What she does not know

On the brink of falling for a man she met on the Internet, Dr. Rita Brooks naively assumes Brian LaPort is everything he says he is...and all that she's hoped for. But before she can come face to face with him, Rita is nearly killed in a horrific accident. Or was it an accident at all? Emerging at last from a disturbing, vision-plagued coma, Rita is confronted by a stranger who is convinced she knows more than she's telling about her own past-and his brother's. Cryptic e-mail records have led Christopher LaPorte to Rita while Brian lies near death in New Orleans from a suicide attempt. Or was it? Desperate to unlock her own muddled memories as well as Brian's secrets, Rita returns with Christopher to New Orleans. There, amidst the chaotic revelry of Mardi Gras, she is plunged into a bizarre masquerade where elaborate masks cleverly conceal familiar faces-as well as murderous intent... Dr. Rita Brooks has met the perfect man on the Internet, but after a near-fatal accident and a meeting with the man's brother, she goes to New Orleans to investigate the man's background and her own confusing memories A flirtatious on-line relationship with a man she's never met plunges Rita Brooks into the heart of New Orleans Mardi Gras, where no one is what he seems and evil is only a whisper away.