy that has raged for more than a decade. And now a murder shockingly close to home raises the stakes as a fiendishly orchestrated plot could cast suspicion on Alyssa again—or make her a killer’s final victim.
 
[Reviews]
“Sawyer has created a wonderful cast . . . and a plot so rich in Byzantine twists and turns, readers won't be able to put this winner down.” —Booklist
 
“Meryl Sawyer has become a brand name known for taut, sexy and very intriguing romantic suspense.” —Romantic Times
 
Praise for Meryl Sawyer
“Meryl Sawyer is an author who always entertains.” —New York Times–bestselling author Heather Graham
 
“For romance, passion and thrills, read Meryl Sawyer.” —New York Times–bestselling author Susan Elizabeth Phillips
 
“Meryl Sawyer writes romantic suspense that keeps you turning pages with lightning speed.” —New York Times–bestselling author Kristin Hannah

Meryl Sawyer is the New York Times–bestselling author of more than twenty-five romantic suspense novels. Among her accolades are the Romantic Times Career Achievement Awards for Contemporary Romantic Suspense and Contemporary Romance, the Romantic Times Reviewers’ Choice Award for Romantic Suspense, and the Georgia Romance Writers’ Maggie Award for Contemporary Romance. Sawyer grew up in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and lives in Newport Beach, California, with her golden retriever.