title: Closer Than She Thinks
author: Sawyer, Meryl
description: A WOMAN SCORNED
  
  Alyssa Rossi never wanted to return home to New Orleans - too many memories - most of them bad ones. But when her successful costume jewelry company is acquired by TriTech, her only choice is to leave Italy - and return to the scene of a crime that nearly destroyed her life...
  
  A MYSTERY UNSOLVED
  
  TriTech CEO Jake Williams is all business - and determined to find out the real reason why his partner acquired Rossi Designs. His investigation uncovers a first love's betrayal, a missing baby...and the mysterious Alyssa in the center of a storm of gossip and controversy that has raged for more than a decade.
  
  A DEADLY OBSESSION
  
  Shunned by New Orleans society, yet coveted by her former lover, Alyssa tried to focus on her jewelry...and Jake. But her past - and a new murder - haunt her every waking moment. Now, amid the chaos of Madri Gras, Alyssa and Jake's attempts to uncover the truth bring them closer to one another - and to a killer who will stop at nothing to destroy them...