Book Number in 2010: 50

Author: Karen Harper
Title: Down River

Series: Stand Alone
Genre: Romantic Suspense
Format: Mass Market Paperback
Pages: 388

Book From: Library
My Rating: 4.5

Date Started: June 1, 2010
Date Finished: June 14, 2010


My Comments:
When Lisa was just 8 years old she witnessed her mother not only kill herself, but also her baby sister while trying to kill Lisa along with them by jumping off a cruise ship..

26 years later Lisa is a lawyer on an adventure with her firm.  And including herself, three junior partners try to make the one senior partner spot available.

But someone tries to kill Lisa, not once, but four times during their trip to Alaska where her ex-fiance has a resort their not that he inherited from his uncle.. Mitch was also the previous senior partner and the one who keeps coming to her rescue now... but from who?

This is a great book full of suspense and excitement!  I loved every minute of it and look forward to reading more by this author.  :)


Description from the publisher:

Attending a corporate retreat at a remote resort in Alaska, Lisa Vaughn is plunged into the frigid rapids of the Wild River. Swept away, battered and alone, she has been left for dead. Lodge owner Mitch Braxton knows something is terribly wrong when Lisa fails to turn up for a private meeting to clear the air and close the book on their broken engagement. Embarking on a heroic search that takes him miles downriver, he saves Lisa from the deadly water, but not before they've been swept deep into the wilderness.

Far from civilization, the former lovers must put aside their hurt feelings and find the will to survive against nature. There's a killer on the loose and, for now, they must measure their future together in days rather than years

Book Number in 2010: 49

Author: Terri Blackstock
Title:

Series: Stand Alone
Genre: Christian, Mystery
Format: Hardcover, large print
Pages: 458
 
Book From: Library
My Rating: 5

Date Started: June 6, 2010
Date Finished: June 11, 2010


My Comments:
Could not put this book down, totally gripped me into their world whenever I started reading and would forget everything around me.. :)

A story about a song writer and her best friend the performer, Serene.. Parker's dreams are to also perform, but after a murder starts to unfold she isn't sure she wants to be in this life after all.

A great look at the behind the scenes of a musician and song writer's life and their family.  Inspiring story.


Description from the publisher:

The young girl with the Bohemian style was on the floor where she'd fallen, between Parker's computer case and her file cabinet. She wore a long, flowing skirt---lavender, the color of calm---and camel-colored Uggs. She lay on her back, her long, wavy blonde hair matted with blood.For struggling singer/songwriter Parker James, the music business has just turned deadly. Her desk in the reception area of a busy recording studio has become a crime scene, and Parker finds herself drawn into a mystery where nothing is as it seems. Unraveling the truth puts her own life at risk when she uncovers high-level industry corruption and is terrorized by a menacing stalker. As the danger escalates, Parker begins to question her dreams, her future, and even her faith. Double Minds is a double treat---combining a compelling suspense novel with an inside look at the world of the Christian music industry in Nashville. Terri Blackstock grabs readers at page one and keeps them riveted until the final plot twist is untangled

Book Number in 2010: 48

Author: Lori Wilde
Title: Sweetheart's Knitting Club

Series: 1st in Twilight Texas series
Genre: Romance
Format: Mass Market Paperback
Pages: 384

Book From: Library
My Rating: 4.5

Date Started: May 27, 2010
Date Finished: June 8, 2010


My Comments:
My first Lori Wilde book will not be my last Lori Wilde book!  Wow, what a great story  :)  She really pulled me into the world of the characters. I cried and laughed with them all and I am left wanting to know more about the people of Twilight, TX!! :)


Description from the publisher:

"Throw a penny in the fountain of the Twilight town square, and you'll be married to your first love . . . "

For ten years, pretty Flynn MacGregor has been turning down the same solid, upright man's marriage proposal. Her friends at the Sweethearts' Knitting Club tell her they're a match made in heaven, but Flynn knows there's only one dangerous reason why she keeps saying no: high school sweetheart Jesse Calloway. She was just sixteen when Jesse was forced out of town under a cloud of suspicion . . . but he's never left her heart.

Now Jesse is back, and every time she turns the corner he's there--gazing at her with his smoldering eyes and tempting her with his kisses. Jesse has never played by the rules, and he's made it clear that he's not going to now. And Flynn, who's always done just what her family, friends, and fellow knitters have told her to do, must finally break free and claim the love that binds Jesse to her heart.

 Book Number in 2010: 47

Author: L.J. Smith
Title: Soulmate

Series: 6th in Night World
Genre: Paranormal, Young Adult
Format: Trade Size Paperback
Pages: 229

Book From: Library
My Rating: 4

Date Started: May 31, 2010
Date Finished: June 1, 2010


My Comments:
Very gripping story about the second vampire in existence and a human girl with thousands of years of past lives where they found each other, but could never make it together.. will they finally beat the evil they faced this time around?  :)

Can't wait till I get to read the next book in this series!  These are just so mesmerizing :)



Description from the publisher:

Eternal Love Hannah Snow's life was so together. Friends, terrific grades, dreams of a career in paleontology. Everything was perfect... until the notes started appearing. Notes in her own handwriting, warning her of the danger that was coming. Dead Before Seventeen.

The psychiatrist was supposed to help. But what came out of the age regressions were memories of another time, another life. And of a stranger who tore her world apart... a vampire who killed a village in his rage. Until, in the eyes of a dying human girl, he recognized his soulmate.

Now the stranger is back. He has searched for Hannah throughout the years, trying to make amends, waiting for her to be born. Now he is Thierry, the Lord of the Night World-- and nothing in heaven or hell will keep him from his soulmate again. But if her destiny is death, can even Theirry's love protect her?

Book Number in 2010: 46

Author: Barbara Freethy
Title: All She Ever Wanted

Series: Stand Alone
Genre: Romantic Suspense
Format: Mass Market Paperback
Pages: 392

Book From: Library
My Rating: 4.5

Date Started: May 25, 2010
Date Finished: May 31, 2010


My Comments:
What a great story of true friendship torn apart by a tragic death!

I didn't want to stop reading this! And I didn't want it to end either.. There was so much to it.. so many twists and turns that I didn't see the them coming!!


I will for sure be looking into read more books by this author soon! :)


Description from the publisher:

During a college party gone awry, vibrant but physically fragile Emily Parish, ringleader and emotional pivot of a group of female friends self-christened the Fabulous Four, falls to her death from their sorority house roof. Traumatized, the remaining three go their separate ways and lead outwardly successful yet personally problematic lives. Then 10 years later, a mysterious, pseudonymous author publishes a bestselling novel packed with intimate details about the thinly disguised Fab Four-and accusing one of them, Dr. Natalie Bishop, whose own memories of the tragic night are a blank, of murdering Emily. As Natalie delves into the past to save her reputation and career, she not only rediscovers her old gang (including Emily's brother Cole, an ex-boyfriend who'd always blamed Natalie for his sister's death) but, gradually, disquietingly, realizes that all had motives for murder. Unfortunately, the real killer's character gets short shrift, making the book less than compelling as a mystery. Still, Rita Award-winner Freethy (Summer Secrets, etc.) succeeds in developing a suitably eerie atmosphere that doesn't eclipse the story's main focus on the renewal of fabulous friendships and romances.

Book Number in 2010: 45

Author: L.J. Smith
Title: The Chosen

Series: 4th in Night World
Genre: Paranormal, Young Adult
Format: Trade Size Paperback
Pages: 212

Book From: Library
My Rating: 3.5

Date Started: May 28, 2010
Date Finished: May 29, 2010


My Comments:
I didn't feel as gripped into this story as I was with some of the previous stories in this series.. It felt a little forced to me.

Rashel loses her mom and friend Timmy to a vampire when she was just 5 years old.  She grew up with the need to get revenge and became a vampire hunter. 

The ties in the story were just to easy to guess as well.. Made it less enjoyable. I won't say what I mean because I don't want to spoil it for anyone else.. I just it found it too obvious and easy to see where the story was going..



Description from the publisher:

Vampire Slayer She stalks the lonely back alleys of Boston, the deserted industrial docks of the harbor, seeking revenge on the vampires who killed her mother. Rashel Jordon knows where they live. But they don't yet know that the black-haired, green-eyed girl is as deadly as she is beautiful, killing the Night People one by one. Armed with a wooden stake, martial arts, and the will to resist a vampire's mind control, she is safe as long as her true identity remains a secret. But when she rescues Daphne Childs from certain death, she's suddenly swept into the Night World Slave Trade, gateway to the vampires' secret enclave. Here Quinn is the gatekeeper... dark, dangerous, irresistible. He decides who is chosen. He holds the keys to the realm Rashel is desperate to enter. She looks into his eyes, stunned, to see her soulmate-- a vampire whose entire she has vowed to destroy..

Book Number in 2010: 44

Author: Jenn McKinlay
Title: Sprinkle with Murder

Series: 1st in A Cupcake Bakery Mystery
Genre: Cozy Mystery
Format: Mass Market Paperback
Pages: 215

Book From: Library
My Rating: 5

Date Started: May 22, 2010
Date Finished: May 25, 2010


My Comments:
Loved this cozy and can't wait for the next one!! The friendship between Mel, Angie and Tate made it fun and the meddling between Angie's seven brothers and Mel's mother made it so funny :)

I loved that they had old movie night and constantly repeated quotes from them to each other... no matter what the situation was they had one to share.  :)

I did however, guess the killer right from the start, but not figure out how it all came together until it was revealed .. Nonetheless it was a great book and start to a new series.. I for one am looking forward to more soon! :)



Description from the publisher:

Melanie Cooper and Angie DeLaura are finally living out their dream as the proud owners of the Fairy Tale Cupcakes bakery. But their first big client is a nightmare. She's a bridezilla who wants 500 custom cupcakes for her wedding.

When Mel stumbles upon the bride-to-be dead-by-cupcake, she becomes the prime suspect. To save themselves and their business, the ladies need to find the real murderer, before the cupcake killer ices someone else.

Book Number in 2010: 43

Author: L.J. Smith
Title: Dark Angel

Series: 4th in Night World
Genre: Paranormal, Young Adult
Format: Trade Size Paperback
Pages: 209

Book From: Library
My Rating: 4.5

Date Started: May 23, 2010
Date Finished: May 23, 2010


My Comments:
I couldn't stop reading until I finished!  Her little stories just grip me right in.  :)

In this story Gillian hears someone crying in the woods walking home from school in the snow.. She falls into a creek and almost dies trying to find them.. This is the opening of the story and it is just so gripping to read about what happens next!!  :)


Description from the publisher:

After a near death experience, Gillian returns to her body accompanied by an angel who helped her come back. An invisible guardian that only Gillian can see, he helps her achieve the popularity she has always yearned for. But then, Angel begins to make bizarre demands. At last, Gillian must face the terrifying question: What kind of being has she brought back from the Other Side?

Book Number in 2010: 42

Author: Jillian Hart
Title: Heaven Sent

Series: Stand Alone
Genre: Christian Romance
Format: Mass Market Paperback
Pages: 250

Book From: Library
My Rating: 4

Date Started: May 11, 2010
Date Finished: May 22, 2010


My Comments:
Cute, sweet story!  I've been so addicted to these Love Inspired books that I just want to read them all!! Unfortunately this isn't easy at all because of the way they are published.. But on a good note they have been reissuing them in special editions that have 2 books in one.  :)

I fell in love with each of the characters in this story and wish it was a series.. There was three love stories and it could have been made into three books that featured all the characters in each book but focused on one couple in each one.. :) 


Description from the publisher:

Matthew Shaw and Hope Ashton are from two distinct worlds. Hope is a single, carefree photographer who travels the world. Matthew is a widower raising triplet sons in Montana. Can these two incredibly diverse individuals come together and make love work?

Book Number in 2010: 41

Author: Richard Castle
Title: Heat Wave

Series: 1st in the ABC Castle series
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 196

Book From: Library
My Rating: 3.5

Date Started: May 17, 2010
Date Finished: May 20, 2010


My Comments:
I really enjoyed this! Was like reading an episode of Castle only the characters had different names, which was a good thing since in other TV-tie in books I ended up feeling confused between the book being the same characters but so many differences in the storylines..  Can't wait to read Naked Heat now!!  :)


Description from the publisher:

A New York real estate tycoon plunges to his death on a Manhattan sidewalk. A trophy wife with a past survives a narrow escape from a brazen attack. Mobsters and moguls with no shortage of reasons to kill trot out their alibis. And then, in the suffocating grip of a record heat wave, comes another shocking murder and a sharp turn in a tense journey into the dirty little secrets of the wealthy. Secrets that prove to be fatal. Secrets that lay hidden in the dark until one NYPD detective shines a light.

Mystery sensation Richard Castle, blockbuster author of the wildly best-selling Derrick Storm novels, introduces his newest character, NYPD Homicide Detective Nikki Heat. Tough, sexy, professional, Nikki Heat carries a passion for justice as she leads one of New York City's top homicide squads. She's hit with an unexpected challenge when the commissioner assigns superstar magazine journalist Jameson Rook to ride along with her to research an article on New York's Finest. PulitzerPrize-winning Rook is as much a handful as he is handsome. His wise-cracking and meddling aren't her only problems. As she works to unravel the secrets of the murdered real estate tycoon, she must also confront the spark between them. The one called heat.

Book Number in 2010: 40

Author: Toni Andrews
Title: Beg for Mercy

Series: 1st Mercy Hollings
Genre: Paranormal Romantic Suspense
Format: Mass Market Paperback
Pages: 307

Book From: Library
My Rating: 5

Date Started: May 13, 2010
Date Finished: May 16, 2010


My Comments:
What a strange story!  But oh wow so good! 

I enjoyed these characters so much that I can not wait to read the next one!! Mind control and telepathy made this book so exciting that I just could not put it down. :)


Description from the publisher:

I've never been certain I'm human Oh, the X-rays and blood tests are normal, and most people have no reason to suspect I'm more than I appear to be. But if I tell you to do something? You do it--no ifs, ands or buts. My name is Mercy Hollings, and if you think that having the power to control people makes my life easy, you're dead wrong.

Because when I get angry, everyone around me is at risk--Sukey, my friend who has frightening taste in men; my clients, who, ironically, come to me for help; my neighbors, who regard me as a loner; and Sam, a man who wants to know my darkest secret. And I'm afraid my anger is taking over

Book Number in 2010: 39

Author: Merrillee Whren
Title: Four Little Blessings

Series: Stand Alone
Genre: Christian Romance
Format: Mass Market Paperback
Pages: 247

Book From: Library
My Rating: 5

Date Started: May 8, 2010
Date Finished: May 11, 2010


My Comments:
Great story!! Cassie is a single 21 year old woman who takes in her 4 nieces and nephews when her sister's wild life lands her in jail..  Cassie has quite the challenge dealing with their issues from the past...

Taylor is 7 and very shy and is afraid of things quite often, she takes care of the younger kids because that's what she knows to do.. Makayla is 5 and very loud and pushy because she had to always fight for attention.. Jack is 3 and lives in fear of being hit or locked in a room.. Danny is only 1 and thankfully has no bad memories..

Wade lives next door after his recovery from cancer and he never thought four young kids and their aunt would help make him whole again..

Angie is Cassie's mentor who gave them a place to live when Cassie had no where else to take these children.

It was an emotional story yet an inspiring story and a sweet romance as well.  I will be looking forward to reading other books by this author in the future!



Description from the publisher:

Make That Five Blessings The four little noisemakers who'd moved next door to Wade Dalton came with a bonus: their beautiful aunt. Raising the children herself due to some tough circumstances, Cassie Rankin impressed Wade with her selflessness and her beauty. But she was also at least a dozen years his junior--she was too young for him, wasn't she? Besides, Wade came with a secret that would only make life harder for Cassie and the children he'd come to adore, which meant keeping his distance. Something those four little blessings weren't about to let him do

Book Number in 2010: 38

Author: Carol Steward
Title: In His Sights

Series: Reunion Revelations
Genre: Christian Romance Suspense
Format: Mass Market Paperback
Pages: 214

Book From: Library
My Rating: 2.5

Date Started: May 6, 2010
Date Finished: May 8, 2010


My Comments:
Usually these Love Inspired series books don't matter much if you read them as a stand alone book.. Not the case with this one.. so I was left feeling like I missed a whole lot before the story started and didn't even get a full conclusion of the suspense at the end. :(

I did enjoy the characters at least, but the writing was a little bumpy/jumpy to me.. maybe because I felt so "lost".  I may try the last two books in the series if i can find them somewhere...


Description from the publisher:

All eyes were on Dee Owens--including a killer's.The publicist's job was to assure the Magnolia College community that the campus was safe...despite two murders. But someone was watching Dee too closely, following her, making anonymous phone calls in a voice that sounded eerily familiar. And every time she turned around, there was her boss, handsome Brazilian Edgar Ortiz. He insisted

on protecting her. And now it wasn't just fear sending those chills racing up her spine...

Book Number in 2010: 37

Author: Cheryl Wolverton
Title: Among the Tulips

Series: Stand Alone
Genre: Christian Romance
Format: Mass Market Paperback
Pages: 249

Book From: Library
My Rating: 4

Date Started: May 3, 2010
Date Finished: May 6, 2010


My Comments:
Sweet story about a widow with two grown step children who control her.  Annie's friends push her to take a summer dream vacation in Holland.  She decides to go for it and take the trip of her life!  But on her first day in Holland an accident has her staying with a stranger who seems familiar.. This is a very emotional story that makes you smile and cry.. :)


Description from the publisher:

A new beginning.

Turning forty is a major milestone for Annie Hooper, who has been married, with stepchildren, since she was seventeen. The birthday gift of a trip to Holland offers some unexpected and exciting changes to her routine. And when a car accident in Amsterdam leads to her rescue by a handsome celebrity, she begins to wonder whether God has a new direction for her.

Victor Richardson offers his château to Annie so she can recover and resume her vacation — with him as guide. And while Annie's arm mends, she discovers that her Prince Charming requires God's grace, and her help as well, to make a fresh start of his own.

Book Number in 2010: 36

Author: Annie Jones
Title: April in Bloom

Series: Stand Alone
Genre: Christian Romance
Format: Mass Market Paperback
Pages: 239

Book From: Library
My Rating: 4

Date Started: April 30, 2010
Date Finished: May 3, 2010


My Comments:
What a really great story! It made you smile, laugh and cry.. Miss Cora was a hoot!!

Made you think about life and love in the terms of gardens growing.. very inspirational

"Nobody likes me, everybody hates me, I'm going out to the garden and eat worms.  Big, fat, juicy ones. Itty-bitty, slimy ones..."


Description from the publisher:


Sheriff Kurt Mulldoon had moved to a home out of town to get away from meddling townspeople and attractive women, but one of each was standing on his front porch.
It seemed ninety-year-old Miss Cora, his house's previous owner, had convinced the one woman who piqued Kurt's fancy, April Shelnutt, to take her for a visit. And not long after they arrived, Cora suffered an injury—to her backside.
Kurt's neighborly duty meant he'd offer his help, and let them into his home. But he wasn't letting April into his heart, no matter how pretty—and right—she looked standing in his doorway.

Book Number in 2010: 35

Author: Nina Wright
Title: Whiskey on the Rocks

Series: 1st in A Whiskey Mattimoe Mystery
Genre: Mystery
Format: Trade Size Paperback
Pages: 248

Book From: Library
My Rating: 0.5  (yup.. that bad!)

Date Started: April 25, 2010
Date Finished: May 2, 2010


My Comments:
Terrible terrible terrible!!! Can't begin to explain how terrible!  :(

First of all an innocent animal should never be abused in any form.. especially not sexually!!! What a terrible thing to put in a book!!

Other than that it was too chaotic and too much confusion to even focus on the darn story let alone care about any of the characters!! I think I only liked Chester, the 8 year old boy next door.

I hate to say bad things, but I just couldn't like this one.. I will never read this author again..


Description from the publisher:

Still reeling from her husband's death, thirty-three-year-old realtor Whiskey Mattimoe is adjusting to a new life, which includes the embarrassing purse-snatching antics of her mischievious Afghan hound. That's bad for business, but not as bad as having clients die on the premises. When one of her properties turns into a murder scene, Whiskey becomes hopelessly tangled in a devious scheme involving identity fraud and priceless art.
Dodging a house fire, break-ins, and attempts on her life, Whiskey manages to keep her sense of humor throughout the chaos with help from a part-time police force, her eight-year-old neighbor, and other eccentric characters in the Lake Michigan resort town of Magnet Springs.
This fast-paced, darkly comic tale is the first in a series of mysteries featuring the amateur sleuthing of Whiskey Mattimoe.
Click here to download Book Club Questions for "Whiskey on the Rocks," prepared by author Nina Wright!

Book Number in 2010: 34

Author: Stella Cameron
Title: Out of Body

Series: 1st in A Court of Angels trilogy
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Format: Mass Market Paperback
Pages: 392

Book From: Library
My Rating: 3.5

Date Started: April 20, 2010
Date Finished: April 30, 2010


My Comments:
Took me awhile to get used to the style of writing in this one.. And what a very strange story :)

I grew to like Marley and her crazy family (Willow, Sykes, Pascal and the Boston Terrier, Winnie) and I enjoyed the relationship between Marley and Gray.. Gray's father Gus was a nice addition to the story and I hope we see more of him in the rest of the series..




Description from the publisher:

Born of an ancient family of clairvoyants, Marley Millet finds that her psychic gift is both unsettling and incredibly dangerous. She never wants to "travel" again--but the choice is not hers to make.After glimpsing the fates of two missing New Orleans jazz singers, Marley knows she has no choice and must speak up before more women disappear. Flinty cop-turned-writer Gray Fisher, who interviewed both chanteuses before they vanished, takes a special interest in Marley's incredible story--and in Marley.

Scouring the wild clubs of the French Quarter, Marley and Gray make an unlikely and uneasy team. But their determination is matched only by the heat between them...and the evil they have uncovered

Book Number in 2010: 33

Author: Patricia Thayer
Title: Coming Home to the Cowboy

Series: Bella Lucia
Genre: Romance
Format: Hardcover (large print)
Pages: 283

Book From: Library
My Rating: 4.5

Date Started: April 24, 2010
Date Finished: April 25, 2010


My Comments:
Another great story by Patricia Thayer.. Always makes me emotional :)

Rebecca goes to a Wyoming Ranch for her job ad falls for a single dad and his two children.


Description from the publisher:
New York advertising executive Rebecca Valentine is now facing her biggest challenge -- her biological clock. In an effort to get her life sorted out, Rebecca travels to a tranquil ranch in Wyoming... . Charming, easygoing Mitchell Tucker isn't at all what Rebecca expected. For this rancher is not only a millionaire businessman but also a world-class dad devoted to his two adorable children. Rebecca can't deny their attraction. But can she really leave the life she thought she wanted -- to reach for the unknown?

Book Number in 2010: 32

Author: Jennifer Crusie
Title: The Cinderella Deal

Series: Stand Alone
Genre: Romance
Format: Mass Market Paperback
Pages: 278

Book From: Library
My Rating: 4

Date Started: April 19, 2010
Date Finished: April 20, 2010


My Comments:
A total "awwww" story ;)  It was so cute and sweet my teeth hurt!  But I loved every single world of it!!

Daisy, who is an artist and Linc is a college history professor who couldn't be more different.. But when he needed help Daisy offered and it was the start to their very strange romance story.  :)

I love the cover of this one!  So bright and cute..


Looking forward to more Jennifer Crusie soon. I hope her newer books are just as good as these older ones!


Description from the publisher:

Daisy Flattery is a free spirit with a soft spot for strays and a weakness for a good story. Why else would she agree to the outrageous charade offered by her buttoned-down workaholic neighbor, Linc Blaise? The history professor needs to have a fiancée in order to capture his dream job, and Daisy is game to play the role. But something funny happens on their way to the altar that changes everything. Now, with the midnight hour approaching, will Daisy lose her prince, or will opposites not only attract but live happily ever after?

Book Number in 2010: 31

Author: Margaret Daley
Title: Vanished

Series: Stand Alone
Genre: Christian, Romance, Suspense
Format: Mass Market Paperback
Pages: 250

Book From: Library
My Rating: 4.5

Date Started: April 6, 2010
Date Finished: April 18, 2010


My Comments:
Yet another intense Love Inspired Suspense.. I am so glad I found these books.. They are so full of emotions and good clean stories.. I just want to read them all!

This was my first by Margaret Daley, and I really enjoyed her story telling..

My only wish was that we got a 2nd book with these characters telling us more about the romance that developed between J.T. and Madison and how the family all came together after this horrifying experience...


Description from the publisher:

As a detective in Chicago, J.T. Logan had put away a lot of criminals-- and had made a lot of enemies. However, the last thing the widowed father and current small-town sheriff expected was crime in his own backyard. Until his young daughter was kidnapped. FBI agent Madison Spencer found herself working with J.T. again, on a case painfully different from their previous one. She could only watch as he struggled to remain coldly professional while his heart was in anguish. And what of her own heart? Romance should be the furthest thing from their minds. All she could do was hope-- and pray-- for them all