'Twisty, gripping, and impossible to put down' Elle Kennedy, New York Times bestselling author'Readers will be up all night' Publishers Weekly------------------------As a college English professor, Elizabeth looks forward to the start of each new semester teaching her creative writing seminar. At least until she reads chapter one of The Reckoning, a tale about a high school senior who has an affair with her teacher. To anyone else it would be the beginning of a great page-turner, but to Elizabeth it is the beginning of the end.She knows this story. It's all familiar because she lived it. The girl in the story was her best friend Jocelyn, and Elizabeth knows exactly how the story will end-with the professor dead. Because she was the one who killed him.Someone knows what Elizabeth did twenty years ago and her secret is about to be exposed, but who is the mystery student submitting the chapters? In an effort to find out, Elizabeth returns to her Louisiana hometown where it soon becomes clear that no matter how many years have gone by, she can't escape her past.From the No. 1 New York Times bestselling author Vi Keeland comes a twisty and addictive thriller.What readers and authors love about Vi Keeland's thrillers . . . 'Keeland keeps the twists coming hard and fast, and few readers will be able to predict them' Publishers Weekly'Weaves a delicious web of grief, sex and obsession that will leave you guessing until the very end' Elle Kennedy, New York Times bestselling author 'I loved it! Wow, that ending! A sizzling ride down a dark path, with a twist that you won't see coming' Sarina Bowen, USA Today bestselling author'It's not often that a thriller leaves me speechless . . . the story is seductive in a forbidden way, sexy dark and alluring' READER REVIEW'I've read some really good books lately but it's been a while since I came across one that grabbed me by the scruff of the neck and wouldn't let me go . . . I could've stayed up all night reading' READER REVIEW 'This book is the perfect cure for any reading slump! It's intense, emotional, and twisted in all the right ways' READER REVIEW'5 glorious stars because that's the highest option, but this is one of those novels that deserves more!' READER REVIEW
