Her Darkest Nightmare, first in an electrifying new series from New York Times bestselling author Brenda Novak. THE HUNT FOR A SERIAL KILLER. Evelyn Talbot knows that a psychopath can look perfectly normal. She was only sixteen when her own boyfriend Jasper imprisoned and tortured her - and left her for dead. Now an eminent psychiatrist who specializes in the criminal mind, Evelyn is the force behind Hanover House, a maximum-security facility located in a small Alaskan town. Her job puts her at odds with Sergeant Amarok, who is convinced that Hanover is a threat to his community ... even as his attraction to beautiful Evelyn threatens to tear his world apart. . BEGINS WITH AN ESCAPE FROM HER PAST. Then, just as the bitter Alaskan winter cuts both town and prison off from the outside world, the mutilated body of a local woman turns up. For Amarok, this is the final proof he needs: Hanover has to go. Evelyn, though, has reason to fear that the crime is a personal message to her - the first sign that the killer who haunts her dreams has found her again. . .and that the life she has so carefully rebuilt will never be the same ... . "Brenda Novak's seamless plotting, emotional intensity, and true-to-life characters ... make her books completely satisfying." - New York Times bestselling author Allison Brennan