The Stranger Beside Me

Note: This is part one of a three part series. It is approximately 11000 words.We may be done with the past, but the past's not done with us...After being left for dead by the side of a lake, Jo wakes with no memory of who she is or how she arrived there.When she stumbles upon a handsome stranger willing to help, she's immediately suspicious; but, there's something about him that speaks to her heart's desire. When a mysterious group of men begin to pursue them, she soon finds herself under his protection. As Jo's secret life begins to unravel, she discovers she's at the heart of a deadly game of lust, love, money and obsession.