'a fun . . . suspenseful, romantic thriller'

(Sun Herald )

'A feast of menace and mystery'

(Woman's Day on SUPERSTITION )

'The action rarely lets up . . . The plot . . . will keep the readers turning the pages'

(Publishers Weekly )

'Fans of Tami Hoag . . . and Kay Hooper will love SUPERSTITION . . . Ms. Robards always delivers a thrilling reading experience'

(Midwest Book Review )

'Using her patented blend of humour, drama, passion and suspense, Robards aces another novel . . . Terrific as always' (Romantic Times Book Club on BAIT )

'Robards is one terrific storyteller' (Chicago Tribune on WHISPERS AT MIDNIGHT )

One cold November night when Kate White was fifteen years old, her friends held up a store. One of them killed an off-duty cop. They got away with it. Thirteen years later, Kate has built a new life for herself. Now a single mother with a nine-year-old son, she is a prosecutor in the Philadelphia district attorney's office. Until the nightmare morning when violence explodes in her courtroom - and she comes face to face with the old friend who killed that cop so many years ago. Mario Castellanos offers her a deal. All Kate has to do is make sure she's the prosecutor when Mario's case come to court, then makes sure she loses the case. Because if Mario goes to jail, he'll name Kate as the killer and destroy her life . . . (20080624)

One cold November night when Kate White was fifteen years old, her friends held up a store. One of them killed an off-duty cop. They got away with it. Thirteen years later, Kate has built a new life for herself. Now a single mother with a nine-year-old son, she is a prosecutor in the Philadelphia district attorney's office. Until the nightmare morning when violence explodes in her courtroom - and she comes face to face with the old friend who killed that cop so many years ago. Mario Castellanos offers her a deal. All Kate has to do is make sure she's the prosecutor when Mario's case come to court, then makes sure she loses the case. Because if Mario goes to jail, he'll name Kate as the killer and destroy her life ...

Karen Robards is the author of over twenty novels. Her contemporary suspense novels have appeared on the New York Times, Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestseller lists. Ms. Robards lives with her family in Louisville, Kentucky. (20080624)