After their parents are killed in a car accident, sixteen-year-old Kate Mercier and her older sister Georgia, each grieving in her own way, move to Paris to live with their grandparents and Kate finds herself powerfully drawn to the handsome but elusive Vincent who seems to harbor a mysterious and dangerous secret.

In 1985, Charles Ng and Leonard Lake were spotted shoplifting. Ng escaped, but Lake's capture led police to a concrete bunker in the Sierra Nevada foothills, where they discovered the grisly evidence of an orgy of sex crimes, torture and murder that claimed at least sixteen victims. Lake committed suicide: Ng fled to Canada, where he was tracked down and extradited to California. This 14-year, $10 million legal case was the costliest and longest criminal...

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Book Preview: #1 The speaker, Leonard Lake, was going to build a secret room that would house a cell. He would imprison a young woman there and have complete control over her. #2 I am a sexist slob. I enjoy using women and, of course, women aren't particularly interested in being used. I don't want to bother or entertain or satisfy a woman's whims of emotional whatevers. I just want...