The Hours of Change - Killer Query - Take Five

Serena Davis has already lost one child; she’s not about to lose another. A sociopathic kidnapper with family secrets of his own has taken her only son. But when Josh is rescued, it sends her already rocky marriage into a spiral from which Serena, and her family, might never recover.

Her husband, Doug Davis, is to blame.

At the blustery base of Canon Mountain’s expert snow trail, he leaves Joshua alone with the competitive riding instructor, Steven Roth, a mentally unstable con artist. While fleeing the scene during a snowstorm, the kidnapper crashes the getaway vehicle, and is flown to the ICU.

Joshua, the angelic boy whose Hebrew name means God Rescues, miraculously survives.

Serena should be happy.

The problem is, Roth—fettered by his multiple personalities and affection for Josh—is not dead yet. Disguised as a nurse, Serena confronts the kidnapper in his hospital room, and causes his stroke.

A secret is born.

When the case is assigned to Lori Hearns, the savvy and wildly attractive detective Doug has grown close to; Serena has more to worry about than her own, smaller crime.

She falls apart at the seams while the kidnapper mends.

Complication deepens: Roth escapes the law and demands cooperation from the broken couple on a strangely promising solution. They will help him assume his latest identity and flee the country.

Car-jacked; Serena is literally under the gun for a solution to protect her family. Her best option, it seems, is to sink into a sick man’s mind and play by his rules. When Detective Hearns comes to her rescue, she swallows the bitter taste of betrayal, never knowing that, in the process, she’s about to discover something new about herself, something that just may save her family—and her own dignity.