Sandra Hilliker

Drifting Through the Grey Sandra Hilliker

Returning to Preston's Bluff was something she vowed she'd never do. Jessica Murphy resents that she's had to return to the small hometown she was run out of fourteen years earlier. In the isolated cabin of her youth, she must face the sordid aspects of a past that left her with lingering trust issues and PTSD - a condition she was managing until recently. While she hardly expects a welcome wagon, she isn't quite ready to face the continued hatred and hostility of the family of the boy she murdered back in high school. But she is ready to face her childhood bullies who have started coming around again - and who haven't changed one bit. Nick Preston hates that his stepbrother's killer has returned to town, in spite of the fact that, at the request of his dying wife, he was the one who pressured her into returning in the first place. Frustrated that Jessica seems to be digging in her heels about staying in the area, Nick soon discovers that his teenage son, who has become more and more distant lately, has befriended her. Now Nick must keep an eye on the one woman he truly despises, to protect his son.