The Final Target

ISBN: 1250413583

Author: Roberts, Nora

Condition: New

A young author becomes the object of a fans desire-and rage-in the gripping thriller by the #1 New York Times-bestselling author of Hidden Nature.He showed up at Arden Bowies debut author appearance with a copy of her novel and an eager smile. He showered her with compliments and got her autograph. Then he came to her next event. And the one after that.Dustin was just an aspiring writer who wanted advice, Arden reassured herself. But after giving in to one of his incessant invitations and chatting with him over coffee, she discovered that ignoring her inner alarm bell had been a terrible mistakeAn introvert at heart, Arden had long craved solitude-but now, after a harrowing assault, she finds herself hiding behind locked doors and startling at every sound. And her relief at his imprisonment is tempered by anxiety when Dustins wealthy mother helps to get him a paltry five-year sentence at a psychiatric facility.Arden decides to write a new story for herself, moving to a tiny Oregon town and befriending Gideon, an ex-LAPD detective. But while she learns to thrive, Dustin remains his delusional, twisted self, as fixated as ever and now seething with anger. He still believes Arden's purpose on earth is to serve and please him. And his job is to protect her. But who will protect her from him?