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BRAZEN VIRTUE

by Nora Roberts


From Nora Roberts, the Nodd1 _New
_York _Times bestselling author of _The
_Villa and _Carolina _Moon, comes a
classic tale--a searing novel of twisted
passion and lethal cunning, available in hardcover
for the first time.

BRAZEN VIRTUE
Superstar mystery novelist Grace
McCabe needs to unwind after a grueling book
tour, and visiting her sister, whom she hasn't
seen in months, seems the perfect solution. But
Grace is surprised to find the fastidious
Kathleen living in a grungy Washington,
D.C., neighborhood. Kathleen, reeling from
a bitter divorce and the loss of her son, is
saving every penny of her teacher's salary to hire a
hotshot lawyer for a custody battle.
Then Grace discovers that Kathleen is boosting
her income with an unlikely profession: as an
at-home phone-sex operator. Known as
Desiree to the clients of Fantasy, Inc.,
Kathleen is living life on the edge. Yet how
dangerous could it really be? With the ironclad
anonymity the agency guarantees its
employees, could anyone ever track her down?

Grace finds out one cherry-blossom-scented
night when she comes home to find her sister dead,
strangled with the cord of her "special" phone.
Suddenly Grace's life turns into a scene from
one of her own books--the horror, the
tight-lipped police, the shattered survivor.
Only this time the survivor is Grace herself.
But she isn't waiting around for the police
to catch up with the killer. Instead she creates a
daring trap to lure the killer to her. Her plan
goes against every coolheaded instinct of Detective
Ed Jackson, the lead investigator on the
case. He's read all of Grace's books and
might have been the perfect consultant for the one
she's working on, though in this real-life murder,
she's the last complication he needs.
He's determined to keep Grace out of harm's
way, but it's too late. Her trap has already