If you're seeking sensuous, compelling and emotional romance and suspense then you won't want to miss this latest romance from one of Avon's most popular contemporary storytellers. Mitchell Warren has retrned to Madrid, Oklahoma--a town he'd once left, vowing never to return to. But, never say never. In his youth, he was known as wild and sexy...now, he's still very sexy. Uma Thornton has never left Madrid, though her syndicated newspaper column, "The Smooth Moves List" has been turned into a popular self-help book. She never expected to see Mitchell again, so when he returns all the old feelings she'd once held for him come flooding back.But not all is quiet in Madrid. For one thing, a series of mysterious events seem to occur around Mitchell--is he to blame for the trouble that seems to have come to town with him? And when Uma and Mitchell's childhood friend is mysteriously killed, they both realize that the circle of danger that seems to surround them is becoming tighter.Mitchell Warren and his brother, Roman, love their two high school friends. Mitchell and Uma get together and Roman and Shelley get together. Roman discovers he is Dani's father; Dani is Shelly's daughter. The killer is Pearl, Uma and Shelley's friend, who dressed as Clyde, of Bonnie & Clyde, and killed people who had offended her. (Her husband lied to her about what other people said.) Uma is The Keeper of the town, who remembers and knows about everyone. Passed down from her grandmother to the mother and then to her.All end happily when Mitchell and Roman's mother returns and Shelley's mother accepts Dani.
