Stay Away from Him

"A powerful, cautionary thriller, a reminder that the road to hell is, indeed, a slippery slope. And DeYoung does a fine job of mapping the way.--William Kent Krueger, New York Times bestselling author, for The Day He Never Came HomeOn the evening she met exonerated murderer Thomas Danver, Melissa Burke let him help put her five-year-old son to bed before coming back upstairs to enjoy the dinner party. Thomas was so nice, and a pediatrician. She didn-t know anything then about his wife-s suspicious death... Relocating with her 5-year-old son to a new city after an ugly divorce, Melissa Burke isn-t looking for a new relationship right away-only distance from her ex, and space to rest and heal from the emotional scars of a broken marriage. But an unexpected relationship is exactly what she finds at a friend-s dinner party when she meets Thomas Danver, a charming widower who asks for her number at the end of the night. Intrigued, Melissa learns from her neighbors that Thomas is a dedicate