Sue Gibbons, Jessica Wakefield's biggest rival, has been kidnapped! Just weeks after gorgeous Jeremy Randall left her at the alter for Jessica, things have gone from bad to worse for the Wakefield's houseguest. Now Sue's captor is threatening to kill her if the Wakefields don't pay up.
Jeremy, Jessica's fiance, insists he'll find the kidnapper, and Jessica and Elizabeth are determined to help. But when Jessica discovers Jeremy in the wrong place at the wrong time, she smells a rat. Will Jessica have to betray the man of her dreams in order to save Sue's fortune - and her life?

Where could Sue be? Elizabeth wondered if she had staged another traumatic diversion to get Jeremy back. Or what if her suicide attempt was successful this time? Elizabeth thought in consternation. She looked up at the branch of a magestic oak tree and pictured Sue swinging lightly in the wind, hanging from the branch with a noose around her neck. The leaves crackled as she stepped on them and Elizabeth looked around wildly, exhaling sharply. Or what if some psychotic killer found her and strangled her? worried Elizabeth. Elizabeth felt her way through the brush with caution, expecting to stumble upon the body at any moment. She shivered and wrapped her overcoat tightly around her.

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