Evaluating trace evidence is her job… When Sierra Byrd’s father needs a kidney transplant, despite her parents’ protest claiming they could never ask for her help, Sierra insists on being tested for the transplant. But when results prove it is physically impossible for her father to be her biological father, her family finally confesses their long-held secret. She was conceived in an affair her mother had the summer before her parents’ wedding. The man she’d come to know as father is named on her birth certificate, but he truly isn’t her father. But the job just turned personal. Shocked and hurt, Sierra goes in search of her biological father in the small coastal town where he owns a property management business. But when she arrives in town to find her father has recently disappeared, and she starts asking questions, FBI Agent Reed Rice delivers her second shock in as many days. Her father is wanted for embezzling money from the properties he manages. Despite the evidence staring her in the face, Sierra holds out hope that her father isn’t the criminal that Reed believes him to be. But as Sierra’s desperate search for the truth unearths long-buried secrets and she runs into dead end after dead end, she ignites a killer’s fury, and suddenly her own life is on the line. Reviews for Susan Sleeman's Books - Minutes to Die - "Sleeman's enjoyable second installment to her Homeland Heroes seriesfeatures another tense relationship between federal agents. . . .Inspirational fans who enjoy action should check out this blisteringtale." ― Publishers Weekly Fatal Mistake - "Sleeman's gritty, high-octane plot will keep the pages flying until the heart-stopping finale. A terrific choice for readers who like their romantic suspense fast paced and terrifying." ― Library Journal starred review Fatal Mistake - "Serial killers, romance and bombs, oh my! Fatal Mistake is a thrill ride from page one. Hop on, strap in, and prepare to be entertained!" ― Lynette Eason, bestselling, award-winning author of the Elite Guardians series Kill Shot - "Sleeman(Fatal Mistake) concentrates on trust and forgiveness in this exciting romantic crime novel." ― Publishers Weekly Cold Terror - "Cold Terror starts off exciting and doesn't stop until the very last page! ― My Favorite Pastime Book Review Blog." Thread of Suspicion - "The reader will have a hard time putting this down until they discover the hacker's surprising identity and motive." ― Romantic Times 2014 Reviewers Choice Book of the Year - 4 1/2 Stars! Fantastic - A keeper. TRUTH SEEKERS SERIES · Book 1 - Dead Ringer · Book 2 - Dead Silence · Book 3 - Dead End · Book 4 - Dead Heat · Book 5 - Dead Center · Book 6 - Dead Even Other Books by Susan Sleeman - SHADOW LAKE SURVIVAL SERIES · Book 1 - Shadow of Deceit · Book 2 - Shadow of Night · Book 3 - Shadow of Truth · Book 4 - Shadow of Hope · Book 5 - Shadow of Doubt · Book 6 - Shadow of Fear STEELE GUARDIANS SERIES · Book 1 - Tough as Steele · Book 2 - Nerves of Steele · Book 3 - Forged in Steele · Book 4 - Made of Steele · Book 5 - Solid as Steele · Book 6 - Edge of Steele NIGHTHAWK SECURITY SERIES · Book 1 - Night Fall · Book 2 - Night Vision · Book 3 - Night Hawk · Book 4 - Night Moves · Book 5 - Night Watch · Book 6 - Night Prey COLD HARBOR SERIES · Book 1 - Cold Terror · Book 2 - Cold Truth · Book 3 - Cold Fury · Book 4 - Cold Case · Book 5 - Cold Fear · Book 6 - Cold Pursuit · Book 7 - Cold Dawn