Her muscles and bones had turned to mush and her nerves quivered from fear. She felt a trickle of sweat running down the center of her back and wondered how she’d gotten herself into such a jam. As a conservative, middle class working girl, her life was normally uneventful and too boring for words. Even though she worked as an office assistant at the local police department, her job was routine and fairly monotonous. Her personal life had been equally dull until Detective Dominick Roarke joined the force a few months ago. Sparks had flown between them from the first meeting, but they both had a lot of emotional baggage and neither wanted to risk involvement. Melanie had never been lucky in love. The last time her heart had been broken, she’d sworn off men, especially the strong, silent type. Rumor had it that a bitter divorce in Dominick’s past had made him equally wary. Their attraction for each other had been steadily escalating over the past few weeks, yet they’d managed to resist temptation.
