Publisher's Summary

Melanie Starks has never lived life by the rules. She and her 17-year-old son, Charlie, have been running one con job or another for as long as she can remember, justifying the petty crimes as the necessary survival moves of a single mother. But Melanie is ready to give it up. Then Jared Barnett reappears in her life. Fresh out of prison after serving five years of a life sentence for murder, Jared is released on a technicality that by no means proves his innocence. And he's feeling more invincible than ever. He has the perfect plan for a big score, and he needs Melanie's help. But everything goes terribly wrong. Only one thing is clear: a line has been crossed. Suddenly there's no turning back, and there is nothing left to lose.

©2004 S.M. Kava; (P)2004 Audio Renaissance, a division of Holtzbrinck Publishers, LLC