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After successfully convicting a high-profile businessman with Mafia ties, New York Assistant District Attorney Sara Sterling retreats to her parents' sprawling New Mexico horse ranch for a three-month leave of absence. There, she expects to escape the strain of police escorts and the many anonymous death threats she's been receiving. Sara soon meets Salem Lassiter, a handsome Navajo veterinarian whose troubled romantic past includes the recent suicide of his pregnant wife and the death of his toddler son. Sara, who has been dealing with her own personal issues since her ex-fianc came out of the closet, quickly warms up to the doctor. Alers (Harvest Moon) builds suspense by interspersing the dialogue with conversations between the man who wants Sara dead at any cost and the ineffectual hit man he's hired to infiltrate her Southwestern sanctuary. Blessed with the mystical powers of a shaman, Salem (even while hundreds of miles away on a business trip) is able to sense the danger and death following Sara, which is lucky for her but leaves few real surprises for the reader. (May) Copyright 2000 Cahners Business Information, Inc.

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After prosecuting the biggest case of her career, New York district attorney Sara Sterling was looking forward to relaxing amid starry desert nights in her childhood home in New Mexico. Then she met her enigmatic neighbor Salem Lassiter, who inspired an inescapable hunger...and made her reassess everything she thought she valued.

Salem had once risked his heart in marriage—only to see his whole world shattered by betrayal. He was sure he could never bring himself to care about anyone again. But when a series of mysterious "accidents" threaten Sara's life, he realizes that he must come to terms with his deepest hurts...if he is to claim a love that promises always.

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