Publisher's Synopsis
Special Agent Garrett Brown is thirty-five and already immersed into what he assumes will be a lifelong career with the Federal Bureau of Investigation. When working his cases, day passes to night unnoticed. He has become more than just married to his job-he has become obsessed. But with his passion for the FBI and law enforcement, Garrett has paid a heavy toll. The stress, long hours, and immersion into a world of criminals and society's dregs have left him hardened and cynical. His personal relationships have been few and far between, and those he has had never seem to last. He begins to realize that the self-destructive path he's walking can end only in every lawman's nightmare: burnout-or worse. Driving from Chicago to the FBI's field office in Cincinnati, Garrett is caught in a terrible storm and is involved in an accident. A trip to the emergency room in a nearby hospital turns out to be the beginning of Garrett's good fortune. There, he is reacquainted with his high school friend, Sydney, the emergency room nurse. There, he learns she is recently widowed and the two of them recall a secret love they once had for each other in their younger days. And there, the spark is of love is once again ignited. They are now individuals living life in the shadows, both worn down by time and circumstance. There is only one problem with rekindling their love. Sydney has learned there was a dark side to her deceased husband. His involvement in the underworld of crime has left a debt, one that Sydney now owes. Garrett and Sydney decide to take on the underworld killers to try and turn the tables. Multiple murders and horrific circumstances put their love to the test. Can their memories of what once was be enough to unlock the future of their dreams?
