The comfort of Jade Anne’s mountain retreat collapses when she receives a letter from an old flame, Stephan Peltzini. As ex-coworkers, they have had no contact for five years. She has tried to forget the past and become invisible, but the letter arrives in her new name and address. It finds her like a wild animal tracking its prey. Stephan tells Jade she is sole heir of a family fortune in a bank in Germany. Hints about her family heirlooms to make the letter seem credible. He suggests that she travel to an abandoned farmhouse after a package of vital family information. By the time she finishes the letter, her curiosity is piqued. The car is full of gas and the farmhouse is only a day’s drive away. She ignores the clanging bell of better judgment and decides to retrieve the mysterious package. Blinded by love and naïve trust, she is pulled into the spiritual journey of a lifetime. She finds herself locked in an unhealthy relationship and exposed to extreme darkness. It takes a gutsy attorney, private investigation, a psychologist-priest, and a maze of courtroom drama to save her soul.
Jade Anne used to work with Stephan Peltzini, and they had a relationship, but when things at that job literally fell apart, she fled and started a new life. When she receives a letter from Stephen telling her about a family fortune she's entitled to, and sending her on an adventure to an abandoned farmhouse, she finds herself back with him, and on an adventure she never dreamed of. With a bizarre event, and knowing she's in an unhealthy relationship, she tries fleeing again, only to find her life has been tipped upside down.
I enjoyed this book immensely. I'm looking forward to the next book in the series.