Irene Stenson returns to her hometown to find that her best friend has died suddenly, compelling her to extend her stay at a local lodge, where she and the hazel-eyed owner risk far more than local gossip to uncover the truth.
A reporter and an ex-marine fall in love while they dig up a small town's unsavory secrets in this work of romantic suspense. As a teenager, Irene Stenson sneaked home from an unauthorized after-dark outing with her friend Pamela Webb to discover her parents dead from gunshot wounds. The police ruled it a murder-suicide, and Irene has never seen her California hometown of Dunsley nor Pamela since that horrible time. Now, a message from Pamela claiming to have information about the murders summons Irene back to Dunsley; unfortunately, by the time she gets there, Pamela herself has died under suspicious circumstances. Dunsley innkeeper and former marine Luke Danner helps Irene uncover the truth that the locals (including Pamela's influential politician father) seem desperate to keep hidden.
- Genre: Mystery + Crime, Fiction + Literature Genres, Fiction + Literature Themes
- Subgenre: Settings, General, War + Military, Family + Friendship
- Publisher: Jove Pubns
- Pages: 359
- Edition: Reprint
- Language: English
- Format: paperback
- Release Date: January 30, 2007
- Date Published: January 30, 2007
- Author: Jayne Ann Krentz