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As the first anniversary of her marriage to Vice President Nick Cappuano approaches, Lieutenant Sam Holland is dreaming of Bora Bora—sun, sand and a desperately needed break from the DC grind. But real life has a way of intervening, and Sam soon finds herself taking on one of the most perplexing cases of her career.
Government worker Josh Hamilton begs Sam to investigate his shocking claim that his parents stole him from another family thirty years ago. More complicated still, his "father" is none other than the FBI director. When a member of Josh's family is brutally murdered, Sam begins to question how deep this cover-up goes. Is it possible the revered director was part of a baby-napping ring and that others involved are also targets?
With a killer intent on deadly revenge and her team still reeling from a devastating loss, Sam's plate is full—and when Nick and their son, Scotty, take ill, is her dream of a tropical anniversary celebration in peril too?
33 Chapters
Epilogue
Characters
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Samantha (Sam) Holland Cappuano: Washington DC metro police lieutenant in charge of city's homicide detective squad. She's married to Nick, mother of their adopted son, Scotty and Second Lady of the United States. She is 35-years old and has toffee-colored hair and pale blue eyes. She's on leave after her assault by Stahl.
Nick Cappuano: Vice President of the United States. Married to Sam and father of their adopted son, Scotty. Former US senator from Virginia, who was elected to his first term after finishing out John O'Connor's. He's 37-years old and 6'4" with dark brown hair and hazel eyes.
Scotty Dunlap Cappuano: Nick and Sam's adopted 13-year old son.
Frederico (Freddie) Cruz: Sam's partner. He lives with his fiancée, Elin.
Elin Svendsen: Freddie's fiancée who runs a gym. She's recuperating from the assault ordered by Stahl.
Shelby Faircloth: Nick and Sam's personal assistant. She runs their household and Sam calls her Tinkerbell. She's pregnant and engaged to Avery.
Avery Hill: FBI agent in charge of the Criminal Investigation Division. He and Shelby are engaged.
Dustin Jacoby: FBI deputy director.
Leslie Monroe: FBI executive assistant director for the Criminal, Cyber, Response and Services branch. She's Avery's boss.
Gillian MacKenzie: Associate deputy FBI director.
Jeannie McBride: Detective on Sam's homicide team. Engaged to Michael. Partnered with Will Tyrone.
Michael Wilkinson: Jeannie's fiancé.
Will Tyrone: Detective on Sam's homicide team. Jeannie's partner.
Tommy (Gonzo) Gonzales: Detective sergeant on Sam's homicide team. He's engaged to Christina and is baby Alex's father. He has full custody. He's heading the team while Sam is on leave.
Christina Billings: Nick's former chief of staff who's engaged to Gonzo. She's now home full time taking care of Alex.
Alejandro (Alex) Gonzales: Gonzo's son.
Arnold (AJ) Arnold: Detective and Gonzo's partner who was shot and killed in the line of duty recently.
Troy Hamilton: FBI director. Married to Courtney and father of their three children, Mark, Maura and Josh.
Josh Hamilton: Troy's youngest son who believes he may have been kidnapped as a baby from the maternity ward in Franklin, Tennessee.
Courtney Hamilton: Troy's wife, and mother of their three children.
Mark Hamilton: Josh's older brother, a neurosurgeon in Chicago.
Maura Hamilton: Josh's older sister, a partner in a Boston law firm.
Taylor Rollings: Name of the newborn who was abducted.
Chauncey Rollings: Taylor's father, married to Micki.
Micki Rollings: Taylor's mother, married to Chauncey.
Detective Watson: Franklin detective handling the Rollings case.
Danielle Koch: Receptionist at the Knoxville FBI bureau office.
Dale Owens: FBI agent in the Knoxville office.
Mildred Spires: Neighbor of the Hamiltons.
Nancy Dumphries: Neighbor of the Hamiltons.
Skip Holland: Sam's father, married to Celia. Quadriplegic who was shot in the line of duty.
Celia Holland: Sam's stepmother, former nurse married to Skip.
Brenda Ross: Sam's mother.
Tracy Hogan: Sam's sister who is married to Mike and mother of their three children, Brooke, Abby and Ethan.
Angela Radcliffe: Sam's sister, married to Spencer and mother of their son, Jack.
Graham O'Connor: Former US senator from Virginia who is married to Laine. He's the father of John, Terry and Lizbeth and is very close to Nick.
Laine O'Connor: Married to Graham and mother of their three children, Terry, John and Lizbeth. She's Nick's surrogate mother.
Terry O'Connor: Nick's chief of staff and son of Graham and Laine. He's Lindsay's fiancé.
Lindsey McNamara: Chief medical examiner. She's Terry O'Connor's fiancée.
Harry Flynn: Nick's friend and Sam's doctor.
Joe Farnsworth: Chief of police.
Marti Farnsworth: Joe's wife.
Jake Malone: Detective Captain, Sam's mentor.
Conklin: Detective Chief.
Hernandez: Captain over Patrol.
Robach: Captain over Vice.
Archie Archelotta: Police lieutenant in charge of the IT division. He was once romantically involved with Sam.
Byron Tomlinson: Deputy medical examiner.
Tom Forrester: US attorney.
Hope Dobson: Assistant US attorney.
Ramsey: SVU detective Sam punched out.
Darren Tabor: Reporter for the Washington Star.
Tony D'Alessandro: Scotty's biological father.
André Elliott: Man hired by Stahl to assault Elin.
Leonard Stahl: Former head of IAB now facing trial for attempted murder.
Lieutenant Wilson: New head of Internal Affairs.
Jessica Townsend: Metropolitan Police Department counsel.
Lilia Van Nostrand: Sam's chief of staff as Second Lady.
Andrea: Sam's White House director of communications and spokesperson
Mackenzie: Oversees Sam's White House schedule and travel.
Keira: Sam's White House policy specialist.
Marissa Springer: Woman who collaborated with Stahl to assault Sam after her son was killed by police when they attempted to arrest him for murder. She was killed by Stahl.
Dr. Trulo: Department psychologist.
John (Brant) Brantley, Jr.: Lead Secret Service agent on Nick's detail.
Melinda: Woman on Nick's Secret Service detail who Sam doesn't like.
Darcy: One of the Secret Service agents on Scotty's detail.
Marcus: Sam's designer.
Gigi Dominguez: Detective on Sam's homicide team. Carlucci's partner.
Dani Carlucci: Detective on Sam's homicide team. Gigi's partner.
Nicoletta Bernadino: Nick's mother.
Chris Kinney: One of the three abductors.
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Sam reunites with her mother who has stage one breast cancer and will be moving back to DC.
Josh was the missing child. Troy Hamilton and Dustin Jacoby were lovers and entered into a ménage relationship with Courtney when she married Troy. The first two children were Troy's: the third child was Dustin's but she miscarried. Dustin abducted Josh/Taylor to replace the dead baby. (hide spoiler)]