Audio Book Description:
Police Lieutenant Phoebe MacNamara found her calling at anearly age, when a violently unstable man broke into her family`s home, trapping and terrorizingthem for hours. Now she`s Savannah`s tophostage negotiator, whoputs her life onthe line every day to defuse powder-keg situations. Sometimes thoseskills come in handy at home when Phoebedeals with her agoraphobic mother, stilltraumatized by the break-in after all these years, and her precociousseven-year-old daughter, Carly.It`s exactly that heady combinatioin of steely courage and sensitivity that first attracts Duncan Swift toPhoebe. After watching her talkone of his employees off a roof ledge, he is committed to keeping this intriguing, take-charge woman in his life. Phoebe`sfinding that no amount of negotiation can keep Duncan at arm`s length. When she`s grabbed by a man who throws a hood over her head and brutally assaultsher-in her own precinct house-Phoebe can`t help being deeplyshaken. And when threatening messages appear on her doorstep, she`s not just alarmedbut frustrated. Now, with Duncan backingher up every step of the way, she must establish contact with the faceless tormentor who is determined to makeher a hostage to fear-before she becomesthe final showdown.
