Karen Robards 
Beachcomber [EPUB ebook] 

From New York Times bestselling author Karen Robards comes a thrilling new novel of suspense and steamy seaside sensuality set in North Carolina’s Outer Banks, where a serial killer combs the beaches filled with beautiful female tourists for his next victim. Christy Petrino hadn’t planned on a vacation on Ocracoke Island, but when she learns her fianc and boss, suave Michael De Palma, is a "made man" and the Philadelphia law firm where she works is a front for the mob, she breaks her engagement and quits her job. But no one walks away from the De Palma family business so easily. Only if she delivers a locked briefcase to a motel on Ocracoke Island will sheand her mother and sistersbe free. But after clandestinely making her drop-off late at night, Christy suspects she is being followed on the moonlit beachand unwittingly runs into a new kind of terror. Now a witness at the center of a homicide investigation, Christy learns the police are hunting a serial killer they refer to as the "Beachcomber" because beautiful young womenwomen who, in fact, resemble herhave disappeared recently while vacationing at nearby beach communities. Christy doesn’t know whom to fear morea serial killer who believes she might be able to identify him, or the De Palma family, whose tentacles she can’t seem to escape. Only when she’s with Luke Rand, her big surfer-dude next-door neighbor, does she feel safe. But with Luke’s asking so many questions about her ex-fianc and his showing up almost too conveniently whenever danger strikes, she can’t help but wonder if his interest in her is due to more than sexual attraction. Can she trust this handsome stranger to help her survive a hot and deadly summer? Karen Robards creates a tour de force of passion and suspense in this scintillating page-turner, the quintessential summertime read.