A Marked Man

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR STELLA CAMERON'S
STEAMY NEW SUSPENSE CUTS LIKE A KNIFE

The object of obsessive hatred or an evil killer? Max Savage claims he is a marked man who unwittingly attracts danger to anyone he cares about, but the folks in Toussaint, Louisiana aren't so sure.

Bestselling author Stella Cameron returns to the little bayou town in her gritty, passionate new novel, A MARKED MAN.

When Annie Duhon meets Dr. Max Savage, she tries to deny their mutual attraction. Scarred both physically and psychologically by a terrifyingly violent incident in her past, she's a young woman who has struggled to overcome feelings of inadequacy. For years she has avoided all romantic relationships with men. Now, as manager of Pappy's, the colorful dance hall and eatery in Toussaint, she's achieved a level of success she never thought possible—but the scars remain. Max has other reasons for keeping his feelings for Annie to himself. For years, he claims, an unknown assailant has hounded him—a lunatic who has viciously killed any woman Max has become involved with. The clever villain has even managed to turn suspicion for his crimes on Max. No charges have ever been proved, but neither has Max ever been able to establish his innocence. Better to deny himself and keep Annie safe than expose her to possible danger.

Now, Max has come to Toussaint to start a new practice far from the rumors and innuendo that have nearly ruined his life. As he works with his brothers to develop his new clinic, Max finds himself growing closer to Annie. Finally, unable to resist his attraction to her, he convinces himself that he can risk a new relationship.

Then another woman, a colleague, goes missing and suspicion again falls on Max. Though he insists that he isn't the serial killer, that someone else is targeting him, can Annie take the chance that he's just a marked man?

Finding himself in the same situation—again suspected of a terrible crime—Max realizes that he'll never beat his tormentor by running away. Rather, he must unmask the killer and prove his innocence before it's too late—for himself and for Annie.

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Reviews:

"If you're looking for chilling suspense and red hot romance, look no farther than Stella Cameron! "  —Tess Gerritsen

"Everyone has a secret. Annie believes she is the only one who is haunted by hers, until she meets the charismatic surgeon, Max. Is he telling the truth that the women in his life who end up dead are not his fault? Or is he omitting important facts about his past, like her?

Trust is the one emotion that comes pretty hard to Annie Duhon. She is haunted by a torturous past, a past she can't talk about, and a terrible nightmare that not only doesn't go away, but keeps getting worse. Starting over in the small and out-of-the-way town of Toussaint, Louisiana is her last chance at freedom and a normal life.

The kind and very sexy surgeon, Max Savage, who with his two brothers is opening a much needed clinic in town, awakens feelings she long believed were dead. But can she trust him? When he tells her his own terrible secret she knows in her heart that he is no cold-blooded murderer, but what if she were wrong?

Max is a marked man and Annie is a doomed woman. Will these two be able to fight their demons, both living and imaginative, and their growing need for each other? Falling in love with Max might be the very thing that signs her death warrant, but that is something Annie is willing to risk, but is Max?

A MARKED MAN by Stella Cameron is a chilling thriller that provides exactly what we want in a great read. Her characters come to life on the pages as you feel their pain, thrill at their passion and share their fear. Having it set in the Deep South gives it that seductive and secretive suspense that only comes from the bayou. I vastly enjoyed the wild ride this author took me on and the ending blew me away! Everyone needs to pick up a copy of A MARKED MAN."  —Nadine St. Denise, Romance Junkies

A  MARKED  MAN
Hardcover, 352 pp.
ISBN: 0778323587
Publisher: Mira Books
Pub. Date: November 2006