Description: #1 New York Times bestselling author Sandra Brown delivers a riveting thriller in which a conflict of conscience for a former football star and an ambitious state prosecutor swiftly intensifies into a fight for their lives. Former Super Bowl MVP quarterback Zach Bridger hasn t seen his ex - wife Rebecca Pratt for some time not since their volatile marriage imploded so he's shocked to receive a life - altering call about her. Rebecca has been placed on life support after a violent assault and he despite their divorce has medical power - of - attorney. Zach is asked to make an impossible choice: keep her on life support or take her off of it. Buckling under the weight of the responsibility and the glare of public scrutiny Zach ultimately walks away letting Rebecca's parents have the final say. Four years later Rebecca's attacker Eban the scion of a wealthy family in Atlanta gets an early release from prison. The ludicrous miscarriage of justice reeks of favoritism and Kate Lennon a brilliant state prosecutor is determined to put him back behind bars. Rebecca's parents have kept her alive all these years but if her condition were to change if she were to die Eban could be retried on a new charge: murder. It isn t lost on Zach that in order for Eban to be charged with Rebecca's murder Zach must actually be the one to kill her. He rejects Kate's legal standpoint but can t resist their ill - timed attraction to each other. Eban having realized the jeopardy he's in plots to make certain that neither Zach nor Kate lives to see the death of Rebecca and the end of his freedom. Includes a reading group guide.
Title: Overkill
Barcode: 9781538751992
Pages: 432 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 3/28/2023