Peter Ash is driving through northern Nebraska when he encounters a young pregnant woman on a gravel road, her car dead. Peter offers her a lift, but what begins as an act of kindness soon turns into a deadly cat-and-mouse chase with the woman's vicious ex-cop husband hot on their trail. The woman has seen something she was never meant to see ... but protecting her might prove to be more than Peter can handle. To save the woman and himself, Peter must use everything he's learned during his time as a Marine, including his knowledge of human nature, to escape a ruthless killer with instincts and skills that match Peter's own.-- Back cover.