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Colt Nightshade, a seasoned troubleshooter, has spent his career confronting danger alone. When a runaway girl’s case forces him to seek help, he partners with Lieutenant Althea Grayson, a formidable policewoman from the city’s steamy underbelly. Their uneasy alliance quickly evolves from mutual suspicion into a passionate love story, blending suspenseful action with a contemporary romance set in the 1990s.
First publish date: 1993
Genre: Suspense/Romantic Suspense
Authors: Nora Roberts
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