ROWAN’S RECOLLECTIONS… I was stumbling down a country road and couldn’t remember a thing—not even my name. Luckily, Louanne Brown, the most beautiful woman in Texas, found me—and thanks to her, I’m starting to remember everything, including how to love again. LOUANNE’S LAMENTS… Handsome, intelligent and passionate, Rowan reminded me of the life I’d once had—and the promise it held. But I knew a man like him before, and that romance had only left me always looking over my shoulder. I’d love to find a peaceful life for myself and my baby son, Noah…. Can Rowan be the one I’ve been waiting for?

Slocum stumbles into a deadly family feud… Along the seamy San Francisco waterfront, Slocum is on the hunt for Michael Porges, whose wealthy father wants the young man found and herded back home. But when he rescues his quarry from being shanghaied, only to stand helpless as the youth is gutshot, Slocum figures that there is much more to this than just a father-son tiff. From Michael’s domineering father and dangerously deceptive wife, to his sweetly seductive sister, this family has a barrel full of secrets covered by a blanket of lies. And now, Slocum will learn more about them than he ever wanted to—if he lives long enough to find out the truth…