Melody wakes to the scent of amber and vanillathe cloying scent her ex-lover wore.
The ex-lover who escaped the psychiatric hospitaland kidnapped Melody's daughter.
Called "a nail-biter" by Publisher's Weekly, "The Scent of Amber and Vanilla" received an honorable mention in The Year's Best Crime & Mystery 2016. It first appeared in Fiction River: Pulse Pounders, 2015.