Abandoned shortly after her birth, Ann Nolan knows what itgass like to grow up unwanted, without a real home or a loving parent. Now a California beat cop, shegass adopted the daughter of a notorious drug dealer and has become a loving single parent to Chloe. When the ruthless father makes it clear hegasll stop at nothing to take back his only child, Ann flees across the country, changes her name, and starts a new life b2s as an investigator for the Mercy Street Foundation, the billionaire-endowed organization dedicated to finding missing persons. As Emme Caldwell, she takes the lead on the Foundationgass first case. Nineteen-year-old Belinda Hudson disappeared from her sorority house leaving behind one cryptic clue on her calendar for the day she went missing. Retracing the vanished studentgass steps leads Emme to Heavengass Gate, a fertility clinic, and the mysterious Donor 1735. As Belindagass legal guardian, Nick Perone is determined to shadow Emmegass every move as she searches for his niece. But the closer Emme gets to Donor 1735 and the chilling truth, the more apparent it becomes that shegass escaped one dangerous man only to run head-on into another, one whogass far more determined, and every bit as deadly. --from author's website