Publisher's Synopsis
Celia is the struggling single mother of an angelically beautiful child: nine-year-old Rachel. All too aware of the precarious balance of the life she has built for the two of them, she worries about her daughter's longing for the father she has never met. When Rachel disappears one summer night, Celia is stricken with guilt and terror. The media coverage of the abduction is tremendous. Closely monitoring events is Ron, an appliance repairman who lives in the neighbourhood. Though Rachel is a stranger to him, he convinces himself that she is his responsibility. His feelings for her are at once tender, misguided - and chillingly possessive...
